Black nat’l anthem to be sung at Super Bowl LVIII: there is some social media blowback

The National Football League announced that it intends to have something called the Black national anthem played before the game because the country isn't divided enough. Sure, former President Barack Hussein Obama tried his best to do the job, and to his creds, he almost completed his mission. But nothing comes close to finishing the job as to have a separate national anthem for people with darker skin from White people.

Of course we also should have an LGBTQI+1 anthem for those fine folks. And why not an Hispanic national anthem what with all the folks coming here from Spanish speaking countries? Asians too should have their own anthem, it's only fair.

The Black national anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing" needs a new title. How about "Lift Every Black Voice and Sing?" or "Lift Every Voice Except You Know Whose and Sing." 

"Lift Every Voice and Sing," has been played at every Super Bowl since Super Bowl LV and has stirred controversy on social media every time. This year, the NFL said the song will be performed by Grammy-winning R&B singer Andra Day.

The NFL started to play the Black national anthem in the 2020 season following the death of a Black thug named George Floyd who was being arrested by Minneapolis police officers. The incident started a wave of actions against racial injustice across the U.S. even though it was found that the officer who was pinning Floyd to the ground used proper police procedure. 

"Bro, we're American. Why tf do we need Lift Every Voice and Sing?" one NFL fan wrote in response to ESPN’s Adam Schefter’s post on the NFL’s announcement.

Conservative radio host Larry Elder was among others who spoke out.

"Sigh… While they’re at it, how about the University of Michigan fight song?" he posted on X.

Others on social media wondered what would happen if Americans had a "White national anthem." But race hustler Nikole Hannah-Jones claimed the U.S. already had a "White national anthem," which is racist on its face.

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Brittney Griner suddenly stands for America

Brittney Griner returned to a Russian courtroom Tuesday and her defense team is claiming she uses marijuana to treat pain. She was caught with marijuana vape cartridge with CBD oils in it at a Moscow airport in February and has since been languishing in a Russian prison. She pleaded guilty to the drug possession charge but said she didn't intentionally break Russia's anti-drug laws. She faces up to ten years in prison.

Griner is one of the tallest WNBA basketball players, standing at 6 feet 9 inches tall.

Griner came to the forefront of public attention in 2020, after she voiced her opposition to the playing of the National Anthem before WNBA games. She and many of her teammates also began kneeling while it was played because Colin Kaepernick, a mediocre NFL football player used the same ploy to try boosting his career.

But Griner also has a spotty past. In 2015 the WNBA suspended her and her ex-wife, Glory Johnson, for seven games after the not-so loving couple got into a domestic dispute. They were both later arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.

In 2020, Griner faced suspension for an on-court brawl she had gotten into, and during the George Floyd riots, she and her teammates refused to take the floor for a preseason game which was eventually canceled.

She had this to say: "I honestly feel we should not play the national anthem during our season. I think we should take that much of a stand." She also said that she "does not believe that the national anthem should be played at sporting events"

But that was then.

Several days prior to Griner's guilty plea, she wrote to our so-called President Joe Biden (D) begging him to use his apparent power to get her butt out of jail and back home where she is free to kneel for the National Anthem once again and beat up on her wife.

In her letter, she wrote in part, “On the 4th of July, our family normally honors the service of those who fought for our freedom, including my father, who is a Vietnam war veteran. It hurts thinking about how I usually celebrate this day because freedom means something completely different to me this year.”

Griner’s defense argued she used  medical marijuana to treat pain from injuries like many other professional athletes. But medical marijuana is against Russian law and Griner should have researched that before traveling there, after all, it isn't as if there exists no pain treatment alternatives.

"With the prescription in place, Brittney may have used it for medical but not recreational purposes," her lawyer Maria Blagovolina said in court, as per Reuters.

Another hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Thursday the U.S. laws legalizing cannabis in some states have no bearing on what happens in Russia. 

"You understand, if drugs are legalized in the United States — in a number of states — and this is done for a long time, and now the whole country will become drug addicted. This does not mean that all other countries are following the same path," Zakharova said.

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Russian media has speculated that Griner could be exchanged for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who is imprisoned in the U.S. Russian authorities have said that no swap could take place until Griner is sentenced.

A Russian court has authorized Griner’s detention until Dec. 20.

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Elder on Booker re Sessions and me

Larry Elder, a Salem Radio host and person who followed me on Twitter then dropped me after I followed back just to get a lot of followers, said that Cory Booker (D-NJ) only testified against the Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) confirmation hearing for Attorney General because Booker is planning to run for president in four years.

Booker a former ineffective mayor of Newark, became the first senator in American history to testify against another's nomination to a cabinet post, making him pond scum.

"Cory Booker has been ready to run [for president] since preschool," Elder said, "his coming out party nationally was  to trash Jeff Sessions," with whom he worked to award medals to civil rights marchers.

As a hypocrite, Booker has a good chance to get the liberal nod in 2020, if Louis Farrakhan fan club wannabe president, Keith Ellison, doesn't beat him out.

Booker's testimony against Sessions shows the level of hypocrisy he will stoop to.

"Cory Booker used Jeff Sessions to beat up on Donald Trump," Elder said.

I hope he reconsiders and follows me on Twitter @robhoey


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