Ravens’ Cheerleader Has No Right To Super Bowl

“Originally I would have loved to go to the
Super Bowl, but at this point it looks like it’s not going to happen….I
received an email saying I need to turn in my uniform. I can’t say I
didn’t expect it, but at the same time, they owe that to me.”

So pontificates Courtney Lenz, a Baltimore Ravens cheerleader whom the team did not send to the Super Bowl.

Talk about carrying the massive chip of entitlement on her plump shoulder.

But
fear not! A movement is underway by misguided souls (aka idiots) using
social media to mount a campaign aimed at changing the team’s mind. One
of the organizers even threatened her intention of possibly boycotting
the game, stating that because of this unconscionable incident, people
want to burn their jerseys and no longer support the Ravens.

Great! Do it! Burn everything with a
Ravens logo and stay home from New Orleans! One empty seat at the
world’s biggest sporting event will most definitely teach those
mean-spirited Ravens!

And of course, the national media has
picked up Lenz’ cause, fawning over the “beauty’s” plight and
unashamedly biasing their stories to reflect negatively on Baltimore –
without, of course, looking at its side of the story.

Thank God
we don’t have any other problems in this country other than rallying
around a cheerleader who admitted being somewhat overweight and who
announced her intention that she was quitting at the end of the season
anyway.

So before we see a politically-correct decision by the
NFL to pressure Baltimore to reverse itself, let’s set the record
straight in this case:

1. The Baltimore Ravens employ 60
cheerleaders. The NFL allows only 32 from each team to attend the Super
Bowl. Given America’s educational ineptitude, let’s say it another way:
28 cheerleaders, by definition, cannot go to the big game. This isn’t a
new rule, and every cheerleader in the NFL should explicitly know that.
That’s the job – take it or leave it.

2. Understanding the aforementioned rule, no one is entitled or “owed” anything. Get over it, and yourself, Ms. Lenz.

3. The Baltimore Ravens, like every
NFL team, have set forth criteria that must be met in order to be
considered for Super Bowl duty. In their opinion, Lenz came up short in
some capacity. Is Lenz the only one with more than three years of
service that isn’t going to New Orleans (according to her)? Yes. Does
that stink for her? Yes. Does she deserve to go on that basis alone?
No.

Thankfully, the Ravens don’t employ a tenure system whereby
one is guaranteed benefits with virtually no recourse should that person
fall short of acceptable achievement — kind of like how our public
education system and public unions are operated. And look at how well
both of them are doing.

4. If Lenz’ weight was the deciding
factor in the Ravens’ decision, so be it. Cheerleaders, like dancers and
other entertainment professionals, must meet stringent physical
standards. Not only is fitness critical to optimally performing the
cheerleaders’ demanding routines, but no one wants to look at an
overweight woman shaking her assets. Call that ignorant, sexist, and
chauvinistic. Fine. But make sure you call it something else: reality.
We may be a fat country, but we don’t want to look at corpulent
cheerleaders. And that’s a fact.

It’s like the portly, plump pop
singer Adele recently slamming Madonna and Lady Gaga for using skimpy,
sexy outfits to sell their music. Maybe they do, but they also have
fantastic voices and dynamic entertainment abilities. Adele also has
great pipes, but she is an anomaly, as most singers are highly fit and
often (but not always) wear provocative outfits. Adele can lament all
she wants of the sensual nature of top female vocalists, but that is
what the vast majority of fans – both male and female – not just
gravitate to, but demand. Maybe if Adele cut down on her caloric intake
and worked out just a bit more, she wouldn’t seem so envious.

5.
The Ravens’ decision on Lenz is discriminatory – and that is a good
thing, exactly how it should be. Discrimination has become a dirty
word, yet it is an everyday part of life. We discriminate – another word
for making a choice – all the time, from what clothes we wear to what
kind of latte we order. No one held a gun to Lenz’ head ordering her to
work as a Ravens cheerleader, and they have every right to make
personnel decisions as they see fit – no explanation warranted or
necessary.

They may have chosen not to send her to the Super Bowl
because she weighed more than they preferred. Or because she was ending
her career as a cheerleader and they wanted to give the Super Bowl
experience to an up-and-comer who would be continuing her service with
the Ravens. Or because they didn’t like her attitude. Or because they
thought she smelled. Who cares what the reason was? Lenz apparently
wasn’t denied the Super Bowl because of color, creed or religion – and
certainly not gender – so no one has the “right” to feel that that
“entitlement” was wrongfully revoked. Not Lenz. Not her Facebook
friends. And not the news media.

If there is one
underlying factor at the root of America’s demise, it is widespread
sense of entitlement. It is a cancer that has become pervasive
throughout all levels of society — not limited to just the “welfare
dregs” that some so wrongly label as the biggest offenders. It is
millionaire CEO’s looking for a government handout. It is college
graduates believing they are entitled to a six-figure salary right out
of school. It is retirees thinking no reform in benefits is ever
warranted. It is public sector unions rejecting generous 401k’s, instead
demanding unaffordable defined-benefit plans. It is politicians and
parties— Democrat and Republican, liberals and Tea Partiers —
thinking they are entitled to the offices they hold, offended by anyone
with the gall to challenge them.

And yes, it is cheerleaders who think they are “owed” a trip to the Super Bowl.

Go Baltimore!

Exercise Tip Of The Day

This Couch-to-5K running plan at CoolRunning.com works. I saw it last November on PJMedia.Com.

I never particularly liked running but I’ve stuck with this. I started at week 4.

The most significant tips for me were to precede the run with a five-minute walk, and to use dynamic stretching rather than static stretching — at least before the run.

Dynamic stretching advice can be found at the PJMedia link.

US Has Largest Drop In Terrorism

The United States ranked 41st out of 158 nations regarding severity of terrorist activity according to a two-year study by the University of Maryland’s National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism.

The study, however, showed that the U.S. had the largest drop in terrorist activity from 2002 to 2011.

Thank you George W. Bush.

Britain ranked 28th and China, 31st, but both had more terrorist incidents during the time of the study.

Hat tip VFW magazine.

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Kudos To Corbett

Gov. Tom Corbett has finally come out in favor of ending the Pennsylvania wine and liquor monopoly.

Kudos.

Delaware weeps.

Now, do something truly consequential and repeal the law allowing teacher strikes, which would end the power the teacher union has in this state to harm children solely to increase their own wealth and keep bad teachers on the public payroll.

50K March For Life In San Fran

Put this in the things you probably don’t know file: On Jan. 26, the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, at least 50,000 people marched against abortion in San Francisco.

That’s right, San Francisco.

PJMedia.com has a photo essay of the event including many from the rather miniscule  pro-abortion counter-protest,  many of which, you should be warned, are fairly offensive.

Off The Internet — Right Side Of The Brain

Courtesy Donna McCole

The right side of your brain. this is one of those great emails that show when you are using your Right or Left side of your brain. If you see the picture exactly as it is, you are using the left side. When you stare you will see the figure shift; and you will be using your right brain. You can switch back and forth.
Stare to go to Right brain (it sort of trances you out or puts you in an altered NON THINKING state).
Begin thinking and reasoning about it and you will move back out of the altered state into Left brain thinking. very cool. You will enjoy this if you are using the right side of your brain, I think this is very good.
Stare at this picture and you will see this man turn his face.