Displaying 571 To 600 Of 3,698 Comments Man of Steele – Episode 23: “Black Kryptonite” I’m right there with you, javaz. » Posted By nellie On April 5, 2010 @ 5:04 pm Mandatory retirement age should be 65 in the senate. Make room for some younger thought patterns. » Posted By nellie On April 5, 2010 @ 4:28 pm We’re going to have an awful lot of shadow groups competing with each other for membership. » Posted By nellie On April 5, 2010 @ 2:57 pm A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose … Cognitive Dissonance, Much? Marion, to be brutally frank, I think most people in this country are simply unaware of what a person of color has to go through to be sane and successful in this country – the many masks one has to wear, the armour one has to don in the morning and shed at night in order to be human again with one’s family. The barbs one endures from one’s closest friends. And the level of accomplishment necessary to be noticed. People who are Barack’s age and older, at any rate, have lived this way. I hope things are changing. To me, Barack is no mystery. He’s no mystery to my family, either — an accomplished group of people of color who have had life experiences as varied as our president’s. I think the mystery to mainstream America is really the unfamiliarity. And the constant effort to understand this man through the wrong prism. I think Rich touches on an important point when he talks about the mystery of the president — but even he, apparently, is not equipped to understand why this man is an enigma to so much of the country. And I have to wonder if this is again a function of age. We are moving out of an era. And the remnants are simply out of step with the future. » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 9:33 pm I’ll join you, Lise. I actually understand why people like Sarah Palin. I also think she can be despicable. But I find the glee with which people despise her — uncomfortable. I’m hoping she loves her reality show and that it’s a smashing success — to the point where she stays out of politics. She’s too ignorant of the world and its issues to be influencing people. I can be an elitist when it comes to our leadership in that I want them to be informed. Or should I say, INFROMED. » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 6:41 pm All I can say is, thank goodness for centrist America. But I MUST give progressives credit for getting centrists motivated to notice Barack. I don’t think he would have been seen without progressive activism. (One more plug for advocacy.) And the centrists recognized another centrist when they saw one. So did I, by the way, which is why I was an Edwards supporter. THANK GOODNESS HIS CAMPAIGN FAILED. 😆 » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 6:30 pm Guilty! » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 6:19 pm IMHO, wts, thats not “come to Jesus” kind of thinking. There’s no shield of protection over the left on this issue just because it’s the “Left.” I will say, younger folks don’t seem to have this problem. They are cool about race for the most part. The older folks, they’re tainted. And they’ll be gone in 50 years, so not to worry. 😆 » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 6:02 pm Lise, a book you might be interested in is called “Perfectly Legal” by David Cay Johnston. It’s about how our tax system is structured wholly to benefit the wealthy. » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 5:58 pm There are endless examples within ordinary families — what people have to deal with going to work every day. Talk to some older people some time. You’ll be shocked at the stories. » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 5:56 pm There are racists on the left. That needs to be recognized — whether in this context or not. Any person of color can tell you that. Whether the left wants to admit it or not doesn’t change the reality. I have so many friends who have foot in mouth disease when it comes to race. It shows exactly what they’re thinking — the narrow expectations, the false expectations, the ignorance of reality. And these are not right wingnuts. The left needs a “come to Jesus” moment about this — excuse the expression. Whether Obama is our president or not. » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 5:53 pm Yes he did. » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 5:43 pm That’s the rational reaction, Lise. » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 5:42 pm Thanks Marion. That’s what I remember. » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 5:40 pm I don’t feel it’s all due to racism — that’s just inaccurate. I think some of it is due to false expectations based on racial stereotyping — if you want to call that racism, so be it. I think some of it is residual anger from the Bush administration. And some of it is adversarial broadcasting from progressive media heads — which garners higher ratings and more audience emotion. » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 5:38 pm Great story, Marion. That CTFO poster did a lot to calm down a whole slew of Obama supporters. » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 5:36 pm Then it’s impossible to give you an example, because you’ll just say — the climate is different. The vitriol from the left is completely irrational. That’s the difference. » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 5:28 pm Then I stand corrected. It still seems to me an example of people clinging to what they want to be true rather than paying attention to reality. » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 5:23 pm I don’t remember this kind of vitriol from the left against Clinton when he signed NAFTA. That’s one example. Geraldine Ferraro was not a figment of our imagination. » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 5:17 pm » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 5:14 pm I think you can find countless examples within the African American community of grace in the face of racist barbarism. » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 5:09 pm What he said during the campaign was that we were not in a political climate that could pass single payer. I can’t tell you how many times he said that. Maybe that AFLCIO speech was when he was a senator before his run for the presidency — that’s when he said he supported single payer. » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 5:07 pm I think we should coin a new word for the “Take my ball and go home” types — POUTRAGE!! » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 4:52 pm Throw in a little Bobby Kennedy… » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 4:51 pm His change in philosophy is probably the reason he was assassinated. I have to wonder — if we had had both Malcolm and Martin working together for peace and unity for 20, 30, 40 years — what a different country this would be. » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 4:35 pm It’s ironic. The African American community is probably the most internally diverse in the country — in terms of income, background, ethnic mix, physical characteristics, language, lifestyle, political bent — but it probably is the most stereotyped. » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 4:33 pm I’m starting to believe in an “assets” tax — really hard to compute, but really the only fair way to get people to contribute. Even w a luxury tax, the middle class gets screwed. I mean, how many yachts can a person buy? One thing they need to do is get the tax on capital gains up from 15%. I would exempt single family homes — maybe all residences — from any increase. » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 4:31 pm Sitting in the living room felt like being in a row boat for a while there… 😆 » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 4:29 pm Nowhere for all that anger to go…. » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 4:27 pm That’s actually where Malcolm was when his life was cut short. » Posted By nellie On April 4, 2010 @ 4:24 pmComments Posted By nellie
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