Sports Anchor Blasts Michael Sam Critics, Calls Out Conservative Hypocrisy

Michael Sam coming out of the closet actually may have been a setback for his potential NFL career, according to some NFL officials who spoke anonymously to Sports Illustrated. On Monday night, WFAA sports anchor Dale Hansen stood up for Sam in a big way with a speech that called out not just the NFL’s fluctuating moralism, but the hypocrisy of those who profess to be for small government.

Hansen mocked the idea that having a gay player in the locker room would somehow make people uncomfortable, when, quite frankly, people with infinitely more questionable moral values still walk among them.

“You beat a woman and drag her down a flight of stairs, pulling her hair out by the roots? You’re the fourth guy taken in the NFL draft. You kill people while driving drunk? That guy’s welcome. Players caught in hotel rooms with illegal drugs and prostitutes, we know they’re welcome! Players accused of rape and pay the women to go away, you lie to police, try to cover up a murder, we’re comfortable with that. You love another man? Well, now you’ve gone too far."

He went on to decry the hypocrisy of people who “say government should stay out of our lives, but then want government in our bedrooms,” and reminded viewers that once upon a time, people used to think black players would make people uncomfortable.

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Ed Schultz to Liberal Critics: You're Not Confronting Reality

Last night, MSNBC’s Ed Schultz surprised many of his liberal viewers by coming out in favor of building the Keystone XL Pipeline that would transport oil from the Canadian tar sands to the United States. After receiving some angry letters and tweets from his fans, the host decided to address their concerns head-on Wednesday.
Acknowledging that the pipeline is a “controversial” issue that has created some strange political “bedfellows,” Schultz told his audience, “The hard cold truth is the United States is an oil and gas dependent country and we’re going to be for the foreseeable future. And I think it really is a disservice to the conversation and the debate to take an all-or-nothing approach to this. We’re not really confronting reality here.”
Schultz proceeded to go through some of common criticisms he received, addressing them one by one. While he admitted that tar sands oil releases more greenhouse gases than traditional crude oil, he noted that the alternative of transporting it by rail is actually worse.
“If this is built, it doesn't mean that you and I are going to be consuming more,” he continued, citing another point from the State Department report on the issue. “Let’s be clear here,” he continued. “This would be, I think, a step in the right direction when it comes to energy independence.”
Schultz is clearly taking a relatively short-term practical approach that looks only at the costs and benefits of the Keystone XL Pipeline itself. Many environmentalists who oppose the construction view it as a symbolic move by the United States that makes a large-scale commitment to fossil fuels rather than investing more broadly in renewable energy.

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