{"id":7150,"date":"2023-03-23T09:09:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T13:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/?p=7150"},"modified":"2023-03-23T09:09:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T13:09:52","slug":"on-kaepernicks-knee-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/gracearchy\/on-kaepernicks-knee-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you connect these 10 dots?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Have you wondered what we might do to protect American soldiers from misuse by politicians?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have. The lives of young troops were a major motive for my series covering the history of U.S. military intervention (now collected at <a href=\"https:\/\/wartruth.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WarTruth.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Jim Babka begins to connect some of the dots in the latest episode of Gracearchy. The places he goes may surprise you. In fact&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KMqgl6fndQQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Somehow, he connects all of these topics&#8230;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Colin Kaepernick&#8217;s and Tim Tebow&#8217;s knees<\/li>\n<li>Ceremonial deism<\/li>\n<li>Politicizing sports<\/li>\n<li>The military and sports<\/li>\n<li>The U.S. Constitution versus military parades in other countries<\/li>\n<li>Dead soldiers and cops<\/li>\n<li>Dead black people<\/li>\n<li>The Gulf of Tonkin and the Truth About War<\/li>\n<li>Drug prohibition and the destruction of the black family<\/li>\n<li>Political correctness on both the Left and Right<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Can the connections between these issues help us to protect future American lives, while also having more grace in our public discourse? Learn the answers on the latest episode of <em>Gracearchy with Jim Babka<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Every episode is also on these podcasting five platforms: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pandora.com\/podcast\/gracearchy-with-jim-babka\/PC:1001041306\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pandora<\/a> * <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/show\/gracearchy-with-jim-babka\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stitcher<\/a> * <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/269-gracearchy-with-jim-babka-104993243\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iHeart<\/a> * <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vZ3JhY2VhcmNoeQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Podcasts<\/a> * <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/38qo6q3PwdCUfxjgcrD3Ff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re featuring today&#8217;s episode on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\" align=\"center\"><strong style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff; background-color: #b90f10; border: 1px solid #b90f10; border-radius: 6px; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.25em; text-decoration-line: none; width: 350px;\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vZ3JhY2VhcmNoeQ\/episode\/M2Y4MTE4NmUtYmQ1Mi0xMWVkLWJkYWQtZWJhMjVjZmVmMWI3?sa=X&amp;ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwigwLfLnvL9AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Podcasts<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please also subscribe to the service on which you listen, so that you&#8217;ll be conveniently notified of all upcoming episodes.<\/p>\n<p><em>ZAP The State and have a nice day,<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jim Babka<br \/>\nHost, Gracearchy with Jim Babka<br \/>\nCo-creator, Zero Aggression Project<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Previous episode, in case you missed it: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aqvNmgCPyXg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Constitution Is A Multicultural Document<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Kaepernick&#8217;s Knee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[760],"tags":[757,758,1022,761,25,1024,1025,1026,1021,1027,1029,690,380],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can you connect these 10 dots? - ZAP - Zero Aggression Project<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/gracearchy\/on-kaepernicks-knee-40\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Can you connect these 10 dots? 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