Slouching Towards Oblivion

Showing posts with label flag stuff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flag stuff. Show all posts

Sunday, June 24, 2018

Today's Lesson

Flag Etiquette - Appropriate Displays.

Example 1 - Signaling Distress:

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Today's Tweet



I'm always in complete support of my country, ie: the founding principles as stated in the constitution (whether or not those principles have been realized).

I support my government - and the people running that government - when I think they've earned it.

Earn cookies, eat cookies.
Earn shit, eat shit.

Today's Today

June 14 is flag day, and as a public service, I'll try to clear up a few things.

This is the American flag:


This is NOT the American flag - this is the flag of quitters and losers:


And this is not the American flag - it is also the flag of quitters and losers:


As a bonus, this is the last Confederate flag.
It's the only one that matters, and the only one worthy of honor:

Sunday, October 01, 2017

Another Look

A pretty good think piece from Kenneth Arthur at Rolling Stone:

As Eric Reid, a safety for the 49ers, recently wrote to explain why he decided to join Kaepernick: "We chose to kneel because it’s a respectful gesture. I remember thinking our posture was like a flag flown at half-mast to mark a tragedy."

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...the debates have often been heated, but for the most part the people involved have remained more interested in football than politics. The conversation around Kaepernick continues, but the talk was focused recently on his employment status, not the status of whether he's standing, sitting or kneeling. We know now that getting rid of Kaepernick does not mean getting rid of the message.
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"I'm not racist, but…" has now been transformed into: "I don't have a problem with their message, but…"

That's a huge part of the problem: That you'd be so disconnected from racial inequality and the state of it in America in the form of police brutality that you'd not even understand where a black person was coming from. Each player may have their own specific reasons for the protest, but Kaepernick did not mince words last August when asked why he sat during the anthem. "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," Kaepernick told NFL Media in an exclusive interview after the game. "To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder."

This one is sticky and weird and strewn with landmines.

I have to stay on the side of "The First Amendment guarantees protection against retribution from your government, not your employer", but any employer understanding anything knows not to fuck with people's rights too blatantly without being sure he can do it more or less out of sight of the public. Which is definitely not what we're talking about with the NFL.

I think what we tend to neglect - what we need to focus on - is making the distinction between Expression and Action. So here's the wrinkle - if I'm honestly trying to point up a true injustice, I think you owe me the benefit of the doubt. If I start inciting violence (eg), then my "speech" has become an "action", and a whole different set of rules have to apply.

So, a team (or the league) can impose sanctions on an employee, but when POTUS calls for action against that employee, then we've got a real case for protection under the First Amendment.

Friday, September 29, 2017

Deep In The Heart Of Texas

Dale Hansen - the sports guy at WFAA in Dallas.


And oh yeah - if you buy this shit:


...I've got a border wall you might be interested in.

Especially when it's just too easy to find the real thing.


Please stop wondering why I call you guys Rubes, OK?

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Trae Crowder

Kaepernick's protest is not about what you want it to be about. It's about what Kaepernick says it's about.

And by the fuckin' way - the only reason "conservatives" are using the word "disrespectful" is because Lee Atwater and Roger Stone managed to teach them not to say "uppity".

Saturday, September 09, 2017

Today's Tweet



Gosh, ya mean the flag and the anthem and all that stuff might mean different things to different people?

Holy crap - whooda thunk it?



Business Insider:

You won't find Aaron Rodgers kneeling during the national anthem this season, but in a recent interview with ESPN's Mina Kimes, the Green Bay Packers' offensive captain said he had no issue with players who choose to protest.

That includes Colin Kaepernick, the quarterback who is still waiting for a job offer less than two weeks before the start of the 2017 regular season. Kaepernick drew national attention even from outside sports circles last season when he popularized the practice of not standing during the national anthem in protest of racial injustice in America.

Rodgers said it would be "ignorant" to believe that Kaepernick's trouble finding a team had nothing to do with his activism.

Monday, September 26, 2016

Sometimes A Troll


I gotta say - I expected a push-back that was more in line with the usual rabid attacks from the fetishists.  

Still early I guess - could be a lot more coming when everybody starts getting home from work tonite(?)

I'll update if anything interesting happens.

Wednesday, July 09, 2014

Dear HBO

...I'm kind of intrigued by your new series - The Leftovers.  It's an interesting premise, and it seems to have some real potential.


But there's one little problem.  The flag patch on Garvey's right shoulder is backwards.  Protocol requires the field of stars always to be on the forward edge - ie: never "in retreat".

Just a nit I felt needed pickin'.