To: 4everontheRight
FROM THE "I COULDN'T MAKE THIS UP IF I TRIED" DEPARTMENT: Friday, August 01, 2003
Posted 5:20 PM by Patrick
The Hill.com reports that Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) is upset that the current roster of hurricane names does not include any "black" names. "All racial groups should be represented," she says.
I know you think I'm making this up, but I'm really not.
Lee apparently wants to read headlines that say, for example, "DeShawn Kills Fourteen in Louisiana" or "Keisha's Killing Spree Said Likely to Continue." What better way to mark the progress of blacks in our society?
UPDATE: Eugene Volokh (who is Jewish) has picked up on the story as well. He is insisting on the names Irving, Haym, and Shmuel.
To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
I know someone with dark skin named Rita.
707 posted on
09/21/2005 8:15:12 AM PDT by
CindyDawg
(Brownsville Texas)
To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
716 posted on
09/21/2005 8:17:52 AM PDT by
4everontheRight
(Born/raised on MS beaches (SC now)...Criminals feed on the indulgence of society's understanding)
To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
Posted 5:20 PM by Patrick The Hill.com reports that Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) is upset that the current roster of hurricane names does not include any "black" names. "All racial groups should be represented," she says. I know you think I'm making this up, but I'm really not. Lee apparently wants to read headlines that say, for example, "DeShawn Kills Fourteen in Louisiana" or "Keisha's Killing Spree Said Likely to Continue." What better way to mark the progress of blacks in our society? UPDATE: Eugene Volokh (who is Jewish) has picked up on the story as well. He is insisting on the names Irving, Haym, and Shmuel.
What about Bubba, Larlene, JimBob & Cooter? They want equal representation, too!
726 posted on
09/21/2005 8:20:48 AM PDT by
Zechariah_8_13
(Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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