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It's time to kick some British butt (Star Parker)
The Telegraph (U.K.) ^
| 12/03/03
| Damian Thompson
Posted on 12/02/2003 5:30:43 PM PST by Pokey78
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To: Heatseeker
Send her to Cornell to kick some McKinney butt.
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posted on
12/03/2003 4:29:25 AM PST
by
billhilly
(If you're lurking here from DU, I trust this post will make you sick)
To: Heatseeker
Wow talk about a death match between them and Hitlery.
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posted on
12/03/2003 9:48:33 AM PST
by
cyborg
(mutt-american)
To: mhking
I'm also looking forward to Star's new book. And I did notice the jibes and digs from the writer...I guess the Dimocratic mindset extends across the pond as well...what a shame.
-Regards, T.
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posted on
12/03/2003 10:28:12 AM PST
by
T Lady
(Who Let the 'RATS Out?!!)
To: Pokey78
I may be off on this but this is not necessarily the best person to invest our emotional capital in. I congratulate her on her survival, her achievements and her acceptance of the conservative way of thinking but I am reminded of that expression, "There, but for the grace of God, go I"... She has good ideas but the truth is she had help in coming to where she is now. All that I see her doing is criticizing others for the same things she did. Perhaps she can write a good book but please consider the fact that were it not for her very right wing ideas, no one would be giving her the time of day. I look at Janice Rogers Brown and Condoleeza Rice and I do not agree with all of their ideas but I have to say that they let their lives be an example of what they believe in and they are not proxy critics for someone else. They speak loudly but based on experience and they serve the public good more than their own. Their primary goal does not appear to be gettting their 15 minutes of fame. And I am not about to tell my daughter that the best way to succeed in this world is to go and do crazy things and then adopt a political philosophy that most people would not expect you to adopt... And write a book criticizing the same people and institutions that accepted you when others would not.
The thing that we have to remember is that Christians are not perfect, they are just forgiven. This has nothing to do with writing a book and acting like you are ashamed of those that have the same color of skin or background as you... Everyone can find fault with Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, but the truth is, she does not have contact with the vast numbers of black people that work hard and try to lead their familiies, churches, and communities by example.
I think of Saul who became Paul and I do not see her accepting responsibility for her past. That is one of the first rules in repentance...
I have seen her speak and she is only concerned about her message and her views. She is like so many I have seen before looking to kiss up to conservatives by beating up on minorities. I am just as critical of those in my community but I also recognize the history of this nation and I recognize that I do not know the circumstances that bring each person to their station in life.
Also, I am not sure what experience in government policy making she has been involved in but it does sound to me like she is sounding off more to get attention than to actually advance the conservative beliefs.
I hope I am wrong but she gives me a bad vibe...
And how is she different from Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson when everything she speaks about revolves around race? There is so much more to us than that...
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posted on
12/03/2003 12:41:15 PM PST
by
dwd1
(M. h. D. (Master of Hate and Discontent))
To: dwd1
the truth is she had help in coming to where she is now. All that I see her doing is criticizing others for the same things she didI don't think she is "beating up on minorities", as you put it, or recommending her past to the rest of us. She obviously did things that were not right, but the point, I think, is that she stopped doing them.
Yes, there was help available to her, but again, the point is that she took advantage of that help and changed.
I hear her criticizing those who are content to wallow in the past as an excuse NOT to make changes, so yes, she can find fault with Al and Jesse. You may have a point that she does not seem contrite enough about her own past, but I prefer to think that she is merely staying on message.
Her point is not to bemoan her own life in public, because--who cares? Her point is to motivate others who are stuck in a bad paradigm to change it, then change themselves.
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posted on
12/03/2003 2:20:37 PM PST
by
SoulStorms
(The mind all logic is like the knife all blade. It cuts the hand that holds it. -- R. Tagore)
To: T Lady
I am looking forward to reading Star's new book also.
To: jwfiv
She's a remarkable lady. Thanks for the bump!
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posted on
12/15/2003 8:35:32 PM PST
by
Serb5150
To: Pokey78
Its co-ordinator, Simon Woolley, is a handsome, light-skinned black man ("they're often the most extreme," notes Star).
As my friends and I say, "It's always the light-skinned bruthas."(that get all militant in their rush to overcompensate and find an identity)
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posted on
12/15/2003 9:26:06 PM PST
by
Skywalk
To: Serb5150
So are you...how ya doin', Serb5150?
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posted on
12/15/2003 9:37:50 PM PST
by
jwfiv
To: mhking
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posted on
12/26/2003 4:09:46 PM PST
by
astralis
To: astralis
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posted on
12/26/2003 4:24:40 PM PST
by
astralis
To: astralis
From the link of her site that you posted:
"America has two economic systems: capitalism for the rich and socialism for the poor. This double-minded approach seems to keep the poor enslaved to poverty while the rich get richer."
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posted on
12/26/2003 4:52:02 PM PST
by
Polybius
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