Let’s start with one of the other comments: Are there more
consequences to being in trouble with your wife or with the law?
We celebrate Labor Day to honor all the people that work for
a living or basically we are celebrating the backs that built this country. Millions
upon millions of Americans have sweat, toiled, even died as this country grew.
We went from the inhumane conditions of slavery to the almost as inhumane for
the factory workers, railroad workers, miners etc.. of the late 1800’s to the
unions of the early and mid-1900’s who made Labor Day possible. This is a
celebration of a vanishing breed of humans, not because we do not have laborers,
but because the donor class or one percenters are buying off Congress at breakneck
pace to break the backs of the very people they need to build, sell, and
consume the goods from which they make money. Or is it they no longer need the
worker since their money is built solely on paper now with mergers, stock buy
backs, and layoffs. They offshored the middle class for their benefit and in
doing so, show no empathy for human livelihood.
Labor Day represents honor and job well done. Unfortunately,
the very people that should be celebrated are at work, selling goods made in
foreign countries the profits produced only benefit a very few people. And some
Republicans wonder why Democratic socialism is becoming popular. The very
people that destroyed the middle class will bring about their own end if they
do not understand that we are connected, and we flourish together, or we fail
together, you cannot exclude others and not expect consequences. (paraphrasing
JFK) For what it matters, Happy Labor Day all.
And on a completely different somber note, I have no idea
about my Dallas Cowboys this year. I usually make some prediction about their chances
right before the season starts. This year I am not an optimistic fan. And they
may do okay, they might be a wild card team, yet I dread they won’t even be close.
It is a whole host of little things coming together that give me little
optimism. I see Washington being better than last year, Philadelphia still the
best in the East and no way are the Giants going to be as bad as last year.
Can the Cowboys overcome the injuries of preseason, the lack
of a strong #1 receiver, the uncertainty of Travis Frederick’s condition, and defensive
backs that still need work. Dak can do the job under the right circumstances.
The right circumstances do not exist right now, and he may suffer more than
just this year if things do not turn around quickly. He is a good quarterback,
not a great one so overcoming adversity may be the lesson he learns this year.
Hopefully I am wrong, and I mean hopefully because the best I see for the
Cowboys is 8-8. My stomach hurts just typing this record, but we are relying on
Mr. Elliot to have a phenomenal year and a defensive front (lineman and
linebackers) to be able to stop the run and be excellent pass rushers at the pro
bowl level across the board for us to surpass 8-8. The rest of the team would struggle
to get to 8-8 if we had to rely on them as it currently stands. A .500 record
is not what a fan wants to think about unless you are a Cleveland Browns fan
and even they want better, yet some stars are going to have to align for the
Cowboys to make the playoffs and .500 is the best they will do under what looks
like we have, and the possibility of only winning 4 games is a scary reality. So, I will not take credit for being correct
at the end of the year since I am all over the board, unless they are exactly
8-8 because….ouch… that is what this team looks like as the season is about to
begin.
And if you told me a year ago Jeff Sessions would be the
only thing keeping the Constitution in place, I would have booked you on a
comedy tour.
Maybe it is the clouds and rain all day, but this is one
dreary post.
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