Flag Haters (USA) score another Scalp as USA Gymnastics interim CEO Mary Bono forced to resign for covering up Nike swooshes

tycobb wrote:

You didn’t mention her association with the Law firm giving USA Gymnastics terrible advice during Nassau scandal

+1

in addition, do you want a CEO who openly insults any sponsor? Past behavior is predictive of future behavior. Why would any company want to align with an organization whose leader doesn't have the brains to know when to keep her mouth shut.

pure stupidity.

Tru Dat Additionally, wasn't USA Gymnastics looking for a CEO to advocate for athletes - after allowing underage athletes to be raped? She starts her term with a cheap shot at an athlete and his sponsor. A sponsor with the deepest pockets in all sports.... Sharp and Classy!

fatcat wrote:

tycobb wrote:

You didn’t mention her association with the Law firm giving USA Gymnastics terrible advice during Nassau scandal

+1

in addition, do you want a CEO who openly insults any sponsor? Past behavior is predictive of future behavior. Why would any company want to align with an organization whose leader doesn't have the brains to know when to keep her mouth shut.

pure stupidity.

So Bono's Navy Seal brother in law died for the right of scared cops (that "feel" threatened) to be able to blow away anyone (especially black males) without any repurcussions. OK got it! Not sure the brother in law would agree with this if he was still here with us.

Actually, Kaepernick has said soldiers like her brother-in-law died in vain. I am not sure that she and her family feel the same. Between the Castro shirt, pig socks and statements that soldiers die in vain, Kaepernick represents far more than just a struggle for racial equality. Nike's choice of him as a representative for their campaign is a slap in the face to every member of law enforcement or the US military and their families.

......Oh FLAG hater.......never mind.

This seems fine.

For USA Gymnastics, it's probably going to get worse before it gets better.

Avocado’s Number wrote:

tycobb wrote:

You didn’t mention her association with the Law firm giving USA Gymnastics terrible advice during Nassau [sic] scandal

Right. She was a politically connected quasi-celebrity and telecommunications lobbyist with a firm that imperiled the sport of gymnastics in the U.S. Her own personal scandals didn’t help, either. And like most people, she doesn’t seem to understand the First Amendment, which perhaps shouldn’t be surprising, since her big international law firm doesn’t actually require its executives to have any education or training in law.

But I’m sure that certain politically motivated persons will choose to view this story in terms of patriotism, coddling of cop killers, Black Lives Matter, and “political correctness,” which is apparently a more emotionally satisfying brew than run-of-the-mill incompetence, stupidity, and corruption.

Hey OP, the above is what an intelligent post looks like. Start working towards that.

let me get this straight wrote:

So Bono's Navy Seal brother in law died for the right of scared cops (that "feel" threatened) to be able to blow away anyone (especially black males) without any repurcussions. OK got it! Not sure the brother in law would agree with this if he was still here with us.

Nope.

He died for someone else (W., Cheney, ExxonMobil, Haliburton, & Blackwatee )

under the guise of terrorism and WMD.

Same as any war, scratch beneath the surface and you find booming business giants.

Tell us, brave bumper sticker Patriots, how is Afghanistan going??

Iraq??

Permanent war zones siphoning trillions. Forever.

But hey, the SEALS will keep sacrificing for you bumper sticker brave souls.

Oh yeah, let's bring faux patriotism to the rape of child athletes narrative and choose the flag over rape enablers.

Good call MAGAts.

breit leit wrote:

Avocado’s Number wrote:

But I’m sure that certain politically motivated persons will choose to view this story in terms of patriotism, coddling of cop killers, Black Lives Matter, and “political correctness,” which is apparently a more emotionally satisfying brew than run-of-the-mill incompetence, stupidity, and corruption.

Hey OP, the above is what an intelligent post looks like. Start working towards that.

Never miss an opportunity to project your own peculiar notions upon those who disagree.

But I'm sure too wrote:

breit leit wrote:

Hey OP, the above is what an intelligent post looks like. Start working towards that.

Never miss an opportunity to project your own peculiar notions upon those who disagree.

Also known as (aka) #StandardNPCTactic1234567

when Tommie smith and john carlos raised their fists in 1968, did people claim that they were insulting our military?

serious question. not old enough to remember much about that time. has the national anthem always been synonymous with the military?

WI wrote:

Dbxncnnc wrote:

So? What does that have to do with protesting police brutality against black men?

Dbxncnnc, you are a real moron if you don't get the connection between the Nike "slogan" and the sacrifice her brother-in-law made. Grow some brain cells instead of drinking, huffing, or smoking them away.

Either explain it for us, or leave us with the impression that you have no idea what you are talking about - which is likely true regardless.

I wipe my a$$ with your gear.

Asking this country to stand up for its professed ideals of equality and due process is pro-American.

tycobb wrote:

You didn’t mention her association with the Law firm giving USA Gymnastics terrible advice during Nassau scandal

It might have been good legal advice though.

The swoosh issue was a minor issue. Her being a partner in a law firm that was involved in the Nassar fiasco was the reason for the firing.

I mean did no one on the Board think about this?

Maybe they need a new board to replace the new board that replaced the old one.

fatcat wrote:

when Tommie smith and john carlos raised their fists in 1968, did people claim that they were insulting our military?

serious question. not old enough to remember much about that time. has the national anthem always been synonymous with the military?

With the 50th anniversary of this event just yesterday and for some other reasons, I have been looking into the Carlos/Smith protest and have seen nothing related directly to the military. Some in the black power movement were anti-Vietnam, but by 1968 so was a wide swath of the country.

Even in this case, the idea that kneeling is protesting the military is a BS thing made up to get more people on board against the kneeling. It should be noted a former soldier suggested the kneeling as a respectful way to protest.

Nike used child labor, probably still does, it's always been a scumbag company.

https://qz.com/1042298/nike-is-facing-a-new-wave-of-anti-sweatshop-protests/

https://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/1020-01.htm

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-nike-solved-its-sweatshop-problem-2013-5

https://web.stanford.edu/class/e297c/trade_environment/wheeling/hnike.html

She also has a long history of “liking” anti-protest tweets. She is a right wing, 1 perfecter who is tone deaf on issues important to athletes and likely pissed off a possible large sponsor.