A thought occurred to me…..(yes, it happens, sometimes even twice in a week).

If Colin Kapernick had simply waited a year, he’d be on a contract and making somewhere north of $20 million a year.

And he could have taken a great deal of that money and used it to actually DO something to improve the situation of young black men. Maybe teach ’em a trade or teach ’em how not to look like a Yo and get the attention of police or something. I dunno.

I do know that he could have made a greater difference had he been a player in the NFL than he is now….which is nothing. He now has zero effect on the situation he was protesting. He hasn’t fixed a thing, and now never will.

And had he taken that path his adoptive (white) mother who raised him with the best of everything wouldn’t hate him and be embarrassed by him now.

Rightspeak is ok, badspeak is not:

Just a few short days ago  the Leftists were all for shutting down free speech when the National Socialists were doing their stupidity……

Yet today, we are supposed to support Free Speech ’cause this time it is for a Good Cause or something  when the NFL idiots did their little tantrum.

And the Leftists aren’t even smart enough to realize the irony. 

Ordering the players to stand and respect the Anthem is a BadThing. .

But ordering the players to stay inside the locker room in a half-hearted, half-assed, cowardly display of not taking a stand is ok.
Double standards of the leftists. 

So the assholes NFL players (and, by their support, the owners, managers, and NFL management) think that it is OK to protest the (perceived) bad treatment of some black me by officers: To wit the deaths when resisting arrest or otherwise failing to comply with lawful orders…..In other words, instead of taking their lumps when caught, they run, fight, kick, resist, scream, spit, struggle and endanger the officers who are arresting them.  
Perhaps they are right, and some officers target young black me. Or it could be that young black men make themselves a target by their actions and how and where they drive. Not part of my point here.

Are these National police? Are they Federal cops?

Nope most of the cops who interact with the groups that they claim (although statistics don’t bear it out) are disproportionally killing black men are LOCAL cops.

So why are they disrespecting a National symbol? Hating on their country? Why not blame their local government? You know, the one that they have the power to elect or replace? 

The Steelers player with the biggest balls is Alejandro Villanueva.

He did what he thought was right, and went against his teammate’s wishes.

I respect him for that.

Make no mistake, I think his teammates are cowards. Either stand, or kneel, but don’t hide. Next time, make your position known.

Landings, that is. Glad that wasn’t MY aircraft today.

Still no wind, so still no turns around a point. Today we did some reviews of skills I had learned previously and then just flew. I am getting better, smoother, and am learning more about flying. Climbs, descents, turns. All getting smoother and my power management is better.

Then some patterns.

My first landing today was a very smooth touch and go. If I could do it like that every time, I’d be happy.

The second one….not so much.

Approach was good, but I flared about 20 feet too high I was 10 feet off the runway when the stall horn went off and I ran out of airspeed….And bounced. Hard. then sideways, then hard on the runway. I didn’t damage the aircraft, but, as I said, I’m glad it was someone else’s plane. Pretty sure I know what I did wrong.

7.7 hours, 3 (or 4, depending) landings.

Each making MILLIONS of dollars.

And they disrespect the flag and country which makes their success possible.

Ok, they have that right. Yep, they do. I disagree with their actions, yet I support their right to do such asinine things.

They protest the “inequalities” of the treatment of blacks. The barriers to success…..and other undefined unfairness

Yeah, maybe there is something there.. Maybe. But cops go to folks where there is more likelihood of a bust. If one looks like a thug, then one gets treated like a thug. Having a police record is a barrier to success.

But, (and here is the point of this post) how many of those million dollar salary earning players who are protesting are spending any of their personal fortunes or their time helping the blacks in their community to succeed and get ahead? How many are teaching how to succeed and (most especially) how not to fail?

‘Cause they could make a HUGE difference, if they could be bothered to actually, you know, DO something, rather than a disrespectful kneel. 

Seriously. I support the rights of those NFL players who wish to make a statement. If they want to join the trend and oppose the white man (who is the source of most of the funds that pay their salaries) and disrespect the Anthem and the Flag and the country for which they stand…..They have every right.

And I will begin telling the advertisers who give money to the TV stations and networks that if they advertise on NFL games that I will find competing products. And when this begins to hurt the TV revenue, then maybe the dollars spent on the broadcast rights will drop.

and maybe, just maybe, that, along with the reduced revenue from ticket sales will get the NFL teams attention.

I would like to see each and every one of those idiot players (and managers, and other team members) who fail to stand and either salute or in some other way respect our Anthem and our flag be fired, or suspended or otherwise negatively impacted.

I think the fact that Kapernick is unable to find a job is a fitting end to his childish actions.

I’d like to see this happen to each and every one of his co-conspirators.

And until it does, except to find out advertisers, I’ll not watch.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got some e-mails to write to some companies.

Puerto Rico wants the US to bail them out post hurricane.

Which I wouldn’t think would be a bad idea, except that the cittizens pay no Federal Income Tax.

And, of course, they have a government that is broke, and nearly bankrupt, so they have no money to pay for their own fixes after Hurricane Irma.
They can’t pay their own bills. They can’t help themselves.

Now, I am all for humanitarian aid, but rebuilding? Fuck That. Let ’em rebuild their own country. The only time they want US intervention and laws is when they need help.

Dunes Rifle and Pistol club is having their fall gunshow. in Valparaiso Indiana.

See me there.