If they choose to do the same next week or any week hereafter, I will protest by not watching those entitled sobs. I will instead take my son to the shooting range and exercise our second amendment by shooting our guns. I'm not a gun fanatic like a lot on our CF but I own my fair share and most have never been shot. They just sit in the box and look awesome. I'll change that this weekend. I'm going to buy as many boxes of bullets as my boy wants to put through those barrels. I'm f-ing done with hearing about this shit.
The Racine Lutheran High Crusaders know how to respect our flag. Other teams should take these boys as an example.
My son is most looking forward to my Taurus pt911. Also chrome/gold/ivory. (Cartel look as well) it's the first ever handgun I bought. Took me 9 months to pay it off when I first turned 21. It's never been shot. I actually only have one out of 13 that has been fired.
If my pack lets me down again, most of them will be broken in this weekend.
The Rock
I'm different and I am not suggesting do as I do. But, I see this as a pivotable time to teach your son the ethics of your American heritage. Show him you mean what you say and, show him that standing for what you believe in is more important than a game of spoiled men. It's certainly more important than football. God Bless
Time for the media to take both knees and pucker up.
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Aaron Rodgers.
Will the Green Bay Packers stand during the National Anthem or will some players “take a knee?” Will the team follow the suit of the Pittsburgh Steelers and not come out of the locker room at all? Will Aaron Rodgers take a knee?
That was not clear late in the morning of September 24, but Rodgers posted a photo on Instagram of players kneeling with the caption “#unity #brotherhood #family #dedication #love.” Some people are interpreting Rodgers’ Instagram comments as a hint that he might kneel during the anthem, although he could just be offering support for other players, and the photo he posted did not show players kneeling during a protest but rather just during a break on the field. Still, the point he was making seemed pretty clear.
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Your post of Casey Cliatte's response is spot on.
Crusader dad said he'd be done with the Pack if it continued. I just pointed out that someone forecast that it might rain.
I was just "dropping a nickel" in Shane. Nothing malignant.
Unfortunately for the dim, having a right and being accountable for it are intertwined. I have a problem with anyone who supports this disgusting disrespect for our flag and country, whether it be Dale Jr., Jesse Jr., or my brother.
The top 100 CEO's earn a combined $3.0 billion a year. The 100 companies they run employ tens of millions of people, with revenues of $7.7 trillion. The CEO's are paid 0.04% of these company's revenues. Despite their huge responsibilities, they are reviled by many for their income.
The top 100 athletes earn a combined $3.1 billion a year. The teams they play for employ thousands of people. Total revenue for the ENTIRE sporting industry worldwide is $130 billion. The top 100 players make 2.2% of all sporting revenue in the world. They are worshiped by many of the same people who hate CEOs, despite having higher incomes and far fewer responsibilities than CEOs.
And we still confront the question that arose the moment the first slave ships arrived: Do black lives matter?
The National Football League is in a golden age right now: It's been 23 days since one of its players has been arrested.
The average time between arrests is just seven days, while the record without an arrest is slightly more than two months, at 65 days, according to NFLarrest.com, which "provides an interactive visualized database of National Football League player Arrests & Charges," the site says.
Players get arrested for a variety of crimes: drunk driving, drug offenses, domestic violence, assault and battery, gun violations, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, theft, burglary, rape and even murder.
The NFL virtually embraces players who abuse women. Take this report in the Chicago Tribune: "In the first round [of the 2017 draft], the Oakland Raiders drafted Gareon Conley, who has been accused of rape. In the second round, the Cincinnati Bengals selected Joe Mixon, who in a much-viewed video punches a woman so hard that she falls down unconscious. In the sixth round, the Cleveland Browns selected Caleb Brantley, who was accused of doing pretty much what Mixon did."
The hypocrisy is so stark that Donald Trump Jr. fired out this fierce tweet on Sunday.
If only Roger Goodell cared as much about domestic abuse and traumatic brain injury as he does about disrespecting America. #nfl — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 25, 2017
The top team — at least in arrests — is, weirdly, the Minnesota Vikings, according to NFLarrest.com. Rounding out the Top 5: Denver, Cincinnati, Tennessee and Jacksonville.
By year, 2006 was a doozy: 71 arrests of NFL players. 2013 had 62 arrests, while last year was the lowest in the data base at just 28 arrests. This year, the players are setting a torrid pace:
Assault and battery - 7
Drugs - 6
DUI - 5
Domestic violence - 5
Disorderly conduct - 4
Resisting arrest - 2
Guns - 1
License/traffic - 1
Other - 1
That makes 32 arrests — and we're only in Week 3.
The top crimes are:
DUI - 218
Drugs -100
Domestic violence - 98
Assault - 74
Disorderly conduct - 44
The most arrests: Adam Jones, with 10. Jones has played for both Tennessee and Cincinnati, and he's been accused of poking a hotel worker in the eye, punching a woman, spitting in a woman's face at a nightclub, and was "charged with felony coercion in connection to strip club shooting that paralyzed a man" (take a look at all his arrests here).
The top positions of those arrested:
Wide receiver - 140
Linebacker - 119
Cornerback - 116
Running back - 99
Defensive tackle - 80
So, maybe — just maybe — NFL players aren't the best ones to be preaching to America about the perils of police brutality.
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There are other sources for good insights and if you want a really good insight into the root of the problem look at the destruction of the black family unit that arose as a (perhaps?) unintended consequence of The Great Society.
Equally humorous are those who feel compelled to illustrate that there is much truth in the saying "you can't fix stupid."
I won't go through and refute every point you made. Too much typing on my phone. What I will do Ike generalize your whole misguided attempt by saying you need to look at the reincaricration rates of these felon's, look at what is causing the poverty and drug use, look at where it's happening, and place the blame where it lies instead of pointing the finger at other races.
Liberal America will never own the fact that liberal policy has killed black Americans as a race. They won't acknowledge it's role in felling ancient society's either. So, it is of little surprise such arrogant people would acknowledge that they themselves are actually the root of the problem currently. God Bless men
"Allow me: I"m going to assume you two are being sarcastic but here are some hard facts that are among the many that guys like Kapernack is kneeling for:"
Oh, oh, pick me. Can I play?
"1) African-Americans comprise only 13% of the U.S. population and 24% of the drug users, but are 67% of the people arrested for drug-related offenses in America. That means the white folks that are the majority in population and drug use get arrested less than half the time."
This one's too easy. STOP DEALING AND DOING DRUGS. STOP THE GANG ACTIVITY. STOP SHOOTING PEOPLE. There. Fixed.
"2) In 2010, the U.S. Sentencing Commission reported that African Americans receive 20% longer sentences than whites through the federal system for the same exact crimes."
Can you see repeat offender? STOP COMMITTING CRIMES.
"3) In 2012, 51% of Americans expressed anti-black sentiments in a poll; Since the election in 2016 that number has increased to 58%."
Really? Howzabout a link? As a side note, since conservatives and liberals are pretty much 50/50 split, that would mean your figures include a large number from the party of tolerance.
"4) The childhood poverty rate for African-Americans remains stubbornly close to what it was the day Dr. King was assassinated; unemployment for black Americans runs nearly double that of the national average. "
Why is that? Maybe because the federal government which as spent over a trillion dollars on the "War on Poverty" has done nothing but breed dependence on the government. They traded one plantation owner for another. Of course we won't mention the destruction of the black family unit, which prior to the mid 60's is what kept the black families together.
"5) and the distrust between impoverished communities and the police continues to spiral (helped in no small part by the fact that blacks make up more than a third of the prison population, compared to only 13 percent of the overall population)."
Thank you Obama. Oh and to the second part of that statement. STOP COMMITTING CRIMES.
Class is over. Get your blankie out, it's nap time.
Black unemployment had been making steady gains, but shot through the roof under obama.
