Wow.......Just Wow.........What were they thinking....

Welcome to my blog post entitled What were they thinking? It will cover an array of topics including everything from Sports, to Regular Topics and everything in between!! Some posts will only have a few topics on this, other times there will be many topics. If you have one you would like placed in an upcoming blog post, please send it to me at cupofjoeinthed@gmail.com or at;   @cupofjoeinthed on twitter.

Sports

•  NFL Red zone not showing Lions score the last 2 weeks of the season when they reviewed scoreboard?
•  MLB waiting for Rockies Reyes case to go through the court system for domestic violence instead of suspending him with all the evidence they have already?
• Bengals Burfict's illegal and dirty hit on Steelers Brown that got him a 3 game suspension? He should of gotten at least 6 games for his stupidity!
• Bengals and their coaching staff not controlling emotions and losing a playoff game they should of won?
• Patriots Amendola's cheap and blatant and illegal hit on defenseless Chiefs player that NFL has yet to suspend him for?
• Chiefs terrible use of time management in their game against the Patriots that ultimately cost them a chance to win the game?
• Seahawks waste of time management against the Panthers that stopped their chance of comeback win?
• Packers Mike McCarthy fires TE and RB Coaches to deflect criticism of his bad play calling?
• NFL decides to put a team in London, England within the next 6 years? More greed will water down a league already saturated with parity and bad teams.
• MLB Yankees trading for Chapman from the Reds knowing about his alleged beating of a woman but put wins ahead of character of the player off the field?
• Any Coach taking a position within the Brown organization with Owner Haslam running the show?
• Johnny Manziel going to Las Vegas and partying before the Browns last game?
• Wolverines HC Jim Harbaugh sleeping over at a recruits house? Really? Wow?
• The Browns Josh Gordon wants reinstatement and the NFL is going to grant it to him? 
• College football player comparing his football scholarship to that of being held in slavery in the SEC? 

Topics

• Donald Trump wants to stop the USA from allowing all Muslims  refugees into the USA?
• Donald Trump wants Bill Gates to help censor the internet to stop terrorist sites.
• The Michigan Lawmakers passing such a messed up road funding bill to suite their own agendas? 
• City of Detroit paying $16,000+ to demolish a house when before it cost less than $13,000 and the City continues to pay excess monies without asking why?
• When they continue to tell us unemployment is going down , yet they fail to mention the index doesn't include those who have given up on finding a job, have exhausted all their benefits, and how many are added seasonal part time jobs?
• What was the State of Michigan thinking when they knew how bad the lead level was in the City of Flint's drinking water and waited months to help out?
• Legionnaires disease has increased by over 400% in 18 months in Flint and yet, no one will admit it is from the lead and contamination in the water?
• Presidential candidates using the Flint Water Crisis to further their own political agendas instead of going to Flint and actually being part of the solution?
• State of Michigan civil servants knowing how bad the lead was in the Flint water but concealing this information from Governor Snyder for months and months?
• Ex City of Detroit Council Member Charles Pugh still not taking responsibility for what he did and now appealing the civil verdict against him?
• Ex Mayor of Detroit Kwame Kirkpatrick wasting taxpayers money again appealing his verdict and prison time taking his case to the Supreme Court?
• State of Michigan and the Emergency Manager assigned to the Detroit Public Schools continuing to stick their heads in the sand and ignore the deplorable conditions in the schools, low balling the pay and benefits to the teachers compared to other big cities and districts,  lack of school text books and learning tools year in and year out and removing security to ensure schools and the surrounding areas are safe for the students in and out of the schools? What are they thinking????????
• VA giving out bonuses of over $142M to its employees whom some of them are troubled employees?
• Job Bush only wants the USA to accept Christian Muslims from Syria?
• Hillary Clinton continuing to think the American People are stupid in regards to the email fiasco that continues to haunt her and the new damaging response from the Postmaster General in regards to a possible indictment about what  she actually used her personal email for?
• Those who think that Sarah Palins endorsement of Donald Trump for President will hurt him and not help him in the Polls? These people are in denial!!
• That all these Pres candidate debates are not scripted for the most part and that the people enjoy seeing all the lies and attacks on each other? Here is a news flash for the Dems and GOP, the People are tired of all this crap!