It’s been a while since I tackled a Wednesday’s Worst, and there’s a lot of justice to dole out. So let’s get to it…
First, I had to share my amusement with the announcement that the NAACP is planning a “massive demonstration” outside Lincoln Financial Field Thursday to support Mike Vick. Regardless of how you feel about the issue I fail to see what it has to do with race, besides the fact that the idiot at the center of the controversy is black. I’d be willing to bet 95% of the people who will boo him on Thursday will be doing it because of his past actions, not the color of his skin.
A quote from the ringleader in charge of the circus, J. Whyatt Mondesire, president of the Philadelphia chapter of the NAACP:
“We believe Michael Vick has served his time, paid his debt to society and deserves a second chance and the animal rights groups want to hold him hostage for the rest of his life.”
Fair enough. A lot of people agree with that sentiment.
“We think that’s patently unfair. It denies Michael Vick’s basic civil rights, denies him his ability to make a living.”
Whoa whoa whoa…WHAT?!? What the hell does any of this have to do with CIVIL RIGHTS? The man tortured countless animals and was a major participant in an illegal operation; I fail to see how the color of his skin fits into all of this. Oh that’s right…BECAUSE IT DOESN’T.
This is aside from the fact that staging a demonstration prior to a game doesn’t really help anyone. All it will do is stir up even more controversy and probably get a few people arrested. This is exactly the kind of distraction I was talking about when the Eagles first signed Vick. Is all this worth it for a mediocre backup QB?
Another good question here would have to be if Vick was white, would ANY of these organizations be supporting him? No? Interesting. And people wonder why many of us no longer take the NAACP seriously, CAUSE IT’S A JOKE! Take the time to help those who are really being discriminated against instead of going for the headlines to selfishly further your own cause, J. Whyatt Mondesire.
**UPDATE** Big time props to Sheil Kapadia over at the Moving the Chains blog for pointing out that Mondesire is the same chump who ripped Donovan McNabb a few years back…
“…he’s the guy who wrote a column back in November, 2005, which ripped Donovan McNabb for his reasoning behind not running more.
“In essence Donny, you are mediocre at best,” Mondesire wrote at the time. “And trying to disguise that fact behind some concocted reasoning that African American quarterbacks who can scramble and who can run the ball are somehow lesser field generals … is more insulting off the field than on.”
Mondesire said “McNabb doesn’t get it” and added that he is “not that good.”
So to be clear, the guy who is holding a pro-Vick rally is the same guy who doesn’t think McNabb is very good.
Tomorrow is set up to be the strangest Eagles preseason game I can remember.”
Just Admit You Were Wrong Gary!
The NHL made a move today to try to keep the Phoenix Coyotes from relocating, submitting a bid to buy the team out of bankruptcy. This is clearly a ploy to keep Jim Balsille from buying the team and moving it back to Canada. What a coincidence eh? Bettman was named Commissioner to help establish the league in the South and the West, and one of his big moves was to approve moving the Jets from Winnipeg to Phoenix. Now that the team has turned into a bankrupt mess with zero fan support, Bettman is trying to cover his ass by making the league pay for his mistake.
Yet another disgrace for the worst Commissioner is professional sports. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the NHL will never emerge from second-class status in the US until that bumbling piece of crap is kicked to the curb. Just resign already Gary.
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