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"I don't think he's been that good from the get-go. I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. There is a little hope invested in McNabb and he got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn't deserve. The defense carried this team."
12:07 PM EST BEGIN TRANSCRIPT
Ladies and gentlemen, let me start with something. I know that there's an issue, and an item out there that you're extremely curious about. And let me just say something very quickly about this. As you know - and I've talked about this at great length, and I've over the more than 15 years that I have hosted the program, I've always been awed, I have been overawed, in fact, and very humbled by the incredibly deep bond of loyalty that all of you have had for me and this program. It's something that when I was young and imagining a career in this business I always dreamed of, but - and I'll be honest, I thought it would happen. I had no idea what it would be like.
I really - I had no idea what a lot of things would be like when I achieved what my dreams were. There's a real deep bond of loyalty that you and I have for each other, and I've described the relationship that we have here as familial. We are like a giant family. Over the 15 years of this program, that's what we've become. We have become like a giant family, and we all sometimes celebrate the identical things without having to talk to each other, we do with other instances. We know when the red flags go up without having to communicate each other. It really is a unique relationship that has evolved on this program.
Since Wednesday of this week, when the ESPN story first hit, the controversy - actually, the controversy such that there actually - it's amazing to me that this is a controversy at all. Had what I said been said by anybody else - Sean Hannity could have said it, and it would not have been, it wouldn't have even gotten noticed. It wouldn't have gotten scant attention. But it did. On Tuesday, the Philadelphia media, both print and broadcast, erupted with what had been said on Sunday on ESPN. It took two days for there to be any reaction. There wasn't any reaction to it even on the ESPN set. So Wednesday, things moved quite rapidly and had to go to Philadelphia after the program that day.
Late that night, in communication via e-mail with vice-presidents at ESPN, I resigned that position that I have. I'll tell you about that in detail in just a moment. And around the same time came a story involving drugs and me in Florida. Since both of these stories have erupted, I have received - it is unbelievable to me. I have received over - at ten o'clock this morning, it was over 25,000 e-mails. I'm sure it's a lot more than that. Well, there's been another 2,000 here just in the last 90 minutes and it's probably going to skyrocket here during the program. These e-mails have come without me being on the air, so over 30,000 e-mails.
There have been hundreds of telephone calls. All have been asking about e-mails and phone calls have been asking about me. All have been - the vast majority have been - just extremely supportive. It's very gratifying to see, and that's very humbling, too. And I hope you understand what I mean when I say humbling. When my first book came out and it rocketed to the top of the New York Times list, there was a book party that the publisher threw for me. There was some Time magazine executive who came up and asked me how I felt about it, and I said, "I'm very humbled by this," and he did not understand what I meant.
"Humbled? You were humbled?" I said, "Yeah. Maybe I'm using the wrong word, but I'm just very appreciative that this many people would go out and buy something I wrote." And I'm at the same time here very moved by the realization that there are so many thousands, millions of you who are likewise concerned for me and my family in this situation. Now, here's the nub of it at the moment. The story in Florida is - it really is - an emerging situation. I watched what's being reported on television, and it changes from morning to morning, hour to hour, day to day. I don't yet know what I'm dealing with there, folks.
I really don't know the full scope of what I am dealing with. And when I get all the facts, when I get all the details of this, rest assured that I will discuss this with you and tell you how it is, tell you everything there is, maybe more than you want to know about this. You can believe me and trust me on that. I don't want to answer any questions about it now, as I say, until I know exactly what I'm dealing with, and at that point I will fill you all in. As I say, I can't tell you how much I appreciate the notes and all of the expressions of support. It means everything to me, as has your support over these many years, and nothing has changed in that regard.
I've often said throughout the 15 years that I've been here, that you people have made my life an adult Christmas every day. Every morning is an adult Christmas, and it's still the same. Still got up today, couldn't wait to get in here, couldn't wait to start the routine, couldn't wait to start the show prep. I'm a little frustrated that I haven't yet gotten to the bottom of what all this is about, and I'm very much desirous of telling you about this, but until I know exactly what this is - and I don't get - it just makes no sense to start delving into it.
I don't want to deal with hypotheticals, and I don't want to respond to what's in the press. I'm very tempted to. I'm not going to even go there. But I want to say, "Trust me," but I don't...look it, it makes no sense for me to go there. I'm even going to tell you how you ought to look at that stuff that's in the press. I don't, it's just...I'm not going to even characterize it yet. Just trust me on this. When I find out all that this is - aside from those that are closest to me in my personal and business orb, and you all are very close on the personal orb - then you are going to be among the first to know, from me.
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Michael wrote:...are you implying that I copied and pasted in too many quotes for too long a post?
Michael wrote:...You will, however, be accused by some of the posters on this board of living in paranoia and assuredly you will be told by some that they wouldn't want to live in your world. The problem with people who would malign you for your thoughts is that they don't want to face the REAL world
Daniel 11:33 wrote:"A cultist is anyone who...Has a strong belief in the Bible & the second coming of Christ; who frequently attends Bible studies; who has a high level of giving to Christian causes; who home schools their children; who have accumulated survival foods and have a strong belief in the 2nd amendment; and distrusts big government. Anyone who fits any of these characteristics is cause for concern, but someone who fits two or more of these traits is a threat, and any family exposed to this is at risk, which would require government intervention."
Attorney General Janet Reno, in a statement made on June 26, 1994 while on the TV show '60 Minutes'. (60 minutes subsequently destroyed their master copies of the interview and denied its' existence. Patriot groups continue to circulate copies of this using underground media sources.)
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