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10-03-2011, 09:20 PM
From Monday Night Football. WTF is this Country coming to??????
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/03...92513.html
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/03...92513.html
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10-03-2011, 09:51 PM
good maybe they will keep him off forever and get a new song
10-03-2011, 10:23 PM
Just exactly what the hell did they expect Hank to say? Good lord. Hank kicks ass, I got a kick out of what he said.
10-03-2011, 11:12 PM
CardinalAlum Wrote:good maybe they will keep him off forever and get a new song
ESPN will probably hire the Southern Clucks aka The Dixie Chicks.:igiveup:
10-05-2011, 02:41 AM
Speak out against Obama and there will be blood! What happened to free speech!?!?!? Did Rosie Odonnell get booted off the view when she called Bush 43 a "War Criminal"!?!?!?! Heck No!!! Cut ol' Bocephus some slack he was probably drunk! LOL!!!
10-05-2011, 03:53 AM
HAIL PIKEVILLE! Wrote:Speak out against Obama and there will be blood! What happened to free speech!?!?!? Did Rosie Odonnell get booted off the view when she called Bush 43 a "War Criminal"!?!?!?! Heck No!!! Cut ol' Bocephus some slack he was probably drunk! LOL!!!
The dixie chicks was almost turned off of every radio in Texas.
10-05-2011, 09:39 AM
he just made a true statement! hank jr for president!!!!!!!!!
10-06-2011, 12:41 AM
MisterPerfect Wrote:I guess Amendment 1 doesn't apply in today's society!
Sure it does, as long as the media agrees with who you are talking shit about....
10-06-2011, 01:06 AM
geauxtigers75 Wrote:Sure it does, as long as the media agrees with who you are talking shit about....
It's a sad, sad day in time we are reaching.
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10-06-2011, 01:59 PM
Coming soon: Are you rizeady for sizome fizootbizall by Snoop Doggy Dogg!!!! Actually, I like Snoop. We will actually get off pretty easy if that is what happens. More than likely, we can expect some sort of auto tuned crap by Little Wayne or some gender neutral pop crap by Lady Gaga.
10-06-2011, 03:17 PM
Miscommunication.
I'm pretty sure what happened with the Dixie Chicks is very similar to what's going on here. I think that the public and everyone else including the media blows this kinda thing out of proportion. Making it a bigger deal that what it really is. What I don't get is why these low tier celebs even decide to open their mouth. Sure they got money but why not hire a PR person to say that crap for you? So if someone gets hung out to dry, at least it isnt you!
I'm pretty sure what happened with the Dixie Chicks is very similar to what's going on here. I think that the public and everyone else including the media blows this kinda thing out of proportion. Making it a bigger deal that what it really is. What I don't get is why these low tier celebs even decide to open their mouth. Sure they got money but why not hire a PR person to say that crap for you? So if someone gets hung out to dry, at least it isnt you!
10-06-2011, 09:14 PM
10-07-2011, 12:04 PM
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Hank Williams Jr. and his iconic theme song will not return to ESPN's "Monday Night Football," the network announced Thursday.
In the wake of Williams using an analogy involving Adolf Hitler and President Barack Obama to make a political point on the Fox News Channel, Williams' "All My Rowdy Friends" will no longer be part of the MNF opening.
Williams Jr.
"We have decided to part ways with Hank Williams, Jr," ESPN said in a statement. "We appreciate his contributions over the past years. The success of Monday Night Football has always been about the games and that will continue."
On his own website, Williams said he was the one who made the decision.
"After reading hundreds of e-mails, I have made MY decision," he wrote. "By pulling my opening Oct 3rd, You (ESPN) stepped on the Toes of The First Amendment Freedom of Speech, so therefore Me, My Song, and All My Rowdy Friends are OUT OF HERE. It's been a great run."
In an interview Monday on Fox News' "Fox & Friends," Williams, unprompted, said of Obama's outing on the links with House Speaker John Boehner: "It'd be like Hitler playing golf with (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu."
Asked to clarify, Williams said, "They're the enemy," adding that by "they" he meant Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
ESPN pulled Williams' opening to Monday night's Indianapolis-Tampa Bay game and issued a statement saying: "While Hank Williams, Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize that he is closely linked to our company through the open to Monday Night Football. We are extremely disappointed with his comments, and as a result we have decided to pull the open from tonight's telecast."
Williams, through his publicist, said on Monday: "Some of us have strong opinions and are often misunderstood. My analogy was extreme -- but it was to make a point. I was simply trying to explain how stupid it seemed to me -- how ludicrous that pairing was. They're polar opposites and it made no sense. They don't see eye-to-eye and never will. I have always respected the office of the president."
Tuesday, he issued another statement."The thought of the leaders of both parties jukin and high fiven on a golf course, while so many families are struggling to get by simply made me boil over and make a dumb statement," Williams wrote on Facebook and his website. "I am very sorry if it offended anyone."
Williams' song has been part of "Monday Night Football" since 1991 on both ESPN and ABC. He is a Grammy award winner who also was a three-time entertainer of the year from the Academy of Country Music in the 1980s.
Information from The Associated Press is included in this report.
Hank Williams Jr. and his iconic theme song will not return to ESPN's "Monday Night Football," the network announced Thursday.
In the wake of Williams using an analogy involving Adolf Hitler and President Barack Obama to make a political point on the Fox News Channel, Williams' "All My Rowdy Friends" will no longer be part of the MNF opening.
Williams Jr.
"We have decided to part ways with Hank Williams, Jr," ESPN said in a statement. "We appreciate his contributions over the past years. The success of Monday Night Football has always been about the games and that will continue."
On his own website, Williams said he was the one who made the decision.
"After reading hundreds of e-mails, I have made MY decision," he wrote. "By pulling my opening Oct 3rd, You (ESPN) stepped on the Toes of The First Amendment Freedom of Speech, so therefore Me, My Song, and All My Rowdy Friends are OUT OF HERE. It's been a great run."
In an interview Monday on Fox News' "Fox & Friends," Williams, unprompted, said of Obama's outing on the links with House Speaker John Boehner: "It'd be like Hitler playing golf with (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu."
Asked to clarify, Williams said, "They're the enemy," adding that by "they" he meant Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
ESPN pulled Williams' opening to Monday night's Indianapolis-Tampa Bay game and issued a statement saying: "While Hank Williams, Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize that he is closely linked to our company through the open to Monday Night Football. We are extremely disappointed with his comments, and as a result we have decided to pull the open from tonight's telecast."
Williams, through his publicist, said on Monday: "Some of us have strong opinions and are often misunderstood. My analogy was extreme -- but it was to make a point. I was simply trying to explain how stupid it seemed to me -- how ludicrous that pairing was. They're polar opposites and it made no sense. They don't see eye-to-eye and never will. I have always respected the office of the president."
Tuesday, he issued another statement."The thought of the leaders of both parties jukin and high fiven on a golf course, while so many families are struggling to get by simply made me boil over and make a dumb statement," Williams wrote on Facebook and his website. "I am very sorry if it offended anyone."
Williams' song has been part of "Monday Night Football" since 1991 on both ESPN and ABC. He is a Grammy award winner who also was a three-time entertainer of the year from the Academy of Country Music in the 1980s.
Information from The Associated Press is included in this report.
10-08-2011, 01:41 AM
MisterPerfect Wrote:I guess Amendment 1 doesn't apply in today's society!
The 1st Amendment doesn't guarantee you to be on the opening of Monday Night Football no matter what you say.
10-08-2011, 01:44 AM
Ballers Wrote:Miscommunication.
I'm pretty sure what happened with the Dixie Chicks is very similar to what's going on here. I think that the public and everyone else including the media blows this kinda thing out of proportion. Making it a bigger deal that what it really is. What I don't get is why these low tier celebs even decide to open their mouth. Sure they got money but why not hire a PR person to say that crap for you? So if someone gets hung out to dry, at least it isnt you!
Hank Williams has a HUGE following and is an absolute icon in the country music industry and it is for this attitude that he has.
ESPN said that they would put him back on if he was "contrite".
Hank said that he didn't want to be back on and to go ahead and pull the plug.
Hank made this decision for ESPN.
10-08-2011, 01:48 AM
Breaking News:
Hank Jr DID NOT compare Obama to Hitler.
There was no link made between the two of these men.
He was simply making the statement that these two men had nothing in common....
similar to how Hitler had nothing in common with the Jews...
like Bill Billichick and Rex Ryan....
like the Yankees and the Red Sox.
Am I the only one that sees that?
lol
Hank Jr DID NOT compare Obama to Hitler.
There was no link made between the two of these men.
He was simply making the statement that these two men had nothing in common....
similar to how Hitler had nothing in common with the Jews...
like Bill Billichick and Rex Ryan....
like the Yankees and the Red Sox.
Am I the only one that sees that?
lol
10-08-2011, 01:55 AM
Wildcatk23 Wrote:http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/706644...t-football
Watch This! Holy SHIT!
At the end the boy in the middle was getting tag-teamed by a Yankee and an African-American lol
10-08-2011, 02:17 AM
zaga_fan Wrote:At the end the boy in the middle was getting tag-teamed by a Yankee and an African-American lol
I dont think it had anything to do with who they was,. He was just an idiot.
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