Posted on 03/16/2011 2:07:05 PM PDT by GVnana
President Obama's 2011 NCAA Brackets
Posted by Jesse Lee on March 16, 2011 at 12:20 PM EDT
As he does every year, the President filled out his brackets predicting the winners of the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournaments, but discussing it with Doris Burke of ESPN, he began with a call to stand with the people of Japan:
One of the things I wanted to do on the show was, as people are filling out their brackets -- this is obviously a national pastime; we all have a great time, its a great diversion. But I know a lot of people are thinking how can they help the Japanese people during this time of need. If you go to usaid.gov -- usaid.gov -- that will list all the nonprofits, the charities that are helping out there. It would be wonderful for people to maybe offer a little help to the Japanese people at this time -- as theyre filling out their brackets. Its not going to take a lot of time. That's usaid.gov. It could be really helpful.
(Excerpt) Read more at whitehouse.gov ...
Hey just take a look at the NBA or many of the college players who belong working in a car wash not pretending to get an education while some alumnus with big bucks fund their excesses...baby-mommies...cadillacs....
and go ahead enjoy your sport...I wasnt refering to your rec league...
Im 62.....and I played stickball in the streets of NYC when I was a kid(and football in the park)...didnt touch a ‘roundball’ till we moved to the burbs at age 15...and their were no thugs there either....
Basketball is popular in the 'hood because its cheap to play and, well, many blacks tend to excel at it. But there are just as many players who aren't thugs. The ones who do bad things tend to get more publicity than those who go about their business quietly and don't run afoul of the law or of society. There are plenty of black NBA players who are likely model citizens.
So I would have to disagree that it has become a league of thugs. There are other things that are causing more harm to the sport, IMO.
What a thoroughly abominable creature this Kenyan Clown is.
QED.
Got it. Thanks.
What an amazingly adolescent POS he is.
Amazingly callous. There’s something wrong with him...
What is all this golf, brackets, parties? Is he president - or retired?
I wonder how much time he’s spent watching NCAA bball this year?? I’m sure its substantial....
“as people are filling out their brackets — this is obviously a national pastime;”
Did he just call an activity that is based in illegal gambling is a “national pastime?”
I haven’t had time to watch any of the games or to fill out a bracket. I guess I am busier on my job than our President...
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