I am very happy to live here rather than in the former confederacy. A state like South Carolina where some of my own family chose to live, disgusts me. Still, before getting too happy let me point out that our own state has a very racist history. When my wife and I moved here the Indian Fi[...]
Posts Tagged ‘bigotry’
How White Men Count Coup. Part 2.
The Swifts Find Wives A few months ago I related the odd story of Will and Tom Swift, twin brothers greatly divided by the effects of their father’s death. Will became “The Great Avenger,” determined to kill as many Indians as he could in revenge for the death of father Swift at the hands of [...]
December 10th, 2014 - 2:01 am § in America
The minister was white.
Two Racist Videos A good friend told me that he visited a Black church last Sunday. There was guest speaker … an visiting minister. The speaker used the Bible to castigate (I want to say denigrate) the dirty Jews .. echoing the teachings celebrated at Oberammergau. The visiting monster[...]
October 17th, 2014 - 9:34 am § in Hypocrisy
SOUTH CAROLINA: Racism is our proud heritage!
SC Governor On Confederate Flag: CEOs Don’t Care Other notable “we elected the first African American Senator” … Really? someone needs to tell Ed Brooke. I am proud to have campaigned for Senator Brooke, an African American and a Republican, when he was elected in 1966. Mr [...]
Someone Ought to Tell Netanyahu That Obama Isn’t a Nigger
White House fumes at PM’s ‘American values’ statement that echoes malicious rhetoric of birthers and other crazy Obama-haters. :”Just try to imagine the mortified mayhem that would break out if Obama had retorted that construction in East Jerusalem that could kill off the moribun[...]
October 11th, 2014 - 10:40 am § in America
Republicans Find Another Wealthy Jew to Demonize … only this guy is dead.
The Repubricans have a new target … wealthy Jews who support Obama! Today’s target is Peter Lewis … read more. Unfortunately for the Meme of the Repubricans, Mr. Lewis died a year ago.[...]
October 7th, 2014 - 6:59 pm § in Uncategorized
Why a Republican can’t win in 2016
A nearly impossible electoral vote map, for one thing. In 2012, with better candidates, the GOP ticket won only 1 more state than in 2008 — Indiana, a deep-red state Obama carried in 2008 because of voters’ disgust with Bush, whose electoral votes were a gimme for the GOP in 2012. In[...]
Origins of Christian Antisemtism .. a visit to FaceBook
This post from FaceBook really ticked me off. The history of anti-Semitism arising from Pauline Christianity and the claim that Jesus came to override and replace Judaism is very deep. You can read about it in any book on the history of anti-Semitism. It would be a more positive act if you ask y[...]
September 23rd, 2014 - 8:27 am § in China
CHINA: Free Speech?
“He wanted me to stay in a land that has freedom,” “ Ilham Tohti has been sentenced to life imprisonment and confiscation of all of his possession for writing about the rights of the Uigar people of western China. Mr. Tohti is known as a moderate voice,a Communist Party member[...]
BLACK RACISM on Facebook
A Response to a comment on Face Book. After Charlie James posted a piece that asserted that Moses and Jesus were “Black,” corrected this and then had the displeasure of an onslaught of racism .. black racism. Charlie You know how much I admire you for your life long efforts at fightin[...]