If Dan doesn't go after Barkley hard for 5 hours..... well, I just don't know what to say.

Explaining what Barkley said would have been a nice place to start, OFB.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/11/nba-cha ... cial-slur/

During TNT’s NBA pregame show on Thursday night, Charles Barkley addressed Matt Barnes’ Wednesday ejection and subsequent tweet, which featured a racial slur. Although the initial discussion concerned the scuffle between Barnes and Serge Ibaka, Barkley touched on the place of racial slurs in society.

“I’m a black man,” Barkley said. “I use the N-word. I will continue to use the N-word among my black friends and my white friends.”

He went on to relate the debate to the Paula Deen racism controversy and the Miami Dolphins’ bullying scandal, before claiming that reporters “don’t have the courage” to go into locker rooms.

“What I do with my black friends is not up to white America to dictate to me,” Barkley continued. “The language we use in the locker room, sometimes it’s sexist, sometimes it’s homophobic, and a lot of times it’s racist. We do that when we’re joking with our teammates, and it’s nothing personal.”

The 'Salon' article I just linked for one's reading pleasure and perusal seems like something far easier for Dan to stretch out into an hour's worth of programming ... http://www.salon.com/2013/11/11/stop_thanking_the_troops_for_me_no_they_dont_protect_our_freedoms/

Bet he's been up 'til 4 a.m. every night this week, just slow-jacking away to this article.

Barkley is absolutely right. It's as if someone white guy on high decided that if we pretend no one is saying "the N word" that means racism is over. There are plenty of people who say "n-igger" who aren't racist and plenty more who never do who are.

One of the biggest laughs I had this week was Terry Bradshaw dancing around the usage of "the N word". As if that backwoods Louisiana cracker is so highly offended by its mere utterance. Hell, it was probably his first fucking word.

They're in Palatine.

They acknowledge the Northwest suburbs exist!

I can't stand Lamplighter's though.

The Calipari pity party is getting a little old. He cheats like hell and it is somehow alright because he is blatant about it?

The Calipari pity party is getting a little old. He cheats like hell and it is somehow alright because he is blatant about it?

It's like celebrating the most open dishonest person on Wall Street.

I'd love to call and ask them what makes Calipari so different from Jim Tressel, but I already know thr answer.