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I'm speechless (happens rarely). I'm textless (happens more rarely). I feel like Churchill in 1939, 1940, and the first eleven months of 1941.

I am not anti-Kaepernick's stance. I understand you didn't say I was. More concisely, I agree.

I don't want Trump. He fails your last two points. I DID say not being a professional politician is the major attraction in Trump, to me. Half tongue in cheek? Your further analysis is where I subsequently go to. If you say non professional, it begs the "what other qualifications" question. I got nuthin'. Re: the video. I got it wrong.

I think you could be on to something! I considered the sector in my head, but prematurely dismissed it in a "nah, not 40%" conclusion. Oh, and I resemble that remark!

I had no idea that it was a crime ... curious.

Hazarding a guess ... 40% of profit is attributable to cfo's looking to efficiency in labor (fewer, paid less), equipment (cheaper), and capital structure (debt at low cost vs equity at higher cost) instead of to sales and revenue growth. Or, some combination thereof. It feels right in this anemic growth environment. I know no statistic. Companies are squeezing financial statements, and their components, for profits. Like, well, we knew they would ... Hazarding a guess! I'll let K-9 grade my work.

^Hoss ... I like that. There are, though, deeply honorable people in the South who speak of the Confederate flag with a reverence born in some of the same values "the rest of us" share. Symbols ... we find in them much of what we bring to them.

I am no Confederate flag person. I am an American flag person. So, ignoring my view, one of 330 million views, can I say this with regard to consistent treatment of both? Both are symbols. Both have proponents where one symbol represents honorable and dignified things, and some things not, to those proponents. Both have opponents where the symbol represents dishonorable and undignified things, and some things not, to those opponents. Both should be afforded the same respect and treatment by our courts as symbols of the free speech of those who hold the symbols dear. I understand your view. You brought it to your compelling analysis. I can't say one's good and one's bad without bringing my prejudice, choice, value system into the conversation. I won't do that without respecting your prejudices, choices, and value system. They're not the same after you interject yourself. They are the same, before. A symbol at an NFL game, on a truck decal ... a man on his knee, a man driving with Leonard Skynard on his sound system ... Reverent and offended all around, all citizens. I know my value system, and I react. The Mississippian says the same thing.

Ouch ....

Up there with MODO's Pannies .... Most awesome.

Constipated ... always a moment away from great things that never materialize, effort and concentration notwithstanding.

You're not an only child, are you?

Over officiated boredom.

Field goal kickers kick field goals.

Weird holding assessment ... play stands AND ten yards going the other way. That was my FOOTBALL post! All hockey is sublime. Go Sabres !

If there were no Bills, there'd be no NFL. It's over-officiated, ticky-tack, slow paced, boredom played by over priced stars one toke or slap away from squandering a season. Go Bills, Bulls and Gators!!! There's this ...

Football is terrible on TV. Give me the All-22. I have to think that an offseason of film helped Baltimore prepare for Buffalo's deep ball. I'd like to see what they're doing.

I'm done with Carpenter. I gave him a season.

Reggie Bush with a rookie mistake. Make that freshman mistake.

Love to see a sober, in shape, healthy Karlos Williams coming in as a change of pace in these fast paced momentum drives.

Flaccid Flinched!

Better than the O.

Tampa represents ...

No objection ... I'd join you.

Musing for today. The Confederate flag, 1st Amendments, meaningfulness, rights, Mississppian. The American flag, 1st Amendments, meaningfulness, rights, Kaepernick. Do we respond to each set of facts with the same moral, ethical, legal framework? Do we bring our prejudices to the facts and decide "this one's alright, and this one isn't"? Would an arguement, pro or con, apply in both situations, or only in the one you're making at the time? I read the judge's opinion. My mind's eye changed words. Confederate became American. Mississippian became Kaepernick. Hate and racism became freedom and liberty. Nothing organized, no proof. Consistent or prejudiced? I have no problem with either symbol. Neither offends me. Both represent worthy and unworthy pasts and human histories. All human history must be so. I recognize everyone's right to respond to each symbol as they see fit within the boundaries of law.