Open mouth, insert foot.

nikimcbee · 07-10-08, 08:21 AM

Ha, I beat subman1 to this

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http://www.nypost.com/seven/07102008...job_119244.htm

So if Obama gets elected, Jesse Jackson will get this position: [insert position here] in the obama whitehouse?

UnderseaLcpl · 07-10-08, 08:36 AM

Good job beating subman to the punch. I was beginning to think he had some kind of contract wit subsim to provide thread fodder

Fortunately for Mr. Jackson, Obama is not going to win. I'm tired of hearing that there is some doubt as to the outcome of the election.
As much as I hate to say it, there are a lot of swing voters who will not vote for him just because he is black. Not that I agree with any of his views or think that he would be a good prez, but the aforementioned will be what keeps a lot of people on McCain's side or will simply cause them not to vote.
The same force that makes soccer moms lock their doors when they stop at an intersection where a black guy is standing will influence their vote. And they may be nice and really decent people who would never think of discriminating against someone because of their skin, or anything else, and yet in the privacy of the booth they will rationalize their vote over to McCain, probably without even realizing why.
Further exacerbating Obama's problem is the fact that whites have a higher voter turnout rate. So do Republicans.

I would kind of like to see a black president, but I would rather it were Colin Powell.

nikimcbee · 07-10-08, 08:49 AM

I think it's really funny to see all these lefty race-baiters get caught in their own web.

:rotfl: I am really sick of the racial politics here (in the US, not subsim). And I'm frankly sick of the whole PC movement. It's just a subversive way of stifling free speeech. So, to have someone who keeps fanning the flames of racial hatred/distrust get burned; priceless.

August · 07-10-08, 09:07 AM

Teddy Roosevelt once said that hyphenated Americanism could destroy this country. People need to stop thinking of themselves and their fellow citizens as "Black-Americans" or "Irish-Americans" or "Mexican-Americans" etc and start seeing themselves as just plain old "Amercians".

SUBMAN1 · 07-10-08, 10:00 AM

Man! you beat me!

Anyway, when a slip up like this occurs, it usually shows exactly what one truely feels.

-S

UnderseaLcpl · 07-10-08, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by August

Teddy Roosevelt once said that hyphenated Americanism could destroy this country. People need to stop thinking of themselves and their fellow citizens as "Black-Americans" or "Irish-Americans" or "Mexican-Americans" etc and start seeing themselves as just plain old "Amercians".

Best advice I've heard in a while.

Unfortunately, the trend seems to be towards individual identification and not assimilation. (sp? damn double consenants) Funny thing is, a lot of -Americans have never even been to the regions they hyphenate their nationality with.
Furthermore, what about a person who was born in England but has Indian heritage? Or a person who was born in S.Africa but is the descendant of Dutch colonists and is white? I find it hard to believe that either of them would have an easy time of claiming themselves to be European or African -American respectively.
Most of this PC garbage serves only to widen the gaps between cultures and races, rather than narrow it. I call it the "Catholic Schoolgirl phenomenon" (sry Catholics, no offense. Please let me know if I am out of place.) The more you make natural tendencies of people taboo or try to control their lifestyles the more impassioned and contrary they become, despite what you may see them doing under scrutiny of others.

Now I've gone and ranted on too long again. Well, thanks for reading this and other overly verbose posts

Sailor Steve · 07-10-08, 11:59 AM

I agree about the hyphens. I've actually heard people refer to African-Americans and then be corrected with "No, he's African. Not American at all."

I've always thought Jesse Jackson was a nutjob, grandstander and pot-stirrer. Funny that he was corrected by Al Sharpton, who's even worse.

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Now I've gone and ranted on too long again. Well, thanks for reading this and other overly verbose posts

You're new still. Your posts aren't overly long at all. Read some of Skybird's epics.

PeriscopeDepth · 07-10-08, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by August

Teddy Roosevelt once said that hyphenated Americanism could destroy this country. People need to stop thinking of themselves and their fellow citizens as "Black-Americans" or "Irish-Americans" or "Mexican-Americans" etc and start seeing themselves as just plain old "Amercians".

I don't know Teddy said that. But...

PD

Monica Lewinsky · 07-10-08, 05:29 PM

http://learnabit.homeserver.com/lab/..._Line_Ever.wmv

conus00 · 07-10-08, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by August

Teddy Roosevelt once said that hyphenated Americanism could destroy this country. People need to stop thinking of themselves and their fellow citizens as "Black-Americans" or "Irish-Americans" or "Mexican-Americans" etc and start seeing themselves as just plain old "Amercians".

Amen to that!!! I am also sick of this PC bull. Last time I checked Africa and America are two differrent continents so unless you can spread your legs across a few thousand miles you are either/or but you can't be both! Take your pick. I came from country where racism is almost non-existent and it blows my mind that someone can be offended by being called "black". Well I am being called "white" all the times and I don't give a rat's a** about it (even though I am brown-ish complexion

).

So from now on if anybody calls me anyhing but "brown" I will sue them until "they turn black...."

(FYI that is a saying in my country loosely meaning "...until they are blown to smithereens" but the pun was totally intended).

SUBMAN1 · 07-10-08, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Good job beating subman to the punch. I was beginning to think he had some kind of contract wit subsim to provide thread fodder....

Can i get a contract for that?

Paid to provide controversial topics! i like it!

Then again, I go through my hot and cold streaks on the controversial topics. You'll see me avoid them at times, but then at times, I'll jump right in the middle!

-S

SUBMAN1 · 07-10-08, 10:19 AM

You missed this one though!

http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/o...0/boggsed.html

-S

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Obama's frequent regrets may make us sorry

kurtz · 07-10-08, 10:58 AM

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O'Reilly said last night he had chosen not to air comments that would have been even more damaging to Jackson.

Curiosity is piqued

07-10-08, 08:21 AM	#1
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Open mouth, insert foot. Ha, I beat subman1 to this . http://www.nypost.com/seven/07102008...job_119244.htm So if Obama gets elected, Jesse Jackson will get this position: [insert position here] in the obama whitehouse? __________________

07-10-08, 08:36 AM	#2
UnderseaLcpl Silent Hunter Join Date: May 2008 Location: Storming the beaches! Posts: 4,254 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Good job beating subman to the punch. I was beginning to think he had some kind of contract wit subsim to provide thread fodder Fortunately for Mr. Jackson, Obama is not going to win. I'm tired of hearing that there is some doubt as to the outcome of the election. As much as I hate to say it, there are a lot of swing voters who will not vote for him just because he is black. Not that I agree with any of his views or think that he would be a good prez, but the aforementioned will be what keeps a lot of people on McCain's side or will simply cause them not to vote. The same force that makes soccer moms lock their doors when they stop at an intersection where a black guy is standing will influence their vote. And they may be nice and really decent people who would never think of discriminating against someone because of their skin, or anything else, and yet in the privacy of the booth they will rationalize their vote over to McCain, probably without even realizing why. Further exacerbating Obama's problem is the fact that whites have a higher voter turnout rate. So do Republicans. I would kind of like to see a black president, but I would rather it were Colin Powell. __________________ I stole this sig from Task Force

07-10-08, 08:49 AM	#3
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I think it's really funny to see all these lefty race-baiters get caught in their own web. :rotfl: I am really sick of the racial politics here (in the US, not subsim). And I'm frankly sick of the whole PC movement. It's just a subversive way of stifling free speeech. So, to have someone who keeps fanning the flames of racial hatred/distrust get burned; priceless. __________________

07-10-08, 09:07 AM	#4
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Teddy Roosevelt once said that hyphenated Americanism could destroy this country. People need to stop thinking of themselves and their fellow citizens as "Black-Americans" or "Irish-Americans" or "Mexican-Americans" etc and start seeing themselves as just plain old "Amercians". __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Man! you beat me! Anyway, when a slip up like this occurs, it usually shows exactly what one truely feels. -S __________________

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Monica Lewinsky Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 845 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	http://learnabit.homeserver.com/lab/..._Line_Ever.wmv __________________ Sink them all!