A Bigot’s Money Is Still Green

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“Sterling’s long-established pattern of bigotry and racist comments have not been a secret in the NBA. Yet until now, they have been tolerated and met with a gentle hand and a blind eye.”

Sterling’s racism was tolerated, while he was pumping money into greedy pockets, but when a cute bimbo pulls back the curtain, the sanctimonious bigots jump up and down, and have vapor attacks.

The NAACP, with their phony awards, appear to be as shallow and bigoted as Sterling.

That decision, the statement said, was “a bold, courageous and resolute message that the views expressed by Sterling do not represent the National Basketball Association as an organization today or the kind of organization that it seeks to be in the future.”

But Sterling’s suspension isn’t enough, the groups said, calling for Silver to meet with them to ensure Sterling “remains an anomaly among the owners and executives in the league.”

“Sterling’s long-established pattern of bigotry and racist comments have not been a secret in the NBA,” the statement said. “Yet until now, they have been tolerated and met with a gentle hand and a blind eye.

The bigots are on parade
They carry on a charade

On stage, they sing and dance
Acting out phony happenstance

Fools who see themselves as wise
Preach nonsense to knowing eyes

Sanctimonious honor and virtue
Held up with threads and tissue

Tales told by idiots, with words of sound and fury, then heard no more and signifying nothing.

paraphrased from the bard

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@Rich Wheeler: Just for the record, “Basically I feel as if most racism in the country is caused by persons of color” is not equivalent to: “most racism in the country is caused by persons of color. ” a modified or abbreviated quote is the most common method of changing the meaning. Suppose you had quoted it as: “racism in the country is caused by persons”, would it still mean the same? Have they refunded your donation to that school, surely they don’t call it tuition any longer, do they?

@Redteam: Don’t be foolish RT. You said it. There was no change in meaning.
For the record. You are one of the poorest spellers at FA. when your spell check goes down. Didn’t your mama’s home schooling include spelling?
Enough foolishness. I’m gonna get back to the playoffs. Some great games so far.

@Rich Wheeler:

For the record. You are one of the poorest spellers at FA. when your spell check goes down.

Think so? link me to any misspelled word in any of my comments. For the record, when I was in public school, I always won the school spelling bee. Never lost, even once.
Why do you feel such a need to make stuff up, RW? Just curious, does your donation to the school include all the toothpaste you care to use?

@Redteam: RT You’ve been making stuff up since you got here R.T. It’s your M.O.
Bragging about winning spelling bees in grade school. Hilarious.

@Rich Wheeler: There you go again. Making stuff up. Where did I say ‘grade school’? Bragging? I just stated a fact, it’s up to you to judge if it’s a good thing or not.
Just like when you say you were a Marine. Is that bragging, or just telling it like it is?

@Redteam: I’m gonna take a huge leap here RT. Being a United States Marine Corps Officer is more noteworthy than winning public school spelling bees—“every one”
BTW On request I sent F.A. my DD-214. Where are those spelling bee certs? lol

@Rich Wheeler:

BTW On request I sent F.A. my DD-214.

FA requested your DD 214? I’m not sure I believe that, but I wouldn’t send them a copy of mine, it has personal information on it. I’ll look and see if my Spelling Bee Certs have personal info or not and then if FA requests a copy of them, I’ll consider sending them at that time. But not if they have personal info on them.

Being a United States Marine Corps Officer is more noteworthy

Maybe to your mother, but not to mine.

@Redteam:

FA requested your DD 214?

RT, you really buying that anyone from FA management actually “requested” RW’s DD-214? For what purpose?
Perhaps Curt would like to speak to that claim by RW.

@retire05:

RT, you really buying that anyone from FA management actually “requested” RW’s DD-214? For what purpose?

No I don’t buy it, but RW has stated it several times, I just would like for him to verify that someone from FA actually requested him to send in a copy of his DD 214.

@retire05:Believe he says it was Aye, not sure that Aye even has an idea what a DD214 is. Story was, if I remember it correctly, someone didn’t believe RW had served as he said he had so either Aye requested the form or RW volunteered to send him the form. Something like that.

There was an issue, I remember not participating. There will always be differences of opinion. Rich has his own opinions and has had doubts concerning Obama’s actions. Over time, he has conducted himself well against overwhelming odds.

@Skookum: Overall, RW does seem to be a good person. He obviously got dropped on his head while he was a baby (his mother’s form of home schooling) and that screwed him up and made him a liberal. But he can’t help that. Then his mom told him to brush his teeth and he thought she was telling him to get the Colgate, so he missed out on an education.

@Rich Wheeler:

Being a United States Marine Corps Officer is more noteworthy than winning public school spelling bees—”every one”

Not when what was in question was the ability to spelling or quote correctly, of which one’s being a US Marine Corps Officer has no bearing whatsoever towards proving. “Officer” does not in of itself indicate the person’s education level, IQ or level of expertise with the English language, nor does a simple statement that one “provided a DD214” recognize or award one with an innate ability to spell or quote correctly. I salute all veterans for their service to our country, but using it as a qualifier when it is not relevant to the discussion, is both gratuitous and absurd. “I’m right because I was a Marine Corps Officer!” might impress (or intimidate,) a wet-behind -the-ears, 17 year old buck-private recruit, but using it here in such manner is simply not a logical argument.

R.T. Still can’t get past public school spelling bee wins. What flavor were the lollipops you won?
Sent my DD-214 to author Aye after my service was questioned. I wouldn’t question his ability to read and understand it’s content. IMO, Aye and Word, Skooks and Aqua are the type of principled Conservatives that help make America the great country that it is.
Thank you Skooks– I have questioned O and HRC. It gets a little heated here sometimes, but because of people like you, I keep coming back. Semper Fi.
Ditto I never said I was “right” because of my service as a USMC Officer. RT enjoys deriding my University degree while extolling his spelling bee wins??

@Rich Wheeler:

Sent my DD-214 to author Aye after my service was questioned

You said your DD-214 was “requested”. Are you saying that Aye requested it so you complied with his request? And why would you be so concerned over what some anonymous poster said on a blog that you would be willing to reveal very private, and very personal information to a anonymous blogger? Are you that thin-skinned?

@retire05: You might have noticed I don’t worry much about anonymity. Never have.
Based on that, I had no problem sending Aye my DD-214. You might recall how Aye silenced at least one phony soldier.

I remember how he called you out on some “questionable” claims. He’s proven to be a great seeker of truth.

@Rich Wheeler: Cherry in the 4th thru 6th grades, Strawberry in 3rd, and can’t remember 1st and 2nd.

I wouldn’t question his ability to read and understand it’s content.

why would you even bring up his reading comprehension skills. I only questioned why he would know what a DD214 is. I didn’t know until I was issued one.

Ditto I never said I was “right” because of my service as a USMC Officer. RT enjoys deriding my University degree while extolling his spelling bee wins??

I think if you check back, you’ll find that you are the originator of the ‘spelling ability’ discussion. I don’t ‘deride’ your Univerity degree, but I do advise you to seek a refund of your donation because they didn’t fulfill their end of the bargain and educate you and therefore a tuition charge would have been inappropriate.
Now you’re saying that you were NOT requested to send someone your DD214? Which is it? Were you or were you not requested to send in your DD214?

@Rich Wheeler: Retire, is that true? Did Aye call you out and did any claims turn out to be questionable, or is RW making stuff up?

I remember how he called you out on some “questionable” claims. He’s proven to be a great seeker of truth.

@Redteam:

Retire, is that true? Did Aye call you out and did any claims turn out to be questionable, or is RW making stuff up?

The back story; I was sparring with RW over the fact that he used taxpayer funded money to refinance his multi-six figure home in posh California when Aye jumped in (remember, this is a guy who likes to slam others using age discrimination but is nearing that seven decade mark himself). One thing lead to another, and Aye found where I had been awarded a grant from the Texas Department of Agriculture. Aye revealed my identity on this blog that allows posters to use a moniker to protect their identity. What Aye thought was a “gotcha” moment for him against me, his equating a grant being “awarded” to a grant being “paid”, worked out not to be so as I did not accept the grant (it was cost prohibitive due to all the paper work required so many small businesses just turned those kinds of grants down). But the fact remained that Aye, without my permission, revealed by identity and he was called down on it by Curt. So there you have it.

Now, the fact remains that RW claimed that his DD-214 was “requested” by someone (Aye) here at FA. But if you notice, RW has dropped the word “requested” and is now saying he sent the DD-214 to Aye because someone questioned RW’s truthfulness.

Here was my question:

You said your DD-214 was “requested”. Are you saying that Aye requested it so you complied with his request?

Do you see how RW avoided answering me? Instead, he throws doubt on me, to obfuscate from what he doesn’t want to answer. He said his DD-214 was “requested.” Remember, this is the same guy who has no problem trying to slander someone’s deceased mother. Honor is not his forte.

@retire05:thanks for the info. RW is ‘a regular’ at dodging questions. He is very poor at quoting someone. He has a tendency to modify the quotes, er, uh… unless he’s quoting some lib.
When he starts his ‘dodge and weave’ you know he’s ‘changing the story’. I’m sure he sent his DD214 but I’ll also bet it was not requested. I’m going through my old keepsakes now for my Spelling bee certificates so I can send him a copy (with personal info blanked out).

@Rich Wheeler:

Ditto I never said I was “right” because of my service as a USMC Officer. RT enjoys deriding my University degree while extolling his spelling bee wins??

You absurdly tried to use your DD214 to trump RedTeam’s spelling awards in a reply regarding spelling. You never mentioned a “University degree” until now, yet that too means nothing regarding whether you have an ability to spell correctly (Universities do not teach spelling, they rely on students to spell check their papers on their own. There are any numbers of degrees on a wide variety of subjects but there is no such thing as a “spelling” degree) Unless you served in the Marines as a remedial English instructor these qualifiers you have tossed out mean exactly squat where spelling is concerned.

Frankly, I usually ignore spelling and grammar errors by FA posters in these discussions, as it is too common with forums for individuals to make such mistakes. The majority of the time others can easily ascertain what a person was trying to state, and it is boorish to discount their comments due to minor spelling or grammar errors as a means of debate. Having said that, (IMO) it is asinine to try to trump one person’s accomplishments and knowledge about a specific subject, with personal experience of your own that is unrelated to that subject. I am not interested in your DD214 as I take the word in good faith of a fellow veteran that they served. But don’t wave it around as if it is proof of ultimate superiority over things unrelated to your military service.

@Redteam:Did I try to “slander your deceased mother.” Seriously
I was being “slandered”, my service was being questioned. Aye and I corresponded on and off site. We agreed that it was best to set straight the truth.
Look at the pure crap 05 throws out questioning my “honor ” on a regular basis. Questioning my home refinance.
I assure you both Aye and Mata called her on a variety of falsehoods they believed she was pan handling. She reacted in her usual rage and self righteousness. If anyone is thin skinned– it’s o5.

Ditto I agree that if spelling, grammar and punctuation were an important part of the discourse most all of us would be dismissed by now. Most recently, it was RT that made a big deal about a word I misspelled. I suggested he was less than perfect. He got on a high horse, proclaiming his perfection, and parading out his public school spelling bee wins. I was unimpressed. Actually found it quite humerous.

BTW I doubt if Curt “called Aye out” during his discussions with tired05.

@Rich Wheeler:

I assure you both Aye and Mata called her on a variety of falsehoods they believed she was pan handling. She reacted in her usual rage and self righteousness. If anyone is thin skinned– it’s o5.

Yet, it was not me that was so vindictive as to want to reveal someone’s identity without their permission, such as your buddies did. And for their effort, they got called down on it by Curt. Trouble was, they had their information wrong.

Questioning my home refinance.

You were the one that brought the subject up to begin with. If you didn’t want it discussed, you should have not brought the issue up. You stuck your foot in your mouth, then wanted to blame your leg for the action.

And yes, I’m still waiting on you to tell us that Aye actually “requested” a copy of your DD-214, as you originally claimed.

@retire05: Is it your assertion that Aye and Mata got “called down” by Curt during their disagreement with you.? I doubt it. Can Curt confirm that.

I answered your question in #122.

@Rich Wheeler:

Since you are dodging my question, claiming to have answered it in your post #122, I will ask again:

You said your DD-214 was “requested”. Are you saying that Aye requested it so you complied with his request?

Yes, Aye requested a copy of your DD-214, or no, he did not request it but you sent it to him. Which was it?

I suspect you will continue to do the dance of the Dervish.

Can Curt confirm that.

I assume you were asking a question, although you used a period at the end of the sentence.

Can Curt confirm that? If he so chooses. It is his choice, not mine. But I doubt he wants to be drug into the p!ssing contests you and your buddies so love.

@retire05: You are the dervish 05 and truly the pissing queen of FA.
You’ve been called out on more occasions than all the posters on FA combined.
You are a mean spirited nasty old lady. You know it—hell everyone knows it.
Because of you, many good Conservatives are gone. People like Word and Curt know this to be true.
What was once an excellent blog, frequented by great authors and contributers like Aye,Mata,JohnGalt,OldTrooper,and Larry, has degenerated into a piss hole for you.
Sorry Curt, but it’s the sad truth.

@Rich Wheeler:

IOW, you’re not going to back up your claim that Aye requested a copy of your DD-214. No surprise. When backed into a corner, you find excuses to complain about the corner you backed yourself into.

You’ve been called out on more occasions than all the posters on FA combined.

Your saying so doesn’t make it true. Just makes you the whiney little weasel you have exposed yourself to be.

You are a mean spirited nasty old lady. You know it—hell everyone knows it.

Everyone? As in all the people you think will back you up because you can’t fight your own battles? ROTFLMAO.

@retire05: Can’t fight my own battles you say. B.S. I’ve never called on anyone’s support. It has come UNSOLICITED from fine people like Skooks, Aye, Mata, Aqua and Common Sense– Conservatives on a Conservative blog.
Your unsolicited support–RT, MS Bees.
How would you explain that?

@Rich Wheeler: Dude….stop bitching and just go. You’ve been crying over the loss of certain authors and commentors for way too long. Either get over it or get lost.

@Curt: It’s your show pal—keep your day job.

@Rich Wheeler: Ugh…dude, you’re gone. Have had enough of you.

Buh bye

@Rich Wheeler:

Did I try to “slander your deceased mother.” Seriously

I did not take your remarks as derogatory and I was not offended by what you said. Had I been, I would have told you so. I can see where someone else might not have liked the remarks, but that’s not me.

I was unimpressed. Actually found it quite humerous.

Gee, and I tried so hard to impress you. And I did intend it to be humerous.

@Rich Wheeler:

Most recently, it was RT that made a big deal about a word I misspelled.

Actually RW, I was saying you didn’t quote me correctly and suggested that if you would just cut and paste, it would eliminate mistakes. When you insisted the quote was identical, I pointed out that the word was not spelled the same. The issue was ‘quotes’ not spelling.

@Curt:

Was Rich banned? Seems like tempers flared, but hopefully cooler heads will prevail.