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Mike, we knew a Black man in the White House couldn't "solve" racism any more than the US can solve Jihad.
Dumbing Down Racism
The deliberate attempt to redefine racism is done in order to sustain the fiction that there is more that can be done politically, beyond a reasonable guarantee of civil equality, to alleviate racism. The direction in the US is to make even more and more insults, slights, harassments and petty...
That is a paternalistic view of black people. Not much different than the Missouri state legislator who wants to revoke the scholarship of any player refusing to play in a football game. No one had to make up provocations occurring at the University of Missouri,the good ol' boys with their rifles spontaneously did that.
Dumbing Down Racism
The deliberate attempt to redefine racism is done in order to sustain the fiction that there is more that can be done politically, beyond a reasonable guarantee of civil equality, to alleviate racism. The direction in the US is to make even more and more insults, slights, harassments and petty...
By the way, I would just as soon see the President keep quiet as try to be "balanced."
Obligatory Seriousness on the Killing of Michael Brown
I've read about 50 headlines and nothing more, but I already know the narrative. Ferguson, Missouri, a town I never heard of, is now the last stop on the Protest Train. All Aboard! It goes without saying, although people would try to blame me for not saying, so I'm saying it up front, that poli...
Not to mention too many cops who believe the uniform gives them special powers, particularly to decide who is a piece of shit and who is not. Often only the mirror contains that answer.
Obligatory Seriousness on the Killing of Michael Brown
I've read about 50 headlines and nothing more, but I already know the narrative. Ferguson, Missouri, a town I never heard of, is now the last stop on the Protest Train. All Aboard! It goes without saying, although people would try to blame me for not saying, so I'm saying it up front, that poli...
In April 1992, I did want to throw a brick at the LAPD, LACSO, SBPD and SBCSO. Of course, that is not my true self, and I had a lot to lose at that point in my life, but I did write the UN Secretary asking them to investigate Human Rights violations by American Law Enforcement on it's citizens, and I'll be damned if there wasn't some sort of UN review. I will have to see if there is a searchable archive of UN docs.
Do you know at 54 years old and squeaky clean, meaning I would pass any modern background check, I still get that feeling in the pit of my stomach when a cop car pulls up behind me? Why, because I cannot escape the reality that despite the fact that I have played by the rules my entire life, I can catch a cop on a particularly bad day for him, which could then turn into a bad day for me.
Obligatory Seriousness on the Killing of Michael Brown
I've read about 50 headlines and nothing more, but I already know the narrative. Ferguson, Missouri, a town I never heard of, is now the last stop on the Protest Train. All Aboard! It goes without saying, although people would try to blame me for not saying, so I'm saying it up front, that poli...
Mike, my first corporate appointment was as a Financial Analyst at Anheuser-Busch, and for the two years I worked there, '82-'84, I lived in the city of Ferguson, actually a few blocks away from where Michael Brown was killed. Several of the life-long St. Louisans I befriended told me the one striking thing about race relations in St. Louis is that is was that only US city of it's size to have not had a civil uprising event in the sixties. So in some ways this triggering event, the killing of Michael Brown, sparked a protest that is nearly 50 years overdue. I never had a run-in with the cops in Ferguson, but I do remember they drove all white patrol cars. (St. Louis city cops drove light blue cars.)
Obligatory Seriousness on the Killing of Michael Brown
I've read about 50 headlines and nothing more, but I already know the narrative. Ferguson, Missouri, a town I never heard of, is now the last stop on the Protest Train. All Aboard! It goes without saying, although people would try to blame me for not saying, so I'm saying it up front, that poli...
Zimmerman is now in custody, charged with murder in the 2nd degree. His original attorneys have resigned and he has new counsel, who has not yet seen the evidence that supports the charges.
Obligatory Seriousness on the Trayvon Martin
A nation mourns its youth, gone away, gone astray, dying by the bullet. And painted in stereotypical black, we have another stereotypical tragedy that cannot be anything but grist for a cycle of protest, outrage, sadness, disappointment and resentment. It quiets down until another bullet gives a...
I'll conclude by saying that my wearing a hood is a normal occurrence, done in this instance in sympathy with the loss the family feels. A show of human concern.
It does not mean, "I hate white people." I really hadn't considered white people at all. You are too sensitive.
Obligatory Seriousness on the Trayvon Martin
A nation mourns its youth, gone away, gone astray, dying by the bullet. And painted in stereotypical black, we have another stereotypical tragedy that cannot be anything but grist for a cycle of protest, outrage, sadness, disappointment and resentment. It quiets down until another bullet gives a...
No, that's not what I mean at all. A black man in a hoodie should not threaten you, nor should 20 black people standing together, yet the hostility comes out of your pores.
You'll just have to keep that hateful shit you are projecting on me to yourself. It does not apply to me.
Obligatory Seriousness on the Trayvon Martin
A nation mourns its youth, gone away, gone astray, dying by the bullet. And painted in stereotypical black, we have another stereotypical tragedy that cannot be anything but grist for a cycle of protest, outrage, sadness, disappointment and resentment. It quiets down until another bullet gives a...
His parents' hands were forced by the actions, inactions actually, of the Sanford PD. If Zimmerman had been arrested and held over for trial, it would not have become a national story. The suspension is a red herring.
Obligatory Seriousness on the Trayvon Martin
A nation mourns its youth, gone away, gone astray, dying by the bullet. And painted in stereotypical black, we have another stereotypical tragedy that cannot be anything but grist for a cycle of protest, outrage, sadness, disappointment and resentment. It quiets down until another bullet gives a...
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A Rude Question About Native Americans
What's so important about reservations? Why don't you just haul your asses out of there and work in America like everybody else? Several weeks ago when for some idiot reason we were all talking about immigration, I spontaneously composed a speech as if I were the President. As part of my multipo...
You are free to ignore me in my hoodie. You don't see me, anyway, which is actually part of the point. #Validation
Obligatory Seriousness on the Trayvon Martin
A nation mourns its youth, gone away, gone astray, dying by the bullet. And painted in stereotypical black, we have another stereotypical tragedy that cannot be anything but grist for a cycle of protest, outrage, sadness, disappointment and resentment. It quiets down until another bullet gives a...
In November 2005, the hot debate was the execution of Big Took. I wonder how the people who took part in this discussion feel about this in 2012?
Running From the Devil
For some time, I entertained the fantasy of 'The Beloved Community', and I have spoken about it at Cobb in the fair terms of 'aggregation'. It has been some time since I've given that idea any lip service. But there are a few things that are abundantly clear to me in contra-distinction from my ...
Fascinating to reprise the execution of Big Took. A lot of dead people and their families got justice when the needle went in his arm.
Running From the Devil
For some time, I entertained the fantasy of 'The Beloved Community', and I have spoken about it at Cobb in the fair terms of 'aggregation'. It has been some time since I've given that idea any lip service. But there are a few things that are abundantly clear to me in contra-distinction from my ...
Wearing a hoodie in this instance is like wearing a black arm band or flying a flag at half mast. Don't you do something symbolic when a frat brother passes?
I have posted a picture of myself in my facebook profile wearing a hoodie. Dr. Spence at Johns Hopkins U has created a flickr group called "The Trayvon Martin Project," and I posted it there, too. I do it in solidarity with Trayvon's parents. This is absolutely a parent's worst nightmare. Surely you can sympathize with that.
Obligatory Seriousness on the Trayvon Martin
A nation mourns its youth, gone away, gone astray, dying by the bullet. And painted in stereotypical black, we have another stereotypical tragedy that cannot be anything but grist for a cycle of protest, outrage, sadness, disappointment and resentment. It quiets down until another bullet gives a...
Heh. You got that right.
Of Sluts, Sex and Silence
Let us first have a moment of silence for the 7000 civilians killed in Syria. Ok now let's talk about the sex life of collegiate women and what it means in American peasant politics. And while we're at it, let's talk about how one man's insult means everything and how his apology means nothing. ...
You blame "loose women" for corrupting "weak men?" Usually men with daughters see the folly of that thinking.
Of Sluts, Sex and Silence
Let us first have a moment of silence for the 7000 civilians killed in Syria. Ok now let's talk about the sex life of collegiate women and what it means in American peasant politics. And while we're at it, let's talk about how one man's insult means everything and how his apology means nothing. ...
You think you ought to be able to say how taxes collected from you can be spent? I can dig it.
I am against war. Why should I have to pay for the military?
Of Sluts, Sex and Silence
Let us first have a moment of silence for the 7000 civilians killed in Syria. Ok now let's talk about the sex life of collegiate women and what it means in American peasant politics. And while we're at it, let's talk about how one man's insult means everything and how his apology means nothing. ...
To me, it's just paternalism, one of the traits of conservatives. Many men in this society have never been able to square the fact that a woman can actually enjoy sex purely for the endorphin release, not merely to produce replacements.
So they attempt to make others, check that, they attempt to make WOMEN feel guilty about having, and enjoying, sex. That's what Limbaugh's 3-day barrage against Fluke was about, that's what this whole contraception discussion is about. You can't win that debate because your arms are too short to box with mother nature.
Of Sluts, Sex and Silence
Let us first have a moment of silence for the 7000 civilians killed in Syria. Ok now let's talk about the sex life of collegiate women and what it means in American peasant politics. And while we're at it, let's talk about how one man's insult means everything and how his apology means nothing. ...
You think the political left is more hung up about sex than the political right? Personally, I don't think it should even be part of the political intercourse. ;o)
Of Sluts, Sex and Silence
Let us first have a moment of silence for the 7000 civilians killed in Syria. Ok now let's talk about the sex life of collegiate women and what it means in American peasant politics. And while we're at it, let's talk about how one man's insult means everything and how his apology means nothing. ...
C'mon, son. He defended his actions with that corny excuse, "I'm just getting down at their level." You wouldn't allow your children to utter such foolishness.
Why do conservatives struggle with sex and sexuality? I'm not talking about sex crimes, so don't go there. I'd just like to know why grown-ass men act like sixth graders the first time the teacher says "vagina" during a health lesson?
Of Sluts, Sex and Silence
Let us first have a moment of silence for the 7000 civilians killed in Syria. Ok now let's talk about the sex life of collegiate women and what it means in American peasant politics. And while we're at it, let's talk about how one man's insult means everything and how his apology means nothing. ...
The funniest thing about this is that Rush resorted to "rappers say worse stuff."
That's the punk route; Rush can't take what he likes to dish.
Of Sluts, Sex and Silence
Let us first have a moment of silence for the 7000 civilians killed in Syria. Ok now let's talk about the sex life of collegiate women and what it means in American peasant politics. And while we're at it, let's talk about how one man's insult means everything and how his apology means nothing. ...
Let's hope so. What he did to Sharon Sherrod was despicable.
Breitbart
I know, I know. I'm supposed to be doing other things but today was the Festival of Books and I got the opportunity so I took it. I hung out with Andrew Breitbart today. This man is very interesting. The first thing you notice about Breitbart is that he's a lot more energetic and natural in pe...
age 43.
Breitbart
I know, I know. I'm supposed to be doing other things but today was the Festival of Books and I got the opportunity so I took it. I hung out with Andrew Breitbart today. This man is very interesting. The first thing you notice about Breitbart is that he's a lot more energetic and natural in pe...
In my dreams, I have a car rigged with a concealed mirror at its rear so that when blue-lighters ran up behind me, I will shine a reflection of their lights back on them.
BAM!! HOW YOU LIKE IT IN YOUR FACE!?!
Why I Hate The Prius
"If you don't make electric cars that are better than gasoline cars, what's the point?" -- Elon Musk The Prius is a remarkable success as a product vehicle for very cool technology. I was well aware of the risk that Toyota took when it decided to put its Hybrid Synergy techology together into a...
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