NBA player speaks out (re: politics)

[PaDem]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blackhistory/news/story?id=2343032

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

1. Nice article. Scoop Jackson does some good stuff. I'm interested in

hearing more about Etan Thomas' career now.

[muntrv]

2. More of them

need to speak out, the way Jim Brown and Muhammad Ali did.

[nini]

3. Refreshing to see him speak up

I especially love this part:

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Does he get heard when he begins a speech at a celebrity-filled anti-war march on Washington last year saying, "I'd like to take some of these cats on a field trip. I want to get big yellow buses with no air conditioner and no seat belts and round up Bill O'Reilly, Pat Buchanan, Trent Lott, Sean Hannity, Dick Cheney, Jeb Bush, Bush Jr. and Bush Sr., John Ashcroft, Giuliani, Ed Gillespie, Katherine Harris, that little bow-tied Tucker Carlson and any other right-wing conservative Republican I can think of, and take them all on a trip to the 'hood. Not to do no 30-minute documentary. I mean, I want to drop them off and leave them there, let them become one with the other side of the tracks, get them four mouths to feed and no welfare, have scare tactics run through them like a laxative, criticizing them for needing assistance …"

And ended it by saying, "Maybe this trip will make them see the error of their ways. Or maybe next time, we'll just all get out and vote. And as far as their stay in the White House, tell them that numbered are their days."~
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I hope he continues to speak out and help wake people up.

[Maccagirl]

5. Alright! Kicking ass and naming names

I'm lovin' it!

:bounce:

[Mabus]

6. Can you imagine Anthrax Annie let loose in the 'hood?

:rofl: She already looks like a crack whore. I'd like to give her a chance to become one in real life.

[tishaLA]

4. Great article

I'm sending it to some friends.

[progressivebydesign]

7. Wow. Powerful. Scoop Jackson is also a poet of sorts. n/t

[Redneck Socialist]

8. Great article, thanks. n/t

[politicasista]

9. Nice article. Thanks n/t.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

10. It almost makes me want to be a Wizards fan again. ALMOST.

[femrap]

11. I heard Etan speak at the anti-war protest in DC last year.....

He was fabulous. And he plays for the DC team, the Wizards.....I bet many look up to him. Now that is a hero in my mind.

[Ksec]

12. We need more Etan's and Nash's

Excellent article.

[cascadiance]

13. We need to get Jim Lampley to interview them...

That would be a fun one to watch!

[yankeeinlouisiana]

14. OMG! I went to high school with this guy!

He was a real sweetheart!

[Bleacher Creature]

15. Wizards Fan. 'Cuse Fan. Thomas Fan.

I've heard him on Air America (I think it was the Laura Flanders show). I also grew up near Syracuse and now live in DC. He really is an awesome guy.

And yes, I know that the Orange really suck this year.

[proud2BlibKansan]

16. Wow what a smart kid

""I'd like to take some of these cats on a field trip. I want to get big yellow buses with no air conditioner and no seat belts and round up Bill O'Reilly, Pat Buchanan, Trent Lott, Sean Hannity, Dick Cheney, Jeb Bush, Bush Jr. and Bush Sr., John Ashcroft, Giuliani, Ed Gillespie, Katherine Harris, that little bow-tied Tucker Carlson and any other right-wing conservative Republican I can think of, and take them all on a trip to the 'hood. Not to do no 30-minute documentary. I mean, I want to drop them off and leave them there, let them become one with the other side of the tracks, get them four mouths to feed and no welfare, have scare tactics run through them like a laxative, criticizing them for needing assistance …""