Becaureful who you vote for, don't let a speech blindside you

Affirmative Action and Laissez-Faire Racism

According to Walter Allen, affirmative action is an equal opportunity program that was widely implemented from 1965 to 1994. The program was designed to assist minorities and women in educational and career opportunities. Although the affirmative action program is primarily associated with the black community, it has been white females who have benefited most from the program noting significant gains in all areas of education, employment, and contracting.^[13] Affirmative action has come under intense scrutiny for the past decade by those who don’t see a need for the program, often calling it reverse racism, that seeks to punish white people for the crimes of their ancestors. The color-blind ideals would make affirmative action unnecessary because it is based on the idea that we live in a society where race is neither acknowledged nor important. Color-blind enthusiasts often use the idea of meritocracy to oppose affirmative action programs. However, according to Dei, these ideas fail to accept the long history of racism that has left its imprint on the lives and opportunities of minorities in the United States. Many people who express the laissez-faire attitude towards racism oppose affirmative action; on the grounds it highlights racial differences in society when we should focus on making America more colorblind. These people assert that they believe in equal rights for minorities, but frown upon minorities who use these programs to get ahead.^[14]

1. ^ http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/affirmative-action/
2. ^ Walter R. Allen, Robert Teranishi, Gniesha Dinwiddie and Gloria Gonzalez. The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 69, No. 1/2, Knocking at Freedom's Door: Race, Equity, and Affirmative Action in U.S. Higher Education (Winter - Spring, 2000), pp. 3-11.

GOP Laissez Faire - Let Them Eat Cake

Submitted by reader on Thu, 2011-10-13 23:07

The Republicans believe President Obama, regulation and taxation are the devils which have brought our economy to its knees.   They want all three out of the picture.  The modern Laissez Faire, let business be business and the economy will recover on its' own.  Stop the taxation and regulation of business and get out of the way of a successful economy. Even though the facts, let me reiterate, THE FACTS do not show this to be true. Years and years of excellent economies under the same situations say so.
Unregulated business is why we have $3 plus gasoline.  Middlemen in the futures market gamble their money against their rich middlemen competitors and drive the prices above what they would be if delivered directly from source to market.  They never actually take possession of these commodities, modify or improve them.  They only gamble on the price to rise, which is inherent when any middleman comes into play, gambling against the other guy.  This is the reason, after the last collapse in the economy, the Dodd Frank Bill was passed.  To protect us from the same situations which caused the financial collapse.  Unfortunately the Laissez Faire Republicans have been blocking the appointment of the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Until someone is appointed, the agency is weak and ineffective.  We need this protection.
Here is a link to the brief version of the legislation which is law now . 
I urge you to read this document.  It is for the protection of all of us.  I urge you to contact our Senators and Congressional Representatives and let them know you want this bill enacted and a director confirmed.
The Republicans are letting the economy stagnate, rather than do something now to help the many U.S. citizens who have been hurt in the collapse. They feel confident the dumb public will not see it is just an effort to stop the re-election of President Obama, since their class of candidates is a bunch of lame idiots (with the exception of Congressman Paul).
They are all but saying out loud, "Let them eat cake".  I think every one of them should be recalled from congress, evicted from their government offices and run out of town on a splintered rail, and their Democratic partners/sympathizers with them.

Reblogged from http://thecabin.net/interact/blog-post/reader/2011-10-13/gop-laissez-faire-let-them-eat-cake#.T5tkKHK6_-Y

Feb 09 2012...Alberto Contador

Well I am now a believer in Karma. That 2010 Tour de France will be best known for Contador as the victory that was never meant. The infamous chain gate in which Alberto profited from. Have it not happened, would Alberto have won it anyway? That is arguable. But think about it, if not, he still ended up loosing it, 20 months after. It was not meant for him, simple. You can fool other riders, but you can't fool destiny.

In terms of the CAS decision, perhaps contradictory? They had reasonable doubt, but reasonable doubt is not good enough in a system in which the accused must prove he is innocent. They even provided Alberto with what would have been a more plausible defense...contaminated supplements, but not meat from a dead cow that nobody will be able to analyze. In my opinion his defense was a long shot, too good to be true, this food contamination defense made a pariah out of him

What I believe happened? Contador has a predisposition for respiratory problems, asthma. Clenbuterol is a broncho dilator, marketed as Spiropent and Ventipulmin (People with chronic breathing disorders such as asthma use this as a broncho dilator to make breathing easier) How do I know? I am a doctor! It is available in 0.01 or 0.02 mg per tablet as well as liquid preparations. That is also used for weight loss, sure, but that was not it's original intended use, it more like a repartitioning effect; its weight loss effects was discovered incidentally. It surprises me that absolutely nobody theorized his case from this angle: that he was experiencing some respiratory problems the days before the now famous positive test, used a small amount of it and got pinned.

No worries, he will be back in August, just in time to prepare himself for the Vuelta a Espana, were he will seek redemption, if you want to call redemption winning a race in your own homeland in which the RFCA (the Spanish Federation) threw the towel in for him to no avail.

Am I a fan of him? No. Am I a fan of Andy Schelck? Neither, remember he did not waited for Contador when Contador fell on the cobblestones on the same race, stage 3, so his call for foul play after the chain gate resound more with the tunes of a spoiled brat.

HAPPY NEW YEAR !

For all those nutjobs who beleive 2012 is the end.

December 28 2011

Well, back from the biggest commercial racket on Earth....Christmas. In my case, Chanukah, but we just eat latkes, give dollars to our kids and play dreidels. So much for a bad economy...the stores and malls were packed, people bumping into you, rude people, nice people, idiot people, naive people, bad people, you name it you have it. Then there is the Salvation Army guy, conveniently located at the main entrance of selected locations. These guys know their racket, they ring the annoying bell, and they try by all means to make eye contact with you. Well, as long as you keep going straight and get out your phone and pretend to be talking that will do. The moment you make eye contact you are screwed.

You make eye contact, he will measure you, he will know if you are broke or not, hell, he will even know if you pay with debit cards or not. Then comes the "Merry Christmas" when you ignore him, with the ,much anticipated effect of making you feel miserable for not giving and rather using that same dollar to play Power Ball. This is how the Salvation Army guy makes you feel...


What can i say? it is the Holidays. Though I am Jewish, I don'tmind the Merry Christmas greeting, I don't mind the Christmas lights, I don't mind the cheesy Christmas movies or the trees. You know why? Because even with the commercial racket that the Holiday means nowadays, and knowing that the true spirit has been replaced by massive consumerism, behind that face there is at least, very deep in, the message of "lets live in peace and harmony", even if it is during these "12 days' as the song says. There is beauty in every one of us, I won't let my religious beliefs ruin that wonderful perception of beauty in us. Even if it takes me several trips to the mall.

Dec 16 2011

Do you really think that you lost your mind? Or is it possible you never had any memories to begin with?

Dec 13 2011

Speaking about cutting costs!