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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Nice to know that damn near anyone can buy a lifetime achievement award from the NAACP until their donor's dirty laundry makes a widespread public appearance.<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Political correctness run amok<br>From: thansen@moscow.com<br>Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 16:12:43 -0700<br>CC: vision2020@moscow.com<br>To: scooterd408@hotmail.com<br><br><div style=""><span></span></div><div><div style=""><span></span></div><div><div style=""><span></span></div><div><div style=""><span></span></div><div><div style="">Courtesy of CBS News at:</div><div style=""><br></div><div><span style=""><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-sterling-controversy-naacp-returning-all-donations-made-by-clippers-owner/" target="_blank">http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-sterling-controversy-naacp-returning-all-donations-made-by-clippers-owner/</a></span></div><div style=""><br></div><div style="">-----------------------------------</div><div style=""><br></div><div style=""><h1 class="title" style="font-size:50px;font-family:nimbus-sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(32, 32, 34);line-height:0.9;text-rendering:auto;letter-spacing:-0.07em;word-spacing:-0.04em;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">NAACP returning all donations made by Donald Sterling</h1><p style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>LOS ANGELES</b> -- The NAACP says <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-sterling-banned-for-life-by-the-nba-for-deeply-disturbing-comments/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;cursor:pointer;">Donald Sterling</a> will not be receiving its lifetime achievement award from its Los Angeles branch after the Clippers owner<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-sterling-naacp-drops-plans-to-award-la-clippers-owner/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;cursor:pointer;">allegedly made racially charged comments</a> in a recorded conversation.</span></p><p style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Leon Jenkins, president of the LA NAACP, said at a news conference Monday that donations made by Sterling will be returned. He wouldn't say how much money was involved but called it an "insignificant amount."</span></p><p style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sterling had been slated to receive the honor on May 15 as part of the 100th anniversary celebration of the group's Los Angeles chapter.</span></p><p style=""></p><p style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sterling's purported comments urging a woman to not bring black people to his team's games have overshadowed the NBA's opening playoff round.</span></p><p style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">There still has been no official confirmation that Sterling is on the recording, portions of which were released over the weekend by TMZ and Deadspin.</span></p><ul style="padding:0px;list-style:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);line-height:22px;font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;color:rgb(32, 32, 34);"><li style="padding:0px 0px 0px 20px;display:block;background-position:0px 8px;"><a href="http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/24543425/report-magic-johnson-wants-to-buy-the-clippers" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(177, 33, 36);text-decoration:none;cursor:pointer;">Report: Magic Johnson wants to buy the Clippers</a></li><li style="padding:0px 0px 0px 20px;display:block;background-position:0px 8px;"><a href="http://www.cbssports.com/nba/writer/ken-berger/24543587/sterling-qa-the-nbas-disciplinary-process-and-options" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;cursor:pointer;color:rgb(177, 33, 36);">CBSSports.com's Ken Berger answers key questions about Donald Sterling controversy</a><br></li></ul><p style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);line-height:22px;font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;color:rgb(32, 32, 34);">Meanwhile, used car dealership chain CarMax and airline Virgin America said Monday that they are <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-sterling-scandal-clippers-lose-sponsorships-after-racially-charged-comments-surface/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;cursor:pointer;color:rgb(177, 33, 36);">ending their sponsorship of the Clippers</a>. A third sponsor, insurer State Farm, said it "will be taking a pause in our relationship with the organization."</p><p style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);line-height:22px;font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;color:rgb(32, 32, 34);">The NBA said it would make an announcement about its <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nba-probing-alleged-recording-of-los-angeles-clippers-donald-sterling/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(177, 33, 36);text-decoration:none;cursor:pointer;">investigation involving Sterling</a> on Tuesday.</p><p style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"This situation is a massive distraction for the league right now," said Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, the former NBA All-Star who is<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nba-players-question-whether-los-angeles-clippers-owner-donald-sterling-deserves-to-be-a-team-owner/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;cursor:pointer;"> serving as an adviser to the National Basketball Players Association</a> while the Sterling matter plays out. "It must be addressed immediately."</span></p><p style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">NBA commissioner Adam Silver's first priority is verifying Sterling's voice is on the recording. From there, Silver's next move remains unclear. He works for the owners - and so far that group seems to have no sympathy for Sterling's latest controversy.</span></p><p style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Among those who have spoken out publicly to condemn the alleged Sterling remarks: Washington's Ted Leonsis, Miami's Micky Arison and perhaps most notably, Charlotte's Michael Jordan, who won six NBA titles as a player.</span></p></div><div style="">-----------------------------------<br><br><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- John Lennon</span></div><div><br></div></div><style><!--
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