define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); Comments on: NFL to Marine Corps – thanks for the colors, but no game for you – UPDATE – In the stadium for the game https://norunnyeggs.com/2009/01/nfl-to-marine-corps-thanks-for-the-colors-but-no-game-for-you/ The repository of one hard-boiled egg from the south suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (and the occassional guest-blogger). The ramblings within may or may not offend, shock and awe you, but they are what I (or my guest-bloggers) think. Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:52:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Shoebox https://norunnyeggs.com/2009/01/nfl-to-marine-corps-thanks-for-the-colors-but-no-game-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-36988 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:52:16 +0000 https://norunnyeggs.com/?p=4493#comment-36988 In reply to dad29.

Is that….no, it couldn’t be….yes, I think it is….isn’t that Gregory Hines? I think I see tap dancing!

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By: dad29 https://norunnyeggs.com/2009/01/nfl-to-marine-corps-thanks-for-the-colors-but-no-game-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-36985 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:30:52 +0000 https://norunnyeggs.com/?p=4493#comment-36985 Here’s the response email from the NFL:

Since we had not heard about this directly from the military, we contacted our military liaison for the color guard immediately to discuss the issue. After speaking with our military liaison for the color guard, we will host the members of the color guard (12 people) in the stadium.

The background is this:

The members of the color guard have always been our guests at a Super Bowl party in a compound on the stadium grounds where they watch the game on big-screen TVs and enjoy food and beverage. That is how we have done it every year. The military provides an intra-service color guard as part of our pre-game tribute to the military that also includes the military fly-over of the stadium. Then we arrange a place for the color guard to watch the game along with other pre-game and halftime show participants (more than 2,000 people).

They musta thunk that Lombardi WOULD come back and commit mayhem…

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By: HeatherRadish https://norunnyeggs.com/2009/01/nfl-to-marine-corps-thanks-for-the-colors-but-no-game-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-36980 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:25:50 +0000 https://norunnyeggs.com/?p=4493#comment-36980 Obama doesn’t support the troops. And to his voters, “supporting the troops” never did mean treating them like adult human beings.

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By: Shoebox https://norunnyeggs.com/2009/01/nfl-to-marine-corps-thanks-for-the-colors-but-no-game-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-36979 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:17:42 +0000 https://norunnyeggs.com/?p=4493#comment-36979 Obviously the NFL was not informed that Obama is now President and “supporting the troops” is now back in vogue.

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By: dad29 https://norunnyeggs.com/2009/01/nfl-to-marine-corps-thanks-for-the-colors-but-no-game-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-36977 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:20:09 +0000 https://norunnyeggs.com/?p=4493#comment-36977 I told Steinberg that Vince Lombardi would rip the heads right off those who made that decision.

So would I, but I’d get caught and prosecuted. Vince is beyond that…

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