tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post113097740771523349..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: A Light Fades, Darkness FallsHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1131039064667026752005-11-03T12:31:00.000-05:002005-11-03T12:31:00.000-05:00The caption on the aforesaid Steele as Black Minst...<I>The caption on the aforesaid Steele as Black Minstrel Photoshop job read: I'se Simple Sambo, and I'se runnin' fo' da Big House!</I><BR/><BR/>That's just plain depressing in this day and age. Grown people are writing that crap.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1131023474564397372005-11-03T08:11:00.000-05:002005-11-03T08:11:00.000-05:00There were plenty of aha moments when you looked a...There were plenty of aha moments when you looked at that large group of mostly minority folks streaming into the Superdome. More than enough to go around, ideologically speaking.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1130991936239348872005-11-02T23:25:00.000-05:002005-11-02T23:25:00.000-05:00Of course, the Democrats had their "Northern strat...Of course, the Democrats had their "Northern strategy," getting blue-collar union social conservative to vote Democratic and against their own moral views. <BR/><BR/>Because many of those "Reagan Democrats" have defected to the Republican party, the Democratic party has pandered to the race-baiting left, including Farrakhan, Sharpton, and the others who they cannot publicly criticize with their base disintegrating. <BR/><BR/>Let's face it, each party has its freaks. Let's just admit it and move on. After all, it's politics and it's messy.Francis Beckwithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03765632359220115150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1130986595672361032005-11-02T21:56:00.000-05:002005-11-02T21:56:00.000-05:00There's something else, James. You act as though ...There's something else, James. You act as though I'm ridiculous and say you have info about the pre-WWII South keeping the black man down. Well, duh. They hadn't embraced true capitalism and were artificially undervaluing the black man's labor and productivity. Fits what I said perfectly. The more truly capitalistic we are, the less racist we will be because in market terms racism is irrational.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1130986471360240652005-11-02T21:54:00.000-05:002005-11-02T21:54:00.000-05:00Here's one story from Thomas Sowell (gasp!) that s...Here's one <A HREF="http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/thomassowell/2005/10/27/173033.html" REL="nofollow">story</A> from Thomas Sowell (gasp!) that supports Hunter's claim.<BR/><BR/>It describes the origins of segregated bus seating, and how market forces were working to fight against segregation.Matt Huismanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09972662349345412127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1130986082749639722005-11-02T21:48:00.000-05:002005-11-02T21:48:00.000-05:00James, I gave it to you short and sweet. Capitali...James, I gave it to you short and sweet. Capitalism is a highly anti-slavery ideology. Each man buys and sells independently, including his own labor. That's the ideology. Slavery didn't cut it. Don't you know the capitalistic, industrialized North crushed the more feudalistic South?Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1130984592117223842005-11-02T21:23:00.000-05:002005-11-02T21:23:00.000-05:00Darn it, Tom beat me to it. And this is my neck of...Darn it, Tom beat me to it. And this is my neck of the woods too.<BR/><BR/>I assure you, James, not only are these slurs and attacks <B>not</B> taken out of context, Tom has spared you some of the grosser ones. The caption on the aforesaid Steele as Black Minstrel Photoshop job read: <I>I'se Simple Sambo, and I'se runnin' fo' da Big House!</I><BR/><BR/>I'll be happy to supply more enlightened commentary from various Maryland Senators and Delegates. It's pretty ugly. On the day Rosa Parks is laid to rest, Baltimore Democrats got out a backhoe and started digging their own graves. They cannot win statewide elections if they don't hold onto the guilty white liberal Montgomery Co. vote, and this is not going to do that.Kathy Hutchinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851875819094837357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1130983899008657892005-11-02T21:11:00.000-05:002005-11-02T21:11:00.000-05:00Impressive thinking and writing by Rosa, period. ...Impressive thinking and writing by Rosa, period. Add to that the fact that she was almost ninety at the time, and the aura of greatness is unmistakable.Jay D. Homnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714671338316275833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1130982974703136452005-11-02T20:56:00.000-05:002005-11-02T20:56:00.000-05:00::Sigh:: Yes, Hunter, as Tlaloc pointed out, a hig...::Sigh:: Yes, Hunter, as Tlaloc pointed out, a high number of Southern Democrats - the Dixiecrats - voted against the CRA and then defected to the GOP who embraced the Southern Strategy. Give me a break. No one has room to be terribly proud on that one.<BR/><BR/>That said, Tom's post just makes me sad. Assuming it's not taken out of context, it's a sad state of affairs.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1130980724831040322005-11-02T20:18:00.000-05:002005-11-02T20:18:00.000-05:00A higher percentage of Republicans than Democrats ...A higher percentage of Republicans than Democrats voted for the Civil Rights Act. Significantly higher.<BR/><BR/>The GOP support for ending slavery and enforcing civil rights has a lot to do with the small government, freedom of contract emphasis of the party. See, the free-market is a highly anti-slavery position. Capitalistic industrialism killed slavery.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1130978882133171882005-11-02T19:48:00.000-05:002005-11-02T19:48:00.000-05:00Tom, I have long known that Rosa Parks had a more ...Tom, I have long known that Rosa Parks had a more enlightened view of the GOP. I think that is part of why she is sometimes demeaned (as in the film Barbershop) as a lady who was just too lazy to get out of a seat. <BR/><BR/>It is often forgotten that the GOP had a lock on the black vote for a long time, then had an equal share post the New Deal, and only lost ground with Richard Nixon's failure to visit MLK in prison and the later big push for the LBJ War on Poverty as THE SOLUTION to racial ills.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.com