Some In The U.S. Ignore, Don’t Understand, Or Don’t Care About Olympic Spirit … Unless Their Party Has Presidency

None of these conservatives would have been cheering if the United States of America had lost a chance to host the 2016 Olympics … if John McCain had won the presidency. I suspect there might have been some politics from a few on the left, but I don’t see any way that people on the left would have been cheerleading as our nation, the United States of America, lost an opportunity to host the Olympic Games of 2016. The official U.S. bid, which would have hosted the game in Chicago, failed … much to the stunning joy of so many on the right wing of the political spectrum.

Roland Martin, a popular CNN contributor, wrote a column about the events surrounding the U.S. losing the chance to host the Olympic Games.

Wrote Martin:

I can recall crying along with millions of Americans when our hockey team beat the Russians and won the hockey gold in 1980. Where were those games? Lake Placid, New York. Euphoria spread all across the nation, not only because we beat the mighty Russians, but also because it took place on American soil.

When Carl Lewis and Mary Lou Retton dominated the 1984 Olympic Games, we all beamed with pride because they represented the United States on American soil in Los Angeles, California.

And when Michael Johnson stormed around the track to obliterate the world record in the 200-meter dash (since broken by Jamaica’s Usain Bolt), we relished the win as he took a victory lap around the stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

Americans love home field advantage, and we always desire to show the rest of the world what we are made of.

Many of these hate-driven conservatives cheering the defeat of the U.S., have disgraced an Olympic spirit they could not possibly understand or know – unless one of their own is president.

It has been much easier for them to cheer against the country, bash our president and trash the great city of Chicago.

CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/03/martin.olympics.defeat/index.html

CNN’s Roland Martin Calls Out Crazies Over Birth Certificate Nonsense

The stupidity of these nuts on the far right calling attention to President Obama’s birth certificate and whether or not he was born in the United States of America is so nutty.

If you buy into the conspiracy you should close your eyes and think about just how many people would have to be involved in a conspiracy of this magnitude (including a Hawaii newspaper which would have had to have had a sort of an amazing clairvoyance to fake this birth announcement knowing Barack Obama was going to become the first black president of the United States almost 50 years down the line).

Birth announcement from the Honolulu Advertiser:

Also, here is the birth certificate of Barack Obama that the birther nuts can’t seem to find and won’t accept:

The left, in all honesty, should be thankful for nuts like this who show their extremism in the most idiotic ways to give Americans a contrast.

Here is part of Martin’s column:

The YouTube video of an out-of-control woman yelling and screaming at Republican Congressman Mike Castle’s town hall meeting in Delaware, demanding to see the birth certificate of President Barack Obama, is utterly hilarious.

To watch others cheer her insanity, and then boo the congressman who says the president is an American, shows you that we have a serious problem with mental illness in this country.

The nut jobs that continue to promote this story are wacky, right-wing radio and TV talk shows hosts and no-credibility bloggers. They have latched onto this story like bloodsucking leeches, and actually want us to believe this story has legs.

Last week, in a suit filed by perennial presidential loser, Alan Keyes, they even tried to claim a court victory after a federal district judge in California asked to listen to the merits of their case. I’m sure he simply wanted to see for himself how delusional they are.

CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/22/martin.obama.birth/index.html

News Hounds Picks Up On Fox Nation Racism

Normally, I would not spend a whole lot of time commenting on the comments that (usually) anonymous people leave on blog sites. Fox Nation, the blog arm of the Fox News empire, has had continuing issues with hateful language on its blog site (as posted by readers). News Hounds has a blog entry about a series of racist comments directed at Roland Martin who, probably most notably, is a CNN commentator. Martin was critical of Sarah Palin in a column he wrote. As David Letterman discovered, not much gets the righties tighties in a bunch more than virtually any criticism of Sarah Palin. For the record, Martin is black (but you will see that quick when you see some of the racism directed at him by some cowardly and racist Fox Nation visitors).

Here is a screen shot captured by News Hounds:

Over the years, I’ve heard Bill O’Reilly be very critical of blogs like Daily Kos and Huffington Post for nasty comments posted by visitors. But, it seems people like O’Reilly are very silent about O’Reilly (unless he has done a segment that I’ve not seen criticizing Fox Nation).

Here is the other screen shot from News Hounds:

Is this what Fox is all about?

Where is the outrage from people like Bill O’Reilly?

Excellent work by News Hounds to catch this.

Check Out Roland Martin’s Take On The Sarah Palin-David Letterman Conflict

Commentator Roland S. Martin has weighed in on the little conflict taking place, through the media, between Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and comedian David Letterman, of CBS’ The Late Show.

Here is an excerpt from Martin’s column:

Frankly, we’ve tired of the Sarah Palin act.

She wants to be taken seriously, but when you’re spending more time getting into a back and forth with a doggone comedian rather than trying to shore up your leadership skills, then it’s clear you’re playing out of your league. 

In a recent poll, not even 1 percent of the responders saw her as a leader in the GOP. Yeah, she didn’t even get 1 percent. I think that’s a joke and something to laugh at.

Roland S. Martin:
http://www.creators.com/opinion/roland-martin/sarah-palin-the-joke-s-on-you.html