WTF is wrong with people?

It is awesome how our culture has made patriotism inseparable from blind loyalty to the military. The National Anthem, of course, is about the country, not the military, and as others have pointed out, he specifically stated his protest had nothing to do with the military, and pointed out that he has servicemen in his family. But. Some people cannot do complex ideas.

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Zooey wrote:

And I can’t help but wonder, if the 9ers had the best record in the league, if they wouldn’t have gone ahead and watched them while complaining about Kapernick.

People compromise with stuff they don’t like all the time if it gets them to a larger goal.

When that compromise is not going to get you to your goal, it is a lot easier to make that point of compromise the “straw” that broke the camel’s back.

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Yup. The Steeler fans hate big ben…but they love big ben. If ya know what i mean.

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We are doomed.

“We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law!”

That is from The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. A great play. It’s about something else. But I want it to be about this. “We are what we always were in Salem….”

Humans. At best, we’re hypocrites. At worst, well….

I think it is generally true that most people rationalize their consciences when money is at stake. One need only take a gander down the list of athletes guilty of despicable things who were hired in spite of those shortcomings to see that.

If Kap doesn’t get picked up, it will be a surprise. He’s certainly a guy that somebody is going to see as a better #2 than what they have on the roster, and someone who might push a weak #1.

But there are a lot of guys out there still unsigned: Cassel, Fitzpatrick, Cutler, Daniel, McCown, Griffin. I dunno. And I think his stance decreased his popularity, especially since owners are conservatives. Woody Johnson supported Trump, fwiw, and while the Jets need a QB….you know…it IS part of the mix.

I would have put Sehorn on that list.

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Many people asked, bewilderedly, “how did this [Trump] happen?” When I suggest it had a lot to do with the 35-year-long decline of incomes of the bottom 60 percent; the growing sense, ever since the Wall Street bailout, that the game is rigged; and the utter failure of both Republicans and Democrats to reverse these trends – they gave me blank stares.
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There ya go.

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While the first nine points were interesting, too, it was that same one which caught my eye – for the same reason.

In spite of Sanders and Trump, neither party seems to notice the obvious underlying connection. How dense are they?

Very selfish of Buffalo.

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TSRF wrote:

Rachel Maddow is becoming must see TV in my household. At least up until Trump gets impeached.
And then we’ll watch the victory laps for a week or two.

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Enh. Not to me. Shes a
Hillary lover.
And she
probably works for AIPAC

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Ditto.

Thought I like the stuff she has done to expose Trump in the past few weeks. I will give her credit for that. But…Rachel is only an occasional ally – a useful character to advance a scene or two, but not the leading lady.

It is such a transparent ripoff, it’s hard to imagine they would propose it seriously. And then, of course, the Freedom Caucus doesn’t think it goes far enough.

I really am fed up with this country. I just do not feel at home in this culture at all. The value system is just completely bankrupt morally and intellectually.

Belligerence and Greed. The American motto.

Well, I would call DE a “need.” The stapler they got from Miami is not going to replace Hayes. And Sims is gone.

So they have…a not-quite-himself Quinn…and…Westbrooks. Is Longacre still around? Whatever. That isn’t exactly the bone-crushing excitement I favor from the position.

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Woods says the Rams are young, explosive and speaks to the talent of Jared Goff, says it was an easy decision to come play for the Rams.

Buffalo?

Los Angeles?

That surprises me right down the line. It’s not that I don’t think the Rams can upgrade over those players, but they haven’t. So if you don’t have people as good or better lined up, it seems like a loss to cut them. Barnes wasn’t memorable, but he is better than the players behind him.

Hayes I don’t understand. The guy is a pretty good football player, a starting defensive end (or very good depth), and they gave him away. I don’t know what “System fit” means. The guy could rush the QB, and could tackle. I’m sure Wade knows what he’s doing, but I don’t understand this. Now the Rams have Quinn. No Hayes, no Sims, and Westbrook is in trouble. Now they are thin on the DL – which was the team’s strength – and they’re thin at LB, and need help in the secondary.

Kendricks also was no all-pro, but I didn’t see anything from Hemingway or Higbee outside of pre-season.

This just seems to have created a lot more needs in a year with no 1st round pick.

But it’s not the last move, obviously. I sure hope to see some more FA signings, though.

Apparently defunding Planned Parenthood is going to be difficult, if not impossible, because Planned Parenthood isn’t an item in the budget. PP gets money from the government only as reimbursement for Medicare covered actions like Pap smears and so forth. Money is already prohibited from going to abortion, so Planned Parenthood gets government money as reimbursement for health care services rendered to patients the exact same way that any other medical clinic does. So you can’t just cut out PP. There would have to be language drawn up for qualifications to receive the reimbursement that would somehow apply only to PP, and good luck with that.