Month: October 2011

Adrastos, Current Affairs, Religion

NOLA Potpourri for $200, Alex

Peter Adrastos Athas

October is my favorite month of the year in New Orleans. The heat finally breaks and the chances of a tropical system starts to diminish. It’s also been a very newsy few weeks here so I thought I’d share. The big story right now is the passing offormer Archbishop Philip Hannan at the advanced age of 98. Hannan was a larger than life figure. He was a chaplain with the 82nd Airborne in World War II and jumped with his flock thereby earning a series of nicknames, my favorite being the Parachuting Padre. Holy Father Mulcahy, Batman. Hannan hasn’t been … Continue reading NOLA Potpourri for $200, Alex

Athenae, Immoral Values5 Comments

Dealing with Bullying

Bullies are profoundly fucked up: Studies show that kids who are involved in bullying — bullies, victims and a third subgroup of particularly problematic kids who engage in both behaviors and are referred to as bully-victims — are more likely to have started out with depression, anxiety and other mental health issues that predispose them to lashing out and to self-harm. We knew this, right? I think we let a lot of stuff go that, were adults doing it to each other, would land someone’s ass in handcuffs, because “it’s just kids being kids,” and hell no. A lot of … Continue reading Dealing with Bullying

Michael F2 Comments

Plus Ça Change…

FromAlbum4 I think it wasCatherine Murdock, in the Ken BurnsProhibition series, who noted that the source of the Temperance movement’s strength was also the root of it’s ultimate defeat. I forget the exact quote, but it was something like ‘stubborn, intransigent, refus[ing] to compromise.’ Sound familiar? So, maybe some small cause for hope in looking back at this previous era of the culture war. However, “victory” only came after more than a dozen years that wreaked havok in all sorts of ways…and this was only about booze. This generation of morality police are trying to stomp on civil rights, women’s … Continue reading Plus Ça Change…

Athenae, Big Damn Heroes, Economy, Immoral Values, So Called Liberal Media, Stupid Blue Dog Tricks11 Comments

They Cannot Muzzle The Light

You know that famous picture from the Westboro Baptists protests and counter-protests? This one? I feel like standing next to Capitol Hill with that sign right now. Or the DNC headquarters. Something. Thousands of people are in the fucking streets. Thousands. In New York, Boston, Cali, Philly. Thousands. Yet Washington Democrats cower in the corner for fear of joining them. I can see why. What if one of the hippies has a rude shirt? And doesn’t it make Obama look bad to point out that the earth is caving in on his watch? What if somebody at the rallies compared … Continue reading They Cannot Muzzle The Light

Adrastos, Film, Television7 Comments

Roaring Back

Peter Adrastos Athas

The roaring Twenties have come roaring back in a big way on the small screen. I’m pretty knowledgeable about the era but I learned a plethora of new details fromKen Burns’Prohibition. I knew how important women were in getting the damn thing passed but didn’t know how instrumental they were in its repeal. Let’s hoist one for the ladies. I already knew how muchAl Smith rocked before he became embittered by his defeat and FDR’s enacting his his Noo Yawk programs nationally without giving as much credit as Smith thought he was due. I keep meaning to blog aboutBoardwalk Empire … Continue reading Roaring Back

Athenae, So Called Liberal Media9 Comments

The Internet Gives Dexter a Run for His Money

Journalism. Why won’t anyone pay for it? If only you kids with your iPods weren’t so selfish. Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) — Tribune Co. won court approval to pay as much as $42.5 million in incentive bonuses to 640 managers of the bankrupt newspaper publisher. The recipients, who include television-station managers and newspaper executives, will split a bonus pool that will be based on Tribune’s operating cash flow at the end of the year. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin J. Carey approved the bonuses today in Wilmington, Delaware. The bonuses are “critically important to maintain proper incentives for the management team,” Tribune … Continue reading The Internet Gives Dexter a Run for His Money

Adrastos, Political Crack, Stupid Republican Tricks10 Comments

The Jersey Tease Is Over

Peter Adrastos Athas

It looks likeGov. Fat Fuck is going to stay in Trenton, which means all the satirists are weeping bitter, albeit crocodile, tears. I know I am. No more Sal Bonpansiero or Tony Soprano jokes. Woe is me. Josh Marshall has an interesting take on what this means for Roger Ailes and establishment Goopers: Because Christie is in a line of earlier candidates like Rudy Giuliani, who was not only also a Murdoch darling but also the product of the imagination of a certain kind of coastal, big donor Republicanism. To put it bluntly, as the thinking goes in these folks … Continue reading The Jersey Tease Is Over

Athenae, Stupid Republican Tricks7 Comments

Being Accused of Racism Is OMG LIEK HITLER

Which is kind of awkward, if you are indeed a bunch of racist clowns: My take? Cain’s comments were — at best – premature — and at worst, highly irresponsible. It was a cheap shot, and perhaps is a signal that Cain is willing to play the race card against a fellow Republican when it benefits him. The fact that Cain spoke out so soon — basing his comments on a newly-posted and thinly-sourced article published by an outlet many conservatives believe to have a liberal bias — speaks to Cain’s lack of political judgment. This isn’t the first time … Continue reading Being Accused of Racism Is OMG LIEK HITLER

Athenae, Economy, Immoral Values5 Comments

Poor Moral Character

Digby: I think all these elites believe they are wealthy and secure due to their superior morality and work ethic. Therefore, it’s important to make sure the plebes feel some pain for their excesses so they’ll adopt the higher standards of their betters. Just as Michael Kinsley believes that Chris Christie’s obesity reveals a slothful character, the Central Bankers are apparently all convinced that sovereign debt is due to the character flaws of slothful citizens who have failed to become wealthy. Neither belief is relevant to fiscal policy. Or even true. In the first place, who gives a flying fuck … Continue reading Poor Moral Character

Adrastos, Television3 Comments

Deep Teevee Thought

Peter Adrastos Athas

Didja ever wonder how Andy Rooney and his eyebrows stayed on the air so long? Yeah, me too. I might, however, miss kvetching about the kvetcher. Here’s Jon Stewart’s adieu to the bushy browed professional cranky old man: http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:video:thedailyshow.com:398588 The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More:Daily Show Full Episodes, Political Humor & Satire Blog, The Daily Show on Facebook Continue reading Deep Teevee Thought

Immoral Values, Stupid Republican Tricks, Tommy T7 Comments

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – “White Fright” edition

Good mornong, gentle people!

You know, the recent teabagger love for Herman Cain has made me wonder if the baggers and bagger-ettes have found a way to let their admiration of greed and social darwinism trump

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their hatred and fear of the dusky-hued “other”.

Now why in God’s name did I even think that?.

You see, it’s all going downhill for whites!

Census count finds decreasing white population in 15 states
The Washington Post ^ | Thursday, September 29, 2011 | Carol Morello

Posted on Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:50:38 PM byMinorityRepublican

Non-Hispanic whites are a dwindling share of the U.S. population, with their numbers dropping in the Northeast and Midwest and growing only modestly in the South and West, the Census Bureau said Thursday.

Whites declined in 15 states, almost all in the industrial and farming states from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania, and from Kansas to Ohio. They also declined in California and three Southern states, including Maryland.

A Census Bureau analysis of the 2010 count showed that the number of non-Hispanic whites rose over the decade from 194.5 million to 197 million, but the 1.2 percent growth rate fell far short of the national increase of 9.7 percent. Non-Hispanic whites are now 64 percent of the population, down from 69 percent a decade ago.

The census also reported that the black population grew by 12 percent. African Americans now make up almost 13 percent of the population, a small increase over the decade. More than half, 57 percent, live in the South, up from 55 percent a decade ago. And six out of 10 blacks live in 10 states, including Virginia and Maryland.

The census analysis of the nation’s white and black population underscores the transformative nature of growth in the 21st century. The number of Hispanics and Asians is soaring, the number of blacks is growing slowly and whites are almost at a standstill.

1 posted on Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:50:41 PM byMinorityRepublican
I think that a “minority Republican” (is that anything like a “award-winning British Chef”?) posting this is precious, in light of the Fine White Whine that’s about to be served.

To: MinorityRepublican

there are 2 schools within a half mile of my house. 10 years ago it was 90/10 white minority it is now 10/90

2 posted on Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:55:08 PM byBreto (never accept the premise)

Well, I guess either it’s time to move, or else go down to the school with your AR-15 and even the odds. no?

To: MinorityRepublican
Section 8 is the Liberal version of block-busting.

They use it to movethe termites into the areas where people moved to escapethe termites, forcing them to move again.

4 posted on Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:57:21 PM byE. Pluribus Unum (Palin is coming, and the Tea Party is coming with her.)

I guess de-humanizing your scapegoats by comparing them to vermin is old hat.
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…now it’s “insects”.

To: E. Pluribus Unum
When we take the grandchildren to the playground at a nearby park, they’re theonly white children there. All of the others are Mexicans and blacks.And this is in a nice neighborhood in suburban Dallas, Texas.

Uh Oh. Does this mean I’m in danger? And if the brown people are overrunning the neighborhood, how could it possibly be described as “a nice neighborhood”?
Did you mean to say“it was a nice neighborhood before the insects moved in”?

Likewise at the grocery store, the white people are are, like me, elderly.

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The younger adults are all Mexican or black.

I realize that Pat Buchanan is ostracized by many here, but he was quite prophetic inThe Death of the West. In particular Chapter 9 of his book (“Intimidated Majority”) describes the current situation aptly.

21 posted on Thursday, September 29, 2011 10:15:30 PM byre_nortex (DP…that’s what I like about Texas.)
To: re_nortex

I know same here! I take my grandson to the parks around his house and mine and he is almost always the only white kid there. It makes me wonder do white parent just not take their kids to parks or what’s going on?Where ARE all the white people?

62 posted on Friday, September 30, 2011 1:11:02 AM bykelly4c
At the RNC convention?
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Masks all the way off after the singularity.

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