tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581614926672563071.post5213536033076231959..comments2023-03-30T04:37:22.283-07:00Comments on The Savvy, The Extreme & The Idealist: We come a long way, baby. And we've got a long way to go.the beige onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07942559613808788504noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581614926672563071.post-57984497625045039902008-11-14T06:49:00.000-08:002008-11-14T06:49:00.000-08:00Raising two multi-racial children has always kept ...Raising two multi-racial children has always kept the fact that America is still hung up on the color thing in clear sight. This is no surprise. I think it's more important how the media and the rest of us deal with it than the fact that it still exists.<BR/> <BR/>Fuck the bigots and full steam ahead, I say.Smoooochiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404245762797045889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581614926672563071.post-55539618014898205002008-11-13T14:57:00.000-08:002008-11-13T14:57:00.000-08:00The version of the story I heard went something li...The version of the story I heard went something like this: The volunteer knocks on a door, and an older woman answers the door. The volunteer asks "who will you be voting for?" The woman calls inside to her husband and asks "she wants to know who we're voting for," and gets the answer back "tell her we're voting for the nigger."<BR/><BR/>Here's the <A HREF="http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/on-road-big-stone-gap-virginia.html" REL="nofollow">likely source of the story</A>.the beige onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07942559613808788504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581614926672563071.post-63093417824431643042008-11-13T12:55:00.000-08:002008-11-13T12:55:00.000-08:00No, what was that story?No, what was that story?JJisafoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593626516051718950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581614926672563071.post-32272250360508535062008-11-13T12:16:00.000-08:002008-11-13T12:16:00.000-08:00I'd say that's a fair assessment, JJ, though I'll ...I'd say that's a fair assessment, JJ, though I'll be honest and say that I'm not greatly surprised by any of it.<BR/><BR/>Recall that story about the door-to-door Obama volunteer in PA?the beige onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07942559613808788504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581614926672563071.post-44624088432804206402008-11-13T11:08:00.000-08:002008-11-13T11:08:00.000-08:00I totally agree, Swine, that there are far, far, f...I totally agree, Swine, that there are far, far, far more important things than what the Linds has to say.<BR/><BR/>But, the reality is we do worship in the cult of celebrity in this country, and there are literally millions of people that care more about LL and Paris and Britney than they do about actual substantive issues. They love their celebs and the celebs are famous because of that love.<BR/><BR/>In that way, Lindsey Lohan is a barometer for the outlook of the great unwashed entertainment-obsessed hoi palloi.<BR/><BR/>Sad? Yep. True? I think so.JJisafoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593626516051718950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581614926672563071.post-87847215578999983242008-11-13T10:39:00.000-08:002008-11-13T10:39:00.000-08:00I wish the public would just let her and her girlf...I wish the public would just let her and her girlfriend frolic the fuck around in their bikinis on their private island, and move on. There's real shit going down in this country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581614926672563071.post-24073488776915413622008-11-13T10:26:00.000-08:002008-11-13T10:26:00.000-08:00A spokesman for the syndicated entertainment news ...<I>A spokesman for the syndicated entertainment news program said in a statement Wednesday: "We believe the word in question that Ms. Lohan used was unintelligible."</I><BR/><BR/>So, she said that Obama is our first unintelligible president? That makes no sense.<BR/><BR/>She's from the South, isn't she?the beige onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07942559613808788504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581614926672563071.post-78103127355632365222008-11-13T10:08:00.000-08:002008-11-13T10:08:00.000-08:00Right after that comment, Lohan took a drink from ...Right after that comment, Lohan took a drink from the "White Only" water fountain.<BR/><BR/>She is irrelevant in any scheme of things--grand or otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com