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How not to be poor (Walter E. Williams)
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| May 11, 2005
| Walter E. Williams
Posted on 05/11/2005 3:55:44 AM PDT by The Great Yazoo
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To: The Great Yazoo
Walter E. Williams bump!
This man gets it. :-)
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posted on
05/11/2005 9:59:42 AM PDT
by
k2blader
(If I have not yet replied to your kind FReepmail, my sincerest apologies.. {:-)
To: rdb3
"Noted."I don't know if you're serious or not but you're sure making me ROFL.
62
posted on
05/11/2005 9:59:52 AM PDT
by
El Gran Salseron
(We're going to grease the tracks of our tanks with their guts! GSPatton)
To: El Gran Salseron
I don't know if you're serious or not but you're sure making me ROFL. I don't mind the laughter. But I am deadly serious.
63
posted on
05/11/2005 10:01:46 AM PDT
by
rdb3
(To the world, you're one person. To one person, you may be the world.)
To: pageonetoo
These guys are role models, but not just for the black community. They are role models for all up and coming conservatives! To constantly point to their black-ness, is not descriptive, it is bigotry, and places them on a separate scale. Very true: If my (white) kids can grow up to match the achievements of any of these guys I'll be very, very proud. Hence calling them "black" role models is limiting because it can be taken to mean that they are suitable role models ONLY for blacks, which is madness.
However: Leftist identity politics has so successfully sold the idea that being sucessful, self-disciplined, and/or conservative is somehow "unblack", that at times it's necessary to emphasize the blackness of these high achievers -- Williams, Sowell, Thomas, Rice, et al -- if only to show the liberal position to be wrong. Hopefully someday that will no longer be necessary.
64
posted on
05/11/2005 10:04:13 AM PDT
by
Rytwyng
(I'm still fond of the United States. I just can't find it. -- Fred Reed)
To: KDD
"for individual irresponsibility. We know what you meant though."So, you feel that it is ok for everyone to be IRresponsible?
65
posted on
05/11/2005 10:05:08 AM PDT
by
El Gran Salseron
(We're going to grease the tracks of our tanks with their guts! GSPatton)
To: SittinYonder
I really enjoy both Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams but must say I far prefer Williams.
Nam Vet
66
posted on
05/11/2005 10:10:05 AM PDT
by
Nam Vet
(MSM reporters think the MOIST dream they had the night before is a "reliable source".)
To: rdb3
"But I am deadly serious."Yeah, kinda figured you were but your responses just struck my funny bone.
Noted. Noted. Don't stop now.....just hit me in the right spot. :-)
No offense meant. I have been reading your posts for a couple of years now. Your responses are usually so short but so succinct! :-)
67
posted on
05/11/2005 10:10:34 AM PDT
by
El Gran Salseron
(We're going to grease the tracks of our tanks with their guts! GSPatton)
To: El Gran Salseron
I think I might need new reading glasses.
Apology to Mr. Williams.
68
posted on
05/11/2005 10:10:36 AM PDT
by
KDD
(http://www.gardenofsong.com/midi/popgoes.mid)
To: Quilla
I was driving once when he mentioned he was purchasing Mrs. Williams an ironing board for their anniversary. It was most entertaining. I crack up when he talks about his gift giving towards Mrs. Williams.
69
posted on
05/11/2005 10:13:34 AM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(you can be whoever you want to be on the Internet)
To: dubyaismypresident
"I crack up when he talks about his gift giving towards Mrs. Williams."I was floored one year when my brother gave his wife a shrimp trawl for her birthday.
P.S. She LOVED it! :-)
70
posted on
05/11/2005 10:17:04 AM PDT
by
El Gran Salseron
(We're going to grease the tracks of our tanks with their guts! GSPatton)
To: The Great Yazoo
71
posted on
05/11/2005 10:22:46 AM PDT
by
T. Buzzard Trueblood
("Bush is doing practically nothing to prevent hurricanes." Environmentalist Aimee Christensen)
To: T. Buzzard Trueblood
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posted on
05/11/2005 10:28:43 AM PDT
by
The Great Yazoo
("Happy is the boy who discovers the bent of his life-work during childhood." Sven Hedin)
To: SittinYonder
To: El Gran Salseron
No offense meant. I have been reading your posts for a couple of years now. Your responses are usually so short but so succinct! :-) No offense was ever taken. I post mostly how I code. No fluff, just get the job done.
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posted on
05/11/2005 10:55:35 AM PDT
by
rdb3
(To the world, you're one person. To one person, you may be the world.)
To: rdb3
Oh? So YOU'RE one of the guys who put all of those bells and whistles in sofware that never work, huh?
Oops!
I used to code, too! :-)
75
posted on
05/11/2005 11:00:44 AM PDT
by
El Gran Salseron
(We're going to grease the tracks of our tanks with their guts! GSPatton)
To: pageonetoo
This is " pat the n..... on the head" stuff. Well, OK, how about these are two smart guys, not so smart as to be accused of pandering, but pretty darn smart, which isn't to say they are any smarter or less smart than any two other really smart guys (or gals) with equivalent intelligence without respect to race, creed or color.
76
posted on
05/11/2005 11:15:40 AM PDT
by
Randjuke
To: El Gran Salseron
Oh? So YOU'RE one of the guys who put all of those bells and whistles in sofware that never work, huh? I will take the Fifth Amendment on the grounds that my answer may incriminate me...
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posted on
05/11/2005 11:17:13 AM PDT
by
rdb3
(To the world, you're one person. To one person, you may be the world.)
To: Randjuke
Well, OK, how about these are two smart guys, not so smart as to be accused of pandering,...I guess I am just knee-jerking, but whenever we hear from a prominent black guy, or intelligent woman, there are usually automatic references to "oh, he/she's the smartest in the world".
It is great to celebrate these people, but the ideas are what got them their recognition! Most of the ideas are found in the common converstions, we all have, but are honed by their presentation skills. We love them because they are like us.
I love Walter, Thomas, Clarence, Condoleeza and all the other black conservatives, who put their lives in the limelight, and are ridiculed by their bigoted brethren. But, they are like anybody else. They are individuals trying to make the best life, with what God has given them...
Discuss their ideas. These people will get the proper credit!
78
posted on
05/11/2005 11:33:39 AM PDT
by
pageonetoo
(You'll spot their posts soon enough!)
To: The Great Yazoo
Thanks. Sadly, President Bush hasn't done much to stop tornadoes and earthquakes, either.
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posted on
05/11/2005 11:41:30 AM PDT
by
T. Buzzard Trueblood
("Bush is doing practically nothing to prevent hurricanes." Environmentalist Aimee Christensen)
To: pageonetoo
They are consistently willing to state the obvious, and that is why most of us love them. That they are black, is why they are celebrated, by us conservatives, in the light of JJ, Rev Al, etal... Hogwash. I would suggest that you read the book "The Economics of Politics and Race" before you suggest that Thomas Sowell is just your average conservative that is being moved to the front of the class just because he is black. His grasp of economic principles and his ability to put them in terms I can understand go far beyond the "obvious".
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posted on
05/11/2005 11:47:41 AM PDT
by
bad company
(Attempts to create heaven on earth invariably produce hell. (Karl Popper))
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