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Bill Maher surprises
Reply #150 on:
November 05, 2013, 10:55:14 AM »
Bill Maher Said What?
Bill Maher, by far the most liberal of the late night talk-show hosts, challenged Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz to tell the truth.
Maher: "Let's be honest here. It looks like [Obama} told a lie. I think he did. Two questions: Is a lie justified if it is for something good? And two, if he hadn't told that lie, could ObamaCare have been passed? If he had come out and said, 'Yeah, some of you are going to lose your plan and you're gonna have to pay more,' do you think that law that squeaked through by that much [indicates tiny margin] would have passed?"
Schultz: "First, it was not a lie, so let me just knock that down."
Maher: "Let's be honest, some people can't [keep their plan]. And because of ObamaCare they are not able to keep it. To me that is a lie. Lie or no lie."
Schultz: "The supreme court upheld it and Obama was reelected on it. ... And we're still arguing over minutia."
Maher: "To a lot of Americans it's not minutia, and I think they are insulted when you say that. They think it is something important when the president does not square up with them. What about owning up to the plan that ObamaCare is a Robin Hood plan. It takes from the rich to make better the poor. I think he should embrace that."
(For the record, O'Care is redistributing wealth from mostly middle-class working people to subsidize insurance for those who have not made purchasing insurance a priority.)
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Re: Politically (In)correct
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November 19, 2013, 09:28:07 AM »
Just saw my South African niece yesterday. She was married to my nephew for several yrs. Had to fight to get her green card, hire an immigration attorney and only recently gained citizenship. Interestingly she has dual citizenship (not recognized but the US). I asked her if she considers herself "African American". She said she is. But she doesn't use that label. She knew of another white African who used that on an application and literally got into big trouble for "falsifying" and trying to get a break for being a minority.
I think he should hire a lawyer and bring this up to the Supreme Court. I wonder if he could find one who would do it for the publicity and the political statement it would make.
If only she were Latino. Then she could claim "how dare anyone question my being here you bigot!".
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Re: Politically (In)correct - Pat Paulsen
Reply #152 on:
November 20, 2013, 11:35:38 PM »
He made more sense in 1968 than hope and change did in our era.
"All the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian."
"I dont want to say too much about illegal immigration. Im afraid my views will be reported on the Cinco OClock News"
On the Miranda warning: "Why should we tell kidnappers, murderers, and embezzlers their rights? If they don't know their rights, they shouldn't be in the business."
"A good many people feel that our present draft laws are unjust. These people are called soldiers."
"Sex doesn't have to be taught. It's something most of us are born with."
When originally "denying" he was running, borrowing from General William Sherman in 1884: "I will not run if nominated, and if elected I will not serve."
Presidential campaign slogan: "I've upped my standards. Now, up yours."
Presidential campaign slogan: "If elected, I will win."
Campaign supporters' rallying cry: "We can't stand Pat!"
"We have nothing to fear but fear itself...and of course the boogieman."
"I am neither left wing nor right wing. I am middle-of-the-bird."
"If either the right wing or the left wing gained control of the country, it would probably fly around in circles."
"Marijuana should be licensed and kept out of the hands of teenagers. It's too good for them."
When asked if he believed in the right to bear arms: "No, I believe in the right to arm bears."
On network censorship: "I feel proud to be living in a country where people are not afraid to laugh at themselves and where political satire is tolerated by the government, if not the television network."
On network censorship: "Censorship does not interfere with the constitutional rights of every American to sit alone in a dark room in the nude and cuss. There are realistic taboos, especially regarding political comments. Our leaders were not elected to be tittered at. For example, we're allowed to say Ronald Reagan is a lousy actor, but we're not allowed to say he's a lousy governor which is ridiculous. We know he's a good actor. And we're not allowed to make fun of President Johnston, but if we praise him, who would believe it?"
On his political affiliation: "I belong to the Straight Talking American Government Party, or STAG Party for short."
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Ann Coulter's Latest - SO TRUE...
Reply #153 on:
December 05, 2013, 08:28:52 AM »
Liberals Talk Race and Crime And Hilarity Ensues!
Posted By Ann Coulter On December 5, 2013
On a break from pretending to believe they live in a country bristling with violent white racists, the Non-Fox Media have been trying to debunk stories about the Knockout Game, in which young black males approach random strangers and try to knock them out with one punch.
The lefts leading line of defense against the Knockout Game is to argue that young black males have always been violent, so, hey, this is nothing new.
Youre welcome, black America!
In Slate, Emma Roller wearily recounted other episodes of black-on-white violence in order to announce: The Knockout Game is a myth.
Reminiscing about the flash mobs that shook many parts of the country a few years ago, Roller wrote: I remember the summer of 2011, a story about a crowd of (black) teenagers at the Wisconsin State Fair randomly attacking fairgoers went viral as a sign of a burgeoning race war.
So you see, stupid right-wingers, young black males have always been violent, so whats the big deal about the Knockout Game?Your honor, my clients not a killer; hes a serial killer.
MSNBCs Chris Hayes reached for a different example of monstrous black-on-white violence in order to dispute that the Knockout Game is anything new.
Looking like a translator for the deaf with all the air quotes he had to make for supposed trend and Knockout Game, Hayes compared it to what he called the fake trend of wilding after a mob of black youths violently attacked and raped a white woman jogging in New Yorks Central Park in 1989. According to Hayes, there never was such a thing as wilding.
Whether the boys who were convicted of the crime did it or, as liberals now claim, a man already sentenced to life in prison did it, the Central Park jogger was brutally raped and nearly murdered by either one or several young black men. (They all did it see Chapter 13 of my book Demonic.)
The following year, 1990, blacks committed 57 percent of all the violent crime against whites, while whites committed only 2 percent of the violent crime against blacks, according to the Department of Justices annual Victimization Report.
Thanks for the memories, Chris!
Oh, and contrary to Hayes proclamation, black men raping white women is something of a trend at least according to FBI crime statistics. At least since 1997 (I got bored and stopped looking any farther back) blacks have raped several thousand white women every year, while white-on-black rapes have numbered between 0.0″ and Sample based on 10 or fewer. (See Chapter 11 of Mugged.)
In a particularly incomprehensible defense of black America in Mediaite, Tommy Christopher denounced the sketchy news reports of the so-called Knockout Game by citing the video of a group of black teenagers walking past teacher Jim Addlespurger, when one of the black teens steps from the group and knocks the teacher out cold, and then they all laugh about the assault as they continue walking.
But Christopher helpfully notes that a cop said this was just a random act of violence. So dont worry about the Knockout Game, white people this is mostly just ordinary, everyday black-on-white violence.
Flash mobs, wilding, day-to-day black violence talk about damning with faint praise!
Liberals have to work so hard to avoid noticing the astronomical crime rate among young black males that their brains freeze.
Roller attributed public interest in a story about mobs of young black males attacking families at a state fair to white peoples need to validate their fear that black people are dangerous. (Milwaukeeans hardly even notice when mobs of whites surround their families at a state fair, punch them, kick them and smash their cars, while shouting racial slurs.)
But Roller implied that blacks engaging in violence is wildly unusual: When a few YouTube videos are able to convince terrified white folks that young black people are dangerous, they may as well assume that all cats can play the keyboard.
Is a disproportionate amount of keyboard playing in the country being done by cats?
According to the FBI, between 1976 and 2005, blacks, who are about 12 percent of the population, committed 53 percent of all felony murders and 56 percent of non-felony murders. The Centers for Disease Control recently reported that young black men are 14 times more likely to commit murder than young white men.
White liberals know this. Blacks certainly know it. Despite the hoo-ha over George Zimmerman shooting Trayvon Martin, most black peoples experience is not that white vigilantes are shooting them. For every one of those, there are 1,000 black teens killing other black people.
But if liberals took the first step toward sanity and admitted that young black men commit an awful lot of violent crime, they might have to ask why that is.
Thats a dangerous question for people who refuse to acknowledge the devastation of fatherless boys caused by liberal welfare policies. (See Chapter 6 of Never Trust a Liberal Over 3″ to see how the British welfare system has created the same social disaster among hordes of white people.)
Unable to consider the obvious explanation single-motherhood liberals are left with nothing but genetic determinism.
So liberals defend young black males from the charge of playing a Knockout Game by telling us young black men are always violent.
Dont worry, black America. White liberals have your back.
"You have enemies? Good. That means that you have stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Winston Churchill.
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David Horowitz on Nelson Mandela...
Reply #154 on:
December 06, 2013, 10:18:32 AM »
Nelson Mandela 1918-2013
Posted By David Horowitz On December 6, 2013
Mandela began as a terrorist and never turned his back on monsters like Arafat and Castro, whom he considered brothers in arms. When he was released from prison by deKlerk, he showed unexpected statesmanship, counseling reconciliation rather than revenge, no small achievement in a country in which the liberation movement (led by Mandelas wife and party) placed oil filled inner tubes around the necks of former comrades and set them on fire.
But if a leader should be judged by his works, the country Mandela left behind is an indictment of his political career, not an achievement worthy of praise let alone the unhinged adoration he is currently receiving across the political spectrum.
South Africa today is the murder capital of the world, a nation where a woman is raped every 30 seconds, often by AIDs carriers who go unpunished, and where whites are anything but the citizens of a democratic country which honors the principles of equality and freedom.
Liberated South Africa is one of those epic messes the Left created and promptly forgot about.
"You have enemies? Good. That means that you have stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Winston Churchill.
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Re: Politically (In)correct
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December 06, 2013, 10:29:51 AM »
I agree we need to look at the whole picture and that the whole picture includes some rather unsavory parts. That said:
a) The system he fought as a terrorist was nasty and brutal-- I've read that parts of the American Revolution were as well;
b) He was in solitary confinement for 18 years (one visitor a year for 30 minutes, one letter every six months IIRC) and in prison for 27 years;
c) He not only came out of this a sane man, but a better man-- and as that better man, unaided by a the American Creed as MLKing was, articulated a better path, a forgiving path where a vengeful path would have been so much easier-- and divorced his nasty wife Minnie
d) elected democratically, he stepped down after 5 years, apparently not noticeably richer than when he came into office.
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Re: Politically (In)correct, Nelson Mandela, RIP
Reply #156 on:
December 06, 2013, 12:49:50 PM »
Quote from: Crafty_Dog on December 06, 2013, 10:29:51 AM
I agree we need to look at the whole picture and that the whole picture includes some rather unsavory parts. That said:
a) The system he fought as a terrorist was nasty and brutal-- I've read that parts of the American Revolution were as well;
b) He was in solitary confinement for 18 years (one visitor a year for 30 minutes, one letter every six months IIRC) and in prison for 27 years;
c) He not only came out of this a sane man, but a better man-- and as that better man, unaided by a the American Creed as MLKing was, articulated a better path, a forgiving path where a vengeful path would have been so much easier-- and divorced his nasty wife Minnie
d) elected democratically, he stepped down after 5 years, apparently not noticeably richer than when he came into office.
He set his own cause back by favoring failed economic polices and aligning with the wrong side, Soviet Union, Arafat etc. Still, as well-noted above, he was one hell of an important historic figure.
The bulk of his adult life, Nelson Mandela was a failed Marxist revolutionary and leftist icon, the Che Guevara of Africa. Then in his seventies he had the chance to govern. He chose national reconciliation over reprisal, and he thus made himself an historic and all too rare example of a wise revolutionary leader.
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Mandela was a fine man
Reply #157 on:
December 07, 2013, 05:23:55 PM »
From the article:
Its tough to deny the man was a communist when he was considerate enough to write us a how-to manual on being one.
Then again, context here is king. Who else was fighting to help Black South Africans get out of their ghettos? Mandela had to choose between two evils. He picked what he sincerely believed to be the lesser of two evils.
From the article:
Mandela was faced with a vicious apartheid regime that eliminated all rights for blacks and gave them no hope for the future. This was a regime which used secret police, prisons and military force to crush all efforts at seeking freedom by blacks.
What would you have done faced with that crushing government?
What would you do here in America if you had that kind of oppression?
Quote from: Crafty_Dog on December 06, 2013, 10:29:51 AM
I agree we need to look at the whole picture and that the whole picture includes some rather unsavory parts. That said:
a) The system he fought as a terrorist was nasty and brutal-- I've read that parts of the American Revolution were as well;
b) He was in solitary confinement for 18 years (one visitor a year for 30 minutes, one letter every six months IIRC) and in prison for 27 years;
c) He not only came out of this a sane man, but a better man-- and as that better man, unaided by a the American Creed as MLKing was, articulated a better path, a forgiving path where a vengeful path would have been so much easier-- and divorced his nasty wife Minnie
d) elected democratically, he stepped down after 5 years, apparently not noticeably richer than when he came into office.
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Re: Politically (In)correct, Reagan freed Mandela, ended apartheid
Reply #158 on:
December 08, 2013, 09:29:06 AM »
I wonder if the anti-Reagan protestors of the 1980s (or press) now understand that Reagan's determination and success in toppling the Soviet Union led directly to the fall of apartheid. Conversely, I wonder if or when Mandela understood that his choice in aligning with the worst oppressors was counter-productive in his cause to end oppression.
The New Yorker yesterday:
"Mandelas release from prison and the collapse of apartheid were direct consequences of the demise of the Soviet Union; the South African regime could no longer rely upon its anticommunism as a counterbalance to its miserable human-rights record."
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Re: Politically (In)correct
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December 08, 2013, 09:54:13 AM »
" wonder if the anti-Reagan protestors of the 1980s (or press) now understand that Reagan's determination and success in toppling the Soviet Union led directly to the fall of apartheid. Conversely, I wonder if or when Mandela understood that his choice in aligning with the worst oppressors was counter-productive in his cause to end oppression."
About as much as Obama understands that undermining our friends and accommodating our enemies will reverse this achievement of Reagan. Read Krauthammer's piece on the Ukraine being driven back to the Russian sphere of control. Can anyone imagine what that must be like to the Ukrainian people who only a generation ago were left mass slaughter at the hands of the Soviets?
OTOH I the New Yorker is hardly a conservative rag. Do they mention the name Reagan in the article? I will look.
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Re: Politically (In)correct
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December 08, 2013, 10:01:01 AM »
Just as I suspected. The only mention of Reagan, of course, is not to give any credit but to point out he refused sanctions against South Africa for support of apartheid.
As for Krauthammer's article:
Obama sees history through the lens of racial anger. We are all influenced by our experiences. But he is not objective.
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Re: Politically (In)correct
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December 08, 2013, 10:27:13 AM »
The fall of the Soviet empire was certainly instrumental (if indirectly) in facilitating Mandela's release from prison. The New Yorker is correct about this, even though they don't give Reagan any credit for it. Another lesson lost entirely on the current generation of 20-somethings, who up until very recently held Obama responsible for virtually none of the current ills of this country, and generally view Reagan through a hard-leftist lens, to the extent they consider him at all. The left has successfully re-written history using the public schools and the media since Reagan left office.
I'll also concede that Mandela is a complex character. He was certainly willing to employ the most vile means to achieve his goals in the beginning, and he did partner with some of the worst oppressors in the world at the time. On the other hand, if one believes in forgiveness and redemption - and being a Christian, I do - it's arguable that he sincerely recognized the error of his ways and reformed himself before the end of his life. He was also one of the most non-narcissistic leaders I've seen in my lifetime. It's worth noting that Obama seems to be absolutely consumed by his ego and sense of self-importance. While no man can actually see into another's heart, it's my impression based upon actions, not words - that Mandela understood compassion and forgiveness - I'm not at all certain Obama does.
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Re: Politically (In)correct
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December 08, 2013, 10:55:27 AM »
" The New Yorker is correct about this, even though they don't give Reagan any credit for it."
Truth is not the aim in the left wing publications, only an occasional, unintended consequence.
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More on Mandela's complex legacy...
Reply #163 on:
December 09, 2013, 10:06:37 AM »
Nelson Mandela, Western Saint
Posted By Bruce Thornton On December 9, 2013
The passing of Nelson Mandela has been attended with the usual global encomia we have come to expect from those political leaders who have become international celebrities. Sometimes these extravagant praises and out-sized mourning surpass any real achievement. It is hard to find any justification in Princess Dianas life for the hyperbolic praise and hysteria that saturated her funeral rites. Many another leader of his people or liberator has after his death been bestowed with dubious qualities and achievements, while his crimes and flaws are airbrushed from the narrative. Thats why George Orwell famously counseled, Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent.
Future historians may temper the current exalted judgment of Mandela, and there is much to remember as the world rushes to beatify him. His endorsement of communists and support for terrorists he made part of the struggle against apartheid should not be forgotten. Nor should be the victims of machete attacks and necklacing, the gruesome practice of putting around the victims neck a tire filled with gasoline and then igniting it, This form of lynching was a favorite of the African National Congress, of which Mandela was a member.
But after spending 27 years in prison, Mandela recognized on his release in 1990 the pragmatic reality that the dismantling of apartheid and the inclusion of the black majority in governing South Africa meant that the revolutionary justice of the sort that has ruined Zimbabwe, and the command economy beloved by Marxists, both were the road to just another form of injustice and ultimately failure. Yes, on his release he proclaimed that we have no option but to continue the armed struggle, but what he did was negotiate with South African president F.W. de Klerk to achieve a relatively orderly and peaceful transition to black political participation.
Upon becoming president in 1994, Mandela also avoided the actions that could have plunged South Africa into violent civil war, and the economic disintegration that would have followed the imposition of a bankrupt socialist ideology that has devastated so many African nations. He championed truth and reconciliation instead of payback, and economic growth rather than dirigiste snake oil, instead selling off some government-owned industries. He eschewed petty symbolic changes that would have divided black and white South Africans rather than unite them. Thus he refused demands to change the name of the national soccer team, considered by many blacks a token of apartheid, and instead supported the team as a symbol of national unity. His generous persona pacified anxious whites and earned his government international prestige.
As the National Review has pointed out, however, once he became president Mandela seemingly kept his affection for the communist tyrants and other leftist autocrats who had supported him not on principle, but as a Cold War stick with which to beat the free West. He did the global tyrant circuit, visiting Fidel Castro and other thugs, and giving them outrageous moral support that ignored their crimes and their much more brutal prisons than the one in which he had been imprisoned. As National Review writes, He used his moral authority to buttress the prisoners jailers and torturers. He praised Qaddafis commitment to the fight for peace and human rights in the world. (One of Mandelas grandsons, incidentally, was named for Qaddafi.) Of Fidel Castros Cuba, he said, Theres one thing where that country stands out head and shoulders above the rest. That is in its love for human rights and liberty. And he indulged the uncritical, crude anti-Americanism that is the rosary of the international left, saying of the United States, If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America.
There is, however, more significance to Mandelas life than the achievements noted by his encomiasts, or even his flaws. Like Gandhi before him, Mandela was a creation of the West. He was trained in the Western-modeled universities of Fort Hare, which was created for black Africans, and the University of Witwatersrand, which admitted some black students even under apartheid. He was influenced by anti-colonial and Marxist ideology, the origins of which lay not in tribal culture but in European civilization. He also had available the uniquely Western liberal-democratic ideals such as equality, human rights, non-violence, anti-racism, and democracy, precious little of which can be found elsewhere in Africa. His efforts against the nuclear-armed South African apartheid regime were ultimately successful because they were directed against a Western civilization that could be appealed to on the basis of those ideals and that would be reluctant to use massive violence. And this appeal created sympathetic supporters both in white South Africa and across the world, who made the cause of black South Africans their own and provided material and moral support.
Indeed, Mandela could not have succeeded against any other than a liberal-democratic Western country. His efforts would in the end have been as futile as Gandhis silly 1939 letter to Adolph Hitler, which begged for peace from the dictator who counseled Englands Lord Halifax, Kill Gandhi, if that isnt enough then kill the other leaders too, if that isnt enough then two hundred more activists, and so on until the Indian people will give up the hope of independence. What Mandelas career demonstrates is the power of Western ideals which, despite the universal evils of human nature that have tarnished Western history, could transcend those brutal constants of history and effect change on the basis of principle rather than violence. From this perspective, Mandela represents the intellectual incoherence of anti-Western multiculturalism, which uses Western ideals like anti-colonialism and anti-racism to demonize the West, and ignores the unique principles of the West without which a Mandela or a Gandhi would have ended up forgotten failures.
Second, for all its brutality and injustice, in the scale of continuing global oppression and violence apartheid was not the monumental and unique evil into which Western liberal intellectuals and leftists carrying water for communist regimes made it. Its curious that many black Africans illegally immigrated into an apartheid South Africa supposedly akin to Nazi Germany. Without that publicizing of apartheid in the West, Mandelas efforts would have fallen on deaf ears. Just look at the relative indifference to the massive slaughters in Rwanda and the Congolese civil war, the oppression of Uighurs and Tibetans by the Chinese, the millions massacred in Sudan, or the mainstream medias blackout of the on-going genocide of Christians in the Muslim Middle East. All that suffering, rape, torture, plunder, and murder do not gratify the endemic self-loathing of leftist Westerners that made apartheid a crime against humanity on a par with Nazism. Thus those other instances of violence are not elevated into a global cause demanding divestment, boycotts, and international shunning. No doubt many Westerners were sincerely moved by the injustice of racialist exclusion, but why havent we seen an equally intense reaction to the other, in many cases much worse, examples of oppression and violence?
Nelson Mandelas achievements deserve recognition. We can even accept that the darker shadows of his portrait will be ignored. But we should acknowledge that his life is a testimony not just to his own character and deeds, but to the unique goods of Western civilization that made Mandela and his achievements possible.
"You have enemies? Good. That means that you have stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Winston Churchill.
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Re: Politically (In)correct
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December 09, 2013, 11:09:03 AM »
If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They dont care for human beings.
If you look at those matters, you will come to the conclusion that the attitude of the United States of America is a threat to world peace.
Nelson Mandela
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Nelson Mandela - Some Inconvenient Facts...
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December 10, 2013, 08:13:57 AM »
Nelson Mandela: The Untold Story
Posted By Jack Kerwick On December 10, 2013 @
Given that the entire planet seems to be of one voice in both mourning the loss of Nelson Mandela and celebrating his life, most will find it inconceivable that anyone would think to so much as suggest that Mandela was anything less than the saint that his admirers are working tirelessly to depict him as.
But truth is truth and Mandela was no saint.
Mandela was a proponent of democratic socialism who, along with the South African Communist Party, unleashed a torrent of violence against his political opponents that included the bombing of government sites. He was convicted of sabotage and attempting to overthrow the governmentcharges to which he openly confessed at his trial. And in spite of having been released from prison in 1990 after serving 27 years and eventually becoming South Africas first black president, he remained on the United States Terror Watch list until as recently as 2008. The late Margaret Thatcher characterized Mandelas African National Congress as a typical terrorist organization.
Ilana Mercer is a writer and former resident of South Africa who knows all too well about Mandela and his legacy. One of her books, Into the Cannibals Pot: Lessons for America from Post-Apartheid South Africa, includes a chapter chock full of interesting, but inconvenient, facts regarding the man who is now being lauded as never before.
Mercer informs us that long before apartheid came crumbling down, the government of South Africa offered to release Mandela from jail as long as he promised to renounce violence. Mandela, though, refused to do any such thing [.] Mercer adds that Mandelas TV smile has won out over his political philosophy, founded as it is on energetic income redistribution in the neo-Marxist tradition, on land reform in the same tradition, and on ethnic animosity toward the Afrikaner.
In 1992, two years after Mandela was set free, he was videoed at an event surrounded by members of the South African Communist Party, his own African National Congress (ANC), and the ANCs terrorist arm, the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), which Mandela led. Courtesy of YouTube, all with eyes to see could now witness Mandelas fist clenched in a black power salute as the members of MK sang their anthem, a little song according to which they reaffirm their pledge to kill themkill the whites.
Mandela remained a socialist to the last, Mercer assures us, even though he cleverlybut transparentlyrebranded it. Mandelas was a racial socialism, a point established beyond doubt by the remarks he made in 1997. Mercer quotes Mandela insisting that the future of humanity cannot be surrendered to the so-called free market, with government denied the right to intervene [.] Mandela also declared the need for the ownership and management of the South African economy to reflect the racial composition of our society and criticized the capitalist system in South Africa for elevating to the highest pedestal the promotion of the material interests of the white minority.
For the conceit of those Westerners who assume that Mandelas thought is a justified response to the evils of apartheid, Mercer has just the treatment. She reminds us that Mandela and his ANC had never concealed that they were as tight as thieves with communist and terrorist regimesCastro, Gaddafi, Arafat, North Korea and Irans cankered Khameneis. Mercer further reminds us that in addition to once cheering, Long live Comrade Fidel Castro! Mandela referred to Gaddafi as my brother leader and Arafat as a comrade in arms.
Moreover, though awarded by President George W. Bush in 2003 with the Medal of Freedom Award, Mercer observes that Mandela couldnt resist issuing the harshest of indictments against America. If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, Mandela said, it is the United States of America. He added that they, meaning Americans, presumably, dont like human beings.
And what is Mandelas legacy to his native South Africa? It is the purpose of Mercers book to show that it is nothing to write home about. Since he [Mandela] came to power in 1994, approximately 300,000 people have been murdered. Bit by barbaric bit, she writes, South Africa is being dismantled by official racial socialism, obscene levels of crimeorganized and disorganizedAIDS, corruption, and an accreting kleptocracy.
Mercers book is a rarity inasmuch as it supplies us with a brutally frank account of the real South Africa that Nelson Mandela helped to bequeath to the world. While the rest of the world is busy singing hosannas to Mandela over the next few days, those of us who are interested in truth would be well served to visit it.
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Re: Nelson Mandela - Some Inconvenient Facts...
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December 10, 2013, 09:26:04 AM »
Besides choosing the wrong side and policies for foreign affairs, how bad are your economic policies when ending apartheid leads to a doubling of unemployment?
Unemployment doubles after apartheid
"since apartheid ended unemployment has more than doubled from 13% to according to the broad definition to 36%"
"South Africa in labour competitiveness ... to ranks seventh lowest out of 139 countries"
I hope that is not what we are celebrating.
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Re: Politically (In)correct
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December 11, 2013, 10:32:03 AM »
Murder and other violent crimes also skyrocketed. It's almost like the dems run that county too.
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museum for women for the mall.
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March 20, 2014, 05:15:57 AM »
Next one for gays, one for illegals, one for Latinos, one for Indians, one for Asians.......
Hey what war on women? Why we voted for a museum for you gals.....
Across from the street with all the brothels.....
******House to vote on museum for women
By Mike Lillis - 03/19/14 06:00 AM EDT
House Republicans plan to vote this year on legislation promoting construction of a National Womens History Museum, Majority Leader Eric Cantors (R-Va.) office told The Hill.
The move lends enormous momentum to the years-long push to establish a memorial to womens history near the National Mall a proposal thats lingered in Congress for nearly two decades without ever reaching the presidents desk.
Congressional supporters from both parties have been working behind the scenes to rally backing and pressure leaders to stage a vote on the bill this year, even as Congresss shift into campaign mode has left little appetite for most non-essential legislation ahead of Novembers midterms.
Cantor spokeswoman Megan Whittemore said the congressman supports the bill and intends to bring it to the floor.
Museum supporters wasted no time praising the announcement, with Rep. Carolyn Maloney a New York Democrat whos been working on the proposal since 1998 saying shes thrilled by Cantors move. With top House Democrats already behind the proposal, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (Md.), Maloney predicted it will sail through the lower chamber.
This is a huge boost to our efforts, said Maloney, the bills lead sponsor. Leadership from both parties in the House has now come out in favor of this bill, and Im hopeful we can secure a large, bipartisan vote in favor of its passage.
On Tuesday, the House Natural Resources Committees subpanel on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation will examine the bill.
The push to create a national womens history museum comes as the role of women in politics has risen to historic heights, highlighted both by record numbers of women in Congress and the ascension of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as a front-runner in the 2016 presidential race if she chooses to run.
Maloneys bill would establish a commission charged with examining the best way to bring a womens history museum on or near the National Mall. The eight-member panel, appointed by bipartisan leaders in both the House and Senate, would have a year to report recommendations to Congress and the White House for building and maintaining the project.
A Senate companion bill, introduced last year by Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), has 20 co-sponsors, including 17 of the Senates 20 female lawmakers.
Rep. Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.), the House bills lead GOP sponsor, said shes confident the bill will win approval in both chambers this year.
I do think that its the year that it can move on the House floor and the Senate floor, she said Tuesday by phone. Were hopeful that as we move to the spring that well see action on this and make a womens history museum a reality for the country.
Using past museum commissions as a guide, the bills sponsors estimate the cost of the proposal to be between $1 million and $3 million. They are quick to emphasize that both the commissions costs and those associated with constructing and maintaining the museum would be funded entirely by private contributions. Actress Meryl Streep has already donated $1 million, Maloney said.
We know that moneys tight, and thats why private monies will pay for this memorial, not taxpayer dollars, Maloney said.
Some Democrats suggested GOP leaders are simply playing election-year politics with the museum bill. One leadership aide said the Republicans would embrace the proposal as a political effort to defuse the Democratic argument that their policy agenda is harmful to women.
Theyre trying to reach out to people other than white males, the aide said. They may try to latch onto it to show that theyre not complete Neanderthals.
Its unclear what level of opposition the proposal will face on Capitol Hill. The absence of offsets takes away a potential complaint from fiscal hawks, and the GOPs aggressive effort to be more sensitive to female and minority constituents will likely discourage any significant wave of dissent, even from the most conservative ranks.
Still, Blackburn acknowledged there might be some push-back from those wondering why women should have their own spot on the Mall.
Youre always going to hear some [say], Well, if we have that, [why dont] we have a mens history museum? she said. But I think what we have to do is realize that what has been highly recognized in the country is the contribution of men.
And in part, as they were the elected leaders that is appropriate, she added. But also, there are women who worked alongside them and women who have led great movements in this country, and that should be recognized.
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March 20, 2014, 08:45:25 AM »
These eunuch Republicans just can't seem to stand any criticism from Democrats or the media. They consistently accept the premises of the Democrats' accusations (such as the Republicans are conducting a "war on women") no matter how ridiculous they are, and then try to prove they're not what they're being accused of by boneheaded moves like this. How pathetic. I MUST AGREE WITH RUSH LIMBAUGH IN ASKING "WHY THE HELL IS GOV. SCOTT WALKER'S INCREDIBLE SUCCESS IN WISCONSIN NOT BEING TRUMPETED FROM THE MOUNTAINTOPS BY THE REPUBLICANS AND ADOPTED AS A WAY FORWARD FOR THE COUNTRY???" For God's sake - PAUL RYAN represents Wisconsin! Where the hell has he been on this issue? Is he afraid of giving his own Governor credit? The Republican leadership appears to be hell-bent on snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
"You have enemies? Good. That means that you have stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Winston Churchill.
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Re: Politically (In)correct
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March 20, 2014, 10:11:22 AM »
They just don't get it. They really don't. It is about the money. Women vote Democrat for government benefits. Some may be do for abortion etc but for most it is the money.
Latinos vote Democrat for the government benefits. I really doubt that it is about immigration for most.
How do we challenge this?
With ceaseless compromise? With compassionate conservatism? What a joke is right.
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Bullied special ed student convicted of wiretapping
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Just think if this student had claimed he was bullied because he is gay. The news would be front page of all the major MSM outlets around the Western World.
Anderson Cooper would spend a week going over this.
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Henninger: Harry Reid hates the Redskins
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May 28, 2014, 11:27:20 PM »
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Harry Reid Hates the Redskins
The U.S. Senate's speech enforcers won't stop with the NFL.
By Daniel Henninger
May 28, 2014 6:57 p.m. ET
Harry Reid is the Majority Leader of the Senate of the United States. He occupies a position of influence at the pinnacle of the American system of government. Of late, the senator from Nevada has become a one-man, First Amendment wrecking crew.
If like Charles and David Koch, your political opinions offend Harry Reid's ears, or if like the Washington Redskins, your taste in sports-team logos offends his eyes, Sen. Reid will use his office to try to shut you up or make you disappear.
For those who think the Kochs or the Redskins' logo are unsympathetic victims, think again. The enforcers Sen. Reid is leading will get around to you eventually. In some places, they already have.
Sen. Reid, with Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington state, outputted a letter signed by a total of 50 Democratic senators and addressed to National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell. It condemns Washington D.C.'s NFL team and its owner Daniel Snyder for not abandoning the team's logo, the Redskins. The letter calls the Washington Redskins a "racial slur." Sen. Reid has accused the Washington Redskins of a "tradition of racism." The letter says "Redskins" is the equivalent of the racist remarks of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling.
Continuing in this vein of senatorial logic, the 50 members of the world's greatest deliberative body more or less order Mr. Goodell ("Now is the time for the NFL to act") to use his power to coerce a name change for Washington's football team. Should Commissioner Goodell buckle beneath Harry Reid's gang tackle, make no mistake: That same Senate letter would go straight to Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, ordering him, under the Sterling Precedent, to kill the Cleveland Indians' logo, Chief Wahoo. Were Mr. Selig to do so, there of course would be riots in the streets of Cleveland, whose single most beloved citizen is . . . Chief Wahoo.
In recent weeks, people across the political spectrum professed to be aghast when a small coterie of "offended" students shut down commencement speeches by conservatives, centrists and liberals.
At Smith College, they didn't want to hear IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde. At Haverford College, they'd only let former Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau speak if he signed a letter of apology and guilt for his handling of the Occupy Cal sit-ins in 2011. How, the world of astonished adults wondered, have these students come to believe they could shut people up on any aggrieved whim?
They got it from the Majority Leader of the United States Senate and 49 senators. They got it from the many adults who think a little restriction on some speech is OK, and then cry shock when the mob goes too far. That Senate letter isn't just about the Washington Redskins. It's part of a broader, active effort to define and limit what people can saynot just in politics or sports, but anywhere anyone tries to open his or her mouth.
The New York Times, the New Republic and others have carried articles on the suppressive phenomenon known as "trigger warnings" for college courses. The idea is that professors should post warnings about course content that may "trigger" traumatic memories or thoughts in some students for a list of reasons related to feminist concerns, sex and multiple violations of social justice. Look for a letter soon from Harry Reid to Turner Classic Movies demanding trigger warnings on John Ford westerns.
Last fall at a private party at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore., two athletesone of them white, the other blackwere overheard trading racial jokes during a game of beer pong. Someone reported them to the administration. Lewis & Clark convicted the students of hate speech and ordered them to undergo "Bias Reduction and Bystander Intervention Training." To their credit, 40 Lewis & Clark professors signed a letter of concern about the school's notion of due process. American academics must be worrying they may have to go underground to teach freely. We could soon see samizdat doctoral theses.
In another corner of Harry Reid's Senate sits an attempt to expand federal surveillance of "hate speech." Sen. Edward Markey of Massachusetts just introduced a bill called the Hate Crimes Reporting Act. Its purpose, said Sen. Markey, is "to ensure the Internet, television and radio are not encouraging hate crimes and hate speech that is not outside the protections of the First Amendment." The potential causes of offense are "gender, race, religion, ethnicity or sexual orientation." In other words, anything.
Sophisticates will recognize that the bill should be better known as the Shut Up Fox News and Rush Limbaugh Act (newspapers are protected from any such regulation). But on their current, unrestrained course, federally deputized talk censors would get around to cleansing and sterilizing MSNBC, too.
We are moving way past the amusements of political correctness. A creeping, even creepy, effort is under way to shut people up for a broad swath of offenses. The distance is shortening between the First Amendment's formal protections and a "Fahrenheit 451" regime for torching speech in America. The time for adult pushback is overdue.
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The History of Political Correctness
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How dare anyone say anything that does not fit of the liberal agenda
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This is crazy. If you say something that doesn't fit the Democrat Party theme and hence their huge plans to milk this up for 2016 you are forced into public humiliation:
Oct 9, 11:32 PM EDT
Microsoft CEO apologizes for comments on women
By TALI ARBEL
AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella apologized Thursday night and said he was wrong for saying that women don't need to ask for a raise and should just trust the system to pay them well.
Nadella was blasted on Twitter and in blog posts for his comments, which were made earlier Thursday at an event for women in computing. Tech companies hire many more men than women. And beyond the tech industry, women are typically paid less than men.
He had been asked to give his advice to women who are uncomfortable requesting a raise. His response: "It's not really about asking for the raise, but knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises as you go along." Not asking for raise, he added, is "good karma" that would help a boss realize that the employee could be trusted and should have more responsibility.
But his comments caused an uproar online, and Microsoft posted a memo from him on its website. In it, Nadella said he answered the question "completely wrong" and that he thinks "men and women should get equal pay for equal work. And when it comes to career advice on getting a raise when you think it's deserved, Maria's advice was the right advice. If you think you deserve a raise, you should just ask."
His interviewer at the event, Maria Klawe, president of Harvey Mudd College and a Microsoft director, had told him she disagreed, which drew cheers from the audience. She suggested women do their homework on salary information and first practice asking with people they trust.
Still, his comments at the event, the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, underscored why many see technology companies as workplaces that are difficult to navigate or even unfriendly for women and minorities. Tech companies, particularly the engineering ranks, are overwhelmingly male, white and Asian.
Criticized for their lack of diversity, major companies say they are trying to address the problem with programs such as employee training sessions and by participating in initiatives meant to introduce girls to coding.
Twenty-nine percent of Microsoft's employees are women, according to figures the Redmond, Washington-based company released earlier this month. Its technical and engineering staff and its management are just 17 percent female.
That's roughly comparable to diversity data released by other big tech companies this year.
"Without a doubt I wholeheartedly support programs at Microsoft and in the industry that bring more women into technology and close the pay gap," Nadella wrote in his memo to employees.
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amazing. all over a cake
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Think of the tragedy of it all. Not getting your cake to your specifications. Reason to be ashamed.
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New lock screen in iOS 7
I read through many of the iPhone 5s/5c reviews and saw what iOS 7 looks like on those small screen devices. I didn't think I would like the new pastel colors and light fonts, but went ahead and updated my 3rd generation retina display iPad to check out iOS 7 and after several hours of use I have to say I am impressed by what Apple has done with this OS refresh.
Apple is the only company who seems to tell the carriers how it is going to be and I am amazed that even today they are the only ones who can roll out a worldwide OS update on a single day. You can get the iOS 7 update now for most iPhones, recent iPads, and the latest iPod touch and that update is free. The process went smoothly for me and even without a backup security blanket everything went without a hitch and my iPad was up and running with the same settings and apps as before on iOS 6.
I tried to capture screenshots from most of the places where I have found changes so far, but for a very comprehensive review and analysis of iOS 7 I highly recommend you read the full review at iMore.
The first thing you will likely notice is the change in icons, colors, and font weights on the home screen. I am still tripping out over the home screen effect where you can tilt your screen and see "under" icons. The effect can't be captured in a screenshot, but it is pretty cool to see "depth" on the home screen.
Icons for Apple's applications, such as Newsstand, Mail, Safari, and more are all changed and I like the look. There is some Windows Vista opaqueness going on with the bottom launch bar on the home screen, but I think it looks great. When you tap on a folder of shortcuts you will see the folder fly to the front with spaces for up to nine apps. You can then swipe side-to-side if you have more apps in that folder. Tapping outside the folder minimizes it back to the home screen. You may also notice that your background image moves with the folder flyout and a bit of image zooming takes place. It is a nice visual effect that is not distracting.
Don't go looking for the Spotlight search by swiping from left to right. I always forgot about Spotlight and think the way it is implemented may be more useful, but not easy for initial discovery. You slide down from a home screen panel, but not from the top. Tap and slide down anywhere on the home screen, even if you have your finger on an app or folder. The Spotlight search box appears near the top.
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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Wins Our 'Game of Thrones' – The Daily Swoon
If we're going off looks alone, we'd gladly hand over the Iron Throne from 'Game of Thrones' to Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. Unfortunately, that's not how it works.
Are you guys stoked about 'Game of Thrones' coming back on Sunday? If you are, great, let's be friends. If not, that doesn't mean you can't still appreciate the sexiness this show has to offer.
Meet Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, a Danish actor who's been quietly staking his claim in the American acting world with parts in the HBO series 'Game of Thrones' and earlier this year alongside Jessica Chastain in the horror flick 'Mama.' This beautiful blonde-haired man has immense talent, killer looks, and dangerous charm.
On 'Game of Thrones' he plays Jaime Lannister, brother to the gorgeous and evil Cersei, and a member of one of seven families vying for the right to the Iron Throne. He's also a pretty bad dude — he's cocky, conniving, and he has sex with his sister. Yeah, totally gross, but he's so hot that you kind of forget about that part sometimes.
It's like I have to keep reminding myself he's a jerk because I get lost in thoughts of wanting to wash his hair for him.


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HAMPSTEAD — Kevin Gonzalez scored his second of two goals with about 15 minutes left to lift White Oak to a 2-1 nonconference soccer win at Topsail on Monday night.
Gonzalez's game-winning goal came off an assist from Ken Lyons. It came just a few minutes after Topsail tied the game at 1-1.
"We did (show composure)," White Oak coach Buddy Carroll said. "We really possessed the ball well."
Gonzalez gave the Vikings a 1-0 lead in the first half after he scored on an assist from Kenya Weimer.
Rene Perez made four saves for White Oak.
White Oak 1 1 — 2
Topsail 0 1 — 1
GOALS—W: Gonzalez. T: NA. ASSISTS—W: Weimer, Lyons. T: NA. IN GOAL—W: Perez (4 saves). T: NA. SHOTS ON GOAL—W 6, T 5. CORNER KICKS—W 6, T 2. RECORDS—W: 3-0, hosts
Northside 2, Lejeune 1: Northside's Jodayne Watkins scored the game-winning goal with about 16 minutes left to lift the Monarchs to a nonconference win at Lejeune.
Watkins scored off an assist from Tristen Santariga.
Lejeune's Jalyn Garner tied the game at 1-1 midway through the first half after Northside's Aaron Batchelor scored early in the match to give the Monarchs the lead.
Northside 1 1 — 2
Lejeune 1 0 — 1
GOALS—N: Batchelor, Watkins. L: Garner. ASSISTS—N: Santariga. L: Cunningham. IN GOAL—N: Hull (4 saves). L: Larcombe (4 saves). SHOTS ON GOAL—N 6, L 5. CORNER KICKS—N , L . RECORDS—N: 1-3, hosts South Central today. L: 0-1-1, at Trask on Wednesday.
East Duplin 1, W-RH 0:
Diego Avila recorded seven saves in goal for the Panthers.
GOALS—E: Madrigal. ASSISTS—None. IN GOAL—E: Diego Avila (7 saves). W: Hansson (5 saves). SHOTS ON GOAL—E 6, W 7. CORNER KICKS—E 4, W 2. RECORDS—E: 2-1, hosts Laney on Wednesday.
Southwest 3, Pamlico 0: Southwest picked up its first win with a sweep of Pamlico in a nonconference match.
Taylor Marley had 14 kills and Amanda McCurry added nine for the Stallions.
Pamlico 14 11 20
Southwest 25 25 25
LEADING PLAYERS—S: Marley 14 kills, 11 points; McCurry 9 kills; Allen 12 points. RECORDS—S: 1-1, hosts
Lejeune 3, Northside 0: Lejeune moved to 3-0 with a nonconference win at Northside.
The Devilpups open Coastal Plains 1-A Conference play Thursday when they visit Jones Senior.
Lejeune 25 25 25
Northside 12 23 13
LEADING PLAYERS—L: NA. N: Fair 5 blocks;
Wallace Rose Hill 2,
LEADING PLAYERS — E: Bass goal. RECORDS — E: 0-1, hosts Laney on Wednesday.
Pamlico d. Southwest 25-15, 25-16
LEADING PLAYERS — NA. RECORDS — S: 0-2, hosts
Lejeune d. Northside 25-19, 25-12
LEADING PLAYERS — NA. RECORDS — L: 3-0, at Jones Senior on Thursday.


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MISENHEIMER, N.C. – The Pfeiffer men's basketball team (2-6, 0-2 CC) dropped its Conference Carolinas home opener to Limestone by a final score of 83-69 on Saturday evening. The contest marked the first game since the season opener that the Falcons failed to score at least 80 points. Mike Smith kept his streak of 20-plus point performances in tact with a 22 point effort, his seventh straight game over 20. P.J. Foster added 22 on Limestone and knocked down six three pointers.
Limestone shot 42.6 percent from the field and committed only six turnovers on the night. The Saints knocked down 11 shots from long range and had a 31-22 advantage in points in the paint.
The Falcons struggled offensively in the first half, converting on 33.3 percent of their shots from the field. They rebounded with a 13-for-26 performance in the final 20 minutes. Smith went 8-of-18 from the field hit three triples. David McNair finished with eight points and 11 rebounds and AJ Clark finished with 18 points, three rebounds and three assists.
Assad Woods added 20 points for Limestone and Josh Odem had 19. Shaq Dance had 13 points, five rebound, and six assists.
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I still like the New Orleans Corsairs. Corsairs both have a Spanish and French influence and they are along the same lines as Pirates. The name to me sounds tough and has good possibilities for it's total branding. Just my opinion. If Cleveland Ohio can have Cavaliers than New Orleans Louisiana can have Corsairs.
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Is there still any support for the New Orleans Domino (not dominos)?
To me, this is the greatest name. Coupled with a classic logo and font, the way the Brooklyn Nets rebranded, and this would be an easily marketable team.
It will be the pelicans.
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Anthony Davis would look great in a jersey that says Knights!
With purple and pinstripes from days gone by, I trumpet Hugo's name to the NOLA sky. When rebranders and posers abuse their might, beware my power, TEAL LANTERN'S LIGHT!
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We had quite a few interesting conversations as we pondered and navigated the nightly canopy.
Now that the draft is over, this has moved to the forefront of my mind. I really want to know Benson's plans. I'm down with anything except Derpbirds. It would seem logical that with interest in Davis jerseys ready to swell, the team would want to get the ball rolling on the colors/name.
I'm going to give a strong vote against change here-
Two points here: the current New Orleans colours are distinctive and have historical importance. Teal and gold is a perfect colour combination for New Orleans, and it is also unique within the NBA. Why change? If it ain't broke, don't...
Second point: some of the nicknames being suggested here are very modern- they remind me of the WNBA nicknames (not good!). Anything to do with weather or natural forces usually sounds and feels rather clunky. There is no substance in these types of nicknames.
Some of the more New Orleans-specific name suggestions are better than others. If you're going to go with an animal, go with a 'Gator over a Pelican. Nobody will get goosebumps thinking about playing for 'The New Orleans Pelicans'. It sounds comical. I'm not sold on 'Gators however.
Suggestions like 'the Pirates' have some historical cache, but they're a bit too vague and abstract. It sounds cartoon-ish. New Orleans needs a name that it can be proud of, and sounds like it stands for something.
I've seen 'the Blue Knights' and 'the Blue Angels' suggested- getting warmer I think, but they're too long- a nickname needs to roll of the tongue easily. My favourite, if the name is to change, is simply 'The Blues'. It rolls off the tongue, has a connection to New Orleans heritage, and can mesh well with the current New Orleans colours. It sounds cool, without sounding gimmicky or cartoon-ish.
And yes, the mascot for 'the Blues' would be a problem, but.. mascot shmasgot. Phoenix has a gorilla for crying out loud!
First time poster from Australia here, so bear with me..
Ive been a Hornets fan for 20 years, since I was 12 years old- that is, I followed the team from Charlotte to New Orleans. Why the Hornets? Two reasons.. Zo was the first. Loved his attitude, his defensive prowess, and the fact he was the anti-Shaq.
The second reason was simple- the colours. Red, blue, black and whites abounded in the NBA, but there was no confusing the team in teal. Unlike some other relatively new teams (Orlando (ugh!) and Minnesota), the Hornets NAILED their colours. They were distinctive, different, cool.
Maybe this is just personal opinion, but for a short period in the 90s the Hornets were the buzz (no pun intended) team in the NBA. Part of this was due to the fact that they were young, talented and winning. The other factor, in my humble opinion, was the colours. They were eye-catching to the casual observer.
Through everything, I stuck with my team. Through the Zo trade, through the re-location to New Orleans, they were still my team. I loved the fact that New Orleans was a unique, distinctive city within the US. The team and its colours somehow seemed a good fit.
Why do I bring all this up? Im really concerned that the re-branding of the Hornets seems to be a fait accompli. Ill mention right here that I understand the desire of New Orleans fans to claim full ownership of their team. New Orleans and its entire people deserve the Hornets. Theyve fought so hard to keep the team when things looked bad. Like all Hornets fans, Im stoked with the new ownership, the No. 1 Draft pick, and the future of basketball in New Orleans.
However, while I understand the desire to make a new start and re-name the team, given everything thats happened in the past few years, I feel that a lot of people are overlooking some things. What things? History, authenticity.. not to mention the bad track records of gimmicky re-branding exercises in the sports world.
Have a look around the NBA. We all know the most storied teams- the Celtics, the Lakers, the Bulls, the Knicks. What do all these teams have in common? They DONT change their colours and style every few years (and yes I know they do a little, but they always return to the authentic, old-school style). The colours are fixed, these teams have an identity. Dont ever underestimate the value of an authentic (as opposed to a contrived) historical and cultural identity.
Apologies to those who have mentioned they liked 90s style jerseys, but.. I think most people would agree that that phase of NBA fashion was horrendous. Terrible colour combinations, gimmicky-cartoonish jerseys and logos- for examples, see the Pistons, Sixers, Raptors, Grizzlies, etc. It was amateur marketing and corporate ignorance run rampant.
Recently, Philly has received a lot of kudos for attempting to re-connect with their fans. How have they done this? Theyve placed an emphasis on history and continuity. Note that in recent seasons that theyve gone back to their old-school colours and jerseys. This was a very smart move.
Ditto the Pistons- theyve gone back to the Thomas-Dumars era Detroit colours and style. While the Pistons still have a lot of problems, its not an accident that teams like Philly and Detroit have reverted to their old school colours. After the anarchy of the 90s, a lot of smarter NBA execs have woken up to the fact that cultural and historical continuity is important. Identity matters. Fans need to know theyre supporting THEIR team, and not just a gimmicky franchise.
Now, Im aware that this is, in some part, the reason WHY the name change discussion has come up for New Orleans and the Hornets. The Hornets moniker doesnt have anything to do with New Orleans, and the fans are wary about becoming attached to a team that has the stigma of an up-rooted franchise. The people of New Orleans want to OWN their team, they want their team to represent the culture of New Orleans.
Furthermore, I can understand that it is exciting to dream up new nicknames, new colour schemes and new jersey styles. Its a blank canvas, the possibilities are endless. I get that.
HOWEVER, Im really alarmed by the willingness of fans to forsake the historical identity of Hornets though. Yes, it has been a troubled, fractured, well-travelled identity. But it IS just that- an identity. Its real, and its authentic. It is something that no amount of creative marketing can ever accomplish.
Yes, the Hornets originated in Charlotte, but theyve been in New Orleans for 10 years. Now, seemingly, theyre here to stay (at least for the foreseeable future). They have a history too. Chris Paul and David West are a part of that history, sure. But the biggest part of that history lies in the teams identity and colours. Look at the Hornets website, or the Im In campaigns over the last year. Can anyone think about these things without associating the iconic teal and gold colour combination?
Some of the nicknames Ive seen proposed scare me. Some fall into the category of Appealing to Eight-Year-Old-Boys-Imaginations. These include Pirates, Gators etc.. theyre not bad, but they sound childish the more you think about it. A FAR worse group is the Natural Force group- anything along the lines of The Spirit, or The Force, etc. Without wanting to offend anyone, these are SO lame. So very, very lame. They sound like a nickname for a WNBA franchise.
The only nickname Ive seen that sounded and felt appropriate and authentic (and not contrived) is The Blues. It has an obvious cultural attachment, without sounding convoluted. It also has that old-school feel to it. Best of all- by adopting it, you can think about RETAINING THE CURRENT NEW ORLEANS COLOURS.
The colours matter. Why? Because they represent an established identity, a link to the past that is meaningful. They look good, theyre unique and distinctive within the league, and most importantly, theyre appropriate for New Orleans. Its an accident of fate that New Orleans inherited a basketball teams with colours (teal, gold and purple) that were perfect for it. Distinctive, colourful.. they could belong only to New Orleans.
I implore all New Orleans fans with any influence to think about this. The Hornets are at a crucial juncture in their history- once you disown your history and your heritage, its extremely difficult to ever get it back. A new start is enticing, this is an exciting time for New Orleans basketball. But please, please take a moment to think about what you may lose if you opt to re-christen everything..
When I think Celtics, I think green. When I think Lakers, I think purple and gold. When I think Bulls, I think red. When I think Knicks, I think navy blue and orange.
When I think New Orleans (whether it be the Hornets or something else.. if the name is to change, by far the best suggestion Ive seen is Blues).. I think teal, gold and purple, the colour (and colours) that could only be New Orleans. If you had to mix in a little navy blue (instead of purple) to justify being the New Orleans Blues, so be it.
New Orleans has a team with a distinctive history, and distinctive colours. Unique within the NBA. Please, please think carefully about all this if and when you get the chance to have your say on the future of your colourful team from NOLA..
To those who bothered to read through all this- I both apologise for the length and thank you for your time. I welcome all feedback
Good, quality post, even though I would not mind a rebrand. At this point, I'm happy our team has a great future. I'm losing all my interest in a rebrand. No one can find an acceptable name anyways....
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I agree with some points, but it's gonna happen. Benson already said it and I honestly couldnt see him changing his mind.
Teal is garbage and has no more 'historical significance' than the television series 'Miami Vice.'
"Hornets means nothing." - Tom Benson
It has historical significance it terms of the fact that it has been the colour of the team for 25 years!! If you were to change colours, then what would the new colours be? It's pretty hard to come up with a colour combination that doesn't duplicate one of the other 29 teams in the league. The Charlotte Bobcats tried, and look where that got them, bless 'em.
Teal has no direct link to New Orleans, but combine it with gold and purple and the combination is lot more colourful (dare I say Mardi Gras like?) than say the Spurs colours for example, or the Clippers. A lot of teams go with red (Bulls, Clippers, Sixers, Hawks), blue (Knicks, Pistons, Nuggets, Warriors, Wolves, Mavs) or black (Spurs, Blazers, Heat, soon to be Nets).. others go with green (Celtics, Bucks, erstwhile Sonics), some go with purple (Kings, Jazz, Suns).. it's slim pickings if you want to be original.
Teams in the 90s experimented with their colours- Pistons, Rockets.. never really worked out too well. The teal and gold is established in NOLA, distinctive, and (in my humble opinion) looks good- why change? And what to?
Teal is a TERRIBLE color. The name Hornets has nothing to do with New Orleans and the new owner already said it will be changed. I'm hoping for New Orleans Voodoo.
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I've surmised by the sentiment from among NO fans that Benson has his mind set on change- what I haven't gauged is how much change has he set his mind on? Or to what extent? Does he just want to change the nickname and logo, or is this a complete makeover?
As I discussed above, there is a good argument for maintaining the colours while changing the nickname- is that considered plausible amongst fans? A tweaking, while retaining a link to the past?
Or, is this to be a compete spring cleaning, lock stock and barrel? If so.. does New Orleans maintain any historical links with the Hornets (either in Charlotte or NOLA incarnations)? Or does that all revert back to the Charlotte Bobcats/Hornets? Would Muggsy Bogues or Alonzo Mourning qualify to have their jerseys retired at either New Orleans or Charlotte? Or both? If he hadn't fled to Golden State, what about Baron Davis?
Some of the proposed new colour combinations sound a bit awful- and there's already so many black, red, gold, navy blue and green colours in the jerseys of the other 29 NBA teams presently. Any thoughts?
LMAO, nah I haven't painted my house teal, tho maybe I should! I'm just curious- what do New Orleans Voodoo/Pelicans/Angels/Gators/Pirates/Magical-Mystery-Force fans have in mind for a new colour scheme? Because a lot of new teams start up with REALLY lame colours and uniforms. See- Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors, Vancouver Grizzlies, OKC, Charlotte Bobcats (is it any wonder their fans want their old colours back?)..
For what its worth, I'm not attatched the to the Hornets nickname, and realise it has no significance for NOLA- my preference is 'the Blues'. 'The Voodoo' is better than some I've come across, but it's hard to imagine fans and/or players saying "We're the Voodoo!" without breaking out into fits of giggles! Maybe that's just me..
The Hornets nickname I'm 'meh' about- fine with Benson changing it, so long as it's not something lame, like 'the Pride'
Second problem with following the Bobcats-turned-Hornets: they suck bigtime! And will do for the foreseeable future.. Bismack Biyombo anyone? Oh, and they have Michael Jordan running things..
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