Daily Verse | Isaiah 34:8
For the Lord has a day of vengeance, a year of retribution, to uphold Zion’s cause.

Happy Tuesday, Broadsiders! I’m thinking I’ll finally open that box of Cracker Jack I have from 1974.

Yesterday I wrote about the Olympics that I’m not watching them because I’m tired of the woke-scolds telling me that I’m the source of all their problems and that the country they supposedly represent is the epitome of racism, paternalism, xenophobia and is, in fact, filled with deplorables. And, “while I am not actively cheering for these whiners to lose, I won’t mind if they do, so that they have no platform from which to be an activist.”

Some of the greatest offenders are certain womyn on the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team and I’m happy to report that they lost — again! — this time 1-0 to Canada, who hadn’t beaten the U.S. team in 20 years. That loss eliminated the U.S. from a chance at gold or silver, meaning their only hope is for a bronze.

Boo-freakin’-hoo.

That doesn’t mean I’m happy that Canada won. They did it with “the first openly transgender and non-binary athlete,” named Quinn. As in, “Quinn.” That’s it. No other identifier necessary, except for pronouns, which in Quinn’s case are “they/them.”

The Olympic games are dead and will only become deader as more “trans-athletes” are allowed to compete, like New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard. At this point, I’m learning to live without a lot of things that progressivism has killed. My greatest disappointment is that the Olympics are now just another loose thread being pulled out of the common fabric that used to knit our nation together.

Not anymore, it doesn’t.

While reading through Isaiah yesterday I came across a verse that describes the United States of America, even though it wasn’t written with her in mind:

Your rigging hangs loose:
The mast is not held secure,
the sail is not spread.

I often think metaphorically of the U.S. as an 18th century schooner that is adrift on the high seas. You can tell it used to be a beautiful ship. Stately, fine craftsmanship, heavy wood, three masts, impressive sails. But there are leaks in the vessel, the sails are torn and flapping in the wind, the bow is smeared with grime and slime, her anchors are gone and it’s getting harder and harder to navigate as gale-force winds beat down on her. Worst of all, there’s been a mutiny and she’s under control of the onboard mob, who don’t appreciate how she was built or what it takes to sail her. She is truly at risk of running aground and those who know her don’t fully understand the danger and won’t challenge the mutineers for fear of being thrown in the brig or being made to walk the plank. Therefore, sooner or later, all aboard will perish.

Bleak, I know.

But everybody knows what’s causing the Olympics ratings crash, and at least one publication has said it out loud.

Half of the country isn’t proud of America. The other half dislikes the politicization of events like the Olympics. Couple the two, and we have a ratings disaster for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

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On top of that, there’s the political divide, which is now front and center at a world event. Anything that represents America is now controversial. The U.S. flag triggers the Left, while the social stances of some athletes turn off the Right. Thus, almost everyone has lost interest in the Games. American viewers don’t care if their team wins or loses anymore. So fewer and fewer of them are watching.

Told you.

Meghan Rapinoe will leave the team and go make her living modeling or spokesperson-ing Victoria’s Secret underwear, killing that brand, too. Then she’ll fade into the background, like her former teammate Abby Wambach and we won’t hear from her anymore.

One can dream, anyway.