Aren't these the same guys who waited after school to beat the crap out of you? And people used to ask how I got so many dents and cracks in my trombone case.

I know a metaphor when I see it. I've read your posts for a long time.Of course you'd run to a fiery immolation, but as for the rest, I'm with you. ($5 hot dogs? Never!)

You never miss that nail head, do you?

I hardly think these sports players (at least very few of them) have any idea what objectivism is and are not interested in much more than their fame and what they think they will accomplish with their acts to become more famous, not changers of any ideals.

It's a start, and if one adds in the riots which have increased in frequency and violence, there are certainly the makings of something, but at this point its pretty localized.

The one thing I look at is that these riots are only happening in the big cities where people get easily disconnected from reality - and food. If they do turn into major disturbances, they'll die out in a month when nobody has anything to eat because the trucks aren't bringing food in.

The UK went through a similar protest about 50 years ago. When audiences stopped standing for the national anthem, we just stopped playing it - End of problem.

My take is a bit different. I tend to look at the big picture from a political aspect and what I see is the on-going effort to bring down America by the left. Displays of patriotism, in all its forms, breeds more patriotism. Mostly if you're older, you sometimes hear the anthem or see a child waving the American flag and get weepy and proud of this great nation. Well, the left knows this, too. AND, to them, IT MUST STOP.

Now, the lefties are lying and saying that this "Take A Knee" action at sporting events is a 1st Amendment rights issue and that is why every sports team is now doing this disrespectful action. They only cite the Constitution when it fits their narrative. Otherwise, they despise it as evidenced by left-wing colleges (a majority of colleges) putting a stop by intimidation of right-wing speakers. There's a rule in the NFL that the players must stand for the anthem. Private business can regulate behavior. The NFL has been infected by Leftie disease and cowardliness. The fact that by and large, the American people are offended makes the arrogant left very happy. The American people did not forget who started this, what he stated his reasoning was, nor this "cute" display of cops as pigs on his socks.

So, to the left, what is the end game? Well, they hate business, especially businesses that "regular" people enjoy, so destroying football overall is one goal. Barring that, the other goal is to have all displays of patriotism removed from games. They would also stop 4th of July celebrations, parades, and other flag-waving events if they could. But, they'll start with this, and they WILL continue this effort until they win.

AGREED. I think BIG SPORTS has been dancing on the edge of disaster for awhile now, and this might just be the straw that broke the camel's back. Its run too much for pure money these days, and the tide is turning against the millionaire ghetto players

All the whiny overpaid oh so special crybabies who take a knee should be sent this T-shirt~
https://www.amazon.com/Respect-soldie...

Sports is how people brain-dump their worries and cares for a few hours. Now unable to do that, people will take their need for stress relief elsewhere.

I agree. He stirs them up, and then wastes time (I would say that tweets dont take that much time, though) fighting them. Same to be said for N Korea. He said that if N Korea attacks, we will obliterate them (and we probably would). Thats all fat boy dictator needs to hear. After that statement, Trump should just ignore the prattlings of the boy king.

What the nation is doing right now is pointing fingers and laying blame over the corpse of professional team sports.

this act of protest will ultimately wither a way when the protestors get tired of doing it. the advertisers who look to the super bowl may very well not show up. when endorsement start going away the "stars" will start to think about their actions. they may wake up and realize they are supporting bad guys. themn they may come to the real reality that they are paid to ENTERTAIN!

I think its the end of big sports, run by billionaires and employing millionairs, while the fans pay the bills and watch the stupid ads.

Sports was supposed to be fun and a chance to get behind teams and root for them. Now it has become a big money thing with entitled players making stupid demands, and the NFL setting restrictions on players (like they cant wear BEATS headphones because Bose supports NFL).

I was realizing yesterday how my viewing habits of pro football have changed over the past 15 years. I think, for me, it started when the 9ers hired Lawrence Phillips (probably Bill Walsh's first signs of dementia - which I was opening saying he had long before he retired). Then, is was the pink socks and towels. Then, it was the TSA style searches when getting into a Raiders game. Then, it was the players getting caught torturing dogs and beating their wives but being allowed to keep their job. By the time this kneeling started I wasn't even paying attention. I was already so removed from it. And, I played football into college. Loved the game. But, I just couldn't really relate. On my high school team if you were caught drinking a beer you were off the team. Kept me out of trouble. This is a whole other paradigm. If these guys started lighting themselves on fire I'd not notice.

Quit watching NFL 20 years ago , these pampered athletes and their entitled behavior is nauseating.
Come to think of it so is the ignorance of the useful idiots who would destroy the individual for the collective good even though they couldn't
narrate what it is. For the protesting players Maybe they should think about why they don't play in the VFL Venezuelan Football League or the CFL for Fidel's backward country.

Yeah, but sometimes it gets boring to constantly be the voice of the turtle.

You get it, Herb, and you have for a long time.

That would make a good research project.

I wonder if there are more riots now than in most of American history.

I have this fantasy that everyone has agreed that a gross impossibility is a real actuality. As a result they a try to make it work, but no matter how they bend and twist it, compress or stretch it, it just never seems to come together. The reason is because it is a Gross Impossibility and pretending that it isn't, doesn't make it so. Government run healthcare, or healthcare insurance can never work by its very nature. One size doesn't fit all. And you'll never get a size 10 foot into a size 6 shoe. I guess it isn't a fantasy after all.

Silence is only agreement that the actions of an employee are the responsibility of his employer. This is not a fedgov issue. Its a stupid distraction from trump's goals- and Trump is stupidly playing right into the strength of the MSM. Health insurance policy is easy to change - by us. Refuse to play. Take responsibility for your own health and tell the gov, AMA, pharma, and insurance "industry" (using that term loosely for those who chip the pot, not produce) to suck eggs. Those who are healthy exit from the system and it will collapse as all socialist systems collapse.

That would work for Bush. I don't think it will for http://Trump.At this point failure to respond would be akin to agreement. He has put himself in this position whether intentionally not. Any time a politician sets something in motion, it becomes veritably impossible to change it. Health insurance a perfect example.

imo, it is completely ignorable, and that should be Trump's response. It's a distraction, same as everything else the MSM has done since the election. Letting the MSM set the agenda with tripe is a mistake. Do the work you were elected to do. Resist the twitter addiction.

Note, I didn't say successful revolution.It appears to be getting easier and easier to foment a riot of late. The idle, the poor, and the string pullers of the useful idiots can grow this symbolism into a full scale horror fest. There weren't many Bolsheviks when Lenin started.