If Plummer doesn't win in Denver, no one will say that the sorry state of the Cardinals was responsible for his disappointing performance. We'll see who was to blame, ... He's removed from that now, so there are no more excuses. I like to think it was Arizona that was causing his problems, but I'm not going to get on a soapbox and say we've got Johnny Unitas. He has to show us, and everyone else, when he steps on the field.
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I assume that cycle can't go on forever. Furthermore, I wonder if Disney might use this as a way to get out of the deal to run the show. After all, they might be able to argue to a judge that they were mislead into the purchase... assuming they were inheriting an innocuous religious show, but instead getting a political soapbox that makes them look bad and devalues the property.
Very rarely do I like to soapbox for one of my players, but if this guy is not in serious consideration, all the people involved in the process are missing the boat. This guy had his side cut open. The way he's pitched, it needs to be recognized.
I'm not saying we belong in the tournament, and I'm not going to get on a soapbox and say we deserve a bid. But I am concerned about where (college basketball) is going.
As a novelist, I have a somewhat higher soapbox to stand on than most people do when it comes to talking back to the merchants of fear.
Judge Jones got on his soapbox to offer his own views of science, religion and evolution. He makes it clear that he wants his place in history as the judge who issued a definitive decision about intelligent design. This is an activist judge who has delusions of grandeur.
Obviously we know were in a position that he has to win the Classic to even think about that. If that happens then you can start looking at it a number of ways. Hes running against the strongest field any 3-year-old has run against this year. If hes able to get it done, lets soapbox then.
We're not heartbroken about the policy being struck down. We do have concerns about the judge getting on his soapbox ... and trying to stifle debate by court order.
Movies can be effective in influencing people to think in ways they might not otherwise be exposed to. Social commentary in films is most effective when you're not aware of a soapbox. Making the point without force-feeding the audience is the most desirable approach.
I think cinema should provoke thoughts, sure, but using it as I soapbox I think is the wrong place.