America has never really needed to win at all cost. We have always had advantages other countries do not have. The America I grew up with was fair dealing with the world, not seeking more than a fair share. Now, because we are not treated "fairly" in some cases, we seem to be ravaging the world like hungry animals.
Is it really necessary to "balance" trade and be #1 in everything, while sacrificing a happy life? Is it even possible to be #1 nd balance trade the way Tweety wants to?
What do we rrally know?
"A Kentucky crowd cheered a valedictorian for quoting Trump. Then he told them it was Obama. [Sad tribalism . . . ]
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. June 4, 2018
"The closest a 21st-century Democratic presidential candidate has come to winning the hearts and minds of the people of Bell County, Ky., was in 2004, when John F. Kerry got 39 percent of people there to punch a ticket for him."
So what did the 18yo valedictorian say that gave everyone a pause about what they know, or what they agree with?
"On Saturday, [Ben] Bowling was slated to give a speech before his cap-and-gown-wearing peers and their families, as he noted in one fourth-wall breaking segment."
“This is the part of my speech where I share some inspirational quotes I found on Google,” Bowling said, before doling out the best the search engine could find:
“ ‘Don't just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.’ — Donald J. Trump.”
The crowd went wild, according to a video Bowling shared with the Louisville Courier-Journal. Their applause for the commander in chief nearly drowned out Bowling's next statement: “Just kidding. That was Barack Obama.”
The applause died down to silence.
Someone booed.
But secretly, a few people in the audience were chuckling at the partisan bait-and-switch."
So our tribalism tends to get in the way of our rational selves. Sad. WE support Tweety at any cost. I hope the cost is not going to be too great for our dignity and and pride to withstand in the future. Winning at any cost is not my idea of wisdom or a good "deal." Any intelligent person knows you make enemies when you hurt people. PERIOD. It's not a great idea to make a world of enemies.
The NFL players kneeling debate is also very tribal.
CNN is biased and makes mistakes in covering Tweety. MSNBC is biased against Tweey. Do NOT try to tell me Fox is not biased.
"Fox News apologizes for implying Eagles players were kneeling in protest. They were praying."
by Cindy Boren June 5, 2018
Of course saying the Eagles were protesting comes from a bias against NFL players who kneel. Has Fox tried to understand the kneeling protest in any way? The kneeling protest is about dead black people in a racist country, where cops kill blacks, then are allowed to keep the gun in their "Serve and Protect" role.
Any cop that kills any suspect should never be allowed to have a gun in their job again, PERIOD. Taking away the gun is THE easy solution for careless cops, racist cops, scared cops, crazy cops, aggressive cops, and stupid cops.
"Philadelphia Eagles tight end Zach Ertz called out Fox News for using photos of players kneeling in pregame prayer during a segment about the team’s canceled Super Bowl visit to the White House, calling it “propaganda.” The network later apologized for showing the footage, which was unrelated to the NFL’s national anthem demonstrations, during its report on the rescinded visit.
The White House, meanwhile, issued a statement further explaining how and why the visit was called off. The statement said that “the great majority of [Eagles] players” were not planning to attend the scheduled White House celebration and that “the vast majority of the Eagles team decided to abandon their fans.”
Ertz and his Eagles teammates were shown kneeling in several photos during the Fox News segment, but Ertz said the players were kneeling in prayer, not to raise awareness of social injustice and police brutality issues, as other players have done."
Sad tribalism on all sides.
"Other Eagles players continued to express their frustrations with both Fox News and the White House on the day they were scheduled to visit Washington. Defensive lineman Chris Long tweeted that Fox should make an on-the-air apology. Malcolm Jenkins, a safety who demonstrated last season by raising a fist as he stood for the anthem, tweeted an essay with the hashtag “#TheFightContinues,” listing work Philadelphia players had done to improve their communities."
“Everyone, regardless of race or socioeconomic status, deserves to be treated equally. We are fighting for racial and social equality,” he wrote in part.
“Simply Google: ‘How many Philadelphia Eagles knelt during the national anthem last season?’ and you find that the answer is zero. A similar Google search will show you how many great things the players on this team are doing and continue to do on daily basis.
“Instead the decision was made to lie and paint the picture that these players are anti-America, anti-flag and anti-military.”"
Later in article Chris Long . . .
"Long urged Fox to apologize on the air. “Fox News used the faith of Christian men dishonestly to push an agenda. That wasn’t an ‘error,’ but intentional and strategic,” he tweeted. “They’ve deleted the segment [and] apologized on Twitter, but many viewers don’t have Twitter. An on air apology to all Christians would be the classy move.”"
