CardinalBacker

They haven’t faced any that I’m aware of in that time span. I’m aware of. Somebody from Silsbee can correct me if I’m off about that. Correction.... Lumberton has been running it some, but not well

I’m excited about Silsbee Jasper coming back this year.

I think Beaumont tries hard to be the kind of police force that they need to be. They parted ways with Chase Welch after two shootings in a short period of time (and an additional shooting after he left the Beaumont PD) and it's pretty obvious that this guy was having problems doing the job without shooting people, indictments or not. In another case a young officer that I know personally was having some real problems with anger management. I'm aware of a domestic violence incident and another off-duty fight. Beaumont PD cut ties with the guy before he ever turned into the kind of cop that we all worry about. He's intimidating people at HEB, now, lol.... Wasted a trip through the academy. Beaumont PD tries.

That's not how contracts work, buddy... If you have a contract and don't perform the duty that you promised, then your contract becomes unenforceable, generally speaking. That's why everybody talks about "game checks" in the pros, buddy.... you get paid for performing. If you don't perform the duty that you were giving in exchange for the consideration (money, in this case), you don't get the money, buddy.

Should high school coaches still be paid a coaching stipend when they aren't coaching? Should we even be paying head coaches (guys that don't teach) at all if sports are canceled? Should school bus drivers get paid if they don't drive buses any more? These are real questions that will get real answers as the taxes paid into the schools dry up because of a failing economy. And no, the pro athletes aren't getting paid right now. The big fight in baseball is whether or not to honor their contracts if play resumes. To illustrate... If they're only going to play 1/2 of their games, they should draw 50% of their pay, right? Wrong. Because there will be no revenue generated in an empty stadium. No tickets sales, no concessions, no merchandise, no parking.... The teams can't afford to pay players what they would have been paid in front of a crowd. It's basic math... that's why they aren't resuming play without fans unless the players come off of their money.

The problem is this.... people who work in the medical field see this one way. It's seen a completely different way by people who work in business. People who are still drawing a check see it different than a guy whose business is shuttered. Sometimes there are no answers. Sometimes we just get a reminder that we are a part of the animal kingdom and disease is a reality that we forget about. A surgeon can tell you exactly how to avoid catching the thing. He'd recommend that you scrub your hands for 20 minutes, wear a mask and gown, clean every surface with antibacterial disinfectants and never leave the sterile environment of an operating room. He wouldn't be wrong. Except we can't all do that.

What if you provide for your family through sports? Or any other industry shuttered by the fear of the virus?

Here's the deal... that kid didn't catch it at practice. As of now, we haven't found the first kid who WAS infected while practicing. So why cancel it all now? I don't have all of the answers.... And yes, some kids will eventually catch it thru contact in sports. Some kids will die in car wrecks, too.... we aren't making a decision to just start walking everywhere. It's about how much risk is acceptable risk. Hiding out for 6 more months isn't the answer. A vaccine isn't the answer.

I hear you.... But it's not going away. We can't all (well, except for the essential workers) stay locked away in our homes until we die of old age. We can't just pretend like nothing is happening either. When outbreaks start, we should act hastily to isolate and test to reduce the spread.

The headline of this article pretty much sums up the state of affairs in America right now. [Hidden Content] Can you believe that someone had the audacity to BLATANTLY CRITICIZE Colin Kapernick? The nerve!!! If somebody kneels during the anthem, eff your feelings... it's a protest. If you say, "hey, I'm offended that you kneel during the anthem," you are an insensitive a-hole who as offended the protester and an apology (and possibly a firing) is in order. It's gonna come to violence, I'm afraid.

It's the start of a communist revolution. It's textbook. It's just a step. You need to prove that everything about a country/government is corrupt, thereby justifying it's overthrow. That's why they keep using terms like "systematic" and "institutional racism." Our country was founded on the "original sin." etc, etc.... The Bible is hate speech now. Every system that we have is flawed... from housing, to the economy, to law enforcement, to education... all must be destroyed. Comrades will show us the way. The amazing thing is how those revolutions always lead to misery, but the "informed" believe it will somehow work this time.

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.