But first.
The folks at StrangeCosmos have struck again. And damned if they still didn't get it right. Natalie only wishes she had boobs that big.
Last week Rachel Lucas wrote about how ridiculous it was that Janeane Garafolo called Bush a Nazi and what Nazism really is. Overuse of the term Nazi has done nothing but cheapen it. In fact, we now have Godwin's Law which states that "whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress. "
I have coined a new law, called Addison's Law, after one of my frequent commenters that states "Whenever anyone mentions that Bush stole the 2000 election, the argument is over and everything that follows is total bullshit."
I think we may need some sort of law about the use of the word racism.
A few weeks back, a Dimocrat state senator from Gwinnett County (How the hell did a Dimocrat in Gwinnett County get elected? It's solidly Republican.) called Sonny Perdue a racist because he had promised to hold a referendum on the state flag. She said this in front of a bunch of black politicians, including Shirley Franklin, the mayor of Atlanta, who gave her a big hug.
Now I don't know about the rest of you, but I thought this was one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard. I wrote last night about how ridiculous I thought the flag issue was, but calling someone a racist over a piece of cloth takes me off into Monty Python land.
Calling someone a racist or crying racism at the drop of a hat like the stupid people here that I wrote about in this post detracts from real racism. It cheapens it.
I think Al Sharpton is a buffoon. I'm a racist.
I think Jesse Jackson is a RWPP (Race Warlord Poverty Pimp). I'm a racist.
I think Sheila Jackson Lee is the dumbest person in the House of Representatives. I'm a racist.
I think affirmative action is wrong. I'm a racist.
OK. Just for argument, let's say affirmative action is good. OK. I'll play that game. Let's apply it everywhere to 'level the playing field'. Jesse Jackson says there should be more black baseball managers. OK. Let's do it by quota. Since blacks make up 13% of the population, we should have 13% of the baseball managers be black. That means that 13% of the baseball players should be black. And since Hispanics just passed blacks as the largest minority, and I'm not sure of the percentage, but let's say 14%, 14% of the managers and 14% of the players should be Hispanic. We'll need to get some Asians in there also. And let's not forget disabled people. Hey, basketball is way overrepresented by blacks. I wanna play point guard. Affirmative action says that I should be able to to 'level the playing field'. I wanna be the first disabled point guard in the NBA. Who cares if I can't play? This is taking affirmative action to its logical conclusion.
Sound ridiculous? As far as I'm concerned so is affirmative action. Oh shit! I'm a racist. Affirmative action says that you have to hire someone or admit someone into college who may be less qualified, because of skin color. Doesn't that sound uh, like, racist?
So why is that person unqualified? Low SAT scores? Doncha just know that the SAT is 'culturally biased'? Now if that isn't a big ol' load of bullshit, I don't know what is.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the SAT is made up of two parts: math and verbal.
1+1=2 is the same no matter what color your skin is so I don't see how the math portion of the SAT could be 'culturally biased'.
What about the verbal. It is designed to test English skills. Do we not teach English to black children in our schools. Maybe it's a Republican plot that English is only taught to white children. Or maybe black children are too dumb to learn English. Uh oh! here come's my racism showing again.
I don't believe that black children are too dumb to learn English, although that's what the so called self anointed black leaders are telling them in calling the SAT 'culturally biased', and demanding lower standards for black students. Now that is racism. That's also disgusting!
Another problem is, and oh boy, I'm really a racist when I say this, the anti-achievement mentality in the black community. This is the mentality that says anyone who tries to learn how to read and write proper English and do well in school is an oreo, an Uncle Tom or is 'acting white'. Is it any wonder SAT scores are low? So maybe there is a cultural bias. A bias against succeeding in America. I got news for y'all. That ain't my fault and that ain't whitey's fault.
But, fortunately, the NAACP is on the job. All we have to do is make sure the Confederate flag is removed from the Confederate War Memorial on the South Carolina Statehouse grounds and the Georgia flag has nothing to do with the Confederacy and all of our problems will be magically solved.
See, I'm a racist because I believe that black children are every bit as smart as white children, but they are being betrayed by their 'leaders.' It is so much easier to blame everything on whitey rather than taking a look in the mirror and saying, 'What can we do to succeed?'
The black 'leaders' don't want Clarence Thomas, Colin Powell, and Condi Rice to be role models because they 'just ain't black enough! They be sellouts!' And the fact that they are all Republicans makes them traitors to their race also.
The three above mentioned people are proof that hard work pays off. It is possible for black people to succeed. But it takes hard work to get there.
And I guess saying that makes me a racist.