tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post8594318273517725552..comments2024-03-19T02:31:02.140-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: O'Hehir: Detroit went bankrupt because Republicans hate Smokey RobinsonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-19545173024070077822013-08-17T10:51:25.480-07:002013-08-17T10:51:25.480-07:00Comparing New Orleans to Detroit is just downright...Comparing New Orleans to Detroit is just downright idiotic. Check out your facts and you will see that New Orleans is only about 40% AA post Katrina and has a white mayor. Also, last time I checked, tourists weren't flocking to Detroit to soak up the local culture and arguably the finest local cuisine in the United States. I am white, very well educated and gainfully employed making over 100K living in the inner city. I guess I should pack up and go since this great light has just shined upon me.7011 ninernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-52158701389997823082013-08-10T05:45:45.242-07:002013-08-10T05:45:45.242-07:00Dunno WTF that guy's talking about. I love me ...Dunno WTF that guy's talking about. I love me some Detroit.<br /><br />I love sticking Detroit under libs' noses. It's libs who can't stand Detroit, talking about Detroit, or thinking about Detroit.Svigornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-13204406576704672992013-08-08T02:33:18.785-07:002013-08-08T02:33:18.785-07:00In that Ace of Spades entry above he linked the (q...In that Ace of Spades entry above he linked the (quite amusing) <a href="http://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/secretariat-was-not-a-christian" rel="nofollow">2010 semi-riposte by Roger Ebert</a>; that explanatory link ought to accompany all future posts of Sailer praising harebrained O'Hehir's reviewing acumen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-90177032666813321482013-08-08T02:06:52.678-07:002013-08-08T02:06:52.678-07:00Antioco Dascalon: your point is well taken but Har...Antioco Dascalon: your point is well taken but Harrisburg's a lot smaller than the other cities you listed. Per laat Census I just checked now it's majority black (makes sense, due to state employers) but I hadn't realized it despite several trips there. Probably never got big enough to become a collapsed manufacturing husk like Flint or Newark, let alone have distinctive musicians. I think it's funny that the Salon writer prejudicially auto-associates urban decay with blacks--San Bernardino and Central Falls R.I. are similarly disastrous burgs but at least aren't seen to be goring any SWPL's ox.pattern precognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-50775149985198744692013-08-07T16:06:08.384-07:002013-08-07T16:06:08.384-07:00Welles's speech was in fact Welles's speec...Welles's speech was in fact Welles's speech. It wasn't in the novel or the script. Orson just threw it in there, possibly making it up on the fly. <br /><br />Welles was from the same state as Houdini, Joe McCarthy, Liberace, Ed Gien and Jeffrey Dahmer. Sounds pretty Borgian to me. Reg Cæsarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-75709541927114310252013-08-07T10:45:05.846-07:002013-08-07T10:45:05.846-07:00Steve,
You're off by 20 years: Botswana's...Steve,<br /><br />You're off by 20 years: Botswana's independence was in 1966. Many French colonies had recently gained independence in west Africa, but Zambia was then the only black-ruled southern African country. I doubt that Botswana's first black president had much precedent to go on in those terms. (He was, however, educated at Oxford and married a white woman there. Perhaps this helped make him more Western- and market-friendly than other African rulers?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-86487849668371634362013-08-07T09:10:40.878-07:002013-08-07T09:10:40.878-07:00Botswana didn't get independence until 1986, s...Botswana didn't get independence until 1986, shortly before the diamond discoveries. Perhaps it learned from the mistakes of the previous 25 years of African independence? Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-85773951137227767492013-08-07T07:50:03.159-07:002013-08-07T07:50:03.159-07:00"International opinion on the [Zimbabwe elect..."International opinion on the [Zimbabwe election] is sharply divided with Western countries generally condemning it, while most African leaders - except Botswana [sic] - have congratulated Mr Mugabe on his re-election." - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23591941Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-17797835944927218922013-08-07T07:48:44.728-07:002013-08-07T07:48:44.728-07:00"Speaking of which, what's up with Sandra..."Speaking of which, what's up with Sandra Bullock, Brangelina, and some other hollywood elites buying houses in NO area? Are they attempting to gentrify the area a la DC? If that's the case they have a ways to go, demographically speaking."<br /><br />There's a good answer as to why these people are moving to New Orleans, and it goes like this: <br /><br />Because they can afford to, and they god-damned fucking want to! So a better use of your time would be to rack your brain as to how you can parley your $40,000 salary into more so that you can move from the Midwest to your dream city of Portland where other white people wont see your ironic t-shirt, handlebar moustache, and grand-puba hat and brand you as a total freak, on sight.<br />Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-31644974738475895262013-08-07T07:46:07.234-07:002013-08-07T07:46:07.234-07:00Steve says: Compare Botswana to another resource-r...Steve says: <i>Compare Botswana to another resource-rich African country, Equatorial Guinea.</i><br /><br />Art Deco says: <i>Look at the disaster of Sierra Leone or the Congo if you want to see what the presence of minerals can sometimes do to a country.</i><br /><br />You don't even have to go that far. Zimbabwe has the largest platinum reserves in the world, and considerable diamond reserves itself.<br /><br />If I had to guess what accounts for Botswana's success, I would say that being a former British protectorate, having a relatively peaceful transition to majority rule, and having a sparse population have all helped.<br /><br />Calling Botswana's economic situation "modern private colonialism" sounds like an accusation a leftist worried about African exploitation would make. The countries' main business, Debswana, is jointly owned by the government and De Beers. But the government is democratically elected, black ruled, and freely chooses to partner with De Beers in this way. In what sense, then, is Debswana a colonialist enterprise? It would be more accurate to say that Botswana's economy is an example of how well an African country can do if it's willing to partner with white businesses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-45875510933834399402013-08-07T07:37:12.518-07:002013-08-07T07:37:12.518-07:00"I can envision the Last White Man, after spe..."I can envision the Last White Man, after spending long years on the run, finally being tracked down and captured in, say, 2253. As he is being paraded before cameras and jubilating crowds..."<br /><br />You're saying there will be cameras?Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-34927288957043619442013-08-06T22:37:08.188-07:002013-08-06T22:37:08.188-07:00One of the things New Orleans has in common with R...One of the things New Orleans has in common with Rio de Janeiro (and not, say, Tulsa) is the laid-back vibe toward drinking. You can drink on the street all night. Both have local coffee spots you won't find in Tulsa (Cafe du Monde and Cafeina, respectively). Both cities host big, prelenten bashes. <br /><br />There are reasons why New Orleans attracts more tourists, wealthy home buyers, and conventions than Tulsa. One is that New Orleans has better restaurants than any other American city its size. None of those groups cares about its public schools. Brad Pitt isn't going to send his kids to public schools in New Orleans. Maybe he'll send them to the school that Michael Lewis went to. Dave Pinsenhttp://twitter.com/dpinsennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-40622663501134369372013-08-06T20:16:58.415-07:002013-08-06T20:16:58.415-07:00Just not seeing the massive millions wanting so de...<i>Just not seeing the massive millions wanting so desperately to move to.....New Orleans! Or....Milwaukee! YEAH! That's the ticket! Gotta bet the farm and move all the way to Cincy! cause THATS the future!<br />Bank on it</i><br /><br />I assume that you grew up in Ohio or Indiana or Wisconsin before moving to SF or maybe NYC as an adult.<br /><br /><i> A Republican county in Alabama went bankrupt because they didn't want to rise the taxes either or cut their budget enough.</i><br /><br />Birmingham, Alabama went bk under a black Democrat mayor and a Democrat city council.David Davenporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03315090179595817174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-79154959334074448732013-08-06T19:45:12.041-07:002013-08-06T19:45:12.041-07:00Dave Pinsen said...
Steve and David M. are right a... Dave Pinsen said...<br />Steve and David M. are right about New Orleans. It's a beautiful and historic city, and it's quite pleasant outside of the summer months. It also has a vibe you won't find elsewhere in the US. More like Rio de Janeiro than New York (albeit much smaller than either).<br /><br /><br />Every single 300K US city has its own "vibe". what are we now, hippie new agers? NO is also very vibrant. Observing its crime rates, verrrryyy vibrant.47Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-58911342328013835472013-08-06T19:42:44.367-07:002013-08-06T19:42:44.367-07:00David wrote
) You don't know anything about N...David wrote<br /><br />) You don't know anything about New Orleans<br /><br />David david david. This specious argument can be made in reverse. YOU dont know much about...Phoenix, Indy, OK City, Cincy, Buffalo and all other 300k plus cities.<br /><br /><br /><br />2) You're indifferent to a lot of good things in life<br /><br /><br />Good things in life for me include low crime, excellent education for K-12, reasonable level of competence in city/local government.<br /><br />NO doesnt fit that bill in those three areas. Notice you and others never try to even attempt to claim that NO has great schools. You also conveniently overlook how bad the crime rate is there. Why would I want to live long term in an urban area or its metro environ which has a steady odds that folks will be murdered or having everything stolen from them? What good is that?<br /><br /><br /><br />In either case, you're not going to get it. <br /><br /><br />I do get it. You don't get Seattle. See, can do the same thing with any other single 300K city. They're basically all the same. Some are much safer and have better schools, wonder why that is? Still haven't addressed that and dont expect that you will anytime soon.<br /><br /><br /><br />But there are people who do appreciate these sort of things, which is one of the reasons why New Orleans is currently the fastest growing city in the country, <br /><br /><br />BS. Seattle can make the same claim about population growth. And it has higher end tech related IQ based higher smarts jobs unlike vibrant oriented NO. Yup, tons are moving there for the chance to get bumped off.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />and why people stick it out there despite its problems. <br /><br />Cause they can't afford to leave, like Tyler Perry who aint comin' back if ya'll knowin what I'm a-sayin.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And it's also why rich and famous people like to buy houses there, and not so much in Tulsa.<br /><br /><br />Tulsa has its share of wealthy people. Left over from the oil industry and now the banking industry as well as engineering sectors. Except for oil production no one really thinks of New Orleans as a center of tech industry or banking or other high IQ related fields.<br /><br />Ask yourself honestly one day,.....why that is?<br /><br />There's no there there. Nice to visit but nothing there long term. It's like Cincy, Denver, Milwaukee<br />Indy. <br /><br />At least Seattle and Portland are places on the rise. AGAIN....wonder why....that is?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-57442571793677062532013-08-06T19:27:46.942-07:002013-08-06T19:27:46.942-07:00And he would never have married M.O. Not even a wh...And he would never have married M.O. Not even a white version.<br /><br />He certainly wouldnt have married them. Just f'ed em. Which he did many times.<br /><br />Stop with the JFK verbal fellatio. He had more than enough during his lifetime. He wasn't a great president nor the greatest ever. <br /><br />How'd he do on civil rights btw? Oh that's right. Not too well. Must be an Irish thing not to care about the coloreds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-39984868865630746602013-08-06T19:22:09.610-07:002013-08-06T19:22:09.610-07:00For the nitty gritty of Italian politics circa 150...For the nitty gritty of Italian politics circa 1500, let me recommend "Unlikely Prince: The Life and Times of Machiavelli."<br /><br />Glad to read that Chuck DeVore is an aide to Perry in Texas. Good men.Whitehallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69164130007765706352013-08-06T18:23:06.574-07:002013-08-06T18:23:06.574-07:00" It's no secret the styles of JFK and B...." It's no secret the styles of JFK and B.O. are so similar- Cape Cod, elite prep schools, etc. But, Steve can cobble together a more coherent explanation than I..."<br /><br />I see no similarity at all. At least JFK was quick and witty and could carry on rapid Q&A with the press, or give a speech, without recourse to a teleprompter. He also took responsibility for his own deadly mistakes and gave evidence of genuinely caring about the future of this country and its citizens. He was a war hero, and his brother had been killed in that conflict. He dislike generals, but he had firsthand experience with the military and some sort rationale was there for calling him Commander in Chief. Of all the things Obama has been called, "Commander in Chief" (not automatically bestowed on the POTUS, orignally) is the most astonishing and hilarious.<br /><br />And he would never have married M.O. Not even a white version.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-70982190231322647622013-08-06T17:27:56.138-07:002013-08-06T17:27:56.138-07:00Love New Orlreans! There's no better place to...Love New Orlreans! There's no better place to have a good time.<br /><br />That said, don't stir out of The Quarter, the Garden District or the Warehouse District.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-72559272992819922342013-08-06T14:04:07.383-07:002013-08-06T14:04:07.383-07:00I'll third the call for an iSteve article on F...I'll third the call for an iSteve article on F. Scoot Fitzgerald. I'll hazard a guess it has to do with his Irish background- he was solid lace curtain, in-but-not-of upper class, with an ethnic connection to the founding stock, but still not 100% part of the club. Nose against the window type, though I bet that was more in his mind than anything. He did marry the daughter of the Alabama S.C., and went to Princeton. People don't seem to realize that, all the talk of rebellion and barefoot fiddling aside, the Irish are obsessed with respectability, especially the Easterners, who like most Easterners have no manners. There's this desire to ape completely WASP ways, all the while being a little hostile, always the outsider. It's no secret the styles of JFK and B.O. are so similar- Cape Cod, elite prep schools, etc. But, Steve can cobble together a more coherent explanation than I...Not a Fair Citynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-24885882224936333312013-08-06T13:54:39.626-07:002013-08-06T13:54:39.626-07:00Comrades! Do not lose faith in Diversity! Presiden...Comrades! Do not lose faith in Diversity! President Obama's Five Year Plan for a post-racial utopia is working.<br /><br />Any setbacks encountered are the work of subversive thought-kulaks. We must maintain constant vigilance to prevent their square, reactionary vibe from harshing the jazzy mellow of the revolution!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-37359882335254355342013-08-06T13:38:40.351-07:002013-08-06T13:38:40.351-07:00Jazz was born from the children and grandchildren ...<i>Jazz was born from the children and grandchildren of kidnapped Africans learning to play European instruments for the dance parties of biracial French-speaking aristocrats; Berry Gordy’s great Motown recordings borrowed the Detroit Symphony’s string section to create what he called “the Sound of Young America,” driving white teenagers to shake a tail feather at sock hops across the land. ...</i> <br /><br /><br /><br />What a great story! It's so good it <i>should</i> be true! Which pretty much sums up the liberal attitude to reality of all sorts.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-48246159354464134192013-08-06T12:47:23.628-07:002013-08-06T12:47:23.628-07:00Detroit is a story of the slavery of Sean Hannity....Detroit is a story of the slavery of Sean Hannity. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-42762730813869512992013-08-06T12:43:55.900-07:002013-08-06T12:43:55.900-07:00O'Hehir is the same "liberal" who no...O'Hehir is the same "liberal" who <a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/02/21/the_oscars_old_white_male_problem/" rel="nofollow">noticed</a> that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences looked too "white" and found that "damning", while noticing that counting jews would be "offensive", something only "ugly people would use for ugly reasons".<br /><br />I've noticed that noticing this kind of noticing tends to get my comments here spiked. So much for the value of noticing.Unpersoned at iStevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-70424795982074671482013-08-06T12:36:07.407-07:002013-08-06T12:36:07.407-07:00Art Deco,
Rubbish. Capable governance is not cor...Art Deco, <br /><br /><i>Rubbish. Capable governance is not correlated with the presence of extractive industries (look at Venezuela) and north of eighty percent of Botswana's domestic product is derived from sources other than extractive industries.</i><br /><br />Wikipedia reports that 36% of Botswana's GDP is mining, 16% light industry such as textiles, 3% agriculture, 45% selling services to these primary producers. Ie, rather than <20% of primary production being mining, it is 65%. Quite an error.<br /><br />Furthermore, there's also reality. Venezuela's oil company is fscked up because the government controls the oil company. Botswana's government is not fscked up, because the diamond company controls the government. Also quite a difference...<br /><br />I remember when I was a kid and specialized in sounding arrogant while getting my facts completely wrong. I hope you're the same age I was.Moldbughttp://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com