There Is No Law, 9/11 Edition, Part Two/Abandon All Hope Part Five: They Didn't Die For What Was Said They Died For

As I type this, most of the nation begins the 15th anniversary of the day we lost this nation.

On that day, a Tuesday, a shadow portion of our government, under the guidance of the Project For a New American Century (PNAC), attempted a coup on our nation.

By their incompetence, they failed.  My belief is that the fourth plane, destined for Congress, was too late, such that the passengers, knowing they were dead, downed the plane, as the story indicates.

I do not believe in switched planes, radar changes, etc. and so forth.  And even if the Twin Towers were blown up with explosives on top of the crash, the damage that did was still far less than what PNAC and their ilk desired.

They failed.

So they went ahead with a propaganda motif, which bled over into sports (The Tuck Rule, The Seven-Second Field Goal, the relationship the league has had with Tom Brady and Bob Kraft the 13 years before some people finally demanded something be done about it, etc.), and began to chip away to the point they wanted to go to.

They still aren't there, but they are very, very close.

Why?  Look at the sports fields the last 2-3 weeks, and what's about to go down on the NFL end on Sunday, and you'll see a good example.

One of the greatest indicators of a fascist state is that the state demands absolute loyalty and absolute subserviance to their symbolism and propaganda at all times.

Nowhere in sports is this more indicative than Yankee Stadium, where, for the seventh-inning stretch, the ushers actually chain the aisles closed for the version of "God Bless America", forcing the crowd to hear it, even if they need to go the bathroom or such.  This was apparently due to complaints by other fans, and instituted right after 9/11 for both the stretch and the National Anthem.

The symbolism of the empowerment of New York in the last fifteen years trumps (no pun intended) all common sense.

We're probably going to see the same thing in the NFL very soon now with the National Anthem.

Colin Kaepernick has started the alt-right/Tea Party/bigoted-homophobic NFL and sports situation to basically require loyalty tests to our nation and our way of life -- more, our symbols and our propaganda!!! -- to be able to play the games and succeed.

Kaepernick, as well known, knelt at the sideline during each of the four pre-season games to protest America's treatment of African-American citizens, especially treatment by the police.

As I said in a previous post on the matter, he's done in this league.  Anyone who's known the NFL's relationship with the government and the military (which your local police are, more and more, becoming part and parcel to!) knows he's done, if not conveniently disappeared.

But the discussion surrounding the action  has gone beyond Kaepernick, and beyond the NFL.

• US Women's National Team member Megan Rapinoe famously knelt in support of Kaepernick in a September 4, 2016 women's professional match to add the discussion of the mistreatment of LGBT's (Rapinoe came out as lesbian in 2012 and works with many anti-homophobia and -transphobia charities.) to the equation.
• Three days later, her Seattle team went to play Washington in another match.  To prevent Rapinoe from continuing her protests, the Washington ownership played the anthem with the teams in the locker room instead!!
• A number of other NFL players have joined Kaepernick, including a couple of teammates in the final pre-season game and Brandon Marshall did so in Thursday night's opener, in opposition to Herr Goodell, who has come out in support of the Anthem and how it represents the troops.
• A suburb of Seattle, Washington cancelled their annual pre-season public Seahawks party, fearing for what the 'Hawks would do on Sunday in support of Kaepernick.
• The Seahawks have decided to link arms in a show of unity.

To say this September 11th is going to be the most divisive of the 15 we've had since the coup attempt is beyond any degree of dispute.

Given what September 11th means to the NFL (the ascension of the league from simply National Obsession to that of National Religion, where one must swear fealty to the brain injuries, the domestic abuse (by both players and fans!) and to literally stop one's life on a dime when anyone wants to talk football -- real or fantasy!!!), one can only wonder how King Roger I will react when the rhetoric of the weekend is actually taken from the opening games to the very real political disputes which actually *GASP!!!* threaten to bring real life into the discussion!!!!

We'll be watching!!!