Scott Adam's theory on the death of author as a profession - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T17:20:52Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/scott-adams-theory-on-the?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A237096&feed=yes&xn_auth=noUntil I have some time to wad…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-06-08:537324:Comment:2375502010-06-08T23:30:40.353ZDaniel Hatadihttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/danielhatadi
Until I have some time to wade through this thread in detail, I'm closing it.
Until I have some time to wade through this thread in detail, I'm closing it. A poll tax? Honest to God? I…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-06-08:537324:Comment:2375462010-06-08T23:16:44.970ZDana Kinghttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DanaKing
A poll tax? Honest to God? I can't believe someone with your keen sense of history and fashion sense wouldn't know the poll tax was a keystone of racist Jim Crow policies, expressly created to prevent poor blacks from voting. (Denying the vote to poor whites was a bonus.)<br />
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<i>Michigan State did give NMFs free rides and thanks to the old GI Bill he was able to go to law school. Otherwise, he would still be working at the Post Office.</i><br />
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You say "working for the Post Office" like it would be a…
A poll tax? Honest to God? I can't believe someone with your keen sense of history and fashion sense wouldn't know the poll tax was a keystone of racist Jim Crow policies, expressly created to prevent poor blacks from voting. (Denying the vote to poor whites was a bonus.)<br />
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<i>Michigan State did give NMFs free rides and thanks to the old GI Bill he was able to go to law school. Otherwise, he would still be working at the Post Office.</i><br />
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You say "working for the Post Office" like it would be a step up to clean public toilets. I'm glad he was spared such an odious fate, but have one thing to say. I've known real estate attorneys, and postal workers, and I'd much rather spend my time with the postal workers.<br />
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<i>And way back then he probably was a socialist.<br />
He is no longer a socialist.</i><br />
It's always harder to be a socialist when you already got yours.<br />
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<i>I would think Dubya would be more likely to read easy, trashy, cheap novels.</i><br />
Not true. Someone would have to read them to him.<br />
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What I'm most curious about is why you even deign to soil yourself with our trashy environment. You started a discussion by asking why anyone would read this stuff, and your comments here have been more like a wounded animal lashing out because someone poked a little fun at the Bushes. There are several things i could say, but, since we're being elegant, I'll merely see your gutteral verb, followed by "you," and raise you "the horse you came in on." Dear Jon,
Obviously, you did…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-06-08:537324:Comment:2375412010-06-08T22:42:21.421ZJoyce Ann Fugithttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JoyceAnnFugit
Dear Jon,<br />
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Obviously, you didn't look in the back of the National Geographic in elementary school or you would know that white women and African American women don't have one particular body type--They come in all sizes. My problem isn't with Michelle's body, it is with what she chooses to put on it and the unrealistic attitude the Press has about her fashion sense. For example, she should never again wear a pencil skirt.
Dear Jon,<br />
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Obviously, you didn't look in the back of the National Geographic in elementary school or you would know that white women and African American women don't have one particular body type--They come in all sizes. My problem isn't with Michelle's body, it is with what she chooses to put on it and the unrealistic attitude the Press has about her fashion sense. For example, she should never again wear a pencil skirt. How much would that job pay?…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-06-08:537324:Comment:2375402010-06-08T22:32:02.600ZJoyce Ann Fugithttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JoyceAnnFugit
How much would that job pay?<br />
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I didn't start this. Jon is the one with all the ugly, vicious things to say about Laura Bush. Why does Loomis get to skate on this?<br />
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Do you think I should back off? I didn't realize I was causing so much offense. I thought I was simply responding in kind.<br />
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And all crime novels are not trashy. I am "hanging around" to try to learn something. And the latest news is that print is dead--rather grim.
How much would that job pay?<br />
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I didn't start this. Jon is the one with all the ugly, vicious things to say about Laura Bush. Why does Loomis get to skate on this?<br />
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Do you think I should back off? I didn't realize I was causing so much offense. I thought I was simply responding in kind.<br />
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And all crime novels are not trashy. I am "hanging around" to try to learn something. And the latest news is that print is dead--rather grim. Just what the heck was "racis…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-06-08:537324:Comment:2375272010-06-08T22:03:09.555ZJon Loomishttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JonLoomis
<i>Just what the heck was "racist."</i><br />
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Your idea of what makes a woman's body "proportionate." It's apparently based on some kind of ideal of white beauty that very few African American women would fit.<br />
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And, yes--they should at least return to a Poll Tax--might keep illegals away from the polls.</i><br />
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Good God, lady, you really don't know when to quit. Free country, though. If you like that hole you're standing in, by all means, keep digging.
<i>Just what the heck was "racist."</i><br />
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Your idea of what makes a woman's body "proportionate." It's apparently based on some kind of ideal of white beauty that very few African American women would fit.<br />
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And, yes--they should at least return to a Poll Tax--might keep illegals away from the polls.</i><br />
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Good God, lady, you really don't know when to quit. Free country, though. If you like that hole you're standing in, by all means, keep digging. Just what the heck was "racis…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-06-08:537324:Comment:2375142010-06-08T21:56:03.774ZJoyce Ann Fugithttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JoyceAnnFugit
Just what the heck was "racist." I do like Obama. I was very happy when he won the election, because it meant so much to the African-American people with whom I work and to the young people. My son went to the inauguration, stood in the cold and watched it all on a Jumbotron. It was a pivotal moment for the good of our country. I wish Obama well. But, that doesn't give Michelle a good figure. And, all of the blah, blah about my husband is to point out that he has the credentials to know that…
Just what the heck was "racist." I do like Obama. I was very happy when he won the election, because it meant so much to the African-American people with whom I work and to the young people. My son went to the inauguration, stood in the cold and watched it all on a Jumbotron. It was a pivotal moment for the good of our country. I wish Obama well. But, that doesn't give Michelle a good figure. And, all of the blah, blah about my husband is to point out that he has the credentials to know that regardless of what she looks like, Hillary is an entitled crook. And to illustrate that Hillary was, in fact, somewhat well-off. And he paid for his GI Bill benefits in advance with service in the Navy. And way back then he probably was a socialist. He has only voted for two men for President. He voted for McGovern (because of the draft). Then, he voted for Papa Bush (because of the draft). He is no longer a socialist. He also earned the free ride to Michigan State by being smart as the dickens and studying hard.<br />
And as far as Michelle's ethics go. Do you think her job in Chicago should have paid her $350,000? Pretty good for someone just out of school in a government job. And, yes--they should at least return to a Poll Tax--might keep illegals away from the polls. No, actually, he probably would not have worked for the Post Office. He probably would be working in his Dad's restaurant--for cash.<br />
And by the way: Dashiell Hammett said it so much more elegantly: a gutteral verb followed by "you." You can get paid for that? Si…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-06-08:537324:Comment:2375092010-06-08T21:48:25.098ZJon Loomishttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JonLoomis
You can get paid for that? Sign me up!
You can get paid for that? Sign me up! Maybe Joyce is a professional…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-06-08:537324:Comment:2375082010-06-08T21:47:15.046ZJack Getzehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JGetze
Maybe Joyce is a professional antagonizer.
Maybe Joyce is a professional antagonizer. My faith in the common sense…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-06-08:537324:Comment:2375042010-06-08T21:26:28.340ZJon Loomishttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JonLoomis
<i>My faith in the common sense of people has just about disappeared this past year.</i><br />
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Hanging out on the intertubes will do that to you. :0
<i>My faith in the common sense of people has just about disappeared this past year.</i><br />
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Hanging out on the intertubes will do that to you. :0 Still laughing my head off.
I…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-06-08:537324:Comment:2374992010-06-08T21:23:57.380ZI. J. Parkerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
Still laughing my head off.<br />
I've come to like Michelle Obama a lot. She has represented this country with total class and still does. I also like her husband, even if he stays cool, calm, and collected when all the Southern conservatives want a president who is "furious" and calls BP names.<br />
And Hillary is doing just fine, as is her husband.<br />
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Should we really let everybody vote? I like a constitutional monarchy myself. My faith in the common sense of people has just about disappeared this past…
Still laughing my head off.<br />
I've come to like Michelle Obama a lot. She has represented this country with total class and still does. I also like her husband, even if he stays cool, calm, and collected when all the Southern conservatives want a president who is "furious" and calls BP names.<br />
And Hillary is doing just fine, as is her husband.<br />
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Should we really let everybody vote? I like a constitutional monarchy myself. My faith in the common sense of people has just about disappeared this past year.