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madinmaryland

(64,920 posts)
Wed Jan 30, 2013, 10:09 PM Jan 2013

Joeybee12: "Ray is too blessed to be stressed."

NEW ORLEANS -- Ray Lewis stopped admiring himself in the mirror for long enough to talk to the media Wednesday, and he will be pleased to hear that the experience was almost spiritual.

He said he is "too blessed to be stressed." He said he announced his retirement before the playoffs began not because he enjoys attention but because "I believe that you should give everybody a fair chance to say their goodbyes." Anyway, don't you worry about those goodbyes being a distraction, dear NFL fans, because as Lewis said, "For my retirement in the game, I haven't thought about it at all."

He also said questions about performance-enhancing drug use are "a trick of the devil," which makes me wonder how he reacts when the NFL requests a urine sample. Does he hold it in, on religious grounds?

There is no stopping the Ray train at this point, people. There isn't even a train station. The Ray train just goes around in glorious circles, over and over again.

Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl/news/20130130/ray-lewis/#ixzz2JVyrRc1S

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Joeybee12: "Ray is too blessed to be stressed." (Original Post) madinmaryland Jan 2013 OP
This post is worthless without a picture! El Supremo Jan 2013 #1
That pic was taken after beating Payless and the Donks. madinmaryland Jan 2013 #2
I wonder if the two victims had a fair chance to say goodbye. MrSlayer Jan 2013 #3
Hearing that from an Eagles fan is just way too funny. nt madinmaryland Jan 2013 #4
Why? MrSlayer Jan 2013 #5
Vick is one thing and all the dogs he murdered... madinmaryland Jan 2013 #6
You are so full of shit. MrSlayer Jan 2013 #7
Thanks for the laugh, Eagle fan. madinmaryland Jan 2013 #8
Well he does have a point.. trumad Jan 2013 #9
Every stadium has holding cells. MrSlayer Jan 2013 #24
At least someone is keeping it real. ScreamingMeemie Jan 2013 #10
Agreed...he's filth and ESPN can't bend over far enough for him...nt joeybee12 Jan 2013 #11
+1 joeybee12 Jan 2013 #21
Dude! This is nearly as fun as it was with cboy4, except you use madinmaryland Jan 2013 #22
Change your avatar already! joeybee12 Jan 2013 #23
This is fun!! I'll have to work on it through the weekend!! madinmaryland Jan 2013 #25
Gee, and I thought ESPN was the only one rimming this murderer...nt joeybee12 Jan 2013 #12
Does anyone think it's funny that Tebow talks religion and everyone gets pissed, hughee99 Jan 2013 #13
I don't think it's funny...I think it's sickening... joeybee12 Jan 2013 #14
Perhaps "funny" isn't the word I was looking for. n/t hughee99 Jan 2013 #15
NO, I interpreted your "funny" as in unusual/strange, not funny, as in ha-ha... joeybee12 Jan 2013 #16
Of course it's an act, that apparently gets his teammates fired up and madinmaryland Jan 2013 #17
Does anyone believe it's just and act for St. Timmeh, though? hughee99 Jan 2013 #18
I agree that it was drilled into his head, but I think there is also a lot of self promotion going madinmaryland Jan 2013 #19
There's a lot of self-promoting in sports. hughee99 Jan 2013 #20
 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
3. I wonder if the two victims had a fair chance to say goodbye.
Wed Jan 30, 2013, 10:39 PM
Jan 2013

Before Ray and his associates beat and stabbed them to death.

I really hate all this phoney baloney Jesus bullshit.

 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
5. Why?
Wed Jan 30, 2013, 10:49 PM
Jan 2013

I hate the Jesus crap from anyone. Far as I can tell no one on my team murdered anyone.

If you're referring to Vick, I never wanted him and he can't be gone soon enough. But even if I was a fan of his, what he did, as you know, is not the same thing. At all.

So bite me.

madinmaryland

(64,920 posts)
6. Vick is one thing and all the dogs he murdered...
Wed Jan 30, 2013, 11:09 PM
Jan 2013

Lewis has been convicted of a misdemeanor. When he is convicted of killing someone then I will believe what the Eagle fan says.

BTW, Josh Brent did kill his best friend by driving drunk.

 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
24. Every stadium has holding cells.
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 07:42 PM
Jan 2013

Not every stadium has a makeshift courtroom for same day justice as we used to have at The Vet.

Once they opened The Linc most of the real fans were priced out by the Biff and Muffy crowd. The upper levels are still rowdy but there is no intimidation factor anymore.

We still have this killer rep but it's all just hype from the distant past now. Going to a game here is the same as going in Kansas City or Dallas. Rather tame really. I miss the old days.

madinmaryland

(64,920 posts)
22. Dude! This is nearly as fun as it was with cboy4, except you use
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 07:40 PM
Jan 2013

simpler language than cboy4 did!! Thanks for the humor!!


madinmaryland

(64,920 posts)
25. This is fun!! I'll have to work on it through the weekend!!
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 07:47 PM
Jan 2013

I'll have to add you to the cboy4 and el supremo list!!



hughee99

(16,113 posts)
13. Does anyone think it's funny that Tebow talks religion and everyone gets pissed,
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 03:45 PM
Jan 2013

but Ray Lewis isn't much better and I haven't heard a peep. Could that be because people figure in Lewis' case, it's all just an act?

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
14. I don't think it's funny...I think it's sickening...
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 04:30 PM
Jan 2013

And for some reason they buy this jackass' born again bs...at least Timmeh was brainwashed since childhood...Ray does it so he doens't have to talk about how he participated in a murder.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
16. NO, I interpreted your "funny" as in unusual/strange, not funny, as in ha-ha...
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 04:32 PM
Jan 2013

I just chose to take it further.

madinmaryland

(64,920 posts)
17. Of course it's an act, that apparently gets his teammates fired up and
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 06:13 PM
Jan 2013

sells more tickets and merchadise and probably makes himself even more money for the act. If the sheeple in Balmer go for it, then so be it.

Whatever works for you, right??

Same with St. Timmeh. He's making money off of his stuff and not even having to play!!

hughee99

(16,113 posts)
18. Does anyone believe it's just and act for St. Timmeh, though?
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 06:44 PM
Jan 2013

I think it was something that was drilled into his head from a very young age and he's a full-fledged kool-aid drinker.

madinmaryland

(64,920 posts)
19. I agree that it was drilled into his head, but I think there is also a lot of self promotion going
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 06:48 PM
Jan 2013

on with St. Timmeh.

Just the fact that we continue to talk (endlessly) about a player who played on about 20 snaps in the entire season, says that the self promotion is working!!


hughee99

(16,113 posts)
20. There's a lot of self-promoting in sports.
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 06:57 PM
Jan 2013

I just find it odd that people give St. Timmeh a hard time for self-promoting based on who he is, and Lewis a pass for self-promoting as someone who we don't believe he is. Usually, someone gets a little leeway for "at least being genuine" instead of being a phony, but it seems to work the exact opposite in this case.

As far as the Tebow talk goes, if he were backing up a good QB on a good team, and/or he were in a different market (I think the NY press believes it can beat a dead horse back to life if they just keep trying), I don't think you would have heard almost anything about him this year once the season started.

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