NFL vs true heroes ... Thx Barry M and Paul C!

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From: Barry Mershon <bnvmershon@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 7:19 AM
Subject: Fwd: Open Letter to the NFL
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Subject: Open Letter to the NFL
To:

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. Benjamin Franklin

To the NFL and its players,

If I have brain cancer, I don’t ask my dentist what I should do. If my car has a problem, I don’t seek help from a plumber! Why do you think the public cares what a football player thinks about politics? If we want to know about football, then depending on the information we seek, we might consult with you, but even a quarterback doesn’t seek advice on playing his position from a defensive tackle!

You seem to have this over inflated view of yourselves, thinking because you enjoy working on such a large scale stage, that somehow your opinion about everything matters. The NFL realizes the importance of its “image” so it has rules that specify the clothes and insignia you can wear, the language you use, and your “antics” after a touchdown or other “great” play. But somehow you and your employer don’t seem to care that you disgrace the entire nation and its 320 million people in the eyes of the world by publicly disrespecting this country, its flag, and its anthem! The taxpaying citizens of this country subsidize your plush work environments, yet you choose to use those venues to openly offend those very citizens.

Do you even understand what the flag of this country means to so many of its citizens before you choose to “take a knee” in protest of this “country" during our national anthem?

You may think because you are paid so much that your job is tough, but you are clueless when it comes to tough.  Let me show you those whose job is really tough.

You are spoiled babies who stand around and have staff squirt Gatorade in your mouths, sit in front of misting cooling fans when it’s warm, and sit on heated benches when it's cold. That’s not “tough” that's pampered.

You think that you deserve to be paid excessively high salaries, because you play a “dangerous" game where you can incur career ending injuries. Let me show you career ending injuries!

You think you that you deserve immediate medical attention and the best medical facilities and doctors when injured. Let me show you what it’s like for those who really need and deserve medical attention.

You think you have the right to disrespect the flag of the United States, the one our veterans fought for, risked limbs and mental stability to defend, in many cases died for. Let me show you what our flag means to them, their families, and their friends.

You believe you are our heroes, when in reality you are nothing but overpaid entertainers, who exist solely for our enjoyment! Well, your current antics are neither entertaining nor enjoyable, but rather a disgrace to this country, its citizens, all our veterans and their families, and the sacrifices they have made to ensure this country remains free. You choose to openly disgrace this country in the eyes of the rest of the world, yet with all your money, still choose to live here rather than in any other country. People with even the slightest amount of “Class” will stand and respect our flag. Where does that put you? You want to see heroes… here are this countries heroes!

You can protest policies, the current government, or anything else you choose, that is your right. But when you “protest” our flag and anthem, you are insulting the nation we all live in and love, and all those who have served, been injured, or died to keep it free. There is nothing you can do or say that can make your actions anything more than the arrogance of classless people, who care about themselves more than our country or the freedoms for which our veterans and their families have sacrificed so much, to ensure you have the “right” to speak freely. Our country is far from perfect, but if you can point to any other country where your freedom and opportunities are better than they are here, then you just might want to go there and show respect for their flag!

If you respect America and all those who have sacrificed so much to keep her free, please forward this to your friends and relatives. Eventually, it should end up in the mailboxes of those who choose to disrespect our country, its service members, our veterans, their families, and all of us who appreciate the freedoms America represents.

Freedom Sophisticated Opposition - Does the USA have all the time on their side? I don't think so! SamKat aka Sam Kegley

I am a Tea Party conservative and I am ashamed of the smartly sophisticated freedom caucus.  It makes me believe even more in term limits.  And it isn't just for leftist democrats.

Republicans can't fathom being the party in power.  They are too much the opposition party. They neither deserve Donald Trump as President, nor the people on his team who want to accomplish things for the Country.

Perhaps Bill and Hillary are pulling their strings.  Those intelligent dandies of the freedom caucus prefer Obamacare.  UGH!

I don't consider that smart at all.  We conservatives are dyeing out and our colleges we send our kids to are far too liberal in the programs they advance upon the USA's young minds.

Soon the USA won't be worth dying or suffering life-long injuries for, as so many fine young service people have done throughout our history.

It is less than smart to shoot yourself in the foot.

Who is to feel sorry for such humans who do that?

I am so happy that Mr. Trump and his family care about our country.  Who understands  defeats by opposition even from our side - supposedly conservative elitists, that is!

UGLY!

Kaepernick ... Thx Colonel West, Joe P, Dr. Raplh H, and Sarah R!

Subject:  Kaepernick

 

>  I believe this is the best article ever written
> about this clown Kaepernick. Colonel West hit the ball
> out of the park with his
> insightful assessment of behavior. Please note the
> remarks made in the last few paragraphs.

>  
>
>  
> TO KAPERNICK FROM
>   RETIRED U.S. ARMY LT. COL. ALLEN WEST...........REMARKABLE
>
>   SPEECH...................
>
>
>
> Message from a non-oppressed black man to
>   Colin Kaepernick…
>
>
>
> By Allen West1:44pm August 28, 2016
>
>
>
> If there’s
>   one thing I live for, it’s football season, especially
> college. Saturday night
>   I was enjoying a fantastic game between Charleston
> Southern University and
>   North Dakota State University. The game went into overtime
> and ended with the
>   Bison of NDSU winning 24-17. However, as I watched this
> thrilling game, it was
>   an item on the ESPN news ticker that disturbed me — to
> which I see a need to
>   respond to this “teachable moment.”
>
>
>
> As reported yesterday, San
>   Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to
> stand for the National
>   Anthem in Friday’s pre-season game against Green Bay
> because he was protesting
>   “black oppression” in the United States. The Niners
> went on to
>   lose.
>
>
>
> The NFL issued a statement that said players are encouraged
> but
>   not required to stand for the national anthem. Hmm, this
> is the same NFL that
>   refused to allow the Dallas Cowboys to wear a helmet decal
> in honor of the
>   fallen Dallas Police officers gunned down on Thursday July
> 7th.
>
>
>
> This is
>   the same NFL that said nothing when players from the St.
> Louis Cardinals
>   displayed the false narrative symbol of “hands up, dont
> shoot” — which we know
>   didn’t happen. I find it rather interesting that the NFL
> has no issue
>   disrespecting law enforcement officers but only
> “encourages” players to
>   respect the symbol of our nation, the American flag, and
> our anthem, the Star
>   Spangled Banner.
>
>
>
> However, I would recommend a simple scripture from the
>   wise King Solomon for Mr. Kaepernick, Proverbs 17:28
> (NIV): “Even fools are
>   thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they
> hold their
>   tongues.”
>
>
>
> Or, as the old folks down South would say, “best for a
> stupid
>   person to keep their mouth shut and not open it and let
> everyone know they
>   are.”
>
>
>
> Mr. Kaepernick, a bi-racial young man adopted and raised by
> white
>   parents, claims America is oppressing blacks at a time
> when we have a black,
>   bi racial president who was twice elected. We’ve had two
> black attorneys
>   general and currently have a black secretary of homeland
> security, along with
>   a black national security advisor. Here in Dallas our
> police chief, whom I
>   know, is an outstanding black leader. The officer in
> Milwaukee who shot the
>   armed assailant after issuing an order to drop his weapon
> was black. Is Mr.
>   Kaepernick following suit and cherry-picking what he terms
> “oppression?” First
>   of all, let me clarify to you sir, you are a
> multi-millionaire “one-percenter”
>   just because you can throw a ball and kiss your biceps.
> Men like Jesse Owens,
>   Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron, Oscar Robertson, Ernie Davis,
> and Bernard King
>   and Condredge Halloway of my alma mater were athletes who
> knew of oppression.
>   You sir may certainly have the right to sit upon your
> “fourth point of
>   contact” when the National Anthem is played but never
> forget, you live in a
>   nation that has provided you the privilege to have that
> right.
>
>
>
> My story
>   is one I wish to share. My dad was a corporal in the U.S.
> Army and served
>   during World War II. He was born in 1920 and knew
> oppression. Yet, when he sat
>   me down on the steps of our home, 651 Kennesaw Ave NE in
> Atlanta, he shared
>   with me that there was no greater honor or privilege, than
> to wear the uniform
>   of these United States. Perhaps that ‘s why his first
> and middle sons, along
>   with his grandson, are all U.S. combat veterans, just like
> Dad. Herman West
>   Sr. was not a victim, and he raised men who would never
> allow anyone to
>   suppress or oppress them. Perhaps you should stop trying
> to make victims and
>   admonish people, black people, to be victors — try it,
> and you may find that
>   more satisfying than your insidious action and word
> vomiting.
>
>
>
> If you
>   want to know about oppression of blacks in America, past
> and present, how
>   about you ask Rep. Nancy Pelosi of the San Fran Bay Area
> about the policies
>   that decimated the black family? Maybe you can cross the
> Bay over to Oakland
>   and ask Rep. Barbara Lee about the 13 to15 million black
> babies killed since
>   1973, and ask her who is Margaret Sanger?
>
>
>
> Or perhaps you can ask the
>   two California senators, Boxer and Feinstein, about who
> doesn’t support better
>   education opportunities for black children in the inner
> cities — school
>   choice, vouchers, charter schools, home schooling.
>
>
>
> Perhaps you didn’t
>   know Barack Obama was the one who cancelled the DC school
> voucher program for
>   deserving young black children — talk about oppression.
> Is that something
>   you’re willing to do, or is it just too difficult?
>
>
>
> You should look at
>   who’s been controlling the communities and cities where
> blacks live. This
>   isn’t not about what America has done; it’s about what
> a certain group, a
>   political party has done. And your somewhat backhanded
> comment towards our law
>   enforcement officers — well, wonder how many times San
> Francisco PD has
>   protected you?
>
>
>
> Here is the deal young man. My recommendation is that
>   you apologize. Be a stand up fella and admit you made a
> very stupid comment.
>   Humbly state that you do realize how very special this
> country is and the
>   opportunities it has afforded you — and many others. You
> should take that
>   stand and apologize to all of those who are currently
> serving in our Armed
>   Forces and those veterans who’ve been willing to make
> that last full measure
>   of devotion. You see, when the National Anthem is played,
> it has a very
>   special meaning to us — maybe you should take a hiatus
> and go over to Helmand
>   Province in Afghanistan and spend a week and understand
> why. Go over and throw
>   a football with the men and women who enable you to earn
> those millions of
>   dollars.
>
>
>
> The American flag has a very touching meaning for those of
> us
>   for whom it will drape our coffin — as it was for my
> Dad…and it will be for
>   me. That song defines who we are as a proud and
> exceptional people. This is a
>   land where so many dream of coming to and earning the
> title of American. Your
>   actions were shameful, disgusting, despicable and
> disrespectful.
>
>
>
> You do
>   have a right and a freedom of expression. But know, there
> are consequences to
>   your ignorant action, which is what it was.
>
>
>
> When the National Anthem is
>   played, I salute because I am a black man born and raised
> in the inner city
>   afforded the opportunity for greatness in my own right.
> May you seek God’s
>   forgiveness and find humility, because we, the people are
> not going to forget
>   what you did and said.
>
>
>
> THIS MIGHT EXPLAIN SOME OF HIS
>   ACTIONS.....
>
>
>
> The media won't tell us this. Turns out Kaepernick is
>   engaged to a Muslim woman who is a BLM activist. In the
> off season he
>   converted to Islam. She appears to be radicalizing him by
> looking at his
>   Instagram and other accounts. He is a VERY angry man and
> should be watched.
>   His actions now are making sense!!
>
>
>
> ISLAM is EVIL and spreading like
>   wildfire!!! OUR flag means everything to American's
> FREEDOM.
>
>
>
> Don't
>   like it. LEAVE!!!
>