Internal report on Sandusky scandal harsh, damning
As a graduate of Penn State University, and as a sports fan who has taken pride in my alma mater’s football success and how it was achieved, I confess that the newly released investigative report on the Jerry Sandusky scandal comes across as harsh. (Text available here.)
Unfortunately, it also comes across as utterly truthful and damning. It allows for no excuses and no claim of extenuating circumstances. It relates a tale of badly twisted institutional and personal priorities in which protecting reputations became more important than protecting helpless children. In a larger sense, it also testifies to the remarkable human capability to rationalize behavior that in any other context you would immediately recognize as wrong.
AJC sportswriter Dave O’Brien wrapped up the report’s verdict on Coach Joe Paterno in a tweet, quoting Voltaire: “Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.” I think that’s exactly right. In Paterno’s case, the good he did not do is a lot.
Jerry Sandusky
Here’s a portion of the report’s summary, edited a bit for brevity:
“The most saddening finding by the Special Investigative Counsel is the total and consistent disregard by the most senior leaders at Penn State for the safety and welfare of Sandusky’s child victims….
Four of the most powerful people at The Pennsylvania State University –- President Graham B. Spanier, Senior Vice President‐Finance and Business Gary C. Schultz, Athletic Director Timothy M. Curley and Head Football Coach Joseph V. Paterno –- failed to protect against a child sexual predator harming children for over a decade. These men concealed Sandusky’s activities from the Board of Trustees, the university community and authorities. They exhibited a striking lack of empathy for Sandusky’s victims….
Taking into account the available witness statements and evidence, the Special Investigative Counsel finds that it is more reasonable to conclude that, in order to avoid the consequences of bad publicity, the most powerful leaders at the University -– Spanier, Schultz, Paterno and Curley –- repeatedly concealed critical facts relating to Sandusky’s child abuse from the authorities, the University’s Board of Trustees, the Penn State community, and the public at large.
The avoidance of the consequences of bad publicity is the most significant, but not the only, cause for this failure to protect child victims and report to authorities. The investigation also revealed:
– A striking lack of empathy for child abuse victims by the most senior leaders of the University.
– A failure by the Board to make reasonable inquiry in 2011 by not demanding details from Spanier and the General Counsel about the nature and direction of the grand jury investigation and the University’s response to the investigation.
– A President who discouraged discussion and dissent.
– A decision by Spanier, Schultz, Paterno and Curley to allow Sandusky to retire in 1999, not as a suspected child predator, but as a valued member of the Penn State football legacy, with future “visibility” at Penn State and ways “to continue to work with young people through Penn State,” essentially granting him license to bring boys to campus facilities for “grooming” as targets for his assaults. Sandusky retained unlimited access to University facilities until November 2011.
– A culture of reverence for the football program that is ingrained at all levels of the campus community.
Sandusky’s victims have a lot to overcome. Penn State leadership, which conspired with and enabled Sandusky, also has its own demons with which to wrestle. But if the lessons and warnings taught by this tragedy do not also extend beyond the university to the culture at large, a great opportunity will have been lost.
– Jay Bookman
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barking frog
July 12th, 2012
5:55 pm
AquaVelvaGirl wearing the
wrecking balls today. Hope
you don’t turn that trident
into a frog gig.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 12th, 2012
5:57 pm
G Mare
I think there’s been a misunderstanding, I’ve offered no opinion on the pope. I’m a recovering S. Baptist, and there used to be a saying about Baptist preachers exiting the homes of home alone housewives during the day while the husband was at work. They (the preachers) were either picking fried chicken out of their teeth, or zipping up their pants.
Adam
July 12th, 2012
5:58 pm
Steve – USA: If Romney refuses to release more tax records and you don’t like it, don’t vote for him.
If Obama refuses to release his education records and you don’t like it, don’t vote for him.
All the power is in your hands or in this case your vote.
THIS.
Brosephus™ (B)
July 12th, 2012
6:02 pm
jm: That does not make one complicit in this fiasco
And can you point out exactly where I stated that you or any one of us were complicit in this fiasco? Read what’s there instead of what you THINK is there for a change. I made no such statement at all.
barking frog
July 12th, 2012
6:05 pm
Brosephus
google frog and monkey
and tell me the monkey’s
alma mater or religion
Matti
July 12th, 2012
6:08 pm
Aquagirl,
I like you and virtually always enjoy your commentary! Maybe I’m slightly skewed by my devotion to one of the few things that takes my mind off my troubles. Year after year, no matter how big or small they might be, I turn to something that makes me smile for a few hours on Saturdays.
But you’re overreaching in your desire to damn something here, if you think this means I don’t care about the kids, or that I’m okay with what went on up there. C’mon!
MEN with POWER have been covering up all manner of abuse since… since men first had power to abuse! Is there any century in the history of humans when this was not the case? That does NOT mean I condone it. One bad apple spoils the bunch — unless you get the bad one out of there first! Was there a failure to do that at PSU? Absolutely! Is that the result of MY character or alleged lack thereof?
NO ONE who knows me would accuse me of not standing up to bad men in power. Seriously…. When the legislatures is in session, it’s practically ALL I do!
Brosephus™ (B)
July 12th, 2012
6:15 pm
frog
And what exactly does that have to do with anything I’ve posted?
That Black Guy
July 12th, 2012
6:17 pm
getalife
July 12th, 2012
1:55 pm
Looks like the cons finally found their moral compass.
___________________________________________________________
getalife, out side of political discussions, I like you. I think you would probably be a cool person to hang out wi (as long as politics don’t come up).
But…
That statement was not only wrong, it is insulting. It’s insulting to the multitudes of “cons” who have been VICTIMS of child abuse.
It’s insulting to the “cons” who’s lives are still in pieces because of child abuse.
It’s insulting to the “cons” who are out there everyday seeking protection and justice for the victims of child abuse.
I’m a “con”.
You have no idea what I know about child abuse.
I have a moral compass.
“Cons” are human too.
Erwin's cat
July 12th, 2012
6:24 pm
Bro – found this today…thought you might like it
http://stopandlaugh.blogspot.com/2011/12/facepalm-cat.html
pogo
July 12th, 2012
6:24 pm
Stephanie Cutter unknowingly has just contributed more than she knows to the Romney campaign. The Obama campaigns desperation is now glaringly apparent to everyone. All they can do now is try to destroy their opponent with out and out lies. Obama is no longer offerring hope. He is offerring destruction and division. Even the Washington Post is calling the Obama campaign liars on this “felon” comment. They ( the Obama campaign) offer no answers for the massive problems we have as a nation as Obama has done nothing but to contribute to our downslide. And without any accomplishments, they are left with nothing but resorting to sewer level attacks on Romney. As I always suspected, without Rham Emanuel, the 2012 Obama campaign is done. Rham was the brains behind the whole thing. Vallerie got rid of Rham and now Obama is at the mercy of nothing but his small time Chicago thug advisors like her and Axlerod.
Adam
July 12th, 2012
6:26 pm
The Obama campaigns desperation is now glaringly apparent to everyone. All they can do now is try to destroy their opponent with out and out lies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection
Rich
July 12th, 2012
6:26 pm
Penn State can take a chair right beside the Catholic Church. “Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.” Let them both wrestle with their demons. And Paterno has earned the recognition of being despictable. He could have saved young boys from being raped and manhandled but stood on the sidelines and kept silent. So, let the lawsuits begin against Penn State.
Z
July 12th, 2012
6:28 pm
As with the Child Abuse that goes on in the Catholic Church and now the coach and others involved at Penn. State, I hope the victims sue them into non existence. These perverted Priest’s(thousands) not an isolated incident, as with Penn.State, and this Sandusky pervert, molested, raped these children, these Children will NEVER get over what was done to them. These so called pillars of communities came in like devil’s in the night and stole/destroyed these children’s lives. May these destroyers of children rot in He!!.
getalife
July 12th, 2012
6:30 pm
TBG,
I will celebrate the days of not calling out cons for their beliefs and actions.
We are not there yet.
Brosephus™ (B)
July 12th, 2012
6:31 pm
EC
That’s a great one there. It’s as good as swiped.
F. Sinkwich
July 12th, 2012
6:31 pm
I have a number of close relatives with degrees (all engineering) from PSU.
I feel very bad for them.
If this had happened to UGA, I’d be devastated.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 12th, 2012
6:37 pm
I have a number of close relatives with degrees (all engineering) from PSU.
I feel very bad for them.
If this had happened to UGA, I’d be devastated.
Yeah, ’cause this is all about you, your relatives and your pain.
Erwin's cat
July 12th, 2012
6:39 pm
F Sink – “I feel very bad for them”
me too…a very good friend went there …MS Eng
He used to mention it with pride when college came up in conversation, I’m sure he’ll be more generic for a while….unintended victims…..look at all the Catholic comments on here today
Aquagirl
July 12th, 2012
6:40 pm
I like you and virtually always enjoy your commentary! Maybe I’m slightly skewed by my devotion to one of the few things that takes my mind off my troubles. Year after year, no matter how big or small they might be, I turn to something that makes me smile for a few hours on Saturdays.
Same here Matti, we’re usually on the same page, lol. I’m not suggesting you’re gonna run by the child rapes on the way to your stadium seat or anything, no one outside of a psychopath is okay with what happened at Penn State.
But it did happen. And Joe Paterno doesn’t strike me as a psycho, neither do a lot of the other people involved. It all just…happened.
When we feel all warm and protective of certain things and something comes along to upset the applecart, our first reaction is defensiveness, ignoring the problem, minimizing, etc. This is exactly what happened at Penn State. Evil things followed.
That’s why I disagree you can fix the problem with firing the people you deem responsible in the Penn St. program. Nobody applied for a job there thinking child abuse coverups would be part of the job. I think a lot of those guys would have reacted differently if they had encountered a child molester in any other sphere of their life. The environment of football supremacy and emotional attachment affected their actions. Replace those people with new people and you’re not addressing the real problem.
When planes crash we don’t just assume the pilots are dumb@$$es. We check and see if the system and environment around them contributed to the crash. There’s a lot of crashes in college football. Penn State is the biggest but they’ve been happening for years and it’s time we quit blaming “bad coaches” and scapegoats. The system is broken.
The need for emotional fulfillment via football has consequences. That need also blinds fans to wrongdoing that occurs literally in front of their faces. Coaches, AD’s and everyone else knows they have no oversight. I am not surprised when bad things happen, this one eventually got too big to be swept under the rug.
I honestly hope you enjoy the games, it’s a shame an American tradition is going so wrong IMHO. People should be able to take their kids to a game and pass that tradition along without the specter of children being raped in the locker room.
F. Sinkwich
July 12th, 2012
6:42 pm
“Yeah, ’cause this is all about you, your relatives and your pain.”
What are you suggesting?
G Mare
July 12th, 2012
6:42 pm
Kam, I offered the smiley to you about something you said earlier that I supported (would have to go back to see what that was).
My post re the pope, priests, etc. was directed at Jm. Sorry for the misunderstanding, Kam. Please remember what I have said many times: your posts here keep me smilin’.
Erwin's cat
July 12th, 2012
6:44 pm
That said…a hat tip and a thanks Jay, Good for you… and it stinks
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 12th, 2012
6:45 pm
G Mare
OK, I understand now.
G Mare
July 12th, 2012
6:49 pm
Kam, I went back. My smiley to you was for saying that Jm says a lot of things which should not be taken seriously. Okay?
G Mare
July 12th, 2012
6:50 pm
Kam, it seems our posts crossed.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 12th, 2012
6:51 pm
G Mare
I got it, and I never took offense. I was just confused, is all.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 12th, 2012
7:08 pm
Wow, a lot of raw nerves has killed this thread deader than Canasta.
Recon 0311 2533
July 12th, 2012
7:08 pm
I thought by now there would be sheets but it appears that the natives have taken matters into their own hands.
Thulsa
July 12th, 2012
7:12 pm
Enter your comments here
getalife
July 12th, 2012
7:12 pm
The dems are on the offense attacking and the gop are crying.
Good battle so far.
Both candidates played the liar card.
Put your big boy and girl pants on.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 12th, 2012
7:14 pm
SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 12th, 2012
7:15 pm
THE WAR OF NORTHERN AGGRESSION!
Thulsa
July 12th, 2012
7:16 pm
Sad situation. Over on the sports page they r talking about giving psu the death penalty. No doubt protecting a child molestor is much worse than giving a recruit some cash. Much worse and a far grater lack of institutional control
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 12th, 2012
7:17 pm
BETELGEUSE!
BETELGEUSE!
BETELGEUSE!
Recon 0311 2533
July 12th, 2012
7:18 pm
You look at that scowling picture of Joe Paterno and wish it was taken of him telling Jerry Sandusky to get the hell off of his football field and if ever came back he would have the Penn State starting D-line put him in the deep trick for a very long time.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
July 12th, 2012
7:19 pm
Well, looks like all this blog got done was start a fight between my two favorite women, Aquagirl and Matti. And now there’s not hardly anybody that wants to post. Dang! Have a good night everybody.
barking frog
July 12th, 2012
7:20 pm
Bro
Nothing.
barking frog
July 12th, 2012
7:25 pm
Kamchak
“Sons of Confederate Veterans”
…..
i could have joined but i
figured it was a lost cause.
Don't Forget
July 12th, 2012
7:26 pm
Jay, enough already, Put something, anything else up.
Don't Forget
July 12th, 2012
7:28 pm
Been raining allllllll day long in Knoxville.
Don't Forget
July 12th, 2012
7:30 pm
No doubt protecting a child molestor is much worse than giving a recruit some cash. Much worse and a far grater lack of institutional control
Exactly.
Aquagirl
July 12th, 2012
7:32 pm
And now there’s not hardly anybody that wants to post.
That’s because admitting you go to college football games is like WORKING IN A NAZI DEATH CAMP. Who wants to do that?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 12th, 2012
7:33 pm
frog
josef says that posting SOCV will bring about a new thread.
Didn’t work this time, or at least — not yet.
G Mare
July 12th, 2012
7:34 pm
This whole thing is truly a tragedy, compounded by the divides among those of us here who have mostly agreed with each other on so many other issues. I wish I knew how to make a little face with tears flowing.
barking frog
July 12th, 2012
7:34 pm
Kam
Does betelgeuse work too?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 12th, 2012
7:36 pm
That’s because admitting you go to college football games is like WORKING IN A NAZI DEATH CAMP.
The last two Beat seasons were pretty bad, but not that bad.
barking frog
July 12th, 2012
7:38 pm
Well Kyle is trying to make
the case for georgia not
expanding medicaid. Too
silly to bother.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 12th, 2012
7:39 pm
frog
From the 1988 film Beetlejuice
I’m willing to try anything.
Recon 0311 2533
July 12th, 2012
7:42 pm
“Well Kyle is trying to make
the case for georgia not
expanding medicaid. Too
silly to bother.”
Absolutely, after the Supremes freed the states from the Obamacare mandate it would be extremely foolish to expand Medicaid.
barking frog
July 12th, 2012
7:42 pm
Penn State trustees will
clean house. Life will go
on with Penn State football
included. No absolutes in
life.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 12th, 2012
7:43 pm
G Mare
colon(the punctuation) sad colon with no spaces yields
Aquagirl
July 12th, 2012
7:44 pm
The last two Beat seasons were pretty bad, but not that bad.
The lowlight for me was when they played some Silverbacks-level team as a quick substitute when another WUSA team folded. I think it was a 1-1 tie, geez.
Watching Hope Solo get pissed off was the best entertainment.
Erwin's cat
July 12th, 2012
7:45 pm
I’ve softened my view as the day wears on…frankly I need more time to digest…and figure what really needs to happen and to who or what….i withdraw any opinion I’ve stated on this topic
barking frog
July 12th, 2012
7:47 pm
Recon
Medicaid will be expanded,
no matter who is elected
President, probably post
RNC.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
July 12th, 2012
7:47 pm
josef:
Don’t get all “huffy”. It’s very simple.
1) Are pedophiles born that way? Is it learned behavior? Or is it a combination of both?
2) Should the “feelings” of a pedophile be a crime? No. What a person thinks is their own business.
3) Should the “acts” of a pedophile be a crime. Absolutely!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 12th, 2012
7:48 pm
Aquagirl
The W-League is all there is left and I believe most of the national team is playing in the pacific northwest.
G Mare
July 12th, 2012
7:49 pm
I thought I remembered something about another name for that war being The War of the Northern Agression, tho I never had the intestinal fortitude to say so here.
Jay, kudos to you for your intestinal fortitude for this subject. It is painful for all of us and you have given us a forum to express our pain & outrage despite what must be your own. I commend you for that & hope others here will as well.
godless heathen
July 12th, 2012
7:53 pm
Did someone mention Penn State trustees? Two kinds of trustees. They may have more of the kind with a stripe down the pants leg before this is over.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
July 12th, 2012
7:55 pm
Penn State Nittany Perverts
barking frog
July 12th, 2012
7:57 pm
godless
trustees with a stripe
will not be Penn State
trustees but they may be
Pennsylvania state trustees.
Recon 0311 2533
July 12th, 2012
7:59 pm
barking frog,
Obamacare is never going to be anywhere close to full implementation.
Fred ™
July 12th, 2012
8:04 pm
Aquagirl
July 12th, 2012
7:44 pm
The last two Beat seasons were pretty bad, but not that bad.
The lowlight for me was when they played some Silverbacks-level team as a quick substitute when another WUSA team folded. I think it was a 1-1 tie, geez.
Watching Hope Solo get pissed off was the best entertainment.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Watchiut chicky. I know some Silverbacks. One of the reserve team guys coaches at Woodward……..
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 12th, 2012
8:05 pm
Headline:
Gooey drudgey goodness rabbit holes, next few hours. Proceed with caution.
Recon 0311 2533
July 12th, 2012
8:07 pm
0311/8541@7:47
Your underlying question seems to be, should the feelings of a homosexual be considered a crime? well of course not, but should it be considered a normal sexuality? Well of course not.
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
July 12th, 2012
8:07 pm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 12th, 2012
12:28 pm
Off topic –
Princess — since I know you’re here how’s that IP spoofer thing working these days
Very well LoveShaft drunk on the steps! It wannabe
Aquagirl
July 12th, 2012
8:07 pm
I believe most of the national team is playing in the pacific northwest.
Are they that ashamed of those horrible new US team uniforms? They might not stop until they get to the Arctic circle.
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
July 12th, 2012
8:08 pm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 12th, 2012
8:05 pm
Headline:
Gooey drudgey goodness rabbit holes, next few hours. Proceed with caution
I’ll bet you like it gooey pillow biter!
barking frog
July 12th, 2012
8:09 pm
Recon
Romney will not get
congress to repeal
his plan.
Obama will not get
congress to repeal
Romney’s plan.
They may repeal the
corporate mandate.
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
July 12th, 2012
8:10 pm
Crankshaft, you disappoint me. I thought you would send a link to the AJC blog geneva convention link. Face palm, poser!
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
July 12th, 2012
8:12 pm
Right now i’m doing a tracert through your isp to find you your home address…
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
July 12th, 2012
8:13 pm
You lost all creds dude. Go bite a pillow and pray…
Hamilton
July 12th, 2012
8:14 pm
I played sports of all kinds almost every day of my youth. I still enjoy them as a spectator. The throne upon which the “game” has been placed warps the view of our duty to each other. Like Francis’ fantasy revealed to Dr. Caligari, we must identify our delusion if we are to leave the asylum.
A good coach is not necessarily a good person and we cannot protect bad people because they sit on the throne.
Faith and good works are the pillars of the holy catholic church (in case anyone forgot). “Good works” do not include job skills.
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
July 12th, 2012
8:15 pm
KABOOM POSER!
They BOTH suck
July 12th, 2012
8:16 pm
Should having bigoted thoughts be illegal? Well of course not
Should being a bigot and expressing it be illegal? Well of course not
barking frog
July 12th, 2012
8:16 pm
Fresh Prince
Can you see what Kamchak
is typing yet?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 12th, 2012
8:18 pm
Princess gerbil is here.
Isn’t that just precious.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
July 12th, 2012
8:21 pm
Anybody need a foray to starbucks?
They BOTH suck
July 12th, 2012
8:21 pm
Kam
Is the PG?
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
July 12th, 2012
8:22 pm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 12th, 2012
8:18 pm
Princess gerbil is here.
Isn’t that just precious
You lost all creds buddy. You wanted the blog to think you control my posts. HaHa. Now go back to pillowbiting for bookman and Scamvet poser. That would be precious meat.
Recon 0311 2533
July 12th, 2012
8:23 pm
Should ideologically motivated beliefs regardless of its impact on national morality be illegal? Well of course not.
Should being a misdirected victim of far left propaganda be illegal? Well of course not.
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
July 12th, 2012
8:23 pm
barking frog
July 12th, 2012
8:16 pm
Fresh Prince
Can you see what Kamchak
is typing yet?
Yup he’s rescinding his bad a$$ card!
They BOTH suck
July 12th, 2012
8:25 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzGnX-MbYE4
barking frog
July 12th, 2012
8:25 pm
Recon, 0311
All your questions are
answered here..
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
July 12th, 2012
8:25 pm
For a minute I actually thought Kamchak was Bookmans I.T guy… but he wanted to play tough guy and try and make me read the blog’s constitution. BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAA go to wingfields blog and i’ll make you look dumb there too.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 12th, 2012
8:26 pm
Tick…tick…tick….
Just sayin’.
JamVet
July 12th, 2012
8:26 pm
Anything is possible.
For example, Prince could actually one day show up here and post something adult, intelligent and connected to the topic in some meaningful way. For example, he could weigh in on Joe Pa, PSU, pedophilia, etc.
But I’m fairly certain that will never happen. As it has never happened.
That is not his role here.
He is trying to be the best troll he can be. (He’s an army of one, in that way.)
So on we go with his mental dullness and juvenile delinquent persona that he has perfected…
.
getalife
July 12th, 2012
8:28 pm
Once upon a time there was a barking frog……..
What am I typing right now princess?
Keep Up the Good Fight!
July 12th, 2012
8:28 pm
For a minute I actually thought
There’s a whopper.
They BOTH suck
July 12th, 2012
8:29 pm
Let the bigot flags fly high tonight………..
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
July 12th, 2012
8:29 pm
Kamchak will have to change his handle now…any guesses as to what it will be?? Come on cons, help me with this. ScamShaft?? You cons can do better than that. Nitey nite Drunk on the Steps
http://acidcow.com/pics/20857-like-a-boss-fck-yeah-9-pics.html
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
July 12th, 2012
8:32 pm
getalife
July 12th, 2012
8:28 pm
Once upon a time there was a barking frog……..
What am I typing right now princess?
You just farted and gave credit to your typing skills for a brilliant collision between your only two remaining brain cells.
They BOTH suck
July 12th, 2012
8:32 pm
Does anyone know what the “Dull Prince of who cares” is talking about?
Does he he know?
Fred ™
July 12th, 2012
8:33 pm
Aquagirl
July 12th, 2012
8:07 pm
I believe most of the national team is playing in the pacific northwest.
Are they that ashamed of those horrible new US team uniforms? They might not stop until they get to the Arctic circle.
++++++++++++++++++++
LOL That is freaking hilarious.
They BOTH suck
July 12th, 2012
8:33 pm
Wonder if Jesus would be casting stones?
getalife
July 12th, 2012
8:35 pm
Run along now.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 12th, 2012
8:39 pm
Aquagirl, Fred
I haven’t seen the uniforms but as I understand it all of the U.S.Olympic athletes are wearing made in China uniforms presumably with the Nike brand.
That is shameful.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
July 12th, 2012
8:39 pm
Looks like Mitt has some serious problems coming….sworn testimony that contradicts his claims that he left Bain in 1999. Mitt’s flips and flops are catching up to him.
Fred ™
July 12th, 2012
8:39 pm
They BOTH suck
July 12th, 2012
8:33 pm
Wonder if Jesus would be casting stones?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Who should Jesus be casting stones towards?
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
July 12th, 2012
8:40 pm
JamVet
July 12th, 2012
8:26 pm
Anything is possible.
For example, Prince could actually one day show up here and post something adult, intelligent and connected to the topic in some meaningful way. For example, he could weigh in on Joe Pa, PSUelelf , pedophilia, etc.
Hey Dumb Meat, Kamchak started this on page one. I masked my IP and spanked the self proclaimed blog Nazi. As for you, you’re to much of a pu$$y to come out and say you’re a lib. All you post is Neo Con this and Neo Con that. O.K.Definition of pedophilia…Jam (sic)Vet cuddles with Kamchak because Kamchak lost all credibility today. Spoon Spoon… Sarc. Most laugh at your opinions veteran liberal coward.
They BOTH suck
July 12th, 2012
8:41 pm
Kam
That is crazy. But I guess if it is Nike then it probably came from some sweatshop in Asia somewhere. Hopefully their “contractors” are not as bad as they used to be, but at one time they were pretty bad.
Years ago Phil Knight attempted to distance Nike and himself by saying that they were a marketing firm and didn’t own any factories.
Which is probably true but he knows what goes on