Recreational Outrage: The NIKE Edition

And stop acting like weenies. Photo by NBC.sports.com

By now you may have heard that Colin “Take-a-Knee” Kaepernick has been named one of the new athletes joining NIKE’S ever-popular “Just Do It” campaign. Great call, because who better embodies the spirit of that slogan?

Obviously, this is not sitting well with everyone. NASCAR Cletus is pitching a major bitch, as is Unapologetic Bigot and Donnie’s Dickhead Derpmeister. Super-Duper Social Justice…

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Kathy Copeland Padden

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is a political junkie and history buff alternating between bouts of crankiness and wry amusement while bearing witness to the Apocalypse. Come along!

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