It is official. King James is no more. For those of you who have been living under a rock or have no knowledge of basketball I am of course talking about LeBron James. We have had to suffer the drama of where he is going as a free agent. And we got the answer. He got off his throne (which never really existed since he never won the title).
You see the great ones build their championships where they land. They convince others to come and play with them. That is the legacy of Magic, Jordon, Bird, Duncan and (I hate to admit it because I hate him) Kobe. LeBron decided that he would let Wade build the championship team. It does not matter if the Heat win the next 10 titles. They will be Wade's title and James just came to help. No King is just a helper.
I know it is easy for me to tell James to do since I never had such talent myself and was not faced with such a decision. It seems to me that one title in Cleveland when he is clearly "the man" is better than 3 or 4 with the Miami Heat. I guess I am a traditionalist when it comes to sports. I like athletes to stay put and remain in touch with their city. Oh for the good ol days.
No earth shattering, trouble-making declarations here. Taking a brief break from that. But just wanted to have my say on the whole LeBron situation. Will move on the more "meatier" issues with the next post.
Sincerely,
Trouble-maker
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Hitler!!!!
Okay. Some, but not all, of the Tea Party people are just plain stupid. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_iowa_obama_billboard.
I mean what are they thinking putting up a billboard comparing Obama to Hitler. Where are the six million Jew Obama has killed? Has Obama tried to invade France lately? These people are getting grief and deserve it. I especially like how some of them state that they are just trying to make an anti-socialism message (Remember that Hitler was head of the National Socialist Party). Come on. If they only had Stalin up there then they at least have a shot of pulling off that fiction. Everyone knows the images that come up when you put that murder with the funny mostache on a billboard.
I was reading the article just waiting for the punchline. You know that the Democrats decided to put up the billboard and then blame the Tea Party. Nope. Some people in the Tea Party actually thought this would help their cause. They probably just swung a bunch of votes towards Obama. If the Democrats are smart they will just get out of the way and let the Republicans form their circular firing squad.
But I can not let the Democrats go without pointing out a bit of hypocrisy on their part. I seem to remember that when Bush was president that Hitler's name came up as well. http://www.bradblog.com/?p=2513. Oh yeah. I really like how all the minions rush to defend the Bush and Hitler comparison that the teacher made. Correct me if I am wrong but I do not remember Bush killing off Jews either.
How about a moratorium on comparisons to Hitler for the next, say, 100,000 years. If someone actually sets up real death camps and tries to exterminate a race then okay maybe we can life that moratorium. Until then we have enough real issues without engaging in this type of hyperbole.
Sincerely,
Trouble-Maker
I mean what are they thinking putting up a billboard comparing Obama to Hitler. Where are the six million Jew Obama has killed? Has Obama tried to invade France lately? These people are getting grief and deserve it. I especially like how some of them state that they are just trying to make an anti-socialism message (Remember that Hitler was head of the National Socialist Party). Come on. If they only had Stalin up there then they at least have a shot of pulling off that fiction. Everyone knows the images that come up when you put that murder with the funny mostache on a billboard.
I was reading the article just waiting for the punchline. You know that the Democrats decided to put up the billboard and then blame the Tea Party. Nope. Some people in the Tea Party actually thought this would help their cause. They probably just swung a bunch of votes towards Obama. If the Democrats are smart they will just get out of the way and let the Republicans form their circular firing squad.
But I can not let the Democrats go without pointing out a bit of hypocrisy on their part. I seem to remember that when Bush was president that Hitler's name came up as well. http://www.bradblog.com/?p=2513. Oh yeah. I really like how all the minions rush to defend the Bush and Hitler comparison that the teacher made. Correct me if I am wrong but I do not remember Bush killing off Jews either.
How about a moratorium on comparisons to Hitler for the next, say, 100,000 years. If someone actually sets up real death camps and tries to exterminate a race then okay maybe we can life that moratorium. Until then we have enough real issues without engaging in this type of hyperbole.
Sincerely,
Trouble-Maker
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Happy Birthday America
I confess that I am not the most patriotic person around. It is sometimes hard to celebrate the Fourth when you are an African-American because your people were not freed at that time. Nevertheless, some good things did happen with the Declaration and I should be happy about that.
In a few months I will have a book (co-written with Micheal Emerson) come out that deals with racial issues. In it we argue that Americans of different races have to find common values to rally around, even as we continue to appreciate our cultural differences. The example we gave is the value of freedom that is found among Americans of different races.
Then today I attended a multiracial church. In that church they did some of the normal "Rah-Rah America" that you get on July Fourth. But then the pastor talked about the value of freedom and how we should appreciate it. Since the pastor is preaching to a multiracial congregation he had to find a value that is important to people of different races and still have a unifying message on our country's birthday. Is it a coincidence that he choose the value of freedom? I think not.
Well anyway I will blog more about that book when it is closer to coming out. But it is always nice when you get verification of your ideas from an outside source. Hope everyone enjoys the Holiday!!!!
Sincerely,
Trouble-maker
In a few months I will have a book (co-written with Micheal Emerson) come out that deals with racial issues. In it we argue that Americans of different races have to find common values to rally around, even as we continue to appreciate our cultural differences. The example we gave is the value of freedom that is found among Americans of different races.
Then today I attended a multiracial church. In that church they did some of the normal "Rah-Rah America" that you get on July Fourth. But then the pastor talked about the value of freedom and how we should appreciate it. Since the pastor is preaching to a multiracial congregation he had to find a value that is important to people of different races and still have a unifying message on our country's birthday. Is it a coincidence that he choose the value of freedom? I think not.
Well anyway I will blog more about that book when it is closer to coming out. But it is always nice when you get verification of your ideas from an outside source. Hope everyone enjoys the Holiday!!!!
Sincerely,
Trouble-maker
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