Is Tiger Woods Black Enemy Number One?

[Better Believe It]

December 2, 2009

The Tick Press and the Latest Woman
Is Tiger Woods Black Enemy Number One?
By D.K. WILSON

Woods is preternaturally public shy and is therefore reluctant to have his personage allied with anything outside of his given profession. He may well be psychically fractured because of a heinous kindergarten incident wherein White boys tied him to a tree, taunted him mercilessly with racial slurs, and physically abused him, at one point allegedly throwing rocks at Woods.

That Woods found strength through golf is an understatement. It is possible that each time Woods strikes a golf ball he is at once pushing back the memory of that event and at the same time striking the boys who performed that malicious and racist act.

The one athlete who has never, ever sought the limelight is being shown to be the one athlete these vile creatures that are the sports and entertainment gossip rags, virtual or otherwise, have been impatiently waiting to take down. Because he is so private Tiger Woods has become the biggest notch on the gossip rags' belts.

And the "new woman" who alleges that she has text messages and much more from Woods, is, if all this is true, the perfect 21st century Jezebel. That a person would go to the length to store text messages and keep voice mail correspondences outside of a business setting is a sure sign that she knew her dalliance with Woods was and is a way to be the center of the national eye. She was, after all, once a contestant on a VH1 reality show - "Tool Academy" - and no one participates on those programs if they have not fed into and desperately seek the bullshit fed to them about life as a public figure.

For Woods, her appearance, if her story is true, is a signpost that he must embark on a serious period of introspection and actively seek to heal old, untreated psychic wounds and deal with the sickness they have cause. His acts are the manifestations of the trap of power as it is perceived and acted upon in Western society; power is a sickness of the highest order.

Still, he owes no one outside of his family an explanation. But he does need to take stock of himself and take a look at the world around him. He knows well -as do many, sports writers and columnists - that the number two golfer in the world Phil Mickelson is renowned for his Las Vegas gambling trips and his alleged sexual transgressions there and elsewhere. And this news has been widely whispered for years.

Tiger Woods is a Black man - period. And as such, he and his monumental endorsement-financial and on-course success is the object of scorn in every level of American society; hated from sports desks nationwide, to gossip rag editors, Joe the Plumbers everywhere, to the Rayburn Building, to the halls of the FBI.

Tiger Woods is black enemy Number One.

Please read the full article at:

http://www.counterpunch.org/wilson12022009.html

[anonymous171]

1. Does Woods even identify as black? nt

[Sarah Ibarruri]

4. I honestly don't think so. nt

[Better Believe It]

12. And you didn't read the article. Why? I'd expect that from bigots but not a liberal or

progressive like you.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

20. Oh Lordy. I read the article. I take issue with his being called black.

Call him "Golfer enemy #1" if you wish.

[Better Believe It]

29. And you read the full article, typed a comment and posted in less than 2 minutes! Bull Shit!

[Sarah Ibarruri]

43. I realize you're angry because you didn't expect everyone to jump on the black issue

But they did. Get over it. As for fast reading and fast tying. I do both. I read spectacularly fast, and I type over 85 wpm. And I am dead serious about that. You don't want to believe it because you can't read or type that fast? Fine. Suit yourself.

[Raschel]

127. What? He was not allowed to play in certain clubs because he's Black.

[Better Believe It]

11. You didn't even bother to read the article before commenting on it!

Read the article and give us your opinion on it.

OK?

[anonymous171]

I did actually. I was taking issue with the author's labeling of Woods.

[Better Believe It]

26. That's impossible. The article was posted at 12:39 and your comment at 12:40

Do you really expect us to believe you clicked on the link and read the full article, typed your comment and posted it on this board in less than a minute?

Read the article and no more b.s.

OK?

[Sarah Ibarruri]

30. Oh that's right. No one can read fast. One has to move one-word per minute.

Holy crap.

[Better Believe It]

41. You read a 25 paragraph article, wrote a response and posted it all in less than 2 minutes!

Holy ctap indeed.

However, I would call your claim bull shit!

[Sarah Ibarruri]

44. Again, for the millionth time: YES.

Jesus. How many times must something be repeated? :argh:

[Better Believe It]

104. So this is your millionth response and you read the article in two minutes. Having trouble counting?

[Sarah Ibarruri]

75. Same here. nt

[butterfly77]

18. No. He says he is not black..

he is cablanasian..

[jaysunb]

23. Does he have to ?

You'd have to be blind or crazy not to notice. :evilfrown:

[EndersDame]

54. This interracial kid is disgusted and offended by your comment

I am half white half Mexican and had to deal with this bullshit in middle school. Since my dad was Mexican I was considered a REAL Mexican where as my best friend Alex did not meet the criteria since it was only his mother. People like you just make it harder for kids trying to forge their identity

[anonymous171]

58. Wut? I was just wondering what he considered himself to be.

How is that making it more difficult for people to choose their racial identities? :shrug:

[EndersDame]

80. My bad I am sorry and a little defensive (if you hadnt noticed)

:hi: tis a sensitive subject for me :hi:

[Sarah Ibarruri]

2. Black? Why do you see Tiger Woods as "black?" I don't. I see Michael Jordan as black. Not TW

He is, however, women's #1 enemy. He has disrespected his children and wife in a manner I hadn't seen in a loooong time. Mistress #4 just came out, and who knows how many more are going to come out? And not one-night stands, either. These are cheating relationships that lasted years.

[Better Believe It]

15. Already two comments without having read the article! Why won't you read the article?

[Better Believe It]

17. Would anyone else like to comment on an article you haven't read?

Perhaps you can review a movie for us that you haven't seen.

[timeforpeace]

42. This OP really got to her for some reason.

[EndersDame]

50. This interracial kid is disgusted and offended by your comment

I am half white half Mexican and had to deal with this bullshit in middle school. Since my dad was Mexican I was considered a REAL Mexican where as my best friend Alex did not meet the criteria since it was only his mother. People like you just make it harder for kids trying to forge their identity

[tonysam]

3. Stupid article, but leave it to somebody to try and make his latest

problems a racial issue.

[pecwae]

6. True. nt

[Sarah Ibarruri]

7. Particularly when he isn't, doesn't look it, and doesn't associate himself with too many

black people. His wife and girlfriends, not one is black.

[jaysunb]

33. His brothers and sisters are Black

so how does he manage to be anything else ? :shrug:

[Sarah Ibarruri]

48. He's not viewed as a black man. He's half Japanese, he's very light skinned, he looks

exotic, not black. His only girlfriends, wife, mistresses, etc. have been blondes. He doesn't really associate with being black. How are people supposed to see him as black? Look at the responses in here. He's not seen as black.

[HipChick]

51. are you around him 24/7 to know that he does not associate with other blacks?

:rofl: :rofl:

[Sarah Ibarruri]

No, you're right about that. But even his mistresses were all whites

And why would that be?

[HipChick]

57. His mother is Thai..its offensive to confuse asian people too..

[Sarah Ibarruri]

66. No. I read she was of Japanese descent. And someone else on here disagrees with you

They say she's Filipino.

[HipChick]

81. Apparently you are trying to apply the 'one drop' rule..

[Dream Girl]

109. My biracial son has considered himself black since he started to understand

the construct of race in America. This despite the fact that we always tried to get him to acknowledge his biracial identity. We were trying to be PC, I suppose. He was having none of that and has never considered himself to be anything but black since he was about six years old. Interestingly, he does identify himself as "half Irish" and is very proud of his Irish heritage. He is extremely close to my husband's side of the family including his grandparents, cousins and aunts.

[paulk]

136. his mother is a native of Thailand

She is half Thai, 1/4 Chinese, and 1/4 white. His father was 1/2 black, 1/4 Chinese, and 1/4 American Indian.

No Japanese. This info is easy to come by using google.

Tiger Woods is 1/4 "black".

[brentspeak]

59. s/del

repost

[Sarah Ibarruri]

63. I thought she was of Japanese descent? Maybe I read somewhere that she was

Filipino of Japanese descent? There are many, many Filipinos of Japanese descent.

[jaysunb]

76. You're wrong on so many levels I don't know where

to start or whether it would do any good....

His Mother is Thai, not Japanese.
You and others may "see" beyond his skin color but when the cops pull me and him over, it's still 2 black men.

BTW, do you remember Fuzzy Zoller's statement when he won his first Masters ?

" I guess we'll be eating fried chicken & collard greens at the annual dinner."

This is still America and people are still identified by their skin color and heritage. The "one drop" rules still applies.

OK ?

[HipChick]

83. Exactly...thank you

[Number23]

116. Thank you. That post made my teeth itch it was so full of confused and tortured thinking.

[Number23]

115. I just... I can't.... I'm trying...

he's very light skinned, he looks exotic, not black.

You are... I'm really trying to...

I can't even reply. This post is so brain-numbingly crazy I don't even know where to start.

If you consider this man "light skinned" I don't even want to show you pictures of me! And the idea that to look "black" is to automatically NOT look "exotic," I just... I can't even articulate what I'm trying to say.

[Cha]

117. To be absolutely accurate..

his mom is from Thailand.. " Father, Earl Woods, was a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 2006, age 74. Mother, Kultida, is a native of Thailand. Earl was half black, one-quarter American Indian and one-quarter Chinese. Kultida is half Thai, one-quarter Chinese and one-quarter white."

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0971329/bio

:)

[Better Believe It]

60. How do you know all about his personal life, who he associates with, who all of

his friends are, etc.,?

You know Tiger real well, do ya or just reading the tabloids?

And you really don't like the fact that he married a white woman and she has blond hair and he has a white dog?

Horror of horrors! What has this country become?

Well, it's legal now .... "race mixing" wasn't under the old Jim Crow laws in the south.

[bullwinkle428]

102. He's been tight with Michael Jordan and Charles Barkely for years!

[Better Believe It]

34. So you want us to believe you read the full article, typed a response and posted it in 2 minutes!

Can you also fly like superman?

[snagglepuss]

85. +1

[AllentownJake]

5. No he is a troubled asset

and when the media has a troubled asset they turn it into another asset Since he won't be as effective at selling shit people don't need anymore he can be used as a punching bag to attract people to watch programs and than advertising to buy shit they don't need.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

8. I think he's a great example for American men of what NOT to do to their wives

Don't you agree?

[AllentownJake]

14. Fully

However, he has 1 billion dollars. Something tells me he'll be fine.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

22. I'm not saying he won't be fine. I am saying he's a sh*thead to his wife

and not a nice man.

[HipChick]

49. His wife seems to be bought and paid for..

[shanti]

130. probably everything is bought and paid for

in his life. he became wealthy at such a young age. this reminds me of the kobe incident.

[AllentownJake]

36. She'll be fine too

I'm pretty sure she walks away with 100 million and will find a decent man after this.

[snagglepuss]

90. Bingo. nt

[chatnoir]

9. "untreated psychic wounds"?

Oh please. :eyes:

[timeforpeace]

10. Bull. He is almost universally respected, even revered. Until now anyway. This journalist is an ass.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

16. Universally respected for what? Hitting a little ball? Or hurting his wife by keeping

a gigantic number of mistresses for years? Just making sure what kind of respect you have for him. :beer:

[timeforpeace]

37. Don't drink, but thanks for the insult. You're forgiven.

[snagglepuss]

93. The asses are people who "revere" him given his involvement with

the Burmese military Junta, DubaiWorld with its slave workers and Chevron.:puke:

[bullwinkle428]

107. Whoa...what's the deal with the Burmese junta involvement?

[snagglepuss]

111. An open letter was written to Woods about the Chevron-Burma partnership

"In 2008 Chevron entered a five-year relationship with Tiger Woods's foundation under the guise of philanthropy. But if Woods had a shred of social conscience, this partnership never would have existed.

snip

Even worse, Chevron has a partnership with Burma's ruling military junta on the country's Yadana gas pipeline project, the single greatest source of revenue for the military, estimated at nearly $5 billion since 2000.

Ka Hsaw Wa, co-founder and executive director of EarthRights International, wrote in an open letter to Woods, "I myself have spoken to victims of forced labor, rape, and torture on Chevron's pipeline--if you heard what they said to me, you too would understand how their tragic stories stand in stark contrast to Chevron's rhetoric about helping communities." Chevron is underwriting a dictatorship, but Tiger Woods apparently sees them as upstanding corporate partners."



http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091214/zirin/print

[spiritual_gunfighter]

13. Thank you for wasting my time with this ridiculousness n/t

[undeterred]

19. What a crock of bullshit.

[CoffinEd]

21. Tiger Woods is a Black Man?

Um, no, Obama is a "black man," as this is how he self-identifies. Last I hear Tiger was a Cablinasian, as that is how he self-identifies.

When stuff is going good, Tiger is seen as multiracial. But just let stuff take a turn for the worst and now he is seen as exclusively and totally a "black man." Nope, I ain't buying that one.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

39. EXACTLY. Obama is a black man. He looks black, and married a black woman -

And a gorgeous black woman she is, too. And they're both brilliant.

[HipChick]

61. and so does that make a Black man who marries a white woman White?

[Better Believe It]

67. What about a Black woman who marries a white man .... is that bad?

[HipChick]

71. Apparently,it will make her White

[Better Believe It]

82. Tiger Woods doesn't owe me an explanation nor does he require my forgiveness.

It's a family matter. Leave Tiger Woods and his family alone.

It's their problem to resolve, not ours.

Leave that up to people addicted to following entertainers personal lives in the tabloids.

I don't snoop around to find out what neighbors or co-workers are doing in their personal lives.

It's none of my business.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

70. No, but if doesn't look black, and he's only married a white woman and

cheating with white women, well, he's not black.

I think a truly admirable man is President Obama. He's black and worthy of all the respect on the planet. He has self-respect for himself, his wife, his kids.

Tiger Woods? Neither black nor admirable, and he certainly has neither respect for himself, for his wife, or his children.

[Shell Beau]

120. I didn't realize you were the authority on who is and isn't black.

[CoffinEd]

86. Some folks just don't get it

In fact, when Tiger first broke on the professional scene and there were some African Americans trying to claim him as one of us, Tiger went out of his way on more than one occasion to make it clear to all who would listen that he felt "99.9%" Asian (which makes perfectly good sense to me, as he was raised by his Asian mother and women are generally considered the "culture keepers") and that he viewed himself as more Asian than anything else. I'm only repeating what Tiger has said many times before.

It's obvious to me that Tiger doesn't want anything to do with "black," except wearing the black Nike jersey, which is what he's being paid handsomely to do. So, yes, I do take exception to the author trying to put on Tiger on me. Oh hell no and certainly not now! B-)

[snagglepuss]

95. Thank you for inserting factual info into the discussion. nt

[Sarah Ibarruri]

125. He seems not to. In fact, I think he's rejecting his black parentage -

Which his own father may have also been doing. After all, he didn't marry a black girl.

I don't really understand the writer of the article. Maybe he should have explained himself more in that regard, rather than assuming everyone saw him as black, when Tiger himself doesn't.

[Dream Girl]

106. He's black alright, just doesn't want to be

Probably learned a lot of that black self hatred bullshit from his dad, particularly the hatred and rejection of black women. Tiger went out of his way to deny his blackness. But he can deny it all he wants. He is as black as the day is long.

[TexasObserver]

24. All that to make excuses for a jackass who can't keep it in his pants?!

That column is offensive. It's the worst kind of excuse making.

As for that "Jezebel," Tiger should learn the saying "if you lay down with dogs, you get up with fleas."

This is not about anyone's race. It's about a guy who betrayed his wife with numerous women - as many powerful or wealthy men do - and who had it bite him in the ass.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

28. Can you believe it? He acts like his penis is on fire, and people are defending him

Never mind he hurt his wife in a monstrous way. They've got to come out to defend him. Amazing.

[HipChick]

25. what a waste of bytes space..should he really identify as anything?

He is half asian and half black ...big deal..should he act more Asian than black?

I never understand why people need to stick a label on people and put them in a box

A lot of the anti-TW stuff too are scorned women projecting experiences into his situation..

[Kingofalldems]

27. So the writer slanders Phil Mickelson

Why?

[timeforpeace]

31. Tiger worship has been blessedly, totally free of racist stuff until this "journalist" came along.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

35. I don't even see Tiger as black. I have two adopted nephews from India....

who are light-skinned and they look like him, slightly exotic, slightly Indian or Middle Eastern.

[timeforpeace]

45. That's because he isn't, not that it matters anyway. He's cablanasian.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

62. What's a cablanasian? lol nt

[Better Believe It]

100. So an anti-racist article is racist .... and war is peace.

[Pavulon]

32. Rich asshole. Once you have that much money race is irrelevant(nt)

[Sarah Ibarruri]

38. It's not that. Race continues to be race even with money. HOWEVER...

Tiger might look slightly exotic, but not "black."

[HipChick]

46. Nicole Richie? Mariah Carey?

Does their skin tone exclude them from being black?

[Sarah Ibarruri]

52. Mariah is seen as white. Nicole is seen as white.

Sure, they have black parents, or parent, but they're seen as white. I didn't do it, promise.

Compare Mariah Carey with Obama. Ask people out there who's black and who's white. You'll get your answer.

[HipChick]

68. This is where you contradict yourself..Mariah married a black man..What color is she now? Black or

White?

[Sarah Ibarruri]

72. She looks white. She looks even whiter than Tiger Woods.

No contradiction. She's totally white. And by the way, just to warn you, this is the last response I'm going to give you, so all the subsequent responses you give, might be answered by others, but will not be read or answered by me. Just to let you know. Thanks.

[HipChick]

74. your race logic is flawed...you post something and then unable to debate the

the point..

[Number23]

118. I'm not trying to be rude in any way but you may need to exclude yourself from this conversation

Your thinking about "race" and "color" is more befitting of 1909 than 2009. Mariah Carey identifies herself as a black or "mixed race" woman and always has. She makes black music, hangs out with black people and is married to a black man.

Nicole Ritchie has never denied her racial heritage either. She may be white as snow with dyed blonde hair, but she does not consider herself white either. Welcome to the 21st century.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

123. Hey, I didn't include Tiger Wood's race or non-race or whatever into his misdoings

It was the article that did so, and then the poster of the original post, who agreed with it. So don't be pointing the finger at me.

[Number23]

138. Regardless of how race was brought up, your ideas about it are still painfully outdated

But if you don't mind letting everyone on this site know this, then carry on.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

140. I'm saying he's a prick, an a-hole, a narcissistic little freak who is more

in love with his penis than with his wife and kids, and that his wife should take him for whatever she is able to get monetarily, then exit his life and find a decent man to marry.

[shanti]

131. apparently

your question was too much for her :eyes:

[hayu_lol]

47. Tiger is not a public enemy...

he is merely another male dufus who has consistantly put his 'clubs' in the wrong 'bag.'

Hmmm...he must be a Republican since they all seem to make that mistake.

He has not harmed himself, but he has seriously harmed both his wife and his kids.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

56. He has. He has harmed his wife and his kids. I thought at first when it came out....

that it was a mistake on his part, his penis yada yada, etc. But it wasn't. It wasn't a one-night stand, and it wasn't 1 woman. It was countless mistresses, in a concerted effort to cheat on his wife over years, which he was very successful at. The lies were spectacular. I feel sorry for her and for the kids.

[HipChick]

65. I don't feel sorry for her...you act like TW cheated on you

I wonder if she was naive,I dont believe this is new behaviour, she can leave and she'll still be fine..

[anigbrowl]

94. So? Are you his sister in law or something?

I'm at a loss as to why people think this is any of their business, frankly. I have no interest in golf (or sports in general), but I'm aware that the's probably the best player in the history of the game. That's what he's admired for, not because he claims to be a relationship coach or that he achieved golfing success by following some kind of difficult moral path which he hypocritically commends to others, eg thanking Jesus and God every time he sinks a putt.

If he was lecturing people on how to live their lives I'd see why people would have a beef with him turning out to have mistresses and so on. But he's wealthy and famous because he has a high degree of athletic skill, and that's all.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

96. Not just republicans

See John Edwards.

[cali]

40. Sickening and moronic piece of Counterpunch drivel. gad, how I despise

that fuckwad rag.

The brouhaha around Woods has nothing to do with his race and everything to do with the fact that he's the most famous athlete in the world.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

97. Ive never read Counterpunch

but if this is the type of horseshit they produce, I am glad I havent.

[Better Believe It]

113. All the more reason to hate it. Judge a publication by one article you don't like.

Now that's what I call an open mind!

[spiritual_gunfighter]

121. tabloid fodder

[SidDithers]

112. +1 on all points...nt

Sid

[MilesColtrane]

53. "His (Woods) acts are the manifestations of the trap of power as it is perceived..."

and acted upon in Western society"

Gee, that sounds so much better than, "I just wanted some strange."

[dustbunnie]

108. LOL...

:rofl:

Not a thing to add to that!

[blondeatlast]

114. DUzy. That was beautiful, just beautirul! nt

[Bluebear]

55. Nobody's race excuses infidelity, Mr. Wilson.

Black, white, purple, cheating is cheating.

[LostInAnomie]

64. I really don't think I've seen any references to his race until this article.

And, an idiotic article it is.

[TwilightGardener]

69. The real reason this is news is because Tiger seemed like a pretty good guy, IMO.

Having multiple affairs seems out of character for him.

[TCJ70]

73. Tiger Woods is a person...

...who, apparently, cheated on his wife...and is only getting attention because he's famous. What does his race have to do with that again?

[monmouth]

77. The first time he appears at a golfing event he will be received with

applause and support. End of story... Many of you are maybe to young to remember the escapades of Arnie Palmer..Woohoo.... Still revered as Tiger will be. Time to move on.

[HipChick]

88. I agree..demographics of his audience will not be scorned women sucking up tabloid fodder

its men..this will blow over

[WilliamPitt]

78. That would be Mr. Obama, actually

In many quarters.

[DailyGrind51]

79. He is a "rich" man who thinks he can get away with anything and people will forgive him.

Look at the number of people willing to forgive Roman Polanski for drugging and rapping a 13-year-old, just because he is an "artist". Would they have forgiven a teacher, coach, or priest? Talk about elitism!

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

84. But more likely... Revenge

The Revenge of Tiger Woods
by WTH

His 155-foot yacht is called Privacy. In October, Woods wrote that people don't see his or his wife's name in gossip magazines and tabloids "because we're kind of boring." It's well known that Woods has gone to great lengths to keep his personal life private, and no wonder.

Today, Woods rules an all-white world, dominating an all-white sport, and building his empire through all-white corporate endorsements. He's even married to a white woman from all-white Sweden. But it may well be that he's psychically fractured because of a heinous kindergarten incident wherein White boys tied him to a tree, taunted him mercilessly with racial slurs, and physically abused him, at one point allegedly throwing rocks at Woods. And now, Woods is getting his revenge.

As the number of all-white mistresses grows, metaphorically Woods has tied the all-white world he lives in to a tree, taunted it mercilessly, and abused it. The saga of Tiger Woods is the saga of the "abused child becomes the abuser" syndrome.


Blah, blah, blah; This, that, and the other... This is way too easy, I should get a job at The Tick Press

[anigbrowl]

87. What an utter heap of nonsense.

If Brett Favre turned out to have several mistresses or suchlike it would be a 9 day wonder in just the same way. I'm sure there's a few isolated racists who can't stand tiger woods because of his skin but talk of some sort of organized movement to take him down because he's black is complete hooey. This DK Wilson person needs to get a life and stop fomenting paranoia in exchange for a royalty check.

[Better Believe It]

122. You think there's just "a few isolated racists" in this nation? What planet are you on?

Talk about an utter heap of nonsense!

Millions of racists voted for McCain/Palin, especially in the south.

Oh .... sorry .... you're right .... they really weren't racists .... just conservatives who want lower taxes.

[anigbrowl]

126. Not what I said. Back to reading class for you.

But I understand your need to keep defending this ridiculous article after building your OP around it. That would explain why you ignored the point that any famous sports figure can get hit by a personal scandal. Remember Michael Phelps and the bong?

[nomaco-10]

89. Early in his career he went on Oprah....

and she tried her damnedest to make him say that he was the next black icon in american culture. To which he replied, "I am half aa and half korean, I will never turn my back on my mother's culture, I am bi-racial". I applauded him for that.

The same thing has happened to Obama. He is constantly described as the first aa president, and to his credit, he has always replied he has a multi-ethnic background.

Why can't we get past the black/white thing? Why can't people just be people without the labels and stereotypes attached to any person that has achieved some notoriety in this country.

We're ALL just homosapiens, evolved from the homoerectus and neanderthals. We all share the same fucking planet. Why can't that be the common denominator that supersedes all this other bullshit?

[HipChick]

91. I applaud your post! n/t

[monmouth]

101. You are so right. The media tends to put on these labels, everyday

people I speak to don't mention race, color. It doesn't matter.

[alcibiades_mystery]

92. I like the part about Phil Mickelson being a boozehound, a gambler, and a philanderer

Needless to say, he is generally portrayed as the Greatest Family Man in History, though everyone knows each of the above charges to be true.

:rofl:

[jaysunb]

110. Bingo !

And " Leftie" is an ass to boot. :evilfrown:

[Nikki Stone1]

98. Maybe he's Thai enemy #1

(He's 50% Thai)

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

99. OMG! Nike sweatshops are in Thailand

There's an article in there, somewhere.

[upi402]

103. Media Distraction #1

Propaganda, misdirection, misinformation, and distraction. Corporate media is betraying democracy.

[SoCalDem]

105. Are "stupidity, arrogance, & careless", colors?

Color has N O T H I N G to do with his troubles..:rofl:

[blondeatlast]

119. More "wonderfulness" from the radical chic freshman rag known as Counterpunch.

Aren't they all just so precious in their poorly informed and unstudied idealism? I don't know whether to laugh or hurl.

[cali]

128. I'm more inclined to hurl.

but this is so crapalicious that it is almost funny.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

124. So the author is just realizing the media swarms over the peccadilloes of celebrities?

Then he complains that they won't run with "rumors" about others?

We're finding out now that the rumors about Tiger were out there. No one reported them until he did something very public and concrete that outed it all.

[earth mom]

129. The gossip rags have been slow lately-this is just the next bright shiny scandal that every one is

fascinated with.

The fact that Tiger is oh so rich and oh so squeaky clean is what is fueling the fire right now.

If Tiger had been a bad boy from day one, people wouldn't care.

[gleaner]

132. I don't think so .....

he is no different from any other guy who cheats and has a troubled marriage. It happens all the time and does not hinge on race. It is only the business of the couple involved, and whomever they invite to be close to them.

I think the woman selling the private communications with Woods is no better than the men who sold video tapes of the famous women they were having sex with. It's low. I saved love letters too, but when the relationships ended I tore them up. They were kept as a part of a relationship not against the possibility of embarrassing someone in the future. If you are part of a couple it is an immense breach of trust for either of you to tell tales on the other.

Woods is being true to himself and trying to keep his private life private. Maybe he is also trying to spare his wife any further embarrassment or save his marriage. But I don't think he is "Black enemy Number One." He is just a guy who made one or more missteps and now probably is heartily sorry. He should be left alone to manage his life and to figure out what he needs to do with it.

[HipChick]

133. I don't remember anyone bringing up race when Alex Rodriguez was Cheating on Wife..

[gleaner]

141. I don't know about on DU .....

But it has been all over the gossip columns when he was with Madonna and she wound up getting a divorce because of the publicity. Her husband was apparently not a happy camper about the whole thing. Now he's all over the place with Kate Hudson, so he has had his share of negative publicity. I don't think it bothers him as much as it does Woods, because he doesn't seem to be a very private person. There might even be a little bit of "trophy" ideation there.

His business used to assail me every time I opened up MSN which is my home page. It had a lot of play and was virtually unavoidable. And shall we forget David Letterman who had his business trotted out absolutely everywhere? I don't think the public's morbid interest in what celebrities do is limited to any particular race. And celebrity guys tend to shop around because they can and like all guys they think they can get away with it.

[Iggo]

134. Tiger Woods fucks women who are not his wife.

Heal old untreated psychic wounds...give me a fucking break!:rofl:

[noamnety]

135. John Edwards. nt

[Skittles]

137. oh what a bunch of BS

I've never even heard of "Phil Mickelson"

[ddeclue]

139. I thought that was Obama's job...

:sarcasm:

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