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May 4, 2012

Methodical Foolishness: Really, Phil Mushnick? You think Jay-Z being part owner of the New York Nets requires a name change to “New York N—–s”?

Jay-Z (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

It seems as time goes by, more and more people are showing their true feelings regarding race. On Think Progress today, Alyssa Rosenberg shined a light on some BS written by New York Post columnist, Phil Mushnick:

As long as the Nets are allowing Jay-Z to call their marketing shots — what a shock that he chose black and white as the new team colors to stress, as the Nets explained, their new “urban” home — why not have him apply the full Jay-Z treatment? Why the Brooklyn Nets when they can be the New York N——s? The cheerleaders could be the Brooklyn B—-hes or Hoes. Team logo? A 9 mm with hollow-tip shell casings strewn beneath. Wanna be Jay-Z hip? Then go all the way!

Really, Mushnick? Just because a black rapper has some ownership of a sports team, this jerk-off says that the team should now be called “n—-s” and cheerleaders should be called “b—hes” and “hoes”. And the team logo would HAVE to be a gun because that’s the only thing that rappers represent, right? Why would the Post allow this to go to print? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. Freedom of speech is a right we all have, BUT it comes with responsibility. The Post should have squashed that racist/sexist crap and told him to re-write his article or it would be published.

Phil Mushnick: With Jay-Z As Owner, Brooklyn Nets Should Be Called Brooklyn N*****rs (inquisitr.com)
New York Post Columnist Calls Jay-Z’s Brooklyn Nets, The “New York Ni**ers” (hiphopwired.com)
Jay-Z designed the Brooklyn Nets new logo (getwititmagazine.com)

So now I have to stop giving Papa John’s Pizza my money? This disappoints me.

According to ABC News, the Romney camp has forbidden cameras from fundraisers. Looks like someone said forget that, pulled out a cell phone, and recorded a private fundraiser at the home of John Schnatter, the guy behind Papa John’s Pizza:

At a private fundraiser at the home of pizza giant John Schnatter last month, Mitt Romney is seen on a cell phone video offering his candid thoughts on how Democrats and Republicans view wealth.

“What a welcome, what a place this is my goodness,” said Romney, who is shown in the video is standing outside at Schnatter’s estate in Anchorage, Ky. Schnatter is the founder of the Papa John’s Pizza empire.

“Who would have imagined pizza could build this, you know that?” said Romney. “This is really something. Don’t you love this country?”

“What a home this is, what grounds these are, the pool, the golf course, you know if a Democrat were here he’d look around and say no one should live like this,” said Romney, as the crowd began to laugh. “Republicans come here and say everyone should live like this, all right. This is a really tribute to America, to entrepreneurship. (Source: ABC News)”

I doubt a Democrat would see that property and say “No one should live like this!”; one would see the property and say that “Everyone should live like this…not just a select few!” You know, spread the wealth, not hoard it at the top. But hey, what do I know…other than I will not vote for Romney and Papa John’s will no longer get my money.