Bob Cesca: The Tea Party Is All About Race, Part 2
by Melanie Robbins on 15/03/10 at 10:17 am
“Last week, I wrote a piece about the tea party movement and the obvious through-line of race, race-baiting, racism and the use of the Southern Strategy within the movement. The responses were mostly positive and supportive, while the responses from the far-right and tea party people were predictably obnoxious, contradictory and fact-free.The dominant theme throughout the most outraged responses was, essentially: We’re not racists, but here’s why we’re pissed about blacks and immigrants. For example, here’s a particularly illustrative e-mail, reprinted as it was received:”
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via Bob Cesca: The Tea Party Is All About Race, Part 2.
Full StoryAndy Borowitz: Poll: America Has Moved Beyond Race, Say Majority of White People
Too funny. Just sayin’ …
“When asked what figures had done the most to foster better race relations in the country, 62% of white people cited President Barack Obama, while 78% named ‘that pants on the ground dude.’”
via Andy Borowitz: Poll: America Has Moved Beyond Race, Say Majority of White People.
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: One Massachusetts Poll That Democrats Shouldn’t Panic About
Thank you Nate Silver! A PR guy is pushing a bogus poll. Who woulda thought?
“The poll was conducted by a firm connected with the Black Rock Group, which bills itself as a “strategic communications and public affairs firm” and whose chief spokesman/strategist, Carl Forti, just so happens to be the spokesman for this polling firm [...]
Google Hacked the Chinese Hackers Right Back – China – Gizmodo
Google Hacked the Chinese Hackers Right Back – China – Gizmodo.
And my favorite comment:
EpiphyteCorp. 11:01 AM
Giz reader #1: Hey, did you hear Google hacked the hackers who had hacked them?
Giz reader #2: Shut the hack up!
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And The Rest Is Just Noise | The New Republic
Jonathan Chait, senior editor for The New Republic, writes cogently about health care reform:
“At some level, it is possible to understand the roots of liberal frustration. The machinery of Congress has ground away at the health care bill, as it does to almost any bill. But at a broader level, the liberal mood is insane. [...]
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Happy New Year and Decade
Tom Schaller’s cogent adieu to the Naughties — his take on the recently past decade mirrors my own. Bring on the new decade!
“Now, I don’t share this to be downer, but rather to encourage a sense of optimism as the next decade opens. Let’s hope the next ten are better than the previous ten.”
via FiveThirtyEight: [...]
Joseph Wyatt: A banner year for the right wing – Op-Ed Commentaries – The Charleston Gazette – West Virginia News and Sports
Tip toe through the many memories of right wing hilarity:
“July: Sarah Palin quit the Alaska governor's job, saying that she was headed for “a higher calling.” Philosophers continue an existential debate, asking why anyone would be called to write a self-serving, error-plagued autobiography.”
via Joseph Wyatt: A banner year for the right wing – Op-Ed Commentaries [...]
Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising’s Image of Women | Watch Free Documentary Online
Great short film—actually a lecture—by Jean Kilbourne on the extent of advertising’s dehumanization of women and perpetuation of destructive stereotypes about both genders.
Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising’s Image of Women | Watch Free Documentary Online.
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Internet is Underrated: A Note on Activism, Populism and Polarization at the End of the ‘Aughts
Really interesting analysis of the power of the Internet by the really interesting (and usually spot on political analyst) Nate Silver:
“Let me advance a proposition for you. It’s going to be a controversial one. Ready?
The proposition is this: the Internet is really important!
OK, so I’m joking — sort of. That tagline sounds so … 2006. [...]
Scott Mendelson, M.D.: Is Life After Death Possible?
Without the ear, there is no sound. Without the eye, there is no color. Without the brain, there is no . . . Cool, trippy article!
“It was the 18th Century Irish philosopher, George Berkeley, who posed the question, “If a tree fell in the forest and there was no one there to hear it, would [...]
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Judas: Moment of Betrayal
My friend John Wheeler wrote, produced and directed this hilarious video!
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