{"id":17066,"date":"2022-02-02T11:25:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T16:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=17066"},"modified":"2022-02-02T21:50:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T02:50:23","slug":"commanders-new-idiotic-name-from-washington-football-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/02\/commanders-new-idiotic-name-from-washington-football-team\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Commanders&#8221;?!? 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Bad name for football team. Should have gone with &quot;Washington Narcs&quot; to spur fear in opposing teams considering NFL drug use scandals <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TakeCommand?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TakeCommand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1488984285919031299?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Commanders&quot; is the new name because the Washington Football Team reportedly wanted a &quot;military connection&quot; with its name. Crap &#8211; can&#39;t people watch a damn game without political overtones?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1488898733823639554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Dallas Cowboys will enjoy whipping Washington even more<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1488909768349655044?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-02-at-11-23-54-Becoming-the-Commanders-How-Washingtons-NFL-team-found-its-new-name.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17070\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-02-at-11-23-54-Becoming-the-Commanders-How-Washingtons-NFL-team-found-its-new-name-800x449.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-02-at-11-23-54-Becoming-the-Commanders-How-Washingtons-NFL-team-found-its-new-name-800x449.png 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-02-at-11-23-54-Becoming-the-Commanders-How-Washingtons-NFL-team-found-its-new-name-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-02-at-11-23-54-Becoming-the-Commanders-How-Washingtons-NFL-team-found-its-new-name-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-02-at-11-23-54-Becoming-the-Commanders-How-Washingtons-NFL-team-found-its-new-name-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-02-at-11-23-54-Becoming-the-Commanders-How-Washingtons-NFL-team-found-its-new-name.png 1116w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With its new name &quot;Commanders,&quot; the Washington Football team has given Americans a new reason to despise Washington. &mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) February 2, 2022 Personally, I&#39;m disappointed they didn&#39;t name the Washington football team the &quot;Tinhorn Despots&quot; https:\/\/t.co\/Y5YeXRF8Y1 &mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) February 2, 2022 &quot;Commanders&quot;!?! 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