Dumb A** Alert

Every so often there is someone in the news that is such an incredible dumb a** that I feel it is my Christian duty and moral obligation to warn everyone else about that person. This weeks dumb a** is Judge John Burlew of the Hamilton County Court system. In a court hearing for Odell Thurman's probation violations, he was quoted as saying; "It upsets me more than anything else and, primarily with your employer, the National Football League. The allegations are that you had an illegal substance, alcohol, in your body. A substance they advertise and take money from, millions of dollars a year. They're hypocrites. If they are really interested in pursuing this issue, they'd give everybody who went to that stadium and comes out of it a breathalyzer, but they won't do it because they want the money."

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First of all, this statement has more grammatical errors than I have room in this blog to point out.

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Second, is he claiming that the NFL shouldn't have suspended Odell Thurman for alcohol in his system because football stadiums advertise for alc0holic beverage companies? What a complete dumb a**! They didn't suspend him for legal situation of an adult just merely having alcohol in his system; they suspended him for the illegal activity of driving with alcohol in his system. Shouldn't a judge know the difference? More importantly, the NFL doesn't make a cent from the advertisement of Alcoholic Beverages. The advertising dollars are given to the Stadium owners for the ad space, and television networks for the ad time.
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And lastly, how can this dumb a** think that the NFL should be responsible for every single person who picks up a beer in a stadium. They are not in the business of enforcing laws; they are in the business of providing sports entertainment. Need I even point out the logistical impossibility of giving every football stadium attendee a breathalyzer test?

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It really scares me to think that this dumb a** has control over the destiny of people in a court room.