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January 17, 2005
On This MLK Day, Let Us Remember Those Who Are Still in Chains and Shackles, Like BET's Tavis SmileyHave things ever really changed since the days of slavery? Tavis Smiley rejects a new NPR contract saying he does not do his best work in "chains and shackles," because, among other complaints, they wouldn't spend $3 million to promote his show. Which, if I recall, is precisely what Harriet Tubman found so pernicious about slavery. It wasn't the forced labor or degredation of one's humanity, or the peddling of human beings as if they were cattle; no, I think her primary complaint with slavery was over "creative differences" with the slave-masters and constant disputes regarding promotional efforts and synergistic marketing. posted by Ace at 02:52 PM
CommentsWhere's the shame? "Chains and shackles?" Posted by: RapidTransit on January 17, 2005 03:40 PM
Just another brother being kept down by The Man's refusal to spend $3 million promoting his show. For shame! What would MLK say about this terrible injustice? Probably something like "Stop whining, you idiot. Some of us wore real chains and shackles." Posted by: TallDave on January 17, 2005 04:02 PM
Stories like this make me happy. What better evidence is there that we've overcome most of our problems with racism when this kind of idiocy is passed off without thought? Posted by: Russell Wardlow on January 17, 2005 04:05 PM
This is similar to the rejection earlier this year of a $7 million contract by the NBA's Ron Artest (of course, this was before his little fisticuffs.) His reason: the offer was tantamount to slavery and, oh by the way, he couldn't feed and clothe his family on $7 million a year. Posted by: Steve L. on January 17, 2005 07:12 PM
Unfortunately, this lunacy passes unquestioned by the libs as "deep and valid thought", when it in fact is little more than wishing one had his own whip, just as the slaves wished when they really were in chains and shackles. When will they learn there is still slavery in the world, but it resides in mostly Muslim, mostly African countries. We still have our attitude problems, but "chains and shackles"? I hardly think so... Posted by: Carlos on January 17, 2005 07:59 PM
Well, the Artist Formerly Known as Bankable and Relevant painted "Slave" on his face because Sony wouldn't release him early from a multi (MULTI) million dollar contract. It's almost as sad as that little girl forced to live in an attic in Nazi-occupied Holland. Posted by: ace on January 17, 2005 08:02 PM
Ace, I also understand that Crispus Attucks was pissed that he didn't land the lucrative harbor clean-up contract in Boston. Posted by: CraigC on January 17, 2005 08:15 PM
Clearly, the bigger issue is being overlooked entirely... Namely, Michelle Malkin closing her post with "Word." It brings to mind what could be a really bad Mad TV skit. Posted by: jmflynny on January 17, 2005 08:36 PM
Quick change of subjects! Paul Anka is on Las Vegas Tonight!!!! Posted by: Ed on January 17, 2005 09:15 PM
I listened to part of MLK's speech today, and for the first time ever it left me with an overpowering sadness. After listening to people say that things are worse for blacks today (than when he first said those words) ... and another guy being interviewed on the radio giving excuse after excuse for why a black man can't get ahead now ... UGH. MLK must be spinning in his grave. To have his message so bastardized. They all have the day off- schools, etc and their are grand speeches, but tomorrow (in the hood) will just be like yesterday. Posted by: Carin on January 17, 2005 09:22 PM
Give the guy a break! It's "free at last," not "cheap at last." Posted by: Jim Treacher on January 18, 2005 12:38 AM
I must protest your degredation of the spelling skills of the nation's youth! Posted by: School Marm on January 18, 2005 10:16 AM
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Brown killer takes the coward's way out. Naturally.
Still not identified, for some reason. Per Fox 25 Boston, the killer was a non-citizen permanent legal resident It continues to be strange that the police are so protective of his identity.
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The time is now! France must fight for its culture! [CBD]
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Whoops, I meant she bravely attacks Sydney Sweeney for "bending the knee." (Sweeney put out a very empty PR statement saying "I'm against hate." Whoop-de-doo.) Megyn Kelly claims she doesn't want to call people out on the right when asked about Candace Owens but then has no compunctions at all about calling people out on the right. As long as they're not Candace Owens. Strangely, she seems blind and deaf to anything Candace Owens says. That's why this woman calls her "Megyn Keller." She's now asking her pay-pigs in Pakistan how they think she should address the Candace Owens situation, and if they think this is really all about Israel and the Jews.
The World Must Stop Ignoring What Iranians Already Know: The Regime Is on the Brink
Isn't it pretty to think so? [CBD]
I have happily forgotten what Milo Yiannopoulos sounds like, but I still enjoyed this impression from from Ami Kozak.
More revelations about the least-sexy broken relationship in media history
I'd wanted to review Parts 2, 3, and 4 of Ryan Lizza's revenge posts about Olivia Nuzzi, but they're all paywalled. I thought about briefly subscribing to get at them, but then I read this in Part 2: Remember the bamboo from Part 1? Do I ever! It's all I remember! Well, bamboo is actually a type of grass, and underground, it's all connected in a sprawling network, just like the parts of this story I never wanted to tell. I wish I hadn't been put in this position, that I didn't have to write about any of this, that I didn't have to subject myself or my loved ones to embarrassment and further loss of privacy. We're back to the fucking bamboo. Guys, I don't think I can pay for bamboo ruminations. I think he added that because he was embarrassed about all the bamboo imagery from Part 1. He's justifying his twin obsessions: His ex, and bamboo. Which is not a tree but a kind of grass, he'll have you know.
Olivia Nuzzi's crappy Sex and the City fanfic book isn't selling, says CNN (and CNN seems pretty pleased about that)
On Tuesday, the book arrived in stores. At lunchtime, in the Midtown Manhattan nexus of media and publishing, interest in Nuzzi's story seemed more muted. The Barnes and Noble on Fifth Avenue had seven copies tucked into a "New & Notable" rack next to the escalator, below Malala Yousafzai's "Finding My Way." Not many had sold so far, a store employee said. She trashes Ryan Lizza for his "Revenge Porn" here. Emily Jashinsky says that when the Bulwark's gay grifter Tim Miller asked why she didn't report on the (alleged) use of ketamine by RFKJr., she broke down in tears and asked to end the interview.
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This is how it is done. [CBD]
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Gee I wonder why Walz allowed Somali pirates to steal 1 billion in American dollars... could it possibly be that criminal illegal aliens are voting in elections and the Democrats know it and play to that illegal constituency?
Incumbent Senator John Cornyn (RINO - TX) betrayed his party and his country by voting in favor Biden's Afghan resettlement bill in 2021. Cornyn voted to bring in the Afghan who shot two National Guard soldiers on US soil. A vote for Cornyn is an endorsement of importing unvetted, radicalized murderers. [Buck]
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