Morning Commute No.1

I had thought about blogging this almost 6 months ago but decided against the idea. No wait, I didnt decide against it, I just looked up and had some pretty interesting things going on that led me to landing at my desk and literally forgetting about the idea.
So, the idea is I will periodically report about crazy things I hear on the radio on the way in to work.
For example, about 4 weeks ago on a local San Diego radio station, the DJs asked listeners to call in and report about dates that they have been on and they then ask the DJs to call the person with whom they went on the date, because they haven't heard back from the person since the date. To rephrase that; the callers (who have generally been out of contact with a person they dated) ask the DJs to call people who MUST really not be interested in the caller.
SO, about three weeks ago a classic call happened that involved a woman who described a beautiful date with a guy. They met at a dog park and both had Schnauzers. Both were professionals and they hit it off. In one day, they enjoyed the park together, had a nice early dinner with a sunset, and wound out back at the woman's home "doin the nasty". However, since that date the guy never called the woman back and she wondered what was going on (lets add one point for classic dumb woman shit right here). She asked the DJs to call the guy (remember this is happening early in the morning (8:00am)). The DJs made the phone call, and a WOMAN answered the phone. To the DJs horror, surprise and amazement, it turned out the guy was married!! ROFL.. classic. PLUS, if you could have heard the guy trying to explain himself to his wife (who literally started crying) you would have given him mad credit!
The idiot chick who initiated the call (note, dude gave her his cell phone number, so lets chalk up a point for dumb-ass dudes right here) called the guy all kinds of typical names...
The guy terminated the call.
Fun radio moment.

So without further doo doo, let me let you in on what I heard THIS morning.



1. Britney Spears (and its hard to write that name on this blog, but I have to) apparently smokes like a chimney in front of her little rich, yet hillbilly kids. Not only that, but it is reported that when she can not find her cigarettes, she asks her oldest son to "help mommy find her lollipops". Ahh parenting. Looks like Brit has it down already. Its the little lies that lead to little crazed monsters. Keep it up Brit.


2. OJ Simpson (as if there is really another OJ) appeared on an internet interview show (MN1 Studio)(NOTE: this is not a link to the video, just the site that hosted the interview) regarding his feelings about Ron Goldman's family, "the Goldmans" and his wife's family, "the Browns" with regard to their initial censure of his book "If I Did It" a fictional book regarding how OJ would have killed his wife and her dildo, I mean waiter friend Ron. OJ apparently stated that if his book was so bad, and considered "blood money" by the Browns and Goldmans, then isnt it interesting that they wanted the profits from the book if it were to be released. OJ basically wondered why it was blood money when it went into his pockets and NOT blood money when it went into their pockets. I HEAR HIM actually. Apparently the best part of the show, however, was when listeners called in to ask questions. One question of particular interest, and hilarity, was posed; "OJ, what do you think was harder, gaining 2000 yards in the NFL, or, slicing two necks in one night?" -- ROFL.

I guess what I love the most about the question is that I thought I lived in a country that embraced its "innocent until proven guilty" dogma, when in fact, I live in a country that is really "guilty until proven innocent you black bastard". Praise OOSSAAH (OOSSAAH = USA phonetically speaking).



3. Sports related: the NBA has secured more fans for the upcoming season by somehow allowing Kevin Garnett to be traded to the Boston Celtics in a 7 for 1 player deal. The Celtics now have a legitimate chance to make the playoffs for the first time since the late 80's early 90's, or lets say make the playoffs and compete at least, and suddenly the Celtics are nearly a must see team. Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jesus Shuttlesworth, all on the same team is must see NBATV, seriously. From my count, in the last 4 years, the NBA has grown from perhaps a league with 3-5 must see teams, to a league that now has: The Lakers (always fun to watch Kobe), The Mavs, The Jazz, The Cavs, The Suns, The Rockets, The Spurs (note: if Tony Parker was from the USA he'd be the FACE of the NBA, but he's from France, and Americans are perfectly xenophobic), The Heat, The Celtics, The Bulls, The Nuggets, and The Warriors. I'd watch any of these teams play each other during the season, which is about a 1000% increase in my NBA appreciation. Oh, there are at least two teams that might be interesting: The Magic and The Pistons (sure the Pistons should be listed in the first group, but... well... I have my reasons).
Tha Raiders bought Dante Culpepper for one year. YAY Raiders, its very very hard to strive for crappyness and to date, the Raiders are nearly perfect at it.

So, Morning Commute No. 1 comes to an end.

Blind Racism... the scariest kind

One of my most favorite places on the web is ESPN's Page 2. I also find my way to Sports Illustrated online every now and then when, essentially, there is nothing else to read. (well I do like Peter King)

Well, after reading Page 2, MSNBC, and even some international news on CNN (way to go Mumbai, your making India look perfectly INSANE re: vegetarians outing and fighting with non-vegetarians) I found my way to the sports section of CNN i.e. Sports Illustrated Online and stumbled upon an article that was, well, umm bullet points of various things happening in the NBA at the current time.

The article discussed The Nuggets (A.I. and Carmello starting to gel since they didnt get to play together much), Good old Warriors coach the very pregnant Don "Nellie" Nelson and the semi-league wide use of 'small ball', and then this article:

"Accounting for the Celtics' big problem"

Scroll down once the page opens to get to the article. Essentially the author is discussing the Celtics dropping Sebastian Telfair from their roster because his idiotic black ass got caught AGAIN with 'someone elses' gun in his possession. This time he was speeding through one of the New York tunnels, got pulled over, and the cops found the gun underneath his seat. -Blammo , the Celtics let him go.

I have NO PROBLEM with their choice and the fact that, as Sebastian's lawyer will tell you, he supports 18 family members means NOTHING to me. If you cant control the waste of life money-grabbing losers in your own family, to me, that's already a sign that you need to GROW THE HELL UP and a MILLIONAIRE BALL PLAYER DOES NOT, I repeat, DOES NOT NEED TO HAVE A GUN and if he does, he needs to learn to pick his friends and hang out spots better. So sure, FIRE HIS ASS... someone else may give him a chance and then there is always Bill Simmons (AMAZING Page 2 columnist) suggestion, get ready for THROUGH THE FIRE 2: the Milan Years (in other words play ball in Europe).

All of this is fine good old fashion news reporting. However, the author, Ian Thompson, suddenly drops his tone, or slightly lifts the very very thin hood he wears (its really thin, Ian is FAR from a racist.. just not far enough to avoid making the following mistake) and says:

"what will the Celtics do next if Paul Pierce decides to go tearing through the Ted Williams Tunnel at 77 mph with someone else's gun under his seat? Are they going to remove his nameplate and throw it in the trash?"

First, lets say I see what Thompson is saying. You know? Will teams treat all of their players the same...? Do you treat the superstars on the team the same way you treat the crazy YMCA pick up professionals like Telfair? Who knows, but, for some reason Thompson fails to realize that, in my lifetime at least, SUPERSTARS rarely get in trouble... that is sort of why they are SUPER STARS. Paul Pierce is the Celtic's Shaq, Duncan, D-Wade, Jordan... He's the Celtics FACE and has been for a while. He is NOT going to DECIDE to behave like an idiot.

Is Thompson's suggestion that Paul Pierce, a Celtic and a black man, is just as likely as Sebastian (already known to be INSANE) Telfair to act totally stupid since they share a locker room, or skin color (raised eyebrow).

Trust me, Thompson was just writing, he wasnt thinking that what he was writing is in anyway obtuse and perhaps slightly offensive, however, if there is one thing he will NEVER understand -since he is white- its that EVERY TIME a black young man commits or is accused of a crime, I suffer the fate of being lumped in with the entire group of other black young men who have nothing to do with guns/crime/chaos. Having never even been in a police car, I have people 'lock their doors' as I walk by especially after something happens that gets national attention and involves a black man (and I am a non-tennis shoe, non-droopy jeans, non-hoody, oxford, sandal wearing, so un-hip-hop non-thug looking guy that it AMAZES me when the doors lock). Trust me, many black men will tell you during the Kobe trial, if you were a 'well spoken clean-cut brutha' for a few weeks there, we were ALL Kobe... because if Kobe could rape someone ANY black man was suddenly not only capable but willing to do the same thing.

Ian lumped Pierce into a category. Sure he was just picking the big name on the Celtics squad and posting a 'what would they do' scenario, but... think about it.... its very light gray.. .. and considering Pierce's record with crime (he's pretty clean for a former hood-rat/hip-hop baller) how do you even put that name down? Now if he had wondered if, lets say.. Nellie and the Warriors would drop Steve Jackson if ,or when, Steve gets in trouble with a gun.. THATS ANOTHER STORY!! Since Steve "truly insane" Jackson is the only dude I've ever heard of, who has an 8 digit bank account, to get run down in front of a strip club and then fire shots in the air (and there was that whole Piston-Detroit-Fans-fight-in-the-stands affair)! That would have made sense. Anything else is a very 'American' lumping together of two people who happen to share the same skin tone and profession. .. essentially blind-racism, its not done on purpose, its an almost obvious accident.. but it doesnt help anyone.