<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Wednesday Open Thread</title> <atom:link href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/wednesday-open-thread-49/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/wednesday-open-thread-49/</link> <description>A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:30:42 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1</generator> <item><title>By: whiterosebuddy</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/wednesday-open-thread-49/comment-page-1/#comment-351877</link> <dc:creator>whiterosebuddy</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:19:41 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12863#comment-351877</guid> <description>America does not need THAT kind of entertainment. You right Muzikal..just go away.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>America does not need THAT kind of entertainment. You right Muzikal..just go away.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: whiterosebuddy</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/wednesday-open-thread-49/comment-page-1/#comment-351876</link> <dc:creator>whiterosebuddy</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:17:50 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12863#comment-351876</guid> <description>O, but he probably is not a racist, he is worst than a racist...he used racism for political gain..that is low and immoral..to appeal to the worst of human nature for personal gain.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>O, but he probably is not a racist, he is worst than a racist&#8230;he used racism for political gain..that is low and immoral..to appeal to the worst of human nature for personal gain.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: malletgirl02</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/wednesday-open-thread-49/comment-page-1/#comment-351875</link> <dc:creator>malletgirl02</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:09:26 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12863#comment-351875</guid> <description>Also, Walter Francis White who was the executive secretary of the NAACP from 1931-1955 if you didn&#039;t know if racial background already if you looked at a picture of him you would think he was a white man.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Also, Walter Francis White who was the executive secretary of the NAACP from 1931-1955 if you didn&#39;t know if racial background already if you looked at a picture of him you would think he was a white man.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: malletgirl02</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/wednesday-open-thread-49/comment-page-1/#comment-351874</link> <dc:creator>malletgirl02</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:01:54 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12863#comment-351874</guid> <description>I didn&#039;t realize there were blacks in Russia, then again I didn&#039;t know there were blacks in Iraq. One thing I heard that one of Russia&#039;s greatest writers Alexander Puskin might have been mixed.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I didn&#39;t realize there were blacks in Russia, then again I didn&#39;t know there were blacks in Iraq. One thing I heard that one of Russia&#39;s greatest writers Alexander Puskin might have been mixed.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: malletgirl02</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/wednesday-open-thread-49/comment-page-1/#comment-351873</link> <dc:creator>malletgirl02</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:59:17 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12863#comment-351873</guid> <description>I posted his column the other day on the Serena Williams threads. I thought I was the only one who that Herbert drunk as you say haterade. Yes Jackson had his problems, but in his column it seem like Herbert was blaming Jackson for Regan and all the other ills in our society after the Regan presidency.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I posted his column the other day on the Serena Williams threads. I thought I was the only one who that Herbert drunk as you say haterade. Yes Jackson had his problems, but in his column it seem like Herbert was blaming Jackson for Regan and all the other ills in our society after the Regan presidency.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: malletgirl02</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/wednesday-open-thread-49/comment-page-1/#comment-351872</link> <dc:creator>malletgirl02</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:49:32 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12863#comment-351872</guid> <description>I think it is part of white privilege. I know this is a generalization, but you won&#039;t find a black person who is as ignorant of white culture, as a many white people are about black people. In order to get by in this country black people need to be up on white culture. Unfortunately, even though black people have been in this country since the beginning most white people don&#039;t care to learn about us. As a result you see the ignorance many people here had taken issue with.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think it is part of white privilege. I know this is a generalization, but you won&#39;t find a black person who is as ignorant of white culture, as a many white people are about black people. In order to get by in this country black people need to be up on white culture. Unfortunately, even though black people have been in this country since the beginning most white people don&#39;t care to learn about us. As a result you see the ignorance many people here had taken issue with.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: whiterosebuddy</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/wednesday-open-thread-49/comment-page-1/#comment-231657</link> <dc:creator>whiterosebuddy</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:19:41 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12863#comment-231657</guid> <description>America does not need THAT kind of entertainment. You right Muzikal..just go away.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>America does not need THAT kind of entertainment. You right Muzikal..just go away.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: whiterosebuddy</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/wednesday-open-thread-49/comment-page-1/#comment-231656</link> <dc:creator>whiterosebuddy</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:17:50 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12863#comment-231656</guid> <description>O, but he probably is not a racist, he is worst than a racist...he used racism for political gain..that is low and immoral..to appeal to the worst of human nature for personal gain.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>O, but he probably is not a racist, he is worst than a racist&#8230;he used racism for political gain..that is low and immoral..to appeal to the worst of human nature for personal gain.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: malletgirl02</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/wednesday-open-thread-49/comment-page-1/#comment-231629</link> <dc:creator>malletgirl02</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:09:26 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12863#comment-231629</guid> <description>Also, Walter Francis White who was the executive secretary of the NAACP from 1931-1955 if you didn&#039;t know if racial background already if you looked at a picture of him you would think he was a white man.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Also, Walter Francis White who was the executive secretary of the NAACP from 1931-1955 if you didn&#39;t know if racial background already if you looked at a picture of him you would think he was a white man.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: malletgirl02</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/wednesday-open-thread-49/comment-page-1/#comment-231622</link> <dc:creator>malletgirl02</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:01:54 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12863#comment-231622</guid> <description>I didn&#039;t realize there were blacks in Russia, then again I didn&#039;t know there were blacks in Iraq. One thing I heard that one of Russia&#039;s greatest writers Alexander Puskin might have been mixed.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I didn&#39;t realize there were blacks in Russia, then again I didn&#39;t know there were blacks in Iraq. One thing I heard that one of Russia&#39;s greatest writers Alexander Puskin might have been mixed.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: malletgirl02</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/wednesday-open-thread-49/comment-page-1/#comment-231620</link> <dc:creator>malletgirl02</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:59:17 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12863#comment-231620</guid> <description>I posted his column the other day on the Serena Williams threads. I thought I was the only one who that Herbert drunk as you say haterade. Yes Jackson had his problems, but in his column it seem like Herbert was blaming Jackson for Regan and all the other ills in our society after the Regan presidency.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I posted his column the other day on the Serena Williams threads. I thought I was the only one who that Herbert drunk as you say haterade. Yes Jackson had his problems, but in his column it seem like Herbert was blaming Jackson for Regan and all the other ills in our society after the Regan presidency.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: malletgirl02</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/wednesday-open-thread-49/comment-page-1/#comment-231612</link> <dc:creator>malletgirl02</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:49:32 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12863#comment-231612</guid> <description>I think it is part of white privilege. I know this is a generalization, but you won&#039;t find a black person who is as ignorant of white culture, as a many white people are about black people. In order to get by in this country black people need to be up on white culture. Unfortunately, even though black people have been in this country since the beginning most white people don&#039;t care to learn about us. As a result you see the ignorance many people here had taken issue with.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think it is part of white privilege. I know this is a generalization, but you won&#39;t find a black person who is as ignorant of white culture, as a many white people are about black people. In order to get by in this country black people need to be up on white culture. Unfortunately, even though black people have been in this country since the beginning most white people don&#39;t care to learn about us. As a result you see the ignorance many people here had taken issue with.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Justice58</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/wednesday-open-thread-49/comment-page-1/#comment-231486</link> <dc:creator>Justice58</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:53:54 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12863#comment-231486</guid> <description>Yes she does!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes she does!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spirit_55z</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/wednesday-open-thread-49/comment-page-1/#comment-231484</link> <dc:creator>spirit_55z</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:51:49 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12863#comment-231484</guid> <description>&quot;White people have missed out on so much being so damn stupid.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now who is the MASTER and who is the slave?</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;White people have missed out on so much being so damn stupid.&#8221;</p><p>Now who is the MASTER and who is the slave?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: whiterosebuddy</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/wednesday-open-thread-49/comment-page-1/#comment-231483</link> <dc:creator>whiterosebuddy</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:50:43 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12863#comment-231483</guid> <description>Awwww....beautiful!! Thanks</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Awwww&#8230;.beautiful!! Thanks</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: whiterosebuddy</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/wednesday-open-thread-49/comment-page-1/#comment-231482</link> <dc:creator>whiterosebuddy</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:49:34 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12863#comment-231482</guid> <description>&quot;despite its name, the moonwalk doesn&#039;t actually have anything to do with defying gravity.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Yep..you&#039;re right!..he used it in the video Smooth Criminal, where he leans forward beyond his center of gravity...MJ was meticulous about his craft..the platform he was on had pegs to hold him.  The other dancers had on the shoes as well as him.  Love, that MJ genius! That is what Magic was talking about when he said he made him a better point guard..it was the devotion to his craft, that inspired Magic as well when he was on tour with MJ and saw how he orchestrated everything..just as a point guard does on the floor.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;(that&#039;s why it&#039;s easier for people to learn how to do it in socks &amp; on a slick floor)&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thanks moja!!  Cuz, y&#039;know I done tried it!!  (w/o success, lol)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;despite its name, the moonwalk doesn&#39;t actually have anything to do with defying gravity.&#8221;</p><p>Yep..you&#39;re right!..he used it in the video Smooth Criminal, where he leans forward beyond his center of gravity&#8230;MJ was meticulous about his craft..the platform he was on had pegs to hold him.  The other dancers had on the shoes as well as him.  Love, that MJ genius! That is what Magic was talking about when he said he made him a better point guard..it was the devotion to his craft, that inspired Magic as well when he was on tour with MJ and saw how he orchestrated everything..just as a point guard does on the floor.</p><p>&#8220;(that&#39;s why it&#39;s easier for people to learn how to do it in socks &#038; on a slick floor)&#8221;</p><p>Thanks moja!!  Cuz, y&#39;know I done tried it!!  (w/o success, lol)</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: itgurl_29</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/wednesday-open-thread-49/comment-page-1/#comment-231477</link> <dc:creator>itgurl_29</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:36:56 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12863#comment-231477</guid> <description>I think this is possibly the most likely scenario. He probably bleached to get even. But the fact is, he&#039;s been even toned for a while now. I think he kept bleaching even after his skin was evened out.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think this is possibly the most likely scenario. He probably bleached to get even. But the fact is, he&#39;s been even toned for a while now. I think he kept bleaching even after his skin was evened out.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: parker404</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/wednesday-open-thread-49/comment-page-1/#comment-231473</link> <dc:creator>parker404</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:21:57 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12863#comment-231473</guid> <description>Rebbie looks damn good!  I get the feeling that she&#039;s not had much (if any) plastic surgery.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rebbie looks damn good!  I get the feeling that she&#39;s not had much (if any) plastic surgery.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: parker404</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/wednesday-open-thread-49/comment-page-1/#comment-231472</link> <dc:creator>parker404</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:15:49 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12863#comment-231472</guid> <description>&quot;Soon and Very Soon&quot; is one of my all time favorites, but as soon as the Andrae Crouch Singers performed the &quot;going to see the King&quot; line, I knew some idiot would assume it was about the King of Pop (and Greatest Entertainer Ever).  White people have missed out on so much being so damn stupid.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Soon and Very Soon&#8221; is one of my all time favorites, but as soon as the Andrae Crouch Singers performed the &#8220;going to see the King&#8221; line, I knew some idiot would assume it was about the King of Pop (and Greatest Entertainer Ever).  White people have missed out on so much being so damn stupid.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spirit_55z</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/wednesday-open-thread-49/comment-page-1/#comment-231465</link> <dc:creator>spirit_55z</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:59:26 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12863#comment-231465</guid> <description>Word.  Bob Herbert wasn&#039;t trying to give decent props to MJ.  Yet he can&lt;br&gt;defend Joan Walsh.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Bob Herbert: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wwf.org.au/assets/tommy-turtle-logo.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.wwf.org.au/assets/tommy-turtle-logo.jpg&lt;/a&gt;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Word.  Bob Herbert wasn&#39;t trying to give decent props to MJ.  Yet he can<br />defend Joan Walsh.</p><p>Bob Herbert: <a href="http://www.wwf.org.au/assets/tommy-turtle-logo.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.wwf.org.au/assets/tommy-turtle-logo.jpg</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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