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538 dissects Kaepernick's

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 09:46:52 +0000

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I was encouraged by this

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 20:44:59 +0000

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I was encouraged by this article on Ricky Jean Francois parlaying his NFL wealth into clever education and business moves, as well as chagrined by the downsizing & dumbing down of NASA even as Ivanka exploits them, in spite of this nice testimonial:

Growing up in Virginia, Leland Melvin thought he was going to go to college and eventually play professional football. But then he learned about a NASA program that would pay for him to take classes towards his master’s degree in materials science engineering. After a football injury sidelined his original plans, he continued his science education with additional NASA funding ― all funneled through the NASA Office of Education.

“If it hadn’t been for NASA Education I wouldn’t have been funded to go to school, to work at NASA Langley, to become an astronaut,” Melvin told The Washington Post. He eventually went on to run the education office as well.

I'm a great believer in both affirmative action *AND* blacks taking the next step(s) to guarantee their own future. We sometimes get the equation right to support both, and then we screw up and devolve into another decade of repressive, counterproductive tactics before we manage to give it another try. Meanwhile the years are passing....

I backed Kaepernick's actions

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 01:24:00 +0000

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I backed Kaepernick's actions greatly, thought it a perfect way to draw attention to a key issue and need, and grimaced but bore the Hillary comment. But in retrospect (and at the time) it was a huge brainfart for a well-paid connected guy who'd touched a national nerve - he could have easily stayed on the political sidelines if desired, but instead he dissed the campaign and those backing the person most supportive and able to do something serious and practical about his cause. It has nothing to do with Bernie - it was autumn already, and Hillary was backing body cams for cops and action to control the cops, she had heavily embraced the feelings and positions of the black community, while Trump was pushing the "Blue Lives Matter" and deadly law and order angle.

Instead Kaepernick swallowed the right-wing's decades old slander hook-line-and-sinker. I don't care if he plays again - he screwed the people he had up to that point been nobly helping. He should take his last big paycheck and invest it in a class on how to not get suckered and how to distinguish monster lies from normal political walking-the-fine-line. Or at least stay focused on getting the ball to the endzone, whatever his beliefs and distractions. Ironically the bullshit attacks on him supposedly dishonoring the troops should have made him appreciate just how many bullshit charges Hillary's had to fend off. "Both sides do it" my ass.

(And Curt Flood is a hero of mine - helped decrease the slavery of the sports system in the 60's at great personal cost)

How "they might react" to

NCD — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 19:58:34 +0000

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How "they might react" to words, actions, hate, propaganda, distractions and malarkey is politics, and the sum total of it in this nation gave us President Trump.

He had every right to do and

Michael Maiello — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 19:37:57 +0000

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He had every right to do and say whatever, but the kneeling in front of an NFL crowd game after game could be portrayed as "Awakening a sea of Trumpster Rubes, and filling them with a terrible resolve."

Yes, but we can't be expected to govern our own expressions based on how they might react. That's kind of letting the terrorists win, isn't it?

Thanks! It seems dubios that

Danny Cardwell — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:37:12 +0000

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Thanks! It seems dubios that a gifted athlete who's about to enter what is the prime of a quarterbacks career is still unemployed. Steve King is an absolute joke. He tries to say something incredible stupid every few months to remind us he's still around.

Thanks a million for all of your support!

Thanks for taking time to

Danny Cardwell — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:27:00 +0000

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Thanks for taking time to read this post and comment on it. I am very familiar with John Carlos. I was fortunate to hear him speak at Virginia State University in 1996/97 the years run together.

I didn't see Colin Kaepernick's actions as, "Awakening a sea of Trumpster Rubes, and filling them with a terrible resolve."

If I remember correctly the Trumpsters where in full swing by the time Colin kneeled at his first preseason game. If you remember there had already been a few Trump rallies that ended in violence. I don't want to address the Hillary Clinton comments: there's no need in having Bernie Bros and pro Hillary Dagbloggers gaslighting each other in the almost daily war over a primary that ended 10 months ago.

I wonder what percentage of the 66% of white women who voted for Trump factored Colin Kaepernick's comments and protests into their inner political calculus? We may never know!

Have a good day.

There was more time spent on

rmrd0000 — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:05:50 +0000

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There was more time spent on Kaepernick's kneeling than there was on a sitting Senator openly stating a white supremacist vision of the United States. Steve King said that blacks and Latinos would fight each other and then come for the whites. Kaepernick tosses a football. Steve King votes on legislation because he has the open support of a segment of the voting public. Kaepernick is not the problem.

Another excellent post.

His political stand included:

NCD — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 04:32:50 +0000

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His political stand included:

Colin Kaepernick: Clinton and Trump are 'proven liars'.

The 28-year-old was hardly complimentary of Clinton, calling her “the lesser of two evils.”

He had every right to do and say whatever, but the kneeling in front of an NFL crowd game after game could be portrayed as "Awakening a sea of Trumpster Rubes, and filling them with a terrible resolve."

Thanks to millions of other people with equally weak perceptions of the honesty and policies of the candidates in the recent election, we now have a racist AG, a white supremacist top advisor and a President hell bent on destroying the habitability of the planet. Almost all the people in this or future generations, who will suffer the consequences of President Trump, will not have even a fraction of the financial cushion CK has earned, even if he doesn't get a new contract.

I would suggest reading The John Carlos Story for the life of a true sports hero who made tremendous sacrifices to call attention to racism and poverty, for one iconic act on a world stage.