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I think this is how we'll have to handle things going forward. We can't just cancel life.... We'll have to be proactive when cases pop up, but things have to remain open. And at some point we're just going to have to determine if the risk(s) are worth it. This virus is here to stay. There's not a vaccine that's gonna alleviate it.... Just like we haven't found one that will stop the spread of the flu. Either start figuring out how to deal with the risk or raze the stadiums and concert halls nationwide. Those are pretty much the only options left.

The year somebody burnt a giant penis on your field, lol.

I like Silsbee's chances in this one, but they've struggled against Slot T teams in the past. I can't think of anybody they've faced in a couple of years that ran the Slot T well.

I don’t know about all of that. I think it’s a dangerous mindset that present in the economically disadvantaged communities. This country was built by people who wanted to make something of themselves. “Just give a chance. I’ll do whatever it takes to provide a better life for me and mine. I’ll dig ditches, raise crops, build railroads... whatever it takes to get ahead.” It made us the greatest nation in history. The movement today is all about “you owe me. I deserve what you have. This isn’t fair. I’m gonna burn this place down if you don’t give me what I want.” “Fair” is where you go to kiss a pig and eat a corndog. We are all here because we like sports. To use them as an analogy, imagine going to play a team that wants to argue about then outcome of games from the last 200 years, demands to be given the next however many wins until both teams have .500 records, and then trashes their own dressing room to prove their point. How good of a team would they be?

They’d better live it up... Newton’s gonna be down there before long.

I don’t think it’s a racist organization, but Al Sharpton (Tawana Brawley) and Jessie Jackson (anti-Semitic slurs) are racists in my book.

It comes down to accountability. We did our best to make our kids accountable for their actions. Accountable to us and accountable to themselves. That’s the whole problem with the agenda that’s being pushed today... they don’t hold themselves accountable for their own actions. Poor? It’s not that you just make bad decisions when your money.... it’s “inequality.” Have a criminal record? It’s not that you commit crimes... the system is racist. No diploma? It’s not the fact that you dropped out, it’s a bad educational system. $100k in college debt? Not your fault, either. Keep making good decisions and things should start to go your way. Stand around and point at the inequalities which are a fact of life and you’ll never get out of the blocks.

This is the reason that I keep saying “no, they don’t” when people say black lives matter. If you believe that racist cops are the reason it’s not safe to be black in America, you’re a fool. Try being black in Chicago.

That’s rough, and I’m sure it happens even today. Do you ever wonder if kids today are learning to dislike people because of the images on our screens? Would a young White kid not be frightened after seeing images of black mobs pulling white drivers out of their cars and beating them? 99.9% of the young people out painting “F___ 12” and “ABAC” have never experienced bad treatment by the police. Somebody taught them to hate.

I saw that.... I haven’t taken time to look, but I’ll bet his group is made up of himself and one sidekick. I spoke with one person (now deceased) twenty years ago that claimed membership in his past. He wasn’t active at the time. He was actually from West Texas (transplanted here) and his problem was with Hispanics, not so much blacks. Former DPS Officer, too. He’d be way up in his eighties if he were still alive.

Maybe if we’d all knelt, lol.

The person calling everybody racist is the only one using slurs. Typical.

They're going to do whatever makes the NFL money. Kap's not out of the league for protesting. He's out of the league for costing his team and other teams lots of money by protesting. That and being a mediocre quarterback. I think the NFL will stop having the National Anthem before games. Do they still have the rule about going to the ground in celebrations?

My understanding is that Breonna Taylor and her new boyfriend were just regular citizens.... They weren't the target of the warrant. It's possible that the location was used for package exchange in the past or as a residence of the old boyfriend. Nobody is alleging any wrongdoing on part of the new boyfriend or the deceased. That's my understanding.

We made the playoffs last year in D1. There’s no reason we don’t lock up the DC and go at least four rounds since we’re dropping to D2. [sarcasm]

Throw the racial angle out for the purpose of discussion. The same thing happened a couple of years ago in Houston. A man and woman were both killed. It turned out that there was a clerical error on the warrant and the cops went to the wrong address. My understanding is that a typical search warrant is handled like the one in Goodfellas where they knock on the front door, show the warrant and proceed with a systematic search. No-knocks are authorizes in certain situations and it’s where they basically just blast your front door in and come on in.

Breonna Taylor was killed in Louisville a couple of weeks ago. The facts are that the police were executing a no-knock warrant at her residence... upon entry Breonna's boyfriend shot a cop and the cops shot Breonna 8 times... she died. The left is painting this as a racial murder of an unarmed black person by police. Those supporting law enforcement are hiding behind the warrant. I really don't know how this should be handled. Horrible event, shouldn't have happened, etc.... But I support the right of the boyfriend to protect himself and his home if he thought he was being robbed. I also believe that the police have a right to defend themselves from gunfire. Apparently the ex-boyfriend of Ms. Taylor was the focus of the investigation and multiple locations were searched. It also looks like the ex was taken into custody prior to the shooting at the Taylor residence. The warrant alleges delivery of packages (drugs or money) at the Taylor residence in the past. I really don't have a clue on this one. It'd be interesting to hear the opinions of some of the LEOs here, as well as the opinions from countering views. I haven't noticed an overtly racial indication from anywhere on this one, other than the deceased being black. How do y'all feel about what happened to Breonna and who is at fault?

The real life story of the kid who was the main character is pretty depressing. He messed up with drugs and did time for a murder, if my memory is correct.

Does it really matter? Kountze could just have a walk-through that night and still lose.

My favorite is how they speed around on their cellphone, talking on their cb and using their laptop... But God help me if I don’t use my hands-free device to talk on my phone. That’s a $200 fine.

Your belief is deeply flawed. There were 14,000 murders in the US in 2018. 7,400 of those victims were black. Despite making up only 13% of the total population, over half of all murder victims were black. Read that again. And you’re arguing that it’s okay because they were mostly killed by black people?

Somebody you know? Either way, I’m glad they had a good experience. Im glad they’re safe. From personal experience... I’ve noticed that the cops don’t give me nearly as much grief as I’ve gotten older. I think that some of it is that I’m not getting stopped as often and when I do get stopped it’s not for anything too major. Expired registration and stuff. I kinda wonder if it’s because I’m older than most of them now.

Don’t lie... we know you’ll be elbowing your way to the front of the line if this starts catching on....

Yeah... you don’t have to be very perceptive to see that what we have is unsustainable. I believe that the best days of the USA are behind us. It’s just a matter of how long we can keep the thing propped up.

I’ve never had a problem with Kap’s cause... I just think that his method of protest brought so much negative attention to a worthy cause. Let’s pretend that some white dude supports Black Lives Matter. His method of protest is to put on a grass skirt and walk around in black face paint while speaking purely in Ebonics. The guy is sincere, though... he thinks he’s helping. Do you agree with his cause, or do you have a major problem with his delivery? I also understand that Kap works for an employer who may or may not want the negative attention brought on by his protest. You have a right to protest. You don’t have a right to do so on company time, especially when your employer starts losing money because of your actions. Let’s not forget that Kap had an offer to stay in San Fran that he declined and was about to be signed with Baltimore when his girlfriend started attacking Ravens ownership and Ray Lewis in the most vile of terms. Kap didn’t get offered by Baltimore. The NFL even held a private workout for Kap last year which he righteously screwed up. It’s time to ask ourselves is Kapernick really wants to play or if he’d rather be a social justice warrior. If he’d spent less time protesting and more time learning to read defenses he’d probably made a few more years in the league. I had an uncle one time that was an engineer when the Missouri Pacific. He was going something like three times the posted speed for a curve and turned the train over. He wore on of those turtle shells for about a year. Got himself a lawyer and sued the MoPac.... got a decent little settlement. The money started running out so he decided to hire in at some other railroad... shouldn’t be a problem with all of his experience, right? Wrong. Word gets around. He ended up running a barbecue stand until he died. In hindsight, he probably shouldn’t have screwed his employer. Whether the guy in the Kunta Kinte shirt wants to admit it or not, the reason that he has a loud voice is because of the “racist” nfl. That’s a fact. He’d just be another Antifa nut job if he hadn’t played a few seasons.