tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post3059518694185258111..comments2024-03-19T01:52:00.810-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Black Woman Gets Standing Ovation at RNC — Media Silence; Two Bozos Throw Peanuts — Media Frenzy."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger281125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11188168617900768222012-09-04T11:13:06.956-05:002012-09-04T11:13:06.956-05:00Hey Ken, look what I found:
A new column by Thoma...Hey Ken, look what I found:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/315757/confident-ignorance-barack-obama-thomas-sowell" rel="nofollow">A new column by Thomas Sowell</a> on Barack Obama!<br /><br />Why do I mention it? Because he has some interesting things to say about Obama and the African slave trade. I'll put them in <b>bold</b> so you'll catch my meaning:<br /><br /><i>His statement in Dreams from My Father about how white men went to Africa to “drag away the conquered in chains” <b>betrays his ignorance</b> of African history.<br /><br />The era of the Atlantic slave trade and the era of European conquests across the continent of Africa were different eras. During the era of the Atlantic slave trade, most of Africa was ruled by Africans, who sold some of their slaves to white men.<br /><br />European conquests in Africa had to wait until Europeans found some way to survive lethal African diseases, to which they lacked resistance. Only after medical science learned to deal with these diseases could the era of European conquests spread across sub-Saharan Africa. But the Atlantic slave trade was over by then.<br /><br /><b>There was no reason why Barack Obama had to know this.</b> But there was also no reason for him to be shooting off his mouth without knowing what he was talking about.</i><br /><br />That's some "widely available truth" you got there, Boy-o, so prevalent "there was no reason why Barack Obama had to know" it. <br /><br />What are you going to say now? That Sowell's out to get you? <br /><br />I agree with Sowell's take on Obama, but I think there is also no reason for YOU to be shooting off YOUR mouth without knowing what you're talking about as well.<br /><br />When I say we didn't know something, that's exactly what I meant, you silly, silly man,....The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58488290684938074972012-09-04T11:02:38.641-05:002012-09-04T11:02:38.641-05:00Ken,
This is a giant lie. I learned about the sla...Ken,<br /><br /><i>This is a giant lie. I learned about the slave triangle in elementary school, where Europeans traded with black Africans for black slaves. This widely available truth just didn't suit your needs to put the grievances of blacks at the feet of white people and to teach the ahistorical non-sense that today's black culture is a "slave" culture.</i><br /><br />Wait - let me get this straight:<br /><br />Because YOU knew it, that means EVERYONE did? Talk about giant lies - you're telling yourself one right now.<br /><br /><i>Sure. "White flight", right? After all, how can blacks be expected to build a community without whites around to show them how and pay for it, right? And you call me the racist, when you are the one claiming that "white flight" is an excuse for black failure.</i><br /><br />Who called you a racist? If you heard that, then I'm sorry, I was addressing your imaginary friends.<br /><br /><i>Calling me an ahistorical asshole doesn't change the fact that blacks have done the hole in which they (you) live, but I'm sure it makes you feel better to think that I'm a racist, despite the fact that you're the one implying blacks need whites.</i><br /><br />Obviously, somebody woke up on the insecure side of the bed this morning,…The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33003580512911246112012-09-04T10:20:17.010-05:002012-09-04T10:20:17.010-05:00crack,
Since that information didn't become w...crack,<br /><br /><i>Since that information didn't become widespread until fairly recently, how were we supposed to know that?</i><br /><br />Of course, this is a giant lie. I learned about the slave triangle in elementary school, where Europeans traded with black Africans for black slaves. This widely available truth just didn't suit your needs to put the grievances of blacks at the feet of white people and to teach the ahistorical non-sense that today's black culture is a "slave" culture.<br /><br /><i>Like I said, I understand why blacks are angry, but it's got to be dealt with as an American issue on American terms.</i><br /><br />Sure. "White flight", right? After all, how can blacks be expected to build a community without whites around to show them how and pay for it, right? And you call me the racist, when you are the one claiming that "white flight" is an excuse for black failure.<br /><br />Calling me an ahistorical asshole doesn't change the fact that blacks have done the hole in which they (you) live, but I'm sure it makes you feel better to think that I'm a racist, despite the fact that you're the one implying blacks need whites.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62104858956824619482012-09-04T10:04:07.342-05:002012-09-04T10:04:07.342-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88418968905462372122012-09-04T04:15:32.828-05:002012-09-04T04:15:32.828-05:00creeley,
You can also access a lot of the music ...creeley, <br /><br />You can also access a lot of the music on my blog by going <a href="http://themachoresponse.blogspot.com/search/label/music" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>. I don't know if you'll learn anything by it, but it might broaden your horizons some:<br /><br />Don't be Paul Ryan,...The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39520021274034686012012-09-04T03:59:51.774-05:002012-09-04T03:59:51.774-05:00creeley,
If you have any interest in what you'...creeley,<br /><br />If you have any interest in what you've been missing while licking Dylan's ankles, go <a href="http://themachoresponse.blogspot.com/2012/08/what-was-before-whats-coming-next-when.html" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> and then <a href="http://themachoresponse.blogspot.com/2012/08/we-are-robots-synth-britannia.html" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> before you watch the Techno documentary I linked to in the last post. The Techno doc might not make a lot of sense EVEN AFTER you watch these (it assumes you know certain songs, etc., that you most certainly won't) but they will connect certain bands - Kraftwerk especially, but including the glorious Beatles - in a way that'll make the Techno doc somewhat more understandable to you.<br /><br />It's just a whole new thing now,...The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7994908762002413822012-09-04T03:27:48.019-05:002012-09-04T03:27:48.019-05:00creeley23,
"Still with us" is informal ...creeley23,<br /><br /><i>"Still with us" is informal speak for "classic" as, say, Shakespeare. Can we say the same for the Sugarhill Gang? How many young blacks even know Sugarhill? How many continue to listen to them? (I don't claim to know. Perahps you could inform me.) I'm not expecting them to know The Last Poets, who I first heard in a hippie commune.</i><br /><br />Sugarhill is still known. The Last Poets? In L.A., where I grew up, definitely. You have to remember music's split into subcultures now, many that *deliberately* could care less about anything but their shit. <br /><br /><i>You can rule as Crack-Judge and Crack-Jury that the Beatles and Dylan don't mean shit. Sorry. Back in the real word they do. They still sell plenty. Bob Dylan got the Medal of Freedom award a few years ago. People continue to be influenced by what the worlds they opened up. Young people continue to listen. Many parents from my cohort tell me of the day when their kids made their pilgrimage to the Beatles, Dylan or the Stones, or even to Metallica, as the case may be.</i><br /><br />Metallica personally invented me to party at Kirk's house once and I laughed at them. Music doesn't care who Obama gave a necklace to, and he's just as likely to give one to Jay-Z tomorrow. Hell, <a href="http://floppingaces.net/most_wanted/slain-seals-get-form-letter-from-obama-heavy-d-gets-personal-note/" rel="nofollow">he sent Heavy-D's family a personal letter of condolence when he died,</a> but only sent the Navy SEALS' families a form letter. Awards and shit mean nothing. <br /><br /><i>In the sixties we had a series of Leonard Bernstein TV shows explaining how brilliant the Beatles were.</i><br /><br />So what? Did Leonard Bernstein do a TV show explaining how brilliant Ike Turner's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_88" rel="nofollow">"Rocket 88"</a> was in 1951 - "just" <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_88" rel="nofollow">the first Rock 'N' Roll song</a>? Or Little Richard - who's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5VkTcmQxD8" rel="nofollow">"Good Golly Miss Molly"</a> started, note-for-note, EXACTLY like Turner's - seven whole years later? <br /><br />No, of course not, because you and Leonard Bernstein aren't talking about music but fads and awards in a Mutual Aid Society circle jerk. All you know of Ike Turner, and music, is what the media tells you - he was bad to the lying bitch, Tina. (I grew up with them and, while it made for a good movie, it's a bunch of bullshit. The man was a giant.) <br /><br />There's so much about music you don't understand I'm inspired to write a book. <br /><br /><i>How many ordinary people know the big rap artists, past and present? Very few unless they are young, black or, like you, in the business of knowing.</i><br /><br />That's not the point - once music went underground, nobody gave a damn about whether Paul Ryan and his AC/DC to Led Zeppelin tastes know they exist - that shit's dead to us. Entire new worlds of music, selling millions, have sprung up and you have NO CLUE who our heroes are or why they're doing what they do and that's the way they like it. <br /><br />But look - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZDJwkwk8vA&feature=share" rel="nofollow">"here's a documentary on some of them now,</a> featuring a stuffy white Leonard Bernstein-type guy "explaining how brilliant" it is so YOU know it's important.<br /><br />I and THEIR fans already know it - and how long they've been making records and who's influencing who and everything - because we keep up, and that's the difference. I once went to Detroit, just to buy their records, because they were so underground it was impossible to dig them up through the usual channels. <br /><br />I swear, for all your bitching, some of you should be paying me - to put up with your bullshit AND educate you,...The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23804412497731407882012-09-04T03:26:55.935-05:002012-09-04T03:26:55.935-05:00How come the offensive episode toward CNN person w...How come the offensive episode toward CNN person was not on film? Did CNN become that ineffective, that they can't even film an [aleged] incident that can make head news, ven if their own employees is involved in it?Norahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15401100627066769252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55431139199793657732012-09-04T03:18:38.343-05:002012-09-04T03:18:38.343-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8683778158097318172012-09-04T02:36:00.299-05:002012-09-04T02:36:00.299-05:00creeley23,
Crack: No one can prove you wrong beca...creeley23,<br /><br /><i>Crack: No one can prove you wrong because in the kangaroo court of your mind, you are the judge, jury, prosecutor and sometimes even the DA.</i><br /><br />Right - I didn't link to information, I just made it all up. Unlike you, who just spouts shit with not a scrap of supporting evidence. <br /><br /><i>In other words, you are a classic crank. But you've got a good line of patter and occasional good sense, which redeems you somewhat.</i><br /><br />Thanks, I guess. No, I'll take it. Thank you.<br /><br />The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27685646486278533772012-09-04T02:28:50.166-05:002012-09-04T02:28:50.166-05:00virgil xenophon,
About Hip-Hop: What do you call ...virgil xenophon,<br /><br /><i>About Hip-Hop: What do you call the vocalists/MCs?</i><br /><br />MC - Master of Ceremonies.<br /><br /><i>As Stanly Crouch has pointed out, they are neither proper "singers" so-called NOR can they be classified as "musicians"--so what DOES one call them?</i><br /><br />Stanly Crouch has an outdated view of music and music-making. He's coming from the earlier Jazz era and voicing his biases. Like Louis Armstrong once did, labeling Crouch's beloved Be-Bop as "Chinese music," Crouch thinks a "musician" has to be someone who sits down to a drum kit, like he does. <br /><br />But this is the future. Artists started programming <i>drum machines</i> - the 202s, the 505s, the 606s, the 808s - which is the difference between a prop plane and a jet that can break the sound barrier. (Listen to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGR4FXCFcjQ&feature=related" rel="nofollow">the first three minutes of this mix</a> and - forget playing a drum kit - tell me if you think a human being can just play the hi-hats. No - these patterns can be imagined and written, but ONLY played by machine.) Sure, a prop plane is capable of flight, but come <i>ON.</i><br /><br />It's sad that, when music changes, those ascending still respect who inspired them, while those who egged them on with their creations vent frustration that things won't stay the same - when they themselves broke barriers, specifically, to make room for new things. <br /><br /><i>Which begs the question: "Can Hip-Hop really properly be called "music?" Your opinion please..</i><br /><br />Not Hip-Hop - <a href="http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/488251_10151013035322204_1712379613_n.jpg" rel="nofollow">it's the culture</a> that spawned the music, like <a href="http://travelinksites.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/P1_Rastafarian__LGIRMA.jpg" rel="nofollow">Rastafarians gave us Reggae</a> - but Rap? Most certainly: <br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrsfdccS_Lo" rel="nofollow">You just gotta have a beat,...</a>The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78402937831373142092012-09-03T22:43:18.231-05:002012-09-03T22:43:18.231-05:00But everyone know the Beatles and Bob Dylan.But everyone know the Beatles and Bob Dylan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18793265583239153942012-09-03T22:39:47.707-05:002012-09-03T22:39:47.707-05:00Crack: "Still with us" is informal speak...Crack: "Still with us" is informal speak for "classic" as, say, Shakespeare. Can we say the same for the Sugarhill Gang? How many young blacks even know Sugarhill? How many continue to listen to them? (I don't claim to know. Perahps you could inform me.) I'm not expecting them to know The Last Poets, who I first heard in a hippie commune.<br /><br />You can rule as Crack-Judge and Crack-Jury that the Beatles and Dylan don't mean shit. Sorry. Back in the real word they do. They still sell plenty. Bob Dylan got the Medal of Freedom award a few years ago. People continue to be influenced by what the worlds they opened up. Young people continue to listen. Many parents from my cohort tell me of the day when their kids made their pilgrimage to the Beatles, Dylan or the Stones, or even to Metallica, as the case may be.<br /><br />Sure, I'll grant that rap was revolutionary, as far as that word means anything with respect to music. But how much of the world outside of music and black culture were affected by rap? Not bloody much. In the sixties we had a series of Leonard Bernstein TV shows explaining how brilliant the Beatles were.<br /><br />How many ordinary people know the big rap artists, past and present? Very few unless they are young, black or, like you, in the business of knowing.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51007153230060608292012-09-03T22:39:22.892-05:002012-09-03T22:39:22.892-05:00Crack: No one can prove you wrong because in the k...Crack: No one can prove you wrong because in the kangaroo court of your mind, you are the judge, jury, prosecutor and sometimes even the DA. <br /><br />In other words, you are a classic crank. But you've got a good line of patter and occasional good sense, which redeems you somewhat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27207327066595851072012-09-03T22:08:57.767-05:002012-09-03T22:08:57.767-05:00***Sorry..."EAST of Baton Rouge.."***Sorry..."EAST of Baton Rouge.."virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11491836830352263438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77387691210180310882012-09-03T22:04:55.984-05:002012-09-03T22:04:55.984-05:00@Crack/
If followed this little colloquy all after...@Crack/<br />If followed this little colloquy all afternoon on & off--too bad I don't have the time to make all the points I wish to, but I'll start w. two: (1) Having found out you live in Utah, I now understand your oppositional zeal against Mormonism. Theocracies <i>can</i> be stifling. I once met a female BYU non-Mormon law-school grad in N.O. who asked me for a reference to a Sr partner of the most prestigious law firm in the city (and who happened to have been a college roommate of mine) saying that "I just HAVE to get a job somewhere outside of Utah--I can't BEAR to go back and live there among all the Mormons one more second." LOL Religion and the culture that it engenders <i>does</i> have a noticeable effect, e.g., the Parishes (counties) in La just north of Lake Pontchartrain and west of Baton Rouge known collectively as the "Florida Parishes." The northern half of each Parish is predominantly Protestant, while the southern half of each mainly Catholic in nature. As one historian has put it: "The southern parts are more socially "relaxed" than are their northern parts." LoL, Crack, Mardi Gras could have NEVER been invented/taken root in Utah.<br /><br />(2) About Hip-Hop: What do you call the vocalists/MCs? As Stanly Crouch has pointed out, they are neither proper "singers" so-called NOR can they be classified as "musicians"--so what DOES one call them? Which begs the question: "Can Hip-Hop really properly be called "music?" Your opinion please..virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11491836830352263438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50599745809861468792012-09-03T20:30:20.148-05:002012-09-03T20:30:20.148-05:00Oh, and one more thing:
Rap had female artists al...Oh, and one more thing:<br /><br />Rap had female artists almost from the day it began, with none of the BS bands like <i>Heart</i> had to go through to be accepted by it's peers.<br /><br />creely, you're simply wrong.The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38111329687915262872012-09-03T20:14:33.672-05:002012-09-03T20:14:33.672-05:00In terms of about any metric I can think of -- sal...<i>In terms of about any metric I can think of -- sales, number of fans, number of bands, radio play, cultural allusions, movie soundtracks, whatever -- the classic rock created by the Beatles and Dylan make rap look tiny.</i><br /><br />You're comparing one genre (Rock) that's been around for almost 70 years against one that's been around for less than half that. And based on that fact, Rock wins in one category - <a href="http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-02-07/entertainment/28534889_1_rock-fans-rap-track-sales" rel="nofollow">back catalogue sales.</a><br /><br />Big deal. I still go to the museum, too. And I'll ask you to look at the list of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists" rel="nofollow">the best selling artists of all time</a> - Eminem is the first Rap artist to appear but notice:<br /><br />His career doesn't even begin until 1998 - against artists who have been around since the 50's. Except for Britney Spears, no one else above him comes close to being as recent.<br /><br />That's an unheard of level of sales.<br /><br /><i>Perhaps more native players in Ghana or places like it are influenced by rap than classic rock but that's about the only edge I would give rap.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFTm2bcac" rel="nofollow">Now you're completely loony.</a> You simply don't know what you're talking about. It's nothing but an admission of how out-of-touch you are. Like Paul Ryan, admitting his iPod ran from AC/DC to Led Zepplin, nailed him as musically clueless and more than three decades behind.<br /><br /><i>Otherwise, I'd say rap is a movement much like late seventies punk. It had its proponents, it had its influence, it shouted to high heaven about how important it was, but it did not make it into the mainstream. Unlike punk, rap is still a going concern, I'll give it that, but not much more.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/29/arts/rap-music-brash-and-swaggering-enters-mainstream.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm" rel="nofollow">Rap Music, Brash And Swaggering, Enters Mainstream</a> - The New York Times, 1988The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-883284049887316672012-09-03T20:14:29.564-05:002012-09-03T20:14:29.564-05:00creeley23,
Crack: And you'd be wrong half the...creeley23,<br /><br /><i>Crack: And you'd be wrong half the time and never notice it, as you are too busy preening about how smart you are and how dumb everyone else is.</i><br /><br />I keep saying "prove me wrong" and "provide evidence" but - remarkably - none of you seem to want to take up the challenge, preferring what you do here:<br /><br />Listening to the sound of YOUR OWN VOICE and claiming it, alone, conveys authority.<br /><br />It doesn't - back up what you say, creeley - I do.<br /><br /><i>Fifty years ago, if arithmetic serves, was 1962 -- the year the Beatles had their first hit and Bob Dylan made his first album. This ushered in a huge transformation of popular music worldwide that is still with us and easily dwarfs rap's modest cultural contribution.</i><br /><br />Bullshit. Just because something is "still with us" doesn't mean shit - you (and the other 80% of American whites who disdained Rap) may still listen to dinosaurs but - just like an animal caught in the tar pits - that doesn't mean the world of music hasn't continued past their contribution. Public Enemy's output - alone - turned <i>Sgt. Pepper's</i> into an anachronism. From the <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/public-enemy-mn0000856785" rel="nofollow">All Music Guide:</a><br /><br /><i>Musically, Public Enemy was,...<b>revolutionary,</b> as their production team, the Bomb Squad, created dense soundscapes that relied on avant-garde cut-and-paste techniques, unrecognizable samples, piercing sirens, relentless beats, and deep funk. It was chaotic and invigorating music,...</i><br /><br />"Revolutionary": rev·o·lu·tion·ar·y [rev-uh-loo-shuh-ner-ee] adjective, noun <br /><br /><i>1. of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change.<br /><br />2. radically new or innovative; outside or beyond established procedure, principles, etc.</i><br /><br />I'll lay off Dylan out of respect for Ann's devotion.<br /><br /><i>I would never say "Rap isn't music." I don't like it, but then part of rap's mission is that people like me shouldn't like it. However, that doesn't mean that I can't make an objective comparison of cultural influence.</i><br /><br />Bullshit again. Who said "part of rap's mission" is that people like you shouldn't like it? What is there about De La Soul's "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0irL1M15DH8" rel="nofollow">Magic Number</a>" - with it's call for unity and pleasure and "Schoolhouse Rock!" chorus - that says "creeley shouldn't like this"? Where were you when The Fresh Prince said, ''You don't have to be from a certain background or age or color or place to understand my music.''?<br /><br />Oh yeah - hating on it.<br /><br />It's all in your head, creely - which is why you don't like it - you've deigned NOT TO LIKE IT on your own.<br /><br />Cont'd.<br /><br />The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12107274945184308802012-09-03T19:29:52.235-05:002012-09-03T19:29:52.235-05:00I cultural impact of Rhythm & Blues dwarfs ...I cultural impact of Rhythm & Blues dwarfs 'classic rock'<br /><br />Without Buddy Holly who was influenced by Elvis, who was influenced by black R&B musicians, there would have likely been no blessed Beatles. Known Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029003649395214104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80654415560083914392012-09-03T19:27:17.395-05:002012-09-03T19:27:17.395-05:00In terms of about any metric I can think of -- sal...<i>In terms of about any metric I can think of -- sales, number of fans, number of bands, radio play, cultural allusions, movie soundtracks, whatever -- the classic rock created by the Beatles and Dylan make rap look tiny.</i><br /><br />LIve in a bubble much? Known Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029003649395214104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2859660761278168982012-09-03T19:25:10.709-05:002012-09-03T19:25:10.709-05:00If I was running a TV camera and someone started t...If I was running a TV camera and someone started throwing peanuts and racist slurs at me, I'd point the camera at them and let the viewing audience see who the jackasses were.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10438099877519107411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86457714109270549192012-09-03T19:25:04.025-05:002012-09-03T19:25:04.025-05:00I don't like it, but then part of rap's mi...<i>I don't like it, but then part of rap's mission is that people like me shouldn't like it.</i><br /><br />This is BS. Known Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029003649395214104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37578157791015587942012-09-03T18:54:37.339-05:002012-09-03T18:54:37.339-05:00How odd that you don't see that the first is e...How odd that you don't see that the first is expected, and the second horrific.leslynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976589297868178854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80993997310290492322012-09-03T18:30:34.217-05:002012-09-03T18:30:34.217-05:00Very true. I think the reason this topic so often ...<b>Very true. I think the reason this topic so often comes across as racially coded has to do with all the idiotic "Welfare Queen" rhetoric that infected the 80s. Not sure if I can remember where that particular infection started...</b><br /><br />Who injected RACE into it?<br /><br />Hint: not Reagan. Nor Republicans.<br /><br /><b>2. the the lazy welfare cheat/foodstamp lazy "black" has been a staple of GOP dogbites for years and you know it. </b><br /><br />GOP never once made a claim involving race. Democrats have from day one --- and blamed Republicans.damikeschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133230009952160269noreply@blogger.com