Ablogination

So much shit so little time….

1) Melting Gibson:

Mel Gibson’s cronic foot-in-mouth disease has flared up again. This time using the term “niggers” and allegedly threatening and/or pummeling his Russian, gold-digging girlfriend…wife…whatever.

Just a point or two.

While screaming about Gibson’s life, have you ever thought about what hypocrites many bloggers sound like?
“Boycott him!", “destroy his career!” “Kill him!!”

Mel Gibson says and does stupid things all the time. So do we all at one time or another.
Now tell me, will you boycott a Geena Davis movie? Do you even know what I’m talking about? There’s a scumbag movie producer named Robert Rodriguez who’s guilty of far worse.
Will you boycott his movies?

Some low-life agent named Ari Emanuel has led the anti-Mel bandwagon ever since Gibson asked a cop if he was “a Jew". Ariel “Ari” Zev Emanuel is an American talent agent, founder of the Endeavor Talent Agency in Beverly Hills, California, and now CEO of William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, Endeavor’s successor by merger.
The problem with Ari, who is Jewish, is that he’s a hypocritical pig that makes Gibson look a lot less bigoted…

An April 2002 lawsuit by agent Sandra Epstein against Endeavor Agency brought accusations by Epstein and other Endeavor employees against Emanuel. In the court filings, Emanuel is alleged to have allowed a friend to operate a pornographic website out of Endeavor’s offices. According to Epstein, Emanuel made racist and anti-gay remarks and prevented her from sending a script about Navy SEALs to actor Wesley Snipes, saying, “That is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. Everyone knows that blacks don’t swim”. Emanuel disputed these accusations at the time. Epstein’s claims were settled for $2.25 million.

Anyone mention what a racist, bigoted pig Emanuel is? Of course not. It’s ok to insult anyone as long as they’re not Jewish I guess.

People have a right to say what they will. No matter how stupid or incendiary. People in relationships get in scrapes, sad but true. And there is no excuse for abusing another, but whining and calling for Mel Gibson’s head is bandwagon jumping, nothing more. Especially when all the facts are not yet in.
Stop being hypocrites and actually stick to your guns. Call them ALL out or shut up.

2) Bobby Probert RIP:

One of the great enforcers of the National Hockey League, Bob Probert passed away recently, his family by his side.
Best known for his Stanley Cup runs with the Detroit Red Wings, Probert was a high impact player who was a pleasure to watch. He was also a pleasure to know.

I met Bob Probert at Hurricane’s Bar and Grill, in Huntington Beach California, in the early Ninties. Introduced by a mutual friend.
I played beer league hockey at the time and Bobby seemed to like me well enough to buy me a drink and chat.
He was more than well dressed, he was dapper. It was kinda odd, to be honest, to see such a rugged face in a $2000 Armani suit. But the grace, the perfect manners and the friendly smile and handshake fit perfectly. The ice-bound tough guy was not present. Only Bobby Probert the family man, the professional athlete, the instant friend. That’s who I met, rubbed elbows with and remember.
A first class gentleman all the way.

Bad, and good, to the bone

I still have his autograph on the bar napkin and branded on my memory. His moments on the ice, whether making a play or beating up Ty Domi, I will never forget.

So long, Bobby. Thanx for everything.
L&R forever.

3) The Chamber of Comedy:

LOL!
The only national institution that is more of a disgrace than the Federal Reserve is the Chamber of Commerce. According to this highly partisan, Big Business Republicans-only organization, Barack Obama is responsible for the high unemployment numbers.

Not only did these Conservative shills make no mention of George Bush, the person really responsible for 100% of the economic misery we have endured, but they actually have the nerve to suggest that Obama is at fault for inheriting the problem.

The Chamber of Commies is lying and I am the proof.
My small business is seeing record numbers. My roommate’s employer, a machine shop in E-Town that does work on gov’t contracts, cannot keep up with the pace of the new business they are getting and are hiring at an astonishing rate.

This is just one reason I kicked the Bristol Chamber of Commerce rep. out of my store three years ago. They are deeply partisan and have never been interested in helping small businesses.
They want you to join and pay them money and all you get in the end is the business equivalent of a stupid COC T-shirt.

From Reuters:

By Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON | Wed Jul 14, 2010 10:19am EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of the most influential U.S. business groups accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of neglecting job creation and sowing economic uncertainty with burdensome tax and regulatory policies.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress to shift their approach to “unlock frozen capital and jolt our economy back to life.”

The group released the letter before a “Jobs for America” summit it is hosting and on the same day Obama’s Council of Economic advisers is releasing a report that shows the president’s policies are creating jobs and stimulating the economy.

The letter adds to growing criticism the Obama administration has faced lately from the business sector.

Four months before November congressional elections in which Obama’s Democrats are struggling to preserve their dominance, Republicans have pounced on the criticisms to try to paint Obama as “anti-business.”

The Chamber gave Obama credit for stabilizing the economy and heading off another Great Depression.

“The Chamber gave Obama credit for stabilizing the economy and heading off another Great Depression".

Of course they did, so far only TeaBaggers are stupid enough to fail to see that fact.
But Obama shouldn’t take their smug complements too seriously. They will lie through their Right Wing teeth to get a Republitard in the White House.

Now, if they really want to help their country, they should tell those Republican owned businesses to actually start hiring people instead of maintaining skeleton crews to keep the unemployment numbers up so Democrats look bad.
I just hired my second employ and this business is a tiny 1100 sq ft room. If I can afford to hire, so can they. But they’re not, and it’s strictly for political purposes. Encouraged, I’m sure, by the Chamber of Commerce.

The truth about the economic stimulus is HERE. And everywhere in fact.

4) Joe Biden is an Idiot:

Just stating the truth.

From the NY Daily News….

Tea Partiers have gotten some support from an unlikely source – the Vice President of the United States.

VP Joe Biden told ABC News’ Jake Tapper on Sunday that he doesn’t think the ultra-conservative group is “racist.”

“I wouldn’t characterize the Tea Party as racist,” he said on Sunday’s “This Week.” But “there are individuals who are either members of or on the periphery of some of their things, their – their protests – that have expressed really unfortunate comments.”

As usual, we warned about Mr. Rave Act Biden long ago. Perhaps too long ago. Maybe we should display less foresight in the future.

Perhaps Obama should scrape the shit off his shoes before he takes up a second term.

5) The NAACP is right. This time anyway:

Oh yes they are…

From The Atlantic:

This is not some deluded crazy, who has infiltrated the Tea Party with an offensive sign. This is the national spokesman for the Tea Party Express claiming that one of the authors of the 20th century American revolution is actually a “vile racist” organization. This is who they are–America’s far right-wing, speaking with all the emboldened ignorance that is fast becoming their stock in trade. I have had, and continue to have, my criticism of the NAACP. But the notion that they are somehow being unfair to the Tea Party, that President Obama should denounce the NAACP, says a lot about our desire to forget and their insistence that we do no such thing.

I have long been one to question the NAACP’s relevance. Moments like these remind me that I have been very wrong. It is not my style to spend my days attempting to enlighten or embarrass the Tea Party. But someone has to do it. Someone has to say, “It’s not OK.” That is not work for “sensible” people. But it’s work that has to be done. Someone must hold the line.

Not exactly geniuses, the NAACP often complains about seeing racism in places it doesn’t exist. But this time they are spot on and only acknowledging that which we already saw with our own eyes and heard with our own ears.
The Teabaggers must never be allowed to excuse away the truth we all recognize.