Well, at least someone in the NBA thinks Tim Hardaway is, quote unquote, “an idiot.”  Barkley makes some very good points in these clips.  It seems to me it is, as Barkley states, “stupid” for an African-American to talk about exclusivity.

Republicans are always good to remind us they are the only ones who can properly look after our soldiers.  Make sure they have enough equipment, are trained properly, are paid well, and are looked after when wounded.  Well, after 12 years we know what a load of bullshit that is.  Our Armed Services are stretched to the limit.  We are sending soldiers to Iraq without the proper equipment to keep them safe.  And now we can’t even bother to properly care for those who are sent back wounded.  There is no excuse — none! — for our soldiers to endure what this WaPo article reveals.  How can we allow our wounded soldiers to come home to an understaffed and ill-trained hospital?  How can we allow them to reside in buildings that are rotting down around them?  No matter your political beliefs this is wrong.

You could say this is a failure of government as a whole, not a Republican failure, but there are several problems with that flimsy excuse.  What group goes around telling Americans, and soldiers in particular, that only they can look out for the best interests of the military?  Who’s had control of the House for 12 years?  Who’s had unfettered control of every level of government for the last four years until American finally get fed up with them?  One answer:  Republicans!  Maybe if Republicans spent less time trying to give the ultra rich more tax cuts, or worrying about what naughty words are being said on television, or obsessing about gay marriage they would find more time to help those in greatest need.  Hell, if we’d just done a better job of planning for this fucking war our soldiers might be better off!