CNN: 'President Obama Responds To Sen. Tim Scott's Comments About Race in America'

Source:CNN- President Barack H. Obama (Democrat, Illinois) 44th President of the United States (2009-17)

"Former president Barack Obama responded to Republican presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott's (R-SC) comments on the Republican Party's progress on race." 

From CNN 

"Both sides of the aisle can do a better job on the issue of race," the Republican presidential candidate tells "The View" co-hosts." 

Source:The View- U.S. Senator Tim Scott (Republican, South Carolina) on ABC's The View.

From The View 

I think this whole discussion about race in America in the African-American community, is the perfect example of why no racial or ethnic group is monolithic. 

You have a left-wing and far-left-wing in the African-American community, you have a Black Nationalist wing in the African-American community, you a center-left-wing in the African-American community, but you also have a center-right-wing in that community as well, that Senator Tim Scott represents, whose been in Congress since 2011.

African-Americans get stereotyped as left-wing Democrats, or at least as Democrats, who always vote for Democrats and always want more government and more government spending in their communities, more Welfare, etc. And of course there are leftists in that community, but there are leftists in every racial and ethnic community. 

One's political philosophy is not determined by race, ethnicity, or color. It's determined by one's own upbringing and own personal experiences and what they personally go through in their own lives. Not. because of their DNA or complexion. 

So you look at Senator Tim Scott who was part of the Tea Party wave in the House of Representatives, who was elected to the House in 2010 and then appointed to the U.S. Senate a couple years later and won election statewide in South Carolina (by the way) as an African-American Republican, whose saying what African-Americans, what all Americans who are struggling in America, need, is an opportunity to achieve their own American dream. Not a handout, not affirmative action, not more welfare, but a good education, a chance to get themselves the skills that they need to make it in America. 

While everyone else on The View, except for Alyssa Farah Griffin, whose also a Conservative Republican, essentially saying: 

"It's the whole racist system in America that's holding African-Americans down, not the lack of opportunity. And we need to take down the whole racist system and replace it with something more equal and just." Which has always been the left-wing view about race and inequality in America. 

And then President Obama saying, who don't think he agrees with Senator Scott on this, saying that we (meaning the left in America) shouldn't put down people as bad and as bigots, simply because they say things that we don't like and don't put everything exactly the way we want them to, or don't completely agree with us (meaning the left) on everything, especially when it comes to race in America.

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CNN: ''He’s Scared Shitless’: Hear John Kelly’s Blunt Take On Donald Trump Indictment'

Source:CNN- John Kelly was President Donald J. Trump's 2nd Chief of Staff in 2017.

"Former White House chief of staff John Kelly told the Washington Post that Donald Trump has "never been held accountable before” after the former president was arraigned on federal charges." 

From CNN 

Let's say John Kelly is right and Donald Trump is "scared shitless" about the indictment and the evidence that's against him, why don't we try to figure out why that is. 

Even if Donald Trump has a message for becoming President again, even if it's just a private message, it's basically this: "I need to become President again to pardon myself and the people around me." Because of you at all the cases and all the evidence against the former President, he's going to not just be convicted, but he's going to get convicted multiple times, of multiple felonies and all these convictions will happen before the November, 2024 elections.  

What does this all mean? It means that Donald Trump is headed for jail and his political career and probably business career will be over. He turns 77 this month, he'll be 78 before the 2024 elections, even if he just gets a total of 10 years in prison, that's a death sentence for his career. And then he's probably looking at more civil lawsuits, even after U.S. DOJ, Fulton County, and Manhattan are done with him. 

So that is why, assuming John Kelly a man I've never even met before and have never met Donald Trump either, is right that Trump is "scared shitless" because he knows what going to happen to him, if he never becomes President before these convictions go through and now he has to try to appeal them. Assuming he never cooperates with any of these jurisdictions that are prosecuting him. 

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CNN: 'Maggie Haberman Reveals What Has Donald Trump 'Especially Rattled'

Source:CNN- former President Donald J. Trump (Republican, Florida) I believe back at Bedminster, New Jersey.

"CNN political analyst Maggie Haberman reveals how former President Trump is reacting to his historic federal indictment stemming from the Department of Justice's classified documents investigation." 

From CNN 

"CNN political analyst Maggie Haberman reveals how former President Trump is reacting to his historic federal indictment stemming from the Department of Justice's classified documents investigation." 

Source:CNN- Donald J. Trump (Republican, Florida) 45th POTUS (2017-2021) I guess we can thank God that he only created 1 DJT (unless you count his son Junior Mint) but we can also blame God, since DJT is almost too much for any liberal democracy.

From CNN 

What I'm about to do might sound dangerous, especially considering that I've never even been at the same place, at the same time, as Donald J. Trump, let alone seen him in person, know the man, or have even met him. But I'm going to try to get into his head (and hope I can get out of it) and try to give you can idea of what he's going through and how he's looking at this case. 

Imagine if you can that you are Donald John Trump, (as terrifying as that may sound) you see yourself essentially as an American king, (even though America is a republic) who has to answer to know one and doesn't have to live by any rules. 

I'm thinking that President Trump is basically saying to himself: "They can't arrest me, because when I do it, it's not illegal, because I'm Donald Trump and I don't have to answer to any rules, let alone the rules of any ordinary American (like his voters) and everyone should just thank God that I let anyone else share my country with them and let them live here, let alone have to be accountable to any law, that's not written by me. (Or his ghostwriter)" 

You can talk about the fact that Hillary Clinton was never arrested for using an un-secure email server for her government emails and that Joe Biden and his President Trump's former Vice President were also not arrested for having classified documents in their private possession. Three different cases: 

Trump DOJ said themselves that they didn't have enough evidence to prosecute Hillary Clinton and President Biden and Vice President Pence cooperated with DOJ immediately after it was known that they had the documents. But that's not what is making Donald Trump mad right now, it's something else. 

What's driving Trump crazy today and this whole week, is just the very fact that anyone would ever have the character, courage, and judgement, to officially charge him with anything. Because we're talking about a man whose never believed in the rule of law, especially for himself and who sees himself as someone whose so special, that he should never be held accountable to anyone, for anything.

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Hezakya Newz: '1977-1987 SPECIAL REPORT: GARY GILMORE'

Source:Hezakya Newz- with a documentary about convicted serial murderer Gary Gilmore.

"Gary Mark Gilmore was an American criminal who gained international attention for demanding the implementation of his death sentence for two murders he had admitted to committing in Utah." 

From Hezakya Newz

As Bill Moyers (who is no right-winger) said in his own documentary, Gary Gilmore was a loser. There's nothing in his life that warrants a documentary made about him. The only thing that he ever accomplished in life (if you want to call murder an accomplishment) is murdering multiple people. 

I only mention this because no one should weep or feel sorry for Gary Gilmore. He did have a rough childhood, but had opportunities to get himself an education, including while in prison where he spent as much time in prison as an adult, then as a free man. But he chose to be a career criminal who murdered people to cover up his other crimes. 

Whatever you think of the death penalty, Gary Gilmore was sentenced to death in October, 1976 and chose not to either fight his conviction or even his sentence. 

I can understand being against the death penalty when there's reasonable doubt or even the possibility that the defendant might not have committed the murder and he just gets life without instead of the death penalty. Or just being against the death penalty all together which a lot of Catholics and other Christians are. 

But don't be against the death penalty because of Gary Gilmore and his case. He's not worth and certainly doesn't deserve your sympathy.

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CNN: 'John Bolton Makes Prediction On Donald Trump's Political Career After Indictment'

Source:CNN- Keep in mind, John Bolton was President Donald J. Trump's NSA from 2017-18.

"Former National Security Adviser John Bolton tells CNN's Phil Mattingly why he thinks Donald Trump's political career will be over following a second indictment against him." 

From CNN 

John Bolton is obviously not just a lawyer, but an accomplished lawyer both in the U.S. Government and in the private sector, so he would know this better than me. But from what I'm hearing, it might a year from now at the earliest, that Special Counsel Jack Smith and company, would be ready to prosecute former President Donald J. Trump and perhaps July next year, would be the earliest that there would be a conviction. 

Again, I''m not a lawyer, but a full-time blogger, but the case looks fairly obvious here. President Trump obviously never declassified the documents, otherwise we (meaning the public) would already not just know about that, but we would know what documents that President Trump declassified. And we would know which documents that he took from The White House, down to Mar-E-Lago. Which means he had them in his possession illegally. Also, people who worked for him, who don't have security clearances, we're allowed to look at those documents, because of Donald Trump. 

Assuming the Donald Trump's lawyers (and he seems to be running out of them) aren't able to make a case other than process and trying to argue that DOJ is just going after their client, because they don't like him, even with all the hard evidence against their client, all the documents, witnesses, including people who currently work for President Trump, or were working for him after he left The White House, as well as Tump's own words against him on tape, I think this is a fairly easy case. 

And because of this is a fairly simple case, DOJ should move as soon as they can to get the trial started as soon as possible. And even to all the discovery that the defense team wants, because that will just bring out more hard evidence agains their client and make him look even worst and more criminal. But again, I'm not a lawyer.  

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CNN: 'Donald Trump Makes 'Damning' Admission On Tape'

Source:CNN- Donald J. Trump (Republican, Florida) former President of the United States (2017-21)

"CNN obtained a transcript of former President Donald Trump saying on tape in 2021 that he didn't declassify "secret information," seemingly rebutting his claims made about his ability to declassify documents. The new details come as Trump was indicted on seven counts in the special counsel's classified documents probe." 

From CNN

If it's not obvious enough why Donald Trump's own lawyers, never want him testifying for himself, especially under oath or never even talking to any media about his own legal issues, then you obviously don't know the man and haven't been following him at all the last 8 years. 

The reason why Donald Trump's lawyers don't ever want him speaking on his own behalf, especially under oath, about his own legal issues, because he's the worst possible witness that you could possibly dream up of, for himself. 

Donald Trump is a: 

compulsive liar 

he can't stick to the same story, like with most compulsive liars 

he rarely, if ever puts any thought behind what he's about to say before he says it and generally is just trying to get though the latest criss that he created for himself 

and when he thinks he's off the record and there's no one around him that he believes could hurt him and speak out against him, he tends like with a lot of career criminals, to speak in the most damning ways about him, that if he what he ever said got out, would make him look very guilty.

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Youn Gala: 'NBA Legends & Players Explain How SCARY GOOD PRIME Patrick Ewing Was'

Source:Youn Gala- Shaquille O'Neal talking about a player that he says is better than him.

"Patrick Ewing is a New York Knicks Legend!!!

NBA Legends And Players Explain How SCARY GOOD PRIME Patrick Ewing Was" 

From Youn Gala 

Just a couple things from this video and then I'll get into how I personally feel about The Great Patrick Ewing. 

Shaquille O'Neal saying that Patrick Ewing is not only a top 5 NBA center of all-time, but that Ewing is better than him. I have heard Shaq say that Pat was the toughest center that he ever had to play against, but not that he was a better player than him. I think this says a lot because even though I think Shaq is overrated myself, he's still a top 10-15 centers of all-time and he's one of the smartest and honest men, whose ever played in the NBA. 

As far as Pat Ewing and what I feel about him: imagine the last 25 years of the NBA is really just the longest national nightmare in pro sports history and the game today is still basically the same today as it was, let's say pre-2000s: 

centers are real centers, not beefed up small forwards, trying to play center or even natural power forwards, trying to play center 

point guards were expected to run the offense, not sport up for 3's every chance that they get. 

power forwards run the wings on the break looking for a slam dunk or a layup, not spotting up for 3's on the fast break and they have inside responsibility on offense, not running screens to free themselves up for a 3-pointer

the center position was still around, instead of big, tall, strong, guys, thinking they could be the next great point forward. 

Imagine the NBA today was basically the same league today, as it was in the late 1980s, as far as the quality of teams, players, the style of play and you are looking for the next great center and have this guy whose 7'0, 255 pounds of all muscle, who runs like a horse, can block jump shots, who doesn't even know how to take a play off and rest, who went to and graduated from Georgetown, so you know he's smart and was coached by John Thompson and you are tying to win a championship. You are tying to knock off the Boston Celtics or Los Angeles Lakers to do that, maybe you are Pat Riley running this team, after leaving the Lakers. You would be braindead not to draft Pat Ewing, if he's available when your pick comes up. 

In the 1990s, there were really only 3 centers in the NBA who were good, strong, big, and disciplined enough to play Shaquille O'Neal on defense, not really stop him for the most part, but make him have to work hard on offense, so he couldn't  just be able to dominate you. 

Shaq said Ewing was the toughest player that he ever had to play against, because he made him work for position in the post and then was able to make Shaq work on defense, even in the post, because Ewing had the size, the strength, the quickness, the footwork, etc, to score against Shaq. Even though Ewing even in his prime, was probably giving up 40-50 pounds to Shaq, he still had the upper body and leg strength to play Shaq on defense and not get dominated and score against him on offense, even in the post. 

The other two centers in the 1990s that had these qualities to play Shaq well, were Hakeem Olajuwon and Alonzo Mourning. In case anyone wanted to know. 

The reason why Patrick Ewing doesn't get more respect and recognition as being one of the top 10 NBA centers ever, even though he is a top 10 center, because he didn't win an NBA championship. 

The New York Knicks probably had the better team in 1994 and should've beaten the Houston Rockets, probably could've done it in 6 games. And I understand all of that. But the fact that the Knicks were even in a game 7 in the NBA Finals in that era, is because of Pat Riley and Pat Ewing, the co-MVP's of the New York Knicks Organization. 

Ewing played with a lot of good players, a lot of very good players. He never played with another great player, another Hall of Fame player. 

You go try to win an NBA Finals in the 1990s with Charles Smith, whose a center and you are trying to make him your small forward. 

You try to win the NBA Finals in the 1990s with John Starks, who would've been a 3rd guard, someone who could play the 1 and 2 equally as well, but he would've been a 3rd guard on most NBA championship teams, maybe even the 4th guard and he's just starting 2-guard, who misses 14-17 jump shots in game 7 of the NBA Finals.

I think Charles Oakley, Anthony Mason, Derek Harper, and Herb Williams, were the right pieces for a good NBA championship team: 

But where is Michael Jordan without Scottie Pippen today? 

Where would Shaquille O'Neal be today without Kobe Bryant? 

And you could go on. The 90s Knicks were probably 2 players short and one of those players being a great player, from winning an NBA championship in during that decade.

If you want my all-time NBA center list: I'll give it to you anyway: 

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

2. Wilt Chamberlain 

3. Bill Russell 

4. Hakeem Olajuwon 

5. Moses Malone 

6. Patrick Ewing 

OK, that's just 6 and hopefully you get the idea. I have Pat Ewing at 6, because if you look at the 6 best centers ever and what they brought to the game and what they could do and did do personally, I don't think there are 5 better NBA centers ever. Guys who won more championships, more MVP's, etc, sure. But if you look at the center position and what centers are supposed to be able to do, there aren't 5 better offense or defensive centers better than Patrick Ewing. And that's where I come down.

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