As you know, I labored on Labor Day.
What a complete waste of time. It didn't save me any time for the rest of the week, or the tasks at hand.
It almost seemed like a punishment.
So goes the place that I work at, a place which is far more concerned about some people's quality of life over their own employees' quality of life.
It truly is appalling.
But that is the way the ball bounces.
Here is a compendium of subjects that I don't really believe need full columns to talk about, so here goes:
Hermine Bombs Out: We should all be very happy that Hermine, the hurricane/tropical storm/weather disturbance, pretty much bombed out in my neck of the woods.
Television forecasters and others prepared us for the worst, but all we got where I am is some rain, really nothing else off the beach. On the beach, we got some wicked rip currents, but nobody but surfers would really care about that.
Out in Eastern Long Island, they did get hit pretty hard, but they are probably as used to this as possible. But it was no Hurricane Sandy, that's for sure (hooray for that!).
Yet some people are very upset, and you really have to feel some pity for them, although in the long term, better to be upset than uprooted.
With all the negative forecasts about the storm, Long Island and New Jersey Shore beaches were closed pretty much the entire weekend--the Labor Day weekend, one of the most profitable weekends of the summer.
Yes, people still did venture to the beaches when they found the weather to be OK, but they didn't spend money like they would have if the beaches remained open, so many businesses took a real financial hit when they ended up not having to do so, because the forecasts were pretty much wrong.
Look, they would have lost money either way. If the storm would have hit like it was predicted to do, the storm cleanup alone would have cost these businesses plenty, so what's the problem here? Did they want another Hurricane Sandy to justify the beach closings?
I can understand their feelings, but for the overall good of the area, Hermine was nothing with nothing.
Sure, these businesses lost money, but would they rather have lost their businesses, period?
Kaepernick Doesn't Stand For the National Anthem: Again, the PC Police have found their latest hero in football player Colin Kaepernick, who refuses to stand for the National Anthem which is played before sporting events because of his belief that blacks do not get a fair shake from police.
Look, this is America, if he doesn't want to stand for the anthem, he doesn't have to, but that is not the issue here.
Kaepernick truly is missing the point of playing the anthem before sporting events, which is a tradition that goes back decades.
The anthem honors America and those who have fought to preserve the rights that allow Kaepernick to do what he wants to do.
This football player is already living the American Dream, playing a sport for pay, and a lot of pay it is.
I do not see him turning down his paycheck to play a game that most of us give up on by the time we are teenagers, and move onto other things.
He is the American Dream personified, but he has taken a stand, one that includes wearing socks featuring images of police officers as pigs.
It could be so easy to say that if Kaepernick doesn't like it here, he should move elsewhere, and well, I did just say that, but this guy is the ultimate hypocrite and racist, simply jumping on the phony, racist and anti-Semitic "Black Lives Matter" bandwagon.
Again, if he doesn't want to stand, that is his right in our country, a right that was fought for by not only whites, but people of all colors and backgrounds.
If he wants to ignore all of that, that is his right, but he is wrong, very, very wrong, but in this world of the PC Police, some look at him as a hero.
Tell that to some service member or police officer who really has fought the real fight.
Sanchez Cools Down: I mean, did you really expect the Yankees' Gary Sanchez to keep hitting like he did for about three weeks?
Although most sportscasters are saying that "he started his Major League career" with this surge, people forget that he was actually up from the minor leagues briefly last year, so that really isn't true.
What is true is that he was putting up Ruthian numbers, hitting in the .400s and swatting home runs as if they were flies.
He was the American League player of the week twice, the player of the month, and the rookie of the month.
He was also throwing out runners from his catching spot with regularity.
But once the Yankees went on the road, he slumped at the plate, only got a few hits during the six game trip, and yet, he is still hitting in the .350 range.
This guy appears to be a special player, but he is human, too, so a drop-off probably was inevitable.
But the Yankees, who are amazingly in the thick of the Wild Card race and who beat the first place Blue Jays yesterday afternoon, seem to have a real find here.
Time will tell, but Sanchez looks like a real gamer, and his hot streak notwithstanding, I think the Bronx Bombers might have found a player for today, tomorrow and maybe even for the ages with this guy.
He appears to be that good.
And I appear to be done.
That is it for now. Speak to you again tomorrow.
So let me understand your logic here ... Someone who has done well, who earns a good living, shouldn't become a social activist to help the poor and downtrodden. He should just shut up and thank G-d he made it, and not worry about anyone else.
ReplyDeleteI am amazed at the NFL fans who excuse rape, domestic abuse, animal abuse, etc. in their favorite players, but become rabid when a player's social activism takes a form that goes against their jingoistic version of patriotism.
The poor and downtrodden? C'mon, he is doing this for all the wrong reasons. He has every right to sit, but he has made himself into a fool with his actions beyond taking his seat. Yes, NFL fans can be awfully stupid at times, but I do believe that in this instance, the football player should really see how lucky he is, and yes, I would tell him, just shut up and play, because nobody is paying their good money to see him take a seat (unless he isn't playing or has been taken out of the game).
ReplyDeleteAnd funny, he has no problem taking American money to pay for his woes, currency that has a few people on it who were slave owners. That he can live with, of course.
And no, forget about the patriotism for a moment, he is showing absolutely zero respect for the men and women--of all races and backgrounds--who have fought for this country, making it possible for him to be able to protest like this. That is what he is missing in this whole thing--it is not just the sitting, it is the absolute ignorance of what a hero truly is.
I don't necessarily agree with everything Peter King says, but what he said about this case I agree with wholeheartedly:
ReplyDelete"President Obama's defense of Colin Kaepernick is shameful and intentionally misleading. No one questions Kaepernick's right to protest. Every American can protest any issue no matter how biased, bigoted or uninformed. By saying that Kaepernick is raising a legitimate issue when he says that police are intentionally killing and targeting African-Americans, President Obama is giving moral cover and approval to hideous slander and propagating the big lie against our nation's police emanating from the likes of Black Lives Matter. The facts are that police shootings against whites are the same as against African-Americans, and in almost all cases justified. No one does more to save and protect all lives -- black and white -- than the police. It is the police who are being targeted and assassinated. President Obama says Kaepernick's refusal to stand for the National Anthem and his slander against police is "messy." No, Mr. President, it is disgraceful. There is no moral equivalence between criminals like Michael Brown and innocent cops who are being assassinated. It is time for America to honestly address racial tensions and injustices. Kaepernick adds nothing intelligent to the debate. He just inflames those tensions. Sadly the President has chosen to side with Kaepernick."
So...by your logic, you and I should just sit down and shut up when encountering anti Semitism. After all, look at how we've prospered here. We both went to college, got decent jobs, support our families....it shouldn't matter if someone draws swastikas on the cars in our neighborhood, right? Oh, wait...anti Semitism is wrong, we have an obligation to fight it... Kaepernick has made an issue of the National Anthem because he strongly feels that people of color are not treated fairly under our laws, that "the land of the free" must apply to all if it is to have any meaning. Whether you agree with his stance or not, he at least is making an effort to fight for social justice. I'd rather see a young person engaged in that issue, involved in nonviolent protest, than see people indifferent to the issues. I think you will see a lot more of athletes taking a knee in protest as the weeks go by.
ReplyDeleteSo, I should not stand up for the National Anthem because there is anti-Semitism in this country?
ReplyDeletePlease. You are mixing two things up that have nothing to do with each other.
And his stance is fully supported by the Black Lives Matter campaign, which is anti-police, anti-white, anti-Semitic and is supported by BDS, which, since you brought the topic up yourself, is anti-Semitic and anti-Israel ...
and which you, as a good, synagogue supporting Jew, also seem to support, too.
Again, you are missing the point entirely. He has a right to protest, to do what he wants, but his "fight for social justice" is completely misguided. Black on black crime is a bigger peril to that community than it is being made out to be, and he should address that, not blame the police for everything wrong in this community.
Funny, you PC Police people cannot see the forest for the trees, you really can't--or won't, which is even worse.