Posted on 03/29/2009 4:47:00 AM PDT by reaganaut1
“This crisis was caused by the irrational behavior of white people with blue eyes, who before the crisis appeared to know everything and now demonstrate that they know nothing,” charged the brown-eyed, bearded socialist president [Lula of Brazil].
As the brown-eyed Brown grew a whiter shade of pale, Lula hammered the obvious point that the poor of the world were suffering in the global crash because of the misdeeds of the rich.
“I do not know any black or indigenous bankers,” said Lula.
He also told CNN he would press this theme at the G-20 meeting in London this week. He says his past as a poor, hungry, unemployed lathe operator gives him special insight.
“I lived in houses that were flooded by water,” he said, adding, “Sometimes, I had to fight over space with rats and cockroaches, and waste would come in when it flooded.”
The “Lula lulu” by the “Brazil nut,” as The New York Post dubbed it, became big news just as President Obama met at the White House with Vikram Pandit and a cadre of white-bread bankers who have taken the bailout — some of whom, like Jamie Dimon, have distinctly blue eyes.
And it is true, of course, that the upper-crust, underwhelming Anglo-Saxon leaders who allowed America’s financial markets to morph into louche casinos, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, were very, very white men with blue eyes.
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Every time Cheney looks into the camera with those ice-blue eyes and says President Obama is making us less safe, it sounds as if he’s secretly hoping we do get attacked just to prove his point that Obama is weak, even if he has to go up in smoke, too.
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If I'm going to play Dowd's game, can I mention that the people who defaulted on their mortgages in the U.S. have been disproportionately brown and black?
There are rules when posting a Dowd column. I hope a tech-savvy Freeper can post a picture of certain beauty who definitely does not have blue eyes.
The “blue-eyed rich” ought to oblige Lula et al by withdrawing from the stage completely Let’s see how the rest of the world gets along once they are gone.
Anyone know where the animated pic of the little black boy yelling “That’s racist!” is? LOL.
“This crisis was caused by the irrational behavior of people with greed and it comes in all colors.
The guy is a racist loon. It’s funny though. Our current president seems more concerned with him than our traditional ally, the United Kingdom.
Do facts matter at ALL in American journalism any more? Are there any editors at the NYT any more, or have they all be cut in the recent financial turmoil?
This screed is so massively racist I’m surprised it was published.
It seems to be another tack in fomenting unrest. I do think this administration is hellbent on creating violent unrest in the US with its policies.
Nothing is ever by chance in politics. It is all completely telegraphed.
“Nothing is ever by chance in politics. It is all completely telegraphed.”
True. See my about me page.
Also known as 'going Galt".
Congress is in charge of oversight and is in control of spending. Democrats have been in control of congress since 2006. Yet the morons at the NYT keep repeating the lie that it was the executive branch that caused/allowed this to happen. No doubt the executive branch could have done a lot more, especially if it hadn’t been for Democrats in congress blocking reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. They screamed racist to dare suggest that people who couldn’t afford a mortgage should not be given one.
Liars all.
wow, that piece was utter crap, even by her standards.
Thanks for checking on this.
Just another attempt to blame the achievers for the non-achievement of the non-achievers.
How much did she drink before writing the article? Sniper63
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