Comments on: Monday Open Thread

By: 英文家教

英文家教 — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:42:12 +0000

As individuals I think by learning something new it expands and improves who and what we are. Everyone should keep learning and never stop.

By: NMP

NMP — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:12:10 +0000

I trust your judgement, Craig.
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By: NMP

NMP — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:11:11 +0000

Someone else made that point, and it's a very good point!
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By: NMP

NMP — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:11:10 +0000

Good point!
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By: NMP

NMP — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:12:10 +0000

I trust your judgement, Craig.
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By: NMP

NMP — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:11:11 +0000

By: NMP

NMP — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:11:10 +0000

Good point!
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By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:04:01 +0000

hustleandfloe: ". . . . one-blade ceiling fan. . . " ROTHLMHO!!!! :>)

I am tha -rough!!:>) :>)

Obama-Biden '08!

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:09:33 +0000

lamh: I will go "Field Trippin'"! Thanks. :>)

Obama-Biden '08!

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:50:32 +0000

rikyrah: BUT, it will be interesting IF "The Gov." is among the witnesses! :>)

Obama-Biden '08!>/b

By: hustleandfloe

hustleandfloe — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:27:59 +0000

shameless big up to Roland Martin, if only because he's the exact same brother he's been since the days at Texas A&M – hustling harder than a one-blade ceiling fan at his journalism craft – (even while on line. nah – the old kind, nobody's “online” in '87 cept those few in computer lab) sweatpants, high top sneaks (I think the Olajuwon's – paying H-town respect)…and steno pad glued to hand. we were 1200 black students of total enrollment 43,000 (surprise, the numbers are the same from 1986 today… no surprise) – and he made a real mark, as many of those 1200. good to see him stirring conversation on screen.

By: rikyrah

rikyrah — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:11:51 +0000

this trial doesn't seem that complicated.

he had income he didn't report.

I hope they nail him.

By: lamh

lamh — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:34:17 +0000

Hey guys,

I've got a new diary up on Dkos talking about Urban Radio Host, and the AA community.

Once You Go Black...Pollsters Underestimating African American Voter Turnout

By: hustleandfloe

hustleandfloe — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:21:22 +0000

thx for this. this whole "I know it because I'm next to it" osmotic method of expertise-havin' is the worst result of our newly palin-driven populism, the kind that's not good for people 'cause it's a fake populism.

my brother has been deployed a bundh of times in places all over the world. we talk, but I can't extrapolate that into knowledge of national security. Besides, he, just like Palin's son, has a whole lot of stuff that he CANNOT tell me, anyway. This whole Alaska's Next To Russia notion of Furn Polissy totally devalues military science, education, experience, specialization, and all kinds of other stuff.

Frantz Fanon busted this Victorian myth of knowledge or virtue coming from direct experience when called folks out on the concept of the virtuous poor. He saw it for the de-humanizing, patronizing thing that it is. I can be broke or rich and stupid or ill-willed all interchangeably.

Apart from giving some real and necessary empathy to use in policy-making, having family over there ain't near 'bouts enough when it comes to making decisions for a nation. Some folks with kids over there say we shoulda just laid that joint flat on day one. Others say you shouldnt'a sent my kid there in the first place.

Which one should be President? (The second, but not by resume.)

By: antennaness

antennaness — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:14:52 +0000

thx hustleandfloe. Its really ironic that Palin represents the the dark side (knight), I guess sadly the joker would be race. She had been brought in as the great white hope to save the day.

By: monica

monica — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:01:58 +0000

i thought this was interesting…from bloomberg

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070...

By: Town

Town — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:59:11 +0000

Dang, next they'll say if she eats cous cous she's an expert on the Middle East.

By: hustleandfloe

hustleandfloe — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:30:42 +0000

antennaness. thx for this. dead on and cleanly worded opinion to be taken, unfortunately, very seriously.

By: TRW

TRW — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:10:08 +0000

FYI—William Donaldson is a Republican and has endorsed Barack, and was quoted in Bloomberg News as saying that he was talking to Barack about the housing issues as far back as a year ago.

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:54:30 +0000

Rikyrah: From my "Field Trip" to mudflats:

http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/ted-st...
Ted Stevens Trial Gears Up

Today’s the day. After three unsuccessful attempts to get the case thrown out, jury selection in the Ted Stevens trial will begin today.

SKIP

For all the good Stevens has done, there are many who think his time is over. Ex-Governor Walter Hickel, who appointed Stevens to his senate seat in 1968 has even said it’s timefor the very senior senator to retire. Stevens has deteriorated a lot in the last few years. His frequent stammering is almost incomprehensible. His belligerence is alienating many Alaskans who used to revere him. And sometimes he’s just downright embarrassing… Wearing a tie featuring the Incredible Hulk on the Senate floor, and his reference to the internet as a “series of tubes” has begun to define his national image, more than his actual policies.

SKIP

So for those of you who are suffering from Sarah-fatigue, take heart. Alaska is an endless source of the strange, the sordid, and the knee deep muck of Alaskan politics.

Mudflats is just "on it!" :>)

Obama-Biden '08!