Okay, I'll take the bait! Surely though, I am not the only one who is curious to know: 1) What is "the plan" that Mr. Krasnoff refers to? 2) Who might this republican be?
The traditional Republican party that once thrived in Minneapolis and produced some outstanding council members (Barbra Carlson, Walter Rockenstein, Charlee Hoyt, Arne Carlson (later, Gov. Arne Carlson) Gladys Brooks, Dick Erdall among others) and legislators (Bill Dean was the last of them, 23 years ago) and other public officials (Mary Doty, library board; Patty Baker, park board; Lyle Schwarzkopf, city coordinator) no longer exits. The arty that once played a vital role in both the history and the future of Minneapolis is now largely a right wing cabal that dislikes cities and the people that live in them and has no real empathy or solutions for people who are not exactly like them. The party that once talked about harnessing the economic, moral, and intellectual power of the community to identify problems and find creative solutions now babbles incessantly about the evils of government and actively encourages an "I've Got Mine, Now Get The Hell Away From Me" attitude. To repeat: what's the plan and whose the candidate(s)??? Jim Bernstein Fulton -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neal Krasnoff Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 11:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Mpls] Who Speaks for White People? Booker Hodges wrote: > Booker T Investigates > Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder > Published 10-29-03 > > Who speaks for White people? Why don't you ask them? :-) > > Who is the leader of White people? Is it Robert Lilligren, Paul > Ostrow, Tim Pawlenty, or R.T. Rybek? When these White people speak, > are they speaking on behalf of all White people? Of course they > aren't, so why is it that when Spike Moss, Reverend Staten, or > Reverend Jerry McAfee speak, White people assume that they are > speaking on behalf of all Black people? > Spike, Reverend Staten, and Reverend McAfee champion some good causes, > and in most cases I am confident that they are speaking in the best > interest of Black people. Some Black people, including myself, have > criticized these individuals in the past for speaking for us without > consulting some other Blacks outside of their leadership organizations. > It seems to me that Mayor Rybak and the ***Rybak Times*** didn't have > any problems with these individuals until they started speaking for a > united Black people. Once these individuals showed up at the > Minneapolis School Board with the support of many organizations of > color and White people, they got the attention of Rybak and the > ***Rybak Times***. > R.T. Rybak and the ***Rybak Times*** saw fit to try to discredit these > individuals once they realized that they were representing a united > people of color. Rybak basically called these individuals > non-authentic community leaders who just show up when the camera is > rolling. Well, if these individuals are non-authentic, who needs to > authenticate them? Is it me? Is it you? Is it R.T. Rybak? No, we'll just leave it to identity politics and their practitioners, the social justice ideologues. As with Al Sharpton, C. Vernon Mason, Alton Maddox, William Kunstler, and Sonny Carson in New York City during the 1980's and 1990's, if all goes according to plan, we'll have a Republican mayor in Minneapolis. Neal Krasnoff Loring Park REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
