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And among the worst corrupters are those who complain about the corruption so they may feel good about themselves, but do practically nothing, even locally, to turn the excremental tide.
Who's joined with neighbors to constructively critique policies and activities of their local school boards and town councils until community- beneficial change is adopted?
Are you all happy with the quality of the schoolbooks in your elementary and high schools?
Have you and your social media mavens called for at least discussing a boycott of all stores selling sports goods with the 'sinning' teams' logos?
When's the last time you picketed your local, state, or national political rep contesting their crappy performance -- did you notify your local newspapers of the rationale for your picketing and request interviews?
I mean, WTF! What's The Farce of toothless complaints compared to taking bites out of the behinds of the asinine?

You’re forgetting the game officials. After every play, at least two to three of them handle the ball and can determine its condition. If you doubt this, watch a rain game and see how often the ball is changed and wiped dry.

When the officials put the ball in play, they are certifying it meets NFL standards, or is so close as to not matter.

So, if deflate gate is real, and not an accident of cold weather, the officials are implicated in game rigging. And remember, this has supposedly been going on for years.

That’s a bigger issue than some equipment manager tuning the balls to his quarterback’s desires. It’s bigger than the Black Sox scandal. At then, the game officials weren’t involved.

Its only a big issue because the Superbowl gets so much hype, there's an underlying hate of the Patriots (partly for being so successful, and partly because of that awful name), and because the NFL was concerned that Seattle is too small a market and Patriots have such a bad reputation it would hurt their revenue and ratings, so they pushed it like crazy.

Hey! Football is a man's game. Only the pansies got their panties in a twist over this. So maybe the NEP's were, and maybe the other guys were using the namby-pamby sissy media squad to rattle the NEPs. If the npsms can get a scientist to weep and grovel over his he-manly shirt, maybe they can be used to rattle Brady.

Belichek's been exploiting the boundaries of the rules for years. He's good at it. Kwitcher bellyaching and beat 'em where it counts. On the field.

My very first high-school football dog pile, all of 14 years old, there was a whole lot of punching and growling beyond the sight of the refs. You learn fast what's the best way to stop all that: hit back twice as hard, but hit back fair and square.