tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post5323884838502246686..comments2024-03-27T18:24:19.683-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: The double standard on the "Is Obama Black Enough" questionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-32875223917693580312007-07-18T05:19:00.000-07:002007-07-18T05:19:00.000-07:00"Common ground," as used in leftist circles, now m..."Common ground," as used in leftist circles, now means "common ground among the proletariat - against the baddies.<BR/><BR/>The proletariat = blacks, jews, women, queers (their word!), the disabled, "First Nations" people (aka Indians), the retarded. Even if individuals in some of these groups are quite wealthy.<BR/><BR/>The baddies = white males (even if some are handicapped and poor).<BR/><BR/>So "common ground" just means "us vs. them," again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-56270510070232041312007-07-17T06:29:00.000-07:002007-07-17T06:29:00.000-07:00I believe the idea that Hitler had some Jewish anc...I believe the idea that Hitler had some Jewish ancestry has anothing to do with Grasz. Rather, his paternal grandmother worked in the home of Solomon Rothschild, known for affairs with young chambermaids. Hitler's grandmother gave birth to Hitler's father shortly after she left employment there. This child was illegitimate.<BR/>This is the basis, I think, for the rumors of "Jewishness." Even if true, the percentage would only be 1/8.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-38182086163018709362007-07-16T20:25:00.000-07:002007-07-16T20:25:00.000-07:00Re. Hitler: at least one theory is that his grandf...<I>Re. Hitler: at least one theory is that his grandfather was jewish. Look up "Schicklgruber," and don't forget to page Freud.</I><BR/><BR/>Hitler's grandfather was almost certainly not Jewish. <A HREF="http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_325b.html" REL="nofollow">Read The Straight Dope column on this matter.</A><BR/><BR/>I should note that I have heard there was one exception to the rule that Graz had no Jews. Apparently, at a certain time of the year, traveling Jewish salesmen were permitted to sell their wares in Graz. Unless Hitler's grandmother was knocked up by a traveling salesman, however, it is unlikely that Hitler's grandfather was Jewish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-25703026547339005562007-07-16T07:49:00.000-07:002007-07-16T07:49:00.000-07:00"Then Theres Hitler"...Didnt this win 1st prize at..."Then Theres Hitler"...Didnt this win 1st prize at the Worst Sitcom Premise Contest?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-67218008580737900922007-07-16T05:28:00.000-07:002007-07-16T05:28:00.000-07:00Re. Hitler: at least one theory is that his grandf...Re. Hitler: at least one theory is that his grandfather was jewish. Look up "Schicklgruber," and don't forget to page Freud.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-80415839390408082542007-07-16T05:22:00.000-07:002007-07-16T05:22:00.000-07:00"Sometimes, the middle ground doesn't hold between..."Sometimes, the middle ground doesn't hold between black and white."<BR/><BR/>Used to be called "common ground." Obsolete? Why would Whites vote for their enemy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-44298782762912751102007-07-15T19:21:00.000-07:002007-07-15T19:21:00.000-07:00I trhink Barack is not basically worried about bei...I trhink Barack is not basically worried about being "black enough." He probably needs to worry a lot about being "white enough" because, won't the blacks vote for him anyway?<BR/>JohnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-34954780110890522292007-07-15T14:24:00.000-07:002007-07-15T14:24:00.000-07:00"It's a commonplace in history for somebody of a m..."It's a commonplace in history for somebody of a mixed or marginal ethnic background to try to be more ethnocentric than thou, whether out of compensation or genuine enthusiasm: Napoleon, Eamon de Valera, and Stalin (from 1941 onward) are obvious examples."<BR/><BR/>Then there's Hitler ...Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233238451356532910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-19258033059342348602007-07-15T14:20:00.000-07:002007-07-15T14:20:00.000-07:00I love the comedy of Obama speechifyin' to his aud...I love the comedy of Obama speechifyin' to his audience about life on the tough streets of Honolulu! "Did you watch Hawaii Five-O? Man,I LIVED it!" :D I am SO not voting for this dolt!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-68306452187338954172007-07-15T13:00:00.000-07:002007-07-15T13:00:00.000-07:00Barack Obama will not go farther than he has for o...Barack Obama will not go farther than he has for one simple reason: Identity Politics.<BR/><BR/>Identity Politics creates winners and losers within the Identity Politics spoils system. For Blacks who were fairly well organized politically, the spoils (Affirmative Action, handcuffed criminal justice system and policing) have made them winners within that system. Losers: Whites. Who lose out on contracting, employment, education, and crime deterrence.<BR/><BR/>Obama is playing his Identity Politics (as Hillary is the Feminist Identity Politics). Both are losing strategies on the National Stage. While locally IP gets a small but loyal cadre (think fans of a cult TV show) it doesn't play well nationally where white voters still dominate and Feminist IP run up against mothers with sons. Men lose in Feminist IP just like Whites lose in Black IP.<BR/><BR/>The only winning strategy is to either gain a majority of middle-working class white voters (GOP) or enough of them plus ethnic and feminist IP groups (Dem). What's notable in the post-1968 Dem politics is how IP along with social mobility and the "sneering disdain" of upper-class liberal Dem voters has prevented mostly enough of working-middle class whites from being enticed into the coalition to win.<BR/><BR/>It's usually a combination of off-putting Elitism (Carter, Mondale, Dukakis, Gore, Kerry) in the candidates personalities, and the pandering to Identity Politics interest groups (Blacks, Hispanics, Feminists) that produce clearly identifiable losers among working-middle class Whites (so called Reagan Democrats).<BR/><BR/>When Dems win (Carter over weak/elitist Ford post-Nixon), Clinton (weak elitist Bush 1 and Dole) it's because they deliberately set themselves apart from IP interest groups: the Sistah Soljah moment. And present themselves as being populist working-middle class whites.<BR/><BR/>Of Hillary and Obama, I don't see either able to set themselves as working-middle class whites culturally. Their appeal lies to elitist snobbery ala Dukakis and Kerry. Nor do I see Obama in particular capable of a Sistah Soljah moment where he verbally smacks down someone like Cornell West to reassure nervous working-middle class whites they will not be IP losers under his administration.<BR/><BR/>Obama's big weakness intellectually as a politician is that unlike King (who understood his appeal was to wrap himself in the flag and Bible as solidly middle class) he thinks IP will be a winner with those most likely to lose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-29391334203532172822007-07-15T10:45:00.000-07:002007-07-15T10:45:00.000-07:00The black experience in the US is a sharp warning ...The black experience in the US is a sharp warning to all people to at least moderate whatever "racist" feelings you might have. They are racist to the point of clinical obsession. "Are you black enough?" <BR/><BR/>That the question, "Are you black enough?" (Best answer: NO!) is considered worth struggling/fighting/fussing for can only make intellectual life a wasteland for them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-20106352972808731002007-07-15T10:30:00.000-07:002007-07-15T10:30:00.000-07:00"Analyze his life, how he took advantage of the ch..."Analyze his life, how he took advantage of the cheap community college system to get a cheap education"<BR/><BR/>Huh? Obama spent two years at Occidental College in LA, a private liberal arts college founded in 1887. Its current comprehensive fee is $42,686 annually.Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-26818745161349905592007-07-15T09:55:00.000-07:002007-07-15T09:55:00.000-07:00Was his wife right? Is he wierd? Or is he nothing?...Was his wife right? Is he wierd? Or is he nothing? What used to be called, other directed. Whatever you want him to be, while he's standing in front of you. Then, what the other guy wants him to be, while he's standing in front of the other guy.ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-47143069649601895412007-07-15T07:33:00.000-07:002007-07-15T07:33:00.000-07:00Whoever is questioning Barack Obama's blackness is...Whoever is questioning Barack Obama's blackness is either a sell-out like the legislator from SC that collected a cool $200K, a product of the slash and burn who has peaked in their own political career and therefore was jealous of the rising star, or simple armchair self-anointed leaders like Al Sharpton who couldn't win a simple mayoral election (Sharpton should contest for the mayor of NYC if he thinks that he's that relevant to American electorates).<BR/><BR/>Obama does not need to prove his blackness to anybody because the last time I checked, Barack Obama is as black as any black man; and better still, he's a strict disciple of MLK. Analyze his life, how he took advantage of the cheap community college system to get a cheap education, went to Columbia to contend with the best of the bests, and attended Harvard as an adult student - working and borrowing to pay his way through. <BR/><BR/>Better still, he has officially inherited the mantle of MLK as the most authentic black leader. It happened in Selma, when the "Joshua Generation" officially took over from the "Moses Generation".<BR/><BR/>Although some of the members of the "Moses Generation" are reluctant to vacate the stage, they should borrow a leaf from the most respected black leader after MLK, Jesse Jackson, who unofficially stepped back and just offered his support to the "Joshua Generation" to which his son, Jesse Jackson Jr. is a worthy leader. <BR/><BR/>One group of the Joshua generation obeyed the command of MLK to go down to the battlefields and contest elections to be governors, senators, congressmen, assemblymen, mayors, aldermen, etc., the other group obeyed Dr. King’s commandment to go down the battlefields of colleges and corporations, worked-through or borrowed to acquire high-yield assets such as human capital, intellectual capital, physical capital, and moral capital. <BR/><BR/>When you look closely, you will find the true disciples of Dr. King at the helms of the U.S. Army, State Department, Merrill Lynch, Time Warner, American Express, Symantec, Darden Restaurants, Radio One, Aetna, etc..<BR/><BR/>These authentic disciples of MLK like Michelle & Barack Obama are the true evidence of the fulfillment of Dr. King’s dream. I would even bet that right there in Heaven, Dr. King is most proud of these individuals that bought his vision and fought to gain those freedom for which he died fighting on their behalf.<BR/><BR/>Black people should and must ignore the “old prophets” who are questioning Ford, Rice, Powell, O’Neal, and Obama’s blackness or whiteness because the old-prophet’s time is past. Black people should follow these Joshua generation leaders who having obeyed the Moses of their time (MLK) are the ones that currently have the mandate to lead God’s people to the Promised Land. <BR/><BR/>Barack Obama is black enough and more than that, he and the other Joshua generation leaders are the authentic believer and follower Dr. King and his vision.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17255869244237088777noreply@blogger.com