Tuesday, October 13, 2009

What is wrong with being rich in America? Well, everything if you are not of the "right" political persuasion.

Why do I bring this up? Because over the past few days we have heard a lot about one rich man in this country being part of a group of rich people putting their hat in the ring to buy an National Football League franchise...the St Louis Rams.

The rich man? The super talker, Rush Limbaugh. Granted, Rush is an admitted Pittsburgh Steeler fan (as am I) but Rush loves the game of football. Now I must say I don't see a darn thing wrong with Rush owning in whole or in part, any sports team out there.

Even the formally portly Rev. Al Sharpton has gotten into the fray by saying the NFL should block Rush from owning a team. Al sited the fact that Rush once had an issue with drugs and that he has said racist statements on his show and in interviews.

Well, Rush has been pretty open about his addiction to prescription pain killers. And if you look at the numbers, a lot of Americans run into the same issues with these highly addictive pain medications as Rush.

Not to mention how many times in the recent past has NFL players been caught doing illegal drugs? Most of them get a slap on the wrist and a small fine and maybe a short suspension but you eventually see them back on the grid iron.

Is it because Rush is white? Not not really.

Is it because Rush is right? Well sort of.

Its because Rush is right of the political center. He is a Conservative. And the left doesn't like the fact that the biggest and richest name in talk radio is a white conservative man.

If I were Rush, I would drop the group he is affiliated with in the purchase of the team and try and purchase it directly. (I am sure Rush could come up with the financing) And then I would dare the NFL to deny him based on what a bunch of racists leftists say.

And then I would ask each and every star on the Rams, who is a millionaire then fire them. Time for some new blood in the NFL and that blood should be young men who play for the love of the game and not the millions they think they deserve.

This is one black man that says to Rush, buy the darn team.

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