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Gone….But Never Forgotten

Gone….But Never Forgotten

by MichelleMcHatton

There’s a lot I could say about Tom Brady departing The New England Patriots football team after twenty years.

I have so many emotions right now I cannot process it.  I feel angry.  I feel sad.  I feel betrayed.  I don’t feel happy.  Maybe I will eventually.  I don’t know.  I guess  if Tom is happy, then we should all be happy, right?  But do we know if Tom is really happy? At this point do we really care?

Losing Tom is like having a family member die.  Or, maybe to not be so extreme, having a child grow up and leave home.

An analogy I thought of today:  having a twenty year old car and knowing it’s time to get a new car.  The car you had was great.  You loved it.  It was your baby.  It wasn’t a racehorse.  It wasn’t a Porsche.  It was just a very good car.  It got you where you needed to go.  And it had a very good “driver”.  And usually a very good team of “mechanics” that took great care of that car.  We drove that car for twenty years.  But now it’s kind of lost its luster.  It’s breaking down more often, not giving you what you used to get out of it.  And, as odd as it sounds, the car knows it.  And now that old jalopy is headed to the junkyard.  Wherever that may be.

I think as the years progressed there is one thing Tom forgot.  Especially last season.  He plays for a TEAM.  Not for himself.  That’s what always made him and the people around him so great.  It’s what separates The Patriots from the rest of the teams in the NFL.  Because, until last year, nobody ever thought of just themselves on the field.  Tom, of all people, should know that it takes a TEAM to win.

There is no denying that Tom Brady will always be the GOAT.  Like most Patriots fans I am grateful for what Tom Brady gave us.  They were twenty fantastic, often heart-stopping years.  The memories will be cherished forever.  We watched Tom grow up.  We watched him evolve from a twenty-four-year old nobody into greatness.

No matter what the future brings for Tom Brady, New England will never forget what he brought to us.

Best of luck, Tom.

“If you don’t believe in yourself, why is anyone else going to believe in you?”-Tom Brady

“If you don’t believe in yourself, why is anyone else going to believe in you?”-Tom Brady

by MichelleMcHatton

To all the New England Patriots haters, keep this in mind.  There are 31 other teams Tom Brady could’ve ended up on that would now be the most hated team in football.  Imagine, you could all be hating the Jets.  Or the Browns.  Or even the Rams.  Kansas City, anyone?  Then again, even a QB as great as THE GOAT can only be as good as what he’s surrounded with.  What if the tables had been turned and any of the other 31 NFL quarterbacks were THE GOAT instead of Tom Brady?  Imagine, you could all be hating Aaron Rodgers, Ben Roethlisberger or Drew Brees.  Patrick Mahomes or Jared Goff anyone?  Oh wait.  Those two haven’t played long enough to be THE GOAT.

When five rounds had passed and he had yet to be selected in the NFL draft, Tom Brady was pissed.  Rightfully so.  He knew he had something to offer some team.  At that time it may not have been much.  But he knew someday it would be the world.  The Patriots almost passed him up.  Thanks to Dick Rehbein, a Patriots assistant coach at the time who convinced Bill Belichick to draft Brady, that changed everything.

It only took one person to believe.  One person to believe in Tom Brady.  Dick was that person.  And here we are today.  Getting ready for another Super Bowl.

There will never be another GOAT.  Not in our lifetime, anyway.  I don’t know, maybe one hundred years from now when they’re playing football on Mars some kid will be lighting it up, take his team to twenty Super Bowls, win every game and play until he’s ninety.  Who knows?

Someday what we know as this Patriots team with Tom Brady at the helm will be no more.  THE GOAT will retire, Bill will follow suit.  Some quarterback will have some extremely big shoes to fill.  We all know this.  It’s a part of life.  Until that time, we sit back and enjoy the ride.  May greatness reign.

What’s Wrong With Our Country Right Now

What’s Wrong With Our Country Right Now

by MichelleMcHatton
This may come as a shock to some but do you know many Americans do not know the actual title to the National Anthem?  They actually think it’s called “The National Anthem”.
Do you know most Americans do not even know the lyrics to the song?  Nor do they know who wrote it.  Or why it was written.  Most don’t even know there are more verses to the song than the one that they always hear.
I’m not writing this to give you a history of “The Star-Spangled Banner” but let’s look at the definition of the word “anthem” for a second:
a rousing or uplifting song identified with a particular group, body, or cause.
a solemn patriotic song officially adopted by a country as an expression of national identity.
So if an “anthem” is supposed to be a song identified with a “particular group, body or cause” and used as “an expression of national identity”, what is the problem with athletes being able to kneel while it’s playing?  They are only identifying it with a “particular cause”, or expression of protest.  Which every person in America is entitled to.  Including athletes.  Shit, I’ve seen fat ass beer guzzling men woofing down hot dogs at baseball games during the National Anthem.  Nobody bitched about them.  And they weren’t standing, either.

So, what should we do about this “problem” that so many have with athletes taking a knee, sitting in the locker room, picking their noses, talking on their cell phones, doing whatever during the playing of the National Anthem?  Well, SHITHOLE sounds like he wants to deport them.  Sorry, SHITHOLE.  But someone who can’t even put their hand over their heart during the National Anthem shouldn’t be telling others they don’t belong in this country for not standing during a song.

I do, however, have a couple of ideas:  why don’t we ban the playing of the National Anthem.  Then players can kneel all they want without all the bitching.  The bitchers won’t get to hear their favorite song, but hey, if they’re going to the stadium to hear a song. they are there for the wrong show.  It’s a game, not a concert.

Secondly, ban all guns.  Period.  Because if American athletes have to give up their rights to freedom, so should American gun owners.

At least athletes aren’t killing anyone by kneeling.

The Solution

The Solution

by MichelleMcHatton

In August 2016 San Francisco 49er’s quarterback Colin Kaepernick became so fed up with racial oppression that he decided to use his status as a football player to make a statement.  He made that statement by kneeling during the National Anthem.

As Kaepernick said via NFL.com:

“I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.  To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.”

The season went on.  Kaepernick kept kneeling, often joined by teammates.  Athletes from other sports also took a knee in support of Kaepernick.  Some spoke out against his kneeling.  Which is their right to do, just as it was Kaepernick’s right to kneel in protest.

Fast forward to NFL season 2017.  Kaepernick is no longer a member of the 49ers.  He cannot land a gig anywhere in the NFL.  Many feel it is because of his protesting.  Although I cannot disagree that may be one of the reasons, I feel in looking at his stats it is not the only reason.  But I digress…

As a nation we’ve gone from having a level-headed President to having an asshole who likes to talk out of his ass.  And out of his fingers.  Although Kaepernick is not playing football this year, there are still football players who are kneeling during the National Anthem.  Which is their right to do.  Because of this the asshole who likes to talk out of his ass and out of his fingers decided to refer to NFL players as “sons-of-bitches” and said that the owners should fire these players for not standing during the National Anthem.  He said this during a televised speech.

Well, rightfully so, this pissed off the entire NFL.  And there are a lot of players in the NFL.  Now their protests, greater in size, not only became about racial oppression but also derogatory statements from an asshole.  For some it may have just been about the derogatory statements.  But that’s what you get when you have a moronic child asshole who likes to call names.

Several weeks have passed since that nonsense speech.  Many destructive hurricanes have come and gone.  One has completely demolished Puerto Rico, a place that needs the help of a level-headed President.  Not an asshole who’s biggest aid to them was tossing paper towels in the air.  And yet, with all the destruction and assistance that is needed, not to mention massacres happening in Las Vegas, what remains this asshole’s biggest concern?  Players in the NFL kneeling.  In fact, it’s such a big concern to him he’s decided to play a little game with all of us.  He sent his head asshole minion into a football stadium, at our expense, then had him leave because some football players kneeled.  Then asshole and his asshole minion tweeted about it.  He did this to see if anyone would notice.  We noticed alright.  And had a good laugh over the three-year-old picture.  We’re also quite pissed about our money being wasted for childish games.

As for Jerry Jones threatening to bench any Dallas Cowboy who kneels, I hope the ENTIRE FUCKING TEAM KNEELS!  I wonder how he’d like it if he had to forfeit a game because of a decision he made?  He may own the team, but they can break him.  He should be kissing the blue and silver asses of each of those players.

So here’s the problem:  we have people who want to kneel in protest, which is their right.  We have people who condemn their kneeling, which is also their right.  Then we have an asshole who is–I dunno–just an asshole, I guess.  He’s just there taking up space, waiting for an impeachment or sudden death, whichever comes first…

But I think I finally got it. The best solution to the whole kneeling NFL thing.  It’s very simple: don’t play the goddamn National Anthem. There. Everybody wins.

Then football players won’t have to kneel. ASSHOLE and company can stop whining, wasting our money and playing childish games. They can stop referring to athletes as SOBs as well. People can stop berating each other.

When it comes down to it, everyone is arguing over a fucking song, a flag and what you do while someone is singing the song. It’s ludicrous.

Those who have never, don’t want to or can’t stand for the National Anthem won’t have to worry they will be bullied for their decision or for something they can’t do or don’t believe in.

If you are one who isn’t even in the stadium when the song is played or if you’re still getting your beer, you won’t have to worry about being ridiculed because you weren’t there holding a cold one in one hand and putting your other hand over your heart.

If ALL Americans can’t honor their country any way they wish, because SOME people don’t like or agree with the way they are doing it, then NOBODY should be able to do it.

What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.

This is America. Until it turns into Nazi Germany nobody, especially the ASSHOLE that “leads” us or his cronies, has the right to tell another American how they should or shouldn’t honor their country.

Having the choice to honor or not honor the country or whatever we wish is a part of what being an American is all about.

If you don’t get that, then how can you call yourself an American?

 

This is President Obama’s reaction to Kaepernick’s kneeling when it first began:

 

This is ASSHOLE’S tweet demanding that NFL players stand.  The reason why many DIDN’T stand was not out of disrespect for the flag or the country, but out of disrespect for HIM! You call people sons-of-bitches, what would you expect them to do?