UN’s five-man panel led by Italian judge Antonio Cassese concluded that there was no genocide in Sudan.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4222899.stm

Except US, there was no headline news of Darfur genocide anywhere aound the globe including Europe and African continent . How this “bizzare accusation” came from? The answer is oil. Perhaps US wants a change of regime whom is closer to China than US.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/IE25Cb04.html

I am a believer of truth, not one sided stories. One needs to do due diligence to find out two sides of stories, as in the case of Iraq war before it took place. The world as well as Al Gore knew that there was no WMD before Bush launched the war.
Why didn’t the supporters of war and now the alledged darfur genocide?

This Darfur Genocide is really bizzare. Someone create that out of thin air.

It is a sad commentary about our times and no one seems to want to connect the dots between this and terrorism, wars and genocide. The links are there for anyone who wants to see them.

John Perkins’s book Confessions of an Economic Hit Man should be read by these sports stars for a reality check at least. See Tapart News and Art that Talks and explore the lost worlds in the Globalist Flat World with editor and artist Ray Tapajna at http://tapsearch.com/tapartnews and http://tapsearch.com/flatworld or http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Ray_Tapajna

Actually the first moron to publicly speak this phrase (Islamo fascist) was none other than GW Bush. It’s a wonder that people still parrot anything that he says.

Ira Newble great cause, but he wont see any floor time during these finals, so he can work on his other endeavors. What I find interesting is why was this letter brought public, at this time…..distractions. Yes this is a big issue, couldn’t it have waited until maybe, the playoffs are over….about two weeks. Would this letter have changed much in that time span. Couldn’t he have spoken with each player and educated them on the topic before he asked them to sign? A few of them probably signed because it was Ira Newble, realistically.

This is a great time for everyone to do their part. One person can’t do everything, there are enough stars who this issue wouldn’t effect financially as much potentially, that could make a difference. To much altruism can be as detrimental as being selfish.

Significantly, basketall is part of the Summer Olympics, so for Newble and NBA players to take a stand really is an excelllent way for China to think more deeply about their economic support of the genocide in Sudan. Kudos to Ira!

I dare you to say that you could go through the physical toil he has to go through in a single day and have enough energy afterwards not to just curl up and go to sleep. Could you take getting hit by guys who way 240 to 280 pounds several times a night while jumping and running, then when you come home you don’t want to read the paper because everyone is criticizing you for doing this or not doing that?

And an important issue? Come on. I’m not saying it’s not important… but dude, how many important issues are there that you don’t know anything about? Are you down on health care, aids, gay rights, gun rights, gun control, freedom of speech, health care for the extreme poor in other countries, birth control, abortion, stem cell research, state’s rights, eminent domain, nurse’s unions, medical malpractice, euthanasia, the middle east, independence for Taiwan, AND the Iraq War and whatever else people out there care about and are invested in more than you? Just like everyone else, you pick and choose what issues you care about… so let the guy do the same.

And dude… the guy was raised by his mom on her own. They were damned poor when he was a kid, and lived in a bad neighborhood. Let him enjoy his freaking American dream why don’t you.

Would he be unable to make a judgment or understand the basics of atrocities? Too bad this is not something as world shaking as the most recent video game.

Maybe someone should help him learn to read and teach him that libraries are really not all that hostile or painful. Even though he may claim it is not his role to sign documents, and it is true his signature may not save many lives, how sad he cannot fathom lending his name or such influence as he claims to such a problem.

People are only pissed at Lebron because he didn’t sign it *and* he’s rich, and they are jealous that someone so young is good enough at something to be paid millions for it.

People, all athletes are like actors and singers – they are entertainers getting paid for something. The only difference is that athletes like Lebron spend several hours a day exercising, practicing, doing what they can. Because IT’S THEIR JOB. I laugh at people who think athletes shouldn’t get paid so much, that’s like saying capitalism shouldn’t reward the top levels of private companies many times the earning level of the guys who actually do the work at the bottom. That’s fricking capitalism people. There’s nothing wrong with people getting paid more because people are willing to watch their product.

Lebron is actually smarter than the average NBA player, and he makes relatively smart business decisions. Not wanting to sign a letter because he wasn’t informed enough about the issue is surely a better thing to do than signing something blindly. It’s the fricking conference playoffs you non-basketball watching fools! He spends all day watching tape and exercising and practicing and resting to recover from all the physical wear and tear on his body – believe me, Lebron is such a canny PR guy I’m sure he’ll willingly spend time in the off-season to educate himself about the issue so he can decide whether or not his staff can announce that he publicly supports it, but right now is the time of year that matters most to his job.

It’s not like he’s saving lives or something by playing basketball, but you can’t begrudge a guy for wanting to concentrate on a job he loves that rewards him well when it’s fricking crunch time. In the last week alone he’s had millions of people dogging him for not shooting enough in game 1 against the pistons and for forcing things at the end of game 2.

God, it has nothing to do with his contract with Nike you dopes. He just has something more important to him personally to deal with right now, which is doing good in his job to play basketball during the fricking playoffs. And for all you morons who say that there’s more important things to worry about than getting paid and doing your job, well, 1) he can do that stuff after the playoffs, 2) let’s say you’re an engineer and the goddamn deadline is in two weeks and you work so hard everyday you’re exhausted and some coworker wants you to sign some letter about some place you don’t know much about, what are you going to do, honestly? 3) For every elitist snob who considers himself well-informed about big issues and looks down on others who are “not as involved” there are a hundred big issues important to other people that you don’t know jack about.

Lebron does not want any part of it, partly because it is no win for him. If he takes a stand against China, he ought to take same stand against the USA, and should not have suited up for team USA. In hindsight, maybe he should not have suited up, given US international basketball’s sorry state. Stick to basketball Lebron and play for the USA!!