facepalm of the day

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by jms62

Maybe it is me but why waste our tax dollars prosecuting a foreign entity in a sport that 90% of the people in this country could give a **** about except 2 months every 4 years. We have plenty of crooked politicians and corporations financing those politicians to go after. Oh wait never mind I forgot for a nano second that those crooked politicians have say in your jobs at the justice department even if they aren't supposed to. God Bless America.. We need it desperately.

Here's a good article on why:

http://www.atlredline.com/only-the-a...ifa-1707174748

Basically, we're the only nation who can do it precisely because we do give zero f*cks about the sport. As they say in the article, FIFA is less a sports entity than a sovereign nation, and an extremely corrupt one at that. I laughed at the depiction of the Swiss agreeing to extradition- "We don't extradite for financial crimes- what? It's FIFA? F*ck yeah, you can have those bastards."

[Danzig]

i clicked on the link in that article that said 'why is the us bringing down the hammer on fifa'...
on the one hand it is much ado about soccer...i mean, much as espn tries, many don't care about it.
but, then i remember that al capone got busted for tax evasion...and eff qatar!

[dellinger63]

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/...manifesto.html