Black Lives Matter? Prove It

For too long now, we as a society have stood and watched the rioting and wanton rage as some feel that cops are killing far too many black men.  Indeed, the hashtag and chant of "Black Lives Matter" has echoed just about everywhere.

But that's the problem.  It is just a slogan.

You really think black lives matter, do you?  How about holding a march against inner-city schools that have failed at least three different generations of black youth?  How about the same rally rising up against black culture which looks at the blacks that actually do educate themselves as being "too white?"

Don't want to tackle education?  Well then, how about marching through the streets demanding that every black biological father step up and really be a "father" in every sense of the word to their children?

Too hard?  Well then, how about rising up and driving out the criminal element out of black communities?  You know the one - they're black themselves, and they kill other blacks at a number that would make a racist cop drool.  Thousands.  Every year.  Unfortunately, the glorification of the gangster culture combined with abject intimidation ("snitches get stitches") keep the black population cowed into complacency and awaiting their next victim episode.

Black lives matter?  BS.  If it did, you'd actually DO SOMETHING to improve black lives.

No, black lives don't matter.  It appears rioting does.

Huffington Post Fans Riot Flames

After Monday night's violence in Baltimore, a night in which 15 police were injured, schools closed, a MLB game cancelled, 144 vehicles torched, 15 structures burned, and 200+ were arrested, and this is how the Huffington Post treats the situation:

Seriously?  You seriously have to bend that far over backwards to "justify the rage?"

If you think this can't come to your city, you're a fool.  And when it does, you can have the flame-fanners like the Huffington Post and just about every other liberal to blame.  

Incredible.

End the White House Correspondents' Dinner

A couple of days ago I wrote about how Washington was partying while Baltimore was burning.  The politicians and the media alike should be ashamed of themselves.  Alas, shame is just not something that exists in D.C.  Not at all.

As we kick off a new Presidential election cycle, I'd love to see a candidate vow to end the White House Correspondents' Dinner.  I'm sick of the overt bedfellows it no only displays, but flaunts.  I'm sick of the need politicians have to be entertainers, instead of leaders.  Finally, I'm sick of the pretentious behavior, all done under the cover of "fund raising."  A whopping $100,000 was raised in this last event.  A couple of Delta Waterfowl chapters could have done that.

Candidates, put killing this sham on your platform, and you're well on your way to having my vote. 

Wild Defeat Blues, Take on Chicago Next

In a spectacular series, the Minnesota Wild bested the top team in the conference in 6 games.  The St. Louis Blues, who on paper were dominant in talent, had one area in which they could not outshine the Wild lineup, and that's in goal.  Wild Goalie Devan Dubnyk dominated the series, save for a horrific Game 4 in which he was chased early and a hard-fought Game 2 in which the Blues lived up to their lofty reputations.  In all other games, he was a puck stopping monster.

The series was also won via the efforts of Zach Parise.  While he led the team in scoring with 7 points over the 6 games, it was his hustle and tenacity that were most evident.  He clearly was the best player on the ice for the series, and the tone he sets for the rest of the team was palpable.  When Koivu finally hangs up his "C," it clearly belongs to Parise.  

Now off to Chicago, where a similar match up to the Blues exists; on paper the Blackhawks are significantly better than the Wild.  Where that isn't true is in the place that matters the most in the playoffs, and that's Goalie.  Chicago is decidedly worse than Minnesota, and Corey Crawford can be shaky.  If Dubnyk can stay hot and the Wild get enough shots on goal, the Wild can win.  They'll need to limit opportunities by Toews and Kane, but it can be done.

Go Wild!

Entertainment Trumps News

Here is an explanation from CNN as to why they chose to cover the White House Correspondents' Dinner over real news like the rioting in Baltimore:


A mere 45 miles away from the party, the unwashed were looting and raging with police.  The situation was so bad that officials asked that people attending the Baltimore baseball game not leave, as it was too dangerous for them outside of the safety of the stadium.

What is going on with our country?  It is bad enough that this event has evolved into an SNL episode, but to do so by making cozy those that are in power with those that should be speaking truth to said power just reeks to high heaven.  But then to layer on this gratuitous self-congratulatory behavior while a city a short car ride away riots is just sickening.

The President telling jokes is what CNN thinks is important, and that begs the question: what, and more importantly who, are these jokes and skits for?  

Saturday Song Share: Yes - Love Will Find a Way

A nice 1980's vintage of perhaps the best prog rock band, ever:

JFK's Goal for Fitness

In the 1960's, President Kennedy had a goal for our country around our activity and our fitness:



A couple of things on this:

• When did we as a country begin to decide that gym was optional?
• Have you ever seen a group of kids that came anything close to being in shape as the kids in this video?  And not a fat kid in the bunch.
• How prescient were Kennedy's words at the 1:25 mark?  

I hope this film gets built, and more than that, I hope that the philosophy that it espouses gets enacted in our schools.  We desperately need it.

Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel

Yom HaShoah is the day of remembrance of the holocaust in Israel.  At the appointed time during the afternoon the country's air raid sirens sound, and the country immediately stops what they're doing, comes together, and remembers:

  

Do you think us Americans could ever be united enough (or care enough) to pull off something similar?  

Remarkable.