David Stern has to go

David Stern's tantrum to Jim Rome another reason why it's getting time for him to leave

By Adrian Wojnarowski

OKLAHOMA CITY – David Stern is pushing 70, tired, irritable and still surrounded with no one to tell him the truth. For all the young diva stars in the sport, no one has an entourage of yes men as deep as the NBA's commissioner. Rest assured, everyone told Stern how out of line Jim Rome was on Wednesday, that Stern’s public tantrum was validated, that Stern justifiably defended his honor. Rest assured, no one dared tell the commissioner he needed to put the NBA above himself, stop the preening and let Kevin Durant and LeBron James be the stars of these Finals. No one dares tell Stern the ultimate truth that his ego, his vindictiveness, is an embarrassment to the league.

That wasn’t about Stern’s honor, his reputation or defending his good name on Rome’s radio show. If Stern can’t handle a line of questioning on the draft lottery without resorting to personal insults, he shouldn’t sit for the interviews. In a lockout year, everyone has had too much Stern. Just ease back, let the Finals speak for itself and stop thrusting yourself into these predicaments.

Stern's office demands that kind of discipline from him because this is no time of the year for the commissioner to turn into a sideshow gone viral. Of course, Stern has always believed himself to be bigger than the office, bigger than the sport. The NBA’s never known a diva like him, and the owners will make sure it never does again.

For the good of the legacy that Stern so cherishes and, more importantly, for the good of the NBA, there needs to be a succession of power soon. The longer Stern stays, the worse for his legacy. It’s sad to watch, and his accomplishments do deserve a graceful ending. He has his deputy commissioner, Adam Silver, set up to succeed him, and Stern has suggested that the transfer of power could come within the next couple of years. Within ownership and high-level league management, there's growing hope it comes sooner than later. They’ll never push out Stern because most of the owners do respect him and admire his acumen and achievements.

One owner told Yahoo! Sports that Stern "has a few good years left in him," and insisted he didn’t care about Wednesday’s diatribe. Another owner and several executives felt his behavior on Rome's show diminished the league and needlessly distracted from the spectacular buzz surrounding this Miami-Oklahoma City series.

Nevertheless, this episode where the commissioner resorted to biting personal counterpunches leaves you to wonder: How much more does the league want Stern out front representing the sport’s brand?

In the age where NBA superstars are worth tens of millions of dollars more than the rules let them earn, the owners have long been reluctant to assign limits on the commissioner. That’s why he acts this way; treating public dissent with condescending disdain. In private, he’s profane, petty and seems to live for the way the office allows him to inspire such fear and loathing of the league’s masses.

Perhaps the NBA doesn’t rig draft lotteries, but it sure seems to rig news conferences with local-yokel reporters throwing up softball questions for Stern to debunk the league’s boogeyman of the day. For now, it’s the fact that an NBA owned-and-operated franchise, New Orleans, won the draft lottery. He didn’t mind that question on Tuesday night at a news conference, but bristled on the radio Wednesday? Come on. Once again, Stern’s problem isn’t so much the mistrusting public, but such doubt within his own league with how he’s conducted business, how he lords over the referees and how deep the consequences may go for those who ever dare to challenge him.

In the end, owners and executives often measure possible challenges and crossing of the league with this weighty thought: How bad will Stern punish us?

Stern’s condescending "how-dare-you-question-me" tone lost its credibility long ago. Former referee Tim Donaghy shattered it. All those years that Stern spoke so arrogantly about the ethical infallibility of his officials, and it turned out to be pure mythology. Donaghy existed, operated and went undetected within the NBA until the feds popped him. Once, Stern was a great commissioner: tough, respected and leading a vision that inspired a global transformation of the NBA. Those days are gone, and now most in the NBA tap their feet, stare at the ground and harbor hope they’re reading Silver right. They think Silver will be more open-minded, less dictatorial and ultimately introduce an era where the league office acts like an ally, not Big Brother.

Until then, no one will push out Stern. No one will tell him it’s time to go. He is still the best mind in the sport, but his spirit is different. Every day, the commissioner chips away at his own legacy, his own league, and it’s kind of sad to see. He’s irritable, tired and he should start walking toward the door. David Stern was a great commissioner, but he owes himself a graceful goodbye. Mostly, he owes the NBA.

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It's time for Stern to step down. He has done nothing to correct the lousy officiating,he has blocked the Chris Paul trade to the Lakers and according to this article he has been an all around bully. He has acted more than just an commissioner he has been a dictator and like most dictators he must go away. I've asked for Stern's resignation for the Chris Paul incident and now it's not just me asking for his ouster.

Romney wants Paul out of the race

Sit down,peon. Don't make me Paul your ass

It seems that Mitt Romney is getting sick of Ron Paul staying in the race and now Romney wants him out. Obama leans on those that give him trouble and Romney appears to be the same.From the following video we can see what the Who sang about:meet the new boss same as the old boss.That is if Romney is elected. Here is the video:



On FOX news they said,I forget the show but I believe it was Hannity and it was Sean himself that said,to paraphrase,that if you refuse Mitt Romney you will wake up with a horse's head in your bed. I'm sure Hannity was joking but it appears that Romney may actually do such a thing.

Jesse and Al stirring the shit in Treyvon Martin case

By now you're most likely heard about the death of Trayvon Martin at the hands of neighborhood watch commander George Zimmerman. You have Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton stirring the pot and inflaming the tensions of the community. There is the media version that Zimmerman overreacted and shot Martin in cold blood,then there is this version which states that a witness saw Martin go for Zimmerman's gun,also that Martin was at his father's house for discipline. This sounds like Martin's parents didn't live together and he may be from a single mother headed household (but single mother households are for the Men's Rights Blog). I don't know the full story then again neither do Jesse and Al but I'm willing to wait until the case unfolds. I'm not going to inflame the situation even further but then neither should Jesse and Al.

Ron Paul suspicious of vote count

Congressman says he has “theories” that foul play may be involved

Steve Watson

Infowars.com

March 12, 2012

In a conversation with reporters in Missouri this weekend, GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul said that he and his supporters were suspicious about the outcomes of several caucuses because the crowds and volumes of support have been much bigger for him than for any other candidate.

“Quite frankly I don’t think the other candidates get crowds like this, and we get them constantly” Paul said, after he had spoken to yet another crowd of over 2500 supporters in Missouri. “You would get the perception that we would be getting a lot more votes.” He added.

“Sometimes we get thousands of people like this and we’ll take them to the polling booth, yet we won’t win the caucus.” Paul said, adding “A lot of our supporters are very suspicious about it.” When informed that Santorum had won the Kansas caucuses, Paul admitted that he had not seen the numbers on it at that point but again reiterated his point, stating:

“That reminds me of a picture I just looked at. I had four thousand people and he had a hundred and fifty. So who knows.” The picture, below, shows a huge turn out at a Kansas town hall meeting for Paul this weekend, compared to virtually nobody showing at Santorum’s event.

The Congressman admitted he could not elaborate on his suspicions but commented “It’s just instinct and hearsay stories, verbal stories that you hear and the kind of things that we heard about up in Maine.” “They said we can’t have a recount because they just write these numbers down on pieces of paper and then throw them away afterwards. So it’s that kind of stuff that makes you suspicious.” Paul urged.

As we previously reported, evidence of possible vote fraud has been uncovered in Maine, where several towns and counties that Ron Paul won were omitted from the final state count for no identifiable reason. Watch the video.

—————————————————————- Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones’ Infowars.net, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham in England.

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I thought the same thing in fact I thought something was up when they "lost" those caucus votes in Iowa. A local GOP chairman was sacked for it but was he just following orders? FOX doesn't seem to put that question to Republican National Chairman Reince Siebeus. (sp?) I wonder why. The establishment wants Mitt Romney to run as the official candidate but the rank-and-file have different ideas. Let's see who wins.

From an email

I received this in my email the other day:




I went to a sporting event in the city with a friend of mine. We arrived in separate cars and met in the parking lot where I received my ticket. After we went in he stopped at the food stand while I waited for him by the glass doors leading to the outside. One the other side of the doors were some teens of an ethnic minority. They were most likely deaf because they used a lot of sign language. I didn't know what to do so I remember seeing sign language by different individuals of the same ethnic minority group so I used the sign language from that other group with this group. Well that seemed to be a mistake because one of them asked if I had a problem and can they fix it for me. I was thinking that I sure do have a problem with sign language and if the can help me resolve it I sure would be appreciative. I also thought that if they can speak why are they communicating with sign language? Just then a security officer appeared and asked to see my ticket which I showed him and he escorted me to my seat. When the event was over my friend and I parted company. On the way to my car I was walking along and I heard someone behind me. It was the teens I saw earlier and one of them showed me they had a gun in their waistband. That is a good thing because the city can get really bad at night and it's good to have an armed escort. Not only that they had their friends drive real slow beside them just in case there was trouble. I'm glad they were there because it made me feel real safe. When we reached my car the one with the gun took it out and said they wanted to get this over with. I think they were referring to target shooting or something. Just then a police car drives by and my new found friends get in their friend's car and take off at a high rate of speed. Before they left I believe one of them wrote down my license plate number so hopefully I'll be hearing from them real soon. You meet such nice people in the city.

Sharpton again

Well Al Sharpton is at it again. This time he wants to censor talk radio and the Internet, specifically bloggers on the internet. I wonder if he was thinking of yours truly when he came up with this scheme. He really has it in for Rush Limbaugh in particular and really wants to censor him. Sharpton has even go so far as to ask the FCC to regulate what is said over the airwaves. First of all the FCC cannot regulate political speech as it is prohibited from doing so by the first amendment to the constitution. Second even if they were Sharpton also has a talk show and then someone can threaten Sharpton with the removal of his show. If that were to happen Sharpton would cry like a baby saying they cancelled his show. It's amazing how little these liberal think things through.

Bogyman

America has always needed the presence of an enemy to unite the people in one way or divide them in others. With the republicans it's been the presence of the Soviet Union and terrorists and with democrats it has been males particularly white males but recently I've noticed a new enemy emerge and that new enemy is the Mexican drug cartel. I've been watching FOX and they had a sheriff from Pinas county Arizona on and he stated there have been threats on his life by the cartels. If someone were to charge forth emotionally in this they would think this is an outrage and demand action. However if one were to objectively analyze this they would see that this is the government wanting more power (less liberties) in the name of "protection". The government wants more power with intrusive laws: The Know Your Customer Act and the Patriot Act are a couple of examples and has tried to censor the internet so I'm a little suspicious when a politician asks us to give up more of our rights. This current government is very socialist and trying to take more of our rights. Let's hope this November results in different people in congress.