Month: February 2018

#BoycottTheBoycotters

The people and entities listed below are not satisfied with expressing their own opinion.  They have called for a boycott of the NRA in general and also threatened other entities if they won’t agree to boycott also.  Twitter hashtag for the boycott is #BoycottNRA

They have a right to their opinion.  I have a right to decide I don’t want to fund their anti-American political agenda.

They don’t want a public debate.  They are calling for the NRA to be silenced.  Multiple calls for Amazon, Google Play, Roku, etc. to remove NRATV from their platforms.

Chicago Boyz blogged about boycotting the boycotters on February 23.

 

 

AUTHORS

David Beard                      beardwrites.com                                 @dabeard

Kurt Eichenwald                 kurteichenwald.com                           @kurteichenwald

Stephen King                     stephenking.com                                @stephenking

Warren Leight                    warrenleight.com                               @warrenleighttv

John Pavlovitz                    johnpavlovitz.com/                             @johnpavlovitz

Ben Stein                            mrbenstein.com

Jennifer Wright                                                                           @JenAshleyWright

 

BUSINESS

Alamo Rent A Car               alamo.com                                           @Alamo

Allied Van Lines                                                                              @alliedvl

Avis                                                                                              @avis

Best Western Hotels

Budget Rental Car

Chubb Insurance                                                                             @chubb

Delta Airlines                      delta.com                                               @delta

Enterprise Car Rental          enterprise.com                                        @Enterprise

First National Bank of Omaha                                                            @FBNOmaha

Hertz                                                                                                   @Hertz

https://twitter.com/Hertz/status/967132184439066626

Kroger                                 kroger.com                                             @kroger

LifeLock                                                                                               @lifelock

MetLife                                                                                                @metlife

National Car Rental                                                                              @nationalpro

North American Van Lines                                                                    @northamericanvl

Paramount Rx                     paramountrx.com

Republic Bank                     republicbank.com                                        @republicbank

SimpliSafe                                                                                            @simplisafe

Starkey Hearing                   starkey.com                                              @starkeyhearing

Symantec

 

Teladoc                                teladoc.com                                             @teladoc

TrueCar                                truecar.com                                              @truecar

United Airlines                       united.com                                               @united

Wyndham Hotel Group       wyndhamhotels.com                                    @wyndham

 

ENTERTAINERS

Elizabeth Banks                   elizabethbanks.com                                   @ElizabethBanks

blink-182                             blink182.com                                            @blink-182

Zach Braff                                                                                           @zachbraff

Mike Colter                          wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Colter                   @realmikecolter

Billy Eichner                          youtube.com/billyonthestreettv                 @billyeichner

Michael J. Fox                                                                                    @realmikefox

Morgan J, Freeman              11thstreetproductions.com                        @mjfree

Jim Gaffigan                         jimgaffigan.com                                       @JimGaffigan

Evan Handler                                                                                       @evanhandler

Amy Hargreaves                                                                                  @amyhargreavesny

Phil Hendrie                         philhendrieshow.com                                 @realphilhendrie

Debra Messing                                                                                     @debramessing

Alyssa Milano                       alyssa.com                                                 @Alyssa_Milano

Scott Nevins                         scottnevins.com                                        @scottnevins

Tatum O’neal                        tatumoneal.com                                       @tatum_oneal

Patton Oswalt                       pattonoswalt.com                                      @pattonoswalt

Mark Ruffalo                         facebook.com/markruffalo                        @markruffalo

Tara Strong                          tarastrong.com                                         @tarastrong

George Takei                                                                                      @georgetakei

Ally Walker                           youtube.com/watch?v=LMZ59ON1ckY       @allywalker1

Beau Willimon                       actiongroups.net                                     @beauwillimon

 

MEDIA

Joe Scarborough                                                                                      @joeNBC

 

POLITICIANS

KarolBrown                           electkarolbrown.com                                  @KarolBrown

Jon Cooper                           democraticcoalition.com                             @joncoopertweets

Dr. Dena Grayson                  wikipedia.org/wiki/Dena_Grayson               @DrDenaGrayson

Martin O’Malley                     martinomalley.com                                      @martinomalley

 

SJW INDIVIDUALS and ORGANIZATIONS

Charlotte Clymer                   facebook.com/cmclymer                              @cmclymer

Shannon Coulter                    grabyourwallet.org/                                    @shannoncoulter

Kathie Dello                                                                                            @kathiedello

Scott Dworkin                        democraticcoalition.org/                              @funder

William LeGate                       addme.fun/legate                                        @williamlegate

Matt McDermott                    matthewfmcdermott.com                              @mattmfm

PoliticsVideoChannel             politicsvideochannel.com/                               @politvidchannel

Jay Scherbeth                                                                                          @jaysch

Michael Skolnik                      wearesoze.com                                             @michaelskolnik

Grant Stern                            grantstern.com                                             @grantstern

Bishop Talbert                        facebook.com/talbertswan                             @TalbertSwan

Tom Watson                          causewired.com                                             @tomwatson

Igor Volsky                            igorvolsky@gmail.com                                   @igorvolsky

 

TWEETERS

Reid Adair                           https://www.uabsports.com/staff.aspx?staff=13 @rwabhm

Rob Bennett                          nittotire.com                                                   @rob_bennett

David Hogg                                                                                                @davidhogg111

Ed Krassenstein                     edkrass.com                                                    @EdKrassen

Brian Krassenstein                 pscp.tv/krassenstein                                          @krassenstein

Darius Marder                        http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2942187/          @darisumarder

 

BLOGGERS

Daily Kos                               dailykos.com                                                    @dailykos

Michael Moore                       michaelmoore.com                                             @mmflint

Laurie O’Connell                                                                                            @lococonsulting

ThinkProgress                        thinkprogress.org                                               @thinkprogress

CLIMATE ALARMISM IS STILL BIZARRE, DOGMATIC, INTOLERANT

It’s odd that so many climate alarmists shut down discussion unless their opinions are accepted without reservation.  Paul Driessen writes about it.

Question or challenge climate crisis orthodoxy, however, and you will be vilified and face RICO prosecutions, bogus slander and SLAPP lawsuits, censure or expulsion from your university, attacks for sponsoring museum exhibits, or even “four hots and a cot” in a jail or a faraway gulag.

We need more discussion so folks on all sides of issues can have their ideas heard.

Bill Belichick Was Right In l’Affaire Butler

Multiple reports are appearing that Butler was not on the team plane from New England to the Super Bowl in Minneapolis because of an illness.  Showing up a day late also meant he missed a day of practice.  Then he also had a “rough” week of practice once he did get on the field and was late for several meetings.  And he apparently missed curfew at least once, and had a meltdown with a member of the coaching staff.

 

UPDATE TO ADD LINKS:

According to the Providence Journal:

Butler stayed back in Massachusetts when the team arrived earlier this week. After having flu-like symptoms, he visited a local area hospital multiple times before getting clearance to join his teammates out north.

 

 

All of this resulted in Coach Bill Belichick deciding to sit him for the biggest game of the year.  Was BB correct in sticking by the team rules?  By all accounts he has very few team rules:

  1. Be where you are when you are supposed to be there
  2. Pay attention
  3. Put the team first

Butler broke all of these rules.

If he was sick and showed up a day late in Minnesota how was he able to be out at night?  Shouldn’t he have been resting?  As a professional athlete he makes a lot of money and has a lot of off season time.  He can go out when he wants during the off season.  But the Super bowl is a business trip.  Deciding to party rather than rest was putting himself above the team.

Why dress him if he wasn’t going to play? With multiple injuries and a shortage of bodies he was an emergency only player.  If Rowe or Bademosi got knocked out of the game Butler probably would have played more.

I can’t remember if it was Rowe, Harmon or Bademosi who commented after the game that they had gotten more reps in practice along side Gilmore.  But there was an answer from one of them talking about this.  So it wasn’t a complete surprise that Butler’s playing time would be limited.

Belichick is looking at the long view.  The reason they win so much and get to the Super Bowl is because they have discipline.  The players buy-in or they are gone.  Breaking the few rules they have results in consequences.  Belichick is willing to stand by the rules even in the biggest game of the year.

He has consistently leaned on his “dependable” players.  Not necessarily superstars but guys who will be there.  It doesn’t mean they will be perfect but often others will support them and together the team will prevail.  This is how Butler got into the SB v Seattle and made the game winning interception.  He had proved to the coaches through practice time that he could be depended on.

Imagine if that game had turned out different, that the Seahhawks had handed off to Lynch and ultimately won the game.  Many would have likely questioned why Butler was in the game.

Belichick’s view of the big picture, along with his attention to details, almost always pays off.  He knows it will pay dividends in the long run.  If he gave in he would eventually have no rules and chaos would reign (See Steelers).  In the end this was not about Belichick’s ego or pride.  It was about a team concept of supporting each other and enforcing the rules.

The fact that Belichick was willing to stand by the team rules in the biggest game of the year only proves to strengthen his credibility.