tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post863764743582652316..comments2024-03-28T16:22:14.888-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Michelle Obama's thesis unblockedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-29339508621643510872010-09-12T16:33:42.523-07:002010-09-12T16:33:42.523-07:00really? do you ppl have nothing more important to ...really? do you ppl have nothing more important to talk about? apparently not. this entire blog is only serving to boost the obvious insecurities the "superior" whites have concerning their superiority! are you really superior if you must constantly and relentlessly remind yourselves of "the truth?" are you really superior if you must stoop this low to "prove" it? this proves nothing. the paper is no different from others written by students at the level at the same school. unless a person is an english major, grammar is not taught past a certain point in the educational career. get over yourselves. talk about how george bush lied in order to start the war in iraq. talk about how he ignored the advice of a council in washington that saddam hussein was not behind 9/11.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-51551703523122153292010-09-12T16:21:18.848-07:002010-09-12T16:21:18.848-07:00after reading this ridiculously long thread of bul...after reading this ridiculously long thread of bullshit, it has become ever more apparent to me: caucasians are fucking idiots. i dont recall any other presidents wives academic records being scrutinized in this manner. you all speak about it as if you are speaking about her having an elicit connection to the taliban. of course, this confirms your "racial superiority." but then again, in your eyes, just waking up every day confirms your superiority. apparently, you losers have nothing important to talk about. if you all were secure about being racially and intellectually superior, you would not have to dissect every miniscule thing about others to constantly remind yourselves of "the truth." this steve sailer loser should really find something constructive to do with his time. oh wait, maybe stroking the egos of white losers is his job! please. the mere fact that whites would rather blame president obama for this bullshit we find ourselves in now rather than that fuckin idiot george bush explains it all. whites live in their own irrational world. you rationalize, make excuses for, and see things in a way that is beneficial, not truthful, to your race. you all lie to yourselves and expect others to believe it just because you said it. but those of us who are spiritually awakened can see through the bullshit wool you try to pull over our eyes. michelle obama's thesis has nothing to do with the united states' current state of affairs. however, i see that its very presence has provided a boost to the self-esteem of white idiots needing to reaffirm their racial superiority. i hope this has helped tremendously. the internet is a cyber backwoods meeting place for simple-minded, wanna-be smart-assed, dumb-assed, racist, low self-esteemed-but-swear-you-are-superior-to, white cowards who would never have the balls to breathe this stupid, mindless, thoughtless, idiotic, waste-of-keystrokes and brainpower assed shit in the public. because truthfully, this subject is not even worth being discussed, as are a plethora of topics brought up about president obama. shit you all should be discussing, you dont. so until you all discuss important topics, such as, "how wall street giants, george bush, and other greedy muthafuckas, are responsible for the current ecomony, and not president obama," all of you fucking idiots can kick rocks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-66396833883042186742009-04-02T10:01:00.000-07:002009-04-02T10:01:00.000-07:00All you racist whites will ultimately have to answ...All you racist whites will ultimately have to answer for your hideous mannerisms and attitudes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-87475146738284703522008-12-08T13:56:00.000-08:002008-12-08T13:56:00.000-08:00She was an undergrad, what's the big deal? I look...She was an undergrad, what's the big deal? I look back at papers I've written up through my doctorate and wonder, "How the hell did I miss that," or "Was I drunk when I wrote that?"<BR/><BR/>I'm about as anti-Obama as they come, but leave her academics alone. Anyone who graduates college is already head and shoulders above much of the population.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-89894290462619825162008-11-03T20:20:00.000-08:002008-11-03T20:20:00.000-08:00OK Really? Do a few minor misuses of punctuation r...OK Really? Do a few minor misuses of punctuation really negate the quality of a thesis. How about you find some points to argue against... O wait, you wouldn't be able toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-90539685137079112042008-10-01T19:29:00.000-07:002008-10-01T19:29:00.000-07:00We took a tour of Yale last year with my daughter ...We took a tour of Yale last year with my daughter - a graduating senior. Honor roll every semester, college while still a high school student, ROTC, multiple musical instruments, national ranked musician, captain of sports team ..... ( she got almost a full ride somewhere else :) )<BR/><BR/>Did you know that the top 2000 people who apply to Yale had perfect grades their entire high school careers. Perfect SATs too.<BR/><BR/>So you think that somehow you didn't get in to a prestigious university because you were 50 points under "perfect SAT" score ?<BR/><BR/>You're right. They have no shortage of people who _are_ perfect. White, Asian, Black. They all get 1600s or 2400s<BR/><BR/>That 1560 of yours ... it needed to be another 40 points higher.<BR/><BR/>Please don't overestimate your skills. They are not as high as you think.test_accthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16255579169263597582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-55764260901262449992008-08-27T10:10:00.000-07:002008-08-27T10:10:00.000-07:00Those of you who are criticizing her for her gramm...Those of you who are criticizing her for her grammar mistakes and then calling her stupid are coming off as incredibly ignorant. Making grammatical mistakes has nothing to do with intelligence. As for those grammar mistakes, I would have to agree that her errors are nothing out of the ordinary.<BR/><BR/>As for her attending such a prestigious school, that is a whole different matter. I met a guy who got into and attended Princeton. He was amazed by the number of students who got in primarily on their good graces. But, as he explained, once you are in, the school does virtually everything they can to make sure you succeed, including providing individual tutors as needed. Remember, these schools have an extremely high reputation. Keeping their graduation rate high is part of that. As others have already said, blame the institution, not the product.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00917712291880544792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-87134543514488547752008-06-19T21:00:00.000-07:002008-06-19T21:00:00.000-07:00Michele Obama is not running for president; her hu...Michele Obama is not running for president; her husband is. Did anyone critiize the way either of the Bush wives wrote, spoke (or more importantly)thought in the White House? What about the other naive presidential wives? Bet they could not write their way out of a bucket. Ivy League institutions do not produce perfect people because they do not have perfect professors. Thank-you. I rather like it. As a matter of style, it is cute.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-1997307678365199922008-05-06T18:01:00.000-07:002008-05-06T18:01:00.000-07:00All you people reading into her writing being "sem...All you people reading into her writing being "semi-literate" are honestly ridiculous. <BR/>I agree that that universities allow students to indulge themselves too much in subject matter that will seem a bit too frivolous 10 years after they write it. It's an impressionable age where a lot of young people are chosing their battles. It's not exactly shocking for her to have found this intriguing. I'm sure she formed a lot of opinions from this period of her life, and modified others, all of which she now takes for granted as the foundation of her adult outlook on life. The fact that most of you can't understand this, let alone relate on some level, is to your detriment, not hers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-86313371815790080522008-04-08T15:34:00.000-07:002008-04-08T15:34:00.000-07:00Dude - great column! Your maturity level is way a...Dude - great column! Your maturity level is way above MO's. Can't wait to do keg stands with you on *your* 21st birthday!!<BR/><BR/>~C<BR/>Princeton class of '89Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-34888377416055086852008-02-25T15:18:00.000-08:002008-02-25T15:18:00.000-08:00I am a TA at a top, non-Ivy League university. Th...I am a TA at a top, non-Ivy League university. The mechanics of Michelle's paper are comparable to many I've read from my undergraduates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-18974929199759386102008-02-25T09:32:00.000-08:002008-02-25T09:32:00.000-08:00I want to second the opinion that Mrs. Obama's gra...I want to second the opinion that Mrs. Obama's grammar issues are no worse that what I've experienced.<BR/><BR/>I was a teaching assistant at a private university in Boston back in the Eighties, and I was shocked at the lack of writing skills exhibited by the students in a gut journalism course. My prof actually gave back the first set of papers I scored, telling me to curve them. He made clear that I could NOT give these grades at this school!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-40198226880269693052008-02-25T04:35:00.000-08:002008-02-25T04:35:00.000-08:00This reflects worse on Princeton than it does on M...This reflects worse on Princeton than it does on M. Obama. "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, I am HYP the great and powerful!" This is it? The highest pinnacle of meritocracy? The philosopher-kings who rule us write like this? I'm very disappointed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-71337882117083818582008-02-24T20:08:00.000-08:002008-02-24T20:08:00.000-08:00Was Eddie Murphy’s SNL skit, White Like Eddie, the...Was Eddie Murphy’s SNL skit, White Like Eddie, the real inspiration for Mrs. Obama’s senior thesis? <BR/><BR/>http://snltranscripts.jt.org/84/84iwhitelikeeddie.phtml<BR/><BR/><BR/>White Like Eddie <BR/><BR/>.....Eddie Murphy<BR/>Clerk.....Jim Downey <BR/><BR/><BR/>Eddie Murphy: You know, a lot of people talk about racial prejudice. And some people have gone so far as to say that there are actually two Americas: one black and one white. But talk is cheap. So I decided to look into the problem myself, firsthand. To go underground and actually experience America.. as a white man.<BR/><BR/>[Murphy enters Make Up Room ]<BR/><BR/>Eddie Murphy Voiceover: I hired the best make-up people in the business. If I was gonna pass as a white man, everything had to be perfect.<BR/><BR/>[ make-up is placed on Eddie's face ]<BR/><BR/>Eddie Murphy: Hmm, I think that's a little light.<BR/><BR/>Make-up Artist: Okay, let's try this. [ applies fake white moustache on Eddie's lips ]<BR/><BR/>Eddie Murphy: That's, uh.. I look kind of Harry Reemsish.<BR/><BR/>Make-up Artist: Mmm, I like it.<BR/><BR/>Eddie Murphy: I studied for my role very carefully. I watched lots of "Dynasty".<BR/><BR/>[ show Eddie watching TV ]<BR/><BR/>Eddie Murphy: See? See how they walk? Their butts are real tight when they walk. They keep their butts tight. I've gotta remember to keep my butt real tight when I walk.<BR/><BR/>Eddie Murphy Voiceover: And, I read a whole bunch of Hallmark Cards.<BR/><BR/>[ show Eddie reading greeting cards ]<BR/><BR/>Eddie Murphy: "For my lovely wife." That's it. That's it. That's it. Go ahead. "You always mean lots more to me than you could ever guess. For you have done so much to fill my life with happiness."<BR/><BR/>Eddie Murphy Voiceover: Finally, I was ready.<BR/><BR/>[ Eddie walks onto the street, the perfect portrait of a white man. He enters a convenience store, grabs a newspaper and drops it on the counter. ]<BR/><BR/>Clerk: What are you doing?<BR/><BR/>Eddie Murphy: I'm buying this newspaper.<BR/><BR/>Clerk: That's all right. There's nobody around. Go ahead, take it. Take it. [ Eddie gives him a quizzical look ] Go ahead, take it. Yeah. Take it. Take it.<BR/><BR/>[ Eddie takes the newspaper, and cautiously exits ]<BR/><BR/>Eddie Murphy Voiceover: Slowly, I began to realize that when white people are alone, they give things to each other for free.<BR/>[ cut to Eddie catching a bus. He sits down between two white women. ]<BR/><BR/>Eddie Murphy Voiceover: There was only one other black man on the bus. He got off on 45th Street. [ the busdriver looks around the bus carefully, then sets a party in motion, complete with music and cigarette girls ] The problem was much more serious than I'd ever imagined.<BR/><BR/>[ cut to Eddie at a bank, talking to a black Loan Officer ]<BR/><BR/>Loan Officer: Now, let me get this straight, Mr., ..uh.. Mr. White. You'd like to borrow $50,000 from our bank, but you have no collateral, you have no credit. You don't even have any I.D. Is that correct?<BR/><BR/>Eddie Murphy: That's right.<BR/><BR/>Loan Officer: Mr. White, I'm sorry. This is not a charity. This is a business..<BR/><BR/>White Loan Officer: Uh, Harry, why don't you, uh, take your break now? I'll take care of.. uh.. Mr. White.<BR/><BR/>Loan Officer: Well.. okay. Thanks, Bob. [ exits ]<BR/><BR/>White Loan Officer: [ laughs, then sits ] That was a close one, wasn't it?<BR/><BR/>Eddie Murphy: It certainly was.<BR/><BR/>White Loan Officer: We don't have to bother with these formalities, do we, Mr. White? Huh?<BR/><BR/>Eddie Murphy: What a silly Negro!<BR/><BR/>White Loan Officer: Just take what you want, Mr. White. Pay us back anytime. Or don't. We don't care.<BR/><BR/>Eddie Murphy: Tell me, do you know of any other banks like this in this area?<BR/><BR/>[ cut to Eddie back at the Make-up Room ]<BR/><BR/>Eddie Murphy: So, what did I learn from all of this? Well, I learned that we still have a very long way to go in this country before all men are truly equal. But I'll tell you something. [ pan to reveal Eddie's black buddies applying white make-up to their faces ] I've got a lot of friends, and we've got a lot of makeup. So, the next time you're huggin' up with some really super, groovy white guy, or you met a really great, super keen white chick, don't be too sure. They might be black.<BR/><BR/>[ fade to black ]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-38561714819198148682008-02-24T18:41:00.000-08:002008-02-24T18:41:00.000-08:00Michelle Obama is drawing fire these days because ...Michelle Obama is drawing fire these days because her husband is politically untouchable. When a president or presidential candidate is "teflon," opponents start targeting the wife. This is particularly true when the wife just can't keep a low profile herself.<BR/><BR/>It happened with Clinton (we tend to forget, but Hillary was popular with the general public when Bill was first elected). It happened with Reagan, whose wife was raked over the coals for, among other things, ordering new chinaware for the White House, and consulting an astrologer. It happened with FDR, whose wife's "progressivism" was ridiculed, because ridiculing FDR didn't get his opponents very far.<BR/><BR/>People lay off Laura Bush because she stays out of the limelight, but more importantly, because her husband can profitably be attacked on his own shortcomings. Similarly, Barbara Bush, Rosalind Carter, and Pat Nixon were rarely criticized. Wives of struggling presidents get high marks just for standing by their man.<BR/><BR/>This isn't to say that I think much of Michelle Obama's senior thesis. However, it's unsurprising that someone majoring in African American studies and sociology would have reached these conclusions. Would anyone have expected her thesis to reveal that, after four years at Princeton, she'd concluded that rich white kids were really pretty cool and that black people probably exaggerate the extent to which white elites exclude them?<BR/><BR/>Anyone who's ever sat through an undergrad sociology course knows that her conclusions were practically pre-determined.Black Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347464061061628147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-43337918311956931632008-02-24T16:10:00.000-08:002008-02-24T16:10:00.000-08:00"Understand that this is never really about black ..."Understand that this is never really about black and white, ... but about .. individual work and patience and high personal standards."<BR/><BR/>Sure. Except that there seems to be some correlation between those two factors. IQ and the wealth of nations. White people and asians seem to be better at performing well in a modern economy. We wouldn't last long in the african tribes though. Adaptation. Life is cruel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-53239940119874874192008-02-24T14:47:00.000-08:002008-02-24T14:47:00.000-08:00I was not aware she was running for office.Not yet...<I>I was not aware she was running for office.</I><BR/><BR/>Not yet!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-52731132642213807782008-02-24T14:02:00.000-08:002008-02-24T14:02:00.000-08:00roger: She's no more a thief than the legacy kids,...roger: She's no more a thief than the legacy kids, or than white protestants back in the day when they were favored by the schools (mostly at the expense of Jews), or athletes who get let in. People live in and react to the system they get, especially as kids. I have a cousin who got into Harvard partly because of his baseball talent (which strikes me as perhaps even dumber than letting him in for being black). But most ambitious, smart kids will go to Harvard or Princeton if they get in, and they won't worry too much about the ultimate fairness of the whole system. <BR/><BR/>tom merle: OTOH, Hillary does have a spouse who's managed to accomplish a few things. (It would be kinda nice if she'd accomplished more, though.) <BR/><BR/>I agree with truth: The possible next first lady's senior thesis must be about the least interesting possible topic for discussion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-394253028035515182008-02-24T11:12:00.000-08:002008-02-24T11:12:00.000-08:00"Her aides say Michelle earned her way into Harvar..."Her aides say Michelle earned her way into Harvard on merit by distinguishing herself at Princeton."<BR/><BR/>I'd love to know what she scored on the LSAT.Half Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08866153769355049001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-46538398726970709172008-02-24T09:34:00.000-08:002008-02-24T09:34:00.000-08:00At least she wrote it herself. Unlike JFK.At least she wrote it herself. Unlike JFK.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-68946544523850123652008-02-24T08:38:00.000-08:002008-02-24T08:38:00.000-08:00"...as a 'black' man, I find it highly amusing tha..."...as a 'black' man, I find it highly amusing that there have been 4 threads and over 200 responses on something the possible president's WIFE wrote 20 years ago. I was not aware she was running for office."<BR/><BR/>As a black man, you also seem to have difficulty grasping the Western concept of marriage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-54481697718755781672008-02-24T08:35:00.000-08:002008-02-24T08:35:00.000-08:00The issue is how smart or dumb or intellectual or ...The issue is how smart or dumb or intellectual or ditsy Michelle Obama is. The issue is that she is an angry racist. <BR/><BR/>The truth that is hard to fathom is that people with her mentality are not reacting to any injustice done by others. They are perceiving that someone else has something they want. They react to this by first resenting, then demanding, and then acting out in violence to take it. Whatever it is.<BR/><BR/>If you think this is about white and black, watch "Hotel Rwanda" and "Sometimes in April." You will see the exact same behavior in a country where everyone is dark skinned. But the pattern of have not Hutus (from the same Bantu stock as American blacks) being jealous of the cattle ownership of non-Bantu Tutsis is exactly the same of what has played out in America. The same resentment, the same demagoguery, the same rhetoric, the same rioting plays out in a massive genocide. <BR/><BR/>The rhetoric that is used doesn't matter. Whites feel worse about slavery (an African institution) than blacks ever did. Again, watch Hotel Rwanda and understand you are seeing the same story, different actors. <BR/><BR/>Understand that this is never really about black and white, or black and Korean, or black and Asian Indian. It is about Have Nots who have no concept of building collective wealth through individual work and patience and high personal standards. It is about a vengeful jealousy simply because someone else has something desirable, anything. <BR/><BR/>This jealousy can never really be appeased by gifts, charity, welfare states, kind liberal words or what have you. That gravy train of kindness is just a bargaining chip to get more gravy - or else more riots, more violence. I am sorry to see that a man as intelligent as Barry Obama has allied himself with a movement of people with this very destructive mentality. <BR/><BR/>I hope that if/when he is elected (it is looking more like a probability now), he will at least mediate between the segment of society that is creates wealth and the segment of society that demands wealth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-47192825606999704382008-02-24T08:00:00.000-08:002008-02-24T08:00:00.000-08:00I'm a great admirer of Steve's but this was one of...<I>I'm a great admirer of Steve's but this was one of his weaker blog posts. In internet-speak, pointing out Ms Obama's misspelling of "thank you" constitutes what some call a "spelling flame". Spelling flames are considered lame by most netizens.</I><BR/><BR/>Nonsense. Spelling flames are weak, but that has nothing to do with pointing out grammar and punctuation errors in a student's work; threads are informal and a lot like speaking in terms of the standards of grammar and punctuation, a far cry from a proofread paper. Besides, standard netiquette isn't license to throw grammar to the wind; it's one thing to use 'Net jargon, and quite another to be semi-literate and use netiquette as an excuse.<BR/><BR/>The idea that netiquette is the standard to be applied at college is absurd. Human nature being what it is, you should change your handle here at Steve's blog for subsequent comments.<BR/><BR/>And yes, I have a hard time imagining anyone with an IQ over 110-115 makes the sort of mistakes M. Obama did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-19719488191599643892008-02-24T07:01:00.000-08:002008-02-24T07:01:00.000-08:00Background question.At my university, undergraduat...Background question.<BR/><BR/>At my university, undergraduate theses were submitted only by students seeking an Honors designation from their major department, and/or students who had been approved to take Independent Research, for course credit. Thus, few (perhaps 5%-10%) of graduating seniors had written and submitted a thesis.<BR/><BR/>Was Robinson's situation similar? Or was everybody in the Class of 1985 <I>expected</I> to submit a thesis as one of the jump-through hoops of the Princeton Experience?<BR/><BR/>If the latter, she should be cut much more slack. Sure, her essay is dreary, but how many gems could there be among reams of mandated term-paper-plus submissions?AMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08872008617279528583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-91648367234240466472008-02-24T04:08:00.000-08:002008-02-24T04:08:00.000-08:00Michelle Obama is a prototypical intelligent black...<I>Michelle Obama is a prototypical intelligent black woman that is throughly fucked in the head because of the racial thing.</I> She and her husband too. And they are about to receive the keys to the White House.<BR/><BR/>Be afraid. Be <B>Very</B> afraid.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05676167615981895061noreply@blogger.com