Video: The obligatory “Josh Howard sneers at the national anthem” clip
posted at 11:05 am on September 18, 2008 by Allahpundit
Two clips for you, the first a local news report in which fans show their “appreciation” and the second the raw footage. Click the image to watch. Not the first multimillionaire to show contempt for his country, needless to say, and not even the first time he himself has snubbed it: He declined a chance to play on the Olympic team two years ago because it interfered with his summer camps. Expect him to be booed for maybe five games, and then as his PPG inches up towards 20, bygones will quickly be bygones.
Exit quotation invitation: Josh, meet Kobe.
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Disgraceful.
BigAnge on September 18, 2008 at 11:08 AM
The worst thing about this is O’Reilly’s “Pinheads and Patriots” segment popped into my head first. I really hate myself.
Pasalubong on September 18, 2008 at 11:08 AM
Screw the idiot . . . he’s not worth wasting your breath on.
rplat on September 18, 2008 at 11:08 AM
I like the report from WXII-Channel 12 (linked at the bottom of the entry), in which Black American military veteran Larry Jones tells Josh Howard where to go.
Debbie Schlussel on September 18, 2008 at 11:10 AM
Makes sense. He does play for a team owned by Mark Cuban.
Gymkata on September 18, 2008 at 11:10 AM
Oh, I don’t.
Tengripundit on September 18, 2008 at 11:10 AM
So, because you’re black, you don’t celebrate your freedom? Were you born a slave? No, you were born free in a free country that FOUGHT and lost hundreds of thousands of it’s young men to assure you that freedom. If you hate it here so much, then go live in Sudan and see what happens to you there.
Tony737 on September 18, 2008 at 11:11 AM
Drug bust or rape charges? Which one will occur first?
Fletch54 on September 18, 2008 at 11:11 AM
Let’s see the Mavs cancel his multi-million dollar contract and ship him off to Zimbabwe to see if he could find anything to celebrate there.
Ungrateful piece of garbage.
Bruce in NH on September 18, 2008 at 11:11 AM
Obama voter?
lorien1973 on September 18, 2008 at 11:11 AM
I’ll start the list.
No hand over heart…Check.
No flag pin…Check.
Supporters that put color before country….Check.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 18, 2008 at 11:11 AM
I noticed in the new clip you linked to, AP, they conveniently left out his Obama plug. Hmmm… it’s a conspiracy, man!
Pasalubong on September 18, 2008 at 11:12 AM
Possibly.
More than likely he’s worshiped at TUCC when he’s played da Bulls.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 18, 2008 at 11:13 AM
Er, that should read, “news clip.”
Pasalubong on September 18, 2008 at 11:14 AM
Did anybody hear the last part when he said “Obama 08″?
Another Obama endorsement that the Obama camp will try to stop.
maynila on September 18, 2008 at 11:14 AM
Bing.
Hmmm … so that’s the deal.
Jaibones on September 18, 2008 at 11:14 AM
He’s like a race horse. Trained to perform physically, with no mental capabilities outside of understanding where to run when he hears a key word.
So why do we give a damn what he has to think about this country, which makes him rich and gives him fame?
MadisonConservative on September 18, 2008 at 11:14 AM
Jimmy the Greek reincarnated?
/sarc
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 18, 2008 at 11:16 AM
From his NBA profile:
What a pig.
TedInATL on September 18, 2008 at 11:16 AM
The Reverend Wright’s view of America permeates the black middle and upper classes. This may sound controversial but I will say it anyway — In my opinion significantly larger segments of african americans are more anti-white (and anti american) than whites are anti-black.
titus_pullo on September 18, 2008 at 11:16 AM
This guy is one of the dumbest athletes in America. He tells the media about how he and a lot of other NBA players smoke weed all the time…or, as my mother-in-law calls it, smokes “the pots”. Two months later, he gets caught drag racing in North Carolina, and he generally says incredibly stupid stuff. Go Spurs!
thedudesblog on September 18, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Mark Cuban will probably give him a raise for that.
redrock on September 18, 2008 at 11:16 AM
I noticed in the new clip you linked to, AP, they conveniently left out his Obama plug. Hmmm… it’s a conspiracy, man!
They ran this on SportsCenter last night, complete with Howard’s Obama endorsement. Don’t worry, Pasalubong, lotsa people saw it.
Mr. D on September 18, 2008 at 11:17 AM
Maybe they should start with communication skills for beginners.
This guy is a punk.
Geronimo on September 18, 2008 at 11:17 AM
Yes, this is what we have to look forward to if Nobama were to become president
Robyn S on September 18, 2008 at 11:17 AM
And don’t forget, this guy has a degree from Wake Forest University…
thedudesblog on September 18, 2008 at 11:18 AM
I can’t believe I’m syaing this, but man I hope Kobe throws one down on his head.
YellowDawg on September 18, 2008 at 11:18 AM
O/T: Marine Corp Hero Does NOT Get Medal of Honor.
Rafeal Peralta was wounded in a house fight in Falluja and was down, an insurgent threw a grenade into a room full of Marines, Peralta grabbed the grenade and covered it with his body, saving the lives of his fellow Marines. (You can read about him in the book “Home of the Brave” by Casper Weinberger). This man used his last bit of stregnth and energy and his last seconds on Earth to save the lives of his buddies. He deserves the MoH. To deny him is a horrible injustice.
Tony737 on September 18, 2008 at 11:18 AM
Howard has always been a total jack*ss.
Some of the comments here are disgraceful.
Dave Rywall on September 18, 2008 at 11:20 AM
No matter his unearned millions, he clings to his phony “victim-in-da-hood”. How touching.
Personally, I couldn’t possibly care less what this illiterate, amoral jackass “thinks” about anything. In a few years, he’ll either be dead, living under a bridge or in jail. Like his homies.
One of the things I love about my county is that it repulses idiot Obama supporters like this.
Might as well go interview the strays down at the dog pound. The average intelligence down there beats Howard’s.
NoDonkey on September 18, 2008 at 11:21 AM
This guy is an ass.
jencab on September 18, 2008 at 11:21 AM
Man. I can’t wait to see Kobe or LeBron or Allen Iverson kick his ass.
Where else in the WORLD could a black man who barely finished high school make $5 million a year??
rockmom on September 18, 2008 at 11:21 AM
I know what I’m thinkin’. But If I said that here. I’d get banned for life.
Just sayin’
LibertarianConservative on September 18, 2008 at 11:21 AM
Some of the comments here are disgraceful.
Which ones aren’t, Dave?
Mr. D on September 18, 2008 at 11:22 AM
Seriously: who is Josh Howard?
Sgt. Hartman on September 18, 2008 at 11:22 AM
Lincoln knew that Slavery would eventually ruin our country.
marklmail on September 18, 2008 at 11:23 AM
Fire him.
Shy Guy on September 18, 2008 at 11:23 AM
Okay, first I’ll have to say that giving Howard a bad rap for not doing the Olympics and choosing to instead hold his camps is unfair. Second, I burned his jersey last night. God help me if Jason Terry shows up doing something this stupid. I hate, hate, hate that the Mavs have been tarnished first with losing the big ones, then with Mark Cuban’s stupidity, and now this. ::sigh::
Sue on September 18, 2008 at 11:23 AM
Every lib social studies teacher i know would probably applaud that statement.
Metro on September 18, 2008 at 11:23 AM
My thoughts exactly! Perhaps we’ll get lucky and he’ll resist arrest and the cops will have to use force over and over and over again.
A$$holes like this are a big reason I do not follow professional sports.
Bubba Redneck on September 18, 2008 at 11:24 AM
Open up any dictionary and look up the word MORON.
Josh Howard’s picture will most likely be next to the definition.
pilamaye on September 18, 2008 at 11:24 AM
And yet, he will claim racism when he is received poorly for his actions. We are all accountable for what we say and do. What sets the liberals apart from the adults is that we adults know that there are consequences for our actions.
Liberals feel that it is their right (I would never say God given right when talking about a liberal) to say and do as they please, and yet still have others bow down before their awesomeness. He is entitled to his opinion, but his opinion does have a cost. This is a concept the libs don’t seem to understand at all. Must be that entitlement mentality of theirs.
Tommy_G on September 18, 2008 at 11:25 AM
40 years of liberalism, folks. This is what you get.
Connie on September 18, 2008 at 11:26 AM
Do you think the fans will make this guy or his team or the owner pay for his attitude/remarks? Nope, fans will still go to the games, chow down on over-priced franks, wash it down with over-priced beer, buy over-priced team jerseys and hats and mugs and other team cr*p. Oh, wait, right, they might “boo” him, yikes! The best part is that 90% of the people who do all the stuff I just mentioned that pays for this guy’s salary are white.
This is why I don’t give a hoot for any sports. These players and teams could dissappear from the face of the earth tomorrow and I wouldn’t even notice or care.
ernie on September 18, 2008 at 11:26 AM
Poster child for the NBA’s suckitude. I can’t understand why anyone still considers pro basketball a sport.
Bugler on September 18, 2008 at 11:28 AM
No offense intended, TP, but duh.
Jaibones on September 18, 2008 at 11:28 AM
Mark Cuban also put out “Redacted” an anti-American film.
New team to hate in the NBA – Dallas Mavericks.
Cuban belongs in Cuba, along with Howard.
NoDonkey on September 18, 2008 at 11:29 AM
I wonder if he’ll sing the Anthem if obama wins in Nov.?
Tony737 on September 18, 2008 at 11:29 AM
Ya know, punks are just punks. Allen Iverson grew up in one of the nastiest ghetto environments possible, but he is a patriot who loves America and gives back when he can. Plenty of athletes come from mean circumstances but understand the tremendous blessing they have of living in this country where they can achieve such fame and wealth simply by playing a game they love. This punk doesn’t. Screw him.
rockmom on September 18, 2008 at 11:30 AM
And, for what it’s worth –
- never, ever heard of him, and
- he plays for Mark Cuban, world class douchebag, so no surprise in all of this.
Jaibones on September 18, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Who is Josh Howard? What team does he play for?
awake on September 18, 2008 at 11:30 AM
When I refer to his race, go ahead and make that crack. I’m referring to professional sports players in general.
Except the Badgers. Because they are above all others.
MadisonConservative on September 18, 2008 at 11:30 AM
The NBA: Keeping dumba$$-drug dealer-rapist-ingrates off the streets and giving them something meaningful to do with their lives.
AubieJon on September 18, 2008 at 11:31 AM
You all just don’t understand what it means to be an underpriveleged man like Howard. He’s had it rough, we had slavery only…113 years before he was born man…
Of course, we could give him a test and see if he knows who
Crispus Attucks is
Harriet Tubman is
WEB DuBois is
He’s a BB player, let’s ask him if he knows who EARL LlOYD is..
See if he knows his black history.
originalpechanga on September 18, 2008 at 11:32 AM
Answer: Drug bust, prison then the rape.
moxie_neanderthal on September 18, 2008 at 11:32 AM
He’s a pothead. Can ya believe it?
/different kinda maverick
Akzed on September 18, 2008 at 11:33 AM
He won’t miss it (freedom) until he’s lost it.
As long as he isn’t on the US Team, I don’t care about this guy. The primary down side is that kids will hear his inane comments…
Geministorm on September 18, 2008 at 11:33 AM
Celebrity getting in America’s face.
Josh Howard and Obama do it with media fanfare in the middle of the road. No getting around it.
maverick muse on September 18, 2008 at 11:34 AM
I know what I’m thinkin’. But If I said that here. I’d get banned for life.
Just sayin’
LibertarianConservative on September 18, 2008 at 11:21 AM
Same here.
One good thing about the Zero’s run for POTUS is that it’s bringing about long overdue discussions. Obama wanted a discussion about “race”. He’s getting one, but it isn’t the one he expected.
We’ll see what happens when he loses the election. A lot of people are tired of the acceptance of “victimhood”, double standards, whining and the constant insistence that we continue to indulge grievances, inow, keep paying up.
The world is a big place, and this country does not prevent anyone from finding a spot they like and leaving. I wish some of them would just leave.
Cody1991 on September 18, 2008 at 11:34 AM
What’s the matter, Spackle?
Ashamed of your fellow supporter?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 18, 2008 at 11:35 AM
Of course, we could give him a test and see if he knows who Crispus Attucks is O.P.
He’d probably accuse him of being a traitor, an uncle Tom or a slave just being used as a human shield.
Tony737 on September 18, 2008 at 11:35 AM
The problem is, no one else will take these maggots.
AubieJon on September 18, 2008 at 11:36 AM
Dallas talkshow host on WBAP, Mark Davis, hammered this clown and related some e-mail exchanges Mark Davis had with Maverick’s owner, Mark Cuban regarding this Maverick’s player. Cuban defended Josh, stating, “he has a good heart…”, etc. Made me sick that Mark Cuban tried to minimize this and defended him so much. It shows me more than I wanted to know about Mark Cuban, too.
ricer1 on September 18, 2008 at 11:36 AM
Come on, MadCon. You know I gots made love for you, my brotha from anotha motha! Just a little early morning ribbing is all….
OK. I do take issue with the Badgers. Wolverines are more my style. Lately I’ve been putting a bag of my head in shame. Lloyd, Lloyd why did you have to go?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 18, 2008 at 11:39 AM
It appears that YouTube yanked the first video?
I hate it when that happens…
angelat0763 on September 18, 2008 at 11:39 AM
What’s the matter, Spackle?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 18, 2008 at 11:35 AM
LMAO. You said “spackle”…
Jaibones on September 18, 2008 at 11:40 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9Gjd_EAa64
Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?
No one will be watching us.
not so today
maverick muse on September 18, 2008 at 11:40 AM
This is what Obama just told his supporters to do: argue and get in their face. I think sending him to Somolia would be better for him. He could sing their national…oh that’s right they don’t have one.
wepeople on September 18, 2008 at 11:40 AM
Obama, tribal chief of fools.
Hening on September 18, 2008 at 11:40 AM
Why do people support these thugs by watching pro sports?
ronsfi on September 18, 2008 at 11:40 AM
perfect Obama endorser….
They should stop bleeping out and censoring these things. We would all benefit through hearing these people in their own words.
Dpet on September 18, 2008 at 11:41 AM
Typical Mark Cuban, thinks they are above public opinion.
right2bright on September 18, 2008 at 11:42 AM
…I seem, with my tin ears, to hear Obama’s name mumbled at the end of little whiff of intellect…it’s hard to hear, and to tell the context…but at least The Messiah was somewhere near the top of his ganga-addled skull-filler…next to the biological imperatives to eat, breathe and buy a bigger, more expensive ride….
My dream: to have some black guy or gal — Dr. Cosby, whoever — come out and, pointing to this, take Black America to task for this sort of business…”Can you blame your white neighbors for holding tight to stereotypes when they’re so often confirmed by zeroes like this!?”
…stereotypes are always wrong…they’re substitutes for thinking…still, they’re what the Democrats, for instance, base their policy on vis a vis “flyover country”…so, we have to keep fighting ‘em…wherever they show up…
…especially when people live up to them.
Puritan1648 on September 18, 2008 at 11:42 AM
BINGO.
Metro on September 18, 2008 at 11:43 AM
Why are people asking “who is Josh Howard” when they could spend perhaps 5 seconds going to google? Are you all retarded?
Dave Rywall on September 18, 2008 at 11:43 AM
Yes.
crr6 on September 18, 2008 at 11:45 AM
I can’t even watch football anymore. These grandstanding morons are not fun to watch.
Metro on September 18, 2008 at 11:45 AM
I realize he has first amendment rights but I wish there were repercussions that were more defined for speaking out like the way he did.
mindhacker on September 18, 2008 at 11:45 AM
I don’t see what all the fuss is about. Just another star giving the country the bird. Unless you weren’t reading the road signs, we’ve already crossed the Rubicon.
We’ve mainstreamed this attitude to the point where the country may be electing a commander and chief who hangs out with people who feel the same way.
moxie_neanderthal on September 18, 2008 at 11:46 AM
I am pretty sure the end of the quote is referring to Rev Wright’s infamous utterances. Sounds like “g** d***ed America, Obama, all that sh**,” to me.
angelat0763 on September 18, 2008 at 11:46 AM
So, you’re stereotyping white people?
Metro on September 18, 2008 at 11:47 AM
By the way, after leaving California in tatters last Saturday, you should know we’re taking back the UP. We have no idea why your state lays claim to it, but we’re invading and restoring Wisconsin sovereignty.
MadisonConservative on September 18, 2008 at 11:48 AM
I’ll take “Black Liberation Theology” for $1000, Alex.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 18, 2008 at 11:49 AM
Give the guy a break. Its not like he bombed the country, rioted and attempted to murder people or stuck his finger in the eye of America the day after 9/11.
Geez, everyone knows hating America and associating with others that do doesn’t disqualify you from anything. In fact, it is guaranteed to lock in a support base of 10-15% of the population.
moxie_neanderthal on September 18, 2008 at 11:51 AM
What does anyone expect from a Mark Cuban surrogate. Cuban doesn’t have a clue himself what it means to be an American and respect the country. All the “advanced communication skills” training in the world won’t help when the fish rots from the head.
eaglesdontflock on September 18, 2008 at 11:52 AM
Feh. I was raised an LP (wait, that’s gas) boy (Saginaw, Grand Rapids, K’zoo representin’). I only went to the UP once in my life. Can we keep the UP if you will take Al-Ann Arbor?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on September 18, 2008 at 11:52 AM
Who’s Josh Howard, and why should I care? Really, I can’t support a sport full of thugs. Even the good guys, Kobe, aren’t good – re: Eagle, Colorado.
kirkill on September 18, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Hell no! And before you ask, no, we won’t take MujahiDearborn either.
Elect Ted Nugent, dammit!
MadisonConservative on September 18, 2008 at 11:54 AM
“Josh really is
a good guyan obnoxious pinhead with agreat heart,good game” Cuban said.“He just doesn’t do a good job of showing that side of himself publicly. We will work on that.”He runs his mouth off…and we will muzzle that.Sarjex on September 18, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Did you guys pay any attention to the NBA All Star fiasco in Las Vegas? So bad, even Las Vagas won’t have them back.
The city was in chaos.
If I were a Black American, I would damn well be demanding change in my own community.
eaglesdontflock on September 18, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Haha nope I was talking about a very specific group of white people. My neighbors.
Seriously though it never ceases to amaze me that conservatives, who extoll the virtues of “colorblindness” and decry identity politics are unable to shut up about race whenever a black person says or does something objectionable. Shouldn’t you not even notice that he’s black? And why is his race relevant to his idiocy?
crr6 on September 18, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Another brilliant basketball player?
d1carter on September 18, 2008 at 11:59 AM
I couldn’t even understand what the retard was saying…
D2Boston on September 18, 2008 at 12:01 PM
What an a-hole.
changer1701 on September 18, 2008 at 12:01 PM
I remember when we had a African American Heritage pep rally at my high school and they played the National Anthem followed by the Black National Anthem. Many of my friends sat during the black anthem, refusing to honor it. However, I stood up. I can understand why someone would not respect the black anthem–after all, it was the first time we heard it and it is not the National Anthem! I cannot understand why a “professional” athlete does not honor our National Anthem. Does he also burn flags?
m064404 on September 18, 2008 at 12:01 PM
As a Mavs season ticket holder, I am once again embarrassed. First Mark Cuban funds the BS nutroot movie “Loose Change” and now this?
I love Dirk Nowitzki, and he is such a great and classy player, but I may sell all of my tickets and be done with them.
ReaganConservative3 on September 18, 2008 at 12:02 PM
Shouldn’t you not even notice that he’s black? – crr
Up until the point there he says “I’m black.”
Tony737 on September 18, 2008 at 12:02 PM
as a Mavs fan, I’m ashamed.
Matticus Finch on September 18, 2008 at 12:04 PM
The Dallas Mavericks — Anti-America’s Team.
Along with the above linked story, the Dallas Morning News also has Kevin Sherrington’s column today outlining how Howard has basically been a one-man wrecking crew on the Mavericks’ image over the past year, and helped get Avery Johnson canned as the team’s coach with his uncaring attitude during the playoffs this past April.
The latest brouhaha would simply be an incident involving another self-centered athlete not giving a damn abot the National Anthem … if it wasn’t for Mark Cuban’s alliances with Hollywood’s biggest raving moonbats. Trying to play down Howard’s latest faux-pas comes across as not only an owner trying to protect his player, but after all the grief Josh has caused the team, as an owner who might be protecting his player because he doesn’t see anything really wrong with what Howard said.
Be afraid, Chicago Cubs fans hoping Mark Cuban buys your team. Be very afraid (though if he does, it might answer the question, “How well can Jeremiah Wright sing ‘Take Me Out To the Ballgame’ during the 7th inning stretch?”).
jon1979 on September 18, 2008 at 12:05 PM
And how much money is this talking rectal parasite getting paid to play basketball in the greatest, freest nation on earth?
whitetop on September 18, 2008 at 12:05 PM
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