THE SHERIFF

Yes they did.

Hate that I didn't see them play. Best high school team I ever saw was the 1972 Thornridge team led by Quinn Buckner. Illinois state champs. Closest game all season,14 points.

What a load of talent. This team played in the King Of The Bluegrass tournament.

What makes golf unique is the fact that there is much less disparity between professionals and really good amateur players. Lots of great amateur players anymore. Google Jeff Knox, interesting read.

I agree that we will never all agree on anything. But it doesn't take 75% of us to make a positive difference.

Agreed. Anymore my approach is I get up every day and try to make the world a better place by being kind and positive. Things are out of control and my opinion isn't going to matter in the least. We need a grass roots effort to be kinder to each other. So you have a great day Deuce!

Saying "a lot" want the police dead is hyperbole, IMO. But like you said, that's a matter of opinion I suppose.

 

No one person can unite a country. Expecting one individual to be able to do so is not dealing in reality. It's a group effort.

To expect a group effort to unite over 300 million people is not dealing in reality either. Nothing will ever unite our entire population. A major event will align most of our citizens, but I don't foresee even 75 percent of us ever seeing eye to eye.

DJ had a 2 club wind in his face then he hits a 9 at least 165 with a still wind.

At least.

My primary focus is always on gold and jewelry. I never attend professionally managed sales, tough to find great bargains there. You would be amazed how much gold can be found at yard sales and individually managed estate sales. My single best find was an 8 dollar gold chain that I sold an hour later, for $550.

I know that looks discusting, but it is not in the serving area of the machine.

 

It's an internal pan that sits under the motor and shaft seals. It catches leaks and grease.

Agreed. It looks disgusting.

Anything that comes out of Bobby Petrino's mouth.

How do you think the fans would help or hurt the Scramble team? Would they be intimidated on the tee with fans lining the tee box? Would them surrounding the green maybe help the Scramble team? Because even if some player sculls one thru the green hot the worse that can happen is they end up 30 feet behind the green when it hits into the crowd.

Great question. I love hearing the responses in this thread. The mental aspect of playing in front of PGA type crowds would be the only thing that would concern me at all. They may be able to handle the course, but the pressure of playing on national television and thousands of spectators would have a huge effect. I'm giving the nod to my foursome, but we may be jelly legs for awhile!

Sheriff, it just seems that so many young folks nowadays have such little respect for what others are going through. I guess I've read about so many of these kind of stories that I'm no longer surprised at how little empathy some people have for others. Some kids seems to care more about what they can post on social media than how they can help a fellow human being. I wish things like this still shocked me but it doesn't.

I get it. I'll hold out hope that these disturbing social media posts are extremely isolated. I must admit that I grow more and more concerned.

I'm not surprised. American kids have become heartless and idiots with no morals.

Ref, you honestly know kids that would react this way? I know lots of kids and I would be very shocked if they responded this way.

Sad.... disturbing.... not surprising.

SF, curious as to why this is not surprising.

The most concerning part is the total disregard for a human life. This is not a natural response when witnessing a person fighting to stay alive. Alarming.

I haven't found anything specifically stating that Officer Mohamed Noor is a Muslim, yet he was raised in the states by parents native to Somali. The name Mohamed is Arabic, and a variant of Mohammad, founder of the Islamic religion.

 

So far I can only assume that he was raised a Muslim, but still I suppose that would also be like thinking that anyone named Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John is a Christian, which isn't always the case, so I can't say for certain that Somalians would name their child Mohamed yet not be followers of the Islamic religion. I honestly don't know how loosely they use that name, or if those using it are without doubt raised in the Islamic tradition.

I suppose sometimes we all let stereotypes dictate our thinking. I know I'm guilty.

What point do you think that I was trying to make?

 

I indeed WAS saying that race shouldn't matter, and that wrong is wrong...

 

However there's no doubt in my mind that some white folks would question/doubt the early reports if they thought that it was a white cop, and a black woman.

 

Some would conclude that there must be something "more to the story", and that the black woman must've done something to escalate the situation, however once they learned that it was a middle class white woman and a Muslim police officer, I guarantee that the very same people would immediately switch gears in their thinking, and think that the police officer was likely a radical loose cannon, which he probably is no matter his race, but much easier for some to conclude because of his race, and their impression of that.

 

I'm not suggesting either that only those within the white race are capable of letting stereotypes dictate their thinking (they all can), yet in this particular case I'm proposing what I've said from the perspective of a white person quick to judge the circumstances, or the circumstances of any other police shooting.

 

Right out of the gate with this thread I was already feeling the vibe of what I am suggesting, and It would be interesting to know, if they're willing to admit it, what initial picture they had in their head of those involved, and if they noticed any 180's in their thinking when they found out who actually was involved?

 

Bottom line, if one found themselves more easily believing the particulars of the reports of this shooting once they realized that it was a Muslim, but demanded more info when they might've thought that it was a white cop, I'm suggesting that they let their stereotypes dictate their knee-jerk reactions of how they first reacted to the early reports, and if it were to have been a white cop, defense of his actions and needing more info would likely have followed, but because it's a Muslim guy, and while he was clearly in the wrong, no white guy now is going give him the same benefit of the doubt that they might've given the white cop.

Do we know that the officer was a Muslim?

I really work at keeping the romance alive in my marriage, for example I recently wrote my wife a song. I titled it, "I told you I love you, so shut up".

My list begins with Ralph Beard. I'll have to think about the rest.

Here's one I didn't know until fairly recently.

 

RP>GS

Rick Pitino > Good Stripper ? SMH

Does anyone think that UL may still fire Rick?

With the recruiting class he has coming in, he's safe. Perhaps that's part of the reason he has decided to bring in potential one and dones.

On Memorial day, late at night. Alcohol can get anyone in trouble.....

Including overzealous cops.

I understand that a fifty second video may be a poor representation of the entire situation, but I can't begin to describe how angry this video makes me.

My family was all from Eastern Kentucky. 13 children on Mom's side, 10 on Dad's side. Used them many times.

4 to 1 odds. 10 to 1 payout. Roll it every time.

Shoes are one of the most overpriced items out there.

Initial expense of a start up venture such as this would have to be costly.