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The article does not say that the head butt hooligen (Zidane) was born of Muslim immigrants in France, and describes himself as a "non-practicing Muslim."

During the 1998 World Cup, he prayed to Allah when the cameras were rolling.

He seems to have secularized himself, in accordance with the trend in France.

1 posted on 07/10/2006 3:39:33 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: SkyPilot
I have zero interest in soccer, but live in an Italian-American neighborhood, and I work at night.

I've never so enjoyed not being able to sleep as I did yesterday. :)

2 posted on 07/10/2006 3:44:04 AM PDT by Darkwolf377
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To: SkyPilot

There is no joy in Mudville. Mighty Casey has struck out.


3 posted on 07/10/2006 3:44:36 AM PDT by sgtbono2002 (The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
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To: SkyPilot
The Arc de Triomphe honors which French military defeat?
4 posted on 07/10/2006 3:44:52 AM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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The wild party expected to go on late into the night never took off, the millions expected to emerge never did.

HA HA! Good! You suck!

The French don't deserve any response more mature than that.

5 posted on 07/10/2006 3:44:57 AM PDT by Darkwolf377
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To: SkyPilot

Zidane is a thug. The head butt was deliberate, brutal and nasty. The guy should have been handcuffed and hauled off of the field.


6 posted on 07/10/2006 3:48:46 AM PDT by garyhope
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By the way just as a small aside Jeff Gordon won the race yesterday by spinning out Kenseth, The same guy who won a race earlier this year by spinning out Gordon.

Gordon got upset and wanted to fight when he was spun out but Kenseth took it in stride. Shows the characters of the different men.


8 posted on 07/10/2006 3:57:06 AM PDT by sgtbono2002 (The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
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So a country with a long history, culture, literature, civilization was disgraced by a North-African? Apparently, when you mix civilized and savage you get a savage who sometimes fools civilized people into thinking that he's civilized.


16 posted on 07/10/2006 5:42:16 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (Leftism="liberalism"=socialism="progressivism"=brain of a flatworm)
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"I just want to know what was said to Zizou."




Are we searching for justification for his actions? It doesn't matter what was said to him. It was uncalled for. I'm surprised anyone will want to say anything to him again. He let his team down by his stupid action.
17 posted on 07/10/2006 5:45:26 AM PDT by LoudRepublicangirl (loudrepublicangirl)
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I watched as much as I could stand, very boring. Some interesting items.
1. Saw a player go down writhing in pain and grabbing his ankle like it was broken. He's rolling on the ground for 5 min. so I figured he was out of the game for good. On replay, someone stepped on his foot (the horror). Trainer comes out and pours his beverege on the players ankle. Player returns to game. Wuss.
2. The headbutt was awesome. Expected a bench clearing brawl or at least retaliation from the victim. Nothing, zip, zero from the players. Zindane gets thrown out. How stupid is it to get thrown out of a world cup final when you are the team's best player. This is especially true when the game is tied, you are in overtime and will probably go to penalty kicks.
3. Does the goalie ever block a penalty kick? Whistle blows, goalie immediately commits by leaping left or right (usually just to the right), player kickes ball into net. Duh. Players only miss when trying to do something fancy or stupid. And what if everyone makes all the Pks? Do it again? Dumb way to end the game.
4. It's easy to understand why Americans don't get soccer. Boring (worse than baseball), no scoring, wussy rules, wussy players (with great endurance). The only saving grace was that France lost and the two players responsible will probably be burned alive when they get back.


19 posted on 07/10/2006 5:50:06 AM PDT by BadAndy ("Loud mouth internet Rambo")
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What was supposed to be a great swansong for a player rightly lauded as the greatest of his generation, ended in disgrace for French star Zinedine Zidane

Sounds like a typical French day.
20 posted on 07/10/2006 5:55:37 AM PDT by Vision ("...cause those liberal freaks go to farrrrrr")
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The frogs, the frogs, a very strange race;
The should foul with ze foote, non with ze face!
21 posted on 07/10/2006 5:59:19 AM PDT by meandog (If I were to draw the odious Islamic prophet Muhammad, he would have horns, a tail, and a pitchfork!)
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"Some dejected football fans wearing the blue shirts of 'Les Bleus' sat on the kerbside, many in tears, smoking cigarettes for the most part and looking fairly lonely and isolated."

To the French, it happens every twenty years.

22 posted on 07/10/2006 6:03:34 AM PDT by Leisler (Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslim.)
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Some dejected football fans wearing the blue shirts of 'Les Bleus' sat on the kerbside, many in tears, smoking cigarettes for the most part and looking fairly lonely and isolated.

You can still smoke cigarettes in Paris?

27 posted on 07/10/2006 7:43:50 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: SkyPilot

Well, the French could always start making baseless accusations about the Italian team taking steroids - that's what they're still doing to Lance Armstrong for keeping them from winning the Tour de France.


32 posted on 07/10/2006 8:01:49 AM PDT by CFC__VRWC (AIDS, abortion, euthanasia - Don't liberals just kill ya?)
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Boo Hoo, le-Hoo.


33 posted on 07/10/2006 8:05:18 AM PDT by roaddog727 (Bullsh## doesn't get bridges built.)
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INTERESTING!By describing himself as a"Non-Practicing Muslim",does he mean that his skills at Be-Heading,Exploding IED's,delivering Car-Bombs,etc.,have gone a bit RUSTY?


39 posted on 07/10/2006 10:21:29 AM PDT by bandleader
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To: SkyPilot

I gather the French football team lost.


48 posted on 07/10/2006 11:09:01 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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