“The heroes of war and the heroes of sport are indistinguishable in militarized societies. War is sold to a gullible public as a noble game. Few have the athletic prowess to play professional sports, but almost any young man or woman can go to a recruiter and sign up to be a military hero.– Chris Hedges (source)

“Every empire needs its gladiator games to keep us blinded from the reality outside the arena.” – Abby Martin

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyosF7rxyhg]How the Super Bowl Promotes Empire, War & Taxpayer Theft

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George Orwell in ‘1984’: “Films, football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult….”
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(video) Mark Dice: Football’s Illuminati History – An Opiate for the People – Modern Day Bread and Circus — The United States of Apathy (USA)
(video) Mark Dice: “Karl Marx said that religion is THE OPIATE OF THE MASSES — when really it’s FOOTBALL”
[5-minute satire video] Mark Dice: NFL Replacement Refs are Destroying America! — “If people got as mad about our government being hijacked by secret societies as they are about the Green Bay Packers losing a game over a bad call by some replacement refs, then maybe we wouldn’t be in the Great Recession and on the verge of disaster!”
(video) Was Cowboys/Packers Game Fixed? — It’s legal for the league to fix games
(video) Brian Tuohy: Fixing the Game — Corruption inside the NFL
Brian Tuohy: Are Professional Sports Fixed? — “It’s very likely that last night’s game was manipulated to keep it interesting to literally the last play of the game…”
The Fix is In: How Pro Sports is Rigged — What if you and millions others like you have been duped, outright lied to by those franchises you hold so dear to your heart?
(video) Red Hot Chili Peppers Faked Half Time Show Performance? Guitars Not Even Plugged In
(video) Bruno Mars Illuminati Super Bowl Half Time Magic Show Revealed
Chuck Baldwin: America’s Bread And Circus Society — America’s Pastime Has Turned Into America’s Obsession. “If the people of the United States do not quickly repent of this madness, the consequences will be just as destructive for our once-great republic as it was for Rome”
Alex Jones: As United States Collapses, Media Worships LeBron James
How TELEVISION & SPORTS Are Being Used To MANIPULATE & DESTROY The REPUBLIC
[1949] George Orwell: How the elite pacify the ‘proles’ with films, football, beer and gambling. “The larger evils invariably escaped their notice.”
Alex Jones: “It’s so frustrating because the average adult male knows all about football, but they don’t know how to be free men: ‘I don’t care bout dat, there gonna be football game on tonight.’ … And when you lose everything you got, just remember that you were told! … You will be judged by your own cowardice!”
All people want to do is party or watch football while our country is getting jacked! — Alex Jones
Alex Jones: The Big Football Game That Actually Matters
Super Bowl XLV in Perspective — ENDGAME
[ video ] Feds Targeting Patriots & Christians?: People who are going to sporting events seem to be the most complacent about the rise of the police state. It’s easy to catch them up into an ‘Us vs. Them’ paradigm — ‘USA! USA!’ mentality — like you saw in Boston.