President Trump

Popovich's thoughts on the sports protests and Trump with all this when asked during his press conference on Media day. Typical for him he dances around his answers trying to be politically correct.

 

Your president is a f***ing moron. There is simply no way to assess it differently.
Any rationalizations for his behavior, actions and views should be ridiculed as equally moronic.

At some point you've gotta call a spade, a spade.

 

He's a complete narcissist, and he represents himself, the office of President, and the country poorly.

I'm glad football gave him the collective FU on his protest stance.

The silent protests, which don't affect the game or sports experience in any way, have brought attention to an issue that needs to be addressed.

I fully support what is happening, and look forward to the day when no one feels the need to kneel during the anthem.

Sadly, the country is heading in an interesting direction with potential turbulent times ahead with a loose canon at the helm. It will be interesting to see how it all shakes out.

 

Is this a confession Brett?

 

whatever you call yourself, I can find you and call you anytime

 

Funny you say this.

I have a friend who's "sensitive" and has proven me a few times already, so I trust her. She recently told me there will be a pretty big quake within the year here in SoCal, specifically in the Silverlake area.

The day I told my parents this, that 3.6 quake hit in Westwood, then the Mexico quake the next day.

So take that how you will, I really hope she's wrong, but keep it in mind.

 

Because I was tagged in the post I guess I'll add my 2 cents here too. First, I only read the last two pages 38 and 39 and say it has been some good talk so I'll add this point of view.

1. Kneeling for the flag is not disrespectful to the country, to the service members or the nation for a couple of reasons. First though I will say that I will always stand for the flag and national anthem because as a combat veteran the flag has a personal meaning to me because I have carried coffins, stood in formations seeing fallen brothers and sisters being loaded on C17s and have been in places where my very life was on the damn table to be taken. That is my choice. That is my patriotism. I fly a flag in my house. I have it tattooed on my shoulder. I fly it properly. I destroy it or turn it into base police when it is beyond appropriate display condition or I burn it properly. It is my choice as a veteran. I also know that many veterans don't respect the fly appropriately, display it correctly, fly it equal to or below contradictory flags (see confederate flags, nazi flags etc) and often don't even properly stand for it. OK, that being said here is why it isn't disrespecting the flag or the veterans. We fought for the right to protest. They are not stopping the game or disrupting the national anthem. Add to that the NFL players are under contract which stipulates everything they are not allowed to do and must do such as appropriate behavior off the field. What it does not say is that they "have to" stand for the anthem. In fact, not one document of our nation be it Constitution, Bill of Rights or anything else says that any American must pay respect to the men and women of the military or the veterans. That is simple. The fact that the NFL players are out there in the first place is because the NFL was paid for them to be out there for propaganda purposes. Yes, I love seeing the support but I understand it isn't mandatory outside of military personnel who did in fact sign contracts saying that we are required to by the contracts we sign and the oath we take. NFL players or any athletes have not signed that and are not subject to having to stand and bear witness to it. No matter how much we would hope they would. The other thing is the NFL is a privately owned business that provides a product and the players are part of that union. The union can strike if they deem it necessary. The NFL can punish players for doing things discussed in the players agreement but not for things that don't fall under it. The fact that standing for the national anthem is nothing more than a courtesy means it cannot be forced upon anyone.

That all being said, the most important reason for me is that it is their right. 100%. Just because it ruffles peoples feathers doesn't make it wrong. People say you can't do that on company time. I ask this question... Did the kneeling delay any of the NFL's proceedings? Did they stop the national anthem from being performed? I've heard many people say that "I pay for this guys to play a game and not do anything else" which I guess is true. However, did those guys not play the game? Did they say they wouldn't play or perform? I personally think my Raiders took the game off but I am sure it wasn't due to protesting instead due to just sucking on Sunday night. So if they did their jobs, they performed, they didn't delay the game and there were no outburst (by the players, coaches etc) then how was it disrespectful? See my personal belief does not trump their right to peaceful protest and a forced patriotism is not the excuse either ESPECIALLY when there are thousands of demonstrations that are actual disrespect to the flags, the nation and the troops who have served. I personally didn't see much outrage at the fans who were booing the players while the National Anthem was being sung.

In the end, this was exactly the best way to do it because I myself have had several in-depth conversations with many people of varying backgrounds about this. Yes, the President has once again riled up the nation to make it more divisive but without it I don't have the PM conversation with guys like John3:16 in the wake of it. The more we sit and talk the more we can start to understand and find solutions. First step has to be that there isn't a "better way" when all the other ways have yet to work. This one seems to have done much more than all the other attempts. Just my quick opinion though.

 

New wrinkle when they start losing money, which will also affect the players.

Breaking: Huge CEO Takes Stand, Hits NFL With Devastating News

https://conservativetribune.com/ceo...tm_content=2017-09-27&utm_campaign=manualpost

 

Is this a joke?




P.S.

Oh, that makes sense:

https://conservativetribune.com

f***ing idiots.