Comments on: Afternoon Open Thread

By: Rhondacoca

Rhondacoca — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:22:21 +0000

Umm...

There are studies that have been around long before Obama that showed that black parents actually are more involved in schools than white parents and black students have better attendance and attend more after school programs.

Tim Wise even wrote an article higlighting this in 2002?

Enough with the Messiah garbege. They are now publishing stuff because of Obama and behaving as if it is new.

By: morphus

morphus — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:59:58 +0000

I agree black parents in some circles are held up as models because of their efforts to ensure their children receive education. I have observed falsehoods about the black community held up as truisms used to make policy decisions for the past 30+ years being slowly replaced with factual information.

Other areas where I have observed a receding tide of bad information, is health care and criminal justice. Have you observed the same?

By: Rhondacoca

Rhondacoca — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:22:21 +0000

By: malletgirl02

malletgirl02 — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:45:59 +0000

After that no one should that anything that Laffer says seriously ever again.

By: sagittarius

sagittarius — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:06:19 +0000

LOL

By: Muzikal203

Muzikal203 — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:02:53 +0000

Actually, while Obama has said he'd like single payer, he's said repeatedly that it's not foreseeable. What exactly is so bad about single player in your mind?

By: womanistmusings

womanistmusings — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:53:50 +0000

Yeah and I second that

By: Miranda

Miranda — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:39:48 +0000

Illinois Sues Wells Fargo for Biased Lending

Chicago – Wells Fargo targeted African-Americans and Latinos for risky, subprime mortgage loans with “reverse redlining” practices, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says in Cook County Court. The 62-page complaint accuses the bank of a litany of biased and fraudulent practices during the “heyday” of subprime lending.
Madigan says Wells Fargo charged blacks and Latinos much more for mortgages than white borrowers with the same income – and even with lower incomes.
Madigan cites a 2007 story from the “Chicago Reporter” that reported 34 percent of African-American borrowers who earned more than $120,000 received high-cost loans from Wells Fargo, compared to only 22 percent of white borrowers who earned less than $40,000.
Full Story: http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/08/05/Illino...

By: RobM

RobM — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:29:41 +0000

HEH! HEh! Heh! heh!
I was wondering when the courts were going to reassert their authority.

By: RobM

RobM — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:27:55 +0000

Here is one way(I picked this up indirectly form the article posted); Involve the athletes in nutrution education:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/education/200908...

Another is to make science a hands on project:
http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/redflag/gridphi...

By: Miranda

Miranda — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:20:11 +0000

But he's the anti-christ so lightning bolts wont do anything to him! Oh wait…no he's the Messiah…oh well….in wingnuttia, its all the same thing.

By: Plantsmantx

Plantsmantx — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:09:41 +0000

Yeah, so do I. Either that, or I play find the actual source of its unsourced cut/pastes.

By: D.

D. — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:07:23 +0000

He better bring money, in that case.

I'm old and have a gut, but I can take him.

By: Lilytiger

Lilytiger — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:02:49 +0000

I play spot the lie when I read consevo's post..that is when I read more than the first sentence. I used to read them all the way through. I feel better now and have much more time to pursue my goals. It is like quitting The OC. My brain cells have grown back and now I am interested in the world at large.

LOL, kidding as I have never watched the OC.

By: Lilytiger

Lilytiger — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:55:38 +0000

Where the Hell is Karmi when you need him??

By: Lilytiger

Lilytiger — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:53:58 +0000

That made me laugh. Oh D, I swear you are so funny.

And I like Franken but that truly, was too funny.

By: spirit_55z

spirit_55z — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:53:15 +0000

I'm sorry, MsKitty. Stupidity should be branded a mental disorder.

Here, take a few of these: http://discounthealthproducts.co.uk/images/aspi...

By: Lilytiger

Lilytiger — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:50:44 +0000

If you lived in Seattle, you would see a bunch of white people playing it. And not too well either.

I believe the first time I saw it was in the moving Apollo 13 and the Aboriginals also blew fire and spark up to the heavens to the astronauts.

By: spirit_55z

spirit_55z — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:47:55 +0000

Conserv1 loves it here at JJP. No one at stormfront, redstate, freepers, et.al can entertain IT the way we do it.

IT feels IT is far more superior on on the black blog… ya know trying to edumacate the knee-grows, and give them some of that old time religion.

By: Lisa M

Lisa M — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:44:38 +0000

He could also put you in a Figure 4 if you get out of hand. He used to wrestle.