When I flick my television on these days, all I hear is President Obama we're waiting to see results, or President Obama this is not working out, or President Obama do you even have a plan for any of this. Get off his damn back!
It took this country eight years to reach the land of recession, and now everyone believes it's only going to take us a couple of months to get out of it? You people need to really face reality. Certain people, and you know who they are, turn their noses at every proposal President Obama has unveiled, their goal seems to be to make it seem like he's doing a horrible job. But just ask the people on the streets, in some of the neighborhoods, there we believe President Obama is doing a fantastic job, particularly when you consider the circumstances he's been presented with.
The Republicans don't want to do anything new, anything that could shake up the economy, which in turn makes it harder for President Obama. Why don't we just give the President a chance to bring his ideas to the life, step back from the idea of bashing him all the time? He's a great man who lives up to his word. And remember, no one bashed Bush this hard, even after Katrina, or after to getting us into this recession,.
But people fail to comment on any of that, only that the surge worked. I guess that's all that Bush did that really went right. It gets me heated when I see how people just bash President Obama and openly wish that he fails.
Still, he ignores it all and keeps on working on the task at hand. People need to open up their eyes and realize that we are not goig to right things that easily, that it's going to take time and patience for the stimulus package to work.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
T.O. Heading to Buffalo
Recently wide reciver Terrell Owens was cut by the Dallas Cowboys, and just a couple of days later he signed with the Buffalo Bills as a free-agent. I feel as though T.O. has been given a bad rap for most of the things that went wrong not only in Dallas, but Phildephia, and San Fransico as well.
Put aside the image of T.O. doing push-ups in his driveway outside his image, what else really makes him so insufferable? People talk about how Terrell was a nusiance in Dallas, and I ask how so? The haters cannot name one thing Terrell did wrong in Big-D. Oh yeah, I can't forget Terrell having an allegeric reaction to some medication he was taking. Heaven forbid anyone getting sick, right.
I remember him having a few loud outbursts on the sidelines, but Anquan Boldin has had some too, and so have quite a few other players, but I guess in all those other instances the acts were justified. Maybe people are angered about Terrell going into coach Jason Garrett's office to talk about how the wide recievers were not being used enough. That's the story that was leaked to the press, but I'm pretty sure he's not the first star athlete to complain a time or two to his coaching staff about plays.
Terrell never responds to his critics, which is always a good thing because it seems as if none of it would matter. Now Owens has faded to oblivion, otherwise known as the Buffalo Bills, and once again everyone is expecting the worst.
But I'm not one of them. Just get off his back once in a while. I know sometimes T.O. can cause haedaches, but lets be fair Dallas was a circus show before he got there, and it will continue to be one after he's gone. Phildephia has never been the same since his departure, and Donovan McNabb is again craving another wide-out with just half the skills Terrell posess. And lets not even talk about San Fransico. Bottomline is that Terrell Owens brings results, and I will kill to have him on this Chicago Bears team in a second.
So ladies and gentlemen in Buffalo, get your popcorn ready, because it is going to be a show.
Put aside the image of T.O. doing push-ups in his driveway outside his image, what else really makes him so insufferable? People talk about how Terrell was a nusiance in Dallas, and I ask how so? The haters cannot name one thing Terrell did wrong in Big-D. Oh yeah, I can't forget Terrell having an allegeric reaction to some medication he was taking. Heaven forbid anyone getting sick, right.
I remember him having a few loud outbursts on the sidelines, but Anquan Boldin has had some too, and so have quite a few other players, but I guess in all those other instances the acts were justified. Maybe people are angered about Terrell going into coach Jason Garrett's office to talk about how the wide recievers were not being used enough. That's the story that was leaked to the press, but I'm pretty sure he's not the first star athlete to complain a time or two to his coaching staff about plays.
Terrell never responds to his critics, which is always a good thing because it seems as if none of it would matter. Now Owens has faded to oblivion, otherwise known as the Buffalo Bills, and once again everyone is expecting the worst.
But I'm not one of them. Just get off his back once in a while. I know sometimes T.O. can cause haedaches, but lets be fair Dallas was a circus show before he got there, and it will continue to be one after he's gone. Phildephia has never been the same since his departure, and Donovan McNabb is again craving another wide-out with just half the skills Terrell posess. And lets not even talk about San Fransico. Bottomline is that Terrell Owens brings results, and I will kill to have him on this Chicago Bears team in a second.
So ladies and gentlemen in Buffalo, get your popcorn ready, because it is going to be a show.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Willie Randolph Fired
The New York Mets fired Willie Randolph today, early, early Tuesday morning around 3:00 a.m. eastern time. If you ask me, it was the most pathetic firing I have ever seen. Not even George Steinbrenner would pull this type of stunt. If the Mets were going to fire Randolph, it should have been last season during their historic collapse.
Not only don't I think Randolph is to blame for last year, I don't believe he is the reason for the New York Mets struggles this season. Willie Randolph was managing with the parts the Mets organization gave him. I hear people talk about how the Mets have the highest payroll in the National League, so they should be doing much better, but that is not always the case. Look at their cross-town rivals the New York Yankees. The Yankees have the highest payroll in all of baseball, and they are struggling just to keep themselves in the playoff conversation. The Oakland Atheletics do not spend that much money at all, and they seem to be in the playoff hunt every year.
I believe most, if not all the blame should fall on the shoulders of the New York Mets General Manager Omar Minyaya. He was the one who assembled this disaster they call a baseball team. Bringing in Carlos Beltran who has proven to be a bust, and Carlos Delgado who is playing like he is fifty-five years old, are two of the primary reasons And bringing in Moises Alou, well, he just seems to be injured every week. Not to mention all the back-and-fourth battles in the clubhouse among teammates themselves, mainly the Latin ball players against everyone else. Their is no leader on the team, no one to look up to as an example.
The Mets were one of the view teams I actually cheered for on a daily basis, but now I can't do that anymore. You let Willie Randolph travel across the country to manage against the Anahiem Angels, then you fire him, after the Mets won the game. Not to mention the team being on a little roll, by winning the series at home against the Texas Rangers. Right now the New York Mets are a poor excuse as a oraganization, and if you fire Willie Randolph, you might as well get rid of the General Manager, and the bums they have as players.
Not only don't I think Randolph is to blame for last year, I don't believe he is the reason for the New York Mets struggles this season. Willie Randolph was managing with the parts the Mets organization gave him. I hear people talk about how the Mets have the highest payroll in the National League, so they should be doing much better, but that is not always the case. Look at their cross-town rivals the New York Yankees. The Yankees have the highest payroll in all of baseball, and they are struggling just to keep themselves in the playoff conversation. The Oakland Atheletics do not spend that much money at all, and they seem to be in the playoff hunt every year.
I believe most, if not all the blame should fall on the shoulders of the New York Mets General Manager Omar Minyaya. He was the one who assembled this disaster they call a baseball team. Bringing in Carlos Beltran who has proven to be a bust, and Carlos Delgado who is playing like he is fifty-five years old, are two of the primary reasons And bringing in Moises Alou, well, he just seems to be injured every week. Not to mention all the back-and-fourth battles in the clubhouse among teammates themselves, mainly the Latin ball players against everyone else. Their is no leader on the team, no one to look up to as an example.
The Mets were one of the view teams I actually cheered for on a daily basis, but now I can't do that anymore. You let Willie Randolph travel across the country to manage against the Anahiem Angels, then you fire him, after the Mets won the game. Not to mention the team being on a little roll, by winning the series at home against the Texas Rangers. Right now the New York Mets are a poor excuse as a oraganization, and if you fire Willie Randolph, you might as well get rid of the General Manager, and the bums they have as players.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Why People Are Watching the NBA Playoffs
I got word that Jason Whitlock said the reason white people are watching the playoffs is because there are fewer guys with tattoos then usual. That is the dumbest statement I have ever heard. The reason noone was watching the playoffs over the past few years is because the boring, dull Spurs and Pistons were the main attractions. The year the Mavericks played the Heat wasn't much different, people weren't really feeling those teams either.
This year? The main reason people are watching the is because many people were intrigued by all the possibilities. With the Western Conference being jammed pack with great teams from one to eight, everyone wanted to know who would win the West. With the East, the question was could Boston re-establish its selve as the best team.
Perhaps white America stopped watching it, and black teens, including myself stopped watching, but the reaaons have nothing to do with what Whitlock contends. Try the same teams winning all the time, in the same business-as-usual kind of way. Now we have new teams in the mix like the Hornets, Warriors, Blazers, Celtics and Lakers renewing their historic rivalry.
If by any chance Whitlock had numerous white people in his ear telling him those reasons why, then it's a shame because tattoos and hairstyles do not make up a persons personality. A person with a nice haircut and no tattoos could be the meanest person in the world, while a person with braids and dozens of tattoos could be the nicest person. See the dangers in stereotypes. Besides how could people stop watching the NBA for those reasons but continue to celebrate the NFL?
This year? The main reason people are watching the is because many people were intrigued by all the possibilities. With the Western Conference being jammed pack with great teams from one to eight, everyone wanted to know who would win the West. With the East, the question was could Boston re-establish its selve as the best team.
Perhaps white America stopped watching it, and black teens, including myself stopped watching, but the reaaons have nothing to do with what Whitlock contends. Try the same teams winning all the time, in the same business-as-usual kind of way. Now we have new teams in the mix like the Hornets, Warriors, Blazers, Celtics and Lakers renewing their historic rivalry.
If by any chance Whitlock had numerous white people in his ear telling him those reasons why, then it's a shame because tattoos and hairstyles do not make up a persons personality. A person with a nice haircut and no tattoos could be the meanest person in the world, while a person with braids and dozens of tattoos could be the nicest person. See the dangers in stereotypes. Besides how could people stop watching the NBA for those reasons but continue to celebrate the NFL?
Vinny Del Negro; Bulls New Coach
A couple of days ago, the Chicago Bulls announced that they will be hiring Vinny Del Negro as their new head coach. I have to admit I did not see that coming. You have Doug Collins waiting in the wings with coaching experience, and John Paxson hires a Del Negro, who I am sure is a nice guy but has never been coach in his life.
I could understand hiring Del Negro in a rebuilding process, but the Bulls were just a playoff team a year ago, and swept the defending NBA champion Miami Heat at the time. The Bulls where also picked by many to win the Eastern Conference.
I am left scratching my head on this one. Expericence might not mean that much, but you have so many other candidates in Avery Johnson, Mark "you're better then that" Jackson, and a hosts of others. I understand that the Bulls did not hire Doug Collins because he might not be there for the long run, but if it is true that the Bulls only signed Del Negro for two years, they must not expect Del Negro to be their for the long run as well.
For John Paxson's sake, he better hope the Vinny Del Negro's hiring works, or he'll be right out the door along with Scott Skiles.
I could understand hiring Del Negro in a rebuilding process, but the Bulls were just a playoff team a year ago, and swept the defending NBA champion Miami Heat at the time. The Bulls where also picked by many to win the Eastern Conference.
I am left scratching my head on this one. Expericence might not mean that much, but you have so many other candidates in Avery Johnson, Mark "you're better then that" Jackson, and a hosts of others. I understand that the Bulls did not hire Doug Collins because he might not be there for the long run, but if it is true that the Bulls only signed Del Negro for two years, they must not expect Del Negro to be their for the long run as well.
For John Paxson's sake, he better hope the Vinny Del Negro's hiring works, or he'll be right out the door along with Scott Skiles.
Tim Donaghy
Yesterday I found out something interesting in the Tim Donaghy case. If you have not heard, Donaghy is the former NBA referee who betted on games he did and did not officate. What I found out was that the NBA I guess ordered referees to officate the games in the playoffs a certain way.
I cannot help but to say I kind of figured that for quite sometime now. The free throw differentials and numerous other questionable calls that occurred while I was watching the playoffs. Donaghy even got specific with some of the games such as the Kings versus the Lakers, and the Rockets versus the Mavericks. This puts a black cloud on the this year's NBA playoffs and finals.
On one hand I understand when people think Donaghy is just a liar. The guy did lie about other things, bet on games he officated, and fixed games as well. Also I understand when people hear this they are probably saying to themselves, if the NBA wanted to fix the games they would not never let the dull and boring San Antonio Spurs ever win a championship. It would just be the big market teams all the time like Chicago, or Los Angeles.
On the other hand however, in sports all it comes down to is wins and money. If game sevens would have occurred in any series, it just gives more ratings and money to the NBA. This case could also be a Brian McNamee and Jose Canseco situation. Each guy was considered a liar, and had a shady history. Once they told their stories, sooner rather than later the truth started to come out.
I understand that Donaghy is trying to lessen his sentence, but if he lied about any of this stuff I am sure the authorities would somehow find out, so why would he lie?
David Stern needs to do something fast, becasue until this whole mess is resolved all anyone is going to think about is which referee is fixing the games. The NBA is partly to blame. For instance putting Joey Crawford in to referee the Spurs vs. Lakers game, knowing the history between Crawford and the Spurs. Also the NBA coming out and admitting to wrong calls being made, how stupid can you get? I love the NBA, and if this is true what Donaghy is saying, I couldn't look at the NBA the same way for quite some time.
I cannot help but to say I kind of figured that for quite sometime now. The free throw differentials and numerous other questionable calls that occurred while I was watching the playoffs. Donaghy even got specific with some of the games such as the Kings versus the Lakers, and the Rockets versus the Mavericks. This puts a black cloud on the this year's NBA playoffs and finals.
On one hand I understand when people think Donaghy is just a liar. The guy did lie about other things, bet on games he officated, and fixed games as well. Also I understand when people hear this they are probably saying to themselves, if the NBA wanted to fix the games they would not never let the dull and boring San Antonio Spurs ever win a championship. It would just be the big market teams all the time like Chicago, or Los Angeles.
On the other hand however, in sports all it comes down to is wins and money. If game sevens would have occurred in any series, it just gives more ratings and money to the NBA. This case could also be a Brian McNamee and Jose Canseco situation. Each guy was considered a liar, and had a shady history. Once they told their stories, sooner rather than later the truth started to come out.
I understand that Donaghy is trying to lessen his sentence, but if he lied about any of this stuff I am sure the authorities would somehow find out, so why would he lie?
David Stern needs to do something fast, becasue until this whole mess is resolved all anyone is going to think about is which referee is fixing the games. The NBA is partly to blame. For instance putting Joey Crawford in to referee the Spurs vs. Lakers game, knowing the history between Crawford and the Spurs. Also the NBA coming out and admitting to wrong calls being made, how stupid can you get? I love the NBA, and if this is true what Donaghy is saying, I couldn't look at the NBA the same way for quite some time.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
The Sun(s) Will Not Come Out Tomorrow
If I was a betting man, which I am not, I would probably be in the hole owing money to everyone. The Phoenix Suns went out in the first round of the playoffs again, this time to the defending champion San Antonio Spurs.
The Spurs defeated the Suns four games to one, in an over-hyped first round matchup. With the Phoenix Suns once again not exceeding expectations, many questions come to mind for all sports fans. Will Mike D'Antoni come back as head coach? Is the window offically shut on the Suns' chance for a title? Was the Shaq trade a failure? Should the Suns rebuild altogether? The Suns, without question, are a great regular season team, however they are quickly becoming the new Sacramento Kings of this era.
Everyone remembers how the Kings came close time and time again in trying to at least reach the NBA Finals, but never quite got there. They had all the pieces in place, similar to the Suns team now. They, unfortunately, could not get the job done in the playoffs. Now remember the Kings actions. They blew that whole team up and missed a chance to grab themseleves a ring.
My answer to the question Phoenix now faces are simple. I believe D'Antoni should get at least one more year, and be able to play the entire year with Shaq on the team. I do not believe the Shaq deal was a failure. It was not Shaq who was inconsistent in the playoffs and virtually disappeared. The Suns should not rebuild their team for at least three more seasons. What the Suns main issue is remains their need for more guys who can come off the bench and produce. Nash and Amare get tired by playing all of those minutes, and they need someone who can be their sparkplug off the bench. I am going to give the Phoenix Suns one more chance. I hope they prove worthy of loyalty.
The Spurs defeated the Suns four games to one, in an over-hyped first round matchup. With the Phoenix Suns once again not exceeding expectations, many questions come to mind for all sports fans. Will Mike D'Antoni come back as head coach? Is the window offically shut on the Suns' chance for a title? Was the Shaq trade a failure? Should the Suns rebuild altogether? The Suns, without question, are a great regular season team, however they are quickly becoming the new Sacramento Kings of this era.
Everyone remembers how the Kings came close time and time again in trying to at least reach the NBA Finals, but never quite got there. They had all the pieces in place, similar to the Suns team now. They, unfortunately, could not get the job done in the playoffs. Now remember the Kings actions. They blew that whole team up and missed a chance to grab themseleves a ring.
My answer to the question Phoenix now faces are simple. I believe D'Antoni should get at least one more year, and be able to play the entire year with Shaq on the team. I do not believe the Shaq deal was a failure. It was not Shaq who was inconsistent in the playoffs and virtually disappeared. The Suns should not rebuild their team for at least three more seasons. What the Suns main issue is remains their need for more guys who can come off the bench and produce. Nash and Amare get tired by playing all of those minutes, and they need someone who can be their sparkplug off the bench. I am going to give the Phoenix Suns one more chance. I hope they prove worthy of loyalty.
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