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lumberjack_jeff

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22. Pro basketball team owner = job creator.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2014, 07:34 PM

Apr 2014

Surely this will finally send that particular concept to the trash.

He "gives" them food, clothes, cars and houses?

What. A. Moron.

People don't buy tickets to see you, Mr Sterling. You are nothing more than an intermediary, just like every other "job creator". Customers hire workers, and you are nothing but the parasite in between.

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Sterling: I put food in black people's mouths. [View all] RandySF Apr 2014 OP

"...and I put my foot in mine." name not needed Apr 2014 #1

! Ed Suspicious Apr 2014 #3

After walking the cow pasture Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2014 #9

Fucker thinks he's John Galt or some such bullshit. eom MohRokTah Apr 2014 #2

Fans pay money to see players play abelenkpe Apr 2014 #4

Yes, they played. They lost to the Golden State Warriors and are 2-2 for the playoff series. nt ChisolmTrailDem Apr 2014 #5

They were on the court, but I am not sure if they played. eom tarheelsunc Apr 2014 #24

" Do I make the game, or do they make the game?" muriel_volestrangler Apr 2014 #6

Yes, he "gives" them food. They don't earn it or anything. Fans buy tickets to see HIM! arcane1 Apr 2014 #7

Sorry, he doesn't "give" them dick tularetom Apr 2014 #8

Double Down!!! longship Apr 2014 #10

Leech. RedCappedBandit Apr 2014 #11

OK, first I thought Stiviano herself was part black... TreasonousBastard Apr 2014 #12

I think it was his wife who sued. tarheelsunc Apr 2014 #25

As despicably racist as this comment--and I have little doubt his comment was highly focused hlthe2b Apr 2014 #13

He's a "job creator." moondust Apr 2014 #14

These "owners" have no clue how irrelevant they really are... reformist2 Apr 2014 #15

Isn't this what they teach in all the new "Entrepreneurial Studies" programs??? alcibiades_mystery Apr 2014 #16

This in a nutshell malokvale77 Apr 2014 #31

Please. Tell us more. Lex Apr 2014 #17

Wow. Vashta Nerada Apr 2014 #18

another slack-jawed, puffy-faced, oldandhappy Apr 2014 #19

Youre not GIVING them a damn thing, they work for their salary. SummerSnow Apr 2014 #20

he GAVE IT TO THEM ? not they "earned it" ? is he just giving things to random black people he comes JI7 Apr 2014 #21

Pro basketball team owner = job creator. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #22

Indeed...if this asinine concept refers even to the very tip-top, 1 in 10 million workers alcibiades_mystery Apr 2014 #27

Sorry asshole. no one wears a Donald Sterling jersey. JaneyVee Apr 2014 #23

Uhmmm onecaliberal Apr 2014 #26

OMG wtf? And one question. What's Stiviano's first name? What's with this letter thing? nt Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #28

And he's continuing to put his head in his ass. Initech Apr 2014 #29

what a spectacularly clueless bigot he's revealed himself to be fishwax Apr 2014 #30

Actually, his team feeds him. WhiteTara Apr 2014 #32

exactly Liberal_in_LA Apr 2014 #35

He's an asshole and the fans know it. rug Apr 2014 #33

Honestly, SHUT UP, Sterling, you hypocritical, self-deluding jackass. AverageJoe90 Apr 2014 #34