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After engaging in character assassination against Green Bay Packers fans who chose not to protest during Thursday’s National Anthem, FS1's Undisputed co-host Shannon Sharpe did the same with the American flag, declaring it to be merely a racist “piece of cloth” that “nobody fights for.” “The flag, you see, to a lot of people, symbols, patriotism but what does that symbol actually mean? What does — what does – okay — you keep telling me that the flag means so much and it's opportunity and freedom and liberty. Okay. Can you honestly say that everybody in America has freedom and...

The following image includes two screen shots from "Sharpe's Challenge," in which Richard Sharpe (in disguise as a deserter) receives a gold chain from a Raja named Khande Rao. The context and the body language show clearly that the gesture is that of a superior (the Raja) to a subordinate (Sharpe). The right panel shows Barack Obama accepting a gold chain from the King of Saudi Arabia. With the exception of the fact that the President of the United States is admittedly not on his knees in front of a foreign monarch, does anybody see any significant difference between the...

Been looking for this for a while..Well, actually i've been looking for a clip of the movie where the character plays the tune, but this montage is pretty good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fy3tSim3to Thought there might be others who'd care to see it.

The Making Of: Sharpe's Challenge Go behind the scenes and visit the set of this exciting show. Don't miss "The Making Of: Sharpe's Challenge". Airs Saturday August 26th at 1pm et on BBC America  (DirecTV channel 264). Sharpe's Challenge: Two years after the Duke of Wellington crushes Napoleon at Waterloo, dispatches from India tell of a local Maharaja, Khande Rao, who is threatening British interests there. Wellington sends Sharpe to investigate on what turns out to be his most dangerous mission to date. When a beautiful general's daughter is kidnapped by the Indian warlord, the tension mounts, leaving Sharpe no...

Slay doc's scam: Sick woman: Killer reneged on liver offer by Tom Farmer Monday, September 1, 2003 Gender-bending wife-killer Dr. Richard J. Sharpe promised to give an ill Indiana woman part of his liver but instead took the hopeful transplant recipient for hundreds of dollars in phone calls and tricked her into contacting his estranged minor children. The woman said Sharpe, who is serving life in prison with no chance for parole, pledged to donate part of his liver two days after Christmas, but ultimately reneged on his written agreement earlier this summer. ``He lied to me so much, I...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- The woman who was supposed to be taking care of the three brothers in the Newark torture and abuse case was captured early Thursday in a city apartment. Sherry Murphy was sleeping when police found her around 2 a.m., Lt. Derek Glenn said. She had been sought since the body of a 7-year-old boy was found in a storage bin on Sunday, a day after his two brothers were found starving in a locked room. Murphy, who was wanted on child endangerment charges, had been caring for the boys since their mother, Melinda Williams, was jailed...