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Hockey Coach Greg Walsh Faces Ban from the OMHA for Opposing Racial Slur
Despite the strides made by current Black NHL players like Calgary Flames captain, Jarome Iginla and Montreal Canadiens player, P.K. Subban and many others, racism is alive and well in hockey! To wit:
“Coach Greg Walsh pulled his Peterborough minor league hockey team off the ice after an opposing player hurled a racial slur at Andrew McCullum, one of his teenaged team members and no one apologized.
Two weeks later, Walsh is watching his house league team from the stands while he serves an indefinite suspension from the Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA). Meanwhile, the player who used the taunt and his two coaches received three-day penalties and are playing again.
Because of a Hockey Canada rule on “refusing to start play,” Walsh could be barred from coaching for up to a year.”
WTF??! Greg Walsh is a stand-up guy who absolutely did the right thing by taking a principled stand against behavior that has no place in civil society in 2010. The Ontario Minor Hockey Association should be ashamed of themselves for the position they have taken here! Don’t let them get away with this travesty. RT this story with the hashtag #SupportGregWalsh.
Hit the jump for more including an interview with Greg Walsh done by the CBC…. (more…)
Former House Leader Tom DeLay Found Guilty on Two Felony Counts of Money Laundering
With your man Obama going down in flames right now I needed to post some right wing-related bad news to balance things out. After all I need something to be thankful for tomorrow!
Deepak Chopra on President Obama: His Even-Handedness Works Against Him
“President Obama’s 10-day Asia trip includes visits to India and Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim country. The president chose not to visit the Sikh Golden Temple in Amritsar during his time in India because it required a head covering that his advisers feared would fuel speculation about his faith. A Pew study showed that nearly 20% of Americans believe falsely that the president is a Muslim.
The more Obama reaches out to Muslims, the more his critics are likely to slander him, implying that he is not a Christian. An example is his April 2009 speech in Turkey, in which he said, “We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation, we consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.” The president’s critics have seized on that statement, insisting that he rejects the Christian foundations of America. Is Obama stuck between a rock and a hard place? If you were the president, how would you handle this dilemma?”
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[via Washington Post]
Hit the jump for a video on Obama’s G-20 visit being termed by some as an “Embarrassing Disappointment.” (more…)
CNN Video: President Obama Says He’s Not Caving on Tax Cuts
Really??! So he claims in a speech made while on a trade mission in Seoul, Korea which apparently didn’t go so well either!
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Video: Michael Moore’s advice to President Obama
Jonathan Alter’s argument to the contrary in The Promise, I have to agree with Michael Moore here.
[Last Word Blog via Roger]