Greenberg's Slip II

In response to the outcry over referring to Martin Luther King, Jr. as "Martin Luther Coon", radio host Mike Greenberg issued the lamest of statements in explaining the gaffe:

I just came home from the Knicks game and found out about the mess that was created by my garbling a sentence on our show this morning; I apologize for not addressing it sooner.
And I'm sorry that my talking too fast - and slurring my words - might have given people who don't know our show the wrong impression about us, and about me.

I feel horrible about that, because nothing could be further away from who I am and what our show is about.

I would never say anything like that, not in public, or in private, or in the silence of my own mind, and neither would anyone associated with our show, and I'm very sorry that my stumble this morning gave so many people the opposite impression.

Greenberg's Slip

The usually articulate Mike Greenberg of ESPN's Mike and Mike in the Morning, apparently has difficulty in pronouncing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s name as he initially uttered "coon" then caught himself and said "King." Greenberg's explanation should be interesting because it is impossible to view this as anything other than a Freudian slip. The slip suggests that Greenberg has used the term before in reference to Dr. King.

A Useless Idiot

Televangelist Pat Robertson is an useless idiot with a seemingly inexhaustible capacity for uttering pure nonsense. The latest example of Robertson's idiocy is his pronouncement on the meaning of the Haiti earthquake. According to this charlatan, Haiti is being punished by God for its Satanic pact that led to independence from France. The First Amendment is a wonderful thing but some people, like Robertson, abuse it.

Teddy Pendergrass 1950-2010

Singer Teddy Pendergrass, who died last night in Philadelphia, rose to the heights of black popular music in the seventies and eighties with a string of hits -I Don't Love You Anymore, Love T.K.O, Turn Out the Lights - with a singing style characterized by a strong, passionate baritone and unmistakable virility.

McGwire's Belated Mea Culpa

Mark McGwire's admission that he took steroids throughout his career and, in particular, during the year in which he broke Roger Maris's single season home-run record should not surprise anybody. Since his ill-fated appearance before Congress, where he essentially stonewalled the issue, the widespread suspicion was that McGwire was a cheater and that he, like so many others of his generation, used performance enhancing drugs.

Wild About Harry

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), in assessing the candidacy of Barack Obama, reportedly said: a 'light-skinned' African American 'with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one." Of course, when a public figure says exactly what he feels and then discovers it is stupid, what follows is the proverbial, lame-ass apology:

"I deeply regret using such a poor choice of words. I sincerely apologize for offending any and all Americans, especially African Americans for my improper comments.

"I was a proud and enthusiastic supporter of Barack Obama during the campaign and have worked as hard as I can to advance President Obama's legislative agenda.

"Moreover, throughout my career, from efforts to integrate the Las Vegas strip and the gaming industry to opposing radical judges and promoting diversity in the Senate, I have worked hard to advance issues important to the African American community."

Rudy's Memory Problem

Appearing on Good Morning, America, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani said:"What he [Obama] should be doing is following the right things that Bush did -- one of the right things he did was treat this as a war on terror. We had no domestic attacks under Bush. We've had one under Obama." In Rudy's world, 9-11 didn't happen on Bush's watch, despite ample evidence to the contrary. And then there's the foiled attack by shoe bomber Richard Reid, which also happened when Dubya was in charge.