BRIAN CUBAN’S BLOG

I’m sorry! I didn’t mean it!  I have received numerous nasty emails from indignant attorneys irritated at my impugning the integrity of the legal profession in my “I Don’t Give A Shit Blog” The number of responses in itself is amazing.  The last time I checked my stats, only about 30 people had been to the page.   The bad word has always traveled faster than the good word….

There was one particular response by criminal defense attorney Stephen Gustitus in his blog, The Defense Perspective: Client Communications.  In the blog he states that I must not have many clients….  The logic of that was lost on me.  Was he saying that he has so many clients that he doesn’t return their calls or god forbid “he doesn’t give a shit?” It would have made more sense if he had said I must not have many friends in the legal profession….. 

 In any event, you are right Stephen. I don’t have many clients. I am like Tom Hagan, the character played by Robert Duvall in The Godfather….   Right before he gave that big shot Hollywood producer a “horse head  nighty”  he told him that he had a “special practice” where he only handled one client.  I guess that is kind of like me. Hagan lived through all the Godfathers so I guess I will have a long career.  That is not to say I am comparing my brother Mark Cuban to Michael Corelone.  God forbid he would decide I was more like Fredo and have me whacked  while I was floating in a giant rubber ducky in his swimming pool. Unlike Fredo however, I would not be saying any hail Marys since I am Jewish.  I have no idea what the Jewish equivalent is

My phone is ringing. It is probably my only client. I had better answer it before I have a VERY special practice of none…..

So my girlfriend and I spent this last Christmas Eve. over my brother Mark’s house. A great time was had by all. Got to see the nieces, newphew and extended family. We stuffed ourselves and watched re-runs of Law and Order “ad-naseum”. So why am I bringing this up now? Something happened that at the time seemed innocuous but appears now to have huge cultural importance” For dessert we had Cannolis. Now I have never tasted a cannoli before. My only experience with them consisted of the famous line in “The Godfather” and watching Tony Soprano consume them “ad-naseum”

Now I have to be honest here and I dont think this is sterotyping. Walking into a Jewish household and being served Cannolis for dessert is like walking into Little Italy in NYC asking for the dessert of the day and being served Kugel or matzoh ball soup.

I ate the Cannolis. I actually ate many Cannolis. I thanked Mark for expanding my cutural horizons by exposing me to the world of Cannolis.

Fast foward to today. I am perusing the latest edition of Dallas party rag “Paper City” and in it there is a quote from Willa Ford-Modano, wife of Dallas Stars hockey legend Mike Modano.She was talking about gifts they had given friends for Christmas. Mike Mondano and Mark happen to be very good friends. Here is the quote:

“This year, Mike(Mondano) and I are sending Cannolis from Little Italy, NYC to all are closet friends. They are the best cannolis on planet Earth”

Now I know where the Cannolis came from. Thank you Mike and Willa for exposing the Cubans to the world of Cannolis. I dont think they will ever replace a slice of Kugel or bowl of matzah ball soup but I have had a strange urge to watch Sopranos re-runs “ad-nasuem” since Christmas Eve.

In my zeal to make sure my brother Mark makes it to the next round of Dancing With The Stars, I am engaging in unmerciful brutal spam. Yes Iadmit it. 

I am not spamming in the sense that I am sending thousands of emails to random names. I have been however, sending my voting pleas out to my entire email list which is quite large. Some of the people on it probably do not even like me. 

In any event, the response has been almost all positive until yesterday. Someone that I have had passing contact with responded back that Ishould take her off my emailing list because Mark was “Un-American”. 

Now I get people offering opinions on Mark to me every day of theweek. He cant dance, He’s arrogant, He couldn’t carry Donald Trump’s briefcase,He is this , He is that…. you get the picture. This stuff all goes in one ear and out the other. I view them as media perception attacks which goes with the territory. Mark is a big boy and doesn’t need me to stick up for him. 

When this person called him Un-American, it was a dagger right in my stomach. I without hesitation viewed it as a personal attack on Mark andthe entire Cuban family which I will defend at all times. I took it very personally. I wont repeat what I wrote back but will admit I didn’t count to ten and responded emotionally. 

On retrospect I should have treated it like every other opinion,view, whatever on Mark that I always ignore. They are all based on media perception and have no basis in reality. Myself and Mark’s true friends and family should not care less about idiotic statements like that. We know who he is and what he has done for this country with no fanfare whatsoever such as the Fallen Patriot Fund which has given to date over 2.5 million dollars to injured soldiers and families of soldiers killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom. 

http://www.fallenpatriotfund.org 

There are countless other causes that go un-noticed except bythose he has helped and lives he has changed for the better. 

So to those who confuse art with reality; to those who think theCIA killed Kennedy and that “Loose Change” is historical fact, take a big bite of American Apple Pie and hold it tight. You have a better grip onthat pie than you do the facts……

 

 

 

As many know, my brother Mark Cuban has been competing on the ABC show Dancing with the Stars. I had the privilege of attending the First Show in LA. It was a great experience.  Mark has done a great job and worked harder than I have seen him work at anything. I have tried to do my part by sending out emails to thousands of people in the hopes that they will vote for Mark and help get him on to the next round!  Its going to get a lot tougher from here on out. I think even Mark would admit that after this coming week there will be a decent jump in the talent gap. Hopefully his supporters will make up for any “judging”   issues and get him on to the next round! EVERYONE VOTE!