Why Politicians Shouldn't Talk About Sports

Or in this case, at all. Jesus, Tom Menino, do you really have to butcher everything when speaking? This is embarrassing. Not that Menino is the only Massachusetts politician to quickly prove that his/her affection for local sports culture is pure political bullshit. John Kerry, while campaigning for President in 2004 said his favorite Red Sox player was "Manny Ortez" (yes pronounced it Or-Tez), Martha Coakley who got destroyed by Scott "I'd eat myself if I were chocolate" Brown, in the Mass. special election, said that Curt Schilling is a Yankees fan. Oh, and Scotty also wondered if the Buffalo Sabres were from Washington DC. Granted these politicians have a lot more important things to think about, but they should realize that the best way to a Sully's heart is through a basic knowledge of local sports. Anyway, watch Menino in the video below. I'd like to give him credit and say half of this is being spoken in some sort of exotic foreign tongue but unfortunately it is just munsoned English.

Bono Named 'The Worst Investor In America'

Now that is a funny headline. Nothing against the man...maybe he's a little self-righteous...I just think it's funny when celebrities dabble in fields where they don't really belong (I'm referencing all actors-as-politicians and athletes-as-musicians here).

Here's some of the article from Business Insider.

Bono is famous not just for being a rock star, a philanthropist and a wearer of weird glasses, but also for being a big investor.

Problem is, he's not very good at it. He's so bad, that today, 24/7 Wall St named him "The Worst Investor In America."

Editorial: Jay-Z weighs in on Bush's feud with Kanye West

Honestly, it doesn't feel like I should ever write a headline like that. I think we're way past being over the line with our celebrities trying to be political and out politicians trying to be celebrities. Nevertheless, just after Katrina, Kanye said that George W. Bush doesn't care about black people. In his new book, Bush responds saying that that comment (we'll get to how ridiculous this is in a moment) was the low point of his presidency.

In other words, NOT the devastation faced by the residents of the Gulf Coast following the storm, NOT falsifying intelligence reports and waging two wars, NOT guiding the country into a massive recession, NOT be he puppet leader for a handful of large corporations. No, the low point of Bush's two terms in office (both handed to him in shady circumstances) was when a rapper whom he'd never met and has publicly embarrassed himself before, said something about him.

So now Jay-Z weighs in. Why? No idea except that he also has a book to pimp and I'm sure stirring the pot while Bush is also on his book tour can't hurt. Any publicity is good publicity right?

Here is Jay-Z's comment as taken from pitchfork.com:

"I 100% agreed with the comments that he made, because again... it felt like it was being done to black people. Like all you saw on the news was black people with help signs... and then you have this picture of the commander in chief, who we all rely on, just flying by... Just the fact that [George W. Bush] thinks that the worst thing that happened to him is Kanye saying something about him… That alone shows you where his mind is."

Why Politicians Shouldn't Talk About Sports II

Maybe I should just title these "Why Mayor Menino Shouldn't Talk About Sports." He was at it again today. This time he called NBA Commissioner, David Stern, "Donald Sterns." I actually don't mind that butchering. Donald, I mean David Stern seems like an arrogant sleaze. I have absolutely zero basis for that judgement, but I'll stand by it.

Check out the reaction from Steve Pagliuca in the background.

They just showed the teaser for this story on SportsCenter so I'll post and break the story before SC does. Adios.

Try not to let this bum you out...

...but the missing money is probably lining the pockets of corrupt local politicians or American contractors with personal ties to our government.