#takeaknee--or not, whatever. I don't care. (America flag: good. Confederate flag: bad.)

You know how you feel about seeing the Confederate flag? That's how so many--probably a majority--of Americans feel about people who are disrespecting the American flag or the national anthem. This is not a win for liberals; like Jane Fonda, it illustrates how out of touch these elitist liberals are with regular Americans. It does, however, further show how bad--I mean, BAD--Trump is as President.


Trump was given a question, and he replied in his Trumpian fashion: fire the sonsofbitches who protest DURING the national anthem. This was not breaching the First Amendment, since you're not entitled to play for the NFL, regardless of race or political leanings. What is interesting, however, is how heavily subsidized the NFL is by the federal and local governments. (Research it.... Right!?!) In a roundabout way, the taxpayers are paying these wealthy jocks to protest America(?)


This isn't about BLM or resist or even racial inequity. The players, coaches, team owners, et al don't appreciate being told what to do by a man whom many probably didn't vote for. (Some of them, like Colin Kaepernick, didn't vote at all. Because he respect America so much?) The NFL ignored all the CTE, but would not stand by and let their employment policies be dictated by outsiders.


Trump again overestimated how much influence that he had--although, really, he has helped fortify his base by waging war with these rich team owners and their America-hating employees. He advanced the kneel movement more than the currently unemployed Kaepernick, who doesn't even have a job.

The Steve Scalise attempted assassination...

This was the one thing to take people's attention away from the Congressional Russian investigation of the Trump administration. Now only if government officials had the authority to take guns away from people--nah, never mind.


The shooter was apparently a small business owner targeting Republican Congressmen. Really, it's like if someone had tried to assassinate Nancy Pelosi with gay porn.


Shockingly, the attempted assassin had formerly felt the Bern, and was an active Bernie Sanders supporter. Again, the insane gunman was NOT a supporter of Donald Trump. We are all surprised. If this were a Trump supporter, leftwingers would be all over it. That this nut was a Sanders supporters, the left will say we shouldn't act too hasty in assigning judgement. Time will tell how bad things get with a Republican controlled Congress. This ended up being closer to a suicide by cop as an act of terrorism.


Citizen engagement is a wonderful thing. Still, perhaps we all need to calm the hell down with the "fascism" allegations, and better articulate what we are resisting.

The Pepsi Generation Needs to Take It Down a Notch.

Wow, that Pepsi ad just offended everyone. The multiracial models marched into the streets, carrying signs advocating "Love" and "Starting the conversation." These were pro-love protestors.


What Pepsi ended up doing was holding a mirror to the hipster douches in the "Resistance" movement. Things had gotten too real for them. Despite their colorful signs, these political activists have a shocking lack of sense of humor. Like Trump, they cannot laugh at themselves.


Last year, Beyoncé performed in the Pepsi-sponsored Super Bowl halftime show, using choreography and costuming that many saw as inspired by the Black Panthers. Whereas Beyoncé embraced her heritage, being a multimillionaire rebel whose music is on the iPods of little white girls everywhere, the Jenner ad was declared as insulting. Pepsi has been getting some mixed messages from you crazy kids. Not very pro-love of you.


(Note: Since the airing of this ad and the posting of this blog entry, United Airline was embroiled in a scandal of their own, thus taking the attention off Pepsi. Pepsi should send UA a fruit basket.)