Civil Rights, Racism, And The ‘Discriminated White Man’ (!)
Posted by Michelle Moquin on July 18th, 2009
So how’s the weekend going? I started it off last night with lots of laughter. It felt good to laugh like that. I gathered with a group of girls from my High school. We all met at one of their homes in the hills of Fairfax. For the first time in a long time, I desired to live in an area where all I saw was nature outside. I have been such a city girl for so long but seeing the view from this house and sitting on her deck outside drinking cosmos and enjoying a balmy evening just left me aching for some change of scenery in my own life.
Hmm…So, onto today….
Akhtar: Happy to hear that some of the men are starting to smart up. Madaline doesn’t have much patience.
Anyway, Ruth, I was just having the same conversation with one of my girlfriends last night about the Sotomayor hearings, and white women and men in America. Then this morning Doug forwarded me this video of Rachel Maddow from MSNBC ripping a ‘discriminated old white man’ (oxymoron or just a moron?) a new one. Who’s the ‘white man’? O, it’s a familiar face – see below. The video has some tech issues that is a bit annoying, but you can’t miss the dialogue.
Mark: I caught the Ed Show yesterday myself and saw the repugnicant Taihrt and heard his remarks about Clarence Thomas and Obama, and how they might not be here should abortion have been free at the time their mothers got pregnant. I say to the repugnicants, ‘Keep talking, because the more you talk the more you reveal just what hypocritical racists you really are, and the more your party dissolves.’ I want them to keep opening their mouths and spewing out their beliefs.
But my question to you is when you were speaking to your cousin and uncle and they informed you that his speech sealed their vote, why did you not speak up? I applaud you for waking up and seeing how many in your party are so disingenuous, but I was disappointed that you did not say a word to your extended family. It was the perfect time to voice your two. The time of forced smiles and false pleasantries are over. It is the time to be verbally voracious. I say, ‘Go for it.’
Charles: I see you are changing parties too – How voracious will you be in letting your friends and family know?
Tina: I agree. I am right there with you.
Gail: Maybe your brother became such a racist because he hasn’t had any contact with black people. Seems like maybe it’s time for a little chat with him eh?
Anonymous: Yeah, I suggest you have a little tête-à-tête with your friend too. If he’s a good guy, as you say, maybe he’s naïve or not aware of the implications of racist jokes. I’ll admit, political jokes can be funny but racist jokes are just not acceptable.
With all of the chatter lately about civil rights, racism, and the ‘discriminated white man’ (just love that last one), I just want to end to today by saying Happy 100th Anniversary to the NAACP!
Oh and Larry: Just caught your comment…I just love getting slammed by a devoted fan- take it how ever it pleases you. :)
Peace out….
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July 18th, 2009 at 11:49 am
There are those of you out there that this could be of great help.
PYCNOGENOL: NATURAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY FEW KNOW ABOUT
Growing abundantly in the South of France is the French maritime pine tree… source for Pycnogenol, a special patented, clinically studied pine bark extract. New clinical research finds it effective at lowering risk factors for heart disease and controlling blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes.
PINE BARK EXTRACT IS POTENT MEDICINE
Pycnogenol, or pine bark, is a medicine with numerous benefits, notes Mark Blumenthal, founder and executive director of the nonprofit American Botanical Council. It’s theorized that pine bark’s high level of inflammation-fighting antioxidant bioflavonoids, known as procyanidins (these are the same potent compounds found in fresh fruits and vegetables), should get credit for these results. In addition to these latest findings, Blumenthal says there are a number of benefits to Pycnogenol, including…
Better diabetes control. At the University of Arizona, researchers found that people with noninsulin-dependent type 2 diabetes who took Pycnogenol for three months experienced a 17% drop in blood glucose levels. The study also suggested that Pycnogenol may protect kidney function in people with diabetes.
Improved circulation, blood pressure and cardiovascular health. Pycnogenol helps strengthen blood vessel walls, improve cholesterol levels and reduce the constriction of arteries, platelet stickiness and clotting that can lead to heart attack or stroke. In the University of Arizona trial, participants — who had mild high blood pressure as well as type 2 diabetes — were able to reduce their antihypertensive medication by 50%.
Less leg and ankle swelling on long flights. In 2005, a study published in Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis demonstrated that Pycnogenol reduced edema (leg and ankle swelling) and the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) on long-distance flights of seven to 12 hours. DVT — the formation of a blood clot, usually in the leg — is a dangerous condition, since if the clot breaks loose and travels to the lung, it can cause a potentially fatal pulmonary embolism.
Reduced joint pain. In a study at Italy’s Chieti-Pescara University, people with osteoarthritis of the knee took 100 mg of Pycnogenol daily for three months. Participants who took the pine bark extract experienced about a 50% decrease in osteoarthritis symptoms. They were able to lower their dosage of NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, e.g., aspirin) by 58%.
Fewer menopausal symptoms. Taiwanese researchers found that perimenopausal women who took Pycnogenol for several months experienced improvements in symptoms such as headaches, fatigue and vaginal dryness. With natural anti-inflammatory properties, this extract may also be helpful in controlling menstrual pain.
Other benefits. More than 200 scientific studies have been conducted on French maritime pine extract — most of them on Pycnogenol — and research suggests that it may aid in the treatment of other disorders such as asthma, erectile dysfunction and other conditions.
DEMONSTRATED SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS
Pycnogenol is a well-researched botanical medicine with demonstrated safety and efficacy in study after study at the prescribed doses, says Blumenthal. Consult a physician trained in botanical medicine to determine what dosage best meets your specific medical needs. To prevent any minor stomach discomfort, it’s best to take Pycnogenol with or after meals… and, as we always recommend, with doctor oversight.
Source(s): ??Mark Blumenthal, founder and executive director of the American Botanical Council and editor of HerbalGram, Austin, Texas. http://www.herbalgram.org.
July 18th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Michelle, as much as I love your blog. I have to agree with Larry. You are trying our patience and exhausting the batteries powering our cell phones with the prolonged delays you put us through on the weekends.
I also have to agree with Larry about the negligent attitude you seem to be displaying towards your lascivious fans. We need the rush.
So how about putting in another hot photo. And please send one taken with something other than a cell phone. Even photo shop can’t seem to give me a better shot of that hot bod of yours.
Fred
July 18th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
Michelle, I agree with the advice you have been giving to those whites who don’t challenge their racist friends, family and associates.
That is the problem. Whites give so much difference to their racist counterparts. Take the racist Pat Buchanan, Whites put him on every channel. They hold him up to be a genius on every topic effecting the politics of the human race.
The closest anyone has gotten to asking him for his credentials was when Rachel asked him how he graduated in comparison to Sotomayor.
He avoided answering by going back to his high school days. This is a man who tried to push Sarah Palin to us as the VP. This is a man who has tried to push her as a potential presidential candidate in 2012.
Let me get this straight. A white woman dumb as a box of rocks can is qualified to become president of the United States. But a latino woman who graduated at the top of her class isn’t qualified to be Supreme Court justice.
What are the qualifications of this man who recommends such crap to the nation from the pulpits of every media outlet in the nation.
Who are the white powers that give this unabashed racist nationwide access to the minds of the ignorant, as well as the young and impressionable in this country.
What are his credentials? Why doesn’t any of the hosts on CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, or the other media outlets ask what are his credentials.
The answer is obvious he is white. Whites never challenge the intelligence, logic, credibility or credentials of their own.
Hence a man who graduated at the bottom of his military class is accepted without challenge as capable of running the nation, but a black man whose academic credentials dwarf’s the moron’s mental agility is deemed unqualified.
It is simple. Whites miss no opportunity to promote themselves. The state of the nation is because of that.
White males have maintained a stranglehold on the top 500 corporations. The result is that they underperform when compared to their counterparts in every industry in every industrialized country that competes in that industry.
The sole exception to this rule is in companies that have diversified. Those that have given OTWs and white women an opportunity to contribute towards the leadership and Research and development of the companies products have prospered.
Look at the Computer companies, google, etc. when the brain pool of the United States is fully utilized it has no viable competition in the world. But white males would rather see America destroyed than share their privileged position with the rest of their fellow americans.
So they continue to knock any opportunity to allow a successful image of an OTW to take hold in this nation. National health care is as much needed as was the idea of national social security was when if was proposed.
What if that idea had not passed. We would not have Social Security today. Image if we had to depend on private industry to support all those who depend on Social Security and Medicare?
Yet, white men can not get behind it for two reasons. Republicans cannot allow a black man to succeed. The democratic party is still made up of 59 whites. Most of them are owned by the insurance industries and banks.
Robert
July 18th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Chamorros,if you’re in your forties, were raised here and had access to television in the early 1970s there’s a good chance that you’ll remember the little black hand puppet with a wide array of hats that appeared on KUAM’s “Wonderful World of Children’s Books.”
Clarabao, with the help of the Storybook Lady Betty Bennett-Lyon, would recount her latest adventure — whether it was hanging on the beach with a coconut crab in Ipan or exploring Plaza de Espana.
It’s been more than two decades since Clarabao had a chance to share her adventures with the children of Guam but last Wednesday a group of children at the Hagåtña Library’s story hour got to hear some of the tales their parents and grandparents may have enjoyed as youth.
“When we scheduled (Bennett-Lyon) to come in I didn’t remember who she was, but when she brought out the puppet and started reading to the kids it all started to come back to me,” says Frank Acfalle, 41, a program coordinator at the Hagåtña library.
“I think it’s great that the kids have this opportunity to hear stories about Guam and see places that are here from someone who their parents may have been listening to when they were young.”
Bennett-Lyon, 83, is back on island after a 22-year absence to take part in Tuesday’s Liberation Day Parade festivities. Now living in Florida, Bennett-Lyon left Guam in 1987 with her now late husband, Air Force Capt. Paul Lyon, for medical care to treat his lung cancer.
“It was hard for me to leave because I loved it here so much,” says Bennett-Lyon, who used to live in Mangilao.
Several weeks ago Bennett-Lyon received a letter from the 38th bomb group, of which her husband was a member of the 405th Division, inviting the veterans to return to Guam to take part in the 65th Liberation festivities.
Hafa adai
Anna
July 18th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Q: When I’m sick should I stay home or go to work?
A: Stay home when you are sick. Recent study: Men who went to work despite feeling ill were twice as likely to develop serious heart problems as men who called in sick. The mental stress of working when unwell may raise the risk of heart trouble — or it may be that men who ignore minor illnesses also are more likely to ignore symptoms of a heart condition. Either way, staying at home helps you recover more quickly and lowers the chance of infecting coworkers.