Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed

[CutMeMick]

The Doc. will come on after the fight out here... So I havent seen it yet.
Really looking forward to it...

[El Kabong]

...it shows what a cunt Ali was to Joe Louis.



I understand their generations saw things differently but that's no reason to throw a hero under the bus the way he did.



Reagan did the right thing burrying Louis in Arlington...it took like 50 years but FINALLY a President did the right thing for Joe

[Spicoli]

He got the shaft Indeed.Whatever remains of that era and Its Government bureaucracy that were responsible for treating Louis like s!!! should lower there heads in shame.

Schmeling was not the only one used and turned out by his Gov and "leaders".

[El Kabong]

....all it took was a Presidential pardon....it's a shame no one had the guts to give him one!

[nebraskaheat]

I just watched it and thought it was tremendous...

What an inspiring yet sad story...


A great champion indeed...

[match]

...it shows what a cunt Ali was to Joe Louis.



I understand their generations saw things differently but that's no reason to throw a hero under the bus the way he did.



Reagan did the right thing burrying Louis in Arlington...it took like 50 years but FINALLY a President did the right thing for Joe

Really don't see the generosity in doing something for a guy who's DEAD.

[Spicoli]

Really don't see the generosity in doing something for a guy who's DEAD.

Match,Thats just short bus. Yeh,Should have been set right at the moment but He was layed to rest where he deserved to be.

[match]

Match,Thats just short bus. Yeh,Should have been set right at the moment but He was layed to rest where he deserved to be.

Short bus my @ss, posthumous generocity, (let alone coming just days after someone's death who had been sh!t on the entire last half of his life), is self serving.

[Spicoli]

Short bus my @ss, posthumous generocity, (let alone coming just days after someone's death who had been sh!t on the entire last half of his life), is self serving.

I think were agreeing here in the end.I could give two S!!!'s about reagan and /or his motives.The bottom line is A man and great as well as his family were given back a bit of respect that was lacking for way to long.Yeh,too late and a shame but well overdue non the less.

[match]

I think were agreeing here in the end.I could give two S!!!'s about reagan and /or his motives.The bottom line is A man and great as well as his family were given back a bit of respect that was lacking for way to long.Yeh,too late and a shame but well overdue non the less.

I hear ya bro, that's what I'm saying too.

[El Kabong]

Really don't see the generosity in doing something for a guy who's DEAD.

The right thing to do is the right thing to do...even when no one is there to appreciate it

[Violent Demise]

The Doc. will come on after the fight out here... So I havent seen it yet.
Really looking forward to it...

It was a good doc. And it was on before and after the fight.

[Trainer Monkey]

Considering Ali,and his friend Richard Pryor were calling for Joe to be pardoned in the late 70's
I dont see the under the bus part

[El Kabong]

Considering Ali,and his friend Richard Pryor were calling for Joe to be pardoned in the late 70's
I dont see the under the bus part

Well Ali called him an Uncle Tom....well more "an Uncle Tom for the white man".

That controversial part of how Ali truly felt about Joe Louis makes it harder for me to respect him....I respect him (not a HUGE fan but I respect him) it just makes it hard to.

Joe Louis broke down barriers in a different way than Ali tried to and it seems to go unnoticed in this day and time as well as in the 60's.

[Trainer Monkey]

Well Ali called him an Uncle Tom....well more "an Uncle Tom for the white man".

That controversial part of how Ali truly felt about Joe Louis makes it harder for me to respect him....I respect him (not a HUGE fan but I respect him) it just makes it hard to.

Joe Louis broke down barriers in a different way than Ali tried to and it seems to go unnoticed in this day and time as well as in the 60's.

Ali once whispered in his ear,when his time was nearing,"You,realy are the greatest"