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Patriotism

I know there’s going to be some kind of uproar about this:

The gold medal-winning U.S. women’s hockey team is turning down President Trump’s invitation to attend the State of the Union (SOTU) address, citing conflicting “academic and professional commitments.”

Actually, I’m going to file this under “Whatever”, because it doesn’t matter.  I remember when Michael Jordan turned down an invitation from Bill Clinton to visit the White House, giving as a reason the fact that Clinton’s latest tax increase had severely impacted his financial state.

I didn’t care then, and I didn’t care now.  Some time ago, I think I asked the question about getting an invitation from Obama or Biden to visit the White House, and being surprised at the vitriolic response.

And yes, I know that these girls were representing the United States, and how dare they turn down an invitation from the President of the United States.

To borrow a line from the Left:  he’s not a king, and the invitation is not a Royal Summons.

Al that said, however, I do find it difficult to believe that every single member of the team has an “academic and professional commitment” which would make accepting an invitation impossible.  My question is:  who first suggested that these kids turn down the invitation as a team, rather than allowing individuals to make up their own mind?  Or do all the team members hate Trump that much?

And let’s be honest:  an invitation to attend the SOTU address would be a way for these kids to be recognized and applauded by the nation, on prime time TV.  If they want to be churlish and tun down that opportunity, well, there’s no law against bad manners.

Finally, I think it would e very wrong to think of punishing the team, its members or the USOC in some way – e.g. by cutting off their funding or something like that.  Now that would be churlish.

It’s not the end of the world.  Forget about it, and them, and let’s focus on more important matters.

All that said, I’m glad to see how the gold-winning men’s team has responded to the same Presidential invitation.  The above article makes no mention of that, but here’s one that does:

The president went on to extend an invitation to have the team at his State of the Union address on Tuesday, to which a chorus of players immediately answered, “We’re in!”

One player asked if they could have help getting to Washington, DC.

“We’ll get Kash or we’ll get the military to get you guys over,” Trump replied, garnering more cheers from the athletes.

At the end of the call, Trump said, “We love you guys. Congratulations… I’m going to shake hands with everybody, but I got to shake hands with that goalie!”

There ya go, and the hell with the chicks.

Sore Losers

Sports

Speaking of the U.S. Men’s hockey team, there’s this little reaction from our cousins to the north:

Team USA has returned to gold medal form, and the Canadians couldn’t be more upset about it. It’s an all time cope and seethe sessions from our neighbors to the north, and their rage couldn’t be more hilarious. Thankfully, our fellow Americans have done their patriotic duty and rage-baited the canucks into oblivion over the past two days.

Read the post and follow the links therein for the full flavor.

And my personal condolences to my Canuki Readers

Yeah, We Know

Marxists, Morons & Idiots, Politics

Finally, the rest of the world discovers what we conservatives have known for years:  the Brooklyn Barmaid is a vacuous Marxist with little intelligence and an astonishing ignorance of, well, just about everything.

I actually started to watch AOC’s little speech at the Munich conference and had to quit because I was embarrassed by the spectacle of her complete meltdown.  I mean, she had no idea of any of the topics she was quizzed on — she couldn’t even recall her party’s talking points, let alone formulate any cogent or reasoned responses to the simple questions put to her.

The only negative outcome I can see coming from this is that she should have been exposed during the 2028 primaries instead of now.  She wouldn’t be able to debate prospective candidates from her own party*, let alone heavy hitters like Marco Rubio or J.D. Vance.

*I’m assuming that the Social Democrat Marxists might actually have a better candidate than this fool, but I could be mistaken.

Undeserving

Scam Artists

Yeah, this is the right thing to do:

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has denied a request to allow the late civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson to lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.

At first glance, this would appear to be a spiteful act.  When you look at the criteria for said honor, however, the truth emerges:

The Speaker considered past precedent of mostly reserving the practice for former presidents and select former government officials and military honorees.

And Jackson wouldn’t qualify under a single one of those categories, would he?  Because he never did a single damn thing except ride the Racism Grifter Express (which, to be fair, I think he did actually create).

And while we’re there, an honest IRS investigation and audit into his “Rainbow Coalition”‘s finances might in all likelihood have ended with him in jail for financial fraud or at best mismanagement.  But that was never going to happen, of course.

Had Jackson ever been elected to office on the Token Negro ticket, he would have been proven to be as inept and venal as the asshole (another “community activist”) who was eventually elected to the Presidency, on the same ticket.