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- I haven't seen the Super Bowl in years. Probably won't catch this one either. I have an old television that gets exactly zero stations. I enjoy watching sports even if I'm not tracking any particular team.
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- More memorable than the game are the commercials. Beer ones are the best. For the last several years, I've watched the notable ads after the fact online. I remember some of them. I have no clue who won last year's Super Bowl. Or any other Super Bowl for that matter. Except when I was living in Miami and the Dolphins went 17-0 in 1972. Or was that 1973?
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- This year two commercials have been discussed ahead of time. One is being received with a knowing grin. The other garners frowning disdain. Sadly, it ought to be the other way around.
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- Internet name registrar, GoDaddy (and, no, I will not provide the link) is infamous for its ads that sexualize everything. In our sex intoxicated culture, it's never enough. This year the company has purchased ad time and, according to someone who has seen previews of the ads, promises to turn the heat up a notch. GoDaddy, for their part, is promising to deliver “a Super Bowl to remember.”
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- Six years ago, CBS got tagged for more than half a million dollars for what was laughably called a “wardrobe malfunction.” This time around the network seems to be flirting with a similar fate by running the GoDaddy ads.
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- Tim Tebow has been very public about his faith. But he hasn't been “in your face.” In fact one thing that is so appealing about him is that he really believes what he says. In a world of so much make believe he seems to be the real deal. In many respects he seems to embody what Saint Francis meant when he said, “Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words.”
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- Said Tebow:
I don't feel like I'm very preachy about it, but I do stand up for what I believe. Unfortunately, in today's society, not many athletes tend to do that. So I'm just standing for something.
- The star quarterback from Florida is in the news these days for an ad that scheduled to run during this year's Super Bowl. According to ABC News:
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- The University of Florida campus is slowly catching wind of Tim Tebow’s decision to star in a Super Bowl ad slated to air on CBS on Feb. 7, and some say the ad’s message is bound to spark controversy. The ad spot was purchased by Focus on the Family, a conservative Christian organization that places emphasis on marriage and parenthood.
The Associated Press reported this week that the ad’s theme will be “Celebrate Family, Celebrate Life,” with Pam Tebow sharing the story of her difficult 1987 pregnancy -- instead of getting an abortion she decided to give birth to Tebow, the now-famous quarterback who went on to become a Heisman Trophy winner, leading the Gators to two BCS wins.
- Sports Illustrated notes that Tebow “won't hide his beliefs, even though he could potentially cost himself millions in endorsement opportunities. That doesn't matter to Tebow. “He will be the quarterback he is. Coaches will draft him, or they won't. He will believe what he believes. Fans will love him, or they won't.”
- Tebow's opinion on one of the nation's most contentious issues likely formed in the womb. Had Pam Tebow followed doctor's orders in 1987 and aborted her pregnancy, there wouldn't be a Tim Tebow. . . The younger Tebow won't apologize for his stance, even though he knows a lot of people will hate him for it. Tebow refuses to be one of those corporate jocks who only worships tiny pictures of Benjamin Franklin. That's probably for the best; we don't tend to learn what those jocks believe in until a 9-iron hits a window.
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- Of course, the usual retinue of women's groups want CBS to kill the ad. Much as they wish that Pam Tebow had offed Tim. Those paradigms of tolerance don't want such a controversial topic to cloud the otherwise pristine skies that surround Super Bowl advertisements.
- The President of the New York based Women's Media Center – and sports philosopher, Jehmu Green urged, "An ad that uses sports to divide rather than to unite has no place in the biggest national sports event of the year -- an event designed to bring Americans together."
- I guess they don't want anything to interfere with a woman's choice. Unless a woman chooses not to kill her unborn child.
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- So ads that relegate women to the role of sex receptacles get a snicker. And a commercial featuring a genuinely good guy and encourages us to “Celebrate Family, Celebrate Life” gets blasted for using “sports to divide rather than unite.”
- If you are having trouble watching the game on your big screen TV with surround-sound, the problem is not with your set.
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- There is just something terribly wrong with this picture.
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Posted by Michael Hirsh at 1/27/2010 12:08 AM 
Categories: planned parenthood,Abortion,Signs of the Times,Economics,Democrats,Civil Rights,Marriage,National Organization for Women,Fatherhood,Tim Tebow
Categories: planned parenthood,Abortion,Signs of the Times,Economics,Democrats,Civil Rights,Marriage,National Organization for Women,Fatherhood,Tim Tebow
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2/3/2010 12:43 PM
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Amen,Amen,Amen. It takes serious guts to do what he is doing in that world. FORWARD, keep those doggies moving, FORWARD!!!!!
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