Muhammed Ali
When I lived in Michigan, I had a store in a town called Farmington, which was a suburb of Detroit.I belonged to a service club there and one of the things we sponsored was an organization called The Rainbow Connection. They sponsored fulfilling the wishes of terminal children at All Children's Hospital. One little boy wanted to meet Muhammed Ali. His people were contacted and we raised enough money to send for him first class and several of his enterage. He accepted. Up until then, I never though of Ali one way or another, but I changed my mind. Why? Because he refused to accept the transportation money. Then he spent the morning visiting the kid that brought him there. Then he spent the afternoon visiting every child who was visitable in the hospital. I thought about him a lot after that. When encountering a truly good person,one's outlook on humanity is refreshed in a way that nothing else can compare to. My experience was that of encountering a very good man.
Some years later we heard another news cast. After 50,000 plus lives and the destruction of a nation the same type of people had decided to 'give it back' and still call it a victory. They lied. But what do you expect from dishonorable, carreerist REMF's When finally over the count was just under 60,000. - for nothing.
Afteer seven and a half years on his watch Obummer has made the same claim what? three times now?
He isn't a careerist - at anything. He has no honor. He is un American and anti Constitution. But most of all he's just a third rate Rear Echelon Mother Feather. I changed the last word for he isn't near staunch nor tough enough to use the original F word. He's just a feather.
As a way to highlight just how rare Ali was in comparison, here is another story.
Some years ago, I made my first trip to Europe. I was enjoying a visit to the Louvre museum in Paris when there was a minor commotion as a celebrity and his manager were escorted through the museum by museum security. I told my friend who it was and she walked up to the manager and introduced herself. He was cordial and friendly but in the few seconds that they talked the "celebrity" had raced ahead (apparently ignoring the works of the master artists surrounding him) and the manager had to cut short the conversation and try to catch up.
Moments later, the unescorted "celebrity" had broken the nose (and camera) of a Parisian man at the exit from the museum.
The friendly, cordial manager was Don King.
The thug celebrity-bully was Mike Tyson.
kids who were so excited to be there. He
was speaking to them. We watched. Still known as Cassius Clay. So young, so hand-
some, so gracious when my husband went
to him to shake his hand....If I had only asked for his autograph THEN!!! RIP
known, and had no idea he'd reach the heights
he did. A sweet memory.....
thought of him as a draft dodger who practiced a
sport which I find disgusting. -- j
.
doing their best to knock one another out of
consciousness. . maybe they could compete at
applying the greatest number of foot-pounds of
energy to a punching bag in 3 minutes? -- j
.
Your point is well taken, if personal injury is what you find problematic, then football, basketball, and yes, even baseball cause injuries, some of which can be life changing. Then there's ice hockey. Oy vey. Remember the old joke, "I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out."
all about that. . didn't have the taste for blood.
it's a good part of my desire to go into engineering.
use your brain and then when your body goes, you
still have an income. -- j
.
I'd trade 10 of Jose Canseco for one Ali any day.
It was clear that Ali loved kids. So, this story doesn't surprise me one bit. Saturday morning right after he passed I had scheduled a visit to our boxing gym for one of my workouts. It was a strange, quiet vibe in the gym. Just before I got there a local news crew came in with one of their sexy lady reporters to do a small piece and interview our youngest fighter in the gym that day. The kid did us proud with a fine interview. After the news crew left the workouts began. This young man looked really, really good in sparring. It was just a strong vibe in the gym Saturday morning.
Boxer who became a Rabbi...that's unique!