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he's the son of somebody who founded a football team and he inherited it, and with that money he's done things for charidee, thats your new american ambassador to ireland congratulations


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And here's his controversy:

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He is also credited for coming up with the "Rooney Rule," which requires NFL teams with head coaching and general manager vacancies to interview at least one minority candidate.
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And here's his controversy:
thats not that controversial.

this is controversial
its okay to assault your girlfriend if she preventing you from baptising your son
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harrison_(American_football)

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In March 2008, Harrison was arrested and charged with simple assault and criminal mischief stemming from a domestic altercation with his girlfriend.[21] On April 3, 2008 the district attorney dropped all charges because Harrison had completed anger management counseling and psychological counseling.[22]
The arrest gained some controversy after the team released wide receiver Cedrick Wilson in a similar but unrelated incident around the same time but not Harrison, with the Steelers even issuing a press release shortly after they released Wilson stating that the Harrison incident and Wilson's incident were examined "on a case-by-case basis" and Wilson's incident determined that he needed to be released while Harrison had "taken responsibility for his actions."[23] Steelers owner Dan Rooney, a lifelong devout Catholic, added that the incident was concerning their son's baptism, that Harrison's girlfriend reportedly didn't want their son baptized, and that Harrison promptly called the Rooney family about the incident.[24] Nonetheless, there were still accusations of a double standard because of the timing of both Harrison's and Wilson's incidents.[25][26][27][28] The NFL, which has been cracking down on off-the-field conduct, took no action in either incident.
oh my god, i wish we had confirmation hearings
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its okay to assault your girlfriend if she preventing you from baptising your son
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Its amazing what you can find on the internet, I suspect footballing ability may be a somewhat more important consideration than religious conviction in this case.
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he's the son of somebody who founded a football team and he inherited it, and with that money he's done things for charidee, thats your new american ambassador to ireland congratulations


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And there was I expectin an 'illegal alien' from Roscommon or Mexico to be given the post .So much for 'change'
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thats not that controversial.

this is controversial
its okay to assault your girlfriend if she preventing you from baptising your son
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harrison_(American_football)

oh my god, i wish we had confirmation hearings
They should call me Mario because I just got 1uped!
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Its amazing what you can find on the internet, I suspect footballing ability may be a somewhat more important consideration than religious conviction in this case.
what the footballer did is one thing what dan rooney said and did is another,
and it really happened and he really said this

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"What Jimmy Harrison was doing and how the incident occurred, what he was trying to do was really well worth it," he said of Mr. Harrison's initial intent with his son. "He was doing something that was good, wanted to take his son to get baptized where he lived and things like that. She said she didn't want to do it."
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the guy is republican, well a Republican in name only but he smelled which way the wind was blowing and gave an Obama PAC $30,000 NEWSMEAT ▷ Dan Rooney's Federal Campaign Contribution Report

thats cheap for an ambassadorship
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