Yo.
Thanks for your comments on the last topic everybody and thanks for your kind, but misinformed, voting on the drummer poll. John Bonham is the best there's ever been and ever will be when it comes to rock drumming. Every one else who beats the skins, from Brad Bryan to Neil Peart, is just trying to play like him.
And now, onto business.
This week the LPGA announced that they were instituting an English language test to be given to all golfers. Hey LPGA, WHAT THE....?!?! This isn't even closet racism, its just racism. Ethnocentrism, arrogance, racism. Pure and simple.
One may wonder why the lady golfers association decided to start this new program. Because, and I want everybody to listen closely to this, too many Korean players are winning championships. Korean women dominate women's golf. Over 60% of tournaments played are won by a Korean woman.
Here's an idea, American golfers who have chosen systemic racism to solve your problem...PLAY BETTER GOLF!
In a sporting world in which the US Open, tennis, is dominated by Russians and the best men's players are Serbian, Spanish and whatever Federer is, in which the US Redeem Team won its gold medal over a Spanish team with four NBA players on its starting lineup and the best players in that league are from the Virgin Islands, Spain, China, Argentina and Canada, yes, Canada and a world that can nominate a half-white-Kansan, half-African, raised-in-Indonesia-and-Hawaii man named Barack for president, the LPGA, instead of globalizing and expanding has gone back in time to 1950s Mississippi. Get with the times LPGA and if you're tired of getting beat by the Koreans...uh, practice, practice, practice.
Flabbergasted,
Brad
ps: no offense meant, but if you still think Barack Obama is a Muslim, then I think you're kind of an idiot. (this is the exact thing Mom warned me about, but come on people!)
Thursday, August 28, 2008
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Reverend Bryan,
I take slight offense at your "1950's Mississippi" comment. After ranting about gross stereotypes, you threw one out yourself. The beautiful, yet disgustingly hot, state of Mississippi is not the only participant in the racism game. Many states north of the Mason-Dixion line were partners in the practice, too.
Just thought that I'd stand up for my own parishioners and, now, fellow Mississippians.
Humbly submitted, ;)
ag
p.s., I do totally agree with your flabbergastedness over this redonkulous move.
ag, nice use of redonkulous.
you're right. i used a stereotype. and, yes, racism was and is rampant all over the world. but, the couple who told rolling stone, "He (Barack) just exagerates too much, I don't think he's honest" "oh yeah, what does he exagerate" "well, that stuff about the white mother and grandmother...i mean...you either are or you aren't, you know" were from the surely beautiful Ole Miss.
Just the first thing that came to my head. there are clearly ignorant, arrogant, racist people everywhere.
As a Korean-American female, I would hope that my skills in theis Land of the Free, would be valued beyond my skin color and mastery of the English language. I would hope that as a child of God, that others who are not people of color, would speak up against clarly racist actions, wherever they may take place.
Yes, I do realize that I mis-spelled "this" in the earlier post...
I am NOT voting on this week's, "Who's the greatest of them all." I refuse. Everyone knows Andre Agassi is the winner. Emily
It's amazing. Golf doesn't even require speech (judging by all of the shushing that goes on), yet everybody has to be fluent in English?
What's going to be hilarious is if the non-native English speakers outscore the native English speakers.
I think this policy was to encourage shmoozing between the golfers and the sponsers. I heard on PTI yesterday that State Farm insurance, a major sponsor, has come out against this policy.
Interesting. Maybe they'll reverse it. Either way, this is the most I've thought about the LPGA tour EVER.
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