Kansas Crimson

KUTradition wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 10:56 am saying dumb shit is mich’s favorite

lwh69ku wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 8:07 pm

BasketballJayhawk wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 12:01 pm

jfish26 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 11:27 am Can we fucking not, please.

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Why would that bother you? Just curious.

I’m just so tired of how much everything we do in this country has to be about “honoring the military.” A few things about it bother me:

(1) there’s always this guilt trip about “never forget” when it’s literally every sports event and political speech in this country. Hell, if I did forget, I couldn’t make it a full day without being reminded.
(2) We’ll do everything to “honor” these people as a country except put some money into housing and health care for them. How about doing something besides dragging a 300 foot flag across a football field every Sunday that actually honors somebody?
(3) I can’t stand how we raise up the military (and cops) at every opportunity as if they’re the only people whose jobs contribute to the good of the country. As much as the rhetoric lays on the guilt, it also makes it really easy to think a perfunctory act like taking off your hat during the national anthem counts as honoring public servants and lets you go about your self-centered life. I think our society would benefit from asking and recognizing how every job should be making the country better.

BasketballJayhawk wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 11:24 am

KUTradition wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 10:56 am saying dumb shit is mich’s favorite

Are you not a fan of veterans and first responders?

Why is it dumb if they are his favorite?


Me personally, I am not going to let the fact that the "maga" crowd has latched onto some of these groups cause me to stop vocally appreciating things like our veterans and first responders.

I don't think everything needs to become political and adversarial.

PhDhawk wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 11:57 am

lwh69ku wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 8:07 pm

BasketballJayhawk wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 12:01 pm

Why would that bother you? Just curious.

I’m just so tired of how much everything we do in this country has to be about “honoring the military.” A few things about it bother me:

(1) there’s always this guilt trip about “never forget” when it’s literally every sports event and political speech in this country. Hell, if I did forget, I couldn’t make it a full day without being reminded.
(2) We’ll do everything to “honor” these people as a country except put some money into housing and health care for them. How about doing something besides dragging a 300 foot flag across a football field every Sunday that actually honors somebody?
(3) I can’t stand how we raise up the military (and cops) at every opportunity as if they’re the only people whose jobs contribute to the good of the country. As much as the rhetoric lays on the guilt, it also makes it really easy to think a perfunctory act like taking off your hat during the national anthem counts as honoring public servants and lets you go about your self-centered life. I think our society would benefit from asking and recognizing how every job should be making the country better.

The NFL ALWAYS does this. And it always feels like it's a lot less about actually honoring the military and more about honoring the NFL for being so great as to honor the military.

It's like when a grocery store starts charging money for using plastic bags by pretending they're single-handedly saving the environment, when you damn well it was a financial decision.

twocoach wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 8:56 am

PhDhawk wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 11:57 am

lwh69ku wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 8:07 pm

I’m just so tired of how much everything we do in this country has to be about “honoring the military.” A few things about it bother me:

(1) there’s always this guilt trip about “never forget” when it’s literally every sports event and political speech in this country. Hell, if I did forget, I couldn’t make it a full day without being reminded.
(2) We’ll do everything to “honor” these people as a country except put some money into housing and health care for them. How about doing something besides dragging a 300 foot flag across a football field every Sunday that actually honors somebody?
(3) I can’t stand how we raise up the military (and cops) at every opportunity as if they’re the only people whose jobs contribute to the good of the country. As much as the rhetoric lays on the guilt, it also makes it really easy to think a perfunctory act like taking off your hat during the national anthem counts as honoring public servants and lets you go about your self-centered life. I think our society would benefit from asking and recognizing how every job should be making the country better.

The NFL ALWAYS does this. And it always feels like it's a lot less about actually honoring the military and more about honoring the NFL for being so great as to honor the military.

It's like when a grocery store starts charging money for using plastic bags by pretending they're single-handedly saving the environment, when you damn well it was a financial decision.

The NFL does the honoring the military stuff to keep that portion of the fan base happy.

Sparko wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 8:47 am The old airport was great design for a populace who drove cars. Thankfully, the new design channels cars into a dangerous knot of congestion because cars are no longer a thing apparently. Honestly, if they would have built a wider TSA entry point, the old terminals were ingenius.

Sparko wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 10:52 am I know that post-9-11 was terrible for the gate baggage claims and amenities. But not well thought out. The new terminal takes all the bad parts of every other terminal to KC. Reminds me of a stupider San Antonio airport with only one terminal.

Sparko wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 2:03 pm 9/11 additional security and gate baggage handling stopped for is referenced everywhere. As well as few amenities inside the TSA areas. But I loved the simple layout and convenience of the older terminals. The new airport, even with welded saxophone birds, reminds me of something of a half measure. Not as bad as Denver's faddish features. But, less than the old to me. The old terminals were plagued by not being renovated for more gate space post 9/11. The TWA fiasco and huge passenger plane era had passed. I flat out loved its convenience for air travel. But an all glass pleasure dome in tornado alley has an appeal all its own. Moot however.

jhawks99 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 5:20 pm I haven't flown in or out of KC for a long time. I do remember it being the most convenient airport I've ever been in. It's not a hub, they tried but it failed. So no, there weren't decent restaurants or shops, there was no one to go to them. I never ate there but I'm told Bryant's was an embarrassment to the city. It went belly up, probably a good thing. Doesn't matter, plane to baggage pick up was about 100 ft. Then 30 feet and you're out. It was beautiful.

Sparko wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 5:25 pm

jhawks99 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 5:20 pm I haven't flown in or out of KC for a long time. I do remember it being the most convenient airport I've ever been in. It's not a hub, they tried but it failed. So no, there weren't decent restaurants or shops, there was no one to go to them. I never ate there but I'm told Bryant's was an embarrassment to the city. It went belly up, probably a good thing. Doesn't matter, plane to baggage pick up was about 100 ft. Then 30 feet and you're out. It was beautiful.

There were some terrific ideas embedded in the old airport. I wish it had been updated and not razed.