tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post5676712125638867084..comments2023-12-13T16:57:33.142-06:00Comments on Blogodidact: “I never thought I’d see the day that a black man would be President of the United States.” - Why the hell not?Van Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-48879248428417210552009-05-03T01:45:00.000-05:002009-05-03T01:45:00.000-05:00Aninnymouse said “The logic is if a black can't ge...Aninnymouse said “The logic is if a black can't get a job at a Pizza joint, how could he win president. That's "why the hell not." It makes no sense...”<br /><br />Not too long before JFK was elected president, you could find signs that said “No dogs or Irish allowed”, people took that as reason enough to believe that no Catholic, and no Irishmen, and damn sure no Irish Catholic would <I>EVER</I> be elected President.<br /><br />Stupid ideas don’t get any validity from foolish people buying into them. Because some people aren’t able or willing to recognize that idiotic prejudices held by other people as foolish as themselves are no basis for making logical predictions, is no reason to believe that they were making any sense to begin with… or to believe ill of an entire people.<br /><br />And if you hadn’t noticed, both sets of fools were handily proven wrong.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-33433167590329786202009-05-03T01:20:00.000-05:002009-05-03T01:20:00.000-05:00In Detroit, nonetheless, there was a Pizza place c...In Detroit, nonetheless, there was a Pizza place called Buddy's Pizza that never hired blacks. 100% white, unless you came in after the place closed.<br /><br />The logic is if a black can't get a job at a Pizza joint, how could he win president. That's "why the hell not." It makes no sense...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-57533056416926449312009-01-25T20:44:00.000-06:002009-01-25T20:44:00.000-06:00"...the battery power is dwindling, slowly but sur..."...the battery power is dwindling, slowly but surely."<BR/><BR/>I hope so, Van.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-7809478486049897452009-01-25T14:28:00.000-06:002009-01-25T14:28:00.000-06:00da, you've represented your sides point of view ve...da, you've represented your sides point of view very well.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-68513103753645129202009-01-25T14:26:00.000-06:002009-01-25T14:26:00.000-06:00Julie said "...As to Goldberg's conclusion, I'd li...Julie said "...As to Goldberg's conclusion, I'd like to agree with him. But I can't. The usual suspects who bang the victimhood drum will continue to cry that whites keep blacks down; ..."<BR/><BR/>Oh, I agree the leftists will never willingly let it go, but just because they want to hang on to it, doesn't mean they'll be able to.<BR/><BR/>I saw a clip of a comic on Leno when it first looked like Obama might have a chance of beating Clinton, and she nailed it on the spot, to LOUD laughter/applause, words to the effect of:"<I>...I'm sure the black leadership is quaking right now... I mean how can the brothers say w'astrait face dat 'Da Man is keeping me DOWN!'... when... da man... iz a brutha?!</I>"<BR/><BR/>Can't tell you how many similar comedians & commentators I've heard since.<BR/><BR/>The culture can be led, when they don't have they're lacking info, but when all the cards are on the table like they so blatantly are now?<BR/><BR/>It won't pass the laugh test for much longer. Doesn't mean those in power won't milk it for all it's worth, and I don't expect it'll vanish in the next year, or even 5 or 10, but the charging cord has been pulled from the wall, and the battery power is dwindling, slowly but surely.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-3591642254469290092009-01-25T14:08:00.000-06:002009-01-25T14:08:00.000-06:00I'm still waiting for the day a black person becom...I'm still waiting for the day a black person becomes president. He/she will have been robbed of being the first full black CIC.<BR/><BR/>What percentage qualifies as 'black'? Eisenhower was 25% black, if some historians are to be believed. Four or five other presidents may have had various percentages as well. Is 50% enough?<BR/><BR/>If Obama had run and won in independent Kenya, he would have been the first white president.<BR/><BR/>Just having fun here. It's not the percentage that matters, I know; it's the shared perception and selling by the media first, followed by acceptance by the general populace. It's why Bill could get away with being the first black president before Obama came along and bitch slapped the Clinton legacy.robinstarfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665546554663005609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-4039951941961318492009-01-25T12:50:00.000-06:002009-01-25T12:50:00.000-06:00oh, yeah? well what about about the way bushitler ...oh, yeah? well what about about the way bushitler trashed the constituton,and obama wouldn't dothat because global warming thatwas coused by bushes immoral war made all the musloms hateus and cuased 911 and now oyu hate obama cuz evrythings too hot in spite of the freezing winter and<BR/>yeh i nevr thoght id see a real cool black guy be prez becuz all wou rssisexishoserphobs are like totlly not with it so get with teh pogram yuo hatr<BR/>lol showed you, huh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-12475750591313665282009-01-25T06:09:00.000-06:002009-01-25T06:09:00.000-06:00What's amazing to me is to hear interviews with "b...What's amazing to me is to hear interviews with "blacks on the street" who know even less of Obama than the Media has put forth. Can you imagine how thin that sort of information is?<BR/><BR/>They believe he's "one of them", knows their struggle, has been where they are. I'M closer to their struggle than the Zero ever has been. No matter. He's <I>black</I>.Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-72278426158205618232009-01-25T00:02:00.000-06:002009-01-25T00:02:00.000-06:00I also cooncur with Julie, that Johah's idea is to...I also cooncur with Julie, that Johah's idea is too logical and it won't materialize.<BR/><BR/>Because Obama ran on race. It worked so well, he's not going to give it up. He probably can't.<BR/><BR/>Anyone who opposes Obama will be labled bigots and racists. That has already happened.<BR/>Remember, Obama IS the civil rights movement incarnate.<BR/><BR/>Of course that is absurd, but that's how those on the Left see him. Therefor, if weopoeObama's policies, we oppose the civil rights movement.<BR/><BR/>The Left truly can't comprehend why any whites wouldn't feel guilty. Perhaps not all but most.<BR/><BR/>Ironically, the vast majority of racism Obama felt was in Indonesia.<BR/>Most of the racism he experienced here in the <BR/>US, according to his own books, was PERCEIVED, not real.<BR/>Then there's Jeremiah Wight...<BR/><BR/>I do respect the office of President, but I concur with Van, if President Obama doesn't do his best to protect and defend the Constitution and ou right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness then I will oppose his policies.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-72657088227414007012009-01-24T23:36:00.000-06:002009-01-24T23:36:00.000-06:00Here's an excellent link that complements Van's ex...Here's an excellent link that complements Van's excellent post-<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://dennisdale.blogspot.com/2008/12/deconstructing-barry.html" REL="nofollow">Deconstructing Barry</A><BR/><BR/>Here's an excerpt:<BR/>Those few of us left capable of viewing the Obama phenomenon with detachment will recognize its seductive offer of an easy, celebratory catharsis, its encouragement and indulgence of the individual's sense of moral superiority. The effectiveness of this appeal is manifest in the adoring crowds, in the deliberately incurious and uncritical appreciation of the candidate and now president-elect that continues. In the candidate's unspoken collusion with the media to equate his personal ambition with the civil rights movement itself and to subsequently equate any rejection of the candidate's race-based appeal with a rejection of his race, holding criticism of the campaign guilty of bigotry until deemed innocent.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-25690321964555685042009-01-24T20:27:00.000-06:002009-01-24T20:27:00.000-06:00BTW, Van, I like the new layout!BTW, Van, I like the new layout!USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-86917146754161095122009-01-24T20:26:00.000-06:002009-01-24T20:26:00.000-06:00Right on, Van! Excellent post!"Why the hell not? S...Right on, Van! Excellent post!<BR/><BR/>"Why the hell not? Sure it’s a milestone, but it is, or should be, little more than a scenic stop, certainly worthy of crowding around and taking a few smiling pictures before continuing on down the road, but seriously questioning that we’d ever get there? Gawking at in astonishment?"<BR/><BR/>I'm the first Irish/Hispanic/English whatever the hell I am to start a blog called One Cosmos At Sea! I never thought I'd see the day. <BR/><BR/>Yeah, that's insulting, really. <BR/>People that say that have perpetuated the cult of low expectations. <BR/>Also, it's unAmerican.<BR/><BR/>By that, I mean there's too many folks that focus on race, gender, class, or whatever, instead of viewing us all as Americans. Period. <BR/><BR/>I say let's get rid of the freakin' hyphenated, divisive, PC BS! Live in the now. But Lefties just can't do that. <BR/><BR/>They ain't happy unless they have grievances (mostly manufactured) and victims...and even then they ain't happy.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32362551.post-49481927626247008702009-01-24T13:55:00.000-06:002009-01-24T13:55:00.000-06:00...never thought I’d see the day that X would happ...<I>...never thought I’d see the day that X would happen in America.</I><BR/><BR/>To me, that's a statement that would most likely accompany something appalling happening: "Never thought I'd see the day a non-resident non-citizen became President," for instance. Or "never thought I'd see the day people were sent to gulags for disagreeing with the Office." <BR/><BR/>Like you, it never occurred to me that it <I>wasn't</I> possible to elect someone based on their skin color. I will be surprised, however, if (for instance) a Mormon ever gets elected President; religious objections have a lot more power than racial ones, because they're based on ideology rather than genetics.<BR/><BR/>As to Goldberg's conclusion, I'd like to agree with him. But I can't. The usual suspects who bang the victimhood drum will continue to cry that whites keep blacks down; they'll write off the Obama Presidency as being achieved by someone who wasn't really, authentically black, that he only won by acting white, or they'll come up with some other means of ignoring the glaring discrepancy. Already, it's clear that racial quotas are still being <A HREF="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/01/24/dobbs-bashes-reichs-racism-what-world-he-thinking" REL="nofollow">welcomed</A> if not lauded (by Reich, at the very least).<BR/><BR/>Honestly, can you picture Obama or his administration advocating a reduction of quotas? If anything, he probably considers himself a demonstration of how effective they are, and how it's vital to increase quotas, not decrease them.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com