Forward 5/11/12

NEWS & CURRENT EVENTS

So President Barack Obama finally decided to kick off his re-election campaign with a speech given in Ohio that immediately angered Republicans – because how dare he actually speak of his achievements. I can’t wait till he seriously attacks that ridiculous robot Mitt Romney. And the fact that at this point they are dead even in the polls is totally astounding to me and the public should really be ashamed of itself. There is no way that anyone with any amount of short term memory would vote for this guy. Here is a guy that was in Michigan this week, blaming labor unions for the economic crisis. In Michigan? You mean the state where they make cars? Where their entire economy is labor based? Who is advising this man?

And when asked if he would have given the order to kill Osama bin Laden he said, “Even Jimmy Carter would have given that order.” Really Mitt? Are you sure you are not on record saying that you would not challenge the sovereignty of Pakistan to get bin Laden? How is it that these two are even in the polls? What country am I living in? OK OK, I know it’s early, and I am sounding a bit alarmist, but remember 2000?

But the greater political waves were made by Obama when he acknowledged that he supports same sex marriage. Look even to a liberal this seems like a major political risk. Of course he didn’t win over the right wing maniacs that probably already believe that his entire presidency is secretly run by a gay/Kenyan/Muslim conspiracy from outer space that is coming to take away their guns and Bibles and eat their brains. He didn’t lose the gay vote that was already going to vote for him regardless of his stance on this issue, but what is concerning is the voters that are in the middle politically but whose religious beliefs may conflict with Obama’s statement. Now bear in mind that Obama is in no way suggesting that states lose their power to regulate marriage, and he is not attempting to introduce any legislation on the issue, he was just speaking from his heart. Although he should be commended for speaking from his heart, I really don’t want this to cost him an election that is already so close in the polls.

SPORTS

Floyd Mayweather Jr. beat Miguel Cotto convincingly and honorably, but I still won’t give him his props until he fights Manny Pacquiao. And how about that undercard though huh? I love Canelo Alvarez, he is as rare a fighter as a redheaded Mexican (Ok, bad example). And Floyd as usual, made his way into the ring with his intimidating entourage – 50 Cent, who has been shot multiple times, Floyd Mayweather Sr. who spent some time in jail, his uncle and trainer Roger Mayeather, who was a badass boxer himself, and oh yeah…Justin Bieber. Huh? Justin fucking Bieber? Are you serious? How the fuck does that happen? Were all five Backstreet Boys busy that night? Could you imagine if some crazy shit goes down and that posse ends up in the same jail cell together? Ummm…let’s see…who is getting gang-raped first?

The Knicks put up a valiant fight, but it was not to be, so let’s discuss the future. First off, and I hate to say this, but their point guard situation is dire. All three point guards all went down with career threatening knee injuries. Jeremy Lin was out the whole post season, Baron Davis, if he is lucky, might be back next year, Iman Shumpert – knee injury. Is there something about being in New York that destroys knees? You know, I was securely seat-belted on the Mike Woodson band wagon, but if how he manages the point position has something to do with these injuries then allow me to be the first to join the Phil Jackson recruiting club.

THIS WEEK’S REASON WHY TERRORISTS WANNA KILL US

Bristol Palin thinks she is a political commentator now. Great, that’s all we need. This genius wrote that Obama’s kids influencing his decision to personally support gay marriage showed a lack of leadership. And that the only reason they feel that way is because they’ve watched “one too many episodes of ‘Glee’.” As opposed to what, Bristol? “16 and Pregnant?” I don’t watch Glee but if they have an episode with a tolerance theme she should probably watch it. Or maybe the one on preventing teenage pregnancy? You know, I usually think family issues are off limits, but how much “leadership” did Sarah Palin show when she decided to avoid the sex conversation with her own daughter? And anyone with kids knows that they absolutely should be an influence on you and your thinking, especially since they are the eyes by which you can see the future. Maybe if Sarah spent more time actually listening to her kids instead of drilling (no pun intended) her unreasonable morality on them, her daughter might not have gotten pregnant as a teenager. Can someone please knock Bristol up again so she can go away?