Ok folks, it’s time for us as a nation to finally get a grip. The insanity that represents this era of Barry "Almighty" is now on the verge of, quite literally, swallowing up our country. Personally, I think it’s a pretty sad state of affairs when we’ve allowed ourselves to get to a point where we have members of the U.S. Senate who see as being the number one problem that we face, the name of a particular football team. Because when something as ludicrous as that happens then I think it’s pretty fair to assume that the end can’t be all that far away.
So anyway, believe it or not, we recently had fifty of our very esteemed senators take part in the writing of a letter to the National Football League (NFL) demanding that it pressure the Washington Redskins to change the team’s name, which they claim is "racially offensive" to Native Americans. The letter, signed by all but five Democrat senators, comes in the wake of the "thought-police’ sort of action recently taken by the National Basketball Association against LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling for making what were said to be racist statements.
According to this letter, "The NFL can no longer ignore this and perpetuate the use of this name as anything but what it is: a racial slur." And it goes on to say, "We urge the NFL to formally support a name change for the Washington football team. We urge you and the National Football League to send the same clear message as the NBA did: that racism and bigotry have no place in professional sports." So, is this perhaps an attempt by the Democrats to sow up the Indian vote as part of their strategy to maintain control of the Senate this November?
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy appeared to defend the team’s name in a statement: "The intent of the team’s name has always been to present a strong, positive and respectful image," according to the statement, which was quoted by the Times. "The name is not used by the team or the NFL in any other context, though we respect those that view it differently." The NFL said it hasn't received the letter from Senate Democrats. And when they finally do I’d recommend that they respond in what would be a very simply manner, and with a big fat, "F*CK YOU!"
The Washington NFL team, owned by Daniel Snyder, has refused to change its name, claiming that many Native Americans approve of the name Redskins, which the team says is a tribute to the strength and courage of Native Americans. However, this sophomoric little letter said that "Indian Country has spoken clearly on this issue," while pointing out that groups representing 2 million Native Americans and 300 sovereign tribes had called for the name to be changed and declared it racially offensive. I simply don’t believe anything that Democrats say.
The letter was circulated by Sen. Maria Cantwell of, where else but, Washington and proudly endorsed by none other than ‘Dingy Harry’ Reid. And for what would seem to be obvious reasons, it wasn’t passed on to Republican senators. ‘Dingy Harry’, who has been an outspoken critic of the Redskins name, said he was surprised that the league was unwilling to alter the moniker. "I have 22 tribal organizations in Nevada," ‘Dingy’ said. "They are not mascots. They are human beings. And this term Redskins is offensive to them."
Look folks, we’re now $17 Trillion in the hole, we have nearly 50 million people on food stamps, a total of 100 million Americans now on some form of government assistance and a workforce that has now shrunk by over 10 million workers in just the last 5 years. That and we seem to have a new scandal, directly involving Barry, coming to light nearly every week. I realize that for many I’m merely stating the obvious here, but apparently things are not so obvious to the Democrats. Or why else would they rather waste time focusing on far more trivial issues?
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