I despise Barack Obama. I despise what he did to my country. I hated his apologizing for America. I hated his dividing the country. I hated his pitting segments of the nation against each other. I hated his seeing himself as President of the World and not President of the United States. I hated his weaponizing the IRS to persecute conservatives. I hated his abusing the law to spy on Donald Trump in the name of national security. I hated his selling automatic weapons to drug cartels in Mexico. I hated his writing laws unilaterally. I hated it when he called Americans “enemies.”
I also despise Colin Kaepernick, and now I despise the entire NFL.
The Ravens and the Jaguars played a game in London (so I hear) and it seems many players took a knee during the US national anthem and then stood for UK national anthem.
The Pittsburgh Steelers could not be bothered to even come out on the field for the flag.
The other day Donald Trump spoke for an awful lot of Americans when he suggested fans boycott the NFL if players refuse to stand for their flag and anthem. He also added:
‘Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, “Get that son of a b***h off the field right now! He is fired. He’s fired!”‘ Trump boomed.
His crowd applauded and chanted ‘USA! USA!’
In response, Roger Goodell issue a statement in which he said:
“Divisive comments like these demonstrate an unfortunate lack of respect for the NFL, our great game and all of our players, and a failure to understand the overwhelming force for good our clubs and players represent in our communities.”
Divisive? The divisiveness began with Kaepernick, who has parlayed a lack of skill and a pissy, whiny attitude into a movement. The divisiveness continued when the league allowed this stupid behavior continue.
My grandfather used to say “You don’t shit where you eat.”
I am pretty damned tired of pampered, spoiled morons in the NFL whining about how tough their lives are and how they are oppressed. Here are a few people whose lives are somewhat more compromised than your average footballer:
I am sitting here writing this today when in a different time I would be watching football.
No more.
I have no interest in watching the National Social Protest league. None. NFL TV ratings continue to slide. Some are trying desperately to deflect from the downturn, creating all sorts of excuses for it such as hurricanes and lack of quality.
But we know better. We also remember someone else who chose to diss the flag:
(CNN) – An astute reporter for CNN affiliate KCRG-TV noticed there was something missing from Sen. Barack Obama’s wardrobe. He wasn’t wearing the common American flag lapel pin, a fashion fixture in post-9/11 politics used to display patriotism following the attacks.
“I decided I won’t wear that pin on my chest,” the Democratic presidential candidate told the reporter Tuesday in Iowa City, Iowa. “Instead, I’m going to try to tell the American people what I believe will make this country great. Hopefully that will be a testimony to my patriotism.”
This grandstanding idiocy is not going to hurt Trump:
This may be unpopular but it is a political reality:
Every NFL player refusing to stand for the national anthem helps Trump politically.
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) September 24, 2017
Indeed. The flag is not Donald Trump, the flag is America and everything America stands for. Donald Trump is the President, he is not America. Dissing the flag is dissing America, not dissing Donald Trump.
Patriots understand that. Which is why no matter how much I despise Barack Obama I would never not stand for my anthem and my flag.
And thank you, Alejandro Villanueva. This is what a real American looks like.
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Except for liberals being foolish.
@Deplorable Me:” Millions and millions turning away from their teams”—hyperbolic B.S. Trump’s declared war on the NFL—PLAYERS , COACHES,OWNERS and COMMISH—he’ll lose and move on to some other diversion.
@retire05:
Yeah, I think (as Trump referred to them) “those people” know how you and yours feel about “your” flag.
@Richard Wheeler: He is already winning… probably won. The NFL rolled out a new trick to try and satisfy both sides; the whiny, millionaire crybabies that support a racist lie with their protest and the fans that do not expect to see disrespect for the flag, the nation and the military at a goddamn football game.
In Arizona last night, this gutless ruse was BOOED. Yet, you think everyone supports the spoiled children. You could not be more wrong. Of course the majority of liberals support displays which insult the United States (though only half in California support the protests… CALIFORNIA!); nothing surprising about that. But, as you should have learned on November 4, 2016, your little liberal bubble is not a representative of how patriotic Americans, still a majority in America, think or believe.
@Ajay42302:
How do you feel about YOUR cowardice?
What is your substantiation for calling Trump a racist?
Does Hillary dropping N-bombs make her a racist (and, by extension, all of her supporters)?
Is ANTIFA committing violence?
Shouldn’t the left be demanding Yale University change its name because Elihu Yale was a slave trader and the school was built with support from slave traders?
Tell us of how Trump “breached the Constitution”.
Why do liberals get to make vile, unsubstantiated accusations in media but conservatives get fired if they voice a non-liberal opinion?
How is questioning Obama’s demonstrably dubious birth records racist?
Are immigration laws expected to be enforced?
Who is justifying “mass murdering people not of their heritage”?
Who has ever asserted that “all Hispanic and Latinos are murders, rapist, and drug dealers”?
When did Trump ever grab anyone’s vagina and who was it?
What did Trump lie about?
Whose wages did Trump steal?
What is the nature of Trump’s “con”?
How did I indicate your answers would be meaningless?
What answer have you provided that has been ignored?
@Deplorable Me: “he is already winning–probably won” lol in your Trumpist dreams he’s won.
Have you noticed his treatment of Puerto Rico–no help and he’s talking about their Wall Street debt?? What the hell is the matter with this guy? Have you listened to his interviews with his buddy Howard Stern? They are being released–a lot of revealing stuff you Trumpists should enjoy- As a former New Yorker I’ve heard em for years.
Cowboys booed in Arizona-what a surprise.
@Richard Wheeler:
Have you noticed that, blinded by your liberal hatred of anything American, you miss vital facts and take ignorant positions?
https://www.fema.gov/news-release/2017/09/21/federal-aid-programs-commonwealth-puerto-rico
https://www.fema.gov/news-release/2017/09/23/federal-government-moving-resources-support-puerto-rico-and-us-virgin
https://www.fema.gov/news-release/2017/09/18/president-donald-j-trump-signs-emergency-declaration-puerto-rico
Patriots booed at home… does this surprise you? They booed the KNEELING. Protests like this, based on racist lies, have no place at a football game and fans are getting sick of it. So, you have the cowardly compromise from the NFL. We won’t know how that is received until next week, but if the disrespectful, anti-American actions do not end, the NFL is going to have an enormous problem on their hands… and a lot of over-paid, spoiled little brats with a very specific skill-set are going to be looking for work.
No, I haven’t listened to Howard Stern… I NEVER listen to Howard Stern. He is a turd.
@Deplorable Me: Stern is Trump’s buddy–Trump admitted mental problems on his show.
You think for a minute Patriot fans will boycott their team?
Trump late and little to aid P.R.—More concerned with NFL.
What cowardly compromise from NFL–Seems they are backing owners and players
@Richard Wheeler:
Point out just one place where Trump mentions “Black SOB’S” on patriotism. Pretty sure you’re not gonna find it. Why, I even notice that you left the Black outside of the Quotation marks. is there a reason for that? You couldn’t find a place where he included those words in a quote.
I have no cred? It’s you that is quoting a quote outside of a quotation mark.
Now , this is good:
Trump ‘legitimately’ avoided the draft with an actual 4F classification medical deferment by a US miliitary doctor, whereas your guy, Slick, was a felony draft dodger that went to Russia to avoid being drafted and had to get a pardon to be eligible to run for president., Now that’s a guy that is qualified to talk about standing for the National Anthem. Right RW?
@Richard Wheeler:
want to put something inside quotation marks on that one?
@
: Yeah, I think (as Trump referred to them) “those peopleyeah, coming from a guy that doesn’t know which version of his name to use.
@Redteam: #57Are you DT or RT or just a proud Trumpeteer?
When Trump ginned it up in BAMA 3 or 4 SOB’S referenced were all Black—now he’s got all kinds of people p.o-ed at him–think he actually enjoys the turmoil. We’ll see how it plays out.
@Richard Wheeler:
Hey Slick Jr. you’re thinking of Slick and Mrs Slicks raising of over a hundred million for Haiti that is still residing in his checking account. (the old ‘check is in the mail’ swindle). No area has been ignored by Trump’s admin on damage services. Everyone, has praised him and his admin for their responses. Quit trying to make stuff up, it doesn’t befit you.
@Richard Wheeler:
ever heard ‘if the shoe fits’. He was referring to those that don’t stand for the National Anthem. Those sob’s. How does ‘color’ fit into that. You damn sure wouldn’t take a knee and I damn sure wouldn’t take a knee. And I won’t mention your color or my color. I will point out if you were thinking ‘color’ when Trump was talking, it’s ‘NOT HIS’ problem.
@Richard Wheeler:
I’m really curious. Just ‘which’ 3 or 4 SOB’s were referenced to in Alabama that were ‘all black’ and who was ‘making a note’ of their color? was it 3 or was it 4? I think this is a ‘ginned up’ issue, perhaps by someone to create a situation.
@Richard Wheeler:
Seems the governor of Puerto Rico doesn’t agree with you:
JOHN YANG: Governor, are you getting all the aid you need or getting it fast enough from the states?
GOV. RICARDO ROSSELLO: First of all, we are very grateful for the administration. They have responded quickly.
The president has been very attentive to the situation, personally calling me several times. FEMA and the FEMA director have been here in Puerto Rico twice. As a matter of fact, they were here with us today, making sure that all the resources in FEMA were working in conjunction with the central government.
We have been working together. We have been getting results. The magnitude of this catastrophe is enormous. This is going to take a lot of help, a lot of collaboration. So, my call is to congressmen and congresswomen to take action quickly and conclusively with an aid package for Puerto Rico.
We are in the midst of potentially having a humanitarian crisis here in Puerto Rico which would translate to a humanitarian crisis in the United States. So, I call upon Congress to take action immediately. You know, Puerto Ricans are proud U.S. citizens.
You spin like the Dervish, RW. Some would call it blatantly lying.
@retire05:
Yes, likely I would. Hey, RW, why does what the governor of PR differ so much in his comments about Trump than your’s, is it perhaps he is appreciative and you’re just being political?
@Redteam:
Don’t forget the governor of Puerto Rico is a Democrat and was a national delegate for Obumer.
The situation in Puerto Rico is presently far worse than either Texas or Florida. I finally had word from a long-time friend on the island today. She told me some communities remain out of touch with the outside world. No one knows their condition. Bridges are down and roads are impassable. Utilities have failed. Many are without shelter, food and water. The elderly and infirm are without access to supplies of oxygen, insulin, and other essential medications. Transportation and distribution have broken down. They’re struggling to keep the VA hospital up and running.
@Richard Wheeler:
Oh. So that is supposed to mean something to me? Am I supposed to worship Stern, as you do the Clinton’s and Obama, because of that? Sorry, I think for myself.
Separating their lie-based protest from their duty to show patriotism.
You are blinded by hatred and cannot recognize the truth.
You’ve previously stated that they were NOT all black. Perhaps you should keep a list of your lies so you can reference them later to avoid contradictions. Regardless, please point to any reference to race by Trump… any reference to anything besides honoring the flag and National Anthem. We’ll wait… don’t go AJ on us.
Nope, still just whiny crybabies.
@retire05: Please don’t embarrass Rich with easily available facts that destroy his hate-driven accusations. He is doing a fine job embarrassing himself.
@Deplorable Me: You gotta slow down guy—I said current protestors were not all Black–not original 3 or 4. who were Black and he called SOB’s.
Blinded by hatred and cannot recognize the truth—you are fueled by hatred. I hate no one though I do think Trump a dangerous fool the way he fires up his misguided lemmings.
Admin is slow to P.R but at least they got there before next weekend’s games.
@Richard Wheeler:
So, when the Nashville church shooter was arrested, you would claim racism because ALL those arrested were black? I doubt Trump watched every NFL game to see the racial composition of the stupid, racist protest, but race was never mentioned or a factor… until liberals get hold of it.
They are sons of bitches. Bastards, MFers, CSers, idiots, morons, useful idiots and dumbasses. I do not find the allure of disrespect of the flag, National Anthem, nation, the military or veterans, which this stupid, race-based “protest” certainly does.
The administration has provided support and aid to Puerto Rico as quickly and in as great a quantity as has been possible. I suppose your accusation is due to Puerto Rico being populated by Puerto Ricans? Cmon… you KNOW you want to say it.
@Richard Wheeler:
Now, if I say “Boot that SOB, Richard Wheeler, from this blog”, buddy, I’m naming you. But if I say “Boot the liberal SOB from this blog” am I naming you, someone else, or just someone whose comments I find offensive? I asked you before, when did Trump name the original 3 or 4? Was it 3? Or was it 4? How about some answers, Richard?
Wait, WAIT…..
You said:
Now you’re saying:
Which is it? NO help or SLOW help?
What 3 (or was it 4) players did Trump actually name?
Are you having trouble keeping all your spin straight, Richard? Perhaps you should just stop spinning and not find yourself in such a pickle.
@retire05: You don’t think Trump knew the protestors he called SOBs were all Black?? Seriously
Trump quickly woke up when he started taking heat on PR response or lack there of—you disagree?
I’m in no pickle o5 but DT has stupidly put himself in one with the NFL, it’s players coaches and owners–WHY-What, in your opinion, is his rationale for embroiling himself in this?
@Richard Wheeler:
Come on, Richard; the old “answer a question with a question” routine doesn’t work on me. How about you answering ALL the many questions I have asked you in this thread or are you back to your old tactic of not answering questions and then claiming later you did no such thing?
Now, if you suffer short term memory loss, you can either re-read my posts to you, or I can put all the questions in one post for you to answer.
But my guess is you want no part of those questions because you are, after all, a dishonest left winger.
@Richard Wheeler: Here, I got back to you as soon as I could, trying to help you avoid (if you cared to) being made further a fool of by your propaganda handlers.
http://www.floppingaces.net/most-wanted/the-medias-cooking-up-a-fakenews-katrina-narrative-for-puerto-rhttp://observer.com/2017/09/amid-nfl-obsession-media-blinds-itself-to-trump-puerto-rico-relief-efforts/ico-despite-trump-actually-sending-lots-of-aid/
@Greg: You can sure tell it was run by Dimocrats. They thought since they were Dims, the skies would part and the clouds would go away and the sun would shine on them, and food and manna would fall down from heaven. I’m sure, them being loyal Dims, they weren’t too concerned about their solar and wind power failing them. Whoops, too many eggs in that ole basket. Now it’s Trump’s fault that they are run by Dims. He should’ve put up some capable persons in the last election so they could be ready. Damn, I knew it was Trumps fault, he didn’t get the right folks on the Rep ticket last Nov and left it all in the hands of the dims, who now want to blame it all on Trump. They forget it was Obozo in charge of elections. Since some Repubs have taken over the things the dims should have taken care of, they’re beginning to see the light of day.
@Richard Wheeler:
Ultimately RW, it’s gonna come down to: Are you an American, or not? Americans will not stand for continued disrespect for the American flag. You might think it’s ok, but real Americans will not. Advertisers will go away, government funds for building stadiums will go away,, fans are flying away in droves, I will not tolerate spoiled multimilllionaire hoodlums crapping on my American flag. They can go to Harlem or Chicago and donate all of their money to improving the lives of the millions of black people that are underprivileged because their ancestors sold their other ancestors as slaves 200 years ago. So even after giving them affirmative action to get a leg up over white people, they still whine and snivel that they are poor little innocent black persons that the big mean white policemen pick on just because they are committing a few unimportant crimes, or something. As gov money goes away, as ad money goes away, those big salaries will go away, but I guess it won’t matter to them, they’ll all be dead from CTE by then. Maybe that’s the prob, enough of them have CTE they don’t know what they’re doing.. Yeah, that must be it.
@Deplorable Me: BRAVO & well said but if I may ‘add’ that this division we as a country are experiencing actually started when Obama exclaimed: “Trayvon Martin could have been me .” AND “This could have been my son.” Those incendiary remarks were clearly a dereliction of duty putting Americans against each other solely based on race ! And THAT is when our country became divided.
You’re full of it, Earl.
@Greg: How so?
I left today’s Colts game because @POTUS and I will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our Flag, or our National Anthem.
Yeah, right. The comment and pictures that were posted in response by Roger Sollenberger ask the right question.
Kaep now says if someone will just PLEASE give him a job, he’ll stand. Nice principles, Kaep. Funny how when those bills start coming due, your sense of “oppression” changes.
How would that be enforced? The league is already too gutless to force players to abide by league rules, once he gets a contract, who makes him live by his word?
No, he can sit and sit and sit until some team needs him enough to make his racist attitude worth it.
@Deplorable Me: That would be, as you call it, “Fake News” As is much of what you ENDLESSLY post. Are you getting paid by the word?
Trump says jump and Pence says how high. What a pair of looney tunes. Corker had it right.
@Richard Wheeler: Well, it was from CBS, so it could be fake. I wouldn’t expect Kaepernick to realize what an idiot he has been anyway. Bottom line, he sits on his racist ass.
Pence did the right and honorable thing. As long as players are going to disrespect the flag, national anthem and our military, whether they are intelligent enough to know they are or not, any honorable representative of the people should show them the respect they deserve… none.
Re: Post #80: Yeah, right. The comment and pictures that were posted in response by Roger Sollenberger ask the right question.
Or they did until they were deleted by Pence’s Twitter flunkies. This was Sollenberger’s unacceptable reply. Entirely truthful, but unacceptable.
@Richard Wheeler:
You are correct RW, it is fake news. But the big problem is that it was all spread by the FAKE NEWS networks, led by CBS. I didn’t hear which team signed CK, this being week 5, but I’m sure you think someone must have.
@Greg: then why are you posting something unacceptable?
@Earl Shay:
And it exactly fit with his declaration to “fundamentally transform America”.