Detroit is synonymous with turkeys
By JR Hoeft | Thursday, November 27th, 2008 | Uncategorized
Just a quick thought this Thanksgiving Day…
Every year, the Detroit Lions play football on Thanksgiving. And, every year, some NFL owners and fans scream to take the game away.
Why?
Well, perhaps it’s the fact that the Lions have been the proverbial patsy, coming into the Thanksgiving Day game year after year with a terrible team (this year being no different with an abysmal 0-11 record against the 10-1 Tennessee Titans).
But Lions fans contend that this game is tradition…and rightfully so.
The Lions started the game in 1934 as a promotion to help the fledgling NFL…far earlier than the Dallas Cowboys started their game.
The annual holiday game is huge in Detroit, with many fans saying it’s the only big game all year that Detroit has…which is also true. For the last few years Detroit hasn’t appeared once on Monday Night Football.
But ask yourself this: would the country watch the Macy’s parade if the balloons were deflated and the bands played off-key?
Just because it’s “tradition”, does it mean that the rest of the country owes Detroit?
Kinda reminds you of the automobile industry.
Just because Detroit continues to churn out automobile turkeys, and the labor unions squeeze them for every leftover penny, does that mean the rest of the nation should fork over billions of dollars to prop them up?.
Maybe, just maybe, the rest of the country should tell Detroit through the free market that their cars are bad, and so is their football team. Stop buying Detroit-made cars, don’t provide them a bailout, and stop watching this football game.
Until we do so, we’re just enabling Detroit’s inadequacy.
And this last bit should come as no surprise: the Lions are owned by a Ford.
Oh well.
Call me an enabler.
I’ll watch them anyway. And, tomorrow, I’ll pick up my Christmas tree in my Chevy Silverado.
But I’m from Detroit: what’s your excuse?
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Conservative to the core; liberal with his opinion! J.R. has been involved in politics for over a decade and has worked on several campaigns in Hampton Roads. He has served on the Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Chesapeake and the Central Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia. He is also the director of “Blogs United” in Virginia. E-mail J.R.. Follow J.R. on Twitter.
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9 Responses to "Detroit is synonymous with turkeys"
It’s kinda like watching the school bully beating up the school geek: you already know the result before it starts.
While you know it’s wrong, and perhaps you want to put a stop to it or put it out of its misery, you can’t help but watch.
At least we have Texas A & M vs. Texas this evening. (GO AGGIES!)
Go Lions! I back them every year – we finish our Thansgiving meal just in time to . . .well typically watch them loose every year.
My uncle and cousin attend the game almost every year.
Two favorite teams: The Redskins, and whoever is playing the Cowboys.
Though how sweet would it be to see the Lions kill the Titans today?
Go Skins
Better choice – spend the afternoon watching “Dr. Detroit”
Nothing like watching a public execution: Titans are up 35-10 at halftime. The Lions fans are so demoralized that they’re rarely booing.
Should we start a pool on what date Rod Marinelli loses his job? (After all, he was Matt Millen’s hire.)
Nov. 28th.
Who says Republicans and Democrats can’t agree?
Right on, Shaun!
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