Presidents salute

I think that many people became enraged when President Obama gave his coffee salute back to the U.S. Marine. The fallacy that most people that got mad would fall under the appeal to ignorance. Why , I say this is that most believe because the President is the Commander in Chief that his salute back to the marine was nessecary, but because he is a civilian  he does not have to salute back. I also think that most people saw the salute from only the U.S. Marines point of view and because it was caught on tv. I aslo think that irrelevant reasoning would fit in this situation as well.

NFL 2

I think the big fallacy at hand with the NFL issue on CTE, is begging the question. I understand the NFL is a business and the players are employee's. But the question at hand is when should the players take some responsibility about CTE and concussions.  Most NFL players have played football since Pop Warner, high school and thru college. So with that said , players play knowingly that there is a great risk of injury. Just as a police officer knowingly takes a chance of gettig shot and killed. At the same time  is there greater evidence that something else is causing CTE in NFL players, not just the concussions.

FSU

I think there are a few fallacies at hand when it comes to the Jimbo Fisher interview, about FSU football player Jamies Winston. The first comes when Fisher stated " I know the facts of the case, facts haven't changed in the case". Fisher knows what he was told and what is in the police report. The only people that know the facts are Jamies Winston and the female accussing Winston of sexual assault.Fisher also stated " We know the reports , We know everything that's out there. There's nothing new, We been through this". The only person that went through anything in the case was Winston again and the female. Fisher is just dealing with the fallout of the case.I think the fallacies at hand deal with the questionable statement , tokenism and evading the issue. The questionable statements and tokenism deal with the statements Fisher made," I know the facts", then when he said " We have been through this". The fallacy that deals with evading the issue, was should Winston be kicked off the team for his repeated patterns of bad behavior.

FSU

Just in the past few years ,Jameis Winston the quarterback for the FSU ( Florida State University) has come under fire a number of times. In April of 2014 while a member of the FSU baseball team  Jameis Winston was cited for shoplifting crab legs for a local Florida business, for this he received a suspension Then Winston was involved in a BB gun incident with fellow FSU football players back in 2012, in that incident a few players were charged with a criminal mischief according to The New York Times.Then is September of this year he was  suspended for using obscene phrases. In December of 2012 he was charged with sexual assault of a fellow student. Now he is being investigated for autographs for money. During an interview head coach Jimbo Fisher  stated " We've been through this"   All of these incidents have happened while Winston has attended FSU.  I understand that the coach must defend his players , but when is enough.  Coach Fisher also stated in the interview that "the facts are the facts",and " I know the Facts of the case" but truly the only person to know the facts is going to be Jameis Winston. Now Jameis Winston must face a the student  affairs committee for violations under the student code of conduct. So should FSU cut ties with Jamies Winston for drawing so much negative attention to FSU or should FSU just brush off these major incidents by Winston.

NFL

I read the article about how 76 out of 79 NFL players deceased found to have some type of brain disease. According to the article most of the brain disease seem to come from multiple brain injuries especially concussions. The brain disease that is refer to in  this article is called CTE. What my understanding is that the NFL wants this type of information to disappear as fast as it can along with all the talk , lawsuits and media attention on the concussion issue.  I think for a long time the NFL knew all to well about all of this at hand, but what it came down to in my strong opinion was the all mighty dollar.  Such as selling more tickets , jersey, memorabilia, advertising,  and  TV revenue. So if the super star player was not there playing , why would people go to see the third string team. The best example at this present moment would be Adrian Peterson. At first he was out for a ACL injury ticket sales dipped a bit, but when he came back to almost breaking a single season rushing record to miss it by a few yards, ticket sales climbed. Now he is in trouble for a domestic dispute over his own child, ticket revenue, jersey sales, marking share and endorsement deals down or gone because he is been cut/put on the inactive roster. So tell my if it is not about the all mighty $. This is why the NFL has given people / ex-players a certain amount of time to op-out of a class action law suit. If they don't op-out they get say 4 million instead of suing on their own and who knows what they get. Like the song says its all about the money , money for the NFL ( owners ) and not about the players .

The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, as one of the ten amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights.  So i was reading the article from The First Amendment Center on how people were yelling obscenities at police officers. Because we make mistakes or break the law , we have the right to tell police to f.. off. According to the article we do, and the first amendment along with the number of case that have been thrown out or overturn on convictions. So what makes it so different when an enlisted military member ,commissioned officer or retired veteran any different when the speak out against the President in the same way. Is not the president/ Commander in Chief a elected official as well as a federal employee to the tax payers. Everyone deserves respect until their behavior dictates the do not deserve it any more. So why the double standard. Are the military personnel held to a higher standard  than the ordinary citizens above the first amendment. But we are held to a higher standard than just the average citizen, its called the UCMJ( Uniform Code Of Military Justice) (http://www.ucmj.us/ ) Just because we wear a uniform, does not take the first amendment away from us. Yes I know there are things we give up  when we enlist but freedom of speech is not one

 O n August 5 , Major general Harold Green was killed in a military conflict . Major Green was the first in a long time that a high ranking officer was killed in combat since the Vietnam War, and during his military funeral the was no Commander in Chief there and not even the Vice -President. This pissed of many veterans , active duty personnel and many family members who had their loved ones give the ultimate sacrifice for this country. Being a disabled veteran , this really torn into my gut. So did  President Obama break tradition or precedence on the matter of  not attending a high ranking officers funeral . The enlisted men/ women and officers are  entitled to certain military burial rights which the no doubt earn with their sacrifice. Its not tradition that gives a fallen hero of are military the funeral they deserve but their right for the ultimate sacrifice they gave for God and country, let alone your constitutional rights that we all have .
 But some of our past U.S. presidents did set the bar and precedence for attending military personnel funerals, such as Lyndon  B Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush and Bill Clinton. http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/1784. I understand that President Obama can't attend every military funeral for every active duty service member who gives their lives , that why the wreath is laid at the Tomb Of the unknown solider.  I also know that funerals are a private matter and if the president does and it sort of becomes a circus because of security and the media. Yes a loved ones military member passed and will be greatly missed , but for the Commander In Chief Obama to not even show a sign of respect for his military duties is unforgettable. So if past presidents show there respect for fallen soldiers why not our current one as well. Attitude reflects leadership So in ending my strong opinion says yes that the president or vice- president should attend.