Republicans and Race (Krugman's crappy confabulation!)

NY Times | November 19, 2007 | PAUL KRUGMAN

[goodnesswins]

"did you know that every human is born genetically black?"

That IS interesting. I have lots of "spots" of brown/black all over my body! Wonder if I counted them all up they would add up to a "percent?" just funnin you!

[RJL]

Klugman is a Clymer

LOL... When did Klugman get promoted?

[advertising guy]

lmao

[Gay State Conservative]

For Mr Krugman's benefit here are some stats straight from the US Census Bureau's website regarding how the town of Chappaqua,NY compares,demographically,to the US as a whole:

In Chappaqua,91.8% of residents are white.In the US,75.1% are.In Chappaqua,0.9% of residents are black.In the US,12.3% are.In Chappaqua,0.0% of residents are American Indians.In the US,0.9% are.In Chappaqua,5.6% of residents are Asian.In the US,3.6% are.In Chappaqua,0.5% of residents are "other race".In the US,5.5% are.And in Chappaqua,1.1% of residents are listed as "two or more races".In the US,2.4% are.

So,Mr Krugman...how's that for multicultural thinking? And how would the town in which *you* live compare to Chappaqua and to the US as a whole?

[SatinDoll]

I was loaded with freckles when I was a kid. They seemed to go along with the long red braids I wore my hair in.

[Navy Patriot]

To handle Krudman's screed you need rubber boots, a full length rubber apron, face shield, gas mask, and a double layer of long rubber gloves.

I hope you remembered.

[cpdiii]

did you know that every human is born genetically black? Some of us happen to carry recessive mutations for creating less melanin in the dermis, hence light colored skin. What you really need to address is cultural attitudes, you know, like stealing is OK and rape is an every day fact of life. That’s where all the real differences lie.

It would only be recessive if you lived in a tropical climate. A high melanin content of the skin protects against cancer and thus is a positive trait in the tropics. In the northern latitudes less melanin is a positive trait as UV rays from the sun is what produces vitamin D in the human body. (It really sucks to have rickets) The color of our skin is a result of where we live. It is genetically advantageous to be black in the tropics and white in the northern latitudes. If you took blond blue eyed Norwegians and made them live in Central Africa in 20,000 years their children would be black but 100% Caucasian.

Martin Luther King said we should not be judged by the color of our skin. He was right.

[SatinDoll]

I was explaining something that was recently discovered during the human genome project. Humans arose as a species in Africa. Everyone is genetically black and all other skin tones are variations due to mutation.

[Fido969]

Has Paul Krugman ever been right about anything?

[Sherman Logan]

Recessive does not mean inferior. It simply describes the way some genes work.

[gusopol3]

What Krugman doesn't bother to mention is that millions of northern white men have moved south and became southern white men.

bears repeating. Thanks.

[gusopol3]

As the political scientist Larry Bartels points out, in the 1952 presidential election 40 percent of non-Southern white men voted Democratic; in 2004, that figure was virtually unchanged, at 39 percent.

he must have gotten something amazingly wrong, since Kerry didn't win many states in the north, or south, by 60+% to 40-%. Since white males would be expected to be the leading demographic in either region, these guys ought to lose their licenses for political analysis. Amazing for a guy on the economics faculty of one of the best universities in the country. Michael Barone ought to take him on on this one and deal him a lesson.

[A.A. Cunningham]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/opinion/19krugman.html?hp

[ml/nj]

Republicans and Race

We don't pretend we ignore it, but it isn't particularly important.

ML/NJ

[Arrowhead1952]

Krugman needs to start looking into a mirror and see how “racist” the democrats have become. Anytime I see anything he writes, it is filled with disdain against Bush or Republicans.

[y6162]

After the welfare reform bill was passed in 1996, 33% of welfare recipients vanished. No welfare fraud? Indeed.

[stylin19a]

Krugman is trying to take a left-handed slap at Pres. Reagan and it doesn’t fly. Using Bartels analysis is like using Professor Irwin Corey as your press secretary.

[SunkenCiv]

thanks neverdem.

McDermott makes list of author’s 100 worst Americans
The Seattle Times | 7/5/05 | Alicia Mundy
Posted on 07/05/2005 5:13:38 AM EDT by ppaul
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1436704/posts

“8. Paul Krugman, columnist at The New York Times”

The 40 Most Obnoxious Quotes Of 2004
Right Wing News | 1.3.2005 | by John Hawkins
Posted on 01/03/2005 8:37:25 PM EST by Semper911
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1313307/posts

“25) “But the vitriol also reflects the fact that many of the people at (the Republican National Convention), for all their flag-waving, hate America. They want a controlled, monolithic society; they fear and loathe our nation’s freedom, diversity and complexity.” — Paul Krugman”

US Dollar plunge could lead to full-blown financial crisis
The Straits Times | 01.17.04 | William Choong
Posted on 01/18/2004 3:45:18 PM EST by Beck_isright
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1060474/posts

“In a paper presented earlier this month, three analysts - including former US treasury secretary Robert Rubin - argued that Washington’s twin deficits could amount to what some have termed a ‘full-blown, Third World-style financial crisis’. Mr Paul Krugman, a prominent economist who foresaw the 1997 Asian financial crisis, drew the conclusion as early as last October. In a New York Times column, he said the US economy was approaching a ‘Wile E. Coyote’ moment - when the coyote in the famous Road Runner cartoon runs off a cliff, only to realise at the last minute - too late - that it is about to plunge to the bottom. ‘What will the plunge look like? It will certainly involve a sharp fall in the dollar and sharp rise in interest rates,’ he wrote. ‘In the worst-case scenario, the government’s access to borrowing will be cut off, creating a cash crisis that throws the nation into chaos.’”