Same thing, different year

The Civil War still rages in America.  Now we have millionaire NFL football players disrespecting the American Flag.  Why?  Because the Civil War still rages.  It's all about race.  I mean, these guys are people who can play one sport, but have no clue about anything else, so why they think they have any business spitting in the face of their national flag is beyond the beyond.  I mean, without the beloved sport of American football in America -- the America represented by the flag they are trashing -- where would these guys be?

The Obama presidency was also all about race.  Every black American who hadn't bothered to vote for generations turned out and voted for a black man.  Just because he was black.  That's all it was about.  In my opinion, Obama was a do-nothing president, basically a "chicken shit" afraid to take a stand.  And look what he hath wrought:  North Korea.

I am outraged that Americans are now calling out the Pittsburgh Penguins -- captained by and full of Canadians -- for looking forward to going to the White House.  The American press should stay out of Canadian hockey, but what's more infuriating and dumb is that Sidney Crosby's hometown fans are also turning on him.  Crosby says it is a great honour to be invited to the White House and it is -- regardless of the occupant at any given time. 

American (black) football players in the CFL should also not kneel during our anthem.  It's disgusting and disrespectful.  We need to bring back the rule that stipulated more Canadians than Americans be part of the CFL because Canada is losing its identity on home turf.  Why should black Americans in the CFL be bringing their Civil War to a Canadian football field?

Ah, look what money hath wrought. 
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On the next topic, my fingers almost type themselves:  The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Inquiry.  Although I am sick of myself on this one, I have to point out once again that there is no point to any of it.  The first hearings -- after almost two years! -- got underway in Smithers, B.C., and what did we witness?  A native woman weeping over the death of her daughter who had been beaten and left to freeze by guess who?  Yep, her own native husband.  Why is this happening, she wailed while being comforted by a relative who wrapped her in a blanket.  Why indeed?!  Hey, it's your people, your culture, your way of life, so look in the mirror and ask yourselves.  

As I keep saying, what is the point of all this?  There are 40 others in the wings registered to tell their sad tales to no avail.  As to the "highway of tears", this is the only route out of remote reserves from which natives want to escape.  It's a "highway of tears" because women dangerously hitchhike alone along it to get to the city to do whatever they can't on the reserve.  Get off the reserves, for Gawd's sake!

Frankly, I think the whole inquiry was dreamt up by the PM's chief coverer-upper, Gerry Butts, to have the relatives just go away and tell their tales to each other so the government appears to actually care.  Trudeau probably does care, because he's stupid enough to not know the inquiry will accomplish nothing, but Butts just wants the whole thing to play out like a Greek Tragedy, with neither purpose nor resolution possible. 

It's all so cynically ridiculous.