Obama Tells N.F.L. Owners and Players to Settle Dispute Without Him

I was so happy to read Sheryl Stolberg’s article in the Wall Street Journal and applauded the President Obama’s actions. I thought that it was utterly disgusting for the NFL to request the president’s intervention to help mediate their dispute.  Can you believe it; on one side there are million Americans out of jobs, people without health care, people losing their homes left, right and center and on the other, we have millionaires and billionaires disturbing the president over trivial bullshit (everyone would know what I’m saying if I had this bullsh*t so why pretend)  in my opinion. The president was right when he said, according to the article, that “you’ve got owners, most of whom are worth close to a billion dollars; you’ve got players who are making millions of dollars,” the president went on to say, “my working assumption, at a time when people are having to cut back, compromise and worry about making the mortgage and, you know, paying for their kid’s college education, is, is that the two parties should be able to work it out without the president of the United States intervening.’’

Do you think that with all the pressure that the president is under and trying to revive the economy that he should be disturbed by such inconsiderate idiots?

In Response to Stephan Rolfe

Do you feel that other generations role models acted this way or are we the beginning of a new look on our figure heads? 

I think that every generation has role models who acted in ways that disgusted some – particularly parents while they fascinated others. I was listening to NPR because they have some very interesting programs and Alice Cooper was being interviewed. Vincent Damon Furnier and his friends formed a Rock ban in the late 1960’s called Alice Cooper and were the ones to introduce theatrics in Rock N’ Roll. The ban members dressed in women lingerie; wore makeup and did crazy things on stage. The ban KISS followed in their footsteps except for the lingerie. Parents hated them and the younger generation loved them. The Rock and Roll bands back then were known as hard partiers indulging in a lot of alcohol, drugs and women; they were very promiscuous just like the bands today. Even before Alice Cooper and KISS came Elvis Presley who in the 1950’s scandalized parents with his gyrating hips.

I don’t believe that we are seeing anything new we may have become a bit more open but it’s all been done before. In my opinion, I think that shows like “Jersey Shore” are showing people how not to behave and the hardships resulting from irresponsible behavior like”16 and Pregnant.” They are warnings and if you take them for anything else and want to emulate them, then you are a fool and deserve anything that befalls you.

If everyone is jumping into shark infested waters and getting torn to pieces would you do the same?