Ordinarily I'd say it's stupid to fire someone just for voicing a dissenting opinion; but when your job is PR and being a public face, you have to choose your words carefully.

Hahahah...It's pretty bad when the mobsters controlling casinos won't even have anything to do with your precious JoePa, how bad can the stink get?

I guess Franco thinks boys butts are immaculate receptacles.

I always heard that Franco was light in the loafers...

You see, it's funny because unless you advocate locking everyone in Penn State inside the library and setting the building on fire, you must love shoving your dick in young boys.

Lost Thought 00: You see, it's funny because unless you advocate locking everyone in Penn State inside the library and setting the building on fire, you must love shoving your dick in young boys.

What is it about homosexual child rape and conspiracy that this monkey doesn't understand?

Oh yeah,

it's the dna talking

FTFA: "They were saying the football program under Joe was at fault."

and that would be correct.

funny how that works. if you're hired to schmooze gamblers at a shiat casino it's best not to say anything that could upset folks. it's actually probably best to talk about the weather and that one catch you made or not.

Lost Thought 00: You see, it's funny because unless you advocate locking everyone in Penn State inside the library and setting the building on fire, you must love shoving your dick in young boys.

You see, this is a strawman.

Lost Thought 00: You see, it's funny because unless you advocate locking everyone in Penn State inside the library and setting the building on fire, you must love shoving your dick in young boys.

I wouldn't mind lighting that strawman on file.

Killer Cars: file

err. "fire". Because, the "L" and "R" keys are so close together on a keyboard, of course. Good grief.

Lost Thought 00: You see, it's funny because unless you advocate locking everyone in Penn State inside the library and setting the building on fire, you must love shoving your dick in young boys.

The advocacy part only applies to people not from Pennsylvania. If you are from Pennsylvania it is assumed you must love shoving your dick in young boys. Unless you're female and lack a dick, then it's assumed you support it quietly because that's what people from Appalachian states do.

Lost Thought 00: You see, it's funny because unless you advocate locking everyone in Penn State inside the library and setting the building on fire, you must love shoving your dick in young boys.

Everything you post is terrible.

Lost Thought 00: You see, it's funny because unless you advocate locking everyone in Penn State inside the library and setting the building on fire, you must love shoving your dick in young boys.

Take a step back Captain Hyperbole.


And it's not funny, this whole thing, it is sad.

1) Franco is not in the HOF for just one catch, you asshats.
2) He's not advocating child rape, you asshats.
3) He stating his opinion, you asshats, that Joe Paterno was treated unfairly (subjective) and the BoT, those asshats, fired him without due process or a hearing (objective).
4) The casino can fire him for whatever reason they want, and are being asshats for publicly stating the reason for firing him. What those asshat attention whores are really saying is that "we want some publicity, too."
5) Jerry Sandusky is [allegedly] a vile, manipulative, lying, child-raping, monstrous tool. He wishes that he was only an asshat. I just hope that the charges stick and the asshat prosecutors, who dropped the ball on this once already, don't screw it up again.

feefifofimmy-

Franco is asserting that Sandusky's access to Penn State's facilities was ordered somehow not by the football program itself. He's a Grade-A moron. That chicken ain't worth farking.

BalugaJoe: [userserve-ak.last.fm image 252x343]

RIP Franco

Is he still dead?

Lost Thought 00: You see, it's funny because unless you advocate locking everyone in Penn State inside the library and setting the building on fire, you must love shoving your dick in young boys.

Naw. Only close down the departments that rape children and protect the faculty members who rape children. So far that is only the football program, the childhood development program and whichever department Penn State is allowing Lasaga to publish under as a Penn State professor while he serves his 20 year sentence for raping a child. Im sure that the rest of Penn State would never endorse child rape or give guys who rape kids the time of day..

Cybernetic: feefifofimmy:
3) He stating his opinion, you asshats, that Joe Paterno was treated unfairly (subjective) and the BoT, those asshats, fired him without due process or a hearing (objective).

See what Super Chronic said above--if your job is public relations, you have to watch what you say. Having an opinion and expressing that opinion are two different things. If expressing your opinion is detrimental to your employer, then you should expect to be fired for doing so.

I agree that the casino was in their rights to fire him as a PR guy. I still think they were trolling for publicity, because I doubt that the first thing that people thought of when they heard Franco's comments was, "Hey, isn't that the guy from the casino?"

Franco is a successful business man in his own right. The casino gig was probably for peanuts and a publicity stunt on their part to begin with. I'm sure he doesn't give a rat's ass about it, so the casino is trying to generate publicity for themselves by putting the story out.

I hope he got a good severance package, or else I smell a lawsuit.

Lt. Cheese Weasel!!!====That is one of the best names I had heard in a looooong time.LOL

Lt. Cheese Weasel: Hahahah...It's pretty bad when the mobsters controlling casinos won't even have anything to do with your precious JoePa, how bad can the stink get?



Hey, even mobsters have standards against pedophiles.

ChrisDe: BalugaJoe: [userserve-ak.last.fm image 252x343]

RIP Franco

Is he still dead?

Seriously so.

"And it also says here that Penn State prefers to be losing at halftime, because at Penn State, they like when you're a little behind in the locker room. That's a joke, did you get that one? It's a play on words, we like to have fun here."

Super Chronic: Ordinarily I'd say it's stupid to fire someone just for voicing a dissenting opinion; but when your job is PR and being a public face, you have to choose your words carefully.

Its pretty bad when someone comes up to you and says "We're going to have to sever this relationship because we feel you are sullying the reputation of our Racetrack and Casino."

feefifofimmy: 1) Franco is not in the HOF for just one catch, you asshats.
2) He's not advocating child rape, you asshats.
3) He stating his opinion, you asshats, that Joe Paterno was treated unfairly (subjective) and the BoT, those asshats, fired him without due process or a hearing (objective).
4) The casino can fire him for whatever reason they want, and are being asshats for publicly stating the reason for firing him. What those asshat attention whores are really saying is that "we want some publicity, too."
5) Jerry Sandusky is [allegedly] a vile, manipulative, lying, child-raping, monstrous tool. He wishes that he was only an asshat. I just hope that the charges stick and the asshat prosecutors, who dropped the ball on this once already, don't screw it up again.

The old prosecutor didn't drop the ball; the ball was dropped on him...and his laptop.

Lost Thought 00: You see, it's funny because unless you advocate locking everyone in Penn State inside the library and setting the building on fire, you must love shoving your dick in young boys.

I have quite a few friends who are Penn State alumni. For the most part, they have been pretty disgusted by everything that's come to light so far about Sandusky and are pretty saddened over how many victims he had. I have zero contempt towards them and do not in any way hold them responsible just for having gone to a school where the administration epically farked up and tried to cover up a child abuse scandal.

As for people who actually defend the individuals responsible for said coverup, that's a completely different story.

Lost Thought 00: You see, it's funny because unless you advocate locking everyone in Penn State inside the library and setting the building on fire, you must love shoving your dick in young boys.

Locking them in a library and setting them on fire, you say? I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter...of course we should remove the books first.

feefifofimmy: Cybernetic: feefifofimmy:
3) He stating his opinion, you asshats, that Joe Paterno was treated unfairly (subjective) and the BoT, those asshats, fired him without due process or a hearing (objective).

See what Super Chronic said above--if your job is public relations, you have to watch what you say. Having an opinion and expressing that opinion are two different things. If expressing your opinion is detrimental to your employer, then you should expect to be fired for doing so.

I agree that the casino was in their rights to fire him as a PR guy. I still think they were trolling for publicity, because I doubt that the first thing that people thought of when they heard Franco's comments was, "Hey, isn't that the guy from the casino?"

Franco is a successful business man in his own right. The casino gig was probably for peanuts and a publicity stunt on their part to begin with. I'm sure he doesn't give a rat's ass about it, so the casino is trying to generate publicity for themselves by putting the story out.

That's what I'm getting out of this too.

They have a right to fire Franco if they want to, sure. I am very upset by the scandal at Penn State and agree with Paterno's firing (he farked up big time), but lately it seems that PSU and other orgs are trying to expiate guilt or toot their own horns just by piling it on Paterno and anyone who remotely supports him. The focus needs to be on prosecuting the case, providing for victims of abuse, and preventing abuse. I understand that finger-pointing is cathartic, but at the end of the day it's not the most productive thing.

Franco, my dear, I don't give a damn.

Freedom of speech refers to right to say what you want without legal retribution and not the right to say what you want without social ramification.

Gilbert Gottfried, Hank Williams Jr., and the Dixie Chicks can help Franco understand what he did wrong here.

feefifofimmy: 3) He stating his opinion, you asshats, that Joe Paterno was treated unfairly (subjective) and the BoT, those asshats, fired him without due process or a hearing (objective).

Due process before getting fired?

It's outrageous that he has an opinion that is not lock-step in order with everyone else's. He should have his posessions taken by the government and any children turned over to social services, as well as never being allowed to hold any job again.

Brother_Mouzone: i do find it slightly unfair that Paterno is becoming the face of the scandal. He deserved to be fired, but IMHO the order of people who should be vilified are

1. Sandusky (obvious tag)

I dont even want to put 2 because it should be so far distanced from 1.
but nonetheless I would put Mcquery second, and then the two higher ups Paterno told who did nothing, then the President of the School, and then Paterno.

Paterno is the "face" of the scandal because he is by far the most famous, visible and influential, and because he was the face of an institution that prided itself on operating with honor and integrity - values that were absent from his response. The disproportionate attention he is receiving is for that reason; other figures like McQueary, Curley, and Schultz may be (as far as we know) more culpable, but publicly ragging on relative nobodies isn't as satisfying or ratings-boosting. Is that fair? Yes and no.

Punishment is a deterrent. I just don't want the CYA crowds at PSU and elsewhere to get the idea that hammering Paterno et al. into the ground is a substitute for solving harder problems, like the pernicious nature of institutional culture, the stigma of abuse/rape victims, the need to practice vigilance against child molestation without freezing out REAL caring men and father figures, etc. etc.