History Be Damned: The Problem's Obama & Not Whites

Bringing slavery to America was the beginning of a solid outlook

Blaming the Democrats is more convenient than blaming themselves - but it won't win votes because nobody buys it:

  "Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) said Monday that the Democratic Party's 'war on whites … is part of the strategy that Barack Obama implemented in 2008, continued in 2012, where he divides us all on race, on sex, greed, envy, class warfare, all those kinds of things.'" 

 William F. Buckley never said GOP stood for "sore losers,..."

 

I'm Experiencing Things Different Than Other People Do

Most people - but not everyone: 

“I was 18 years old, watching the world being run by a bunch of hypocrites, is what it was. And at the same time, they were telling us how they had invented sex, how great it was to do all those drugs, they had no responsibilities, they really believed in stuff, they were super-individuals. Then along comes this incredibly repressive, selfish, racist, money-grubbing,…”

I've tasted it - and I'm never buying any of it again,...

Have Blacks Made Shows Only To Make Fun Of Whites?

Despite the fact that an average of 14.6 million Americans tune in each week to track the adventures of the Robertson family when you count DVR recordings, I've never understood the appeal. For me, the question isn't why Phil Robertson was suspended. The real mystery is why he and his family -- who run a successful business making supplies for duck hunters -- have a television show in the first place.

I have a theory. Here is what you need to keep in mind as you waddle through this controversy: The reason that "Duck Dynasty" is on television is to make liberal studio executives at A&E, and parent company Disney feel superior, while making big profits for the studio.

The Robertsons are on television so that people in New York and Los Angeles -- the kind of folks who refer to anyplace in between as "flyover country" -- can feel progressive and enlightened by comparing themselves to simple country folks in Louisiana who, according to the elites, are neither. (And can make lots of money doing so.)

"Duck Dynasty' is this era's ode to "Amos 'n' Andy." In that show -- which aired on radio and television from the 1920s through the 1960s and which was created, written and produced by white people -- Americans were given the opportunity to laugh at African-Americans, adding insult to the injury that this group of citizens was already sustaining before the civil rights movement.

Now, Americans have a new group to laugh at -- a self-described "bunch of rednecks from Louisiana."

I'm with you 100% except for one difference - however they're portrayed, Duck Dynasty signed up for the heckling of themselves and others like them:

There wasn't nothing "reality television" about Amos & Andy,...

 

Rummaging Around In The Bag (On A Red Letter Day)

Fox News blames feminism for Miley Cyrus’ VMA performance

Hitler Was Beta

So i was checking a German Astronomy book...

GOP Rep: It’s “arrogant” to think humans caused climate change

The surprising story of how religion-based alternative medicine gained mainstream acceptance

Alternative Treatments Could See Wide Acceptance Thanks to Obamacare

Alternative Medicine Providers Show Their Greedy Side

Fewer students at Utah universities after Mormon mission change

Confessions of an ex-Mormon

Living History: A sugar high never lasts — just ask the Mormon church

It’s too easy to be a happiness guru these days

Buddhists burn Muslim homes and shops in Burma

Monique Rathbun: wife of former Scientology executive, Marty Rathbun, accuses church of filming her

Book review: ‘Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson’ by Jeff Guinn 

 

$ee, If You've Got Al Gore Working On The BIG $cam,...

C'mon, My Homies In Crime, let's talk about how The Real Dawgs roll: 

 How much $money$ do you think your buddies made, Ann and Glenn, by imploring people for years to "stock up!" based on the fear drummed up from their totally-over hyped lightbulb Y2K nonsense?

"The House on Wednesday voted to block the enforcement of light bulb standards that many say would effectively force people to buy more expensive compact fluorescent bulbs."

However much it is, Ann's forgotten already,... 

 

I Think The Phrase Is "Stupid Is As Stupid Does"

Hat Tip: iOwnTheWorld

Go Inside, Lock The Door, Stay There - SCREAM

True story:

We're talking to a guy, when Suzanne Somers comes on TV and he asks us what we think of her. We say we don't like her, naturally, she spreads misinformation that gets people killed. When we ask what he thinks, he replies, a little miffed, "I think she's smart because she's made a whole lot of money."

A little while later, the topic turns to a local talent agency that sells head shots for inflated prices, and when we ask what he thinks of them he angrily spits back, "I hate those guys - I've heard they're a rip-off."

And so it goes,....

Not Well Red (But Extremely Well-Ridden)

Sigh. Does nothing ever change about NewAge - or NewAgers? Can't even one of them ever invent something useful? Will not one of them ever break the mold? Must they all be mental midgets?

To anyone wondering how Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, has found herself in this latest ugly episode, I'll let Tina Brown clue you in to the key issue - and, keep in mind, this is from someone who "always found her a sympathetic figure":

"Her naïveté is almost deranged, but what can you expect? Like her onetime sister-in-law Princess Diana—but without Di’s pedigree or trust fund—Fergie left school at 18 and was educated for nothing except horsey infidelity in the shires.

She had a weakness for health quacks and palm readers. One of her favorites in the Diana years was the Greek medium Madame Vasso in North London, who provided a blue plastic pyramid in which Fergie sat to be cleansed and healed.

She was always nuts."

Say it with me: yes she was. Just "like her onetime sister-in-law Princess Diana,..." But, I ask you, how many people do you think ever bothered to inform Fergie she's fruitloops?

You know, like, to her bug-eyed face?

Isn't that what friends are for?

Didn't anyone (her family, the equally-crazy Elton John, a psychic or seer, or someone else that would be willing to sit in a blue plastic pyramid with her) ever consider that - if they were ever straight-up with Fergie - the poor dumb slut probably wouldn't always be popping up in these situations?

As I'm sure you know (because I've said it a billion-and-one times) I have an extremely hard time feeling sympathy for NewAgers because - as Fergie's latest muck-up proves, again - NewAgers mostly hurt those around them.

Like, what must her daughters be thinking?

Wait - they're pretty thick, too - nevermind.

Well, maybe look at Prince Andrew, who first had to suffer Fergie's (typically NewAge) infidelity, which led to their (typically NewAge) divorce, and, ever since, he has had to defend his honor - and is now also hoping to keep his job - all because his delusionally dense and (typically NewAge) over-sexed goof of an ex-wife was always too (typically NewAge) greedy, too (typically NewAge) arrogant, and too (typically NewAge) stupid to be believed.

And - before anyone writes in, trying to whitewash her, as they did Diana - let's not take the spotlight off of the adulterous suck-my-toes side of "The Duchess":

Yessiree, that's just the sort of imagery that always melts the heart.

Sarah Ferguson, you poor, poor thing.

And now that I've allowed myself to see The Real Sarah Ferguson again - and just like with my own NewAge ex - I'm growing tired of putzing around with this loony bitch, so let's get this over with:

Like most NewAgers, Sarah Ferguson is nothing more than another in our very-very-long line of stupid, ugly, immature, immoral, idiotic, two-bit celebrity whores, seemingly "educated for nothing except horsey infidelity in the shires."

Which, needless to say, she's already accomplished.

What's different about Fergie is - we now know for sure - like most NewAgers, she's living a little bit lower, and cums a little bit cheaper, than all the rest combined.

Looking At It I Can See How That Could Happen

"I quit the media game. I'm out. I'm done. I just want to play my guitar.

I fell into a wormhole of selfishness, greediness and arrogance. In the quest to be clever, forgot about the people who love me and that I love."

-- John Mayer, interrupting a performance in Nashville, Tennessee - and ending his latest troubles on a good note - even though he was crying, and had become Entertainment News.

Yellow-Bellied Cowards And Backstabbers

"In the world of the Simpsons, people are capable of bottomless cruelty, greed, and hypocrisy -- indeed, these traits are so widely shared that they go unremarked upon. The show doesn't make a joke about, or even highlight, this violent hypocrisy. It's just accepted. That's how people are."

-- Jonathan Chait, explaining what I like most about 20 years of The Simpsons - and what I despise most about a lifetime spent with real people living like cartoons - as I keep a wary but watchful eye on both, with The New Republic.

Things will change when y'all do,...