Nick Kyrios is an Australian professional tennis player ranked #25 in the world in men’s singles. Daniil Medvedev is a Russian tennis player currently ranked #14 by the ATP in men’s singles. Today they met in the first round of the Italian Open being played in Rome this week. I have had lots of time to watch the entire clay season unfolding this spring on the road to Roland Garros at the French Open which begins on the morning of the 26th.
Monaco, Barcelona, Madrid and now Rome this final week before the next major at the French Open. Today I watched Nick Kyrios “play” against Daniil Medvedev and perform the same outrageous antics I’ve watched him do for years against opponents. Trick shots, serving underhanded, bullying referees and opponents in general, using whatever disrespectful tactic he can generate to fluster his opponents and entertain his fans who, I admit, are many.
I have never been a Kyrios fan, and today I made a personal promise to refuse to watch any of his matches being shown at any event. It’s just me and my little protest, but maybe I could hashtag my protest into a movement if I knew how to hashtag anything.
Meanwhile across the Pond from Rome as we refer to the Colonies who have become our own states due to little wars and things like that in the 18th. century we have another Bad Boy who refuses to respect our constitution which contains the map of how each branch of the government is to perform.
For those of you who have forgotten the one civics class taught to you by a coach in junior high school I’m choosing to refresh you with the big Three lynchpins of government: the judicial system with its highest authority in interpreting the constitution, the executive branch which has it function to implement the laws of the land, and the congressional branch which is supposed to make the laws and supervise the executive branch through its oversight of the executive.
Ok. Right now, this very minute…we have a president who has gone off the reservation by refusing to comply with the subpoena process issued by the Congressional committees for oversight.Think evil. Think wicked. Think Machiavellian. If he were a tennis player, he would throw his racket on the ground, stomp it, and then yell that the other guy was a loser anyway. The referee would issue him a racket violation which he would scoff at.
The president is being as disrespectful to the law as Nick Kyrios is to the game of tennis for which he equally shows no respect.
I am consciously choosing to never watch Nick Kyrios play tennis again. Small protest, but it makes me feel better. I always mute the president when he speaks.
I of course will never vote for Donald Trump for president for reasons too numerous to list here, but let’s just say I can’t stand a bully who thinks he is above the law. Think Bill Clinton. Think Richard Nixon. Add to that knowledge in the basic history lessons.
I pledge to stop laughing at things which I know aren’t funny. I plan to follow the debates to see where my future belongs.
Bad Boys, take your brand of disrespect and shove it…anywhere…I don’t have to see.
Stay tuned.
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Well said. Thom
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Thanks, Thom.
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I can’t with 45. I can’t even say, or write, his name. I can’t look at him, listen to him, or even try to decipher his incoherent ramblings. I can’t with his family, I can’t with his minions; I can’t with his Deplorables.
I.Can’t.
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I totally get that, Bob. Totally – with him, his family, his minions, his Deplorables. Totally.
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Ewww. Remember when “everyone” hated McEnroe?
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I truly do remember when we all hated McEnroe!! And now look at him…an elderly guy with silver hair and lots of memories…
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Haha, I know. He was so brash and disrespectful and insensitive.
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Yes to all of those. Today Nick Kyrios was thrown out of the Rome tournament for throwing a chair unto the tennis court on a changeover. A CHAIR!
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Good grief!
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It’s such a shame that Nick is such a mess mentally as when he plays well, he’s a dream to watch. As for The Donal, there are no mitigating factors.
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He really is an amazing tennis player when he plays well. Too bad he has such mental issues.
AS for DT, I am at a loss to find any redeeming features.
I’m glad to be in touch with you and just think the French starts on the 26th!!!!
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Yay!
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And I have been missing your Animal Couriers adventures!!
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Did you see that he was thrown out of the Rome tournament for throwing a CHAIR unto the court during a changeover in his match with I can’t remember who right now. I wouldn’t let him into the French next week.
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I don’t know how to hashtag either. Honestly, I’m not sure who is more deplorable – Trump or McConnell. Praying for my American cousins. May the force be with you.
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It’s a close race for the most deplorable – thanks for your prayers! We are hoping for the force right this very minute!!
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Nick is the Bobby Knight of tennis and I don’t like either man. McConnell is a vile, dangerous man. Kentucky seems infatuated with him, so let them keep suffering the consequences. Can’t feel sorry when they get what they want. Hope you’re doing well and feeling ok.
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Yes, may they all go back to the vile dust from whence they sprung – un wept, unhonored, and unsung.
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