Donald Sterling Clipper NBA Team Owner Makes Racist Comment

FredHayek wrote: Good question. The Colts owner was busted driving drugged and with drugs in his possesion, but since he is more likeable, he just had to go to treatment. He could have killed people with his actions.
Which was worse?

apples and oranges. He is expected to receive a multi million dollar fine plus a year suspension. His actions did not affect the integrity of the NFL or the brand of the NFL.

A better comparison would be with Dan Snyder and his continued use of the racial derogatory slur as his team name.

Ashley wrote: Did you see how the tv news was all over it and nary a word about the White House knowing about the Benghazi issue? A smoking gun comes out and not a word.

I believe that's because it was already investigated and reported. The White House was told to change its original talking point to the video.

Article from 2013. Read the part in red on Friday, Sept. 14.

http://swampland.time.com/2013/05/16/ti ... zi-emails/

Here are the memos that were "newly discovered" in 2013 that say the same thing:

http://www.ibtimes.com/newly-released-b ... pt-1262877

The latest email confirms what was already known.

:HighFive: OH MY.....it does NOT get any "richer" than this.....per LA Times today...OPRAH
Winfrey is contemplating a bid (teaming up with a group of investors) to BUY THE CLIPPERS....

LadyJazzer wrote: How cute.... Got to use "Benghazi" in a sentence... Well, when you have nothing else...

Go for "IRS" and you can get a two-fer.....

...And the clown-parade continues....




#tooinformedtovoterepublican

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Apples and oranges? Drugs ok out in public, private words not ok by two well known owners.

Something the Dog Said wrote:

FredHayek wrote: Good question. The Colts owner was busted driving drugged and with drugs in his possesion, but since he is more likeable, he just had to go to treatment. He could have killed people with his actions.
Which was worse?

apples and oranges. He is expected to receive a multi million dollar fine plus a year suspension. His actions did not affect the integrity of the NFL or the brand of the NFL.

A better comparison would be with Dan Snyder and his continued use of the racial derogatory slur as his team name.

If only Obama & Kerry were as forceful against Putin as Silver was against Sterling.

Tsk, tsk. Wrong move for a businessman. Not that it matters, his fine and removal is like a little slap on the hand to him.

Update: The NAACP Head who gave Sterling his lifetime award has stepped down.
Better due diligence next time?

Something the Dog Said wrote: It will be interesting to see if this will pressure the NFL to make changes to the racially derogatory Washington team.

You might want to ready a new deflection for your arsonal.

"To Sen. Reid, the Koch brothers are the country’s top concern. Polls say otherwise. More than half of Americans don’t know who they are. Meanwhile, a March Gallup poll that asked Americans to identify the country’s most important problem found jobs, the economy in general and dissatisfaction with government at the top of the list.

But Sen. Reid doesn’t want to talk about jobs and the economy, or the negative effect Obamacare is having on them. And he loves to blame Republicans for public dissatisfaction with government.

On Wednesday, Sen. Reid took to the Senate floor to demand that the NFL’s Washington Redskins change their name because it’s offensive to Native Americans. Set aside that a poll released in January by Public Policy Polling found 71 percent of Americans do not think the team should change its name. Why is Sen. Reid wasting the Senate’s time talking about a pro sports nickname controversy?

Americans expect their politicians to play politics, especially in an election year. But they’re smart enough to know when an elected official is trying to distract them. No wonder they’re fed up with Washington. It’s time for Sen. Reid to change the subject — to one the public actually cares about."...

http://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/ed ... d-distract

For the same reason the TeaPublican's ignore the fact that 73% of Americans support the minimum wage but continue to vote it down and ignore it. It would seem that a 73% majority approval of something is not enough to stop the TeaPublicans in their mission to "do nothing."