Super Bowl fun fact!

timmynausea · 02-05-2006, 01:46 PM

Bettis gets key to city, same as Saddam
By Patrick McManamon
Akron Beacon Journal
Published: 02.01.2006

DETROIT — The city of Detroit presented the Key to the City to Steelers running back Jerome Bettis on Tuesday.
Bettis, a Detroit native, joined only three others to receive the key — and one of them was Saddam Hussein.
Yes, that Saddam Hussein, dictator from Iraq, now on trial after being thrown out by a U.S. invasion.
Seems back in 1980, Saddam was on the side of the good guys, and just after he was "elected" president of Iraq, he became friends with a Rev. Jacob Yasso, who ran Chaldean Sacred Heart church in the Motor City.
Yasso recently told The Associated Press that Saddam was "very kind, very generous, very cooperative with the West."
"Money and power changed the person," Yasso added.
Chaldeans are a Catholic group in predominantly Muslim Iraq, and Detroit is a city with a large Muslim population. Saddam donated money to many Chaldean churches, according to the AP, and gave the church in Detroit $250,000.
At that time, Iraq was at war with Iran, which was an enemy of the United States.
Bettis laughed off his link with Saddam.
"I don't know that I'll be sharing that with Saddam," he said. "I think they canceled his key. They changed the locks on that one."

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cthomer5000 · 02-05-2006, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Jerome Bettis

"I don't know that I'll be sharing that with Saddam. I think they canceled his key. They changed the locks on that one."

This whole topic is another one of those great "1984" moments too. Most people have no clue that Saddam wsa liked and heavily supported by the U.S. back in the day.

Buccaneer · 02-05-2006, 01:54 PM

Most people have no clue that there is no "Permanent Alliances" setting the real world.

Buccaneer · 02-05-2006, 01:56 PM

Besides, of all of the alliances we have today, which ones do you cancel for fear that they will become our enemies sometime in the future?

Warhammer · 02-05-2006, 02:05 PM

I'd say we cancel the alliance with France if we still have anything formal with them. They'd cause more problems in the front l;ine then they'd solve. When their entire army surrenders we'd have to worry about fixing that part of the line!

JediKooter · 02-05-2006, 02:19 PM

Saddam was the man back when he was bombing and gassing all them Iranians in the late 70s and early 80s.

cthomer5000 · 02-05-2006, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

Besides, of all of the alliances we have today, which ones do you cancel for fear that they will become our enemies sometime in the future?

I'm not talking about our foreign policy, i'm talking about the media.

ice4277 · 02-05-2006, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Buccaneer

Besides, of all of the alliances we have today, which ones do you cancel for fear that they will become our enemies sometime in the future?

I still think we should nuke London. That'll learn em for 1812!

Passacaglia · 02-06-2006, 10:26 AM

What kind of journalist uses sentences that start with the word "Seems"?

Ksyrup · 02-06-2006, 10:33 AM

Fun Fact #2: Aretha Franklin lives next to my uncle.

Cringer · 02-06-2006, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Fun Fact #2: Aretha Franklin lived next to my uncle, until she ate him.

Samdari · 02-06-2006, 11:15 AM

Is that a piano?

No honey, that's Aretha Franklin.

Bee · 02-06-2006, 11:16 AM

Looked like Stevie Wonder might have snacked on your aunt too...

Butter · 02-06-2006, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Fun Fact #2: Aretha Franklin lives next to my uncle.

I want my money back, as I do not find this fact fun.

02-05-2006, 02:19 PM	#6
JediKooter Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego	Saddam was the man back when he was bombing and gassing all them Iranians in the late 70s and early 80s. __________________ I'm no longer a Chargers fan, they are dead to me Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The Adventures of Jedikooter: Part 4

02-06-2006, 10:26 AM	#9
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	What kind of journalist uses sentences that start with the word "Seems"? __________________ Pride and Prejudice -- an FOF9 Lions dynasty, starting 1966 Last edited by Passacaglia : 02-06-2006 at 10:57 AM.

02-06-2006, 10:33 AM	#10
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Fun Fact #2: Aretha Franklin lives next to my uncle. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

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02-05-2006, 01:54 PM	#3
Buccaneer Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado	Most people have no clue that there is no "Permanent Alliances" setting the real world.

02-05-2006, 01:56 PM	#4
Buccaneer Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado	Besides, of all of the alliances we have today, which ones do you cancel for fear that they will become our enemies sometime in the future?

02-05-2006, 02:05 PM	#5
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	I'd say we cancel the alliance with France if we still have anything formal with them. They'd cause more problems in the front l;ine then they'd solve. When their entire army surrenders we'd have to worry about fixing that part of the line!

02-06-2006, 11:16 AM	#13
Bee Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fairfax, VA	Looked like Stevie Wonder might have snacked on your aunt too...

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