Comments on: The Race To Erase Race http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/08/04/the-race-to-erase-race/ Unfair ... Imbalanced Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:20:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: An exercise in verbosity | The Palmetto Scoop http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/08/04/the-race-to-erase-race/comment-page-1/#comment-32807 An exercise in verbosity | The Palmetto Scoop Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:42:14 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=4393#comment-32807 [...] but also slightly garrulous. So it is in that spirit that Not Very Bright has taken utility of a loquacious sentence from FITSNews Gal Mande Wilkes and created a South Carolina variation of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction [...] [...] but also slightly garrulous. So it is in that spirit that Not Very Bright has taken utility of a loquacious sentence from FITSNews Gal Mande Wilkes and created a South Carolina variation of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction [...]

]]> By: Barry M http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/08/04/the-race-to-erase-race/comment-page-1/#comment-32757 Barry M Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:14:26 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=4393#comment-32757 Oh Mande, Well you wrote and you left my brain empty And I'd send you away, oh Mande Your ideas are insane and mistaken Please stop it today, oh Mande. Oh Mande,
Well you wrote and you left my brain empty
And I’d send you away, oh Mande
Your ideas are insane and mistaken
Please stop it today, oh Mande.

]]> By: CL http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/08/04/the-race-to-erase-race/comment-page-1/#comment-32743 CL Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:41:34 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=4393#comment-32743 The idea that there is some kind of shadowy boogeyman (e.g. corporate giants) responsible for all our ills is as old as civilization. Ask yourself, would you be comfortable with this statement if you substituted "corporate and political giants" with "Jews"? I should hope not. But I think this little thought experiment reveals how sinister and dishonest the fearmongering of populist politicians truly is. The fact of the matter is that corporations create jobs and wealth, and are part of the unprecedented wealth and prosperity of this country. It is also a fact that big corporations love government regulation of their industries because they can afford the compliance costs (which are passed on to the consumers) while smaller competitors cannot. Obama's talk about reigning in corporations is music to a CEO's ears. The idea that there is some kind of shadowy boogeyman (e.g. corporate giants) responsible for all our ills is as old as civilization. Ask yourself, would you be comfortable with this statement if you substituted “corporate and political giants” with “Jews”? I should hope not. But I think this little thought experiment reveals how sinister and dishonest the fearmongering of populist politicians truly is.

The fact of the matter is that corporations create jobs and wealth, and are part of the unprecedented wealth and prosperity of this country. It is also a fact that big corporations love government regulation of their industries because they can afford the compliance costs (which are passed on to the consumers) while smaller competitors cannot. Obama’s talk about reigning in corporations is music to a CEO’s ears.

]]> By: Karl Marx http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/08/04/the-race-to-erase-race/comment-page-1/#comment-32739 Karl Marx Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:38:45 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=4393#comment-32739 "The message I hear centers around leveling the economic playing field now controlled by corporate and political giants (often one and the same) and restoring dignity of the individual person." Yes. We must wrest the means of production away from the owners of money and hand it to the working man. “The message I hear centers around leveling the economic playing field now controlled by corporate and political giants (often one and the same) and restoring dignity of the individual person.”

Yes. We must wrest the means of production away from the owners of money and hand it to the working man.

]]> By: Bulwer-Lytton: The South Carolina Edition « Not Very Bright http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/08/04/the-race-to-erase-race/comment-page-1/#comment-32736 Bulwer-Lytton: The South Carolina Edition « Not Very Bright Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:22:57 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=4393#comment-32736 [...] Mande Wilkes, FITSNews. [...] [...] Mande Wilkes, FITSNews. [...]

]]> By: BMW: Blackness, Multi-Racialness-Whiteness http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/08/04/the-race-to-erase-race/comment-page-1/#comment-32731 BMW: Blackness, Multi-Racialness-Whiteness Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:59:48 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=4393#comment-32731 The inability to regard Mr. Obama as a human being who happens to be multi-racial genetically, and black culturally, misses the message he brings. And the message that I hear has very little, if anything, to do with blackness, multi-racial-ness or whiteness. The message I hear centers around leveling the economic playing field now controlled by corporate and political giants (often one and the same) and restoring dignity of the individual person. When Mr. Obama is elected President of the United States of America, I doubt that he will be offering a "Black State of the Union" address. The inability to regard Mr. Obama as a human being who happens to be multi-racial genetically, and black culturally, misses the message he brings.

And the message that I hear has very little, if anything, to do with blackness, multi-racial-ness or whiteness.

The message I hear centers around leveling the economic playing field now controlled by corporate and political giants (often one and the same) and restoring dignity of the individual person.

When Mr. Obama is elected President of the United States of America, I doubt that he will be offering a “Black State of the Union” address.

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