This year, the NFL is going to start games by playing not only the national anthem, but the “black national anthem,” called “Lift every voice and sing.” Tonight, the Texans appeared to have remained in the locker room for both anthems, while only Alex Okafor, of the Chiefs, knelt for the national anthem. Following the anthems, the Chiefs and Texans started the season by linking arms as a show of unity. And once again, as 2020 twists, turns, and blurs everything we think we know about everything, the game starts by playing two separate national anthems (one for a…
KKK –> BLM: history repeats itself
Back in the early 1900’s, when black freedom was starting to get some traction, the Democrat Party whipped up the Ku Klux Klan to serve as the militant wing of the Party. The purpose of the KKK was to intimidate Republicans into shying away from voting booths and scaring them into staying silent about rights for minorities. Fast forward to 2020, and it appears Antifa is simply the evolution of the KKK. Antifa and Black Lives Matter (the organization, not the sentiment) exist to intimidate and threaten any conservatives or Republicans who support President Donald Trump or this country,…
Democrats and mafia tactics
What do you call it when a group or crowd of people set an example by destroying something they don’t like and then coming to your door to see if you agree with them? There’s no way to know, but I’d still love to know what percentage of “Black Lives Matter” signs in stores and neighborhood lawns are there as part of a protection racket. How many of these people think, “If I just put up this sign, maybe they’ll leave me alone.” It’s like putting lamb’s blood on over your door during Passover to make sure the Lord…
The stories we tell ourselves
Today, I accompanied my wife to the grocery store. I didn’t really have any business there, so I was just looking around for something fun to eat later. During my travels throughout the aisles, I encountered a young black teenager with a cart full of items. I only noticed him because he had a huge knit cap on, most likely, I assumed, housing some exciting dreads, based on the size and shape. About the third or fourth time he saw me, he came around the corner as I was inspecting some Snyder’s pretzels. Before I knew he was there,…
The last laugh
I don’t always get the last laugh. But I always get the most recent one…
Trading safeties
In the State of Washington, most kids are attending school virtually. Many think by doing this, we’re protecting our kids from a virus that is essentially dangerous to none of them. This is what that protection looks like… Kids get up, eat breakfast, head into their room, often back into their bed, where the shades are drawn, and they sit on the computer for the next six or seven hours. They they sit in that same room and do homework, until they eat dinner. They, because they’re not supposed to be seeing each other, they hang out in their…
When protesters come to your door
A member of my in-house staff refers to limits of freedom as the freedom to move your arms around until you hit someone in the nose. It’s with that in mind that I consider what to do if the street in front of my home is suddenly filled with 100s of “peaceful protesters” screaming and yelling and shining bright lights and lasers into my home late at night. Certainly, they have the right to assemble and make their case. But do they have the right to disrupt my life? Do they have the right to scare my family? Do…
Stealing optimism
There’s a new Joe Biden ad that asks the question: “Why, in this nation, do Black Americans wake up knowing that they could lose their life in the course of just living their life?” Simple. Because Democrats keep telling them that, and they have been telling them that for the past 50 years. It’s completely irresponsible and disgraceful for any Black American to believe that they could be killed on their way to school, going to the grocery store, or doing anything else. But Democrats continue to push this message, working to make blacks feel like they have to…
Police empathy
Here’s a note to those who expect perfection from our police force: Imagine waking up in the morning, enjoying breakfast with your wife and two kids, strapping on your policing gear, and leaving the house, knowing that it may be the last time you ever see your family. Before we go on, stop there and seriously ponder it. It’s not gratuitously dramatic. It’s real life for every police officer who works in the field. So you get to work, you go through the administrative tasks for the day, and you head out to your car to start your work…
Who deserves to die?
One of the phrases I’ve been hearing a lot lately is “didn’t deserve to die,” as in, even though Jacob Blake had a warrant for repeatedly raping a woman, he “didn’t deserve to die.” Well, who does deserve to die? I can’t think of anyone who deserves to die. I guess you can come up with some extreme, heinous scenarios in which the perpetrator perhaps deserves to die that might challenge the assertion. But really, who deserves to die? Who are we to judge? If you believe in God, or any version of God, you would believe that it…