Displaying 0 To 0 Of 0 Comments Wow! Boomer! That is beyond appalling! Everybody else has already given you good advice, so this I’m being superfluous but would just like to get my two cents’ in. If it had been me, I wouldn’t do anything at all about the company policy. I would have said, right then and there, that what she said was racist, hateful and deeply upsetting to me. That it shocked me that she would express something like that. That I see the whole picture and appreciate and value her friendship and her acts of kindness, but that I am as far away from her on an idea like that as Mercury is from Pluto. She wasn’t talking about “politics”; she was mouthing vile hatred. Simple as that. » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 20, 2010 @ 4:17 pm Cheers, K! » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 20, 2010 @ 1:34 am GMTA! 😉 » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 20, 2010 @ 1:14 am See “Why the Revolution Won’t Be Televised” (shameless self promotion, but everybody gets a pass once, right?) » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 20, 2010 @ 1:13 am hmmm…is it a rush job? » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 20, 2010 @ 12:05 am Wonderful post, Adlib! I’m your dittohead! » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 19, 2010 @ 11:29 pm Matt Taibbi Calls Out David Brooks Indeed. » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 21, 2010 @ 12:21 am Exactly! And what if one of them was to read a translation of Hamlet and say, “This is garbage! It’s just people whining and then killing each other! It doesn’t pass on any wisdom to the tribe!” would he or she be wrong? And would that make Hamlet any less great to those who DO value it? » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 20, 2010 @ 11:39 pm Whatever “reflex” is felt is against the choice of words more than the observations. There is no doubt that for various reasons many people on this globe live under oppressive cultural or governmental practices that lead to atrocities for the citizens. I freely admit I would choose where I am over the places you mention. But to say that “some cultures are superior to others” and bring up Shakespeare and jazz (wtf?) is guaranteed to rankle. It sounds pompous, and arrogates to itself the right to judge from a “superior” position. It » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 20, 2010 @ 11:23 pm What Martin Luther King Jr. Day means to me I agree with, and am moved by, nearly everything in your post, Choicelady. I am going to, as I so often do, take exception to what you write about racism among white liberals and progressives. Believe me, I am not foolish enough to deny that it exists. But I am going to conjecture that, had either Kucinich or Edwards been elected at the time, and amidst the zeitgeist that was Bushamerica, using populist slogans such as “Change we can believe in” and “Yes We Can!” and then done the same things with the banks, Afghanistan, etc., you would hear the EXACT same complaints from the exact same people. Because the enemy is not race, I feel, in this case for the most part. It is corporatism. Many people are concerned that President Obama is too close to corporate interests, that the power that corporate and military elites hold over the nation is too strong. Now, they may be wrong, perhaps off by a mile. But I believe they would be just as wrong, given the same situation, and just as angry at President Kucinich or President Edwards. » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 18, 2010 @ 5:58 pm Wow! I found this essay hard to read, honestly. The more you revealed about your dad, the more demoralized I felt. But the positive side is of course that you, and your siblings, rejected his poisonous mindset, even though it was fed to you like mother’s milk when you were small. That says something about human potential, and the power that truth ultimately has over lies, in the long run. Most of the time, anyway. » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 18, 2010 @ 3:44 pm Nine Inch Nails! Yep, and Marilyn Manson is from Ohio too. Maybe Pat Robertson can blame Cleveland’s sports woes on those two. » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 18, 2010 @ 3:25 pm Nope, not the Big Cactus. Nike did their “Witness” ads with Lebron, so this year he’s “The Witness Protection Program”. » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 18, 2010 @ 3:22 pm Well said, Choicelady. Cleveland fans are the same. They even have a website called “Wait Until Next Year!” or something like that. So you know that, even if the Cavs come up short and Lebron moves on to bigger things, the people of Cleveland will be all right. They are joined together through wins and losses. » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 18, 2010 @ 3:20 pm Talk about “hidden talents”! » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 18, 2010 @ 6:23 am Ain’t that the truth? The Indians need pitchers more than college students playing drinking games. And the Browns? Fuhgedaboudit! » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 18, 2010 @ 6:18 am Hi Q and K. About Rosie, you’re both right. I actually drew her in, on my shoulder, but then thought I might be overdoing that and painted over her. However, it’s possible that Kalima is picking up on the lines which are still there. If so, I’m impressed. So she IS there, in spirit. I didn’t realize my Curse was “sweet”, but hey, you know what they say about curses being sweet (do they say anything about curses being sweet…?) » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 18, 2010 @ 6:06 am Hey Boomer! Best Damn Band in the Land, eh? Thanks for the flashback! » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 18, 2010 @ 6:03 am it’s a big deal! Nice chatting with you all, folks, but I must go off into a cold Tokyo night. Cleveland Rocks! » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 18, 2010 @ 12:54 am Patsy, ask the folks in Cleveland if they’ve seen this, the “hastily prepared Cleveland Tourism Video”.
» Posted By whatsthatsound On January 18, 2010 @ 12:46 am Does Rosie know how famous she has become? Hmmm….that’s one I’d love to know. If you see my avatar at Huffy I’m using her picture. She’s widely known! » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 18, 2010 @ 12:45 am The Blue Jackets have become an obsession in Columbus. Wow! Our first professional team! And they’re halfway decent! » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 18, 2010 @ 12:33 am Ouch! And similar stories. Me and my brothers actually used to “race” golf balls down the stairs. We pushed them off and who’s ever reached the bottom first won. We didn’t think to remove the large chinaware urn at the bottom of the stairs…… » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 18, 2010 @ 12:24 am Me so happy! » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 18, 2010 @ 12:13 am Hi Kalima! » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 18, 2010 @ 12:01 am Sounds great! I wonder why so many Ohio cities start with the letter C? There’s Cleveland, Cincinnatti, Columbus, Chicago (just kiddin’), Canton, Chillicothe, Conhocton, etc. Maybe have to do a visual essay on that subject! » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 17, 2010 @ 11:58 pm Yes, once, long ago. The Terminal Tower (what’s it called now?) was the tallest building in the world outside of New York at one point. Wow! In Columbus we have the Lincoln Leveque, a smaller building but with a similar architectural style. Both buildings look like they could be plopped down in lower Manhattan and fit in nicely. Thanks for the kind words! » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 17, 2010 @ 11:54 pm Whoops! Meant to appear below KQ’s comment. » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 17, 2010 @ 10:29 pm Well said! We all do deserve a championship. Actually, my home town is Columbus and alma mater is OSU, so I have seen the Buckeyes win some really big games. But Cleveland, what can I say? They are hurting for a title, and they are an underdog in so many ways it’s kind of hard NOT to cheer for them. » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 17, 2010 @ 10:28 pm PlanetPOV’s Top Posts of 2009 – The Winners! Ah, a conspiracy theorist, I see. Anyway, who cares even if it was rigged. We’ve STILL got an article up there with “poop” in the title. That says something about us! » Posted By whatsthatsound On January 12, 2010 @ 2:00 pmComments Posted By whatsthatsound
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and thanks for the kind words.
I doubly appreciate the effort that a non-sports fan made to get all through the article! We could never get our sister involved in all the sports we played as kids. “Knee Football” was one we used to play to mom’s chagrin, as it was played in the living room (hence the need to play on our knees and make the “field” longer). Plenty of black eyes and bruises for me, my brothers and the neighborhood guys.
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