Random Politics & Religion #28: The Last One

I'm curious what "the problem" was.

You can't make progress without making waves.

Not agreeing with your summary but how is that a problem? For you? For the president?

You can't make progress without making waves.

Because as a consumer of football, we dont want to watch it with injected with left wing political activism

Sometimes the people that make waves are akin to morons flailing around in the ocean

Why are they morons here?

The problem was a spoiled black guy

Jesus. This post oozes so much effort that once isn't enough, I have to log in my mules purely to rate this ***.

Because as a consumer of football, we dont want to watch it with injected with left wing political activism

On Sunday, Oct. 8, Fox News Channel aired a story about John Garofalo, a glass artist who created a presidential glass seal in the hopes of gifting it to President Trump.

Garofalo claimed he was a Vietnam veteran, a member of the first U.S. Navy SEAL team, and a decorated war hero who was awarded two Purple Hearts.

Unfortunately, all of Garofalo's claims turned out to be untrue. The fact is that he did not serve in Vietnam. He was never a U.S. Navy SEAL. Even though he showed us medals, Garofalo was not awarded two Purple Hearts or any of the other nearly two dozen commendations he claimed to have received, except for the National Defense Service Medal.

It is true that Garafalo is a glass artist and a veteran. He served in Spain and he gifted two presidential seals to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.

Over the last two weeks, we've worked with Garofalo's family and the National Personnel Records Center to get to the bottom of a military past that Garofalo had claimed to be covert.

We apologize to our viewers, especially veterans and servicemen and women.

Oh man, where will Trump get his non-facts I don't like now

Oh man, where will Trump get his non-facts I don't like now

It's hard to understand the level of outrage and animosity directed towards the protesters given how low-key the actual method of protesting is (at least pre-Trump pot stirring). Ffs, it's kneeling.

"After hours of careful consideration, and even a visit from Nate Boyer, a retired Green Beret and former NFL player, we came to the conclusion that we should kneel, rather than sit, ... during the anthem as a peaceful protest," said Reid. "We chose to kneel because it’s a respectful gesture. I remember thinking our posture was like a flag flown at half-mast to mark a tragedy."

And the reason they kneel:


So it's funny, they intentionally made that decision to keep it respectful to service members.

Why are we on this ***still ? Let the sons of *** kneel.

It was a general statement, but if we're going with the football theme, what we have are people who are fad reactionaries who can't seem to agree on what they're protesting in the first place. Due to the fact that there's ambiguity in their message, it just comes off like they're disrespecting the flag. They're succeeding in drawing momentary attention to themselves and subsequently killing their own sport's ratings as a result, while simultaneously accomplishing nothing of value.