Kaepernick and NFL players protesting

When Colin Kaepernick was caught sitting during the National Anthem a few weeks ago, it became big news. The reason he chose to do that was to protest the way blacks are treated by some police across the country....it was basically his way of joining the Black Lives Matter movement...because he had the same goal and message that they do...that all lives should be treated equally by the police. To be fair, the vast majority of police in this nation are heroes...honest, hard-working, individuals dedicated to make things safer but to think that they're all good is a fantasy. It's a fraction of a percentage overall but there are bad ones...some who take bribes, some who get carried away with force on the job and yes, there are some who are racist as well. It's bothersome that many of them seem to get away with it...whether it be due to corrupt or incompetent judges or commanding officers who share their views or just don't care enough. Now, Kaepernick was once fined for using the n-word so it seems a bit hypocritical to protest now after using such a disgusting word but hopefully he's learned since then. Either way, his protest is just and is protected by the 1st Amendment. The funny thing is, most of the people who are  most up-in-arms about him basically saying this country has problems are backing the Presidential candidate who's saying that as well in effect.
As for the protest itself...I admit that while I support his right to protest, I did not like the way he did it. Sitting during the anthem at a sporting event can be perceived as unpatriotic as the flag and the anthem aren't meant to honor the bad cops who break the laws they are sworn to uphold. That flag is a symbol....and that anthem was written to celebrate...the freedoms that men and women have died to give us and protect us from losing. In my view, while his protest was just, the manner in which he did it could be improved upon...and he did so the next game...by kneeling instead of sitting. Kneeling is still outside the norm so it still sparks conversation but it takes a special kind of stupid to think kneeling is the slightest bit disrespectful. If anything, it's even more respectful than standing. When people go to church and kneel during some portions of the service, are they being disrespectful in doing so? Kneeling is FAR from disrespectful.

Black Lives Matter

Here's  a fact you won't  see on Faux News. It's widely known that there are cities across the nation  in which blacks are killed by police without provocation. Some of these police seem to think that the lives of these victims don't  matter...hence the movement called Black Lives Matter...meant to draw attention to this problem and hopefully, to fix it. There are BLM rallies all over the country  and people of all colors are part of them because blacks aren't the only people who are upset about corrupt police officers abusing their power. Thinking that BLM is a hate group because there are a few rallies that have gotten out of hand is nothing less than pure ignorance and the sign of a disgusting human being.

Maybe Black Lives Matter should've called their movement All Lives Matter so as to stop confusing the nutjobs who think that they're saying that only black lives matter. I have to wonder if the people making claims that BLM is a hate group also thinks that Blue Lives Matter was founded to say that only police lives matter. My guess is that they just figured people would be smart enough to understand what it was about based on what they protested about...I doubt they would've overestimated people's intelligence like that had they known who would be the Democratic and Republican nominees for President in 2016.

Celeb Twitter followers

I honestly get a chuckle and then roll my eyes everytime I see someone begging a celeb to follow them, retweet them or whatever. Sometimes being active on Twitter and not coming across as a jackass works a lot better....may not get you exactly the followers you hope all the time, but if your life is that hurt by not having a certain celeb follow you, you need help.

Currently I have these celebs/athletes following me

• Jill Kelly, wife of HOF QB Jim Kelly
• Andre Reed
• Darryl Talley and wife
• Patti Thomas, wife of HOF RB Thurman Thomas and their daughter Angelica
• Marcellus Wiley
• Jeff Nixon
• Joe Burns
• Shonda Moats, wife of Arthur Moats
• Jimmy Bennett, actor who starred on No Ordinary Family with Julie Benz
• April Scott as Daisy Duke
  April Scott, model and actress...played Daisy Duke in the most recent movie..it was funny..had a crush on the 1st Daisy Duke, Catherine Bach, growing up, and now the newest is following me after I tweeted to her about the lunch she cooked up...lol...she now follows on Twitter and Instagram

• Supermodel and animal activist Joanna Krupa follows on Twitter and Instagram (she was TO's partner on the Superstars show in 2009)...her husband Romain Zago also follows me on both platforms

Cassie Scerbo, who played Nova in the original Sharknado

used to have Alison Mack (Chloe on Smallville) and Stevie Johnson (twice) as followers

Singer and actress Debbie Gibson

Melissa Joan Hart

Josie Davis. actress who played Sarah Powell on Charles In Charge

Dustin Lewis, who played Paul Revere on a couple episodes of Sleepy Hollow

Singer and Dancer Paula Abdul

 

Erika Eleniak, actress and the very 1st Baywatch Babe

Mob mentality

Just so funny sitting back watching people bash Bon Jovi because of the rumors started by the Toronto Sun's John Kryk. They bought into it so easily that he wants to move the Bills based on anonymous sources. The only legitimate concern would be the fact that Larry Tannenbaum and Ed Rogers are partnering with him. I don't trust either of them.
Jon himself has always treated people with class and does things like open a restaurant where you don't even have to pay a set price... just a donation or help out at the restaurant for a bit if you're broke. Yet a lot of people act like he's the anti-Christ. Anytime someone says he wants to keep the team here, they're immediately branded as liars by the anti-Bon Jovi mob. Even John Kryk, who started the rumor in the first place got called a liar when he reversed course and said they'd keep the team in Buffalo. Mob mentality at its finest.
Last week, an anonymous source said that the Bon Jovi group had researched a few Toronto stadium sites but a few days later, Kryk reports that the sites in Toronto were researched not by Bon Jovi or Tannenbaum, but by Ed Rogers...18 months ago before and over a year before he joined up with Bon Jovi and Tannenbaum. Who to believe? People believed Kryk at first but they've been calling him a liar for months. Lol
Personally, I don't know what to believe...I don't trust Bon Jovi's partners but he seems committed to being the majority owner...which would give him the control over those two. I'd much prefer Pegula but there's a part of me that would love to see Bon Jovi get the team and promptly sign a long term lease, so I can then laugh my ass off at all the people who would start kissing his ass after they were insufferable assholes to him for months. I actually saw one guy actually talking like he'd abandon the team if Bon Jovi got the team even with a long term lease. Says a lot about the mob mentality they have.

God, people are stupid!

The girls suing the Bills, Stejon, and Citadel won a major battle when the court threw out the Bills' motion to dismiss. The news stations posted on FB about it and the number of ignorant comments blows my mind.

You'd think

trying to stay neutral through this Jills lawsuit would be totally positive. I've kept quiet on how Steph has changed since getting all that power because people shouldn't make up their minds on someone based on someone else's words. But apparently my trying to stay neutral didn't sit well with someone I always thought of as a friend. I haven't and won't try to dissuade anyone from defending the Jills organization, no matter what they think of how things are run....but I sure as hell won't help. Question is this...who would you believe? A group of people who always have treated you decently and fairly Someone who has lied to you, slandered you behind your back, and manipulated people into hurting you? How could anyone expect me to defend the 2nd person?

Nice people

People who have to tell someone that they're nice people usually aren't. Actions speak louder than words