As you will recall, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Harvard professor who got arrested by Cambridge Police sometime ago.
Fred Reed was a police reporter for one of the large Washington newspapers. He now writes a column which can be googled ~ "Fred on Everything."
Fred published a weekly online column in which he got to say the things his editors would never, ever have let him write in the paper. His stuff is iconoclastic and various articles have probably offended everyone ... regardless of political orientation. So, with the warning that "This is definitely not politically correct," here comes Fred.....
The following is an essay regarding the failings of a system and a culture. Please note that he elegantly describes the mood of many Americans and he does so without prejudice.
--------------------------------------------
S***ery R********ns ..........by Fred Reed!
On the Web I find that Henry Louis Gates Jr., the chairman of Afro-American Studies at Harvard, is demanding that w****s pay r********ns to b****s. It's because of s***ery, see. He is joined in this endeavor by a gaggle of other professional b****s. I guess he'll send me a bill, huh?
I feel like saying, "Let me get this straight, Hank. I'm slow. Be patient.
You want free money because of s***ery, right? I don't blame you." I'd like free money too. Tell you what. I believe in justice. I'll give you a million dollars for every s***e I own, and another million for every year you were a s***e. Fair enough? But tell me, how many s***es do you suppose I have?
In round numbers, I mean...say to the nearest dozen. And how long were you a s***e?
Oh. In other words, I owe you r********ns for something that I didn't do and didn't happen to you. That makes sense. Like lug nuts on a birthday cake.
Personally, I think you owe me r********ns for things you didn't do and never happened to me. I've never been coated in Dutch chocolate and thrown from the Eiffel Tower. I'll bet you've never done it to anyone. I want r********ns. Kind of silly, isn't it?
But if we're going to talk about r********ns, that's a street that runs in two directions. You want money from me for what some other w****s did to some other b****s in another century?
How about you guys paying w****s r********ns for current expenses caused by b****s?
Not long ago b****s burned down half of Los Angeles , a city in my country. Cities are expensive, Hank. Build one sometime and you'll see what I mean. W****s had to pay taxes to repair Los Angeles for you.
You can send me a check.
Now, yes, I know you burned LA because you didn't like the verdict in the trial of those police officers. Well, I didn't like the verdict in the Simpson trial. But I didn't burn my house and l**t Korean grocers, or burn down a city.
Over the years, b****s have burned a lot of American cities: Newark, Detroit, Watts, on and on. Now add in the fantastic cost over the years of welfare in all its forms; the cost of all of those police calls people had to make; the cost for cells and jails and security systems in department stores. I can't live in the capital city of my own country because of crime committed by b****s. Toss in the cultural cost of lowering standards in everything for the benefit of b****s. See what I mean?
Now, I'd view things differently if you said to me, "Fred, b****s can't get anywhere in a modern country without education. We know that. We need better schools, smarter teachers, harder courses, books with smaller pictures and bigger words. Can you help us?"
I'd say, "Hallelujah! Hoo-ahh! Not just yes, but hell yes.
Let's sell an aircraft carrier and get these folks some real schools and get them into the economic main-stream.' I'd say It partly because it would be the right thing to do, and partly because I'd like to add you guys to the tax base.
The current custodial state is expensive. I'd just love for b****s to study and learn to compete and stop burning places. But is it going to happen? You may not believe it, but I, and most w****s, don't like seeing b****s as miserable and screwed up as they are.
I spend a fair amount of time in the projects. Those places are ugly. It's no fun watching perfectly good kids turn into semi-literate dope dealers who barely speak English. It just plain ain't right. But, Hank, what am I supposed to do about it? I can't do your children's homework. At some point, people have to do things for themselves, or they don't get done. Maybe it's time.
I'll tell you what I see out in the world, Hank... I think b****s are too accustomed to getting anything they want by just demanding it. True, it has worked for over half a century. Get a few hundred people in the street, implicitly threaten to l**t and burn, holler about s***ery, and sadly the Great White Cash Spigot turns on.
Thing is, w****s don't much buy it any longer. Most recognize that what once was a civil-rights movement has become a shakedown game. Few people still feel responsible for the failings and inadequacies of b****s. Political correctness keeps the lid on -- but everyone knows the score.. Which scares me, Hank.
On one hand, b****s h**e w****s and incline toward l**ting and burning. (The w****s you h**e are the ones who marched in the civil-rights movement. Ever think about that?)
On the other hand, w****s quietly grow wearier and wearier of it. Not good, Hank.
On the third hand (allow me three hands, for rhetorical convenience), b****s keep demanding things. As I write, you demand r********ns for s***ery. B****s in Oklahoma (I think it was) want money for some ancient race r**t.
Other b****s reject the Declaration of Independence ...
B****s in New York hint broadly at burning and l**ting over a trial, yet more demand the elimination of the Confederate f**g, and the federal equal opportunity apparatus, which means b****s want to sue Silicon Valley for not hiring nonexistent black engineers. That's a lot of demanding for one month, Hank.
What happens if w****s ever say, "No"?
Now, how about you? You've got a cushy job up there at Harvard, and you can hoot and holler about what swine and bandits w****s are. I guess it's lots of fun, and you get a salary for it to boot. But don't you think you might do b****s more good if you told them to complain less and study more?
For example, if you want b****s to work in Silicon Gulch, the best approach might be to find some really smart black guys, and get them to study digital design ~ not Black Studies (as you teach). That's how everybody else does it. It works. Then b****s wouldn't feel left out, and racial tensions would decline. Sound like a plan?
Just out of curiosity, how many hours a week do professors of Afro-American Studies spend in the projects, encouraging poor black kids to study real-life sho-nuf subjects?
Oh s**t i believe him mostly. I'm politically incorrect.
Thanks for the post.
BigOlBear wrote:
As you will recall, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Harvard professor who got arrested by Cambridge Police sometime ago.
Fred Reed was a police reporter for one of the large Washington newspapers. He now writes a column which can be googled ~ "Fred on Everything."
Fred published a weekly online column in which he got to say the things his editors would never, ever have let him write in the paper. His stuff is iconoclastic and various articles have probably offended everyone ... regardless of political orientation. So, with the warning that "This is definitely not politically correct," here comes Fred.....
The following is an essay regarding the failings of a system and a culture. Please note that he elegantly describes the mood of many Americans and he does so without prejudice.
--------------------------------------------
S***ery R********ns ..........by Fred Reed!
On the Web I find that Henry Louis Gates Jr., the chairman of Afro-American Studies at Harvard, is demanding that w****s pay r********ns to b****s. It's because of s***ery, see. He is joined in this endeavor by a gaggle of other professional b****s. I guess he'll send me a bill, huh?
I feel like saying, "Let me get this straight, Hank. I'm slow. Be patient.
You want free money because of s***ery, right? I don't blame you." I'd like free money too. Tell you what. I believe in justice. I'll give you a million dollars for every s***e I own, and another million for every year you were a s***e. Fair enough? But tell me, how many s***es do you suppose I have?
In round numbers, I mean...say to the nearest dozen. And how long were you a s***e?
Oh. In other words, I owe you r********ns for something that I didn't do and didn't happen to you. That makes sense. Like lug nuts on a birthday cake.
Personally, I think you owe me r********ns for things you didn't do and never happened to me. I've never been coated in Dutch chocolate and thrown from the Eiffel Tower. I'll bet you've never done it to anyone. I want r********ns. Kind of silly, isn't it?
But if we're going to talk about r********ns, that's a street that runs in two directions. You want money from me for what some other w****s did to some other b****s in another century?
How about you guys paying w****s r********ns for current expenses caused by b****s?
Not long ago b****s burned down half of Los Angeles , a city in my country. Cities are expensive, Hank. Build one sometime and you'll see what I mean. W****s had to pay taxes to repair Los Angeles for you.
You can send me a check.
Now, yes, I know you burned LA because you didn't like the verdict in the trial of those police officers. Well, I didn't like the verdict in the Simpson trial. But I didn't burn my house and l**t Korean grocers, or burn down a city.
Over the years, b****s have burned a lot of American cities: Newark, Detroit, Watts, on and on. Now add in the fantastic cost over the years of welfare in all its forms; the cost of all of those police calls people had to make; the cost for cells and jails and security systems in department stores. I can't live in the capital city of my own country because of crime committed by b****s. Toss in the cultural cost of lowering standards in everything for the benefit of b****s. See what I mean?
Now, I'd view things differently if you said to me, "Fred, b****s can't get anywhere in a modern country without education. We know that. We need better schools, smarter teachers, harder courses, books with smaller pictures and bigger words. Can you help us?"
I'd say, "Hallelujah! Hoo-ahh! Not just yes, but hell yes.
Let's sell an aircraft carrier and get these folks some real schools and get them into the economic main-stream.' I'd say It partly because it would be the right thing to do, and partly because I'd like to add you guys to the tax base.
The current custodial state is expensive. I'd just love for b****s to study and learn to compete and stop burning places. But is it going to happen? You may not believe it, but I, and most w****s, don't like seeing b****s as miserable and screwed up as they are.
I spend a fair amount of time in the projects. Those places are ugly. It's no fun watching perfectly good kids turn into semi-literate dope dealers who barely speak English. It just plain ain't right. But, Hank, what am I supposed to do about it? I can't do your children's homework. At some point, people have to do things for themselves, or they don't get done. Maybe it's time.
I'll tell you what I see out in the world, Hank... I think b****s are too accustomed to getting anything they want by just demanding it. True, it has worked for over half a century. Get a few hundred people in the street, implicitly threaten to l**t and burn, holler about s***ery, and sadly the Great White Cash Spigot turns on.
Thing is, w****s don't much buy it any longer. Most recognize that what once was a civil-rights movement has become a shakedown game. Few people still feel responsible for the failings and inadequacies of b****s. Political correctness keeps the lid on -- but everyone knows the score.. Which scares me, Hank.
On one hand, b****s h**e w****s and incline toward l**ting and burning. (The w****s you h**e are the ones who marched in the civil-rights movement. Ever think about that?)
On the other hand, w****s quietly grow wearier and wearier of it. Not good, Hank.
On the third hand (allow me three hands, for rhetorical convenience), b****s keep demanding things. As I write, you demand r********ns for s***ery. B****s in Oklahoma (I think it was) want money for some ancient race r**t.
Other b****s reject the Declaration of Independence ...
B****s in New York hint broadly at burning and l**ting over a trial, yet more demand the elimination of the Confederate f**g, and the federal equal opportunity apparatus, which means b****s want to sue Silicon Valley for not hiring nonexistent black engineers. That's a lot of demanding for one month, Hank.
What happens if w****s ever say, "No"?
Now, how about you? You've got a cushy job up there at Harvard, and you can hoot and holler about what swine and bandits w****s are. I guess it's lots of fun, and you get a salary for it to boot. But don't you think you might do b****s more good if you told them to complain less and study more?
For example, if you want b****s to work in Silicon Gulch, the best approach might be to find some really smart black guys, and get them to study digital design ~ not Black Studies (as you teach). That's how everybody else does it. It works. Then b****s wouldn't feel left out, and racial tensions would decline. Sound like a plan?
Just out of curiosity, how many hours a week do professors of Afro-American Studies spend in the projects, encouraging poor black kids to study real-life sho-nuf subjects?
As you will recall, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the ... (
show quote)
BigOlBear wrote:
As you will recall, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Harvard professor who got arrested by Cambridge Police sometime ago.
Fred Reed was a police reporter for one of the large Washington newspapers. He now writes a column which can be googled ~ "Fred on Everything."
Fred published a weekly online column in which he got to say the things his editors would never, ever have let him write in the paper. His stuff is iconoclastic and various articles have probably offended everyone ... regardless of political orientation. So, with the warning that "This is definitely not politically correct," here comes Fred.....
The following is an essay regarding the failings of a system and a culture. Please note that he elegantly describes the mood of many Americans and he does so without prejudice.
--------------------------------------------
S***ery R********ns ..........by Fred Reed!
On the Web I find that Henry Louis Gates Jr., the chairman of Afro-American Studies at Harvard, is demanding that w****s pay r********ns to b****s. It's because of s***ery, see. He is joined in this endeavor by a gaggle of other professional b****s. I guess he'll send me a bill, huh?
I feel like saying, "Let me get this straight, Hank. I'm slow. Be patient.
You want free money because of s***ery, right? I don't blame you." I'd like free money too. Tell you what. I believe in justice. I'll give you a million dollars for every s***e I own, and another million for every year you were a s***e. Fair enough? But tell me, how many s***es do you suppose I have?
In round numbers, I mean...say to the nearest dozen. And how long were you a s***e?
Oh. In other words, I owe you r********ns for something that I didn't do and didn't happen to you. That makes sense. Like lug nuts on a birthday cake.
Personally, I think you owe me r********ns for things you didn't do and never happened to me. I've never been coated in Dutch chocolate and thrown from the Eiffel Tower. I'll bet you've never done it to anyone. I want r********ns. Kind of silly, isn't it?
But if we're going to talk about r********ns, that's a street that runs in two directions. You want money from me for what some other w****s did to some other b****s in another century?
How about you guys paying w****s r********ns for current expenses caused by b****s?
Not long ago b****s burned down half of Los Angeles , a city in my country. Cities are expensive, Hank. Build one sometime and you'll see what I mean. W****s had to pay taxes to repair Los Angeles for you.
You can send me a check.
Now, yes, I know you burned LA because you didn't like the verdict in the trial of those police officers. Well, I didn't like the verdict in the Simpson trial. But I didn't burn my house and l**t Korean grocers, or burn down a city.
Over the years, b****s have burned a lot of American cities: Newark, Detroit, Watts, on and on. Now add in the fantastic cost over the years of welfare in all its forms; the cost of all of those police calls people had to make; the cost for cells and jails and security systems in department stores. I can't live in the capital city of my own country because of crime committed by b****s. Toss in the cultural cost of lowering standards in everything for the benefit of b****s. See what I mean?
Now, I'd view things differently if you said to me, "Fred, b****s can't get anywhere in a modern country without education. We know that. We need better schools, smarter teachers, harder courses, books with smaller pictures and bigger words. Can you help us?"
I'd say, "Hallelujah! Hoo-ahh! Not just yes, but hell yes.
Let's sell an aircraft carrier and get these folks some real schools and get them into the economic main-stream.' I'd say It partly because it would be the right thing to do, and partly because I'd like to add you guys to the tax base.
The current custodial state is expensive. I'd just love for b****s to study and learn to compete and stop burning places. But is it going to happen? You may not believe it, but I, and most w****s, don't like seeing b****s as miserable and screwed up as they are.
I spend a fair amount of time in the projects. Those places are ugly. It's no fun watching perfectly good kids turn into semi-literate dope dealers who barely speak English. It just plain ain't right. But, Hank, what am I supposed to do about it? I can't do your children's homework. At some point, people have to do things for themselves, or they don't get done. Maybe it's time.
I'll tell you what I see out in the world, Hank... I think b****s are too accustomed to getting anything they want by just demanding it. True, it has worked for over half a century. Get a few hundred people in the street, implicitly threaten to l**t and burn, holler about s***ery, and sadly the Great White Cash Spigot turns on.
Thing is, w****s don't much buy it any longer. Most recognize that what once was a civil-rights movement has become a shakedown game. Few people still feel responsible for the failings and inadequacies of b****s. Political correctness keeps the lid on -- but everyone knows the score.. Which scares me, Hank.
On one hand, b****s h**e w****s and incline toward l**ting and burning. (The w****s you h**e are the ones who marched in the civil-rights movement. Ever think about that?)
On the other hand, w****s quietly grow wearier and wearier of it. Not good, Hank.
On the third hand (allow me three hands, for rhetorical convenience), b****s keep demanding things. As I write, you demand r********ns for s***ery. B****s in Oklahoma (I think it was) want money for some ancient race r**t.
Other b****s reject the Declaration of Independence ...
B****s in New York hint broadly at burning and l**ting over a trial, yet more demand the elimination of the Confederate f**g, and the federal equal opportunity apparatus, which means b****s want to sue Silicon Valley for not hiring nonexistent black engineers. That's a lot of demanding for one month, Hank.
What happens if w****s ever say, "No"?
Now, how about you? You've got a cushy job up there at Harvard, and you can hoot and holler about what swine and bandits w****s are. I guess it's lots of fun, and you get a salary for it to boot. But don't you think you might do b****s more good if you told them to complain less and study more?
For example, if you want b****s to work in Silicon Gulch, the best approach might be to find some really smart black guys, and get them to study digital design ~ not Black Studies (as you teach). That's how everybody else does it. It works. Then b****s wouldn't feel left out, and racial tensions would decline. Sound like a plan?
Just out of curiosity, how many hours a week do professors of Afro-American Studies spend in the projects, encouraging poor black kids to study real-life sho-nuf subjects?
As you will recall, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the ... (
show quote)
I guess I am just a r****t, because I agree with everything he said. I get along great with b****s that I know, but then they are not out r**ting and l**ting at the drop of the hat either.
BigOlBear wrote:
As you will recall, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Harvard professor who got arrested by Cambridge Police sometime ago.
Fred Reed was a police reporter for one of the large Washington newspapers. He now writes a column which can be googled ~ "Fred on Everything."
Fred published a weekly online column in which he got to say the things his editors would never, ever have let him write in the paper. His stuff is iconoclastic and various articles have probably offended everyone ... regardless of political orientation. So, with the warning that "This is definitely not politically correct," here comes Fred.....
The following is an essay regarding the failings of a system and a culture. Please note that he elegantly describes the mood of many Americans and he does so without prejudice.
--------------------------------------------
S***ery R********ns ..........by Fred Reed!
On the Web I find that Henry Louis Gates Jr., the chairman of Afro-American Studies at Harvard, is demanding that w****s pay r********ns to b****s. It's because of s***ery, see. He is joined in this endeavor by a gaggle of other professional b****s. I guess he'll send me a bill, huh?
I feel like saying, "Let me get this straight, Hank. I'm slow. Be patient.
You want free money because of s***ery, right? I don't blame you." I'd like free money too. Tell you what. I believe in justice. I'll give you a million dollars for every s***e I own, and another million for every year you were a s***e. Fair enough? But tell me, how many s***es do you suppose I have?
In round numbers, I mean...say to the nearest dozen. And how long were you a s***e?
Oh. In other words, I owe you r********ns for something that I didn't do and didn't happen to you. That makes sense. Like lug nuts on a birthday cake.
Personally, I think you owe me r********ns for things you didn't do and never happened to me. I've never been coated in Dutch chocolate and thrown from the Eiffel Tower. I'll bet you've never done it to anyone. I want r********ns. Kind of silly, isn't it?
But if we're going to talk about r********ns, that's a street that runs in two directions. You want money from me for what some other w****s did to some other b****s in another century?
How about you guys paying w****s r********ns for current expenses caused by b****s?
Not long ago b****s burned down half of Los Angeles , a city in my country. Cities are expensive, Hank. Build one sometime and you'll see what I mean. W****s had to pay taxes to repair Los Angeles for you.
You can send me a check.
Now, yes, I know you burned LA because you didn't like the verdict in the trial of those police officers. Well, I didn't like the verdict in the Simpson trial. But I didn't burn my house and l**t Korean grocers, or burn down a city.
Over the years, b****s have burned a lot of American cities: Newark, Detroit, Watts, on and on. Now add in the fantastic cost over the years of welfare in all its forms; the cost of all of those police calls people had to make; the cost for cells and jails and security systems in department stores. I can't live in the capital city of my own country because of crime committed by b****s. Toss in the cultural cost of lowering standards in everything for the benefit of b****s. See what I mean?
Now, I'd view things differently if you said to me, "Fred, b****s can't get anywhere in a modern country without education. We know that. We need better schools, smarter teachers, harder courses, books with smaller pictures and bigger words. Can you help us?"
I'd say, "Hallelujah! Hoo-ahh! Not just yes, but hell yes.
Let's sell an aircraft carrier and get these folks some real schools and get them into the economic main-stream.' I'd say It partly because it would be the right thing to do, and partly because I'd like to add you guys to the tax base.
The current custodial state is expensive. I'd just love for b****s to study and learn to compete and stop burning places. But is it going to happen? You may not believe it, but I, and most w****s, don't like seeing b****s as miserable and screwed up as they are.
I spend a fair amount of time in the projects. Those places are ugly. It's no fun watching perfectly good kids turn into semi-literate dope dealers who barely speak English. It just plain ain't right. But, Hank, what am I supposed to do about it? I can't do your children's homework. At some point, people have to do things for themselves, or they don't get done. Maybe it's time.
I'll tell you what I see out in the world, Hank... I think b****s are too accustomed to getting anything they want by just demanding it. True, it has worked for over half a century. Get a few hundred people in the street, implicitly threaten to l**t and burn, holler about s***ery, and sadly the Great White Cash Spigot turns on.
Thing is, w****s don't much buy it any longer. Most recognize that what once was a civil-rights movement has become a shakedown game. Few people still feel responsible for the failings and inadequacies of b****s. Political correctness keeps the lid on -- but everyone knows the score.. Which scares me, Hank.
On one hand, b****s h**e w****s and incline toward l**ting and burning. (The w****s you h**e are the ones who marched in the civil-rights movement. Ever think about that?)
On the other hand, w****s quietly grow wearier and wearier of it. Not good, Hank.
On the third hand (allow me three hands, for rhetorical convenience), b****s keep demanding things. As I write, you demand r********ns for s***ery. B****s in Oklahoma (I think it was) want money for some ancient race r**t.
Other b****s reject the Declaration of Independence ...
B****s in New York hint broadly at burning and l**ting over a trial, yet more demand the elimination of the Confederate f**g, and the federal equal opportunity apparatus, which means b****s want to sue Silicon Valley for not hiring nonexistent black engineers. That's a lot of demanding for one month, Hank.
What happens if w****s ever say, "No"?
Now, how about you? You've got a cushy job up there at Harvard, and you can hoot and holler about what swine and bandits w****s are. I guess it's lots of fun, and you get a salary for it to boot. But don't you think you might do b****s more good if you told them to complain less and study more?
For example, if you want b****s to work in Silicon Gulch, the best approach might be to find some really smart black guys, and get them to study digital design ~ not Black Studies (as you teach). That's how everybody else does it. It works. Then b****s wouldn't feel left out, and racial tensions would decline. Sound like a plan?
Just out of curiosity, how many hours a week do professors of Afro-American Studies spend in the projects, encouraging poor black kids to study real-life sho-nuf subjects?
As you will recall, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the ... (
show quote)
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He is making the assumption all white people participated in s***ery, not true. He seeks compensation from the government not the individuals who practiced s***er. He judges the s***e owners by the standards of today. I don't buy into collective guilt or feel reasonable for the sins of others.
BigOlBear wrote:
As you will recall, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Harvard professor who got arrested by Cambridge Police sometime ago.
Fred Reed was a police reporter for one of the large Washington newspapers. He now writes a column which can be googled ~ "Fred on Everything."
Fred published a weekly online column in which he got to say the things his editors would never, ever have let him write in the paper. His stuff is iconoclastic and various articles have probably offended everyone ... regardless of political orientation. So, with the warning that "This is definitely not politically correct," here comes Fred.....
The following is an essay regarding the failings of a system and a culture. Please note that he elegantly describes the mood of many Americans and he does so without prejudice.
--------------------------------------------
S***ery R********ns ..........by Fred Reed!
On the Web I find that Henry Louis Gates Jr., the chairman of Afro-American Studies at Harvard, is demanding that w****s pay r********ns to b****s. It's because of s***ery, see. He is joined in this endeavor by a gaggle of other professional b****s. I guess he'll send me a bill, huh?
I feel like saying, "Let me get this straight, Hank. I'm slow. Be patient.
You want free money because of s***ery, right? I don't blame you." I'd like free money too. Tell you what. I believe in justice. I'll give you a million dollars for every s***e I own, and another million for every year you were a s***e. Fair enough? But tell me, how many s***es do you suppose I have?
In round numbers, I mean...say to the nearest dozen. And how long were you a s***e?
Oh. In other words, I owe you r********ns for something that I didn't do and didn't happen to you. That makes sense. Like lug nuts on a birthday cake.
Personally, I think you owe me r********ns for things you didn't do and never happened to me. I've never been coated in Dutch chocolate and thrown from the Eiffel Tower. I'll bet you've never done it to anyone. I want r********ns. Kind of silly, isn't it?
But if we're going to talk about r********ns, that's a street that runs in two directions. You want money from me for what some other w****s did to some other b****s in another century?
How about you guys paying w****s r********ns for current expenses caused by b****s?
Not long ago b****s burned down half of Los Angeles , a city in my country. Cities are expensive, Hank. Build one sometime and you'll see what I mean. W****s had to pay taxes to repair Los Angeles for you.
You can send me a check.
Now, yes, I know you burned LA because you didn't like the verdict in the trial of those police officers. Well, I didn't like the verdict in the Simpson trial. But I didn't burn my house and l**t Korean grocers, or burn down a city.
Over the years, b****s have burned a lot of American cities: Newark, Detroit, Watts, on and on. Now add in the fantastic cost over the years of welfare in all its forms; the cost of all of those police calls people had to make; the cost for cells and jails and security systems in department stores. I can't live in the capital city of my own country because of crime committed by b****s. Toss in the cultural cost of lowering standards in everything for the benefit of b****s. See what I mean?
Now, I'd view things differently if you said to me, "Fred, b****s can't get anywhere in a modern country without education. We know that. We need better schools, smarter teachers, harder courses, books with smaller pictures and bigger words. Can you help us?"
I'd say, "Hallelujah! Hoo-ahh! Not just yes, but hell yes.
Let's sell an aircraft carrier and get these folks some real schools and get them into the economic main-stream.' I'd say It partly because it would be the right thing to do, and partly because I'd like to add you guys to the tax base.
The current custodial state is expensive. I'd just love for b****s to study and learn to compete and stop burning places. But is it going to happen? You may not believe it, but I, and most w****s, don't like seeing b****s as miserable and screwed up as they are.
I spend a fair amount of time in the projects. Those places are ugly. It's no fun watching perfectly good kids turn into semi-literate dope dealers who barely speak English. It just plain ain't right. But, Hank, what am I supposed to do about it? I can't do your children's homework. At some point, people have to do things for themselves, or they don't get done. Maybe it's time.
I'll tell you what I see out in the world, Hank... I think b****s are too accustomed to getting anything they want by just demanding it. True, it has worked for over half a century. Get a few hundred people in the street, implicitly threaten to l**t and burn, holler about s***ery, and sadly the Great White Cash Spigot turns on.
Thing is, w****s don't much buy it any longer. Most recognize that what once was a civil-rights movement has become a shakedown game. Few people still feel responsible for the failings and inadequacies of b****s. Political correctness keeps the lid on -- but everyone knows the score.. Which scares me, Hank.
On one hand, b****s h**e w****s and incline toward l**ting and burning. (The w****s you h**e are the ones who marched in the civil-rights movement. Ever think about that?)
On the other hand, w****s quietly grow wearier and wearier of it. Not good, Hank.
On the third hand (allow me three hands, for rhetorical convenience), b****s keep demanding things. As I write, you demand r********ns for s***ery. B****s in Oklahoma (I think it was) want money for some ancient race r**t.
Other b****s reject the Declaration of Independence ...
B****s in New York hint broadly at burning and l**ting over a trial, yet more demand the elimination of the Confederate f**g, and the federal equal opportunity apparatus, which means b****s want to sue Silicon Valley for not hiring nonexistent black engineers. That's a lot of demanding for one month, Hank.
What happens if w****s ever say, "No"?
Now, how about you? You've got a cushy job up there at Harvard, and you can hoot and holler about what swine and bandits w****s are. I guess it's lots of fun, and you get a salary for it to boot. But don't you think you might do b****s more good if you told them to complain less and study more?
For example, if you want b****s to work in Silicon Gulch, the best approach might be to find some really smart black guys, and get them to study digital design ~ not Black Studies (as you teach). That's how everybody else does it. It works. Then b****s wouldn't feel left out, and racial tensions would decline. Sound like a plan?
Just out of curiosity, how many hours a week do professors of Afro-American Studies spend in the projects, encouraging poor black kids to study real-life sho-nuf subjects?
As you will recall, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the ... (
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I just peed myself a little reading this! Spot on!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
archie bunker wrote:
I just peed myself a little reading this! Spot on!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Oh fer cryin' out loud Archie, did Edith fergit yer Depends agin? :mrgreen:
BigOlBear wrote:
Oh fer cryin' out loud Archie, did Edith fergit yer Depends agin? :mrgreen:
No I'm still good for another round!! They are extra absorbant now!! :lol: :lol:
BigOlBear wrote:
As you will recall, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Harvard professor who got arrested by Cambridge Police sometime ago.
Fred Reed was a police reporter for one of the large Washington newspapers. He now writes a column which can be googled ~ "Fred on Everything."
Fred published a weekly online column in which he got to say the things his editors would never, ever have let him write in the paper. His stuff is iconoclastic and various articles have probably offended everyone ... regardless of political orientation. So, with the warning that "This is definitely not politically correct," here comes Fred.....
The following is an essay regarding the failings of a system and a culture. Please note that he elegantly describes the mood of many Americans and he does so without prejudice.
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S***ery R********ns ..........by Fred Reed!
On the Web I find that Henry Louis Gates Jr., the chairman of Afro-American Studies at Harvard, is demanding that w****s pay r********ns to b****s. It's because of s***ery, see. He is joined in this endeavor by a gaggle of other professional b****s. I guess he'll send me a bill, huh?
I feel like saying, "Let me get this straight, Hank. I'm slow. Be patient.
You want free money because of s***ery, right? I don't blame you." I'd like free money too. Tell you what. I believe in justice. I'll give you a million dollars for every s***e I own, and another million for every year you were a s***e. Fair enough? But tell me, how many s***es do you suppose I have?
In round numbers, I mean...say to the nearest dozen. And how long were you a s***e?
Oh. In other words, I owe you r********ns for something that I didn't do and didn't happen to you. That makes sense. Like lug nuts on a birthday cake.
Personally, I think you owe me r********ns for things you didn't do and never happened to me. I've never been coated in Dutch chocolate and thrown from the Eiffel Tower. I'll bet you've never done it to anyone. I want r********ns. Kind of silly, isn't it?
But if we're going to talk about r********ns, that's a street that runs in two directions. You want money from me for what some other w****s did to some other b****s in another century?
How about you guys paying w****s r********ns for current expenses caused by b****s?
Not long ago b****s burned down half of Los Angeles , a city in my country. Cities are expensive, Hank. Build one sometime and you'll see what I mean. W****s had to pay taxes to repair Los Angeles for you.
You can send me a check.
Now, yes, I know you burned LA because you didn't like the verdict in the trial of those police officers. Well, I didn't like the verdict in the Simpson trial. But I didn't burn my house and l**t Korean grocers, or burn down a city.
Over the years, b****s have burned a lot of American cities: Newark, Detroit, Watts, on and on. Now add in the fantastic cost over the years of welfare in all its forms; the cost of all of those police calls people had to make; the cost for cells and jails and security systems in department stores. I can't live in the capital city of my own country because of crime committed by b****s. Toss in the cultural cost of lowering standards in everything for the benefit of b****s. See what I mean?
Now, I'd view things differently if you said to me, "Fred, b****s can't get anywhere in a modern country without education. We know that. We need better schools, smarter teachers, harder courses, books with smaller pictures and bigger words. Can you help us?"
I'd say, "Hallelujah! Hoo-ahh! Not just yes, but hell yes.
Let's sell an aircraft carrier and get these folks some real schools and get them into the economic main-stream.' I'd say It partly because it would be the right thing to do, and partly because I'd like to add you guys to the tax base.
The current custodial state is expensive. I'd just love for b****s to study and learn to compete and stop burning places. But is it going to happen? You may not believe it, but I, and most w****s, don't like seeing b****s as miserable and screwed up as they are.
I spend a fair amount of time in the projects. Those places are ugly. It's no fun watching perfectly good kids turn into semi-literate dope dealers who barely speak English. It just plain ain't right. But, Hank, what am I supposed to do about it? I can't do your children's homework. At some point, people have to do things for themselves, or they don't get done. Maybe it's time.
I'll tell you what I see out in the world, Hank... I think b****s are too accustomed to getting anything they want by just demanding it. True, it has worked for over half a century. Get a few hundred people in the street, implicitly threaten to l**t and burn, holler about s***ery, and sadly the Great White Cash Spigot turns on.
Thing is, w****s don't much buy it any longer. Most recognize that what once was a civil-rights movement has become a shakedown game. Few people still feel responsible for the failings and inadequacies of b****s. Political correctness keeps the lid on -- but everyone knows the score.. Which scares me, Hank.
On one hand, b****s h**e w****s and incline toward l**ting and burning. (The w****s you h**e are the ones who marched in the civil-rights movement. Ever think about that?)
On the other hand, w****s quietly grow wearier and wearier of it. Not good, Hank.
On the third hand (allow me three hands, for rhetorical convenience), b****s keep demanding things. As I write, you demand r********ns for s***ery. B****s in Oklahoma (I think it was) want money for some ancient race r**t.
Other b****s reject the Declaration of Independence ...
B****s in New York hint broadly at burning and l**ting over a trial, yet more demand the elimination of the Confederate f**g, and the federal equal opportunity apparatus, which means b****s want to sue Silicon Valley for not hiring nonexistent black engineers. That's a lot of demanding for one month, Hank.
What happens if w****s ever say, "No"?
Now, how about you? You've got a cushy job up there at Harvard, and you can hoot and holler about what swine and bandits w****s are. I guess it's lots of fun, and you get a salary for it to boot. But don't you think you might do b****s more good if you told them to complain less and study more?
For example, if you want b****s to work in Silicon Gulch, the best approach might be to find some really smart black guys, and get them to study digital design ~ not Black Studies (as you teach). That's how everybody else does it. It works. Then b****s wouldn't feel left out, and racial tensions would decline. Sound like a plan?
Just out of curiosity, how many hours a week do professors of Afro-American Studies spend in the projects, encouraging poor black kids to study real-life sho-nuf subjects?
As you will recall, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the ... (
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There are no B****s on earth that was a s***e in America, so then we don't own them anything.
Now on the other hand, what about all the B****s pay the white people money for all the businesses they have l**ted or rob.
bobebgtime wrote:
He is making the assumption all white people participated in s***ery, not true. He seeks compensation from the government not the individuals who practiced s***er. He judges the s***e owners by the standards of today. I don't buy into collective guilt or feel reasonable for the sins of others.
There is no one alive that was a s***e so, they are not own any money.
saveamerica wrote:
There is no one alive that was a s***e so, they are not own any money.
Yep. On top of that, do I owe BLACK people because I'm white? I have researched my origins. Me, nor my wife have ANY family history of s***e ownership. Plus, how many BLACK people can PROVE they are decendants of actual s***es?? Black people come all over the world. That is why the term ' African-American' scratches my ass. Hell, the POTUS can't even claim that!! He is Arab, and some screwed up kansan!!
BigOlBear wrote:
As you will recall, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Harvard professor who got arrested by Cambridge Police sometime ago.
Fred Reed was a police reporter for one of the large Washington newspapers. He now writes a column which can be googled ~ "Fred on Everything."
Fred published a weekly online column in which he got to say the things his editors would never, ever have let him write in the paper. His stuff is iconoclastic and various articles have probably offended everyone ... regardless of political orientation. So, with the warning that "This is definitely not politically correct," here comes Fred.....
The following is an essay regarding the failings of a system and a culture. Please note that he elegantly describes the mood of many Americans and he does so without prejudice.
--------------------------------------------
S***ery R********ns ..........by Fred Reed!
On the Web I find that Henry Louis Gates Jr., the chairman of Afro-American Studies at Harvard, is demanding that w****s pay r********ns to b****s. It's because of s***ery, see. He is joined in this endeavor by a gaggle of other professional b****s. I guess he'll send me a bill, huh?
I feel like saying, "Let me get this straight, Hank. I'm slow. Be patient.
You want free money because of s***ery, right? I don't blame you." I'd like free money too. Tell you what. I believe in justice. I'll give you a million dollars for every s***e I own, and another million for every year you were a s***e. Fair enough? But tell me, how many s***es do you suppose I have?
In round numbers, I mean...say to the nearest dozen. And how long were you a s***e?
Oh. In other words, I owe you r********ns for something that I didn't do and didn't happen to you. That makes sense. Like lug nuts on a birthday cake.
Personally, I think you owe me r********ns for things you didn't do and never happened to me. I've never been coated in Dutch chocolate and thrown from the Eiffel Tower. I'll bet you've never done it to anyone. I want r********ns. Kind of silly, isn't it?
But if we're going to talk about r********ns, that's a street that runs in two directions. You want money from me for what some other w****s did to some other b****s in another century?
How about you guys paying w****s r********ns for current expenses caused by b****s?
Not long ago b****s burned down half of Los Angeles , a city in my country. Cities are expensive, Hank. Build one sometime and you'll see what I mean. W****s had to pay taxes to repair Los Angeles for you.
You can send me a check.
Now, yes, I know you burned LA because you didn't like the verdict in the trial of those police officers. Well, I didn't like the verdict in the Simpson trial. But I didn't burn my house and l**t Korean grocers, or burn down a city.
Over the years, b****s have burned a lot of American cities: Newark, Detroit, Watts, on and on. Now add in the fantastic cost over the years of welfare in all its forms; the cost of all of those police calls people had to make; the cost for cells and jails and security systems in department stores. I can't live in the capital city of my own country because of crime committed by b****s. Toss in the cultural cost of lowering standards in everything for the benefit of b****s. See what I mean?
Now, I'd view things differently if you said to me, "Fred, b****s can't get anywhere in a modern country without education. We know that. We need better schools, smarter teachers, harder courses, books with smaller pictures and bigger words. Can you help us?"
I'd say, "Hallelujah! Hoo-ahh! Not just yes, but hell yes.
Let's sell an aircraft carrier and get these folks some real schools and get them into the economic main-stream.' I'd say It partly because it would be the right thing to do, and partly because I'd like to add you guys to the tax base.
The current custodial state is expensive. I'd just love for b****s to study and learn to compete and stop burning places. But is it going to happen? You may not believe it, but I, and most w****s, don't like seeing b****s as miserable and screwed up as they are.
I spend a fair amount of time in the projects. Those places are ugly. It's no fun watching perfectly good kids turn into semi-literate dope dealers who barely speak English. It just plain ain't right. But, Hank, what am I supposed to do about it? I can't do your children's homework. At some point, people have to do things for themselves, or they don't get done. Maybe it's time.
I'll tell you what I see out in the world, Hank... I think b****s are too accustomed to getting anything they want by just demanding it. True, it has worked for over half a century. Get a few hundred people in the street, implicitly threaten to l**t and burn, holler about s***ery, and sadly the Great White Cash Spigot turns on.
Thing is, w****s don't much buy it any longer. Most recognize that what once was a civil-rights movement has become a shakedown game. Few people still feel responsible for the failings and inadequacies of b****s. Political correctness keeps the lid on -- but everyone knows the score.. Which scares me, Hank.
On one hand, b****s h**e w****s and incline toward l**ting and burning. (The w****s you h**e are the ones who marched in the civil-rights movement. Ever think about that?)
On the other hand, w****s quietly grow wearier and wearier of it. Not good, Hank.
On the third hand (allow me three hands, for rhetorical convenience), b****s keep demanding things. As I write, you demand r********ns for s***ery. B****s in Oklahoma (I think it was) want money for some ancient race r**t.
Other b****s reject the Declaration of Independence ...
B****s in New York hint broadly at burning and l**ting over a trial, yet more demand the elimination of the Confederate f**g, and the federal equal opportunity apparatus, which means b****s want to sue Silicon Valley for not hiring nonexistent black engineers. That's a lot of demanding for one month, Hank.
What happens if w****s ever say, "No"?
Now, how about you? You've got a cushy job up there at Harvard, and you can hoot and holler about what swine and bandits w****s are. I guess it's lots of fun, and you get a salary for it to boot. But don't you think you might do b****s more good if you told them to complain less and study more?
For example, if you want b****s to work in Silicon Gulch, the best approach might be to find some really smart black guys, and get them to study digital design ~ not Black Studies (as you teach). That's how everybody else does it. It works. Then b****s wouldn't feel left out, and racial tensions would decline. Sound like a plan?
Just out of curiosity, how many hours a week do professors of Afro-American Studies spend in the projects, encouraging poor black kids to study real-life sho-nuf subjects?
As you will recall, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the ... (
show quote)
Its much easier to blame White People for their failures. Johnson's Great Society is was and will always be a bust when B****s blame someone else for their failures. Last Count $13 Trillion dollars, thanks DemoRAT/Marxists for the S***ery.
BigOlBear wrote:
As you will recall, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Harvard professor who got arrested by Cambridge Police sometime ago.
Fred Reed was a police reporter for one of the large Washington newspapers. He now writes a column which can be googled ~ "Fred on Everything."
Just out of curiosity, how many hours a week do professors of Afro-American Studies spend in the projects, encouraging poor black kids to study real-life sho-nuf subjects?
I'm just going to cry myself to sleep tonight over this.
How many s***es do you own?
[quote=BigOlBear]As you will recall, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the Harvard professor who got arrested by Cambridge Police sometime ago.....................
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BigOlBear:
Great Post! I assume that Henry Louis Gates, Jr. heard of the Pigford Settlement and decided this ruse might work one more time. For those that are not aware of the Pigford Settlement, feel free to Google it.
What I find tragic about the Pigford Settlement (R********ns), at the time of the associated and alleged discrimination by the USDA against Black Farmers, the US had a total of only 7600 Black farmers. The 2010 settlement has filtered $995 Million to over 13,348 Black 'farmers' out of 22,505 applicants. An additional 70,000 applicants filed for r********ns, but were denied and were allowed to proceed in civil court for a rehearing of those additional claims.
In 2004, a $20.5 Billion class action suit was filed on behalf of the Black Farmers & Agriculturalists Association against the USDA. That suit was dismissed because the BFAA failed to show standing. In 2008, the Farm Bill added legislative language to allow more farmers to bring suit and to authorize the government to negotiate additional monies for settlement. In 2010, the Administration negotiated settlement for an additional $1.2 billion for such claims, in what is known as Pigford II.
Was this program rift with fraud? The New York Times published an article in April of 2013 that reported 'the $50,000 payouts to black farmers had proved a magnet for fraud" and that "its very design encouraged people to lie".
Some of the examples shown in the article cited:
"Reams of suspicious claims, from nursery-school-age children and pockets of urban dwellers, sometimes in the same handwriting with nearly identical accounts of discrimination"
"In 16 ZIP codes in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and North Carolina, the number of successful claimants exceeded the total number of farms operated by people of any race in 1997, the year the lawsuit was filed. Those applicants received nearly $100 million"
"In Maple Hill, a struggling town in southeastern North Carolina, the number of people paid was nearly four times the total number of farms."
"In Little Rock, Ark., a confidential list of payments shows, 10 members of one extended family collected a total of $500,000, and dozens of other successful claimants shared addresses, phone numbers or close family connections."
"In Arkansas, prosecutors rejected a test case against a Pine Bluff police officer who had admitted lying on his claim form."
"In one ZIP code in Columbus, Ohio, nearly everyone in two adjoining apartment buildings had filed, according to the former high-ranking agency official."
"She cinched the claim, he said to a ripple of laughter, by asserting that her father had whispered on his deathbed, 'I was discriminated against by U.S.D.A.'"
We can thank the current Administration and the Democrat controlled congress for this gift that keeps on giving. I would say that any and all future request for any type of Black r********ns has been paid in full. What say you?
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