tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20755638.post7818608695842766103..comments2023-10-28T04:06:59.629-05:00Comments on Plaisted Writes: There's a Riot Going On -- NOT!Mike Plaistedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184502941014520240noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20755638.post-5319587209211079482008-06-26T11:09:00.000-05:002008-06-26T11:09:00.000-05:00I see that you too have done your best...GGI see that you too have done your best...<BR/><BR/>GGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20755638.post-74199769697734609122008-06-26T10:49:00.000-05:002008-06-26T10:49:00.000-05:00heraldblog,I don't know how to break this toyou, b...<I>heraldblog,<BR/>I don't know how to break this to<BR/>you, but the way the world is going,my time is just beginning...</I><BR/><BR/>It's a good thing that society can accommodate the less fortunate. The sky's the limit, GG!AutismNewsBeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07067342515765043878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20755638.post-11153342801498086202008-06-26T10:16:00.000-05:002008-06-26T10:16:00.000-05:00The reality of those places is inno way a stereoty...The reality of those places is in<BR/>no way a stereotype. It is their grave misfortune. As far as "cherry picking" goes, I could keep picking cherries until my basket overfloweth,but for the sake of brevity, I chose a few examples.<BR/>We could also consider you Ghana<BR/>reference an example of "cherry picking"...The only random threats and assaults I've experienced have been by black people... There, you<BR/>can draw as much meaning from that as I can from your Ghana example.<BR/><BR/>I also don't believe that Liberia's situation has anything to do with melanin. I believe that it has to do with the people themselves. It seems to me that a nation's<BR/>state of being is often a reflection of its inhabitants abilities, inclinations, etc. To expand on that, I am am inclined to believe (Yes,another heretic,along with the good doctor James Watson,until he, like Galileo, was browbeaten into submission...yet it moves..) That<BR/>different human populations' evolutionary experiences played a significant role in their current mental abilities e.g., Ashkenazi Jews appear as the extreme in greater intelligence, while some<BR/>groups of black Africans appear at<BR/>the opposite end of the spectrum.<BR/><BR/>To carry this further, we could look at black domination in so many sports, particularly those in which great speed, grace, and agility are beneficial. That seems to be partly due to environmental adaptation. Blacks tend to have proportionally longer legs than other races, I think few would hesitate to deny<BR/>apparent cause and effect here, but when it comes to variations in intelligence,suddenly,"progressives"seem to plug their ears and repeat to themselves: "We are all the same!!!" and anyone who says otherwise is some sort of ignorant<BR/>"racist" "bigot" "hater" etc...<BR/><BR/>In a nutshell, any reasonable (and reasonably intelligent) person believes in the significance and usefulness of meaningful averages in developing a sense of how and<BR/>why things are as they are....<BR/><BR/>As for the black middle and upper classes, I can only wish them well. Their silence is deafening. It's too bad so many of their racial brethren here and worldwide cannot<BR/>seem to find it within themselves to follow such excellent examples.<BR/>I certainly do not have any destructive wishes towards the black race. In fact, if their general levels of achievement were<BR/>anywhere near whites (for example)<BR/>All would benefit. <BR/><BR/><BR/>heraldblog, <BR/>I don't know how to break this to<BR/>you, but the way the world is going,my time is just beginning...<BR/><BR/>GGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20755638.post-15269414570933340282008-06-25T20:37:00.000-05:002008-06-25T20:37:00.000-05:00Why do you stoop to tired old stereotypes rather t...Why do you stoop to tired old stereotypes rather than offer real data? You are obviously cherry picking evidence, and ignoring historical precedent. Liberia is a hellhole for multiple reasons, none of which have anything to do with melanin. I've spent time in Ghana and was never in fear for my life over there. And you're ignoring the silent, largely ignored black middle and upper class in America that frequently reach critical mass in cities and suburbs all over the USofA.<BR/><BR/>GG, I don't know how to break this to you, but your time has come and gone.AutismNewsBeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07067342515765043878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20755638.post-33678961169064600522008-06-25T16:17:00.000-05:002008-06-25T16:17:00.000-05:00I have no confusion between correlation and causat...I have no confusion between correlation and causation.<BR/>Like the great hero Lennon,<BR/>I just want the truth.<BR/>This is quiet a complex subject...<BR/><BR/><BR/>Why would you choose to stoop to an<BR/>apparent personal attack rather than simply refuting at least ONE of my examples...? <BR/><BR/><BR/>GGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20755638.post-38931325776193206912008-06-25T15:50:00.000-05:002008-06-25T15:50:00.000-05:00Those are your defining characteristics. Confusing...Those are <I>your</I> defining characteristics. Confusing correlation with causation is <I>my</I> defining characteristic of bigoted halfwits.AutismNewsBeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07067342515765043878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20755638.post-6887623570569328082008-06-25T15:11:00.000-05:002008-06-25T15:11:00.000-05:00An assertion:poverty, chaos, ignorance...they tend...An assertion:<BR/>poverty, chaos, ignorance...they tend to be the defining characteristics of black societies.<BR/>...It's what to address...<BR/><BR/>Exhibit A:<BR/>Haiti. 200+ years of freedom<BR/>and it's a basket case as a nation.<BR/>(Despite the fact that the slave revolt that led to its independence<BR/>rid the island of the French who might have "kept them down".) What should be a tropical black paradise is instead a land of poverty, filth, corruption and disease.<BR/><BR/>Exhibit B: <BR/>Liberia<BR/>Founded by freed U.S. slaves. It <BR/>ought to be a beacon of hope for "oppressed people" everywhere, but<BR/>its state of affairs is nearly as<BR/>dismal as the much of the rest<BR/>of sub-Saharan Africa.<BR/><BR/>Exhibit C:<BR/>Zimbabwe (Formerly Rhodesia)<BR/>A former net exporter of food (when<BR/>it was governed and farmed by whites) now another depressing land<BR/>of violence, corruption, and famine.(Google Zimbabwe farm seizures for more information, if you care or dare...)<BR/><BR/><BR/>Exhibit D:<BR/>South Africa <BR/>since the end of Apartheid, <BR/>The new (black) government<BR/>has led the nation on a one way path to decline.The infrastructure<BR/>is crumbling, AIDS is rampant, as<BR/>are assault,theft and murder.<BR/><BR/>Exhibit E:<BR/>Detroit<BR/>Just visit...<BR/><BR/><BR/>Exhibit F:<BR/>East St. Louis...<BR/>Just visit...<BR/><BR/>Exhibit G:<BR/>Our own fair city.<BR/>Once upon a time a beautiful<BR/>and safe place...it still is, except for you know where...Ask anyone who who is old enough to remember living here before about 1950.<BR/><BR/>Now, is there a country with a black majority that does not have an economy based on tourism (set up and used primarily by other races)<BR/>that is renowned for being "progressive" innovative, stable, culturally and technologically advanced, and generally safe and healthy for the vast majority?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Is there a black equivalent to, say, Switzerland or Taiwan, etc?<BR/>...or even an Bulgaria or a Viet Nam?<BR/><BR/><BR/>GGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20755638.post-49142238070911419992008-06-25T12:37:00.000-05:002008-06-25T12:37:00.000-05:00Guiltless, you're throwing out baseless assertions...Guiltless, you're throwing out baseless assertions. What's to address? The onus is on you to prove your point, not on me to disprove it.AutismNewsBeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07067342515765043878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20755638.post-50620901874758965312008-06-25T12:23:00.000-05:002008-06-25T12:23:00.000-05:00IT ...fails to make relevant comment.Please demons...IT <BR/>...fails to make relevant comment.<BR/>Please demonstrate my inaccuracy.<BR/>I too seek enlightenment.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>heraldblog<BR/>LOL...<BR/><BR/>questions and points still not addressed though...<BR/><BR/><BR/>GGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20755638.post-42704160104991085042008-06-25T11:11:00.000-05:002008-06-25T11:11:00.000-05:00If there is such a thing as a critical mass of Neg...If there is such a thing as a critical mass of Negroes, then a simple solution would come from the nuclear power industry, where lead rods are inserted into fissionable material to absorb stray neutrons and slow down the reaction. Similarly, when you have a critical mass of Negroes, you could insert less volatile humans, say Asians or residents of Mequon, to slow the more violent reaction that occurs when Negroes are clustered together.<BR/><BR/>Do you think this might work, GG?AutismNewsBeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07067342515765043878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20755638.post-69578094540279462652008-06-25T10:50:00.000-05:002008-06-25T10:50:00.000-05:00Poverty, chaos, ignorance, etc. ... tend to be the...<I>Poverty, chaos, ignorance, etc. ... tend to be the defining characteristics of black societies.</I><BR/><BR/>GG you should have quit while you were behind.illusory tenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08524761974822871419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20755638.post-41343316394691871022008-06-25T08:35:00.000-05:002008-06-25T08:35:00.000-05:00To heraldblog:Do you have evidence of the race ofJ...To heraldblog:<BR/>Do you have evidence of the race of<BR/>Jesus and his disciples? (Or evidence that they even existed?)<BR/><BR/>I really don't know if there is a <BR/>critical mass for blackness...Maybe<BR/>take a midnight stroll beginning on North Avenue on the east side and keep walking west until you feel scared...That would give you a better example than I could muster.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Here is some light for you:<BR/>Look at any majority black nation,<BR/>city, or neighborhood and the problems are often quite similar:<BR/>poverty, chaos, ignorance, etc.<BR/>While these problems may exist in areas with any given racial makeup,<BR/>they tend to be the defining characteristics of black societies.<BR/>These are observable, undeniable truths.Yes, there may be exceptions to the rule, but I don't know of any majority black place that I would drop everything and move to for its "vibrant" cultural benefits.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I think a good challenge to "progressives" would be to put down their lattes, remove themselves from their ivory towers and live in <BR/>a black majority areas for the rest of their lves, rather than for the time it might take to write a pop<BR/>psychology coffee table book that is supposed to demonstrate how "we are all the same".If that's really the case, become absorbed into a black society... Hmmm, this makes me think of Bill Clinton. I suppose I could live in Harlem too, if I had round-the-clock Secret Service protection...<BR/><BR/>for some reason, I couldn't log in...GGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20755638.post-84138567474516172112008-06-24T22:41:00.000-05:002008-06-24T22:41:00.000-05:00I'm interested in your thoughts on the just-in gui...I'm interested in your thoughts on the just-in guilty verdicts against former Alderman McGee, Mike.<BR/><BR/>Is rioting justified in the city based on the verdicts? Mind you, I'm not aware of any at the moment...more of a rhetorical question.Prosqtorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06342261051433865570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20755638.post-13885226252521287952008-06-24T22:00:00.000-05:002008-06-24T22:00:00.000-05:00At what point do Negroes achieve critical mass? Is...At what point do Negroes achieve critical mass? Is 13 enough - Jesus and his Disciples were black. How about an NBA roster? Howard University? Do enlighten us, oh Guiltless One!AutismNewsBeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07067342515765043878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20755638.post-83787911112623913882008-06-24T19:21:00.000-05:002008-06-24T19:21:00.000-05:00Mike, excellent post. It never ceases to amaze me...Mike, excellent post. It never ceases to amaze me how low some folks will go when it comes to issues of race.Zach W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08961303805266463551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20755638.post-56782128324336557162008-06-24T15:23:00.000-05:002008-06-24T15:23:00.000-05:00GG:"blacks en masse are always recipe for trouble"...GG:<BR/><BR/>"blacks en masse are always recipe for trouble"<BR/><BR/>Wow. Talk about proving my point for me.Mike Plaistedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184502941014520240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20755638.post-75446076091594029942008-06-24T12:12:00.000-05:002008-06-24T12:12:00.000-05:00Yes Mike, thanks for calling it for what it is...p...Yes Mike, thanks for calling it for what it is...people taking advantage of our inept system. You are correct in that I too didn't see a "riot" but when you allow a program where people don't ever have to prove that they had flood damage or owned their own home in order to get free government handouts, it's a recipe for trouble. Remember people getting into fights over Elmo and Cabbage Patch Kids at Christmas? Same thing, except that the toys weren't free.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20755638.post-60997706709583407132008-06-24T12:08:00.000-05:002008-06-24T12:08:00.000-05:00The best defense that can be supplied here is nam...The best defense that can be supplied here is name calling. Racist this and racist that, but how can there be OBESE needy people who can afford<BR/>hair dye, cell phone service and <BR/>designer clothes?!? See the John Lennon quote at the top of the page. "Progressives" can't handle the truth.When it is set before them, (as in such a case) the best they can do is rattle on about "institutional" and other brands of racism rather than noting that for some reason, whether it's Zimbabwe, Haiti, New Orleans, or Milwaukee, blacks en masse are always recipe for trouble...the guiltless gourmethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08117608529208378496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20755638.post-63356867339889168452008-06-24T09:45:00.000-05:002008-06-24T09:45:00.000-05:00Thanks for calling this what it is Mike. Some time...Thanks for calling this what it is Mike. <BR/><BR/>Some times us progressives have to come out and hit the nail on the head.krshorewoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00417863312104824551noreply@blogger.com