PAPER STREET SOAP CO. GROWN IN LOVE. FLEETPRIDE. #BORN TO DARE. NOT DEA D.A.R.E. NFL TAKE FLACK FROM TRUMP? THE FIRST GAME OR TWO GAMES THE SEAHAWKS HAD, THERE WAS, ONLY, I BELIEVE, ONE PLAYER, MICHAEL BENNETT, WHO WAS MANHANDLED BY THE LAS VEGAS PD. THEN, TRUMP, TWEETED, OR GOT ON HIS BULL HORN, AND SAID THAT, WERE IT HIS TEAM, HE WOULD FIRE, ANY ATHLETE WHO KNEELED DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. THAT CAUSED, LIKE A 2000% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF NFL FOOTBALL PLAYERS, WHO JOINED ARMS, IN SOLIDARITY, MAKING A STATEMENT, THAT, THEY WANT THE FULL AMERICA, FOR EVERYONE! THIS IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT FOLKS, AT ITS FINEST AND MOST VISIBLE! SOME SAY THE PLAYERS ARE BEING "UPPITY" OR "UNGRATEFUL" BEING AMONG THE PRIVILEGED, IN AMERICA . . . YOU ARE MISSING THE POINT! THEY ARE SPEAKING FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE A VOICE, THE SILENT MAJORITY, WHO, HAVE NO CHOICE, WHERE THEY LIVE, OR IF THEY DEAL WITH POLICE BRUTALITY, AND ARE SUFFEREING, THE LOSSES OF THEIR CHILDREN, THEIR HUSBANDS, AND AT TIMES THEIR SISTERS, OR THEMSELVES! YESTERDAY, ON THE METRO BUS, THERE WAS A HANDSOME YOUNG BLACK, WITH HIS SISTER, JOINED BY ANOTHER SISTER. HE SEEMED TO BE THE MAN OF THE TEAM OF FAMILY MEMBERS, APPEARING TO BE GETTING HOME FROM SCHOOL, OR ON THEIR WAY HOME. ONE OF THE SISTERS, WAS IN A WHEEL CHAIR, BOTH HER LEGS WERE MISSING FROM, JUST BELOW THE KNEE, AND SHE HAD A DEFORMED HAND. THIS BRO WAS COOL, TOOK CARE OF BOTH SISTERS, MADE SURE THAT HER, WHEEL CHAIR, WAS IN PLACE ON THE BUS TRIP. NOW HE HAD A PAIR OF FLASHY, RED, SHOES ON, LOOKED LIKE HE COULD HAVE BEEN AN NFL FOOTBALL PLAYER HIMSELF, SURELY, HIGH SCHOOL, WERE IT NOT FOR TAKING CARE OF HIS SISTERS! WERE HE A PLAYER, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN, STILL ON THE PRACTICE FIELD. BUT IN LIGHT OF ALL THE CONTROVERSY, OVER THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS, ACTUALLY, EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, RATHER THAN, JUST KNOCKING HEADS, AND SLAMMING BALLS, AND FACES, THEY ARE EXRESSING THEIR CONCERN FOR THE DIRECTION, THIS COUNTRY IS GOING IN, UNDER TRUMP. GOOD FOR THEM, I TOO AM CONCERNED, AND WRITE ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME! BUT THE THOUGHT CAME TO MIND, THAT THIS YOUNG BROTHER, WHO LOOKED, OLDER THAN ONE OF THE GIRLS AND YOUNGER THAN THE OTHER, PROBABLY WOULD BE VIEWED, AS A CHALLENGE, OR SOMEONE, THE COPS MIGHT WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON, HE HAD CONFIDENCE, WAS NOT ARROGANT, BUT SEEMED PROUD OF WHO HE IS AND WHAT HE DOES. THAT SOMETIMES IS ENOUGH, TO GET HIM SHOT! IN THIS COUNTRY, WE DON'T SHOOT FIRST AND ASK QUESTIONS LATER! UNLESS, THE OFFICER'S, LIVES ARE REALLY, IN DANGER, OR THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY, IN FEAR OF EMMINENT DANGER, SO AS TO JUSTIFY, THE USE OF SELF DEFENSE, WHICH ALWAYS STRIKES ME AS STRANGE, BECAUSE, SOCIETY, TRUSTS THEM, ARMS THEM, PAYS FOR THEM, TO HAVE BULLET PROOF VESTS, GUNS, BADGES, GIVING THEM AUTHORITY, AND I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE, THAT, THEY ARE EVERY IN FEAR, UNLESS, THERE IS A SITUATION, LIKE A BANK ROBBERY, OR A DRUG BUST, OR, WHEN, APPROACHING A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE, ON AN ABANDONED ROAD, GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT IT GOING ON. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT IS THE CITIZENS, WHO, NOW DAYS, ARE IN EMMINENT FEAR, FOR THEIR OWN, LIVES, IF THEY TAKE OUT A BOOK, OR TELL AND OFFICER THAT THEY HAVE A PERMIT TO HAVE A GUN, OR THEY NEED HELP WITH THEIR BROKEN DOWN, CAR! I MEAN SHIT, WHO HAS ALL THE POWER TOOLS? GEAR? EQUIPTMENT? BACKUP? IT SURELY IS NOT THIS YOUNG MAN, TAKING CARE OF HIS TWO SISTERS! THAT IS WHAT THE NFL PLAYERS ARE PROTESTING ABOUT, THAT AMERICA, IS ONLY AMERICA, WITH RIGHTS FOR, HALF OF THE POPULATION, AND THAT IS THE WHITE PRIVILEGED, MALE! THAT IS NOT THE PREAMBLE OF THE UNITED STATE CONSTITUTION, WHERE IT CALLS FOR JUSTICE FOR ALL, COMMON DEFENSE, GENERAL WELFARE . . . HOW DO YOU SQUARE, THESE SHOOTINGS OF BLACK MEN? I JUST CAN'T. IF YOU HAVE, PROBABLE CAUSE, TO BELIEVE A CRIME IS BEING COMMENTED, THEN, YOU GET A WARRANT, OR YOU DETAIN, LONG ENOUGH TO QUESTION THEM, ABOUT THE PC TO THINK THERE IS SOMETHING FISHY GOING ON! UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL. WE HAVE TO CLEAR THIS UP! I CAN'T THINK OF A GROUP OF MEN, WHO, ALSO, APPEAL TO THE TRUMP, BASE, THOSE NON-COLLEGE EDUCATED, MALES, WORKING CLASS, WHO, ARE ACTUALLY, A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE FOOTBALL FANS, PLUS THEIR WIVES, WHO, MIGHT LISTEN TO A TEAM, WHO IS PROTESTING, BY, LOCKING ARMS AND REFUSING TO PUT THEIR HANDS OVER THEIR HEARTS OR, KNEELS, TO SHOW, THAT THERE ARE ISSUES, HERE IN AMERICA, WE NEED, MUST AND DEMAND TO FIX! FUCK, ONE WHITE QUARTERBACK, ON ONE OF THE THREE ENTIRE TEAMS TO STOOD WITH THEIR BLACK BROTHERS, SAID, WHAT DOES IT SAY, WHEN, THE PRESIDENT, COMES DOWN, HARDER ON, BLACK FOOTBALL PLAYERS, THAN HE DOES ON, THE KKK, WHITE SUPREMACISTS, NATIONALISTS, AND NEO-NAZIS? CALLING THEM, GOOD PEOPLE? NOW, THEY HAVE A RIGHT, IN FACT, THEY ARE EXERCISING THE SAME DAMNED RIGHT, THE FIRST AMENDMENT, CARRYING THEIR REBEL OR CONFEDERATE FLAGS, OR EVEN THEIR FLAGS WITH SWASTIKAS ON THEM, AND THAT IS NOT, AS OFFENSIVE OR MORE TO TRUMP, THAN, SOME PLAYERS, KNEELING, IN PROTEST, THAT THEY WANT, RIGHTS FOR ALL, THAT DUE PROCESS, NOTICE AND A HEARING, IS SOMETHING THAT AMERICA, FUCKING PROMISES! THE 4TH, 5TH, AND 6TH, AMENDMENTS, WITH THE RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS, FOUND IN THE POLICE READING THE MIRANDA RIGHTS, HAS TO BE EQUALLY, APPLIED TO BLACK, WHITE, RED, YELLOW, BROWN! THAT MEANS EVERYONE, AND EVERY COLOR, HUE, RACE, RELIGION, CREED, NATIONALITY, SEX, AGE, AND DISABILITY! ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS ABOUT, THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORDS, FOUND IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, IS THE FACT, THAT, WE HAVE ALWAYS, PROTECTED, THE MINORITY, FROM THE MAJORITY! TRUMP, BANNON, PENCE, STONE, AND OTHER GOP BIGOTS, RACISTS, SEXISTS, PIGS, DON'T CHANGE A GOD DAMNED THING IN AMERICA, NO ONE IOTA, CHANGES, IN THE 240+ CONSTITUTION, AND THAT CONSISTENCY, EXPECTATION, AND PROTECTED, DOCUMENT, THAT WE ALL, ESPECIALLY, THE PRESIDENT TAKES AN OATH OR AFFIRMATION, TO PROTECT, DEFEND, PRESERVE, TO THE "BEST?" OF HIS ABILITY, IS WHAT, THESE PLAYERS ARE TALKING ABOUT! BUT TRUMP AND THE GREATEST MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT IS IN THE FUCKING 10 PAGE DOCUMENT, THEREFORE, TO EVEN DISCUSSS, OR ARGUE, WITH THEM, IS POINTLESS, USELESS, AND INSANE, BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT IT! I THINK IT WAS TWO DAYS, AGO, THE LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 9, CELEBRATED, 57 YEARS, SINCE, THEY, WERE BRAVE ENOUGH, TO FOLLOW THE NEW LAWS, ON DESEGRETATION, AND THEY WENT TO THE PREVIOUSLY, ALL WHITE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH CAUSED, TONS OF PROTESTS, COPS, AND THE NEED FOR ESCORTS, FOR THEM TO GO TO SCHOOL. ONE GENTLEMAN, WAS INTERVIEWED, AND HE WAS ASKED IF WE HAD COME A LONG WAY, IN THOSE, WHAT 60 YEARS? HE HESTITATED, AND, WELL, WE HAVE PROGRESSED, BUT HE DIDN'T THINK, NEARLY AS MUCH AS, THE CONSTITUTION CALLS FOR, NOR THE ARE WE CLOSE TO REACHING THE DREAM OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, YET, WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO. LAST NIGHT WHEN THE NEWS CAME ON COVERING THE NFL FOOTBALL PLAYERS, AND THE PRESIDENT, THE REACTION OF SOME PEOPLE, SOME IN SUPPORT, PROBABLY THE WELL INFORMED ONES, AND THEN, OTHERS AGAINST, SOME OF THE GALS AT THE HAMMOND HOUSE, SAID, OH, WHY, DON'T THEY JUST SALUTE THE FLAG, AND PLAY FOOTBALL, ENOUGH OF THIS SHOW! SERIOUSLY. THEN, I ASKED IF SHE KNEW WHAT THEY WERE PROTESTING ABOUT, OR WHAT, WAS IT THEY WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH, THROUGH, THIER, DEFIENCE, AS SOME WOULD SAY, OR THEIR, SHOW OF POWER AND FORCE, OTHERS WOULD SAY, OR THEIR PRIVILEGED, UNGRATEFULNESS TO A COUNTRY, THAT MADE THEM RICH AND FAMOUS? SHE SAID, NO. I SAID, JUST WHAT, I JUST WROTE, THAT THEY ARE PROTESTING THAT THE LAWS, JUSTICE, EQUALITY, FAIRNESS, AND OUR SYSTEM, STILL HAS NOT REACHED, WHAT IT WAS INTENDED TO DO! LADY JUSTICE IS FUCKING BLIND! CAN YOU GET THAT? SHE SEES, NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN, THE COLOR OF SKIN, AND NEITHER SHOULD WE! THE PROCESS OF STOPPING SOMEONE ON THE STREETS, SHOULD BE THE SAME, FOR BLACK AND WHITE, AND RED AND BROWN, AND YELLOW! OFFICERS, CAN, IF THEY, HAVE "PROBABLE CAUSE" STOP SOMEONE, THEY CAN EVEN DETAIN THEM LONG ENOUGH, TO DO WHAT IS CALLED, A "STOP & FRISK" IF THEY THINK THERE ARE ILLEGAL DRUGS, OR FIREARMS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS IF THAT IS AGAINST THE CITY ORDINANCES, HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOT FREE, TO HARASS, BLACKS, HISPANICS, AND OTHER RACES, JUST BECAUSE, THEY, THINK THERE IS A HIGHER PRECENTAGE OF THEM, THAT THEY JUST MIGHT GET LUCKY, IF THEY DO STOP THEM, THAT IS CALLED, YOU GOT IT, "RACIAL PROFILING" AND THAT IS AGAINST THE LAW, AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL! SEVERAL CITIES, LIKE NEW YORK AND CHICAGO, AMONG OTHERS, HAVE, HEAT ON THEIR ASSES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, AND U.S. ATTORNEYS, CRAWLING UP THEIR ASSES, FOR TARGETING AND PULLING OVER, OR STOPPING A HIGHER NUMBER OF BLACKS AND HISPANICS, WITHOUT CAUSE, THAN, THEY DO WHITES! DO YOU KNOW, THAT, WHITES ARE BIGGER USERS OF MARIJUANA, STILL, ON THE FEDERAL, SHIT LIST FOR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, LIKE IT OR NOT, YET, THERE ARE MORE BLACKS, PER CAPITA IN PRISON FOR MARIJUANA USE? SO HOW DO YOU SQUARTE THOSE NUMBERS AND THE STATISTICS? YOU CAN'T, OTHER THAN, RACIAL PROFILING! MY BLACK FRIEND, WHO WANTS ME TO CALL HER, PEPPERMINT PATTY, FOR PRIVACY, GAVE ME AN ARTICLE, FROM THE "SEATTLE MEDIUM," WEDNESDAY, SSEPTEMBER 13, 2017, ENTITLED, "AFRICA'S FLOODS LARGELY UNNOTICED DESPEITE HIGHER DEATH TOLL." SHE WAS CONCERNED, FOR SURE, FOR TEXAS, FLORIDA, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, AND PUERTO RICO, AND THERE COULD BE AN ARGUMENT, THAT THEY ARE ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS, OR TERRITORIES, COMMON WEALTHS, WITH AMERICAN RESPONSIBILITY, TO HELP THEM WITH THE PROBLEMS AND AFRICA IS NOT. BUT, THERE HAVE BEEN MASSIVE RAINS AND MUDSLIDES, IN AFRICA, AND THE DEATH TOLLS, FROM THIS "500-YEAR-STORM" HAS KILLED 25 TIMES, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED IN HARVEY, AND NOBODY IS WRITING ABOUT IT, NOR IS IT MENTIONED ON THE NEWS. WE COVER BOMBINGS IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE, SO WHY NOT COVER THE FLOODS IN AFRICA? I THINK WE SHOULD. THEREFORE, I AM COVERING IT, NOW, AND I HAVE MORE READERS, WORLD WIDE, THAN, ALMOST ALL NEWSPAPERS, COMBINED, SO, HERE YOU GO, PEPPERMINT! SMILE. TRUE WORLD FOODS! THERE WAS A GREAT INTERVIEW, ON MSNBC, "ALL IN" WITH CHRIS HAYES, AND FORMER, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, HILLARY CLINTON, THAT, WAS VERY INTERESTING, AND INSIGHTFUL, BUT HILLARY, ALSO COMMENTED, ON THE FACT, THAT, HERE WE ARE, CONCERNED AND DEBATING, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TWEETS, ON, THIS OR THAT, AND HE HASN'T SAID, ONE THING ABOUT, PUERTO RICO, AND THE MESS DOWN THERE. FEMA AND THE RED CROSS ARE THERE, DOING THEIR JOBS, BUT HE IS PRESIDENT OVER THESE COUNTRIES TOO, AND THEY ARE CITIZENS, OF AMERICA, WITHOUT, SOME OF THE REPRESENTATION, THAT THE REST OF US IN THE STATES HAVE. BUT, THERE IS A CONCERN, THAT TRUMP IS MORE WORRIED, ABOUT SOME SPAT WITH THE NFL, THAN, COMFORTING THOSE, IN NEED, IN PARTS OF THE WORLD UNDER OUR CONTROL. THAT HE AND "LITTLE ROCKET BOY" BOTH

THE NSA OR THE HACKERS, ARE DOUBLE SCREENING ME, SO, I BETTER, GET OFF, ASAP!

LITTLE ROCKET MAN, AND LITTLE U.S. PRESIDENT, NEED TO BOTH COOL THEIR JETS!  SHIT!

KEEP IT UP, NFL, GET THE EXPOSURE, ON THIS ISSUE, WE NEED, YOUR NAME, FIRE BRANDS, AND ATHLETICS, TO GET THE AMERICA, EVERY PERSON, DESERVES, WITH "ALL" THE RIGHTS, FREEDOMS, PROTECTIONS, LIBERTIEIS, AND PRIVILEGES . . . PRIVILEGE FOR ALL, OR NONE!  JUSTICE FOR ALL!  THAT IS THE PROMISE OF AMERICA!  WE ARE FALLING SHORT, AND THAT IS WHAT THESE SUPERSTARS ARE KNEELING FOR!

WE ARE AMERICA, THE GREATEST COUNTRY ON EARTH AND WE INTEND TO KEEP IT THAT WAY . . . BUT WE HAVE MILES TO GO BEFORE WE, STOP!

WE CAN DO THIS AMERICA!

IF NOT US, WHO?

WHO CAN PROVIDE THE VISION OF WHAT A TRULY, INTEGRATED, SOCIETY LOOKS LIKE? 

WE ARE THE "MELTING POT" OF THE WORLD, NO ONE ELSE, HAS THE BLESSINGS OF THAT, NOR THE CHALLENGES OF BRINGING ALL PEOPLES OF THE EARTH TOGETHER, UNDER ONE ROOF, ONE RULE OF LAW, AND ALL LIVING IN HARMONY IN ONE COUNTRY!

WE ARE NOT THERE, BUT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS, AND THANK GOD, THOSE WE LOOK UP TO, IN SO MANY WAYS, GIVE A RAT'S ASS AND ARE WILLING TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP!

KISSES, LOVES, HUGS!

WE ALL NEED TO CARE, AND GIVE A FUCK!