THIS SAYS IT ALL

REAL MEN ABOVE

BOYCOTT THE NFL

Boycott he NFL until they get out of politicals and return to football. I don't turn on the NFL to see a bunch of very rich spoiled brats dishonor our flag and the men/women who have died for it..  

Boycott the companies below:

SPONSOR	CATEGORY	SINCE
Gatorade (PepsiCo)	Isotonic beverage	'83
Visa	Payment systems services	'95
Campbell’s Soup	Soup	'98
FedEx	Worldwide package delivery service	'00
Frito-Lay (PepsiCo)	Salted snack/popcorn/peanuts/dips	'00
Mars Snackfood	Chocolate/non-chocolate confectionery	'02
Pepsi (PepsiCo)	Soft drinks	'02
Dairy Management Inc.	Dairy/milk/yogurt/cheese	'03
Bridgestone	Tire	'07
Gillette/Head & Shoulders/ Vicks/Old Spice (Procter & Gamble)	Health/beauty/household products brands	'09
Verizon	Wireless telecommunication service	'10
Barclays	Affinity card/rewards program (NFL Extra Points)	'10
Papa John’s	Pizza	'10
Castrol	Motor oil	'10
Anheuser-Busch	Beer	'11
USAA	Insurance/military appreciation	'11
Bose	Home theater system	'11
Courtyard by Marriot	Hotel	'11
Xbox (Microsoft)	Video game console/interactive video entertainment console	'11
Quaker Oats (PepsiCo)	Hot cereal	'12
Tide/Duracell (Procter & Gamble)	Household cleaning/battery power	'12
Lenovo	Computers (desktop, laptop and computer workstations)	'12
McDonald's	Restaurant	'12
SAP	Cloud software solutions/business & business analytics software	'12
Surface/Windows (Microsoft)	Sideline technology/tablet/PC operating system	'13
CoverGirl (Procter & Gamble)	Beauty	'13
Zebra Technologies	Player-tracking technology	'14
TD Ameritrade	Personal investing/online brokerage/wealth management	'14
Extreme Networks	WiFi analytics provider	'14
Nationwide Insurance	Insurance	'14
Hyundai	Auto	'15
Dannon	Yogurt	'15

Football - Baseball - Basketball

Finally had enough of these sports. Now that they have decided to go Political I turn them off. Next year will be the first in many years no Direct Ticket for football. I will stay with college football where they understand on the field it is game and the political comments stay off the field.

That is the start, as I pretty much left baseball after those cry babies canceled the World Series over money but that is what this country has come to. The only thing that kept me somewhat watching was Mark and Sammy but they were cast out for using Steroids or whatever. Ever hear about UPPERS (SPEED) that so very many of the players took in the 50's and 60's? Did they get penalized, hell no and their records stayed. I played and pitched up to college where I tore up my elbow so I can not understand any player things they are more important then the game itself.

Basketball is the next sport to be canceled on my TV after these brilliant players decide it was more important to become political then better players. Most of them didn't finish school and so very many can't speak correct english or spell. 

As long as players think they are above the sport that provides them a great income this crap will go on. I only hope some owner will say enough and not allow political statements on the field. 

Short but To the Point

Who cares what anyone at the ExLax Awards has to say. The Traitor was there along with Lilly and Dolly. Fonda should have gone to jail and that _itch should have been left there. She sold out our soldiers and gave comfort to the North while our young were dying. She and Ramsey Clark were and still are traitors. 

TO HELL WITH THAT BITCH  

More On the St Louis Punks and Elected so called Leaders

State Rep. Bruce Franks Jr., who was a frequent protester in Ferguson in 2014 before he was elected to office last year, said the protest's message was simple: "Y’all gon' stop killing us: That’s the only message.


The Staff: There is another message and that should be "Stop Selling Drugs, Stop Breaking the Law, and stop damaging other peoples property. You see blacks, whites of various ages and what they are learning is that it is ok to riot. No one pays a price except the business owners who can no longer obtain insurance to protect there property from riots.  

As you can see from the above, Franks was a "Frequent Protester" for the Michael Brown incident and then gets elected. People in that community should get people who want to work for them instead of just another protester. 

The police need to come down much harder and prevent the damage to property. Don't wait for it to happen or these damaged business will leave and not come back. Why would they.

A Minister Speaks & I do Not Agree

ST. LOUIS • On Friday night, the Rev. Clinton Stancil walked with his arms locked with fellow clergy and protesters in the Central West End.

They shut down streets to send a message to the rest of the region: “You kill our kids, we’ll kill your economy,” he said.

The Staff: I hate to tell him a few things. 

First, tell your people to stop selling drugs and when caught, don't flee like some sissy girl. You break the law, man up and take the time. Selling drugs is a lot easier then really working.

Second, it is YOUR economy that usually is destroyed by your people. Last time your people burned their own shopping area and business owned by black Americans in Ferguson. Not to bright and you get upset about all the damage. 

Third, you and other complain about blacks being arrested more then white, stop breaking the law more. I believe no matter who breaks a law that person should pay the SAME not based on skin color.  

THIS IS FOR THE DUMB ASS LIBERALS TRYING TO CHANGE HISTORY

Stop the Riots - NOW

Many many years ago there was a rumor a march/riot was going to happen in a small area called Old Orchard. No real reason was given except it was a time in our country that black power was on the rise. 

People who lived in the area and others decided if this was going to happen they would protect their property. At that time "Central Hardware" was in business and located I think on Big Bend @ Lindbergh. Their was a run on Shotguns and the store sold out was the rumor. People in Old Orchard took up places on rooftops ready to defend the area. 

What happened, nothing, no march, no riots and the trouble passed with no one injured. What this showed was just the possible use of force made people think and thank goodness they decided not to cause trouble.

Today we let them riot, burn cars, steal from stores and police won't stop it. They are afraid they will be changed with something while they have to watch these thugs destroy business, lives, cars and steal from the very stores that support their community. 

This last problem in St Louis, the rioters went to the Mayors home, threw paint and broke windows. How Damn stupid as the Mayor has no control over what happened nor the trial outcome. The dirt bags just wanted to cause trouble. This would be a good place to use rubber bullets. Arrest a few, put their butts in the city workhouse for a few days till they make bail.  

It is now time put a stop to this and if that means HARSH measures to do so, then do it. When the riots start and peaceful demonstrations stop, the police need to use harsh measures to bring control to the area. Rubber bullets, gas, pepper spray and if they feel their lives are in danger, then deadly force MUST be an option the police have. When you read about Bricks being thrown we all know they can kill someone and the person throwing should understand they may be shot. NO liability should be placed on the officer who pulled the trigger.

RIOTS MUST BE MEET WITH SUPERIOR FORCE AND DEADLY FORCE MAY BE  NECESSARY AT TIMES. OUR POLICE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO USE DEADLY FORCE IF THEY FEEL THEIR LIVES ARE THREATENED. 

If the rioters know they could die, maybe they would think twice. Remember, it could also go the other way and the rioters come armed with guns. If that would happen, God help us all. 

Greatest Speech Never Given but Should Have Been, Still Very True Today

I am honored by the invitation to address you on this august occasion. It's about time. Be warned, however, that I am not here to impress you; you'll have enough smoke blown your way today. And you can bet your tassels I'm not here to impress the faculty and administration. 

You may not like much of what I have to say, and that's fine. You will remember it though. Especially after about 10 years out there in the real world. This, it goes without saying, does not apply to those of you who will seek your careers and your fortunes as government employees. 

This gowned gaggle behind me is your faculty. You've heard the old saying that those who can - do. Those who can't - teach. That sounds deliciously insensitive. But there is often raw truth in insensitivity, just as you often find feel-good falsehoods and lies in compassion. Say good-bye to your faculty because now you are getting ready to go out there and do. These folks behind me are going to stay right here and teach. 

By the way, just because you are leaving this place with a diploma doesn't mean the learning is over. When an FAA flight examiner handed me my private pilot's license many years ago, he said, 'Here, this is your ticket to learn.' The same can be said for your diploma. Believe me, the learning has just begun. 

Now, I realize that most of you consider yourselves Liberals. In fact, you are probably very proud of your liberal views. You care so much. You feel so much. You want to help so much. After all, you're a compassionate and caring person, aren't you now? Well, isn't that just so extraordinarily special. Now, at this age, is as good a time as any to be a Liberal; as good a time as any to know absolutely everything. You have plenty of time, starting tomorrow, for the truth to set in. Over the next few years, as you begin to feel the cold breath of reality down your neck, things are going to start changing pretty fast .. including your own assessment of just how much you really know. 

So here are the first assignments for your initial class in reality: Pay attention to the news, read newspapers, and listen to the words and phrases that proud Liberals use to promote their causes. Then compare the words of the left to the words and phrases you hear from those evil, heartless, greedy conservatives. From the Left you will hear "I feel." From the Right you will hear "I think." From the Liberals you will hear references to groups --The Blacks, The Poor, The Rich, The Disadvantaged, The Less Fortunate. From the Right you will hear references to individuals. On the Left you hear talk of group rights; on the Right, individual rights. 

That about sums it up, really: Liberals feel. Liberals care. They are pack animals whose identity is tied up in group dynamics. Conservatives and Libertarians think -- and, setting aside the theocracy crowd, their identity is centered on the individual. 

Liberals feel that their favored groups, have enforceable rights to the property and services of productive individuals. Conservatives (and Libertarians, myself among them I might add) think that individuals have the right to protect their lives and their property from the plunder of the masses. 

In college you developed a group mentality, but if you look closely at your diplomas you will see that they have your individual names on them. Not the name of your school mascot, or of your fraternity or sorority, butyourname. Your group identity is going away. Your recognition and appreciation of your individual identity starts now. 

If, by the time you reach the age of 30, you do not consider yourself to be a libertarian or a conservative, rush right back here as quickly as you can and apply for a faculty position. These people will welcome you with open arms. They will welcome you, that is, so long as you haven't developed an individual identity. Once again you will have to be willing to sign on to the group mentality you embraced during the past four years. 

Something is going to happen soon that is going to really open your eyes. You're going to actually get a full time job! You're also going to get a lifelong work partner. This partner isn't going to help you do your job. This partner is just going to sit back and wait for payday. This partner doesn't want to share in your effort, just your earnings. 

Your new lifelong partner is actually an agent; an agent representing a strange and diverse group of people. An agent for every teenager with an illegitimate child. An agent for a research scientist who wanted to make some cash answering the age-old question of why monkeys grind their teeth. An agent for some poor aging hippie who considers herself to be a meaningful and talented artist ... but who just can't manage to sell any of her artwork on the open market. 

Your new partner is an agent for every person with limited, if any, job skills; for every person who ignored all offered educational opportunities, dreaming of nothing more than a job at City Hall. An agent for tin-horn dictators in fancy military uniforms grasping for American foreign aid. An agent for multi-million-dollar companies who want someone else to pay for their overseas advertising. An agent for everybody who wants to use the unimaginable power of this agent's for their personal enrichment and benefit. 

That agent is our wonderful, caring, compassionate, oppressive Imperial Federal Government. Believe me, you will be awed by the unimaginable power this agent has. Power that you do not have. A power that no individual has, will have or should have. This agent has the legal power to use force � deadly force � to accomplish its goals. 

You have no choice here. Your new friend is just going to walk up to you, introduce itself rather gruffly, hand you a few forms to fill out, and move right on in. Say hello to your own personal one ton gorilla with a gun. It will sleep anywhere it wants to. 

Now, let me tell you, this agent is not cheap. As you become successful it will seize about 40% of everything you earn. And no, I'm sorry, there just isn't any way you can fire this agent of plunder, and you can't decrease it's share of your income. That power rests with him, not you. 

So, here I am saying negative things to you about government. Well, be clear on this: It is not wrong to distrust government. It is not wrong to fear government. In certain cases it is not even wrong to despise government for government is inherently evil. Oh yes, I know it's a necessary evil, but it is dangerous nonetheless ... somewhat like a drug. Just as a drug that in the proper dosage can save your life, an overdose of government can be fatal. 

Now � let's address a few things that have been crammed into your minds at this university. There are some ideas you need to expunge as soon as possible. These ideas may work well in academic environment, but they fail miserably out there in the real world. 

First � that favorite buzz word of the media, government and academia: Diversity! 

You have been taught that the real value of any group of people - be it a social group, an employee group, a management group, whatever - is based on diversity. This is a favored liberal ideal because diversity is based not on an individual's abilities or character, but on a person's identity and status as a member of a group. Yes � it's that liberal group identity thing again. 

Within the great diversity movement group identification - be it racial, gender based, or some other minority status - means more than the individual's integrity, character or other qualifications. 

Brace yourself. You are about to move from this academic atmosphere where diversity rules, to a workplace and a culture where individual achievement and excellence actually count. No matter what your professors have taught you over the last four years, you are about to learn that diversity is absolutely no replacement for excellence, ability, and individual hard work. 

From this day on every single time you hear the word "diversity" you can rest assured that there is someone close by who is determined to rob you of every vestige of individuality you possess. 

We also need to address this thing you seem to have about "rights." We have witnessed an obscene explosion of so-called "rights" in the last few decades, usually emanating from college campuses. 

You know the mantra: You have the right to a job. The right to a place to live. The right to a living wage. The right to health care. The right to an education. You probably even have your own pet right - the right to a Beemer, for instance, or the right to have someone else provide for that child you plan on downloading in a year or so. 

Forget it. Forget those rights! I'll tell you what your rights are! You have a right to live free, and to whatever wealth you are able to produce with your labor. I'll also tell you have no right to any portion of the life or labor of another. 

You may think, for instance, that you have a right to health care. After all, Hillary said so, didn't she? But you cannot receive health care unless some doctor or health practitioner surrenders some of his time - his life - to you. He may be willing to do this for compensation, but that's his choice. You have no "right" to his time or property. You have no right to his or any other person's life or to any portion thereof. 

You may also think you have some "right" to a job; a job with a living wage, whatever that is. Do you mean to tell me that you have a right to force your services on another person, and then the right to demand that this person compensate you with their money? I can't wait for you to point that one out for me in our Constitution. I sure would like to be a fly on the wall when some urban outdoorsmen (that would be "homeless person" for those of you who don't want to give these less fortunate people a romantic and adventurous title) came to you and demanded his job and your money. 

The people who have been telling you about all the rights you have are simply exercising one of theirs - the right to be imbeciles. Their being imbeciles didn't cost anyone else either property or time. It's their right, and they exercise it brilliantly. 

By the way, did you catch my use of the phrase "less fortunate" a bit ago when I was talking about the urban outdoorsmen? That phrase is a favorite of the Left. Think about it, and you'll understand why. 

To imply that one person is homeless, destitute, dirty, drunk, spaced out on drugs, unemployable, and generally miserable because he is "less fortunate" is to imply that a successful person - one with a job, a home and a future - is in that position because he or she was "fortunate." The dictionary says that fortunate means "having derived good from an unexpected place." There is nothing unexpected about deriving good from hard work. There is also nothing unexpected about deriving misery from choosing drugs, alcohol, and the street instead of education and personal responsibility. 

If the Left can create the common perception that success and failure are simple matters of "fortune" or "luck," then it is easy to promote and justify their various income redistribution schemes. After all, we are just evening out the odds a little bit, aren't we? 

This "success equals luck" idea the liberals like to push is seen everywhere. Democratic presidential candidate Richard Gephardt refers to high-achievers as "people who have won life's lottery." He wants you to believe they are making the big bucks because they are lucky; all they did was buy the right lottery ticket. What an insult this is to the man or woman who works that 60 hour week to provide for a family. 

It's not luck, my friends. It's choice. One of the greatest lessons I ever learned was in a book by Og Mandino, entitled "The Greatest Secret in the World." The lesson? Very simple: "Use wisely your power of choice." 

That bum sitting on a heating grate, smelling like a wharf rat? He's there by choice. He is there because of the sum total of the choices he has made in his life. This truism is absolutely the hardest thing for some people to accept, especially those who consider themselves to be victims of something or other - victims of discrimination, bad luck, the system, capitalism, whatever. After all, nobody really wants to accept the blame for his or her position in life. Not when it is so much easier to point and say, "Look! He did this to me!" than it is to look into a mirror and say, "You S.O.B.! You did this to me!" 

The key to accepting responsibility for your life is to accept the fact that your choices, every one of them, are leading you inexorably to either success or failure, however you define those terms. 

Some of the choices are obvious: Whether or not to stay in school. Whether or not to get pregnant. Whether or not to hit the bottle. Whether or not to keep this job you hate until you get another better-paying job. Whether or not to save some of your money, or saddle yourself with huge payments for that new car. 

Some of the choices are seemingly insignificant: Whom to go to the movies with. Whose car to ride home in. Whether to watch the tube tonight, or read a book on investing. But, and you can be sure of this, each choice counts. Each choice is a building block - some large, some small. But each one is a part of the structure of your life. If you make the right choices, or if you make more right choices than wrong ones, something absolutely terrible may happen to you. Something unthinkable. You, my friend, could become one of the hated, the evil, the ugly, the feared, the filthy, the successful, the rich. 

Quite a few people have followed that tragic path. 

The rich basically serve two purposes in this country. First, they provide the investments, the investment capital, and the brains for the formation of new businesses. Businesses that hire people. Businesses that send millions of paychecks home each week to the un-rich. 

Second, the rich are a wonderful object of ridicule, distrust, and hatred. Few things are more valuable to a politician than the envy most Americans feel for the evil rich. 

Envy is a powerful emotion. Even more powerful than the emotional minefield that surrounded Bill Clinton when he reviewed his last batch of White House interns. Politicians use envy to get votes and power. And they keep that power by promising the envious that the envied will be punished: "The rich will pay their fair share of taxes if I have anything to do with it.' 

The truth is that the top 10% of income earners in this country pays almost 50% of all income taxes collected. I shudder to think what these job producers would be paying if our tax system were any more "fair." 

You have heard, no doubt, that in America the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Interestingly enough, our government's own numbers show that many of the poor actually get richer, and that quite a few of the rich actually get poorer. But for the rich who do actually get richer, and the poor who remain poor ... there's an explanation -- a reason. The rich, you see, keep doing the things that make them rich; while the poor keep doing the things that make them poor. 

Speaking of the poor, during your adult life you are going to hear an endless string of politicians bemoaning the plight of the poor in America. So, you need to know that under our government's definition of "poor" you can have a $5 million net worth, a $300,000 home and a new $90,000 Mercedes, all completely paid for. You can also have a maid, cook, and valet, and $1 million in your checking account, and you can still be officially defined by our government as "living in poverty." Now there's something you haven't seen on the evening news. 

How does the government pull this one off? Very simple, really. To determine whether or not some poor soul is "living in poverty," the government measures one thing -- just one thing. Income. It doesn't matter one bit how much you have, how much you own, how many cars you drive or how big they are, whether or not your pool is heated, whether you winter in Aspen and spend the summers in the Bahamas, or how much is in your savings account. It only matters how much income you claim in that particular year. This means that if you take a one-year leave of absence from your high-paying job and decide to live off the money in your savings and checking accounts while you write the next great American novel, the government says you are 'living in poverty." 

This isn't exactly what you had in mind when you heard these gloomy statistics, is it? 

Do you need more convincing? Try this. The government's own statistics show that people who are said to be "living in poverty" spend more than $1.50 for each dollar of income they claim. Something is a bit fishy here. just remember all this the next time Peter Jennings puffs up and tells you about some hideous new poverty statistics. 

And please remember this: The average person in this country described as "poor" has a higher standard of living than the average European. Not the average "poor" European, the average European. 

Why has the government concocted this phony poverty scam? Because the government needs an excuse to grow and to expand its social welfare programs, which translates into an expansion of its power. If the government can convince you, in all your compassion,that the number of "poor" is increasing, it will have all the excuse it needs to sway an electorate suffering from the advanced stages of Obsessive-Compulsive Compassion Disorder. 

Well, it looks like I'm about to be given the hook. The faculty looks a little angry. I'll bet they've already changed their minds about that honorary degree I was going to get.That's OK, though. I still have my Ph.D. in Insensitivity from the Neal Boortz Institute for Insensitivity Training. I learned that, in short, sensitivity sucks. It's a trap. Think about it - the truth knows no sensitivity. Life can be insensitive. Wallow too much in sensitivity and you'll be unable to deal with life, or the truth. So, get over it. 

Now, before the dean has me shackled and hauled off, I have a few random thoughts. 

You need to register to vote, unless you are on welfare. If you are living off the efforts of others, please do us the favor of sitting down and shutting up until you are on your own again. To the welfare class I say that we're taking care of you we would appreciate if if you would just stay out of our way so we can get the job done.

When you do vote, your votes for the House and the Senate are more important than your vote for president. The House controls the purse strings, so concentrate your awareness there.

Liars cannot be trusted, even when the liar is the president of the United States. If someone can't deal honestly with you, send them packing.

Don't bow to the temptation to use the government as an instrument of plunder. If it is wrong for you to take money from someone else who earned it -- to take their money by force for your own needs -- then it is certainly just as wrong for you to demand that the government step forward and do this dirty work for you.

Don't look in other people's pockets. You have no business there. What they earn is theirs. What your earn is yours. Keep it that way. Nobody owes you anything, except to respect your privacy and your rights, and leave you the hell alone.

Speaking of earning, the revered 40-hour workweek is for losers. Forty hours should be considered the minimum, not the maximum. You don't see highly successful people clocking out of the office every afternoon at five. The losers are the ones caught up in that afternoon rush hour. The winners drive home in the dark.

Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection.

Finally (and aren't you glad to hear that word), as Og Mandino wrote,

1. Proclaim your rarity. Each of you is a rare and unique human being.

2. Use wisely your power of choice.

3. Go the extra mile ... drive home in the dark.

Oh, and put off buying a television set as long as you can.

Now, if you have any idea at all what's good for you, you will get the hell out of here and never come back.

Class dismissed.

Remember Andy Rooney

Andy Rooney was one in a million.  At the end of '60 Minutes' he usually had his own 10-minute segment that, unbelievably, was never censored by CBS.  He's probably the only one who could have gotten away with this.  May he rest in peace. Andy Rooney once said . . . “I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see what happens......Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door. Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game. I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason, which is why there are no girls allowed.  Girls belong in the Girl Scouts!  ARE YOU LISTENING MARTHA BURKE? I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it is an opinion. I have the right 'NOT' to be tolerant of others because they are different, weird, or tick me off. When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70% of the population is black, that is not racial profiling; it is the Law of Probability. I believe that if you are selling me a milkshake, a pack of cigarettes, a newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English!  As a matter of fact, if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak English! My father and grandfather didn't die in vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours. I think the police should have every right to shoot you if you threaten them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the word 'freeze' or 'stop' in English, see the above lines. I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you are qualified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loans or tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinket store, or any other business. We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come over here and tell us our constitution is a living document; and open to their interpretations.    I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more.  If it ticks you off, go and invent the next operating system that's better, and put your name on the building.    I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don't pretend they are a political statement. And, please, stay home until that new lip ring heals. I don't want to look at your ugly infected mouth as you serve me French fries! I am sick of 'Political Correctness.'  I know a lot of black people, and not a single one of them was born in Africa; so how can they be 'African-Americans'?  Besides, Africa is a continent. I don't go around saying I am a European-American because my great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather was from Europe.  I am proud to be from America and nowhere else, and if you don't like my point of view, tough...”. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL! The Staff: Many of you won't remember Andy but he was right on target with the above, get over it.