Monday, January 25, 2010
John Edwards Comes Clean, Gary Coleman Gets Arrested & White Basketball Players
John Edwards has done it again, but only because he had to. This King of Creeps from North Carolina has "come clean", and finally admitted to fathering a child out of wedlock, the result of a campaign-trail affair with Rielle Hunter, a videographer, while his wife, Elizabeth Edwards, was back home battling cancer.
If, in a moment of bad judgement, you were thinking about applauding Hair Boy for being honest, let me remind you of a couple of things. Number one: The kid is now 22 months old. For 22 months, Edwards insisted the the child wasn't his. In fact, as I recall, he said the child couldn't possibly be his because the timeline was all wrong. Yeah, the timeline was all wrong because at the time, he was running for President.
"John, you ARE the father!"
What do you think? Right before the police photographer took this mugshot, do you think he said, "Hey, Gary, on the count of three, say "WHACHOO TAKIN' BOUT, WILLIS?"
Finally, in the "THIS SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD BE TROUBLE" department, Don "Moose" Lewis is starting up a new professional basketball league which, according to a press release issued last week, will start it's first season this June. The All-American Basketball Alliance (AABA) will be made up of only players who are "natural born United State citizens with both parents of Caucasian race". Lewis insists he is not a racist, but that he just wants to get away from the "street-ball" played by "people of color", and back to "fundamental basketball".
The AABA is targeting Southern cities, and several of them, including Augusta, Georgia, have told Lewis to "stay out of town"
Lewis says, "I don't hate anyone of color. But people of white, American-born citizens are in the minority now. Here's a chance for white players to play fundamental basketball, which they like."
Aside from the racial overtones, I just don't think this is a very good idea. I just don't see people coming out and paying to see these guys play basketball. It sounds to me like an entire league made up of the team that loses to the Harlem Globetrotters all the time.
I just don't see it happening. But I'll tell you what.......if it does take off, I'm forming an all-black hockey league.
If, in a moment of bad judgement, you were thinking about applauding Hair Boy for being honest, let me remind you of a couple of things. Number one: The kid is now 22 months old. For 22 months, Edwards insisted the the child wasn't his. In fact, as I recall, he said the child couldn't possibly be his because the timeline was all wrong. Yeah, the timeline was all wrong because at the time, he was running for President. For 22 months, when it came to John Edwards, DNA stood for "Do not acknowledge".
Well, maybe his conscience finally starting bothering him. Maybe he's not such a bad guy after all.
Wrong again. Next week, Andrew Young, Edwards' former campaign aide, is scheduled to go on national television in advance of the publication of his tell-all book, "The Politician." Young presumably will explain Plan A — how the Edwards inner circle decided that Young would take responsibility for fathering the child.
But even when he gets back into a corner and pretty much MUST make a public confession, the consummate politician that he is, he strategically makes the big announcement at a time when he knows the story will probably get buried. I mean take a look at what was happening at the time of this startling revelation: a natural disaster of immense proportions in Haiti, the Jay Leno-Conan O'Brian thing, Tiger Woods in a clinic for sex addiction. Is it any wonder very little attention was paid to Edwards "confession".
I still say it would have been more fun and definitely more entertaining had he gone on The Maury Povich Show.
"John, you ARE the father!"Former child star.........turned.............whatever, Gary Coleman got himself arrested over the weekend for domestic violence in Utah. Last year, it was Coleman's wife, Shannon Price who got arrested for domestic violence. There's no confirmation that Price was the victim of Coleman's alleged violence. If she was, to prevent it from happening again, I suggest she go out and buy a pair of shin guards.
What do you think? Right before the police photographer took this mugshot, do you think he said, "Hey, Gary, on the count of three, say "WHACHOO TAKIN' BOUT, WILLIS?"Finally, in the "THIS SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD BE TROUBLE" department, Don "Moose" Lewis is starting up a new professional basketball league which, according to a press release issued last week, will start it's first season this June. The All-American Basketball Alliance (AABA) will be made up of only players who are "natural born United State citizens with both parents of Caucasian race". Lewis insists he is not a racist, but that he just wants to get away from the "street-ball" played by "people of color", and back to "fundamental basketball".
The AABA is targeting Southern cities, and several of them, including Augusta, Georgia, have told Lewis to "stay out of town"
Lewis says, "I don't hate anyone of color. But people of white, American-born citizens are in the minority now. Here's a chance for white players to play fundamental basketball, which they like."
Aside from the racial overtones, I just don't think this is a very good idea. I just don't see people coming out and paying to see these guys play basketball. It sounds to me like an entire league made up of the team that loses to the Harlem Globetrotters all the time.
I just don't see it happening. But I'll tell you what.......if it does take off, I'm forming an all-black hockey league.
posted by Denny # 5:05 PM 
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