Boycott the New York Giants. Bad to the environment/dicks to handicapped

[DistressedAmerican]

folks.

The New York Giants summer training camp is right outside my back door. I could hit them with a rock and a slingshot from my house.

Today I took a walk up to campus and walked through the parking lot where all of the players park. It looked like a freaking SUV showroom. It was obscene. Wall to wall Hummers, Yukons, Avalanches, Land rovers, Escalades, etc. All pimped out with sweet after market goodies out the ass. They are a global warning nightmare. Clearly they get paid enough to burn all the high priced gasoline they need for that smog fleet.

To add insult to injury, several were parked in the handicapped spots. That's right, perfect physical specimines that they are, they are so lazy that they will not walk the extra 20 yards.

Instead they had taken EVERY one of the 6 handicapped spots.

These guys are clearly inconsiderate pricks. Don't watch them or give them your money.

That being said, all pro ball teams probably act like this. Maybe you should boycott pro football altogether.

Just a suggestion.

[AngryAmish]

1. What if some of them are handicapped?

Recovering from injuries, etc. If you can't walk, even temporalily then you are entitle to the space.

If any team should be boycotted it is the Green Bay Packers. They suck.

[DistressedAmerican]

2. A football injury is not handicapped. No tags for that.

It is a legal status in this state. Injuries do not count.

[AngryAmish]

5. Not even temporary status?

If you have knee surgery or a broken leg you really can't walk very far. Why should they have to walk when someone with a chronic condition gets the good spot?

A friend of mine had knee surgery and got a temporary hanger (here in IL).

[DistressedAmerican]

7. Not here.

I did look to see if there were tags. I assumed there would not be and I was not shocked to find I was right. Just plain rude to the handicapped.

[AngryAmish]

16. NY State Code : ARTICLE 32

"(i) any resident of New York state who is a severely disabled person,
as defined in subdivision three of section four hundred four-a of this
chapter, upon application of such person or such person`s parent or
guardian, provided, however, that an issuing agent shall issue permits
only to residents of the city, town or village in which such issuing
agent is located, except that, an issuing agent, in his or her
discretion, may issue a permit to a severely disabled person who is not
a resident of the city, town, or village in which such issuing agent is
located where such person resides in a city, town, or village in which
the governing body has not appointed an issuing agent; and an issuing
agent, in his or her discretion, may issue a temporary special vehicle
identification parking permit, as authorized by subdivision three of
this section, to a person who is temporarily unable to ambulate without
the aid of an assisting device, as certified by a physician, who resides
in a city, town, or village in which the issuing agent does not issue
temporary special vehicle identification parking permits, or who is not
a resident of the United States and is temporarily visiting the state;
or

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

19. The Giants are in New Jersey

As are the Jets (unfortunately). I don't know why they're New York teams. Personally, I feel it should be the NJ Giants and the NY Jets. Get the Jets the hell out of Giants stadium, because their asshat fans ruin it for us.

[DistressedAmerican]

23. They are training in NY.

But, lot of Jersey plates on those cars though.

[DistressedAmerican]

22. Guess I was wrong. Still no tags to be seen.

Still does not really apply here either way.

[AngryAmish]

28. You may be right

The temporary permits come as hangers from the rear view mirror in IL.

[michreject]

29. I think that GB could beat the Lions

Now they suck, big time.

[AngryAmish]

34. The Central will suck this year

Except for the Beloved. They are going to the Super Bowl.

[Bretttido]

52. I spranged my arm, can I park in handicap spots?

[SaveElmer]

3. I suspect you will find the same thing...

At the training facility of every team in the NFL!

[rinsd]

4. Them's fightin words.....

:mad:

[DistressedAmerican]

6. Boycott these guys.

They stand for nothing you do as a progressive.

Wonder how many are repugs?

[rinsd]

8. You would sooner be able to change my skin color

than drain the Big Blue from my veins.

[DistressedAmerican]

11. If they are repugs, your veins may be running red!

:evilgrin:

Just saying.

Wonder if any are donors to repugs? That would really suck!

[rinsd]

13. Players come and go, the team is what matters.

[DistressedAmerican]

15. Do they win?

I really do not follow it.

Seems like I rec all a superbowl recently. But, I could not even tell you who played last year.

Sounds like you need to move to my place. You could hang out with them all summer. I rarely even look out back to see that they are practicing.

[rinsd]

21. I wish I had the time.

Also I live in paradise so I am reluctant to relocate.

All that said, I do think its shitty that players are taking handicap spots and would have no issues with a concerned citizen making a stink about it.

I just can't boycott the team, it would be like disowning a close relative.

[babylonsister]

27. Hey, I have some of that running through my veins, too!

:thumbsup:

[rinsd]

40. A little teaser (this may get you choked up)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrTmWm48pvU

I may have to go out and tackle someone alah Terry the office linebacker.....

[babylonsister]

51. Thanks for that; that was fun! Only a few more weeks now til

kick-off! :applause: :applause: :applause:

BTW, who was talking through that?

[rinsd]

53. Its Al Pacino's speech from "Any Given Sunday"

[babylonsister]

57. Ok, thanks! nt

[DinahMoeHum]

12. Well, there's at least 1 ex-NFLer who's running as a Democrat. . .

www.heathshuler.com

While he may not be as progressive as you'd want (he's more a Mark Warner type), if he appeals to the Asheville, NC crowd, he'll take another seat away from a 'Puke incumbent, Charles Taylor. I'd support him, even though he used to be a Washington Redskin (and my pro football heart bleeds NY Giants blue, nyeah, nyeah, nyeah)

:kick:


Yeah, yeah, I know all about Lynn Swann, running as a 'Puke Governor candidate in Pennsylvania. Just another chicken for Colonel Sanders.

:kick:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

9. Not gonna happen. I bleed blue for two reasons...

the NY Giants and the Democratic Party.

[Ezlivin]

10. I wish they'd never invented handicapped parking spaces

Check out the malls at Xmas time; you'll be hard-pressed to find a single empty handicapped parking space. I've gone into malls thinking that I'd see other wheelchairs out and about, but I rarely see a fellow traveler.

When I was a young man in a wheelchair I used to put stickers on cars, fake parking tickets or wait until the owner returned to confront them. Now I'm a mellow old man who realizes that pricks will be pricks and there's no point in wasting time and energy trying to correct them.

I wish they'd put all the nice wide handicapped parking spaces out in the parking lot away from the building. This would make them very unappealing to the selfish pricks who "need" them. It's ironic, but the spaces are close to the building to aid those who have severe mobility problems, yet I'll see someone park there and then walk for hours around a gigantic mall.

[DistressedAmerican]

14. I had a friend with a prostetic leg a few years back.

Clothed you could not tell at all. A woman pulled up and started screaming at he for parking in a handicapped spot (well displayed tag and all). She literally reached down took her leg off and shaking it in the lady's face screamed back, "Is this handicapped enough for you bitch?" I will never forget that scene as long as I live.

Just a cautionary tale for those that expect to see a wheelchair. Some of those folks with very real handicaps go under the radar.

[Ezlivin]

45. There's handicapped, and there's handicapped

Maybe there should be wheelchair parking spaces (extra wide so we can wrestle our chairs out of our vehicles) and other disability parking spaces.

For instance, your amputee friend has no need of an extra wide space; she could just as easily park in a "regular" parking space and go shopping. I see people with temporary handicapped placards parking in the wide spaces all the time. Invariably it's someone who can ambulate (perhaps poorly), but has absolutely no need for the wide parking space.

Incidentally, while someone walking can park in any space and use it, I can only use the wide spaces.

[DistressedAmerican]

50. Seems pretty reasonable to me.

I would certainly endorse that suggestion.

[BeyondGeography]

17. Boycott American football; it's a cult sport that glorifies violence

Set your sights higher, lad. Ever notice that the rest of the world, which has readily adopted our basketball and baseball, doesn't see the point of American football? I say, bless their sensibilities. Our growing cultural isolation from the rest of the planet is perfectly compatible with the rise of American football, a sport that only a nation with a $500 billion defense budget could love. Too bad, on many levels; think of all the great athletes whose talents are channeled to this absurd sport. What sort of a World Cup team could we field if not for football? How many great baseball players will we never see because of football?

Football dominates at the high school, college and professional levels in this country, while the rest of the world is playing soccer and growing to love basketball and (outside of Europe and Africa) baseball. When you take the global view, it really is a marginal sport whose primary value is to illustrate how at odds our sporting culture is with the rest of the world. The rest of the world has a message for us: American football sucks.

[rinsd]

18. Sorry any sport that rewards diving deserves nothing but contempt.

[BeyondGeography]

20. Whatever; Craig Wilson's in the line-up tonight

and so is Bernie, who eats up Lilly.

[rinsd]

24. Wang is on the mound and he's been stellar

I hope they win.

A good friend and huge Yankee fan lost his brother yesterday and he could use anything positive right now.

[BeyondGeography]

31. Well, that's really where spectator sports come in handy

to get our mind off the unmanageable realities of life.

The Yanks look like they are set up for a good run here; a good run to October should help your friend a little.

[rinsd]

32. Amen to that.

[NJ Democrats]

33. Good

I hate Andy phillips, and I hope the cut him. Play Wilson/Giambi at 1st.

[BeyondGeography]

37. And bring up Carlos Pena

he can play 1st and hit against righties when Giambi DH's. Philips hit .145 in July, but Joe loves him...

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

25. I'll boycott football when we ban...

curling, olympic table tennis, and golf. DEAR GOD, especially CURLING. Anything involving sweeping a broom for 7 hours is a job, not a fucking sport.

[deaniac21]

30. Just think of all the elementary/middle school teachers,

secretaries, administrative assistants, registered nurses, receptionists, maids and Preschool/ kindergarten teachers we are missing out on because of the world cup.

[BeyondGeography]

36. Another Cup basher

How can you rip a sport where the players kiss each other on the cheeks and exchange jerseys at the end? What kind of Deaniac are you?

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[BeyondGeography]

41. Pussies?

You're hopeless.

[guinivere]

46. Soccer is far from a pussy sport.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

43. One that appears in threads simply to post short snarky comments

and start small flamewars...usually on something unrelated to the original topic

[NJ Democrats]

26. FUCK THAT!

GO GIANTS!!!

[Meshuga]

47. Ditto!

:-)

[MrSlayer]

35. Well get busy with that rock and slingshot dude.

I already hate the Giants. I will not be boycotting football though.

[michreject]

39. At least

they're driving American vehicles. I'm UAW.

[Ron Green]

44. I hope you get the chance to build something worth a shit, Brother.

I'm hoping for electric designs from Detroit.

[michreject]

56. Too late

I'm retiring on 31 Aug 06.

[Ron Green]

58. Congratulations! And enjoy your retirement.

:yourock:

[guinivere]

42. Sorry. I like the Giants and the Vikings.

Golf. Now there's a sport to be boycotted.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

49. And curling. Don't forget curling. It makes golf seem exciting.

[DistressedAmerican]

55. Oh Come On! I Hate most sports. Curling is the funniest thing ever.

Seriously with all the sweeping is it "good clean fun".

How can you mot laugh watching a guy sweep lke a maniac to get a rock a few more inches of sliding.

I rarely see it. But, when I do I like it more than most other sports by far.

It has humor. Football is not funny at all.

[deaniac21]

48. What about people that have 5 or 6 large homes around the

country and private jets in which to travel? Many are Democrats. Speaking of slingshots and giants, your name isn't by any chance David?

[KFC]

54. You are correct

Every one of them bastards should drive one of these:



Football players are a bunch of meanies.