Monday, October 12, 2009

NFL and Rush

Rush Limbaugh wants to do something many people can't...be a part-owner of an NFL franchise.  So why are so many people speaking out against it?  It comes down to something very simple...Rush's alleged "record" on race over the years.  While he has gotten in hot water with his comments about Donovan McNabb several years ago, the track record of the other owners when it comes to race is not one to be proud of, either.  Why do they need a "Rooney Rule" that requires the owners to "interview qualified African-American candidates", shouldn't they have been doing that all along?  Why did it take numerous reports in the media about the lack of advancement among African-Americans in the NFL to "suddenly" begin a wave of minority hiring...and why did it take over 40 Super Bowls to have a black coach win one?  And the last people to be speaking out about Rush are the people he calls "The Justice Brothers"--Al Sharpton & Jesse Jackson, two opportunistic race-baiters who seemingly wait for the slightest micro-mistake among people with regard to race for them to jump out of the woodwork with their faithful blind legions to protest-on-demand for something they have no interest in otherwise...and remember, neither person (Sharpton's comments about Jews and Jackson's infidelity among other things) has closets without skeletons either.  The players are speaking out against the potential ownership as well, mainly blacks...but have they actually heard his show before passing judgment or are they hearing what people want them to hear?  I feel anyone should have the right to purchase anything they have the resources to, at least in the America I grew up with, people could without all this nonsense...I guess the election of Obama really has brought change, the kind we can do without.