NY Giants’ fans will learn quickly that Keith Bulluck is a born leader who will never shy away from a challenge. With his presence he brings a bit of Swagger that has been lacking from the Giants since the retirement of Michael Strahan. He knows the game and understands that you cannot BS Giants fans. So when he tells Pro Football Talk that it would be ‘Absurd’ to over look the Giants he means it.
The only thing left to complete this return home is for Bulluck to retain his number 53. No disrespect Dillard (rookie) but you will have to find another number; 10 yr veteran > rookie!
As always….
If there is something to be said, “Its On Broadway” to step up and say it!!!
Keith Bulluck (linebacker) formerly of the Tennessee Titans will be joining the NY Giants this season; the signing of Bulluck adds the veteran leadership that was lacking in the Giants linebacker group. In Bulluck the Giants are getting an every down linebacker that can stop the run and defend the pass; just ask Dustin Keller as Bulluck locked him down last year when the Titans came to NY to play the NY Jets.
Since the retirement of Antonio Pierce the Giants lacked a leader with experience on defense; Keith Bulluck instantly fills that need with 10 years of experience. Bulluck is one of the most underrated linebackers in the league; he has quietly put together a strong resume that has not been seen in NYC since the days of Lawrence Taylor, Carl Banks and Harry Carson. Speaking of Harry Carson there is no better player than Keith Bulluck that is worthy of wearing the #53 for the NY Giants.
As for his knee; Bulluck has fully recovered from the ACL tear he suffered late last year; he is fully confident that the knee is where it needs to be. Throughout his career Bulluck has been a mainstay in the starting lineup and there is no reason to believe that he will not return to that level of play that made him a Pro-Bowl linebacker.
Last but least it is unfortunate that Bulluck was not able to finish his career with the Titans; the fairy tale ending would have been Keith Bulluck finishing his career in Nashville. This is business and the Titans chose to go in a different direction; personally speaking much respect to the city of Nashville and all of the Titans fans!!
Overall good move by the G-men; the defense will be looking to bounce back from last years disappointing season. The signing of Antrel Rolle and now Bulluck is a step in the right direction. The pressure is on this year for the Giants as the NY Jets made a lot of moves in an attempt to become the top dawg in NY; the pressure is on and I can’t wait for the season to start.
As I stated in my last posting WTF/WTH Wednesdays – Shame on the Obama Administration; President Obama should speak with Shirley Sherrod one-on-one and apologize for everything that has happened this week. Don’t get me wrong the apologies by Tom Vilsack (Head of USDA) and Robert Gibbs (Press Secretary) were appropriate, but when you have someone from the USDA telling Sherrod she had to resign immediately to avoid having Glenn Beck aka NUTBAG reporting on the story. It says a lot about the sensitivity aka ‘Bitchassness’ in the White House; not necessarily calling out President Obama but I think this administration at times pays too much attention to Conservative talk Radio and FOX News.
On NBC’s Today Show Sherrod said she didn’t expect an apology from the president but she would like to talk to him “about the experiences of people like me, at the grassroots level,” she added “Let me help him a little bit.”
Mark Knoller noted this morning that the White House is considering whether Pres. Obama should call Sherrod to apologize. Knoller believes the president will call Sherrod to personally apologize.
Sherrod also talked about the new job offer from Tom Vilsack; the new job is with the Office of Outreach and would involve dealing with discrimination within the USDA.
Sherrod stated she is reviewing the job offer but “would not want to be that individual that … everyone is looking to solve the issue of racism in the USDA.”
She would not rule out taking the job before having a chance to review the complete job description.
In all honest I don’t blame her for hesitating in taking this job as it looks like she would become the poster child for fighting discrimination.
Side note, if Sherrod doesn’t take the job let’s hope she doesn’t collect some kind of unemployment benefits. I can see Republicans (Glenn Beck) jumping on the idea that she had an opportunity to have a job and turned it down; as crazy as it sounds I’m just saying…
As always…. If there is something to be said, “Its On Broadway” to step up and say it!!!
In the unfortunate situation concerning Shirley Sherrod there are plenty of villains to share the responsibility of this woman losing her job at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); Andrew Breitbart, Ben Jealous/NAACP, FOX News, USDA/Tom Vilsack, and the Obama Administration.
If you’re not familiar with the Shirley Sherrod story here is a quick recap:
After the NAACP released a declaration calling for the Tea Party to denounce the racism that has been present at their events. Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart decided he wanted to show that the NAACP was just as guilty of having racism present at their events. Breitbart posted a video from on his blog showing Shirley Sherrod at a NAACP event telling a story about how she once dealt with a White farmer who was looking for help in saving his farm from foreclosure. In the video Sherrod talks about the White farmer talking down to her and how she took him to a White lawyer (one of his kind) to help him.
“You know, the first time I was faced with helping a white farmer save his farm. He took a long time talking but he was trying to show me he was superior to me. I know what he was doing. But he had come to me for help. What he didn’t know, while he was taking all that time trying to show me he was superior to me, was I was trying to decide just how much help I was going to give him.”
“I was struggling with the fact that so many black people had lost their farmland. And here I was faced with having to help a white person save their land, so I didn’t give him the full force of what I could do.”
“So I took him to a white lawyer that had attended some of the training that we had provided because Chapter 12 bankruptcy had just been enacted for the family farm. So I figured if I take him to one of them, that his own kind would take care of him.”
The video spread like wildfire amongst Conservatives as FOX News pushed the story non-stop stating that a USDA official (Sherrod) was caught on tape using her power in the USDA to with-hold assistance to a farmer because he is White. With the video going viral the NAACP and Ben Jealous jumped in and decided they had to act quickly and denounce the statements on the video from Sherrod. Finally Tom Vilsack head of the USDA issued the state that Shirley Sherrod has submitted her resignation and that he has accepted it. He also expressed how the USDA could not tolerate Sherrod’s actions especially in light of the departments controversial past with Black farmers.
Pretty much a straight forward case of racism, right????
Not exactly, hours after Breitbart released the video the truth about the video started to come to light. Apparently the video that Breitbart release was on a partial video; what Brietbart failed to show was that the story Sherrod was telling was about a woman who had evolved. In the unedited version of the video Sherrod explains that she learned from the incident. She realized that it was not about race; not about Black or White but about poverty. She stated that she worked hard to save the White farmer’s land…
“Working with him made me see that it’s really about those who have versus those who haven’t. They could be black, they could be white, they could be Hispanic. And it made me realize then that I needed to help poor people – those who don’t have access the way others have.”
Of course when it was realized there was rush to judgment; everyone responsible for Sherrod losing her job issued statements of regrets and apologies.
Andrew Breitbart said he never meant for Sherrod to lose her job, he was only trying to focus on the NAACP
The NAACP/Ben Jealous apologized but offered a lame excuse as to why they would denounce Sherrod without having all the information. They stated at times they are forced to respond to situations like this faster than they would like and that they were ‘Snookered’ by the edited video. That is complete Bullshit as the NAACP waited an entire year before issuing a statement against racism in the Tea Party movement; they explained in that situation that they wanted to make sure they had all the evidence. If that was the case, what makes Sherrod situation any different? In my opinion the NAACP was feeling themselves as they had a successful week in calling out the Tea Party.
Head of the USDA Tom Vilsack apologized and stated the decision to ask for Sherrod’s resignation was his decision and not the White House’s (YEAH RIGHT). He also offered Sherrod’s job back to hr if she wanted it (she is thinking about it), he also admitted that he made his initial decision based off of limited information.
FOX News simply shifts the focus from Sherrod to the Obama Administration once they found the video was edited.
Robert Gibbs issued an apology on behalf of the White House stating that everyone involved rushed to judgment without all the facts. Also stated the decision to ask for Sherrod’s resignation was done before the president was informed.
As I stated in the beginning, everyone shares the blame in Sherrod losing her job. In my opinion the majority of the blame belongs to President Obama and his administration; I say this because ultimately the captain is responsible for the ship. Say what you want about Breitbart, and FOX News; yes they pushed a false story but is that REALLY a shocker when it comes to fringe element of the Right-Wing? The reason why this situation became a story was because of the reaction by the USDA and Tom Vilsack. Sherrod stated that she was told that she had told resign quickly before this became a story for Glenn Beck to report on.
WTF!!!
So now this administration is scared of a NUTBAG like Beck?? Some will say well Vilsack made the call to ask for Sherrod’s resignation and that is correct, but you best believe that the White House recent troubles with FOX News concerning the New Black Panther Party had something to do with his decision. Time and time again this year the White House has had confrontations with FOX News and ultimately at the end of the day the White House desire to go head to head with FOX lead to the USDA not wanting to give Beck the extra ammunition to attack a sensitive White House. It’s not like Tom Vilsack is not an experienced leader as he was the Governor of Iowa; there is no reason why a proper investigation wasn’t done before a decision was made. Vilsack’s handling of Sherrod is a reflection of the Obama Administration, the president has to step up and make sure the message is clear to everyone that behavior like this is not tolerated.
I remember back in 2009 when President Obama snapped at Ed Henry for criticizing how quickly he responded to an issue…
Where is that President Obama? Where is that patience in handling an issue and making sure you get it right? Shame on the Obama Administration for falling into the trap of FOX News and reacting based off of emotions; like Keith Olbermann I think President Obama owes Shirley Sherrod an apology. It’s not good enough that Press Secretary Robert Gibbs apologized,
Shirley Sherrod should be hearing the apology from the President!
As always….
If there is something to be said, “Its On Broadway” to step up and say it!!!
Roland Martin needs to stop trying to rationalize why he made his comments and just say that he is sorry. Stand up and simply admit you didn’t do all the necessary research. Instead of just saying sorry he always adds a ‘but’ in an attempt to clear his name.
As always….
If there is something to be said, “Its On Broadway” to step up and say it!!!
On June 21st I wrote about the stalemate between the Republican and Democrats concerning the extension of Unemployment Benefits and adding potentially $33 billion to the National Debt; Militant Mondays – What Happened to PAYGO. My concerned back then was the spending ways of this government; and that eventually we as a nation have to pay attention to how we spend money. Even though adding $33 Billion is relatively a small amount compared to other government spending, I felt that Congress had to make sure they exhausted all viable possibilities in paying for this extension. I felt that the gov’t should follow the PAYGO rules that the Democrats championed.
Since then my stance has slightly changed as more information concerning how PAYGO works, past history and the alternatives being offered by Republicans.
PAYGO – Is the practice of financing expenditures with funds that are currently available rather than borrowed. In the case of paying for the extension of Unemployment Benefits this is considered “Emergency Spending” and PAYGO rules do not apply.
Past History – Since 1950 we have extended Unemployment Benefits in every Recession except one.
Republican Alternatives – Use TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) money to help fund the $33 Billion needed for Unemployment Benefits. Under current law TARP funds can only be used to pay against the National Debt; there would have to be a change in the law. Also keep in mind when it was suggested earlier this year to use TARP money to fund a jobs bill; Republicans immediately shot that idea down without hesitation noting that TARP money should only be used to pay down the debt. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30216.html
Deficit hawks have also stated that not extending Unemployment Benefits could cause more harm to the economy as the money spent on Unemployment Benefits as that money would be used by the unemployed and put back into the economy immediately.
All of the above factors helped change my mind; initially I felt that sooner or later we will have to make tough decisions in order to put this country in the right direction. I don’t care if good ideas are from Republicans or Democrats; I just care about GOOD IDEAS! With that said I can tell you without a doubt that Representative Mike Pence (R-Ind) thoughts on how we should treat Unemployment Benefits is NOT a good idea. Recently Mike Pence was asked by Fox’s Wallace about the Republicans’ argument that the unemployment benefits be “paid for” — but why not also“pay for” a reauthorization of the tax cuts, which will cost $678 billion?
Pence responded:
“The point is we’ve got to get this economy moving again and we can’t go back to the tax-and-spend policies of the Democrats or the tax-cut-and-spend policies of the prior administration.”
Many economist agree that Bush’s tax cut during his administration did not generate the economic growth they expected; so when you look at which could possibly have a worse impact on our National Debt. I’m pretty sure helping the rich and adding $678 Billion to the debt can cause a tad more harm than adding $33 Billion to the debt and helping relieve the struggles of 2.5 Million people without unemployment.
It boggles the mind how Republicans can say with a straight face that we should “pay for” extending unemployment benefits but hey it’s cool that wealthy Americans should get a tax break that doesn’t have to be paid.
Maybe it’s me, Michelle Bachmann can you help me to better understand this concept?
Correction Michelle Bachmann, Congress did cut budgets so that the majority of the extension of unemployment benefits will be paid for. Also as I stated earlier the exception to PAYGO is emergency spending. Extending unemployment benefits has always been considered emergency spending.
Bachmann stated she wanted President Obama to “Cut the dramatic government spending…”; Which seems to be more dramatic $33 Billion or $678 Billion?
Update 7/20/2010:
With a 60-40 vote, the Republican filibuster was ended; setting up a potential final vote on the measure later Tuesday. The legislation would then have to return to the House for approval.
The roughly $33 billion cost of the plan will be paid for by new borrowing.
Democrats were able to reach the crucial 60-vote supermajority to overcome Republican filibuster only after Sen. Carte Goodwin (D., W.V.) was sworn in by Vice President Joe Biden a few minutes before the vote. Mr. Goodwin succeeds Sen. Robert Byrd (D., W.V.), who died in June.
Update 7/22/2010:
Mark Knoller reports that House votes final passage to unemployment benefits 272 to 152. President Obama will sign as soon as bill reaches White House.
As always….
If there is something to be said, “Its On Broadway” to step up and say it!!!
As I stated in my previous blog Say something Tea Party…. it was time for the Tea Party to stand up and denounce the racism that seems to plague their movement. I called on the likes of Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Rand Paul, and Sharron Angle to step up and be REAL leaders; if the Tea party wanted to be taken seriously they would have separate themselves from the likes of Mark Williams and his satirical “open letter”.
Well, it wasn’t one of the high-profile Tea Party supporters but the Tea Party Federation decided to take matters in their own hands. When the Mark Williams organized Tea Party Express decided that they were going to back Mr. Williams and his comments the Tea Party Federation made the decision to expel the Tea Party Express from the membership of the overall Tea Party Federation.
I applaud the move by the Tea Party Federation and I hope this is a step in the right direction; the right direction being where the focus is on policies and not on race or birther nonsense. As you will view in the video clip below we still have a long way to go…
Hmmmmm, “clearly offensive” but not “clearly racist”…
Since the Tea Party Express expulsion from the Tea Party Federation 2 candidates have moved towards distancing themselves from the Tea Party Express; Sharron Angle and Walt Minnick. Only time will tell what will happen to the Tea Party Express; Sarah Palin still has not denounced the Tea Party Express. I would not be shocked if the Tea Party Express becomes some sort of martyr as a result of all of this, especially if Palin and Bachmann continue to show their support.
Lastly for whatever reason David Webb seemed to go out of his way to avoid the interviewers question about the Mark Williams’ comments offending him as an African-American; why the stutter/stammer??
As always….
If there is something to be said, “Its On Broadway” to step up and say it!!!
Over the past week we have seen that the NAACP has voted on a declaration asking the Tea Party to denounce the racism that seems to follow their events across the United States. In that declaration the NAACP respected the right of the existence of the Tea party and their core values (fiscal responsibility, and small government). In my opinion the NAACP went out of their way to ensure that they were not saying all Tea Party members are racist but to point out that for the past year there is enough evidence to show there is a disturbing presence at Tea Party rallies.
In response to the NAACP Tea Party backers like Sarah Palin decided to only focus on the idea that Tea Party members are good Americans; Palin and the rest of the Tea party backers time and time again fail to acknowledge what is clearly evident; and now we have the “open letter” from Mark Williams (Tea Party organizer)…
Dear Mr. Lincoln
We Coloreds have taken a vote and decided that we don’t cotton to that whole emancipation thing. Freedom means having to work for real think for ourselves, and take consequences along with the rewards. That is just far too much to ask of us Colored People and we demand that it stop!
In fact we held a big meeting and took a vote in Kansas City this week. We voted to condemn a political revival of that old abolitionist spirit called the ‘tea party movement’.
The tea party position to “end the bailouts” for example is just silly. Bailouts are just big money welfare and isn’t that what we want all Coloreds to strive for? What kind of racist would want to end big money welfare? What they need to do is start handing the bail outs directly to us coloreds! Of course, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is the only responsible party that should be granted the right to disperse the funds.
And the ridiculous idea of “reduce[ing] the size and intrusiveness of government.” What kind of massa would ever not want to control my life? As Coloreds we must have somebody care for us otherwise we would be on our own, have to think for ourselves and make decisions!
The racist tea parties also demand that the government “stop the out of control spending.” Again, they directly target coloreds. That means we Coloreds would have to compete for jobs like everybody else and that is just not right.
Perhaps the most racist point of all in the tea parties is their demand that government “stop raising our taxes.” That is outrageous! How will we coloreds ever get a wide screen TV in every room if non-coloreds get to keep what they earn? Totally racist! The tea party expects coloreds to be productive members of society?
Mr. Lincoln, you were the greatest racist ever. We had a great gig. Three squares, room and board, all our decisions made by the massa in the house. Please repeal the 13th and 14th Amendments and let us get back to where we belong.
Sincerely
Precious Ben Jealous, Tom’s Nephew NAACP Head Colored Person
Mark Williams attempt at comedy is in poor taste and is inappropriate for someone who is suppose to be a major organizer for a group trying to legitimize themselves. Recently Michele Bachmann spoke about her vision of the Tea Party having a caucus in congress that would represent Tea Party interest; you can’t talk about that until you address the deficiencies in that party.
So why does the Tea Party stand-by and say nothing?
In my opinion the Tea Party refuses to call out the racist in their party because they are fearful of alienating any supporters. As a young group their strength is in the number of supporters, if they call out the racist they worry about diminishing their numbers.
It’s time for Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Rand Paul, and Sharron Angle to step up and be real leaders and demand the racism stop. Or else your silence speaks volumes of your overall views!
As always….
If there is something to be said, “Its On Broadway” to step up and say it!!!
For those of you not familiar with the case; during the 2008 November Elections 2 members of the New Black Panther Party (wearing military gear) (NBPP) were accused of Voter Intimidation outside of a Polling Place in Philadelphia. One member of the group was carrying a nightstick; the 2 men were allegedly caught on video trying to intimidate voters from voting.
There are several videos on you-tube of the 2 men wearing all black standing in front of the polling place. You can clearly see that one guy is carrying a nightstick, what is not clear by any of the videos taken is clear-cut voter intimidation or the act of preventing voters from voting.
In this next video there are accusations of voter intimidation but no real evidence:
In this last video you can actually hear a woman in the background say the 2 men have not stopped anyone from voting:
As a result of this incident an investigation was conducted by the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) it was determined that the facts did not constitute a prosecutable violation of the Voting Rights Act. On January 7th, 2009 the DOJ filed a civil action suit, seeking injunctive and declaratory relief under 11(b) against four defendants (2 men at the polling place and the organization New Black Panther Party).
Section 11(b) does not authorize any other kinds of relief, such as criminal penalties, monetary damages, or civil penalties.
After further investigation by the DOJ it was determined that there was not enough evidence to show there was a nation wide attempt to intimidate voters. That meant that there was no evidence to hold the New Black Panther Party responsible for the actions of the 2 men at the Philadelphia polling place. The ONLY evidence that was substantial was pertaining to the on guy holding a nightstick in front of the polling place. That person is prohibited from displaying a weapon within 100 feet of an open polling place on any Election Day in the City of Philadelphia or from otherwise violating Section 11(b).
In no way am I defending the actions of the men from the New Black Panther Party involved in this incident. There is no place for racial epitaphs in any situation, but with no evidence of actually voter intimidation I don’t believe there is much more that could have been be done. Basically, no evidence no case!
Unfortunately FOX News is trying to make a story where there is no story! FOX News has accused the Liberal media of purposely not reporting on this case to protect the President and his administration. FOX is relying on a wanna be “whistle-blower” J Christian Adams who used to work for the DOJ. With no evidence Mr. Adams has accused the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ of only wanting to pursue Civil Rights cases where minorities are the victims.
So with no evidence FOX News wants the mainstream media to chase this story; sorry FOX but REAL reporting uses facts and not the BS spewed by the likes of Hannity, and Beck.
Folks don’t believe the hype!!!
There is no evidence to show that Eric Holder or President Obama pushed to have charges dropped against the New Black Panther Party. No there was no Blacks looking out for Blacks moment here; all you have to do is research the incident and read the timeline of events.
There is no need for FOX News to try to stir up the masses; I don’t mind FOX News disagreeing with the President on his policies or his actions. Trying to make something out of nothing is unnecessary; back in 2006 the DOJ during the Bush Administration investigated a similar case in Arizona. On May 14th, 2010 Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez testified:
The DOJ “declined to bring any action for alleged voter intimidation” “when three well-known anti-immigrant advocates affiliated with the Minutemen, one of whom was carrying a gun, allegedly intimidated Latino voters at a polling place by approaching several persons, filming them, and advocating and printing voting materials in Spanish.”
I wonder if FOX News was as vocal in supporting those Latino voters????
As always….
If there is something to be said, “Its On Broadway” to step up and say it!!!
“His feelings of betrayal personify a slave master mentality…”
“He sees LeBron as a runaway slave. This is an owner employee relationship — between business partners — and LeBron honored his contract.”
Jesse Jackson
I totally disagree with Jesse Jackson on this; how can you bring race in this matter? What we have here is an owner (Dan Gilbert) who is upset he lost his #1 cash cow in LeBron James. Was Dan Gilbert’s comments out of line; in my opinion yes! Calling LeBron James a coward is ridiculous; as an 18-year-old James came into the NBA with a tremendous amount of hype and the weight of a city on his shoulders. In his 7 years with the Cavs LeBron handled himself great maturity and never shamed the city of Cleveland or the Cavaliers. James was able to make the Cavs a top draw as they seemed to always be on TNT during the NBA season; so when did LeBron act like a coward??
Dan Gilbert spit so much fire at LeBron in his open letter that even Dylan was impressed, HAHA!!!
Seriously tho Dan Gilbert acted like Spencer Pratt after Heidi left him; instead of acting a professional he let his emotions get the best of him. In no way am I making any excuses for Gilbert, but for Jesse Jackson to say Gilbert sees LeBron as a “Runaway Slave” is a bit of a stretch. I don’t know if Jackson felt he had to defend LeBron’s decision to leave; James has received a lot of negative press since making his decision. From Cleveland to New York City fans are feeling betrayed by LeBron (still not sure why Knicks fans are so upset). Whatever the reasons are Jesse took a sensitive issue like racism (slavery) and interjected into a situation where we have a millionaire owner mad at a millionaire (new money) basketball player.
“Slavery” in this case is a hard sell;especially when you look at LeBron’s career in Cleveland. Since day one with the Cavs, LeBron has controlled that organization. Best believe that there was not a single player/personnel move made in Cleveland without it first being passed by King James. I don’t know many slaves that would receive treatment like that. The whole free agency process itself showed the control James and his team (Team LeBron) maintained. Jackson’s comparison to slavery is a slap in the face to those who really faced slavery.
Jesse Jackson SHOULD be looking into the Oscar Grant case if he wants to do something positive. LeBron doesn’t need “Messy Jesse” coming to his rescue, James has his situation in had. I mean who else would leave approximately $20-30 Million on the table to take less money?? Only someone who is in more control than we give him credit for…
No disrespect Jesse Jackson but do us all a favor and SHUT THE HELL UP!!!
Update 7/13/2010: Monday night David Stern addressed the media from Las Vegas and announced that the Cleveland Cavaliers will be fined $100K for owner Dan Gilbert’s comments concerning LeBron James leaving the Cavs for the Miami Heat. David Stern also stated he disagreed with Jesse Jackson’s statements about Gilbert looking at LeBron as a “Runaway Slave”
As always….
If there is something to be said, “Its On Broadway” to step up and say it!!!
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