2005 Point & Laugh At The taterskins Thread

[PhillyPhanInDC]

It's probably a step up from having $35 mil on other fields.

Regardless of how much time he plays this year, I see Arrington's days in Washington coming to an end, with another beautifully delicious major cap hit.

[phattymatty]

thanks taterskins, i just ate the rest of my papa johns pizza.  go portis!

[ice grillin you]

not only do they have a racist symbol...but now they are paying to teach people how to shoot indians....snyder is despicable



taterskins-NRA Event Draws D.C. Activists
Handful of Demonstrators Protest Gun Group's Effort to Repeal Laws

By Lori Montgomery
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 26, 2005; B01

They stood in the rain on a frigid country road, waving sodden protest signs as water dripped from the hoods of their too-thin jackets. But the nine young men and women from Southeast Washington weren't about to go away, even if they didn't always agree about what they were protesting.

"Don't support the NRA and the taterskins!" yelled Ronald H. Moten, co-founder of Peaceoholics, a group that works with at-risk District youths.

"Hey!" a few of his friends hollered, clearly appalled by the notion of publicly withdrawing their allegiance from the Washington taterskins -- especially when they are winning.

Moten laughed. "I love 'em, too, but they're wrong right now."

Moten organized yesterday's protest at the Prince George's County Trap and Skeet Center, where the taterskins were holding a charity shooting competition in alliance with NRA Sports, a division of the National Rifle Association.

The Peaceoholics and members of another youth counseling group said they were outraged by the taterskins' decision to hook up with the NRA at a time when the nation's largest gun-rights organization is lobbying for repeal of the District's gun laws.

Legalizing handguns would put more of them on the street, the protesters argued, creating exponentially more opportunities for young African Americans like them to be shot.

"I don't support the NRA at all. They don't care about the residents of D.C. If they did, they wouldn't lobby for this bill," said James Ford, 27.

"We are losing our black youth at a rapid rate in the city. If our team is willing to support something that would kill the next generation of fans, then I need to protest."

The taterskins Charitable Foundation sponsored yesterday's competition to benefit children in the Washington region, charging participants as much as $25,000 to shoot clay targets with former and current players. The NRA acted as technical adviser, according to a group spokesman.

taterskins spokesman Karl Swanson said last week that the event was apolitical and that the taterskins do not support the NRA's political activities or its efforts to repeal D.C. gun laws.

Yesterday, Swanson declined to elaborate or to meet with reporters.

"Nobody wants to talk to you," said a large man in taterskins garb who stood guard outside the event. He would not give his name.

Down by the main road, the protesters waved their signs. "Pollin changed the Bullets. Snyder, get rid of NRA," said one, referring to taterskins owner Daniel M. Snyder and the decision by Abe Pollin to rename his basketball team the Wizards. "Say NO to Gunz," said another. And: "Our peers are dying. Why would you support the NRA?"

But the group's vigil was lonely. A taterskins employee and a police officer placed their vehicles at the end of the shooting center's long, wooded lane. They refused to let the protesters pass, even after Moten warned that the NRA lobbies for the legalization of armor-piercing bullets.

"That'll go right through your vest!" he yelled to the officer. "C'mon, let us in."

Participants in the sporting clay competition sped by the protesters in Jeeps and luxury SUVs. In their haste, many took a wrong turn up the exit drive, so the police officer and the taterskins employee shouted and turned them back toward the entrance.

"Now they got to back up and hear it all again," said protester Daniel Bradley, 24.

While the activists chanted, several dozen taterskins guests enjoyed an autumnal buffet done up in burgundy and gold in a pavilion inside the shooting center. Men in green NRA vests mingled with men in burgundy jackets bearing taterskins logos.

Sam Brunelli, a former tackle for the Denver Broncos who now lives in Georgetown, was one of the celebrity shooters. Brunelli said he thinks Congress should repeal the D.C. gun laws.

"I think . . . the right to keep and bear arms should not be infringed," Brunelli said. "That is the law of the land, and it should be the law in D.C."

As for the protesters, their presence barely registered.

"I didn't understand it," said Jack Martin, a decorating contractor from Owings Mills, Md.

"About the time I noticed them, the police waved us on through."

[henchmanUK]

"Nobody wants to talk to you," said a large man in taterskins garb who stood guard outside the event. He would not give his name.

ART!

[TexasEagle]

"Nobody wants to talk to you," said a large man in taterskins garb who stood guard outside the event. He would not give his name.

ART!

[shorebird]

Legalizing handguns would put more of them on the street, the protesters argued, creating exponentially more opportunities for young African Americans like them to be shot.

Or maybe, just maybe, it would allow honest law abiding citizens to purchase handguns legally and be able to protect themselves against the guy who has a Saturday Night Special.

Like the crooks don't already have guns and won't continue to get them. It ain't that hard.

[MDS]

Art gets a boner when Skins destroy Niners

[methdeez]

Legalizing handguns would put more of them on the street, the protesters argued, creating exponentially more opportunities for young African Americans like them to be shot.

Or maybe, just maybe, it would allow honest law abiding citizens to purchase handguns legally and be able to protect themselves against the guy who has a Saturday Night Special.

Like the crooks don't already have guns and won't continue to get them. It ain't that hard.

It's that hard in every other 1st world country where non-hunting guns are illegal and where gun deaths are 1/100th of ours.

[Bigskinbauer]

we're the number two offense in the league bitch

[PhillyPhreak54]

Moss: "Yeah Clinton! You've finally found the endzone again"
Dockery: "Yeah, I thought he forgot where it was. Hadn't been there since 2004"
Royal: "I'm just another H-Back in the world of 47 H-backs. Don't mind me"

[JTrotter Fan]

taterskins...pimpin ho's and smokin dope since 1999.

[MDS]

There is no doubt we are becoming a good football team. A Joe Gibbs hard nosed humble squad that shows up every Sunday.

I've heard at least 6 players say "we are building something special here", a far cry from Bruce Smith chasing the sack record or Deon pointing at the sky and then tip toeing out of bounds.

It's going to be very sweet when Gibbs wins coach of the year and the idiots who claimed the game has passed him by have to eat a huge load of crow.

Gibbs will handle it with pure class as always and credit the players.

the homerism is in full form. i love it.

[Sgt PSN]

This is for all my homies representin' in the DTC.  Ya heeeeeerd! 

[Sgt PSN]

There is no doubt we are becoming a good football team. A Joe Gibbs hard nosed humble squad that shows up every Sunday.

I've heard at least 6 players say "we are building something special here", a far cry from Bruce Smith chasing the sack record or Deon pointing at the sky and then tip toeing out of bounds.

It's going to be very sweet when Gibbs wins coach of the year and the idiots who claimed the game has passed him by have to eat a huge load of crow.

Gibbs will handle it with pure class as always and credit the players.

the homerism is in full form. i love it.

Did he forget they have Thrash on the roster again? 

[MDS]

unlike deion, trash needs to do something before he points to the sky. and since he lacks the talent to get open and catch the ball, his pointing to the sky chances are limited.