Archive for April, 2009

He must be talking post civil war

Posted: April 22, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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Maybe it’s just me but I don’t think RFK’s statement calling President Obama an Indentured Servant of the Coal Industry is racist.

There are other terms that would have a racial connotation, the servant of, the slave of, the sharecropper of etc…

You might recall in history that Indentured servants were not in fact slaves but once their committed labor was completed would in fact be freemen. One could claim that the post civil war sharecropping systems designed to keep ex-slaves in virtual serfdom might be

But even if he used these terms I don’t think it would be racist. He is criticizing the president using a valid metaphor.

The metaphor isn’t racist, however as Don Surber points out that doesn’t make it correct and it doesn’t prevent RFK from being full of it.

Join the Club

Posted: April 22, 2009 by datechguy in oddities, personal
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Was talking to my son this morning about his trip with a school group to NY yesterday.

He told me the UN disappointed him.

I told him why should he be any different than anyone else?

Speak of the Devil and etc…

Posted: April 21, 2009 by datechguy in internet/free speech
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No sooner do I mention LGF and his disputes with Atlas Shurgs and Jihad Watch when the feud blows up again. As I’ve said I read all three and like all three so its kind of a shame.

Charles’ post is here. Pam’s is here, Robert’s is here.

What do I think? I’m with Elder of Ziyon.

No police detail

Posted: April 21, 2009 by datechguy in internet/free speech
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One interesting thing about the tea parties is how quiet it was in terms of problem. I asked two different police who where there and they said it was the easiest crowd they ever dealt with. Lorie Byrd expands on that theme:

Maybe conservative protesters learned they should have engaged in violence, made a big mess and showered less. That formula seems to draw great media coverage for liberal protests. Or maybe they learned to just keep plugging away and that eventually word will get out, as it is now, slowly but surely. Fox News is not only the number one cable channel, but it recently drew bigger numbers than its competitors, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC and Headline News combined. The New York Times and many of the other major daily newspapers that gave the protests little or no coverage, are suffering and may not survive much longer in their current forms.

So I guess this warning was a tad off.

If only every protest was this way. How many thousands of dollars of overtime could have been saved!

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