What Would Jack Do

CLEVELAND — A fan wearing a Miami Heat jersey of LeBron James drew the ire of the crowd at a Cleveland Indians game and was escorted out of the ballpark. Fans in the left-field bleachers chanted obscenities and pointed at the man Wednesday night during the sixth inning of the game between the Indians and New York Yankees. Hundreds of fans joined in before security led the man out of Progressive Field. As he left, some fans followed him toward the gate with more derisive chants.

Time was when wearing a LeBron James jersey in Cleveland was de riguer, something akin to a banker wearing a suit and tie to work. Then James decided to take his talents to Miami and Cleveland became the poster child for bemoaning the lack of loyalty where none was required or deserved. While I can understand the disappointment of Clevelanders, I’ve long since grown tired of the whining and the aggressive inferiority complex. C’mon, y’all…YOU LIVE IN CLEVELAND, ferchrissakes…. How many of us, if presented with the choice between living in Cleveland or Miami, wouldn’t make exactly the same choice James did? James owed nothing to Cleveland, and he was free to make a business decision that he felt would be in his best interests. He made the decision; deal with it.

Having said that, I’ll grant you that wearing a new Miami Heat jersey with James’ name and number on it to a Cleveland Indians game is not the smoothest (or smartest) of moves. Anyone who would do that can’t reasonably claim to be surprised when they’re not exactly welcomed with open arms. DUH….

To those of you who are unfortunate enough to still live in Cleveland, I would only offer a couple of heartfelt suggestions: either A) get over yourselves, or B) seek professional help. If the worst problem to invade your charmed existence is a sense of abandonment from the departure of a spoiled, hyperglandular, supremely talented professional athlete, you’re in pretty good shape. LeBron James left Cleveland for Miami, but you have bigger problems- you still live in Cleveland. Now THAT’S something you could legitimately be upset about.

Jeebus, y’all; learn to let go already. LeBron James owed you nothing. He made a business decision, pure and simple. As a free agent, James made the sort of decision any other free agent would have. You have no claim on James, nor any right to expect anything resembling loyalty. LeBron James was not your property. You have no right to demand anything of him. The whining and crying is becoming tiresome. All you’re doing is making yourselves look small, petty, and exceedingly immature.

Relax, take a deep breath…and remember that you’re obsessing over a professional athlete. Isn’t it time you worked on developing something resembling perspective? Disappointment is understandable; rage and a feeling of betrayal is just plain silly and beyond immature. Get over yourselves.

I recently posted a couple of (stunningly incoherent) campaign videos by one Basil Marceaux, Sr. Marceaux, who’s running (if what he’s doing can even be called that) for a US Senate seat in Tennessee, has taken the expression of political philosophy to new…well, I’m not certain “heights” is quite the right word. If you can follow Marceaux’s train of thought…and I would highly recommend against attempting to do so…you will have taken yourself to a place where few lucid individuals have gone (and managed to return from).

Never mind the fact that he’s well on his way to becoming the poster child for modern Republicanism….

I Basil Marceaux Sr. as a Force Recon Marine is the first Freedmen’s Bureau Agent/ Great Man of 2008 who is asking for your support and vote for the following republican prosition: U.S.Senate of Zack wamp in 2010. Make the Court system, Congess, Army, Navy ,Air Force to Fly the same flag as the Marine Corp which is the three color U.S. Flag. Make sure that if national insurance is put in place, I will make sure the roots of such bill with not inclued any type measuring of the waist like other counties. quoted on 1/3/09…. VOTE FOR ME AND IF I WIN I WILL IMMUNE YOU FROM ALL STATE CRIMES FOR THE REST OF YOU LIFE! (Except violating a citizen rights this would be a special punishment) Making Tennessee the first state in the United States to actually listen to the U.S.and state Constitution ,and all cities charters Because the last republican form of government which was 1866 thought they would rather have 50 murders on the street than one constitutional violator, now in 2008 all office holders break their oath the next day

Politics is too often taken way too seriously. People like myself get their panties in a wad over things that most Americans don’t even know…much less care…about. The genius of Basil Marceaux lies in reminding us that politics can also be about bringin’ da crazy and attracting like-minded souls to your cause. Like Arlo Guthrie once said, three makes it a movement.

Of course, given some of the mental midgets Tennessee has sent to Washington, Marceaux would represent a serious upgrade…and a comedy gold mine. Remember, the lack of a formal edumication, and the inability to speak in complete sentences, is no impediment to serving your country.

With Unemployment Benefits Extended, Rates of Domestic Masturbation And Sodomy Are Poised to Skyrocket. The good news is that the sale of hand lotion and Kleenex are expected to increase exponentially.

Department of Defense can’t account for 96 percent of money administered in Iraq reconstruction fund. A billion here. A billion there. Pretty soon you’re lining someone’s pockets with our tax dollars.

Blankenship’s Dirty Coal Money Pollutes West Virginia Congressional Races. Because if the poor and middle class were meant to have a voice, they’d buy themselves their own politicians.

WELCOME TO LAS VEGAS: BANK OWNED. If Nevada’s economy is circling the drain, how long will be it before other states get caught in the vortex?

Target Donates $150K To Group Supporting Candidate Who Wants To Cut Waiters’ Minimum Wage. Because indentured servitude is an idea Big Business has never outgrown.

Body Armor Manufacturers Are Legally Entitled to Hookers. Hey, how else do you think they’re going to attract good people?

Alan Downing’s Radical Therapy Cures Jews of Homosexuality With Nudity, Intimate Contact. Yep, there’s nothin’ quite like a little hair o’ the dog what bit ya, eh?

Ex-Teacher Pleads Guilty To Sending Nude Photos To Student. Don’tcha just LOVE technology?

Tennessee Lt. Gov. Calls Islam ‘Cult’ While White People Ignore Him. Yeah, and those Crusades should went a long way towards bringing Christian love and compassion to the heathen world, didn’t they?? ;-)

A Pervert Defends the Right to Masturbate in Public. Sometimes I think this whole “freedom of expression” thing may have gone just a wee bit too far, knowhutimean??

Another Oklahoma lifestyle update from mi compadre Harold Cook…’cuz there’s just no way you could make this stuff up….

(Tulsa,OK) — Authorities said a vomiting passenger started a chain reaction that led to an accident Saturday morning just after 1:00 a.m. on Interstate 244 near 2nd Street in downtown Tulsa.

According to a report by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, 40-year-old Linda Woods, of Tulsa, was leaning out the passenger side window of the truck.

The passenger door, which was secured by bailing wire, came open and Woods fell out.

Another passenger, 23-year-old Bradley White of Tulsa, tried to help Woods and also fell out of the truck.

Troopers said the truck then struck a concrete barrier wall while trying to stop.

The driver, 42-year-old Sam Sommers, of Tulsa, was arrested for driving under the influence.

No one was seriously injured in the accident.

All throughout the controversy surrounding Arizona’s SB 1070, I’ve tried to see both sides of the story. Each side can present arguments that makes sense, and both sides are justifiably frustrated. I suspect that there’s a fair amount of hyperbole at work on both sides of the fence, but what I’m having trouble understanding is why White Arizonans are so willing to countenance a law that is so implicitly directed at the Brown People in their midst.

I understand the concept of “illegal immigration”, so the “What part of illegal do you not understand?” argument is just plain silly. I might be willing to buy into that argument if so many Arizonans weren’t so willing to benefit from the cheap labor provided by illegal immigrants. IF White Arizonans are so deadly serious about curtailing illegal immigration, then they should be willing to pay the true costs of goods and services that are artificially deflated by illegals. Having heard nothing from supporters of SB 1070 on this issue, I suspect that what they really want is for illegals to keep working for nothing and then disappear once their utility has diminished.

Don’t insult my intelligence by arguing that the federal government isn’t doing their job. The pace of deportations of illegal aliens has actually increased during the Obama Administration. Yes, the border needs to be secured, but it’s been REPUBLICANS in Congress that have thwarted attempts at immigration reform. If White Arizonans were serious about this issue, they’d be demanding that the Republicans they’ve sent to Washington do the right thing and stop playing politics with immigration reform. You can’t sit back while Republicans block reform and them blame President Obama for not delivering.

I will grant you that Arizona faces unique issues; I lived in southeast Texas for 10+ years, and I understand what people are worried about. As a border state, Arizona is on the front line. There’s a very real problem that needs to be solved, but it’s going to require a greater degree of honesty from both sides- particularly from White Arizonans. Contrary to what Sen. John McCain says, Phoenix doesn’t have the second-highest kidnapping rate in the world. Arizona is not being invaded. If White Arizonans want immigration reform, they need to be pounding on the doors of Congressional Republicans, who are the real roadblocks to reform. SB 1070 is not the solution that White Arizonans think it will be. What it will likely end up being, if it’s allowed to become law, is a way to establish Brown People as second-class citizens. If the Arizona wanted to send the message that White makes Right and Brown People are not welcome, they couldn’t have picked a more effective way to communicate it.

Here’s an idea: why not get representatives from a cross-section of Arizonans together and craft a bill that works for everyone and doesn’t leave Brown Arizonans feeling as if they’re living in a police state? Why not try bringing people together instead of dividing communities and people on the basis of color? What a novel concept….