Tea Party Racism
Is the Tea Party fundamentally racist? Or is it just coincidental that it formed as a black man was taking office? For years, Republicans were in office busting the budget and passing bills like Medicare D which was completely unfunded and will cost us something like $72 B a year. Where was the outrage then? Doug ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Tea Party Racism
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Doug Pensinger brig...@zo.com wrote: Is the Tea Party fundamentally racist? Or is it just coincidental that it formed as a black man was taking office? I think you will find haters in just about any large group of people. Groups that have been around a while and have ways of filtering out the shriller voices (or at least muting them), while newer groups like the Tea Party seem to lack those filters. ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Tea Party Racism
On Jul 25, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: Is the Tea Party fundamentally racist? Or is it just coincidental that it formed as a black man was taking office? For years, Republicans were in office busting the budget and passing bills like Medicare D which was completely unfunded and will cost us something like $72 B a year. Where was the outrage then? Doug I wouldn't say it was fundamentally racist as a matter of actual policy, or at least not overtly stated policy. Most of the time, they carefully avoid using racist language or imagery in their public statements. Most of the time. But the party also seems to leave very carefully parsed loopholes in their public statements, in general, that one could figuratively drive a Mack truck through, in terms of allowing, and one might say even enabling, racist ideology and behavior among their rank and file membership, and it's an absolute certainty to me that the party has some very racist followers, *and* that the party seems to do little if anything to discourage those followers from overtly racist behavior. And the thing that makes this a really hard question is that if you were to ask any of those hardcore racist folks in the Tea Party whether the party stands for what they believe in, the majority would probably enthusiastically say yes. And might even specifically extend that to support for their racist beliefs and ideology. It depends on who you ask, and some of the answers you might get from the leadership would be rather interestingly uninformative if past behavior is any guide. The best I'd be able to say overall is that they are very good at claiming they aren't what they seem in practice to be. Sort of like the Nigerian scam emails that start off with This is not spam .. The price of liberty is eternal vigilance. -- Thomas Jefferson ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Lions, Colorado-style
It's taken over 10 years and really was pure luck, but I've finally seen cougars in the wild, about 1/4 mile from where I live - whoohoo! We were driving out at dusk, and there they were: a pair (courting?) just ~ 30 ft (10 meters, A?) off the road. They looked in good shape, without any big scars, moving fluidly, glossy-coated. I think the big one was a male, as it was a little jowly (like a tomcat, not fat!), and the slighter one was both shyer and appeared svelte, not 'lollopy' like an adolescent. It was a good wildlife-sighting week: turkey chicks, a pair of golden eagles (I was told they're the local breeding pair at Ken Caryl), a hawk family with an eyas (that's the term for a now-flying chick, IIRC) and as the jewels in the crown, cougars. Debbi Can You Feel The Love Tonight? Maru :D ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
RE: Lions, Colorado-style
Oh, wow. Aren't they lovely animals! We get them out here in Albuquerque from time to time, and there's TV footage, but I've never seen one live except in the Rio Grande Zoo. http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:49:07 -0700 From: harrellmed...@yahoo.com Subject: Lions, Colorado-style To: brin-l@mccmedia.com It's taken over 10 years and really was pure luck, but I've finally seen cougars in the wild, about 1/4 mile from where I live - whoohoo! We were driving out at dusk, and there they were: a pair (courting?) just ~ 30 ft (10 meters, A?) off the road. They looked in good shape, without any big scars, moving fluidly, glossy-coated. I think the big one was a male, as it was a little jowly (like a tomcat, not fat!), and the slighter one was both shyer and appeared svelte, not 'lollopy' like an adolescent. It was a good wildlife-sighting week: turkey chicks, a pair of golden eagles (I was told they're the local breeding pair at Ken Caryl), a hawk family with an eyas (that's the term for a now-flying chick, IIRC) and as the jewels in the crown, cougars. Debbi Can You Feel The Love Tonight? Maru :D ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
