Palin calls blacks unpatriotic for pointing out inequality

[MARIS61]

As someone who bitches about America's faults ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, Palin gives new meaning to the label "hypocrite".

Her new book unintentionally proves the Tea Party is nothing more than another run-of-the-mill, racist-based hate group.

http://www.theroot.com/views/palins...ef=obinsite&wpsrc=OB00000001&wpisrc=obnetwork

 

[Natebishop3]

I don't know why anyone cares about Sarah Palin... she's just another attention whore trying to make a buck. You know, if the liberals didn't spend so much time hating her, I bet she wouldn't make a dime.

 

[bodyman5001]

I don't know why anyone cares about Sarah Palin... she's just another attention whore trying to make a buck. You know, if the liberals didn't spend so much time hating her, I bet she wouldn't make a dime.

Amen, I for one am tired of hearing about her.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I think many blacks do use racism as a crutch in society. Probably more than they are actually the victims of racism themselves. White america is the "enemy" to be conquered.

 

[MARIS61]

I don't know why anyone cares about Sarah Palin... she's just another attention whore trying to make a buck. You know, if the liberals didn't spend so much time hating her, I bet she wouldn't make a dime.

Sadly, she will be the Republican candidate in 2012.

 

[Natebishop3]

Sadly, she will be the Republican candidate in 2012.

I'd bet you she isn't.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Romney/Jindal 2012.

 

[Natebishop3]

I'm still waiting for "The rent is too damn high" guy to announce his candidacy for president.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

that guy was an anti-semite.

 

[Denny Crane]

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[Bob Dobalina]

I think many blacks do use racism as a crutch in society. Probably more than they are actually the victims of racism themselves. White america is the "enemy" to be conquered.

I agree here. I frequently get into "discussions" with some of my family members about it.

The article referenced in this post though, I found myself looking for a quote or something from the book which pointed to "palin calling blacks unpatriotic". All I saw was a small blurb about her trading liberal for African-American.

But back to those black people. Mindful of the minefield she's conspicuously crossing, Palin is clever enough to trade "liberal" for "African American" in much of America by Heart. But her message is abundantly clear, and it's an offensive one -- in every sense of the word.

Did I miss something? Or is this just an opinion piece on Palin's book with no direct reference to what they are talking about?

 

[Denny Crane]

^^^ yeah, I think the writer is reading into Palin's book what he wants to see instead of what's actually printed.

 

[MrJayremmie]

Romney/Jindal 2012.

One of their best choices no doubt, but still kinda gross if you ask me.

 

[maxiep]

Romney/Jindal 2012.

It would be the triumph of the management consultants. Romney was a BCG and Bain guy and one of the founders of Bain Capital while Jindal toiled at McKinsey.

What a refreshing change it would be to have competency back in the White House.

 

[blazerboy30]

As someone who bitches about America's faults ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, Palin gives new meaning to the label "hypocrite".

Her new book unintentionally proves the Tea Party is nothing more than another run-of-the-mill, racist-based hate group.

http://www.theroot.com/views/palins...ef=obinsite&wpsrc=OB00000001&wpisrc=obnetwork

Provide the quote from the book?

 

[Stevenson]

It would be the triumph of the management consultants. Romney was a BCG and Bain guy and one of the founders of Bain Capital while Jindal toiled at McKinsey.

What a refreshing change it would be to have competency back in the White House.

Didn't we just try that 'run the government like a business' thing with Mr. Yale MBA? Sure had some real competence there.

Government and business are not remotely similar and have different goals, agendas, means, resources, and desired outcomes.

 

[Sug]

The best thing to come out of the Palin 15 minutes

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Didn't we just try that 'run the government like a business' thing with Mr. Yale MBA? Sure had some real competence there.

Government and business are not remotely similar and have different goals, agendas, means, resources, and desired outcomes.

Who was that "run the government like a business" guy? There's a difference between getting a Yale MBA (or Harvard Law degree for example) through legacy or Affirmative Action and actually using that degree to become the CEO of a major consulting firm/equity group through one's own merits.

 

[bodyman5001]

The best thing to come out of the Palin 15 minutes

If so, that is just sad. I found some images from that video and I wonder if Sarah has a better body in real life. Hope so. Not that the woman in the video is horribly nasty, just not hot enough to make videos IMO.

 

[maxiep]

Didn't we just try that 'run the government like a business' thing with Mr. Yale MBA? Sure had some real competence there.

Government and business are not remotely similar and have different goals, agendas, means, resources, and desired outcomes.

There's a big difference betweeen George W. Bush (a Harvard MBA, BTW) and Mitt Romney or Bobby Jindal. President Bush was elected and supported by a highly-ideological base--evangelical social conservatives. President Obama, despite running as a moderate, has been even more ideological although in the opposite direction. Romney and Jindal are both pragmatists in governance, much more like Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. I am of the opinion that this country wants to be ruled from the center rather from the fringes and are weary of the kind of pitched ideological battles that have occurred over the past decade.

Furthermore, unlike Presidents Bush and Obama, Mitt Romney and Bobby Jindal both come from states where their chosen party is a minority, so they've had to reach across the aisle to find agreement. It's pretty easy to be a Republican in Texas or a Democrat in Chicago. It's tougher to be a Republican in Boston or in Huey Long's back yard.

Finally, both have a record of achievement in both the private and public sector. Both were/are effective governors, Jindal was by all accounts an excellent Congressman and Romney improved the operations and saved many companies from bankruptcy when he was involved with Bain.

I appreciate your idea that the public and private sectors are different in outlook and goals, but I don't believe that to be the case any longer. We've stretched our limit of deficit spending; our credit limit is up. What we need in the public sector is precisely the kind of fiscal discipline you see in the private sector every day. That objective wasn't the mandate for President Bush; his was the fuzzy "Compassionate Conservatism". President Obama's was "Hope", "Change" and "Yes We Can". Our next president's objective will be less lofty: "Live within our means".

While I like both Romney and Jindal, the guy I really like is Mitch Daniels from Indiana.

 

[Haakzilla]

...US presidents are mere puppets!

 

[bodyman5001]

Didn't we just try that 'run the government like a business' thing with Mr. Yale MBA? Sure had some real competence there.

Government and business are not remotely similar and have different goals, agendas, means, resources, and desired outcomes.

Is that why we can't get anyone to stop the mass invasion from the south? We always hear that big business wants them here even though we keep exporting the jobs there. We all know that regular Joe Schmoes don't want them here living off of our tax money, so it has to be the business angle right?

That explains why W. Bush was for all intents and purposes a bleeding heart moron who didn't care if our country went straight down the crapper.

The government is just fucking out of control. Stop ONE payment of aid to some stupid country that none of us care about and give that money to the 9/11 responders. None of us would be against it. Hell, we own GM so give them some Escalades too while they are at it.

The whole black thing is just a waste of breath now, nobody cares. Done and over with. The end. Finito. Kaput. History.

You guys can give reasoned and well thought out opinions, people like me and the rest of the wackos in the interview videos in another thread are just going to call bullshit on all of you and wait for you to realize that you were wrong. It will be too late of course, but I will be old when it happens and will just be the crazy old guy talking about how things used to be.

 

[barfo]

It would be the triumph of the management consultants. Romney was a BCG and Bain guy and one of the founders of Bain Capital while Jindal toiled at McKinsey.

What a refreshing change it would be to have competency back in the White House.

Not sure those bolded phrases belong together, myself.

barfo

 

[maxiep]

Not sure those bolded phrases belong together, myself.

barfo

You just haven't met the right consultants. There's a big difference between the BCG, Bain, McKinsey & AD Little guys and the rest of consulting firms out there.

 

[MARIS61]

Who was that "run the government like a business" guy? There's a difference between getting a Yale MBA (or Harvard Law degree for example) through legacy or Affirmative Action and actually using that degree to become the CEO of a major consulting firm/equity group through one's own merits.

There's a difference between:

1. getting a Yale MBA (or Harvard Law degree for example) through legacy or Affirmative Action, then becoming the CEO of the most powerful superpower on the planet Earth through one's own merits.

2. having Mommy and Daddy buy you a Yale MBA (or Harvard Law degree for example) then using that degree to become the CEO of a major consulting firm/equity group rather than through one's own merits.

 

[MARIS61]

You just haven't met the right consultants. There's a big difference between the BCG, Bain, McKinsey & AD Little guys and the rest of consulting firms out there.

Well, in fees charged sure.

But there's probably no better example of an industry created where there has never really been a serious need for it's services. In my many years with the Feds I met and was unimpressed with countless private sector consultants and they were all morons. Every last one of them a complete waste of space, and your tax dollars.

 

[barfo]

You just haven't met the right consultants. There's a big difference between the BCG, Bain, McKinsey & AD Little guys and the rest of consulting firms out there.

Maybe. I don't know much about Bain but I've met some McKinsey people. Basically, I think if some newly minted MBA can teach you something about your business then you aren't very damn good at it. But I haven't ever paid any of them, so perhaps there's more to it than I know about.

barfo

 

[maxiep]

Maybe. I don't know much about Bain but I've met some McKinsey people. Basically, I think if some newly minted MBA can teach you something about your business then you aren't very damn good at it. But I haven't ever paid any of them, so perhaps there's more to it than I know about.

barfo

The winnowing process is brutal in management consulting firms. It's no wonder you weren't impressed by the new employees. The associates are there to collect the data and to recognize patterns for when they advance in the organization. It's the engagement managers that do the real work. The partners are there to massage management and to ensure the engagement managers have all the tools they need at their disposal and to act as an intellectual backstop. Good consultants are like good psychologists--eventually you see the same actions again and again and learn what works and what doesn't. These companies are essentially management knowledge centers.

 

[MARIS61]

Good consultants are like good psychologists--

Oxymorons?

 

[PapaG]

I'm still waiting for "The rent is too damn high" guy to announce his candidacy for president.

Wait no more!

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20026562-503544.html

Jimmy McMillan, the "Rent Is 2 Damn High" party candidate who stole the show at New York's gubernatorial debate in October, has set his sights on a new contest: The 2012 presidential race.

"Tell Obama I'm coming after his black ass," McMillan said in discussing his planned candidacy on Revolution Radio yesterday, as Ben Smith noted.

McMillan, a former postal worker and perennial candidate in New York who sports black gloves and memorable facial hair, is embarking on a publicity stunt, not a viable campaign, of course. A Vietnam veteran and self-described karate expert, McMillan has released a number of songs in connection with his message about rent, including an album he released last month. (See video at left.)

"Can't pay your light bill?" he asks on the album opener. "Let's dance it off. Can't pay your phone bill? Let's dance it off."

McMillan said on Revolution Radio that people who call him a "one-issue candidate" are idiots since high prices at the supermarket, for example, are a form of rent.

He also complained about the bank bailout and economic stimulus package in light of the fact that people are facing foreclosure and otherwise struggling economically.

"The president is making a bad mistake by pouring money into the economy the way he's doing it," McMillan said.

Incidentally, McMillan told the New York Times that he "basically" lives rent-free in a building in Brooklyn, where he does maintenance work in exchange for his apartment.



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