"...inegible under anti-nepotism rules....".  But what

if we consult Sharia law?.....or Sen. Specter's "Scottish"

law?  We really have to open our eyes to the customs

of others if we are to evolve into an enlightened

society......according to the ruling class.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 29, 2010 03:26 PM (yQWNf)

--Definitely true.

Most ethical Congress ever

Posted by: Adjoran at August 29, 2010 04:07 PM (VfmLu)

--As much as I love and idealize America, certain cultural/genetic traits are hard to erase, even after hundreds of years on this side of the Atlantic.  It's similar to the ethic of almost all pastors of black churches: encourage people to participate in this version of the Prosperity Gospel by showing how well the preachers of it are living.  I don;t think it's a product solely of African influences by a long shot, but the unique combination of genes and historical circumstances has produced a noxious mixture.

Posted by: Matt at August 29, 2010 04:11 PM (4z2dt)

It ain't easy for everyone.

If I'm not mistaken Stephen Broden is running as the Republican candidate in this district, and he sounds GREAT:

http://tinyurl.com/yzugmcf

He was one of the pastors up on the stage with Glenn Beck yesterday -

 Had there been more "very worthy applicants in my district," she added, "then I probably wouldn't have given it" to the relatives.

Oh. My.

Posted by: alexthechick at August 29, 2010 04:21 PM (eRjGt)

Uhhh... no you didn't fix anything.

You just played some PC version of 'they are all doing it', which is wrong.

17 How come all these CBC people are getting exposed right now? They've been robbing us blind for years and now they're dropping like flies. Why now?

a really good question that's been asked, but not answered, before

Well, perhaps more CBC types are getting caught because of reduced expectations and PC sensitivities.

Posted by: kidney at August 29, 2010 04:25 PM (ENRGu)

--Not trying to be Stormfronty, which is why I tried to explain it as a product of Southern-ness and culture as well as genetics.  Black politicians in Canada, for example, are not this bad.

Er... in #32, I meant that past reduced expectations and pc sensitivities led to an increase in corruption in the CBC which is now getting exposed in todays different political and racial climete.

So in a way, this is progress.

Dallas Morning News outdid itself with this investigation.

Well, they endorsed her opponent so they must be evil and you-know-what.

About the storm-fronty observation...

This is a blog that has a lot of philo-semitism and I think I do too.  Just look at all the contributions Jewish culture has made.  Just the nobel prizes alone...

Well, culture plays a part, but I'm willing to entertain the possibility that genetics have something to do with it.  Bluntly put, Jews may be genetically smarter than the world population as a whole.

OK, I can deal with that.  Seeing as how I'm now Jewish, I may be slightly disgruntled about all this, but hey, that's life.  And really, rich smart Jews make my life better too, via inovations and jobs.

Now in the eyes of G*d and the law, we are all equal as individuals.  But in the eyes of a capitalistic marketplace, not so much. 

BUT...

The uncomfortable part of the above is that if there are races/groups/etc that are smarter than average, then by the law of averages, there must be races/groups/ect that are less smart than average.

So, the question is this:  Is it racist to believe this?

53 Saw this at Hot Air :"What they're saying about the 8/28 rally". It's like journolist is still up and running.

It most likely is, but under a different name.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at August 29, 2010 04:42 PM (xO+6C)

Race is everything to the left. EVERYTHING.

Race is everything to the left. EVERYTHING.

FIght the power, bitches!

Democrats have no moral problems with sticking a pair of tweezers into a woman's crotch and ripping her baby's head off, so she can keep partying it up.  They have no problems with incinerating 80 men, women, and children for the crime of failure to pay a tax on one gun on time.  They have no problems with dropping loaded bags of cement on a bus full of Republicans heading to the national convention.  They have no problem with paying a creep who impregnates the daughter of a leading GOP politician to refuse to pay child support.

Why the fuck would these demented, evil perverts have a problem with simple nepotism?

The civil war can't come soon enough for me. 

Who the hell his he fighting?

I'd pay good money to see one of these "I'll fight for you" Democrats in a real fight.

_{Not with Republican politicians, though.} 

So, the question is this:  Is it racist to believe this?

Posted by: ed at August 29, 2010 04:44 PM (Zsqn4)

The definition of racism that we have been left with would necessitate a "yes" answer to that question. More importantly, you should ask is it wrong? To that question, I would say no it's not.

That doesn't mean people won't throw rocks at you. The notion of PC-ness is so burned into popular opinion that even though you are likely right the mere speculation on that will get you maligned.

Yes.  But this is the one with the zombies in it.

And boobies.  Gotta have boobies!

The uncomfortable part of the above is that if there are races/groups/etc that are smarter than average, then by the law of averages, there must be races/groups/ect that are less smart than average.

So, the question is this:  Is it racist to believe this?

Posted by: ed at August 29, 2010 04:44 PM (Zsqn4)

Smart in what way? If someone from Massachusettes is better at fishing and I'm from Ohio and better at farming, who's the smarter person?

I don't buy into this "who's more intelligent" bullshit. There's no way to measure it.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have some lobster to eat, before the government shuts down the lobster fishery on the East Coast due to low supply. They won't eat themselves, you know.

Yeah, Mr. Precedent - Eat us!!!

Race is everything to the left. EVERYTHING.

Not really.  What it is, is an attempt to incite black men, who sometimes can actually fight, to violence, while the leftist draft-dodging cowards hide and watch.

What it is, is an attempt to incite black men, who sometimes can actually fight, to violence, while the leftist draft-dodging cowards hide and watch.

Cut.  Jib.  Newsletter.

Posted by: alexthechick at August 29, 2010 04:36 PM (eRjGt)

You are a fiscal-con and social-lib (from what I have seen of you here), so it's not as laughable as you would pretend.

I'll ask a simple and direct question. Do you think corruption within the CBC is off the scale rampant and well above the levels of the rest of the Dem congress?

Gotta have boobies!

and cheap booze.

And Bacon!

I don't buy into this "who's more intelligent" bullshit. There's no way to measure it.

I agree, actually.  It may actually be true that blacks have lower IQ scores; however, it is a mistake to think IQ measures something of real value.  Who is more valuable to society, a good car mechanic or Noam Chomsky?  Common sense and a good moral base are much more important than "A is to B as C is to blank."

Just because the Left hates IQ doesn't make it valuable.  Even a stopped clock is right twice a day (and for the wrong reasons).

The uncomfortable part of the above is that if there are races/groups/etc that are smarter than average, then by the law of averages, there must be races/groups/ect that are less smart than average.

So, the question is this:  Is it racist to believe this?

Posted by: ed at August 29, 2010 04:44 PM (Zsqn4)

--I don't think so, but it's not PC to be sure.  In any case, if you let such thoughts dominate your moral judgments, then yeah it's racism.  I favour just taking every man case by case like MLK (both morally and in terms of acumen), and --since it is of course a topic hijacked by the racial left-- immigration policy should be set the same way.  That is to say: coldly give priority (heck, not just priority, but sole placement) to the smartest and most accomplished --wherever they are from-- and if the racial composition skews one way or another, so be it.  It may be that such a policy would even favor Blacks from Africa, since perhaps the accomplished people of pallor may be happier if they're living in, say, New Zealand and not want to immigrate.

I mean there are comments over there they they thought the tea party was a force to be reckoned with but now that they know it's just a bunch of old people they realize they have nothing to worry about and their message will remain strong

Posted by: curious at August 29, 2010 04:54 PM (p302b)

It's just an effort to demoralize us. Don't be discouraged!

57 Why is it that damn near every politician of color has some shady deal like this going on?

 Cause and effect may be getting swapped here.  If you have an organization like the CBC whose membership qualifications are based on skin color rather than ability or achievement, it will naturally attract those who have the correct skin color and are also looking for a way to make up for their lack of ability and achievement through the easiest shortcut available -corruption.

Posted by: Ken at August 29, 2010 04:57 PM (ftfkn)

That was kind of my point as well, I should have stuck with "smarter" rather than "intelligent."

I'll take street smarts over book smarts any day of the week.

I agree, actually.  It may actually be true that blacks have lower IQ scores; however, it is a mistake to think IQ measures something of real value.  Who is more valuable to society, a good car mechanic or Noam Chomsky?  Common sense and a good moral base are much more important than "A is to B as C is to blank."

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2010 04:54 PM (/jbAw)

Yes because anyone that has the temerity to question them gets the RACE CARD pulled on them and they timidly slink away. I saw an article in the last week or two that exposed them a little bit. American Thinker or somewhere. They have a separate $4,000,000 CBC office and their funds somehow are allowed to be treated differently than any other caucus or committee. Probably illegally.

I don't buy into this "who's more intelligent" bullshit. There's no way to measure it.

Posted by: ErikW at August 29, 2010 04:51 PM (RIXB

Well, you may call it bullshit.  And that's cool.  But I'm gonna say that Albert Einstein is more intelligent than me.  Why?  He did special and general relativity.  I can't.

Now, if you want crabgrass removed from your yard, I'm probably your man.  But that doesn't mean that in that respect, I'm just as intelligent as him.  I'd say that the market is saying this:  "Smart people, go do physics and math.  Dumb people (and I'm lookin' at you, ed.  Quit tryin' to sneak out with the smart people), go do manual, repetitive labor."

Which makes sense.  Why would you want me trying to do math research with Amishdude?  I can't do that.  Why would you want Albert Einstein on his hands and knees next to me pulling up crab-grass?

Posted by: alexthechick at August 29, 2010 05:01 PM (eRjGt)

1. The scale of corruption even within congress is far from 100%, but the corruption of the CBC is approaching that number. To pretend that "they are all corrupt" is a typical PC dodge in claiming that "everybody is doing it" and we mean people are singling out just the minorities.

2. I remember you being quite socially liberal on the early gay marriage threads.

Posted by: ed at August 29, 2010 05:06 PM (Zsqn4)

We have millions of Einsteins working on our lawns as we speak, being kept in the shadows because their skin is different and they speak a different language.

Posted by: ed at August 29, 2010 05:06 PM (Zsqn4)

I'm 100% with you, check comment #96. I dicked up my response with a single word.

By the by, I was a greenskeeper at a golf course for 5 years and I can spot crab-grass from a mile away.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at August 29, 2010 05:10 PM (E6e0b)

Kick-ass season for me.  Just watch!

Posted by: Mark Benjamin at August 29, 2010 05:10 PM (BP6Z1)

The racism is obvious.

Initially, she said, "I recognized the names when I saw them. And I knew that they had a need just like any other kid that would apply for one." Had there been more "very worthy applicants in my district," she added, "then I probably wouldn't have given it" to the relatives. 

So, you see, it just turned out that these family members of hers were the most deserving recipients.  I don't see what all the fuss is about.

ErikW at August 29, 2010 05:09 PM (RIXB

No problem, EricW, it's cool.

By the way, whoever did comment #104 cracked me up.

17 How come all these CBC people are getting exposed right now? They've been robbing us blind for years and now they're dropping like flies. Why now?

I've said it before: Barack Obama hates independent black politicians.  He's been the token all of his life and it's a good gig.  He doesn't really go out of his way to protect them.  For that matter, I think Kendrick Meek should watch his back.  I atntcipate a scandal about him being leaked to the press any time now.

I think the Rangel investigations (Rangel was being punished for endorsing Hillary) also gave some permission to the MSM to uncover these kinds of things.  Interestingly Johnson endorsed Obama even though her district went about 65% for Hillary in the primary.

As to why this seems to happen to black politicians, I've tought a bit about this and, first, they are in racially gerrymandered districts.  This, combined with the machine features of the Democrat Party ensures that they are made to feel very secure and insulated from any of the usual pressures that even an incumbent feels.

There's a large part of the constituency that doesn't get upset at corruption because they feel like their money isn't the money being wasted.  It's somebody else's and Eddie is just getting it over on "the man".  The rest of the constituency doesn't think that way, but it's not PC to think otherwise, so they just keep their mouths shut.  It's really not much different from Tamany Hall.

40 I've known Doctors kids that got grant and scholarship money only because of the color of their skin.

I never forget that Barack Obama was raised by a bank vice president and was sent to elite private schools all of his life.

Posted by: Public Service Message at August 29, 2010 05:21 PM (IhHdM)"

Is that a threat?

on topic:

jesus, they don't even try to at least cover it up anymore....it's sooooo hard to be a dem nowadays

off topic:

58  Now in the eyes of G*d and the law, we are all equal as individuals.  But in the eyes of a capitalistic marketplace, not so much. 

as per Mr. Colt, you are only my equa if you a) have a bigger gun  b) draw faster with said gun  c) hit what you're shooting with above said drawn gun

if not, you're not my equal, just food for worms

Posted by: alexthechick at August 29, 2010 05:14 PM (eRjGt)

1. 'Sorry you are mad.

2. Libertarianism is not social-con. That doesn't mean that I think you are a bad person, but wanting the state out of the marriage business simply to maintain consistency with the gay marriage crowd (nobody is married/everyone can be married) is as far from social-con as you get.

kick his ass atc KICK HIS ASS!!!!

sorry jim but she's like the queen of stompy boots, she gets a free roll of a d20 for damage

I'll ask a simple and direct question. Do you think corruption within the CBC is off the scale rampant and well above the levels of the rest of the Dem congresss?

Posted by: Public Service Message at August 29, 2010 05:19 PM (IhHdM)

LeBron James!

Step off, haters!

Posted by: Public Service Message at August 29, 2010 05:19 PM (IhHdM)

I'm not curious, but....Groucho Marx.

kick his ass atc KICK HIS ASS!!!!

sorry jim but she's like the queen of stompy boots, she gets a free roll of a d20 for damage

Posted by: navycopjoe at August 29, 2010 05:32 PM (gg4j2)

Being the Internet and all, you do do realize that ATC has a 50/50 chance of being a 400 pound naked guy and not really a bi-chick.

Oh, bullshit. An IQ of around 133 has an occurrence of about 1 in 10,000. Yet, you know plenty?

Mine is 133, last time it was checked - in college.  Not MENSA - obviously - but I think I have more street smarts than book smarts.

And Groucho Marx said that . . .

1. 'Sorry you are mad.

Now it's mine turn to apologize, I'm no longer mad and I was trying to be funny about how I'd rather be thought a bitch than PC.  Obviously I didn't communicate that well. 

2. Libertarianism is not social-con. That doesn't mean that I think you are a bad person, but wanting the state out of the marriage business simply to maintain consistency with the gay marriage crowd (nobody is married/everyone can be married) is as far from social-con as you get.

You're misunderstanding my position, I'm explaining it poorly or some combination of those.  Let me clarify - I believe that marriage is a religious matter and that it is up to the religion to decide.  If the state is going to recognize marriages, then it should do so on a contract basis only.  I do *not* believe this in order to maintain consistency with the gay marriage crowd.  I believe this because, seriously, I don't think that personal relationships are any of the State's business.  Of course that's not a social-con position, I agree.  However, it seems that you are making a presumption of the basis for my position which is inaccurate.  I do not take this position to have consistency with the gay marriage crowd.  I take this position to have consistency with my position that civil marriage should be a matter of contract rights only.  Until such time as that happens, I am perfectly fine with marriage being between men and women only. Hell, I support DOMA since it's clear that the courts are going to stick their noses into this and attempt to impose gay marriage by fiat.  That's not on. 

I didn't take it that you thought I was a bad person, I was confused as to why you leapt to some conclusions which I thought were contrary to other evidence.  Now I know why. 

Captain Spalding:  "...One morning, I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know."

I knew it!!!

Posted by: alexthechick at August 29, 2010 05:39 PM (eRjGt)

Cool!

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2010 05:40 PM (/jbAw)

The article that I mentioned about the CBC's $4,000,000 headquarters mentioned that the mortgage was paid off by various corporations. I gather through the CBC's usual extortion tactics.  

Posted by: alexthechick at August 29, 2010 05:56 PM (eRjGt)

Holy shit, where'd you ever get that idea? I think it's really rife in the Scranton/WB area. Just look back at Flood. You know what gets me is that as far southeast of WB that I am, with the gerrymandering, I'm stil blessed to represented by Kanjorski.

Every single congresscritter is presumptively criminal.  Virtually ALL get rich while in office.

The estimable Ed Markey is my congressman.  It was recently learned that he earmarked $160,000 to a firm to "study" consolidating two small commuter rail stations in our town  located about a mile apart.  

There is no fracking reason for the town to spend big money to"study" this, as the station land is owned by the railroad, not the town.  The consequences of shutting one station down are OBVIOUS, since both are "stops" and have no buildings for people to congregate in, no tickeing, no personnel.   Extra traffic and parking spaces would be an issue, but it would take about an hour to figure that out, using existing stations as a guide.

But guess who gave Ed Markey a fat campaign contribution?

That's right: the firm that got the "study" earmark.

Legal, but outrageous.  Just like the Ground Zero  Mosque.

Fuck'em all, I say.

Oh and did I mention that Ed Markey has never held a real job?

/rant

@74  If someone from Massachusettes is better at fishing and I'm from Ohio and better at farming, who's the smarter person?

Erik, Mass has 192 miles of coastline. Ohio has 312. And perfect storms.

I had to meet several times with Eddie Bernice a couple of times for a former employer. She's dumb as a box of Joe Bidens, thinks everybody owes her everything, and treats her staff like crap.

One of her staffers got a job with my employer shortly afterwards. She was a sweet, devout Christian girl and Eddie Bernice changed her political views from liberal to conservative. Among many other things, she told me that Eddie Bernice demanded a limo even if her trip was less than a block.

Man, did all these dem/black caucus pieces of crap learn how Government works by watching crappy TV shows all their lives?

I mean it is clear that we now have a generation's worth of Government officials that think they are characters on Spin City or West Wing.  Holy shit!!

I swear, their ignorance of the rules and their clinically retarded defenses of their actions is too hilarious.

And I should be fair - it isn't just the dem/black caucus, it really is most all of the dems.

  Ahh, you could sprinkle in a few RINO's as well.

The key line is the story is that the "congresswoman is expected to win handily against her unknown republican opponent".

Wow, Texas voters sure are something.  I'll bet this woman knew she was breaking the rules for family gain but didn't bother to hide it because she knew it wasn't going to hurt her at the polls.  The arrogance is breathtaking.

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