Well done!! I thoroughly enjoyed all your bullet points. I could probably add several myself, but in particular — How about the cosmic irony of multi-millionaires who wear a uniform that claim to be oppressed not by their multi-billionaire owners, but by others guys in uniforms who make about $30k (average for a soldier) to $60k (average for police officer) per year...
I’ll share a personal random thought I have been thinking about this week. I had the good fortune to serve on a burial detail my last few months on active duty in the Army (although to be honest I probably didn’t truly appreciate at the time). I was stationed at Ft. Bragg and the team I was on would provide military honors to veterans who died within a given radius of the post. As a young sergeant, I was in charge of the pall bearer team. We spent hours in the hot NC sun practicing how to carry the casket in unison and how to fold the flag over the casket. During actual funerals, I had two primary jobs: to inspect the placement of military awards on body of the deceased (most local funeral directors were not up to speed on the proper placement/order of medals) and then to call cadence for the pall bearers carrying the casket and if needed, hand the folded flag to the ranking officer (or ranking NCO) with us. This person would then present the flag to the next of kin. Thankfully, I never had to present the folded flag myself; not sure I could have gotten through it as these ceremonies tended to be pretty moving. But I had to learn what to say in case I had to do it and I have such vivid memories of hearing the officer in charge whisper the words to the veteran’s loved ones, “on behalf of a grateful nation...”
I am so saddened that those that have been so very, very blessed appear to be so very, very ungrateful for those who sacrificed so very, very much so they could play a game they presumably love.
This is why I am not watching the NFL anymore. God Bless.
Thank you for your service...I did see a meme, a photo of an officer presenting a flag to a crying woman, the caption said, “Those who kneel before the flag have never been presented with a folded flag”...
Thanks for a very touching story there, Juan. And thanks for the kudos!