<?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/2009/10/wednesday-open-thread-65/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/wednesday-open-thread-65/</link> <description>A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:52:42 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1</generator> <item><title>By: Here's more for ya</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/wednesday-open-thread-65/comment-page-1/#comment-629676</link> <dc:creator>Here's more for ya</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:35:30 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=16048#comment-629676</guid> <description>&lt;strong&gt;Another Title...&lt;/strong&gt;I saw this really good post today. Was very interesting....</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Another Title&#8230;</strong></p><p>I saw this really good post today. Was very interesting&#8230;.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: African mango plus</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/wednesday-open-thread-65/comment-page-1/#comment-556285</link> <dc:creator>African mango plus</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:22:32 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=16048#comment-556285</guid> <description>&lt;strong&gt;&quot;get the word out about it, setup blogs/articles with sites such as blogger, squidoo, ezine articles and get your site/blogs location in them, also make sure you add some of the SEO add-ins to your wordpress blog so you&#039;ll get better ranked in the ...&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;You might want to put a link to your blog in your question since it depends on the contents. You may want to put a link in a related forum or facebook group.&quot;...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>&#8220;get the word out about it, setup blogs/articles with sites such as blogger, squidoo, ezine articles and get your site/blogs location in them, also make sure you add some of the SEO add-ins to your wordpress blog so you&#8217;ll get better ranked in the &#8230;</strong></p><p>&#8220;You might want to put a link to your blog in your question since it depends on the contents. You may want to put a link in a related forum or facebook group.&#8221;&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: African mango plus</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/wednesday-open-thread-65/comment-page-1/#comment-555278</link> <dc:creator>African mango plus</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 03:28:01 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=16048#comment-555278</guid> <description>&lt;strong&gt;&quot;Wordpress is great platform for something like that, it&#039;s a super easy to install and us for a CMS. You&#039;ll be happy with it.&quot;...&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;You shouldn&#039;t have a problem. It&#039;s an editor. It will work. You don&#039;t need anything fancy to work with a wordpress theme. Notepad will do.&quot;...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>&#8220;WordPress is great platform for something like that, it&#8217;s a super easy to install and us for a CMS. You&#8217;ll be happy with it.&#8221;&#8230;</strong></p><p>&#8220;You shouldn&#8217;t have a problem. It&#8217;s an editor. It will work. You don&#8217;t need anything fancy to work with a wordpress theme. Notepad will do.&#8221;&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Acai Berry select reviews</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/wednesday-open-thread-65/comment-page-1/#comment-554025</link> <dc:creator>Acai Berry select reviews</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 03:58:37 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=16048#comment-554025</guid> <description>&lt;strong&gt;&quot;i wouldnt trust it dont do it&quot;...&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;try thesis theme&quot;...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>&#8220;i wouldnt trust it dont do it&#8221;&#8230;</strong></p><p>&#8220;try thesis theme&#8221;&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Conveyancing Solicitor</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/wednesday-open-thread-65/comment-page-1/#comment-535667</link> <dc:creator>Conveyancing Solicitor</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:50:10 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=16048#comment-535667</guid> <description>&lt;strong&gt;Conveyancing Solicitor...&lt;/strong&gt;[...]here are some links to sites that we link to because we think they are worth visiting[...]...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Conveyancing Solicitor&#8230;</strong></p><p>[...]here are some links to sites that we link to because we think they are worth visiting[...]&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: BlackAmericanPrincess</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/wednesday-open-thread-65/comment-page-1/#comment-345417</link> <dc:creator>BlackAmericanPrincess</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:02:46 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=16048#comment-345417</guid> <description>thanks so much rikyrah!  :)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>thanks so much rikyrah!  :)</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: BlackAmericanPrincess</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/wednesday-open-thread-65/comment-page-1/#comment-306963</link> <dc:creator>BlackAmericanPrincess</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:02:46 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=16048#comment-306963</guid> <description>thanks so much rikyrah!  :)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>thanks so much rikyrah!  :)</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Guns3000</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/wednesday-open-thread-65/comment-page-1/#comment-306673</link> <dc:creator>Guns3000</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:21:53 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=16048#comment-306673</guid> <description>What some people fail to realize is that most of these numbers are a look back.  GDP was up last quarter 3.6 percent.  It may not feel like it but the recession is officially over.  If you do any historical research of any recession.  The numbers improve and the last thing to come are the jobs.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What some people fail to realize is that most of these numbers are a look back.  GDP was up last quarter 3.6 percent.  It may not feel like it but the recession is officially over.  If you do any historical research of any recession.  The numbers improve and the last thing to come are the jobs.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ecthompson</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/wednesday-open-thread-65/comment-page-1/#comment-306406</link> <dc:creator>ecthompson</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:34:37 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=16048#comment-306406</guid> <description>100% correct but the Republican noise machine is trying to whip up fears among Americans that Obama&#039;s plan is not working.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>100% correct but the Republican noise machine is trying to whip up fears among Americans that Obama&#39;s plan is not working.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: montanaduse</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/wednesday-open-thread-65/comment-page-1/#comment-306172</link> <dc:creator>montanaduse</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:59:04 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=16048#comment-306172</guid> <description>medical sales jobs have been lost as medical suppliers prepare for Obamacare.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gorillamedicalsales.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.gorillamedicalsales.com&lt;/a&gt;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>medical sales jobs have been lost as medical suppliers prepare for Obamacare.</p><p><a href="http://www.gorillamedicalsales.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.gorillamedicalsales.com</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: montanaduse</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/wednesday-open-thread-65/comment-page-1/#comment-306171</link> <dc:creator>montanaduse</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:57:57 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=16048#comment-306171</guid> <description>Obama&#039;s health care reform will cost this nation 500,000 more jobs.  Can we afford this?  In my business, medical sales, we have already lost 20,000 jobs in medical sales.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gorillamedicalsales.com/blog&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.gorillamedicalsales.com/blog&lt;/a&gt;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama&#39;s health care reform will cost this nation 500,000 more jobs.  Can we afford this?  In my business, medical sales, we have already lost 20,000 jobs in medical sales.</p><p><a href="http://www.gorillamedicalsales.com/blog" rel="nofollow">http://www.gorillamedicalsales.com/blog</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: CraigHickman</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/wednesday-open-thread-65/comment-page-1/#comment-306165</link> <dc:creator>CraigHickman</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:49:43 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=16048#comment-306165</guid> <description>Wow. What a breath of fresh air in the midst of so much putridity. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I told a friend that I found it very curious that all of Clinton loyalists have been all over the television crapping all over Obama of late. She thought I was about to start ripping into the Clintons again (she loves them both but isn&#039;t a loyalist, so she can be persuaded) and told me to give it up. I told her the only thing worse than the Clintons are their blind followers who seek to take down anyone who has ever done their king and queen any wrong. As they perceive it, of course. They smile in your face and stab you in your back. All of them can jump into the fire pit.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When Lanny Davis showed up on the Ed Show, I knew it was time to turn off politics again.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow. What a breath of fresh air in the midst of so much putridity.</p><p>I told a friend that I found it very curious that all of Clinton loyalists have been all over the television crapping all over Obama of late. She thought I was about to start ripping into the Clintons again (she loves them both but isn&#39;t a loyalist, so she can be persuaded) and told me to give it up. I told her the only thing worse than the Clintons are their blind followers who seek to take down anyone who has ever done their king and queen any wrong. As they perceive it, of course. They smile in your face and stab you in your back. All of them can jump into the fire pit.</p><p>When Lanny Davis showed up on the Ed Show, I knew it was time to turn off politics again.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Sepia</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/wednesday-open-thread-65/comment-page-1/#comment-306130</link> <dc:creator>Sepia</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:38:03 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=16048#comment-306130</guid> <description>STANDING OVATION!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>STANDING OVATION!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Town</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/wednesday-open-thread-65/comment-page-1/#comment-306119</link> <dc:creator>Town</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:22:10 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=16048#comment-306119</guid> <description>And it&#039;s also hard for white voters, per se, to see how their lives would be made any better, or worse, by having Deeds in power.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;THAT is the core issue, not whether black voters are enthusiastic for Deeds or not.  WHITE VOTERS are not enthusiastic for Deeds and they never were from the time he won the primary.  So all of this &quot;black folks won&#039;t vote for Deeds&quot; smacks of the same racism that led people to say &quot;Black folks are only voting 9 to 1 for Obama because he&#039;s black&quot; even though Black folks vote 9 to 1 for whoever the Democratic nominee is, regardless of color.  Last time I checked, Al Gore was a pasty, stiff white guy and he got 90% of the black vote when he ran back in &#039;00.  In fact he got more of the black vote than Clinton did either time he ran.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So I need for &quot;white progressives&quot; to stop blaming Deeds&#039; loss on &quot;black folks not voting for him&quot; and get real as to why THEY won&#039;t vote for him.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And it&#39;s also hard for white voters, per se, to see how their lives would be made any better, or worse, by having Deeds in power.</p><p>THAT is the core issue, not whether black voters are enthusiastic for Deeds or not.  WHITE VOTERS are not enthusiastic for Deeds and they never were from the time he won the primary.  So all of this &#8220;black folks won&#39;t vote for Deeds&#8221; smacks of the same racism that led people to say &#8220;Black folks are only voting 9 to 1 for Obama because he&#39;s black&#8221; even though Black folks vote 9 to 1 for whoever the Democratic nominee is, regardless of color.  Last time I checked, Al Gore was a pasty, stiff white guy and he got 90% of the black vote when he ran back in &#39;00.  In fact he got more of the black vote than Clinton did either time he ran.</p><p>So I need for &#8220;white progressives&#8221; to stop blaming Deeds&#39; loss on &#8220;black folks not voting for him&#8221; and get real as to why THEY won&#39;t vote for him.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Miranda</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/wednesday-open-thread-65/comment-page-1/#comment-306115</link> <dc:creator>Miranda</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:21:11 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=16048#comment-306115</guid> <description>Word</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Word</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: rikyrah</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/wednesday-open-thread-65/comment-page-1/#comment-306103</link> <dc:creator>rikyrah</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:07:09 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=16048#comment-306103</guid> <description>AFTERNOON OPEN THREAD IS UP</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AFTERNOON OPEN THREAD IS UP</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Val</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/wednesday-open-thread-65/comment-page-1/#comment-306097</link> <dc:creator>Val</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:59:01 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=16048#comment-306097</guid> <description>&quot;it&#039;s hard for black voters, per se, to see how their lives would be made any better, or worse, by having Deeds in power. &quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;excellent point. That is the core the issue.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;it&#39;s hard for black voters, per se, to see how their lives would be made any better, or worse, by having Deeds in power. &#8220;</p><p>excellent point. That is the core the issue.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Town</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/wednesday-open-thread-65/comment-page-1/#comment-306090</link> <dc:creator>Town</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:35:10 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=16048#comment-306090</guid> <description>&quot;African American problems.  Deeds has had exceptional difficulty attracting black voters. The endorsement of BET co-founder Sheila Johnson sapped all the energy from his efforts to reach out.  Why didn&#039;t Gov. Tim Kaine throw himself in front of Johnson&#039;s ambitious decision to endorse McDonnell?  There are different theories.  Assuming that racial pride plays a role in enhancing black turnout, Obama&#039;s links to Deeds are few; and it&#039;s hard for black voters, per se, to see how their lives would be made any better, or worse, by having Deeds in power.  Democrats haven&#039;t yet figured out how to campaign for black votes without responding to an archetypal &quot;black voter.&quot;  Doug Wilder&#039;s endorsement? Wilder always plays Hamlet, but his eventual nod seems to have been assumed and not worked for. That was a mistake.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This is from Ambinder&#039;s column.  Again the stage is being set that when/if Deeds loses on Tuesday, the blame will be heaped on black Virginians.  Where is the evidence that black people don&#039;t like Deeds and won&#039;t vote for him?  Because Sheila Johnson and Doug Wilder say so?  Most people are not checking for Doug Wilder these days and Sheila Johnson doesn&#039;t spend her time with black folks, she spends her time schmoozing it up with the white folks in Horse Country.  If you ask the average black person about &quot;Sheila Johnson&quot; they will not know who you are talking about, and if they do she will be referred to as &quot;that BET lady.&quot;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;African American problems.  Deeds has had exceptional difficulty attracting black voters. The endorsement of BET co-founder Sheila Johnson sapped all the energy from his efforts to reach out.  Why didn&#39;t Gov. Tim Kaine throw himself in front of Johnson&#39;s ambitious decision to endorse McDonnell?  There are different theories.  Assuming that racial pride plays a role in enhancing black turnout, Obama&#39;s links to Deeds are few; and it&#39;s hard for black voters, per se, to see how their lives would be made any better, or worse, by having Deeds in power.  Democrats haven&#39;t yet figured out how to campaign for black votes without responding to an archetypal &#8220;black voter.&#8221;  Doug Wilder&#39;s endorsement? Wilder always plays Hamlet, but his eventual nod seems to have been assumed and not worked for. That was a mistake.&#8221;</p><p>This is from Ambinder&#39;s column.  Again the stage is being set that when/if Deeds loses on Tuesday, the blame will be heaped on black Virginians.  Where is the evidence that black people don&#39;t like Deeds and won&#39;t vote for him?  Because Sheila Johnson and Doug Wilder say so?  Most people are not checking for Doug Wilder these days and Sheila Johnson doesn&#39;t spend her time with black folks, she spends her time schmoozing it up with the white folks in Horse Country.  If you ask the average black person about &#8220;Sheila Johnson&#8221; they will not know who you are talking about, and if they do she will be referred to as &#8220;that BET lady.&#8221;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Shazza</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/wednesday-open-thread-65/comment-page-1/#comment-306086</link> <dc:creator>Shazza</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:26:50 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=16048#comment-306086</guid> <description>Wow, what a GREAT rant! Loves it!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, what a GREAT rant! Loves it!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: djchefron</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/10/wednesday-open-thread-65/comment-page-1/#comment-306080</link> <dc:creator>djchefron</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:00:45 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=16048#comment-306080</guid> <description>The Great Risk Shift: Understanding American Capitalism &lt;br&gt;by bruh3, Mon Oct 26, 2009 at 10:54:59 AM EST&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The bailout of the banking industry was the result of decades of Reagan policy making carried out by both Democratic and Republican neoliberals that shifted risk from corporations to the American public.  It is only the tip of iceberg. This shifting of risk is the flip side of the coin to wage stagnation and deflation that acts to increase the debt and loses of the American people. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To understand, why this is the case requires an understanding of what risk is.  This is not an easy task.  However, to have a working definition, let&#039;s just say that risk is the chance in any given transaction for one to be a winner or a loser. It is the concept of working the odds. What are the  odds that you will obtain a job that will cover your debt from college?  What are the odds that you will have enough money to pay for health care premiums and save money? What are odds of bank failure if they are too big to fail?&lt;br&gt;Read More&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mydd.com/story/2009/10/26/105459/11&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.mydd.com/story/2009/10/26/105459/11&lt;/a&gt;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Great Risk Shift: Understanding American Capitalism <br />by bruh3, Mon Oct 26, 2009 at 10:54:59 AM EST</p><p>The bailout of the banking industry was the result of decades of Reagan policy making carried out by both Democratic and Republican neoliberals that shifted risk from corporations to the American public.  It is only the tip of iceberg. This shifting of risk is the flip side of the coin to wage stagnation and deflation that acts to increase the debt and loses of the American people.</p><p>To understand, why this is the case requires an understanding of what risk is.  This is not an easy task.  However, to have a working definition, let&#39;s just say that risk is the chance in any given transaction for one to be a winner or a loser. It is the concept of working the odds. What are the  odds that you will obtain a job that will cover your debt from college?  What are the odds that you will have enough money to pay for health care premiums and save money? What are odds of bank failure if they are too big to fail?<br />Read More<br /><a href="http://www.mydd.com/story/2009/10/26/105459/11" rel="nofollow">http://www.mydd.com/story/2009/10/26/105459/11</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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