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Dose of Truth: Five Facts About Health Care Reform
Commented Aug 20, 2009 at 14:37:26 in Politics
“Men in leather chaps and feather boas? Don't tease me, now. Oh wait! I'm straight. I think.”
Huckabee Offers Palestinians State "Some Place Else"
Commented Aug 19, 2009 at 23:32:32 in World
“Wow. So now Palestinians are illegal immigrants in their own country? There was no Jewish state in 1948 until Britain and the U.S. partitioned the Palestinian territory and created the state of Israel. If you want to talk about historic lands, then, okay, blow the whistle, everybody out of the pool!. Let us give the Ameircan continent back to the Native Americans. Let us resettle all Black people in Africa and all white people in Europe.
Egypt is practicing apartheid against the Palestinians? So Egypt built the wall and is witholding a ton of Palestinian money so that children are starving? When the Palestinian people freely elected Hamas to lead them, it was the U.S. and Israel that refused to recognize a democratically elected government. Hamas is a terrorist organization? So was the U.S. military when it invaded Iraq under George '43. Israel is in violation of so many U.N. resolutions for so long that no one can accurately count them. How do you get around the resolution that says combatant nations cannot keep land gain during the conflict?
Israel has the right to exist simply because it does. It has the right to do that in peace. So do the Palestinians. They will never be able to destroy Israel, so this charade of denying them their homeland and statehood until they acknowledge Israel's right to exist is just a land-grab smokescreen.
Now, do you want to talk about nuclear weapons?”
Egypt is practicing apartheid against the Palestinians? So Egypt built the wall and is witholding a ton of Palestinian money so that children are starving? When the Palestinian people freely elected Hamas to lead them, it was the U.S. and Israel that refused to recognize a democratically elected government. Hamas is a terrorist organization? So was the U.S. military when it invaded Iraq under George '43. Israel is in violation of so many U.N. resolutions for so long that no one can accurately count them. How do you get around the resolution that says combatant nations cannot keep land gain during the conflict?
Israel has the right to exist simply because it does. It has the right to do that in peace. So do the Palestinians. They will never be able to destroy Israel, so this charade of denying them their homeland and statehood until they acknowledge Israel's right to exist is just a land-grab smokescreen.
Now, do you want to talk about nuclear weapons?”
Yale Chickens Out On Academic Freedom
Commented Aug 19, 2009 at 11:24:54 in Media
“I am more than happy to have available an academic study of child pornography that does not include any pictures of child pornography. Yes, illustrations of the Prophet Mohammed would be just as incendiary and offensive to some of his adherents.”
Huckabee Offers Palestinians State "Some Place Else"
Commented Aug 18, 2009 at 18:13:57 in World
“Americans will not get the irony. They still think that white folks were created on the North American continent and that native people (indians) were illegal immigrants. Manifest Destiny is, to them, a combustible engine part.
Wouldn't you think that a people targeted for genocide, placed in ghettos and concentration camps, displaed from their homes, businesses and geography, would have some empathy for a people similarly treated on their behalf and by them. As bad, let us not forget that Israel trained the South African police and military in how to enforce apartheid against the indigenous black population.
Israel is a rogue state in every sense of the phrase. It practices apartheid againt the Palestinian people.”
Wouldn't you think that a people targeted for genocide, placed in ghettos and concentration camps, displaed from their homes, businesses and geography, would have some empathy for a people similarly treated on their behalf and by them. As bad, let us not forget that Israel trained the South African police and military in how to enforce apartheid against the indigenous black population.
Israel is a rogue state in every sense of the phrase. It practices apartheid againt the Palestinian people.”
mommamia526 replied on Aug 18, 2009 at 18:50:36
“Oh? Interesting. Jewish Israelis complain that Arabs in their midst get preferential treatment. There is a difference, you know, between the Palestinians who live in Lebanon, in the PA territory and those in Gaza and even Jordan and actual residents/citizens of Israel. Palestinians who are citizens have every right other Israelis have. Why they are even in the Knesset, where they are uttering *opinions* against the State of Israel of which they are part. In any other country this would be considered TREASON, but in Israel they are speaking up freely, even agitating with persons from other nations, such as Syria, without repercussions. *The Palestinian People* do not have a nation, a government, or anything else that makes them a nation. They wish to create a nation for themselves, even though they have a nation already east of the river Jordan. Egypt practices *apartheid* against the same group of *Palestinians* and Gaza used to be Egyptian territory, but the borders with Egypt are closed for the Palestinians in Gaza. Who can understand it? In the U.S. there are legal immigrants from South America, and there are illegal immigrants from South America, and a few others who want to come in. Should all these (would be) immigrants, legal immigrants, and those who have lived here for generations and are citizens be treated under one umbrella? And, should the U.S. grant them their own country right inside the U.S.?”
Stop the Sexist Rants on Palin!
Commented Jul 07, 2009 at 22:12:53 in Politics
“Because Sarah Palin holds and espouses social and political views that seek to repress the freedom of other women does not justify me denying her right to personal dignity as a human being and particularly as a woman.”
President Obama's Clear Abuse Of Power Cited By...Senator Obama
Commented Jun 27, 2009 at 12:43:42 in Home
“I took President Obabma's campaign assault on signing statements as criticism of their multiplicity and cavalier issue by President Bush. At no time did President Obama state that he would not use them. At his rate, he is in danger of issuing 96 against 1,100 issued by President Bush.
When Congress needed to curtail the power of the presidency to start a war, whene were its members? Falling all over themselves to grant authoity to kill or maim thousands of Americans and Iraqis. President Obama asks that he simply be allowed to look and talk before he shoots, and Congress votes no. So he uses his legal authority to re-assert his position and is denigrated because he is not a legal idealist or choirboy. Well, in voting for him, I voted for neither. I voted for a decent man who would make legal and ethical decisions whether I agreed with them or not.
I have some serious issues and disagreements with President Obama about DOMA and "Don't ask, don't tell." He is dead wrong and troubling to me about indefinite detention. But this issue of signing statements comes up nowhere on my radar.”
When Congress needed to curtail the power of the presidency to start a war, whene were its members? Falling all over themselves to grant authoity to kill or maim thousands of Americans and Iraqis. President Obama asks that he simply be allowed to look and talk before he shoots, and Congress votes no. So he uses his legal authority to re-assert his position and is denigrated because he is not a legal idealist or choirboy. Well, in voting for him, I voted for neither. I voted for a decent man who would make legal and ethical decisions whether I agreed with them or not.
I have some serious issues and disagreements with President Obama about DOMA and "Don't ask, don't tell." He is dead wrong and troubling to me about indefinite detention. But this issue of signing statements comes up nowhere on my radar.”
Rob Warmowski replied on Jun 27, 2009 at 13:31:02
“Well, there's no doubt the issue came up on the President's own radar, since the opening quote in my post shows while on the campaign trail he specifically called out the abusive nature of signing statements that are used by the Executive to avoid accountability.
June 24th's reversal on that principle is what has rightfully denigrated the President's credibility, which is a greater problem than the violation of a campaign promise. Unlike Bush, this President is a leading Constitutional scholar. In my opinion, he betrays that training when he accepts and fosters, rather than reverses, gross imbalance of powers.”
June 24th's reversal on that principle is what has rightfully denigrated the President's credibility, which is a greater problem than the violation of a campaign promise. Unlike Bush, this President is a leading Constitutional scholar. In my opinion, he betrays that training when he accepts and fosters, rather than reverses, gross imbalance of powers.”
Gays to Obama: "We've Seen Enough"
Commented Jun 19, 2009 at 02:40:30 in Politics
“Any African-American or woman should know better than to tell gays and lesbians to wait, to be patient. Why should they? Friends and supporters in congress and the White House are useless if they are not pushed, prodded, cajoled and threatened. Gays and Lesbians should do whatever they feel is appropiate to get President Obama to act decisively and swiftly to bring them social justice.
Here's the problem.
Politicians are behind the curve, not in front of it. They will only act decisvely on social issues when they are certain that they have personal opinion their side. Women and chiildren being beaten, attacked by dogs and sprayed with water hoses gave President Johnson gereat cover to sign numerous pieces of civil rights legislation. The personal experiences of family members of women discriminated against gave cover for legislation empowering women. The issue of homosexuality is not as accessible to the American public as one engendering empathy. It should be, but it is not.
Americans have to see and feel the injustice against homosexulas in order to rally en masse to their support. The gay and lesbian community and their supporters for social justice may need to spend some time figuring out how to achieve that.”
Here's the problem.
Politicians are behind the curve, not in front of it. They will only act decisvely on social issues when they are certain that they have personal opinion their side. Women and chiildren being beaten, attacked by dogs and sprayed with water hoses gave President Johnson gereat cover to sign numerous pieces of civil rights legislation. The personal experiences of family members of women discriminated against gave cover for legislation empowering women. The issue of homosexuality is not as accessible to the American public as one engendering empathy. It should be, but it is not.
Americans have to see and feel the injustice against homosexulas in order to rally en masse to their support. The gay and lesbian community and their supporters for social justice may need to spend some time figuring out how to achieve that.”
When Barack Took Michelle to NYC -- No Big Deal When You're POTUS
Commented Jun 08, 2009 at 22:40:09 in Living
“With two daughters in middle-school, she a teacher in a public school and me an advocate for parents with children in public school, living in Co-op City, we managed dinner and the Broadway play or Alvin Ailey several times a year. Or we would simply walk across the way on a weeknight to the multiplex for a movie, Thousands if not millions of couples routinely make arrangements every year for child-care and dog walking so tha tthey can spend some date time together. We call for our own tickets, we drive our own car, and we arrive home to the added joy of picking up toys or washing dishes left by children and their babysitters. It is all part of the package. If you will later worry about the money spent on dinner and a play, then don't spend it. Rent a movie, microwave some popcorn, or justr settle in for an evening of board games with the children, or an eveniing of candlelight, tne-dollar a bottle wine, Johnny Hartman and Nancy Wilson.
I could find a dozen reasons why I fell out of love with my wife and lost my marriage. Money and romance and inconvenience do not make that list.”
I could find a dozen reasons why I fell out of love with my wife and lost my marriage. Money and romance and inconvenience do not make that list.”
This Playboy Article Deserves Scorn from the Left
Commented Jun 02, 2009 at 16:57:43 in Media
“And my point is that if you seek to have sex with a woman that you would not otherwise engage because she is not likeable, then you are treating her solely as a sexual object. I did that once over forty years ago and regretted it almost immediately afterwards and to this day. It made me physically ill. I know that men and women do that to each other almost routinely now, and fine if it is mutual between the people involved. But for one person to publicly target and personally identify another as a candidate for that practice by masses of other people is distasteful to say the least. If he heard someone referencing his mother that way, he would probably want to maim him. Call me weird - no, seriously, call me that. It's my middle name - but I have often found the dinner before sex, the drink afterwards, the surprise phone call months later and the warm Christmas card ritual years later to be just on-going elation from that brief sexual encounter. There is something to be said for being to look your former lovers in the eye - and at yourself in the mirror.”
This Playboy Article Deserves Scorn from the Left
Commented Jun 02, 2009 at 13:35:39 in Media
“Let me get this straight: Members of the political left should condemn an article that raves in rather sophmoric language about a juvenile fantasy of bedding some women on the poliitcal right.
Hmmm. Does the article state that the writer wants to bed them against their will? Rape them? Then, indeed, such an act of violence, even if just proposed in jest, should be condemned immediately and without equivocation. But the article writer did not suggest that, did he? And is the article writer at all factual in his assessments? Does Malkin wear clothing of a cliched sexual fantasy nature? Does Bachman possibly hit higher notes to express her satisfaction with an intimate partner than the shrill ones she makes in her denigraton of Democrats and liberals? Where is the defamation of character or womanhood here?
It is in the treating of women as merely sexual objects of pleasure, devoid of humanity, intellect,, physical and sexual integrity. Personally, I find nothing sexually attractive about those two women or any woman on the poliitically conservative right. I cannot separate their physicality from their other attributes, and I cannot do that out of common and unshakable respect for them as human beings- and all the moreso because they are seriously defective ones.
Playboy can take back the placing of ill-considered articles; too bad murderers cannot take back the ill-considered placing of their bullets.”
Hmmm. Does the article state that the writer wants to bed them against their will? Rape them? Then, indeed, such an act of violence, even if just proposed in jest, should be condemned immediately and without equivocation. But the article writer did not suggest that, did he? And is the article writer at all factual in his assessments? Does Malkin wear clothing of a cliched sexual fantasy nature? Does Bachman possibly hit higher notes to express her satisfaction with an intimate partner than the shrill ones she makes in her denigraton of Democrats and liberals? Where is the defamation of character or womanhood here?
It is in the treating of women as merely sexual objects of pleasure, devoid of humanity, intellect,, physical and sexual integrity. Personally, I find nothing sexually attractive about those two women or any woman on the poliitically conservative right. I cannot separate their physicality from their other attributes, and I cannot do that out of common and unshakable respect for them as human beings- and all the moreso because they are seriously defective ones.
Playboy can take back the placing of ill-considered articles; too bad murderers cannot take back the ill-considered placing of their bullets.”
JimmyTee replied on Jun 02, 2009 at 17:41:04
“Yeah, what's wrong with "hate-fuck," right, Lee?”
BlackJAC replied on Jun 02, 2009 at 15:15:32
“The women mentioned in that article all lack the likeability required to make someone want to hang out with them for non-sexual reasons, which was the entire point of the article in the first place.”
Speaking Out on Segregated Proms
Commented May 28, 2009 at 13:08:56 in Living
“Allow for the possibility that there are Black students and parent who are also in favor of segregated proms.
The failure of the school system in Montgomery County is to provide for those students who want an integrated prom, however poorly attended it might be - at first. I suspect that there are students who do not attend (or do grugdingly attend) either prom because they are segregated. What about those students?”
The failure of the school system in Montgomery County is to provide for those students who want an integrated prom, however poorly attended it might be - at first. I suspect that there are students who do not attend (or do grugdingly attend) either prom because they are segregated. What about those students?”
Why I'm Alone
Commented Mar 20, 2009 at 12:47:15 in Living
“I think that when someone has so many reasons for being alone, they are whistling past the graveyard. That "shelf life" comment is sadly telling, and I suspect it is false. I am 63 and would not consider serious involvement with a woman under 55 or older than 95. I have a college professor who is 91 and . . . .
I have one reason for being alone: I like it. That does not make me superior, it makes me resolved.
There are aging males who do not belch or smell, but who hike and ride mountain bikes, who like theater and books and out-of-the-way restaurants - and some might even be Republicans although my argument weakens considerably there.
People who are alone and happy are, I suspect, the happiest people in the world.”
I have one reason for being alone: I like it. That does not make me superior, it makes me resolved.
There are aging males who do not belch or smell, but who hike and ride mountain bikes, who like theater and books and out-of-the-way restaurants - and some might even be Republicans although my argument weakens considerably there.
People who are alone and happy are, I suspect, the happiest people in the world.”
hp blogger Lea Lane replied on Mar 20, 2009 at 13:33:10
“I'm going to get into the dialogue because this is a sensitive subject and I want to be clear about it.
I had a wonderful second marriage, and even my first was pretty good for a long while. But at this stage, post child-rearing, I'll take being alone over anything but a really good relationship.
I'm being a bit tongue-in-cheek throughout, but all points are my true feelings. And as for the shelf life comment, I don't look or act "my age," and from my experience if I told my age, a huge percentage of age-appropriate men would pass without giving me a chance. There are wonderful exceptions, of course.
Men, especially if they have some means, do not have that problem.
I am enjoying my life to the fullest, and I'm open to options. Either way, I'm fine.”
I had a wonderful second marriage, and even my first was pretty good for a long while. But at this stage, post child-rearing, I'll take being alone over anything but a really good relationship.
I'm being a bit tongue-in-cheek throughout, but all points are my true feelings. And as for the shelf life comment, I don't look or act "my age," and from my experience if I told my age, a huge percentage of age-appropriate men would pass without giving me a chance. There are wonderful exceptions, of course.
Men, especially if they have some means, do not have that problem.
I am enjoying my life to the fullest, and I'm open to options. Either way, I'm fine.”
On Race, Holder is Right, Obama is Wrong
Commented Mar 12, 2009 at 22:18:21 in Politics
“The fact remains that the first African-American President of the United States was not historically of the African-American experience. And so he is not of that peculiar perspective; of that both empowering and debilitating experience. His was a global experience, a universal perspective. It is apparently what was needed at this time to propel the first African-American into the White House.
Argue with that if you will, but do so at the peril of continuing to anchor African-American children to a debilitating experience rather than liberating them to an empowering perspective that travels beyond their current circumstance.
In the movie, "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner," the Poitier character says to his father, "You think of yourself as a Black man; I think of myself as just a man." There is a time and place for both, and neither is wrong at any given time. But guess wrong, and you are powerless where you sought to be empowered. President Obama is simply cautioning us to choose wisely.”
Argue with that if you will, but do so at the peril of continuing to anchor African-American children to a debilitating experience rather than liberating them to an empowering perspective that travels beyond their current circumstance.
In the movie, "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner," the Poitier character says to his father, "You think of yourself as a Black man; I think of myself as just a man." There is a time and place for both, and neither is wrong at any given time. But guess wrong, and you are powerless where you sought to be empowered. President Obama is simply cautioning us to choose wisely.”
Harry Reid's Views on Race
Commented Jan 03, 2009 at 20:44:07 in Politics
“Your instincts and intentions are laudable, but your perspective is counter-intuitive. It has always taken an extraordinary person to finally clear the wall, be it Cinque, or Fredrick Douglass, or W.E.B. DuBois, or Jackie Robinson, or Dr. Martin Luther King, or James Baldwin, or Toni Morrison, or Althea Gibson, or Arthur Ashe, or Tiger Woods, or Barbara Jordan, or DeVal Patrick, or Barack Obama.
The problem is, of course, that these standard-bearers set the bar so high as to make the task for those who would follow daunting. And I think that is your point. Could an African-American of Geroge W. Bush's incompetence and mediocrity ever be elected president? No. Making us eternally grateful to those African-American standard-bearers.
Black Americans have always known that we have had to be twice as good as our white counterparts to advance an equal distance. Given that we, at the outset, are twice as far behind, I like that challenge. Because when we arrive, we are a knockout. And in the case of Barack Obama, we even floor each other.”
The problem is, of course, that these standard-bearers set the bar so high as to make the task for those who would follow daunting. And I think that is your point. Could an African-American of Geroge W. Bush's incompetence and mediocrity ever be elected president? No. Making us eternally grateful to those African-American standard-bearers.
Black Americans have always known that we have had to be twice as good as our white counterparts to advance an equal distance. Given that we, at the outset, are twice as far behind, I like that challenge. Because when we arrive, we are a knockout. And in the case of Barack Obama, we even floor each other.”
savethecountry replied on Jan 04, 2009 at 17:02:46
“Great post, LeeScho! It certainly is troublesome that the Senate democratic leader has been associated with the anachronism of racism, but it's not surprising. Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell made comments about Barack Obama's electability in his state during the 2008 primary season that belong to the same family of epithets to which Harry Reid's apparent thinking belongs (BTW, Obama overwhelmingly won Pennsylvania in Nov.). I, too, like David Sirota, hope that I'm wrong about Reid.
This issue brings up monsters much larger than just Reid, however. Black registration was up by record numbers in 2008 and overwhelmingly went Democratic. Blacks voted in record numbers and overwhelmingly for Democrats. Those votes helped elect a number of Democratic candidates. There are moral and ethical reasons to finally and completely purge the Democratic Party of those who find "Barack the Magic Negro" somehow amusing, but there also are very concrete and compelling political reasons to do so, too. It should be a no-brainer to the party that nominated a black man for president that this kind of thinking should be left on the same ash heap of history as Bull Conner, George Wallace, Byron Delacroix, Lester Mattox, Lee Atwater and the Repub's Southern Strategy.”
This issue brings up monsters much larger than just Reid, however. Black registration was up by record numbers in 2008 and overwhelmingly went Democratic. Blacks voted in record numbers and overwhelmingly for Democrats. Those votes helped elect a number of Democratic candidates. There are moral and ethical reasons to finally and completely purge the Democratic Party of those who find "Barack the Magic Negro" somehow amusing, but there also are very concrete and compelling political reasons to do so, too. It should be a no-brainer to the party that nominated a black man for president that this kind of thinking should be left on the same ash heap of history as Bull Conner, George Wallace, Byron Delacroix, Lester Mattox, Lee Atwater and the Repub's Southern Strategy.”
Jeremy Piven: The Un-American Cop-Out
Commented Dec 24, 2008 at 00:19:36 in Entertainment
“Could someone get me another lunch? I seem to have just lost mine.”
Gay and Feeling Hurt by Obama's Warren Choice
Commented Dec 19, 2008 at 11:42:44 in Politics
“The civility and moderation of this piece is remarkable and welcome. Gays should be hurt, offended, outraged, and whatever they want to be about PE Obama's choice for Invocation speaker at his inauguration. They are not wrong, or unreasonable to be so.
And PE Obama is not wrong or unreasonable to invite Rick Warren to offer the invocation.
The Rick Warrens of the world have not reconciled their doctrine with their humanity. Obama has. He will influence Warren and his followers more than they will influence him. Gays and Lesbians will benefit from that socially, as will we all. Full social equality is coming. Don't be patient; don't wait for it. Fight and yell and march and organize and ciritcize those who show the slightest equivocation or accommodation - including PE Obama. He is not your hero until he is. But don't take his actions as abandonment. He will get you home.”
And PE Obama is not wrong or unreasonable to invite Rick Warren to offer the invocation.
The Rick Warrens of the world have not reconciled their doctrine with their humanity. Obama has. He will influence Warren and his followers more than they will influence him. Gays and Lesbians will benefit from that socially, as will we all. Full social equality is coming. Don't be patient; don't wait for it. Fight and yell and march and organize and ciritcize those who show the slightest equivocation or accommodation - including PE Obama. He is not your hero until he is. But don't take his actions as abandonment. He will get you home.”
Obama Drops Campaign Promise to End Contracting Abuses
Commented Dec 10, 2008 at 23:21:01 in Business
“Disagreement with one word does not allow it, politicians do. Politicians bristle at the word, 'diversion." It sounds as underhanded as it is. If you want to negotiate with someone, find language that is not offensive to them. That is Negotiation 101.
My source? You're kidding, right? Would it sitll be my source if I revealed it?”
My source? You're kidding, right? Would it sitll be my source if I revealed it?”
Caroline Kennedy? Thanks But No Thanks
Commented Dec 08, 2008 at 21:30:05 in Politics
“I am going to go with the child of a slain president and neice of a slain United States Senator at a turbulent and transformative time in America. She has prevailed through the subsequent tragic losses of her mother and her brother, and the current health crisis of the family patriarch. What she chose to do was this steady thing of becoming a lawyer, a wife and a mother, and championing social causes that benefit man and woman-kind.
Under the radar she was. Penetrating the social fiber and conscious with her good works. Seeking not glory, but results. Does someone really think that there is anything that can be thrown at this remarkable woman that she can not only survive, but triumph over?
She is at the mercy of those less than herself. Gov. Patterson can appoint someone else. Caroline Kennedy should then challenge that appointee in 2010, and again in 2012 if necessary. She will surely win the latter if not the former. Because she is a Kennedy. And like the Maya Angelou poem, they keep coming. And we are all the better for it.”
Under the radar she was. Penetrating the social fiber and conscious with her good works. Seeking not glory, but results. Does someone really think that there is anything that can be thrown at this remarkable woman that she can not only survive, but triumph over?
She is at the mercy of those less than herself. Gov. Patterson can appoint someone else. Caroline Kennedy should then challenge that appointee in 2010, and again in 2012 if necessary. She will surely win the latter if not the former. Because she is a Kennedy. And like the Maya Angelou poem, they keep coming. And we are all the better for it.”
alkamm replied on Dec 08, 2008 at 23:55:09
“Yea LeeScho! If you have eyes to see, ears to hear, and the feel and taste for a true gift to the republic, you can see how great she could be. I can't believe that so many people are so short sighted, tone deaf, unfeeling, and all kinds of linear as to not see her strengths.
Caroline should get a head start before 2010 or 2012, and Patterson should have the sense to know this even if so many others don't. I think he does. I know he should.”
Caroline should get a head start before 2010 or 2012, and Patterson should have the sense to know this even if so many others don't. I think he does. I know he should.”
Obama Drops Campaign Promise to End Contracting Abuses
Commented Dec 05, 2008 at 11:42:23 in Business
“No. He hasn't. The word "diversion" was viewed as alienating to those PE Obama needed to enlist to change the practice. The policy has not changed.”
truthtimeisnow replied on Dec 08, 2008 at 14:03:50
“Who is your source? and how does disagreement with one word justify allowing billions of dollars in small business contracts to flow into the hands of large businesses every year?”
Red Flags Fly High on Obama's Economic Team
Commented Nov 24, 2008 at 22:28:16 in Politics
“I have never seen a more thoughtful or researched posting by Mr. Hutchinson, and that alone is reason to pay attention. Indeed, the appointees of President-Elect Obama may have learned from their past transgressions, but we at least now know explicitly what those transgressions were and what our level of vigilance should be.”
A Letter to My Brother Newt Gingrich
Commented Nov 22, 2008 at 16:41:38 in Politics
“Just a minute here, folks. Newt is no more wrong now than he was before this younger generation voted for change in our national government. The problem is that he is just as wrong.”
Clinton To Campaign In Georgia Senate Race -- Where's Obama?
Commented Nov 17, 2008 at 15:26:54 in Politics
“There are a great many bloggers and commenters on the HuffPo telling the PE what he should do. And what I keep coming back to is the many times in the past two years that the PE has held his own counsel and, thereby, become the PE.
President-Elect Obama will do what he thinks is best regarding the Georgia Senate election. Judging by his past decisions, it will be better than anything that has been proffered so far. And if not, it will be at least as good.
No drama Obama. Listen up, folks!”
President-Elect Obama will do what he thinks is best regarding the Georgia Senate election. Judging by his past decisions, it will be better than anything that has been proffered so far. And if not, it will be at least as good.
No drama Obama. Listen up, folks!”
Sarah Palin Will Never Be President -- Trust Me
Commented Nov 13, 2008 at 07:37:26 in Politics
“Shelby Steele wrote a book a year ago with the subtitle, "And Why He (Obama) Cannot Win."
Pronouncements about what the electorate will or will not do are dangerous to the reputation of those making them - although Steele's reputation was not particularly elevated among intelligent folk anyway.
If Louisiana can have Huey Long and America can twice elect George W. Bush (well, once, actually), then Sarah Palin has a real shot at the presidency. Let us hope that Obama sets the standard for the office so high that the Palins of this country simply fall by the wayside under the weight of their own inadequacy.”
Pronouncements about what the electorate will or will not do are dangerous to the reputation of those making them - although Steele's reputation was not particularly elevated among intelligent folk anyway.
If Louisiana can have Huey Long and America can twice elect George W. Bush (well, once, actually), then Sarah Palin has a real shot at the presidency. Let us hope that Obama sets the standard for the office so high that the Palins of this country simply fall by the wayside under the weight of their own inadequacy.”
Lindsay Lohan Calls Obama "Colored" (Video)
Commented Nov 12, 2008 at 17:23:10 in Style
“Is it just possible that everyone responding to this is, to some siginificant extent, correct?
Lindsay used a term that is historically offensive to many Blacks, specifically African-Americans.
She clearly did it innocently, out of ignorance, and meant no offense.
Many other Afriican-Americans are not offended, but understand why others are.
White Americans are at various stages in their evolution from the influences of an historically racist soc iety to one considerably less so. Remnants of perceptions and language are lodged in their experiences and occasionally are expressed innocently. Black Americans have their own evolutionary issues, as well. Social collisions of language and expressions are inevitable. Black Americans can generally tell the intent of the speaker from the context.
I suspect that white Americans are more embarassed over Lindsay's comment than Black Americans are offended by it. That is a good thing, and another sign of the progress that elected our first African-American president.”
Lindsay used a term that is historically offensive to many Blacks, specifically African-Americans.
She clearly did it innocently, out of ignorance, and meant no offense.
Many other Afriican-Americans are not offended, but understand why others are.
White Americans are at various stages in their evolution from the influences of an historically racist soc iety to one considerably less so. Remnants of perceptions and language are lodged in their experiences and occasionally are expressed innocently. Black Americans have their own evolutionary issues, as well. Social collisions of language and expressions are inevitable. Black Americans can generally tell the intent of the speaker from the context.
I suspect that white Americans are more embarassed over Lindsay's comment than Black Americans are offended by it. That is a good thing, and another sign of the progress that elected our first African-American president.”
queenisabella replied on Nov 12, 2008 at 17:50:46
“it is such an ignorant and stupid comment that it is embarrassing for anyone, words do have a meaning and this one is about belittling people..ignorance being a huge part of racism, this poor fool still reveals a mind set that she is probably not even aware of
that the press seriously covers such uneducated people like her or Palin is beyond comprehension”
that the press seriously covers such uneducated people like her or Palin is beyond comprehension”
How Our Role as Obama Supporters Should Change: Less Emotion, More Responsibility
Commented Nov 09, 2008 at 10:13:42 in Politics
“My point was that, for me, President-Elect Obama had proven himself before I voted for him. His policy positions did not emerge as, or after, he announced his candidacy, they evolved and matured over his years of personal definement experiences and service to his community. Your point is well taken in the spirit of that now defunct commercial airline: he will have to earn his wings every day. Everything I see and hear about this man says that he will.”
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