By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--September 26, 2017
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(NFL Commissioner Roger) Goodell strongly responded to Trump with a lengthy statement, calling his comments "divisive" and portraying a "lack of respect for our great game and all of our players.”Yo, Roger: There would be no “great game and all of our players” without the generosity of that great, freedom and liberty-loving place called the United States of America. “Los Angeles (AFP) - A wave of protests swept across the National Football League on Sunday as President Donald Trump escalated his feud with players who kneel during the US national anthem to draw attention to racial injustice. (Tribune, Sept. 24, 2017)
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“…players throughout America's most popular sport took a defiant stance just hours later, kneeling, linking arms or raising clenched fists during the anthem. “More than 150 players could be seen kneeling or sitting in the 14 games that took place Sunday, easily the largest such demonstration since former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick first began protesting in 2016. “One of the biggest protests took place in the nation's capital, where almost the entire lineup of the Oakland Raiders team sat on their bench ahead of their game with the Washington Redskins. “A day of demonstrations began at the London game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Baltimore Ravens at Wembley Stadium, where a large number of players from both teams knelt. “In Nashville, neither the Seattle Seahawks nor the Tennessee Titans took to the field to observe the national anthem. "We will not stand for the injustice that has plagued people of this color in this country," Seattle players said in a statement just prior to kickoff. “In Foxborough, around 15 members of the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots took a knee during the anthem. “Star quarterback Tom Brady stood but linked arms with his teammates. Reports said the protests were greeted with scattered boos as some fans chanted "Stand up!"
“But he also said he wants those players to envision a world without racism, hatred or bigotry, and work toward it.”Rivera missed out on a golden opportunity to call for help for the people of, Puerto Rico, where he still has : “Living conditions in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico are growing worse by the day, with tired, bewildered people lining up to buy scarce fuel and food Sunday amid a blackout and little to no telephone service. (AFP, Sept. 24, 2017)
“Puerto Ricans are spending hours waiting in line to buy whatever they can, but often go home empty-handed if they do not manage a purchase before a dusk to dawn curfew takes effect. “Cell phone service is spotty at best and hotels are also running out of diesel fuel for their generators. “The storm is blamed for 33 deaths, many of them on the tiny and poor island of Dominica and 13 in Puerto Rico.”But the poor and average folk struggling to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of the worst hurricanes in a century were long ago written off in the progressive left narrative that puts taking out President Donald Trump first and foremost. There’s a world of suffering in the Creator’s Vale of Tears, and it’s not strictly on the football fields. Meanwhile visceral hatred, now encompassing all facets of life, even the world of professional sports, is killing off America. The NFL, the NBA and now MLB should not be “taking a knee” but taking to both knees to pray to God Almighty that the boiling over hatred of America—deliberately focused on President Donald Trump and all those who voted for him—is brought to a halt before it takes out the entire country. Now THAT is something worth “taking a knee” for.
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