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July 17, 2011

Women's World Cup Final Thread [dri]
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The US Women's soccer team is playing for the 2011 World Cup championship today at 2:45pm EST on ESPN. They are a great team with lots of heart. Go USA! From1999:

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1 Yay! Thanks dri.

We should be up by about four by my count at this point. We've had some great oh-so-close shots. Just not connecting.

And that's a great commercial - I don't remember that one from back in the day.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 17, 2011 11:23 AM (Vw1BG)

2 Aaand it appears I will have this thread all to myself.

Pretty roomy in here!

Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 17, 2011 11:24 AM (Vw1BG)

3 Go USA!

Posted by: Grey Fox at July 17, 2011 11:26 AM (zb5JQ)

4 "Aaand it appears I will have this thread all to myself.

Pretty roomy in here!"

Drapes are kind of drab. I think a whimsical wall mural might be nice.

Posted by: dri at July 17, 2011 11:26 AM (4uWkx)

5 What

A

Dump

Pass the onion dip.

Oh and Mubarik is in a coma.

Posted by: Tami at July 17, 2011 11:32 AM (X6akg)

6 Quick half. Unproductive but quick nonetheless.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 17, 2011 11:32 AM (Vw1BG)

7 Yea Soccer! Wait, what?

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 11:35 AM (GTbGH)

8 This is disgusting. I mean, the nerve of those females not being naked.

Posted by: Quark at July 17, 2011 11:35 AM (QBQcg)

9 Uncovered Meat.

Posted by: Running Hobo at July 17, 2011 11:36 AM (l1oyw)

10 Soccer does not fit into the AoSHQ lifestyle. I bet a thread involving the World Cup of Hobo Sniping would have like 600 comments by now.

Posted by: dri at July 17, 2011 11:37 AM (4uWkx)

11 This is disgusting. I mean, the nerve of those females not being naked. Posted by: Quark at July 17, 2011 03:35 PM (QBQcg) That's why G-D gave man the power of imagination

Posted by: nevergiveup at July 17, 2011 11:37 AM (7wmOW)

12 Oh and Mubarik is in a coma.

How can they tell?

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at July 17, 2011 11:39 AM (3xl01)

13 Go USA!

Posted by: jrg at July 17, 2011 11:39 AM (BkQvr)

14 Listening to ESPN Radio yesterday and the whining has already begun about nobody paying attention to the woman's soccer team. There's a reason for that, it's a woman's team and it's soccer.

Posted by: lowandslow at July 17, 2011 11:39 AM (GZitp)

15 Soccer does not fit into the AoSHQ lifestyle.

Juice boxes and orange slices aren't really the moron way.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 17, 2011 11:39 AM (Vw1BG)

16 Maybe, if you advertise free pizzas and beer, people will show up. Otherwise, Americans will just watch baseball.

BTW: anyone know if Hope Solo or Megan Rapinoe are married?

Posted by: soccer_can_be_dull at July 17, 2011 11:39 AM (vXagV)

17 I'll be following it here. Dish is not giving me the necessary channels today and ABC is not showing it over the air.

Posted by: t-bird at July 17, 2011 11:40 AM (FcR7P)

18 Ali Krieger is yummy

Posted by: StrategicCorporalUSMC at July 17, 2011 11:40 AM (BKcBp)

19 What I like about the women's world cup is the MBM hasn't been forcing the meme that soccer is cool down our throats. It isn't cool, but I hope the ladies do well. Oh, and Hope Solo is a hottie mchotterson.

Posted by: Old grizzled gym coach at July 17, 2011 11:40 AM (QBQcg)

20 There's a reason for that, it's a woman's team and it's soccer. Posted by: lowandslow at July 17, 2011 03:39 PM (GZitp) Actually it's pretty fast paced and exciting

Posted by: nevergiveup at July 17, 2011 11:40 AM (7wmOW)

21 How can they tell?

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at July 17, 2011 03:39 PM (3xl01)

He hasn't cashed his last US check.

Posted by: Tami at July 17, 2011 11:40 AM (X6akg)

22 I dunno about the WWC, but Alex Morgan's hot pink sports bra works for me.

Posted by: BSR at July 17, 2011 11:40 AM (BH4RQ)

23 Halftime 0 - 0 U.S. - faster, more aggressive Japan - better individual skills, better disciplined team play But....0 - 0 so typical soccer, Probably end in a shoot out. Couldn't they decide ties with a jello wrestling match?

Posted by: naturalfake at July 17, 2011 11:40 AM (I49Jm)

24 I'll be following it here. Dish is not giving me the necessary channels today and ABC is not showing it over the air. Posted by: t-bird at July 17, 2011 03:40 PM (FcR7P) It's on the main ESPN channel

Posted by: nevergiveup at July 17, 2011 11:41 AM (7wmOW)

25 BTW: anyone know if Hope Solo or Megan Rapinoe are married?

Don't think so, but they would make a nice couple.

Posted by: Roger at July 17, 2011 11:41 AM (tAwhy)

26 Tho seriously, I never got the instinctive rejection of soccer by Americans. I'd rather watch soccer 24/7 than a single NBA game

Posted by: BSR at July 17, 2011 11:42 AM (BH4RQ)

27 It's cute the way people are trying to convince me women's soccer is an actual sport.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at July 17, 2011 11:42 AM (azHfB)

28 wtf? i'm trying to quote some of the wittier comments from the WC thread a year or two back, and Pixie is telling me it's unbroken text.

Posted by: redc1c4 at July 17, 2011 11:45 AM (d1FhN)

29 That was a quick halftime.

Posted by: Old grizzled gym coach at July 17, 2011 11:45 AM (QBQcg)

30 It's on the main ESPN channel Yeah, I know. All I'm getting is junk channels from Dish right now. QVC and crap.

Posted by: t-bird at July 17, 2011 11:46 AM (FcR7P)

31 Her soccer skills are the one and only reason I love Alex Morgan (now in the game)...nope no other reasons at all

Posted by: BSR at July 17, 2011 11:46 AM (BH4RQ)

32 That was a quick halftime. Posted by: Old grizzled gym coach at July 17, 2011 03:45 PM (QBQcg) And women take longer to pee than us also?

Posted by: nevergiveup at July 17, 2011 11:46 AM (7wmOW)

33 Reading through the roster I saw there is a Heather Mitts -- on a quick read I thought it was Heather Mills and I laughed at the thought of a one legged gold digger playing soccer

Posted by: StrategicCorporalUSMC at July 17, 2011 11:47 AM (BKcBp)

34 Abner Doubleday must have invented soccer as well as baseball.

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at July 17, 2011 11:47 AM (3xl01)

35 Hope Solo and Alex Morgan are purdy.

Posted by: Big T Party at July 17, 2011 11:47 AM (FfyYt)

36 The Women's World Cup Final interests me about as much as flat soda. However, it's far less dangerous than the previous thread.

Posted by: George Orwell at July 17, 2011 11:47 AM (AZGON)

37 It's cute the way people are trying to convince me women's soccer is an actual sport.

First, no one here is trying to convince of any such thing.

Second, no one is forcing you to be in this thread.

IOW ---> you're free to leave.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 17, 2011 11:48 AM (Vw1BG)

38 If I want to watch people run, I'll go to a track meet where they have all different kinds and lengths of races, but somebody wins every one of them. Okay, soccer is like a marathon, but nobody is running in the same direction, and often nobody wins. And then there's the faggy shorts, and the swan dives. Other than that, I like it just fine. ps. Oh, and the little cards. I bet they have Hello Kitty on them don't they?

Posted by: redc1c4 at July 17, 2011 11:49 AM (d1FhN)

39 Not a terribly attractive bunch of gals, are they? That Wambach girl looks like Bill Laimbeer.

Posted by: Ronno at July 17, 2011 11:49 AM (nQR0p)

40 Go Topless!

Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2011 11:49 AM (qGgcC)

41 39 Alex Morgan an Hope Solo??!

Posted by: Big T Party at July 17, 2011 11:49 AM (FfyYt)

42 I don't like soccer 'cause it sucks. I'm deep that way.

yes, i figured it out...

Posted by: redc1c4 at July 17, 2011 11:49 AM (d1FhN)

43 @27 Racist!

Posted by: onobama at July 17, 2011 11:50 AM (1kwr2)

44 QVC and crap.

Yes, but at least you don't have to watch Hanoi Jane on QVC. So there's that.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 17, 2011 11:50 AM (Vw1BG)

45 Not a terribly attractive bunch of gals, are they? That Wambach girl looks like Bill Laimbeer. Posted by: Ronno at July 17, 2011 03:49 PM (nQR0p) And I guess you look like Paul Newman?

Posted by: nevergiveup at July 17, 2011 11:50 AM (7wmOW)

46 Dramatic English Announcer: (heavily accented gabble gabble gabble!)

Female American Announcer: I have no idea what that means!

Posted by: soccer_can_be_dull at July 17, 2011 11:51 AM (vXagV)

47 I don't like soccer but put USA on anything an I become a big fan.

Posted by: Big T Party at July 17, 2011 11:51 AM (FfyYt)

48 41 39 Alex Morgan an Hope Solo??!

Posted by: Big T Party at July 17, 2011 03:49 PM (FfyYt)

I was going to say Solo was passable.

Posted by: Ronno at July 17, 2011 11:51 AM (nQR0p)

49 Meh soccer sucks because it just isn't very good. In American football you see good individual plays with every down. Soccer is sloppy, passes are inaccurate, those receiving passes usually don't receive them. There are no plays really, there are certain things they try to do in certain situations but not everyone is on the same page or even at the same part of the field. Every down in football and every pitch in baseball has some sort of play on and that is why they score more often. Soccer to me is a bunch of people running around looking for an opportunity instead of creating an opportunity to either score or defend against a score. That's why it's boring.

Posted by: redc1c4 at July 17, 2011 11:51 AM (d1FhN)

50 I don't like soccer but put USA on anything an I become a big fan. Posted by: Big T Party at July 17, 2011 03:51 PM (FfyYt) Amen

Posted by: nevergiveup at July 17, 2011 11:51 AM (7wmOW)

51 Alex Morgan, Hope Solo, Tobin Heath off the bench. I'd say 3 big time hotties are probably a better percentage than much other teams

Posted by: BSR at July 17, 2011 11:52 AM (BH4RQ)

52 Yes, but at least you don't have to watch Hanoi Jane on QVC I'll never forgive that pampered harpy for her later politics, permanently spoiling "Barbarella" for me. She should have gone from there to a real career. Like sapphic pornography.

Posted by: George Orwell at July 17, 2011 11:52 AM (AZGON)

53 Tho seriously, I never got the instinctive rejection of soccer by Americans. I'd rather watch soccer 24/7 than a single NBA game Exactly. NBA is the same isolation plays over and over. Women's soccer can be especially good because the field is so big for them that they have to rely on ball movement.

Posted by: t-bird at July 17, 2011 11:52 AM (FcR7P)

54 Alex Morgan, Hope Solo, Tobin Heath off the bench. I'd say 3 big time hotties are probably a better percentage than much other teams Posted by: BSR at July 17, 2011 03:52 PM (BH4RQ) Well to be honest France and Sweden didn't suck in that catagory

Posted by: nevergiveup at July 17, 2011 11:53 AM (7wmOW)

55 the soccer is boring argument doesnt fly with me, most baseball games I watch are boring like 90% of the time and I still like it

Posted by: BSR at July 17, 2011 11:53 AM (BH4RQ)

56 These Japanese gals all look like Furbies.

Posted by: Ronno at July 17, 2011 11:53 AM (nQR0p)

57 Goooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaallllllllllll!

or not...

Posted by: Gmac at July 17, 2011 11:53 AM (Hx+3o)

Alex Morgan an Hope Solo??!

Will there be scissor kicking?

Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2011 11:54 AM (qGgcC)

59 Soccer has the same problem as all low scoring games: the winner is not necessarily the better team, just the luckier one.

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 11:54 AM (GTbGH)

60 Hope Solo is hot.

But, I'm confused. Who are all these Japanese dudes they are playing?

Posted by: Clubber Lang at July 17, 2011 11:54 AM (QcFbt)

61 Score a goal, or get back in the kitchen!

Posted by: william_shatner's_pants at July 17, 2011 11:55 AM (dhz9q)

Man, soccer sucks ass. I watched two minutes of this drivel and I would rather go outside and watch dirt for an hour than spend another second with this crud.

Sure, I hope we win and it's good and all that, but that doesn't mean I have to watch it. The Euro shitstains in the crowd are nauseating, too. Buncha bobbleheaded mofos who you just know will pizz and moan if 'Murika ends up winning. Fuck 'em all sideways with a pair of soccer cleats.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 17, 2011 11:55 AM (AF1jB)

63 I just wish I could hear the grunts.

Posted by: Breaker19 at July 17, 2011 11:56 AM (qdI7N)

64 @60 are they the Crazy 88s with out their masks?

Posted by: StrategicCorporalUSMC at July 17, 2011 11:56 AM (BKcBp)

65 59: True. Especially when PKs are involved. American Football is the perfect sport,so in comparison soccer looks like garbage. But i'll take it over a lot of stuff American's seem to have no problem watching, like Golf. Why on earth do so many people watch golf?

Posted by: BSR at July 17, 2011 11:57 AM (BH4RQ)

66 And winning a game by shootout is an abomination, whether in soccer or hockey. My solution is to have 5 minute extra periods, but remove a player from each team in each period. When it's finally goalie against goalie, somebody will win.

Of course, nobody asked me.

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 11:57 AM (GTbGH)

67 I'd give Hope Solo the best 20 seconds of my life.

Posted by: Cheesehead Bill at July 17, 2011 11:57 AM (Uwli4)

68 Some Marine should invite Megan Rapino to the Marine Ball

Posted by: nevergiveup at July 17, 2011 11:58 AM (7wmOW)

69 *squirt*

Posted by: Anthony Weiner at July 17, 2011 11:59 AM (C0Z3w)

70 I think Hope Solo and Alex Morgan could both use some serious one on one PT, I am more than happy to volunteer for my country

Posted by: BSR at July 17, 2011 11:59 AM (BH4RQ)

71 70 I think a group session would be more productive.

Posted by: Big T Party at July 17, 2011 12:00 PM (FfyYt)

72 How did we get the blonde chick from the Matrix on our team?

Posted by: Clubber Lang at July 17, 2011 12:00 PM (QcFbt)

American Football is the perfect sport

Ha!

Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2011 12:01 PM (qGgcC)

You know what I'm not seeing on this Soccer field?

Posted by: Sheila Jackson Lee at July 17, 2011 12:04 PM (qGgcC)

75 Compared to most women's sports, soccer seems to select less for masculinity than others. Maybe because it's more about endurance than raw strength or explosive movements. Just compare soccer women to basketball women.

That's one problem with women's sports. It often comes down to who has the manliest lesbians. Don't get me wrong, I'm a red-blooded American so I want our lesbians to kick the ass of the all those foreign lesbians. USA! USA!

In men's sports the more masculine men tend to have an advantage. In women's sports the more feminine women ... tend to not bother trying out for the team in the first place.

Posted by: Clubber Lang at July 17, 2011 12:06 PM (QcFbt)

76 You know what I'm not seeing on this Soccer field? Increased debt spending?

Posted by: Eric Cantor at July 17, 2011 12:06 PM (4Kl5M)

77 You know what I'm not seeing on this Soccer field?

Eskimos?

Posted by: Breaker19 at July 17, 2011 12:07 PM (qdI7N)

78 The Japanese team has a certainly lack of diversity.

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 12:07 PM (GTbGH)

79 Soccer sucks too because they have the whiniest fans on the fuckin' planet. They're always on about how nobody fucking appreciates the sport and shit. Maybe it's because no one wants to be associated with a bunch of fucking crybaby shitheads. That and liberals like it...which explains the constant pissing and moaning too come to think of it.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 17, 2011 12:08 PM (AF1jB)

80 GGGOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL

Posted by: Old grizzled gym coach at July 17, 2011 12:09 PM (QBQcg)

81 Goallll

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 12:09 PM (GTbGH)

82 FINALLY!!!

Posted by: tmi3rd at July 17, 2011 12:09 PM (WRtsc)

83 Alex Morgan!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Big T Party at July 17, 2011 12:09 PM (FfyYt)

84 Score with and assist my my girl megan

Posted by: nevergiveup at July 17, 2011 12:09 PM (7wmOW)

85 GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!!!!

Posted by: Breaker19 at July 17, 2011 12:10 PM (qdI7N)

86 GOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!

_{USA BTW!!!}

Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 17, 2011 12:10 PM (Vw1BG)

87 Great, really great

Posted by: nevergiveup at July 17, 2011 12:10 PM (7wmOW)

88 I watched some slow-motion youtubes, and very much appreciated the attractive way Megan Rapinoe "bounces" (more than the ball)...

glad to see the replays of this!

Posted by: finally, a score! at July 17, 2011 12:10 PM (vXagV)

89 Fer sure this time.

Alex Morgan!!!

Posted by: Gmac at July 17, 2011 12:10 PM (Hx+3o)

90 And Megan Rapinoe (the blonde chick from the Matrix) with another HUGE assist. Really great work on that, and good finish by Morgan.

Posted by: tmi3rd at July 17, 2011 12:11 PM (WRtsc)

91 WOW Alex Morgan is only 22- you go girl

Posted by: nevergiveup at July 17, 2011 12:12 PM (7wmOW)

92 The one thing that soccer doesn't do that they could borrow from hockey is foghorns or air raid sirens when goals are scored... I've got the anthem this coming Saturday for Sporting KC in the MLS, and that's just a subtle little fan thing they could improve.

Posted by: tmi3rd at July 17, 2011 12:13 PM (WRtsc)

93 Well online ESPN beat both FOX and Drudge to the headline

Posted by: nevergiveup at July 17, 2011 12:13 PM (7wmOW)

94 By the way- Hope Solo is friggin' yummy. Just needed to say that.

Posted by: tmi3rd at July 17, 2011 12:13 PM (WRtsc)

95 First in with an Alex Morgan marriage proposal

Posted by: BSR at July 17, 2011 12:15 PM (BH4RQ)

96 77 You know what I'm not seeing on this Soccer field?

Rosie O' Donnell?

Posted by: MFM/MBM at July 17, 2011 12:15 PM (6B+2e)

97 I just want to say that Hope Solo is a very cool name. Like Max Power, Randy Johnson (the Big Unit) and Rick Perry.

Posted by: AmishDude at July 17, 2011 12:16 PM (73tyQ)

98 74 You know what I'm not seeing on this Soccer field?

Posted by: Sheila Jackson Lee at July 17, 2011 04:04 PM (qGgcC)

Sword-waving, blue-painted Celtic warriors?

Posted by: Grey Fox at July 17, 2011 12:16 PM (zb5JQ)

99 Hope Solo,

I'm using this AoS forum to ask you to escort me to Long John Silver's for some fish n chips.

Hit me up.

Posted by: Breaker19 at July 17, 2011 12:17 PM (qdI7N)

100 The US team is attacking Japan like a tsunami!

Too soon?

Posted by: The guy who always asks "too soon?" at July 17, 2011 12:17 PM (73tyQ)

101 I just want to say that Hope Solo is a very cool name. Like Max Power, Randy Johnson (the Big Unit) and Rick Perry. Careful now, Usul. "Rick Perry" is a killing word.

Posted by: Paul Muad'ib at July 17, 2011 12:17 PM (AZGON)

102

You know what I'm not seeing on this Soccer field?

Posted by: Sheila Jackson Lee at July 17, 2011 04:04 PM (qGgcC)

Mars Rover and American Flag?

Posted by: MFM/MBM at July 17, 2011 12:18 PM (6B+2e)

103 Dack...Liberals dont like soccer, they just pretend to because europeans do. Liberals hate competition and therefore all sports. Plus the nationalism is beneath them

Posted by: BSR at July 17, 2011 12:18 PM (BH4RQ)

104 Re: our lesbians versus their lesbians... I had a great story told to me by one of the Canadian women's hockey team back in '99... her brother was playing goalie for us in New Orleans, and she came down to visit. Anyway, she couldn't have been more charming, and the conversation eventually came around to playing hockey. I tried to delicately ask her about the locker room, and she just grinned at me and said, "You mean, are we a bunch of heavy-boot, flannel-wearing, tobacco-chewing, shaved-sides-of-head dykes?" Needless to say, I was kind of embarrassed, but she said something to the effect of, "...I'm one of the few straight players in the room, but it sure is the damnedest thing to have the team break into a spontaneous chorus of 'You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman'." That was a fun night.

Posted by: tmi3rd at July 17, 2011 12:20 PM (WRtsc)

105 Plus the nationalism is beneath them

Not really, just their own nationalism. They're cool with other nations.

Posted by: AmishDude at July 17, 2011 12:21 PM (73tyQ)

106 Liberals dont like soccer, they just pretend to Nonsense. I read between those racist white chalk lines and see... green jobs.

Posted by: Sheila Jackson Lee at July 17, 2011 12:21 PM (AZGON)

107 shit- sloppy ball handoing

Posted by: nevergiveup at July 17, 2011 12:21 PM (7wmOW)

108 Dammit

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 12:21 PM (GTbGH)

109 Shit. They went to sleep on that.

Posted by: tmi3rd at July 17, 2011 12:21 PM (WRtsc)

110 OOOPS!
JAPAN GOALLLLS!

Posted by: MFM/MBM at July 17, 2011 12:22 PM (6B+2e)

111 _{goooooaaaaalllll}

Posted by: Breaker19 at July 17, 2011 12:22 PM (qdI7N)

112 Bonsai!

Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2011 12:22 PM (qGgcC)

113 pht. 1-1.

Hope zigged when she should have zagged.

Posted by: finally, a score! at July 17, 2011 12:22 PM (vXagV)

114 Point blank range, goal Japan, tie game. :/

Posted by: Gmac at July 17, 2011 12:22 PM (Hx+3o)

115

sloppy ball handoing

So many jokes, I'm freezing up...

Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2011 12:23 PM (qGgcC)

116 When you try not to lose it often has the opposite effect.

Posted by: Big T Party at July 17, 2011 12:24 PM (FfyYt)

117 Another quick surprise attack from those crafty Japs

Posted by: BSR at July 17, 2011 12:24 PM (BH4RQ)

118 sloppy ball handoing So we have Hope Solo, and now Hando Ballslippian It's like George Lucas crossed with Mia Hamm

Posted by: George Orwell at July 17, 2011 12:27 PM (AZGON)

119 Come on, ladies!

Posted by: '80sBaby at July 17, 2011 12:28 PM (o2lIv)

120 Here's a pretty remarkable story of an up-and-coming American superstar.

Too bad golf isn't really a sport either.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 17, 2011 12:29 PM (braLA)

121 Why don't they kiss after a goal?

Posted by: Jose at July 17, 2011 12:29 PM (WTNJJ)

122 Come on, ladies!

Posted by: '80sBaby at July 17, 2011 04:28 PM (o2lIv)

I love this place!

Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2011 12:30 PM (qGgcC)

123 One of the problems with soccer, at least at the professional level, is that so much of it is an exercise in futility and the law of averages doesn't help you out like in hockey.

Soccer vs. American football could be a metaphor for how each culture sees economics.

For Europe and Latin America, economics is about having some skill, but really about getting lucky once. You get very few chances and might as well play defensively.

For America, it's a steady progression: Small successes count for something and if you're close enough, you will stand a very good chance of scoring a little or you can take a risk to score more than twice as much.

It's also one of the few sports in which the coach plays a decisive role during gameplay.

Posted by: AmishDude at July 17, 2011 12:30 PM (73tyQ)

124 So, someone said there was free pizza? and beer?

Posted by: shootout? at July 17, 2011 12:31 PM (vXagV)

125 119 Come on, ladies!

Posted by: '80sBaby at July 17, 2011 04:28 PM (o2lIv)

Are we going shopping, now?

Posted by: Lindsey Graham at July 17, 2011 12:31 PM (6B+2e)

126 Also, I think they'd be more successful if they'd pick the ball up more. Opposable thumbs are marvelous inventions.

Posted by: AmishDude at July 17, 2011 12:32 PM (73tyQ)

127 Overtime. Hate to say it, but they gave that shit away by going to sleep. Here's hoping the US can pull this out in OT prior to the shootout.

Posted by: tmi3rd at July 17, 2011 12:34 PM (WRtsc)

128 1-1 extra innings, free soccer.

Posted by: Snafu at July 17, 2011 12:34 PM (8d28r)

129 Is this a sports thread?

Good.

Jeff Gordon just went from 4th to 11th on the last lap.

Had sumpthin' to do with "fillings".. He ran short on gas.

Posted by: franksalterego at July 17, 2011 12:34 PM (7/sDI)

130

I think it was George Carlin who said putting some randomly place landmines around a baseball field would really liven up the game.

I don't see why that wouldn't work for soccer as well. Either that or make the players wear and use single shot flamethrowers.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 17, 2011 12:37 PM (AF1jB)

131 I can always tell when things get exciting on the field, despite not being able to watch the game - everyone stops posting.

Posted by: Grey Fox at July 17, 2011 12:37 PM (zb5JQ)

132 Yeah, I don't think we need to be sensitive about the fact that lesbians are a tiny minority that are hugely over-represented in elite women's athletics. It's just a fact of the world. I'm happy to cheer for American lesbians to beat Japanese lesbians. I'm happier to cheer for hot feminine American chicks, of course.

In men's sports, dudes who naturally have higher levels of testosterone tend to have an advantage ... same with women's sports. Which is why men's sports are dominated by manly looking dudes with jutting square jawlines and bulging muscles .... and so are women's sports.

The elite training also interferes with the normal menstrual cycle, so female athletes often aren't flooding their bodies with the same monthly hormones that normal women are.

Still, soccer seems to produce a fair # of hot chicks. Tennis more so. WNBA ... not so much. Selecting for height and strength is probably not a good way
to select for hot chicks.

Posted by: Clubber Lang at July 17, 2011 12:38 PM (QcFbt)

133 I'm surprised at the lack of nappy headed hos on this soccer field.

Posted by: Don Imus at July 17, 2011 12:40 PM (AF1jB)

134 132 Yeah, I don't think we need to be sensitive about the fact that lesbians are a tiny minority that are hugely over-represented in elite women's athletics.

Wouldn't that make Title IX discriminatory if it had a "disparate negative impact" on heterosexual women?

Posted by: AmishDude at July 17, 2011 12:40 PM (73tyQ)

135 "The best header in the world" is just funny.

Posted by: Breaker19 at July 17, 2011 12:41 PM (qdI7N)

136 Soccers selection bias is towards fitness rather than brute strength. Same with tennis, hence more femininity. With the exception of the Williams sisters

Posted by: BSR at July 17, 2011 12:42 PM (BH4RQ)

137 >>Is this a sports thread?

I thought it was a new way to say open thread.

Posted by: sTevo at July 17, 2011 12:44 PM (VMcEw)

138 With the exception of the Williams sisters
Posted by: BSR at July 17, 2011 04:42 PM (BH4RQ)

And ass lots and lots of ass.

Posted by: Lindsey Graham at July 17, 2011 12:47 PM (6B+2e)

139 Throw in some blue lines and you could really slow this game down.

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 12:48 PM (GTbGH)

140 GGGGGOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLL

Posted by: Old grizzled gym coach at July 17, 2011 12:51 PM (QBQcg)

141 Goooalll

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 12:51 PM (GTbGH)

142 GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!

Posted by: Tami at July 17, 2011 12:51 PM (X6akg)

143 Goalll!!!!!!

Posted by: Big T Party at July 17, 2011 12:51 PM (FfyYt)

144 wooohooo

Posted by: robtr at July 17, 2011 12:51 PM (MtwBb)

145 GOALLLLL USA!

Posted by: Lindsey Graham at July 17, 2011 12:51 PM (6B+2e)

146 please kiss!

Posted by: Jose at July 17, 2011 12:52 PM (WTNJJ)

147 Header

Posted by: Snafu at July 17, 2011 12:52 PM (8d28r)

148 YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH, MUTHA FUCKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

Posted by: tmi3rd at July 17, 2011 12:52 PM (WRtsc)

149 Form Alex Morgan!!!!

Posted by: Big T Party at July 17, 2011 12:52 PM (FfyYt)

150

NICE HEAD

Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2011 12:52 PM (qGgcC)

151 Why does the entire Japanese team look 15 year old dudes?

Posted by: Clubber Lang at July 17, 2011 12:52 PM (QcFbt)

152 Abby "War Tower" Wambagh!

Posted by: shootout? at July 17, 2011 12:52 PM (vXagV)

153 Soccer sucks

Posted by: cherry π at July 17, 2011 12:53 PM (OhYCU)

154 Alex Morgan 1 score and 1 assist.

Posted by: Old grizzled gym coach at July 17, 2011 12:54 PM (QBQcg)

155 Why does Pixy hate me?

Posted by: fluffy at July 17, 2011 12:54 PM (4Kl5M)

156 Now here's hoping the US doesn't go into prevent D here.

Posted by: tmi3rd at July 17, 2011 12:54 PM (WRtsc)

157 156 Now here's hoping the US doesn't go into prevent D here.

That's pretty much what the sport is.

Posted by: AmishDude at July 17, 2011 12:56 PM (73tyQ)

158 Morgan's about to become a superstar. Which drops my chances from 1 in a million down to the buddy roemer for president level. Bummer

Posted by: BSR at July 17, 2011 12:57 PM (BH4RQ)

159 And the other thing is the damned flexible clock. Either time is up or it's not. We like our metaphysical precision. It's not the 19th century anymore, we have digital watches.

Posted by: AmishDude at July 17, 2011 12:58 PM (73tyQ)

160 BSR, Hope Solo will also be another marketing bonanza. There are some GORGEOUS folks playing for the US. There are also some... less-fortunate folks, shall we say?

Posted by: tmi3rd at July 17, 2011 12:59 PM (WRtsc)

161 Braves Win! Braves Win!

Posted by: Snafu at July 17, 2011 01:00 PM (8d28r)

162 Having two balls in play simultaneously would make this a more interesting game.

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 01:00 PM (GTbGH)

163 Having TV recep problems today, not getting the game. Score still 1-1?

I'm not so much a follower of soccer as I am a follower of any American team in a sport. GO USA!

Posted by: Theresa at July 17, 2011 01:00 PM (DX5lC)

164 Oh wait, while I was posting it appears the USA got another goal!

Posted by: Theresa at July 17, 2011 01:01 PM (DX5lC)

165 Seriously, not since Mia Hamm have they had a pretty face to market...and she wasn't as hot as either of these two.

Posted by: BSR at July 17, 2011 01:02 PM (BH4RQ)

166 "the equalizer" is a sweet name for a tie score, we should incorporate that in U.S. sports

Posted by: Jose at July 17, 2011 01:02 PM (WTNJJ)

167 Amish, the problem is, we don't control the progression of the sport like we do with the Big 4 in the US. If it ever really caught on in the US, they'd make all kinds of changes to the game.

Posted by: tmi3rd at July 17, 2011 01:02 PM (WRtsc)

168 And Tobin Heath!!!?!!

Posted by: Big T Party at July 17, 2011 01:03 PM (FfyYt)

169 Plus i'm mesmerized by Morgans hot pink sports bra

Posted by: BSR at July 17, 2011 01:03 PM (BH4RQ)

170 @159 AmishDude Soccer doesn't stop the clock or have time outs; the extra time on the end is usually 5 minutes or less. I love soccer.

Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at July 17, 2011 01:03 PM (3Iwaq)

171 Way to go Matrix chick! Well done Switch! Apoc would be proud.

Posted by: Zombie Pizza Douche at July 17, 2011 01:03 PM (QcFbt)

172 As far as marketing, yes, only the pretty ones will be able to make hay of it because all anybody will know is that the USA won. If not for Brandy Chastain's strip tease, we wouldn't know who was the goal-scorer last time.

Posted by: AmishDude at July 17, 2011 01:03 PM (73tyQ)

173 Well, MSNBC is showing a marathon of Rachel Maddow productions, like the Assassination of Dr. George Tiller, which consists of a somber Maddow reading a bunch of ominous lines in a sepulchural voiceover while a bunch of dyke-y women onscreen try to tie the killer into the larger fabric of the fashust theocratic Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 17, 2011 01:04 PM (AF1jB)

174 Shit, that was close. US going to sleep again.

Posted by: tmi3rd at July 17, 2011 01:04 PM (WRtsc)

175 HOPE'S HURT! HOPE'S HURT!

Posted by: Breaker19 at July 17, 2011 01:04 PM (qdI7N)

176 Soccer doesn't stop the clock or have time outs;

Yeah, I don't get that. Don't tell me they can't find scorekeepers with opposable thumbs either!

Posted by: AmishDude at July 17, 2011 01:05 PM (73tyQ)

177 SHIT!

Posted by: Tami at July 17, 2011 01:06 PM (X6akg)

178 shit

Posted by: Old grizzled gym coach at July 17, 2011 01:06 PM (QBQcg)

179 Damn

Posted by: Big T Party at July 17, 2011 01:06 PM (FfyYt)

180 Soccer. Piffle.

I watching "Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry?"

Posted by: mpfs at July 17, 2011 01:06 PM (3TjSM)

181

CRAP!

Posted by: Amy in Nashville at July 17, 2011 01:06 PM (D+Cui)

182 OOOPS!
GOAL JAPAN!

Posted by: YIKES! at July 17, 2011 01:06 PM (6B+2e)

183 2-2

Posted by: Snafu at July 17, 2011 01:06 PM (8d28r)

184 phht.

Posted by: shootout? at July 17, 2011 01:06 PM (vXagV)

185 Noooo!

Posted by: '80sBaby at July 17, 2011 01:06 PM (o2lIv)

186

That goal Japan scored is like Pearl Harbor.

Not the actual Pearl Harbor. More like Pearl Harbor the movie starring Ben Affleck.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 17, 2011 01:07 PM (AF1jB)

187 @176 AmishDude LOL! I'm dying here--COME ON, USA!!!!

Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at July 17, 2011 01:08 PM (3Iwaq)

188 Now, the issue becomes getting momentum back going into PKs.

Posted by: tmi3rd at July 17, 2011 01:08 PM (WRtsc)

189 Hope is hurt going into the penalties. That's ... not good.

Posted by: Clubber Lang at July 17, 2011 01:09 PM (QcFbt)

190 damn, she had the goalie totally flatfooted

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 01:09 PM (GTbGH)

191 I'll bet she gives head like a Wombat!

Posted by: Austin Powers international man of colour commentary at July 17, 2011 01:10 PM (qGgcC)

192 Ruh Roh! Red Card

Posted by: Breaker19 at July 17, 2011 01:10 PM (qdI7N)

193 I picked the US to win by 18.

Posted by: Dick Obama at July 17, 2011 01:11 PM (6B+2e)

194 That should be it.

Posted by: tmi3rd at July 17, 2011 01:12 PM (WRtsc)

195 The thing that bugs me about watching it on TV is the lack of depth perception. You can't tell if it's an easy play or not.

Posted by: AmishDude at July 17, 2011 01:12 PM (73tyQ)

196 winning on penalty kicks is ridiculous

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 01:12 PM (GTbGH)

197

Posted by: shootout? at July 17, 2011 01:12 PM (vXagV)

198 Penalty Shots are teh ghey.

Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2011 01:12 PM (qGgcC)

199 If I ran soccer, this is something that would be eliminated- deciding championships in shootouts. They do the same thing in international hockey, and it drives me crazy.

Posted by: tmi3rd at July 17, 2011 01:12 PM (WRtsc)

200 5 shooters, yes?

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 01:13 PM (GTbGH)

201 Dude just smacked Hope's ass. I want that job.

Posted by: Old grizzled gym coach at July 17, 2011 01:13 PM (QBQcg)

202 Winning on penalty kicks is like shaking hands with your sister.

Posted by: AmishDude at July 17, 2011 01:14 PM (73tyQ)

203 They should make the goalies mud wrestle to settle this thang.

Posted by: Breaker19 at July 17, 2011 01:14 PM (qdI7N)

204

5 shooters, yes?

any less and it's not Bukakae!

Posted by: FiFA Rules at July 17, 2011 01:14 PM (qGgcC)

205 200 If I ran soccer, this is something that would be eliminated- deciding championships in shootouts. They do the same thing in international hockey, and it drives me crazy.

Pull the keepers, play till you drop.

Posted by: AmishDude at July 17, 2011 01:15 PM (73tyQ)

206 They should make the goalies mud wrestle to settle this thang.

A judged make-out contest

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 01:15 PM (GTbGH)

207 Are those women referees?

Posted by: YIKES! at July 17, 2011 01:15 PM (6B+2e)

208 Is there really a 'Boxx' on the field?

Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2011 01:16 PM (qGgcC)

209 So the championship of the Womens' World Cup will be decided on a game of H-O-R-S-E.

Posted by: AmishDude at July 17, 2011 01:16 PM (73tyQ)

210 In women's sports the more feminine women ... tend to not bother trying out for the team in the first place.

Posted by: Clubber Lang at July 17, 2011 04:06 PM (QcFbt)

Watch some women's volleyball. Pretty feminine. Graceful and athletic.

Posted by: long toss at July 17, 2011 01:16 PM (XXji7)

211 This is not good.

Posted by: tmi3rd at July 17, 2011 01:16 PM (WRtsc)

212 What the hell?

Posted by: Tami at July 17, 2011 01:17 PM (X6akg)

213 Didn't Obama send a delegation to this match? You all know how badly that usually turns out for the US.

Posted by: Donna at July 17, 2011 01:18 PM (/SnES)

214 ridiculous

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 01:18 PM (GTbGH)

215

she muff'd it!

Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2011 01:18 PM (qGgcC)

216 This is over.

Posted by: tmi3rd at July 17, 2011 01:18 PM (WRtsc)

217 Losing by PK is the ghey.

Posted by: mugiwara at July 17, 2011 01:18 PM (KI/Ch)

218 Shit. We're gonna lose this!

Posted by: long toss at July 17, 2011 01:18 PM (XXji7)

219 I can't watch...

Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at July 17, 2011 01:18 PM (3Iwaq)

220 Hope!!!

Posted by: Big T Party at July 17, 2011 01:18 PM (FfyYt)

221 I can't watch... Cable is out?

Posted by: fluffy at July 17, 2011 01:19 PM (4Kl5M)

222 go high

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 01:19 PM (GTbGH)

223 Well, last thirty minutes or so have been pretty good for soccer but- 2 - 2 A-a-a-a-a-a-a-and it's a shootout. The worst frikkin way to end any major sport.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 17, 2011 01:19 PM (I49Jm)

224 Damn!!

Posted by: Big T Party at July 17, 2011 01:19 PM (FfyYt)

225 3 blocks by the japs

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 01:19 PM (GTbGH)

226 216,

Heh, he said muffed it. who is winning just came back from a fresh caught fish fry.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 01:20 PM (Rbchp)

227 This is sucking. Is Obama and his Copenhagen Touch in attendance?

Posted by: t-bird at July 17, 2011 01:20 PM (FcR7P)

228 They said earlier that Obama is watching....that explains it.

Posted by: Tami at July 17, 2011 01:20 PM (X6akg)

229 229 This is sucking. Is Obama and his Copenhagen Touch in attendance?

Yes indeed he sent a delegation...

Posted by: Donna at July 17, 2011 01:20 PM (/SnES)

230 At least the Japanese are allies. Congratulations.

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 01:21 PM (GTbGH)

231 At least a Euro trash team didn't win it and Japan can use some good news for a change.

Posted by: YIKES! at July 17, 2011 01:21 PM (6B+2e)

232

Posted by: Amy in Nashville at July 17, 2011 01:21 PM (D+Cui)

233 Waaaaah!

Posted by: Kevin at July 17, 2011 01:21 PM (N/Uf7)

234 229 This is sucking. Is Obama and his Copenhagen Touch in attendance?

Posted by: t-bird at July 17, 2011 05:20 PM (FcR7P)

The announcers said they saw pictures of the O family watching. I knew we were fucked when I'd heard that...

Posted by: mugiwara at July 17, 2011 01:21 PM (KI/Ch)

235 @fluffy I have satellite (no, it's not out.) I just can't stand suspense.

Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at July 17, 2011 01:22 PM (3Iwaq)

236 Fuck

Posted by: Snafu at July 17, 2011 01:22 PM (8d28r)

237 Yeah, if not us, then I'm glad it's Japan. They needed this.

Posted by: Tami at July 17, 2011 01:22 PM (X6akg)

238 You gotta be shitting me.

Posted by: USS Diversity at July 17, 2011 01:22 PM (Jyt+i)

239 One thing about the Japanese team, they never gave up.

Posted by: AmishDude at July 17, 2011 01:22 PM (73tyQ)

240 229 This is sucking. Is Obama and his Copenhagen Touch in attendance?

Posted by: t-bird at July 17, 2011 05:20 PM (FcR7P)

http://flic.kr/p/a4wu9V

Posted by: Jose at July 17, 2011 01:22 PM (WTNJJ)

241 If the japanese girls are going to run around taking their clothes off, will someone wakeup Ace and chemjeff?

Posted by: Jean at July 17, 2011 01:22 PM (tWctt)

242 Oh well, no harm no foul. Congratulations Japan.

Posted by: Breaker19 at July 17, 2011 01:22 PM (qdI7N)

243 http://flic.kr/p/a4wu9V

Posted by: Jose at July 17, 2011 01:22 PM (WTNJJ)

244 "Well, Mom always said - 'Don't trust Whitey and God loves a Shinto.'"

Posted by: the Jerk at July 17, 2011 01:22 PM (qGgcC)

245 Ahhh, so that's it then! Looking forward to the first trash-talking, team-bashing NFL threads.

Posted by: Theresa at July 17, 2011 01:23 PM (DX5lC)

246 And after all, it's soccer. I shed a single tear.

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 01:23 PM (GTbGH)

247 No more whining over that tsunami now, ya hear?

Posted by: mugiwara at July 17, 2011 01:23 PM (KI/Ch)

248

That was certainly worth the time spent watching it.

can't say that about all the soccer matches I have watched.

Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2011 01:24 PM (qGgcC)

249 Theresa, Browns suck

Posted by: Jean at July 17, 2011 01:25 PM (tWctt)

250 Meh, I knew we lost it when that dumbass chick announcer started waxing about how Obama was watching the game on TV.

Posted by: robtr at July 17, 2011 01:25 PM (MtwBb)

251 Look at the feet on that harridan, I'll bet odumbass moves ten feet when she plants on of those runners up his ass!

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 01:25 PM (Rbchp)

252 Go Cowboys!

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 01:25 PM (GTbGH)

253 Well, it gives me no joy to say it but the better team won.

Posted by: DocJ at July 17, 2011 01:25 PM (AWzOz)

254 The Copenhagen Touch is actually pretty reliable.

I remember when Joe Biden was in the booth at the FCS (former DI-AA) championship game and Delaware lost. Now he sends Jill Biden for this final and she jinxes this one too.

(Although she didn't make an ass of herself in the broadcast booth, at least.)

Posted by: AmishDude at July 17, 2011 01:25 PM (73tyQ)

255
Let me be clear.
It was of earthquakes, floods, Bush, not raising the debt limit and taxes which caused the US loss.

Posted by: President Sports Bracket at July 17, 2011 01:25 PM (6B+2e)

256 Congratulations to Japan, and if Orca was kicking, we would have won. Psst, Indonesia didn't play.

Posted by: An Aide To The President at July 17, 2011 01:25 PM (FcR7P)

257 Nice barefeet on the Obama women.

I wonder if they wipe their boogers under the chairs.

Posted by: MrCaniac at July 17, 2011 01:25 PM (eKuOw)

258 I knew USA was toast as soon as the commentator said they showed a picture of Obama was watching it on TV....the kiss of death strikes again!!!!

Posted by: USNA1985 at July 17, 2011 01:25 PM (U3TDy)

259 well, crap. The prevent defense works as well in FIFA as in the NFL

Posted by: Frank G at July 17, 2011 01:26 PM (1rPxL)

260 Sigh. My dream is that my son plays for USA in the 2016 World Cup in Russia.

Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at July 17, 2011 01:27 PM (3Iwaq)

261 Damn a few guys beat me too it, great minds think alike i guess...LOL!!

Great job USA and Congrats to Japan.

Posted by: USNA1985 at July 17, 2011 01:28 PM (U3TDy)

262 My dream is that odumbass will be on trial in 2016 along with his crew!

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 01:28 PM (Rbchp)

263 Go Cowboys!

Posted by: toby928Â™ at July 17, 2011 05:25 PM (GTbGH)

+about eleventy trillion!!!

Posted by: Theresa at July 17, 2011 01:28 PM (DX5lC)

264 Somebody has to compile Obama's reverse Midas touch.

Posted by: AmishDude at July 17, 2011 01:28 PM (73tyQ)

265 Soccer to me!

Posted by: Richard Nixon at July 17, 2011 01:28 PM (qdI7N)

266 That's quite the Cinderella story. Japan shocked three powers and won. Check them for North Korean musk oxen!

Posted by: t-bird at July 17, 2011 01:28 PM (FcR7P)

267 http://flic.kr/p/a4wu9V

Posted by: Jose at July 17, 2011 05:22 PM (WTNJJ)

Ummm....whatcha guys eatin', hmmmm?

Posted by: Tami at July 17, 2011 01:28 PM (X6akg)

268 The announcers are just babbling now.

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 01:29 PM (GTbGH)

269 Cowboys ruuuuuuule!!!!!!! eleventy!

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 01:29 PM (Rbchp)

270 I am going to have to pull some for NO with Mark Ingram.

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 01:31 PM (GTbGH)

271 Go Boys. Fire Jerry.

Posted by: USS Diversity at July 17, 2011 01:31 PM (Jyt+i)

272

Hey - if we could lose to anyone I would want it to be Japan.

The Nadeshiko!

That country needs all they can get to lift them up. If beating the world's best team in dramatic fashion does it, then I'm good with it.

Posted by: JDW at July 17, 2011 01:31 PM (HlEu/)

273 Unfortunate commercial.

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 01:31 PM (GTbGH)

274 I feel sick.

They lost it in the first 10 minutes really. We took about seven shots that came <thisclose> but never made the cut. I knew that was a bad sign.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 17, 2011 01:31 PM (braLA)

275 OK, the game's over and the Cain thread blows. Threadjack, anyone?

Posted by: Y-not is back from Park City at July 17, 2011 01:31 PM (5H6zj)

276 Can we now admit that Title IX is a failure?

Posted by: AmishDude at July 17, 2011 01:31 PM (73tyQ)

277 Pressure Makes Us, or not.

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 01:31 PM (GTbGH)

278 Will Pat O'Brien comment on the loss or is he phoning a young lass asking for butt sex?

If you have to ask, she's just not that into you.

Posted by: sifty at July 17, 2011 01:34 PM (ECjvn)

279 Four corners fails every time. Oh and, Soccer Blows

Posted by: Some dope at July 17, 2011 01:34 PM (+kznc)

280 Can we now admit that Title IX is a failure?

It depends on it's intent. Sure, it's killing low priority men's sports but it is also failing to get more women involved in sports, so there's that.

Wait.

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 01:34 PM (GTbGH)

281 Glad my grandson Cade plays football and baseball, not soccer.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 01:35 PM (Rbchp)

282

Posted by: Jill Biden, PhD at July 17, 2011 05:33 PM (Lt/Za)

I believe it's an Ed.D.

Posted by: Ombudsman at July 17, 2011 01:36 PM (/0tpc)

283 In fact he is on his way to a 1 week baseball camp in New Brunsfels as we type.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 01:37 PM (Rbchp)

284

Damn.

Posted by: Ernie McCracken at July 17, 2011 01:37 PM (FUEui)

285 I didn't start watching until the 100 minute mark... still confused on the lack of calls for a Japan offside about 20sec before their 2nd goal, and why the US didn't get a corner-kick attempt at the very end.

Otherwise I agree with Some dope --- Soccer Blows!!!

Posted by: darth_vincent at July 17, 2011 01:38 PM (lHChk)

286 I'm up for bringing back gladiators in the arena after 2012, however using libtards as the attraction we must find a way to make them use swords and nets instead of kissing each other.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 01:41 PM (Rbchp)

287 I'm a rational guy, cause and effect and empirical evidence and whatnot, but I'm starting to think there's something to the collective unconscious. Almost on cue, when Julie Foudy started waxing about the JEF, I sensed the US' crumbling.

Every national team now has to figure out a way to distract Obama when they're playing an important game.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 17, 2011 01:42 PM (DPM1U)

288 You could tell Japan had more energy and focus going into the PK round.

Congratulations to both teams.

Posted by: '80sBaby at July 17, 2011 01:42 PM (o2lIv)

289 Hope Solo is still a star in my wet dreams

Posted by: The Dude at July 17, 2011 01:43 PM (Ig1Wo)

290 Wow. I bet those American ladies stay in Germany.

Posted by: Zombie Uday Hussein at July 17, 2011 01:43 PM (FZZ94)

291 296,

You would think that the smell of feet and watching his lady inhale chow would have distracted him.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 01:43 PM (Rbchp)

292 We should be more like Japan.

Posted by: Barky McFucknut at July 17, 2011 01:44 PM (qdI7N)

293 Am I the only one that noticed that USA was doing fine until the announcers tried to politicize the event by repeatedly talking about O'Bambi & family?

Posted by: phaedrus at July 17, 2011 01:46 PM (hzjPO)

294 Somewhere, the alums of 130 or so defunct college wrestling programs are silently weeping.

Posted by: Rick at July 17, 2011 01:46 PM (w/BWR)

295 303,

Not to mention NFL pre-season practice.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 01:49 PM (Rbchp)

296 I had never met a female soccer player before and I was nervous about it. Would she like beer and hockey too? Could I bring myself to talk to her when she was of the "other"?

I said "Hi, are you used to dribbling balls?" and she kicked me in the balls. Oh how I cried. And now I'm happy that the city is building a soccer pitch in my neighbourhood.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 17, 2011 01:55 PM (oUG6f)

297 one last quote:

Penalty kicks. Deciding the championship of a team sport on the basis of an individual skill contest is plain dumb

Posted by: redc1c4 at July 17, 2011 01:55 PM (d1FhN)

298

Absolutely. As soon as I head them mentioning Obami's name and saying the team wanted him to be there I knew there was no hope. Even they are stained by this incompetent's snakeoil. Plus of course the liberal media must start pushing him for their political agenda.

Just one more thing you Americans have failed at again under that cold hearted failure.

Where's that hope and change you'all talk about ?

Posted by: joe at July 17, 2011 01:56 PM (GgSSJ)

299 Hope Solo? I'd rather we Change Together.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 17, 2011 01:56 PM (oUG6f)

300 wow wtf happened on the penalty kicks? What a shame, the US dominated the match. Their utter collapse on the p-kicks is going to go down in soccer history with infamy. It was one of the greatest choke artist moments of FIFA. It would have been far better to lose the Japan in regulation than to flame out like this on the p-kicks!

Posted by: Cowboy at July 17, 2011 01:57 PM (So+7G)

301 we must find a way to make them use swords and nets instead of kissing each other.
Tell them they're fighting over grant money.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 17, 2011 01:58 PM (oUG6f)

302 Newest celeb invited to the Marine Corps Ball? Betty White. It's a link to HuffPo, but here's a link to the video if you don't want to give Arianna the hit.

Posted by: Theresa at July 17, 2011 01:58 PM (DX5lC)

303 I heard there was a home run in overtime.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 17, 2011 01:58 PM (LH6ir)

304 306 one last quote:

Penalty kicks. Deciding the championship of a team sport on the basis of an individual skill contest is plain dumb

It's like having free throws determine a tied basketball game

Posted by: Breaker19 at July 17, 2011 02:00 PM (qdI7N)

305 Newest celeb invited to the Marine Corps Ball? Betty White. It's a link to HuffPo, but here's a link to the video if you don't want to give Arianna the hit. Posted by: Theresa at July 17, 2011 05:58 PM In a right-side-up world, 'celebrities' would be making videos asking US Marines if they could be their dates to the Marine Corps Ball.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at July 17, 2011 02:01 PM (F8bQJ)

306 They should go back to doing rematches on ties. Television ruined this. Screw television.

Posted by: Cowboy at July 17, 2011 02:02 PM (So+7G)

307 Will Pat O'Brien comment on the loss or is he phoning a young lass asking for butt sex?
That's sick!

Posted by: rex ryan at July 17, 2011 02:02 PM (oUG6f)

308 316,

Hey Rex I thought you were into toes.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 02:03 PM (Rbchp)

309 Nice bare feet on the Obama women.
Sweet.

Posted by: rex ryan at July 17, 2011 02:03 PM (oUG6f)

310 Yep, in the wikipedia entry for Choke (sports) there's already an entry for the US Women in the FIFA World Cup 2011.

Posted by: Cowboy at July 17, 2011 02:03 PM (So+7G)

311 "penalty kicks".....yeah....nice sport there....no wonder people on this side of the pond never watch....and will prolly never watch.

give me the NFL any day of the week over this basic, vanilla sport.

Posted by: str8 outta at July 17, 2011 02:04 PM (cWqI9)

312 318,

But the bigun' needs to be shod.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 02:04 PM (Rbchp)

313 321: My favorite bar is Hoofers.

Posted by: rex ryan at July 17, 2011 02:06 PM (oUG6f)

314 322,

Yeah, but if you send her to a blacksmith shiela would go balistic!

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 02:07 PM (Rbchp)

315

As soon as I head them mentioning Obama's name and saying the team wanted him to be there, I knew there was no hope.

Look on the bright side - they're gonna be mentioning Obama's name ALL NIGHT LONG on Election Night 2012.

If his record holds - and there's no reason to think it won't - he'll go down in flames.....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at July 17, 2011 02:09 PM (EOxFP)

316 [Later, 'Nam Grunt, barbecue's on!]

Posted by: andycanuck at July 17, 2011 02:09 PM (oUG6f)

317 Bless you Teresa.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 02:10 PM (Rbchp)

318 325,

Eat well grasshopper.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 02:10 PM (Rbchp)

319 How 'bout them (NY) Yankees?

Posted by: Soccer Sucks, as does Title IX at July 17, 2011 02:17 PM (69ysa)

320 Great game . . . until the PKs. My son is a soccer goalie and I can tell you saving them is 100% luck. You just have to guess and dive. Like many of you said before, that's not the way to win the biggest title in women's soccer.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 17, 2011 02:18 PM (r6nMH)

321 329,

Hey Wyatt, always a fan of your posts on the ont always a pretty woman, you certainly are one of the good cops.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 02:20 PM (Rbchp)

322

My pleasure, 'NamGrunt!

Honestly, it just came to me when I was reading all of the comments.....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at July 17, 2011 02:21 PM (EOxFP)

323 Hey Wyatt, always a fan of your posts on the ont always a pretty woman, you certainly are one of the good cops.

Thank you, sir. Always a fan of those who served. Thank you.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 17, 2011 02:23 PM (r6nMH)

324 331,

You are just another in the long line that gets it, hopefully everyone else will too.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 02:23 PM (Rbchp)

325
I'm embarrassed for this blog.

women's soccer

and the shitty post below

hmmmffff

Posted by: soothie at July 17, 2011 02:24 PM (NdWo2)

326 332,

Aaaaaand TY for your service.

We are all in this together!

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 02:24 PM (Rbchp)

327 Allahpundit just tweeted from @BreakingNews that O's gonna make a personal announcement in the Rose Garden tomorrow afternoon. I'm guessing he's gonna announce he's had it and wants to just go back to Hawaii and sit and smoke pot on the beach. Anyone else have a guess?

Posted by: Theresa at July 17, 2011 02:25 PM (DX5lC)

328

Posted by: Jose at July 17, 2011 05:22 PM (WTNJJ)

Uh oh! The little one is porking up again. Remember when Moose-chelle outed her for being overweight? Well, I think she's even bigger now than she was at that time. Looks like that healthy choices thing is working wonders for your kid, Mrs. Oblahblah. How about you worry about your own children and let everyone else take care of their own? Yeesh.

Posted by: runningrn at July 17, 2011 02:26 PM (ihSHD)

329 I'm embarrassed for this blog.

women's soccer

Oh, come on; we've done a lot worse here . . .

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 17, 2011 02:26 PM (r6nMH)

330 Penalty kicks. Deciding the championship of a team sport on the basis of an individual skill contest is plain dumb

It's like having free throws determine a tied basketball game

Posted by: Breaker19 at July 17, 2011 06:00 PM (qdI7N)

Or a baseball closer,... or even a pinch hitter in the ninth.

Posted by: long toss at July 17, 2011 02:28 PM (XXji7)

331 Today's match was women's soccer? I could swear there were a least a couple of schlongs on the field?

We have our share of hotties. Hope Solo, Alex Morgan, etc. I like Megan Rapinoe - the bleach-blond - too. Focus on them.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 17, 2011 02:28 PM (r6nMH)

332 337,

He is going to throw the donks under the bus and agree with the elephants. Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 02:29 PM (Rbchp)

333 337 Allahpundit just tweeted from @BreakingNews that O's gonna make a personal announcement in the Rose Garden tomorrow afternoon. I'm guessing he's gonna announce he's had it and wants to just go back to Hawaii and sit and smoke pot on the beach. Anyone else have a guess?

Posted by: Theresa at July 17, 2011 06:25 PM (DX5lC)

Wow, that's loaded. May be the poor dear has a hangnail and he wants Americans to sacrifice....chickens.

Posted by: Breaker19 at July 17, 2011 02:31 PM (qdI7N)

334 Maybe he's gonna tell us we're all big mean poopyheads.....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at July 17, 2011 02:31 PM (EOxFP)

335 Actually odumbass knows that he will lose by a landslide and now he's going to start begging and be even more of an asshole.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 02:32 PM (Rbchp)

336 Anyone else have a guess?

He's gonna finally come out of the closet?

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 17, 2011 02:32 PM (r6nMH)

337 Allahpundit just tweeted from @BreakingNews that O's gonna make a personal announcement in the Rose Garden tomorrow afternoon. I'm guessing he's gonna announce he's had it and wants to just go back to Hawaii and sit and smoke pot on the beach. Anyone else have a guess?

Posted by: Theresa at July 17, 2011 06:25 PM (DX5lC)

No...no...no....please don't let Michelle be pregnant...please!

Posted by: Tami at July 17, 2011 02:33 PM (X6akg)

338 346,

I think he did that in the bicycle riding pic.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 02:34 PM (Rbchp)

339 I think he did that in the bicycle riding pic.

Good point. Besides, Michelle is the worst beard evah.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 17, 2011 02:34 PM (r6nMH)

340 No...no...no....please don't let Michelle be pregnant...please!

What, with Obama's second child?

Posted by: Breaker19 at July 17, 2011 02:35 PM (qdI7N)

341 Maybe he's gonna declare himself King.

Posted by: Theresa at July 17, 2011 02:36 PM (DX5lC)

342 He's going to volunteer for the 1st shot to mars.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 02:36 PM (Rbchp)

343 337 Allahpundit just tweeted from @BreakingNews that O's gonna make a personal announcement in the Rose Garden tomorrow afternoon. I'm guessing he's gonna announce he's had it and wants to just go back to Hawaii and sit and smoke pot on the beach. Anyone else have a guess?

Interesting. Very interesting.

Posted by: '80sBaby at July 17, 2011 02:37 PM (o2lIv)

344

Anyone else have a guess?

"It is with an heavy heart and great sadness that I must announce that I will be forgoing my already planned vacation in Martha's Vineyard with my beautiful young family because of the Republicans refusal to budge on raising taxes. Because of the evil George Bush and the members of his diabolical party, I will not be able to enjoy sunset walks along the beach with my beloved rib of my rib, heart of my heart, Michelle. Because of the nasty, partisan political games being waged by Eric Cantor and the like, my children will, like millions of other black kids, be forced to go on vacation without their father. They will not be able to fully enjoy their $50.00 ice cream cones, their palatial suites at the most prestigious hotel in Martha's Vineyard, or their protected private beach with gorgeous views without their father accompanying them.

Republicans have proven once again that they have sunk to their lowest level in history, and it is completely unprecedented as well as racist. Despite their best efforts at thwarting me and the will of the people, I will soldier on. I will persevere and I will work tirelessly night and day, fully focused like a laser in helping to get more people back to work. And I will continue to fight for what's right for America, at continual great personal sacrifice. Thank you and may God bless America!

Posted by: Barack "I Mean Business Now" Obama at July 17, 2011 02:37 PM (ihSHD)

345 His ears picked up something from Alpha Centauri.

Posted by: USS Diversity at July 17, 2011 02:37 PM (Jyt+i)

346 He's going to quit smoking for the !!!!! 11'ty time!

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 02:38 PM (Rbchp)

347 Anyone else have a guess?

He's going on a European stoner backpacking trip for six months.

Posted by: Waterhouse at July 17, 2011 02:39 PM (7c8Cd)

348

No...no...no....please don't let Michelle be pregnant...please!

Nah! It's too early for that. That announcement won't be made til next year, when the campaign really gets heated up.

Posted by: runningrn at July 17, 2011 02:39 PM (ihSHD)

349 Maybe he's going to announce that he's converted to Christianity?

Posted by: Truman North at July 17, 2011 02:41 PM (+gfwN)

350 He's going to announce Jamie Fox as his personal asst!

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 02:42 PM (Rbchp)

351 I can't believe Cain gets almost 900 comments, and Rick Perry can't get to 300.

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 02:42 PM (GTbGH)

352 Of course, nobody asked me.

Posted by: toby928Â™ at July 17, 2011 03:57 PM (GTbGH)

They never ask people who might have good ideas.

Posted by: KG at July 17, 2011 02:43 PM (LD21B)

353 He's had an affair with Shiela Jackson Lee for the past year.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 02:44 PM (Rbchp)

354 Allahpundit just tweeted from @BreakingNews that O's gonna make a personal announcement in the Rose Garden tomorrow afternoon. I'm guessing he's gonna announce he's had it and wants to just go back to Hawaii and sit and smoke pot on the beach. Anyone else have a guess?

An entire thread could be created with the speculation around a "personal" announcement.

In haiku form.

Posted by: As If... at July 17, 2011 02:44 PM (piMMO)

355 A-a-a-a-a-and now it's time to tie the last two threads together: Should we ban Muslims from the sport of Soccer in this country? or Should we force Muslims to play the sport of Soccer in this country? And what does the Koran say about scantily dressed women who choke on penalty shots during a World Cup? Actually, it wasn't a choke so much as the Japanese team had probably scouted Hope Solo very very well. Did you see the smile on Japan's coach when the penalty kicks were announced - she was happy as could be. Lots of confidence in her team. Also, note the speed with which the Japanese team approached the ball for the kick....it was quite a bit slower than the U.S. team's approach and probably threw our goalie off her timing. Very well coached and excellent disciplined team play on Japan's part. Congratulations Japan.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 17, 2011 02:45 PM (I49Jm)

356 She has more junk in trunk so there's that.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 02:45 PM (Rbchp)

357

Hey Penalty Kicks to decide a tie are like the Electoral College to decide the US Presidential election. It's all part of the system that folks knew would apply going in. And complaining about the system is for pussies--or for Al Gore in 2000.

That said it was a hell of a game. The US team showed style, grace, speed and power. I can't tell how many times some 5' 10" tall US woman ran down a Japanese munchkin from behind and stole the ball. But it was a lot. This was one of those days where the US strikers--who were bombing the goal like Curtis LeMay bombed Tokyo through much of the game--needed to have their sights recalibrated by just a hair. For them this is one of those days best described as "some days you're the dog, and some days you're the hydrant". They were just that little bit off, or otherwise they would have blown the Japanese team clear back to Japan from Frankfurt.

It was a good game for both sides. If you didn't like it, or if you still don't like women's soccer, well tough noogies to you.

Posted by: Comanche Voter at July 17, 2011 02:46 PM (3ESDJ)

358 355His ears picked up something from Alpha Centauri. Posted by: USS Diversity at July 17, 2011 06:37 PM (Jyt+i) You owe me a new keyboard......

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at July 17, 2011 02:47 PM (EOxFP)

359 As usual, with much fanfare, it will be like everything else in this guy's reign of terror, an announcement about nothing. The man has absolutely no substance. His hectoring and lecturing is portrayed by our MFM as great speechifying. It's not. The man has given more lying press conferences and more vapid, meaningless speeches about nothing than all the other presidents in the U.S. combined. I would like to say that Obama is unprecedented in that he was the first ever to base his 4 years in office on a popular, but passee sit-com. Some day we will look back on his administration and refer to them as "The Seinfeld Years."

Posted by: runningrn at July 17, 2011 02:48 PM (ihSHD)

360 Anyone else have a guess?
He's going to console the ladies soccer team by telling them that he's sure they'll go all the way at the 2012 Chicago Olympics.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 17, 2011 02:49 PM (oUG6f)

361 well tough noogies to you.

Well that won't bring an invitation to my cigar smoking. weapons cleaning and BBQ class.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 02:49 PM (Rbchp)

362 Anyone else have a guess?

Don't tell me Obama killed Caylee.

Posted by: Breaker19 at July 17, 2011 02:49 PM (qdI7N)

363

Nah, JonBenet Ramsey -

Or Nicole Simpson.....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at July 17, 2011 02:51 PM (EOxFP)

364
my guess: Obama will make it official: he supports homosexual "marriage"

Posted by: soothie at July 17, 2011 02:52 PM (uaD9E)

365 375,

Of course not! Silly wabbit, he killed osama, all by himself.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 02:52 PM (Rbchp)

366
Napoleon Solo's kid?

Posted by: soothie at July 17, 2011 02:53 PM (i+piv)

367 He will announce that room has just been made available for Holder under the bus. Unfortunately, this will prevent Holder from testifying about Fast& Furious.

Posted by: chillin the most at July 17, 2011 02:53 PM (6IV8T)

368 Who makes an announcement that they are going to make an announcement of a personal nature?

Posted by: Y-not at July 17, 2011 02:54 PM (5H6zj)

369 381,

Well this fucktard IS special.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 02:54 PM (Rbchp)

370
a personal announcement, eh?

cancer -- what else?

Posted by: soothie at July 17, 2011 02:55 PM (Dr7Fc)

371 Maybe he's inviting Bradley Manning to the Marine Ball? [Or vice versa.]

Posted by: andycanuck at July 17, 2011 02:56 PM (oUG6f)

372 He"s buying a volt after long consideration and setting the example.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 02:56 PM (Rbchp)

373
so it's either cancer or homo marriage

but probably cancer

something very mild and benign, but he's deciding to let us know so he can score political/sympathy points

Posted by: soothie at July 17, 2011 02:56 PM (KNDOU)

374 Is NBC absolutely positive the WH said "personal" and not "personnel"?

Posted by: '80sBaby at July 17, 2011 02:57 PM (o2lIv)

375 Would someone please throw up another thread before the morons go all 300 on the trolls?

Posted by: As If... at July 17, 2011 02:57 PM (piMMO)

376 386,

Well Chavez taught him well didn't he.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 02:57 PM (Rbchp)

377
I'll bet my leftnut on it -- it's cancer.

Posted by: soothie at July 17, 2011 02:58 PM (Dtao3)

378 This is... ACES!!!!

Posted by: leonidas of sparta at July 17, 2011 02:58 PM (oUG6f)

379 He"s buying a volt after long consideration and setting the example.

I dunno about that. Have you seen Truman's sidebar post yet?

Still LMAO

Posted by: As If... at July 17, 2011 02:58 PM (piMMO)

380 Obama is going to announce that he is pregnant.

Posted by: Breaker19 at July 17, 2011 02:58 PM (qdI7N)

381 Nah, AIDS.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 02:59 PM (Rbchp)

382 I'm not sure what it could be other than some sympathy-garnering illness.

Posted by: Waterhouse at July 17, 2011 02:59 PM (7c8Cd)

383 I can't think of anything good he would announce. So maybe Biden is having health problems and is resigning, with JEFF hoping to improve his popularity by bringing in someone else.

Posted by: PaleRider at July 17, 2011 03:00 PM (ql12X)

384 I'll bet my leftnut on it -- it's cancer.
That's what I said.

Posted by: tom green at July 17, 2011 03:00 PM (oUG6f)

385
it has to be something medica

either cancer or he's having his ears pinned back

one or the other

mark my words

Posted by: soothie at July 17, 2011 03:00 PM (BAqy2)

386 Damn. Didn't get to watch the game. Congratulations Japan.

Posted by: NC Ref at July 17, 2011 03:00 PM (/izg2)

387 Y-not, that's why it seems so strange to me, who the hell does that. Well, attention-grabbing celebs, maybe, and JEF does love him some attention.

I've been reading stuff by Ulsterman on Triond who's supposedly hearing from a "white house insider" and he's written all kinds of stuff having to do with distracting the American people away from different shit that has been going on in this administration. It could be something big, or it could be an announcement that he's bought a low-flush toilet for the family bathrooms in the WH and has a TP dispenser that dispenses 1 sheet at a time. Who knows?

Posted by: Theresa at July 17, 2011 03:00 PM (DX5lC)

388

a personal announcement, eh?

"Some say, 'That President Obama, his hair sure is looking a lot more grey these days.' Let me be clear, my hair is no greyer today than it was when I first took office. It changes color depending on the lighting and what color neck tie I am wearing. If it appears inordinately grey (which it is not), then that is because my predecessor, George W. Bush, put dimmers and soft white lightbulbs in all the lamps and fixtures."

Posted by: Your Personal Obama at July 17, 2011 03:01 PM (ihSHD)

389 Actually he's going to become a rapper, more mooolah!

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 03:01 PM (Rbchp)

390 OMG. If she's pregnant we'll never hear the end of how sweet it is that they still find time for each other and how sexy he is for loving his wife so much and how she's even more stylish than was Jackie during her pregnancy.

vomit.

How can anyone put him out of work while he has a new baby on the way???!!!

Posted by: As If... at July 17, 2011 03:01 PM (piMMO)

391 Maybe he'll admit to tingly feelings about Sarah Palin's Newsweek photoshoot.

Posted by: Waterhouse at July 17, 2011 03:02 PM (7c8Cd)

392 387 Is NBC absolutely positive the WH said "personal" and not "personnel"?

Posted by: '80sBaby at July 17, 2011 06:57 PM (o2lIv)

Never mind.

Posted by: Roseanne Roseannadanna at July 17, 2011 03:02 PM (qdI7N)

393
this guy is the Oprah of presidents

Posted by: soothie at July 17, 2011 03:03 PM (25wCj)

394
Look up, dummies.

Posted by: soothie at July 17, 2011 03:03 PM (ka6ta)

395 If it is something "personal", I imagine we'll see speculative leaks either later tonight or early tomorrow morning.

Posted by: '80sBaby at July 17, 2011 03:03 PM (o2lIv)

396 He's announcing a nuclear strike on Texas Cuz he hates Rick Perry And this time- IT'S PERSONAL!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 17, 2011 03:04 PM (I49Jm)

397 He's going to replace shep at Fox, this gig is getting bothersome.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 03:04 PM (Rbchp)

398 allahpunditMe too RT @NathanWurtzel: Folks, I'm guessing this is a personnel announcement tomorrow - the so-called watchdog over financial services.

So personnel, not personal. Another Czar or something.

Posted by: Waterhouse at July 17, 2011 03:05 PM (7c8Cd)

399 Is NBC absolutely positive the WH said "personal" and not "personnel"?
Posted by: '80sBaby at July 17, 2011 06:57 PM (o2lIv)

Looks like you called it.

Posted by: Tami at July 17, 2011 03:06 PM (X6akg)

400

I can't think of anything good he would announce. So maybe Biden is having health problems and is resigning, with JEFF hoping to improve his popularity by bringing in someone else.

BINGO!

something very mild and benign, but he's deciding to let us know so he can score political/sympathy points

"A polyp!"

Posted by: Your Personal Obama at July 17, 2011 03:06 PM (ihSHD)

401 Yeah, probably is personnel. People often get those 2 words mixed up, personal and personnel. Just like principle and principal. Until it's done, tho, I'm gonna keep my fingers X'd that JEF has had enough and wants out of the WH.

Posted by: Theresa at July 17, 2011 03:07 PM (DX5lC)

402 There will be claw marks on the WH driveway before he resigns.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 17, 2011 03:09 PM (Rbchp)

403 Maybe it's both. He's going to fire the First Lady and marry Eric Holder.

Posted by: Breaker19 at July 17, 2011 03:10 PM (qdI7N)

404 He's going to announce the big deal he negotiated with Boehner. Can't wait.

Posted by: some dope at July 17, 2011 03:11 PM (+kznc)

405
take it to the new thread, people

Posted by: soothie at July 17, 2011 03:11 PM (GKYRR)

406 It's a tumah.

Posted by: toby928™ at July 17, 2011 03:12 PM (GTbGH)

407

Just saw the score. I guess I missed the President picking the US as his favorite.

Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at July 17, 2011 03:12 PM (lOpgd)

408 Posted by: soothie at July 17, 2011 07:11 PM (GKYRR)

Who died and made you king?

Posted by: Theresa at July 17, 2011 03:13 PM (DX5lC)

409

I can't think of anything good he would announce. So maybe Biden is having health problems and is resigning, with JEFF hoping to improve his popularity by bringing in someone else.

Oh dear. Who on the left would help his campaign the most ?

Hillary.

Posted by: As If... at July 17, 2011 03:14 PM (piMMO)

410 Awwww, looks like it was a mix-up and it's gonna be a personnel announcement.

Posted by: Theresa at July 17, 2011 03:16 PM (DX5lC)

411

Just saw the score. I guess I missed the President picking the US as his favorite.

Yes, right here.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 17, 2011 03:20 PM (oUG6f)

412 This is crazy "NLRB Writes Script for Weekend at Bernie's III" declares a dead man in violation of labor law.

Posted by: Theresa at July 17, 2011 03:39 PM (DX5lC)

413 It's to announce former Ohio AG Richard Cordray as selected to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The good news is Obama has given up on the idea of pushing for Elizabeth Warren; the bad news is that Warren is being pushed to run for the U.S. Senate against Scott Brown.

Posted by: Rex the Wonder God at July 17, 2011 04:30 PM (NHeC0)

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Posted by: A Stolen Life Audio Book at July 17, 2011 04:54 PM (RBINN)

415 Yet another late, dead-thread footnote from me. Dropped by Mom's yesterday and she had the game on. Went from 1-0 to 2-2 while I wasn't paying attention. Had to read this thread to find out what happened. Mom watches golf, too, but then she's 91, so maybe this action is fast for her. (Ha ha, sorry Mom.) I told Mom, golf and soccer exist to make baseball seem more interesting. Hardly even knew what soccer was when they dropped me in a prep high school in '67. After three years of mandatory sports and hard labor summer jobs, I quit being a pasty chubbo and learned how to work and endure. Still do. Wasn't by choice, but I'm still grateful. (Thanks, Mom!) I played soccer hard for 3 years, got good at it, and had fun when I wasn't hurting. Halfback was good for me, as I can't dribble and I wasn't heavy enough to be a fullback, plus I got a couple nice assists in now and then, and was co-captain of the B team. More than I ever expected to be. Final HS tournament, our team wasn't the best, but we had great defense, so we held the line and beat "better" teams -- sort-of. First game, we were still tied after double overtime, and won on corner kicks. The other team was happy about that, you bet. Second game, we were still tied after double overtime, also tied on corner kicks, and won on coin toss. Now we had several other "better" teams po'd at us. Third and final game, we were still tied in the second overtime, but absolutely lead-footed, gasping, our fantastic goalie dragging, one fullback playing with (as we later found) a concussion, and we were finally overrun. (I think our coach made a few mistakes, not putting some of the lesser members in at the end in his desperation to win, but I was just a kid what do I know.) That was exciting. Yay, team! and all that. Still, watch a soccer game on TV? Oh, look! paint drying! Digital ipad shoe cameras available now!

Posted by: A Mindful Webworker at July 18, 2011 12:03 PM (g9gb0)

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