dano
crappiefisher
Canada already made that same exact deal back in December. Can look it up. Mexico already had the 10,000 troops but she got Trump to agree on beefing up the US weapon checks.
Yes ,I remember all that. All the lady president from Mexico wanted in return was the stop of illegal guns coming into her country.
And Canada announced their project a few months ago.
But none of that really matters. Because perception is 90% of reality.
A deal could of happened without all the drama. But Trump did it in a way that makes him look like a strong leader.
You got to hand it to him. He played it well.
None of that really matters because it didn’t come to fruition.
Since it is Super Bowl week, put this situation in football terms. (Full disclosure, not an Eagles fan, don’t watch the NFL except for Divisional round and Super Bowl.)
Eagles are down by 3. There are 20 seconds to go and they are on their own 1 yard line.
Barkley breaks free and runs the length of the field, but is tackled on the one inch line before scoring. (This would be all the things with Canada and Mexico that supposedly were on the verge of happening, but had not).
There are 2 seconds left in the game. It is score or lose. The Eagles do their Brotherly Shove and Hurts breaks the plane of the goal line with the ball and Philly wins the Super Bowl.
Does the defense that stopped KC from getting a first down to run out the clock get credit for the winning touchdown because had they given up the first instead of forcing a punt there would have been no opportunity to score that winning touchdown?
Nope.
Do the linemen who blocked both the Barkley run and the touchdown get credit for the winning touchdown since without their actions there is no touchdown?
Nope.
Does Barkley get credited with winning the game with a touchdown since without him taking it almost 99 yards to the one inch line there would possibly be no winning touchdown (anything inside the 3 has the possibility of the Brotherly Shove working, but from one inch the probability goes way up)?
Nope.
Because he did not score. He came up short. Without the ball crossing the goal line, there is no winning touchdown and the game is lost.
Could Barkley score from there?
Maybe.
But both the possibility and the probability of bad things happening, pre-snap penalty; fumble on the exchange; a defender shooting the gap and making a tackle short of the goal line because the handoff starts deeper in the backfield; are far higher than shoving Hurt across.
Could any other Eagles offensive player score from there?
Maybe.
But, again, the possibility and the probability are not high, even less than handing off to Barkley.
So who is credited with the winning touchdown?
Hurt.
Why?
Because he had the ball in his hands when it crossed the goal line.
The Eagles are happy, they just won the Super Bowl. They do not care who scored the winning touchdown. All that matters is that a touchdown was scored and the Eagles won.
Even Barkley probably doesn’t care that it wasn’t him. Would he have liked it to be? Sure. But in the end, the team winning is all that matters.
Eagles’ fans are happy, their team just won the Super Bowl. They do not care who scored the winning touchdown. All that matters is that a touchdown was scored and the Eagles won.
City of Philadelphia citizens, if they have any pride in their city (some will not care at all), don’t care who scored the winning touchdown. All that matters is that a touchdown was scored and the Eagles, a team from their city won.
Pennsylvania residents, if they have any pride in their state (again some will not care at all and still others will be disgruntled because the Steelers failed again, which has nothing to do with the Eagles except one game), don’t care who scored the winning touchdown. All that matters is that a touchdown was scored and the Eagles, a team from their state won.
So who is the cult here?
The Eagles who won and don’t care who scored the winning touchdown?
Eagles’ fans whose team won and don’t care who scored the winning touchdown?
Philly citizens whose city won and don’t care who scored the winning touchdown?
PA residents whose state won and don’t care who scored the winning touchdown?
Or, maybe, just maybe, the cult is the group that are not negatively affected or affiliated by the Eagles winning other that than Hurt scoring and Barkley not cost them a beer and bragging rights in their corner bar Fantasy Football league. They are so bitter that even though that bar is in Philly and they are an Eagles fan, it was more important that Barkley score the winning touchdown so they could be BMOC for a few minutes by their self proclaimed, exceptional, football knowledge prowess than the team whose jersey they wear in their corner bar of city in which they live wins or loses.
Would this be the cult and not the other way around?