Say Anything: Reader Blogs

GREEN AIR POLLUTION

watashiwa — 2008-04-19T23:18:00-08:00

I wonder what is going to happen when emissions from our future “green” vehicles start polluting the air. Can you imagine the sweet smell of corn oil in the air? And what about the days when cities declare an “ethanol alert?” Oh. The marvels of science.

Green is evil!

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

watashiwa — 2008-04-12T16:50:00-08:00

I just picked up my weekly copy of Jet magazine and saw where a Black speaker was booed and cheered for remarks he made condemning affirmative action. In that same magazine there is an article about Florida apologizing for slavery. This is the way I see things.
Affirmative action has outlived its usefulness because, like many other programs of empowerment, it has been hijacked by those who wanted it to fail. Because of affirmative action many Historically Black Colleges and Universities are struggling to stay afloat. It is not that the schools are not good. It is just that many blacks know that they can get into schools which may offer them greater opportunity and exposure. Jackson State University and the University of Mississippi are both state funded schools. Yet, Ole Miss has facilities that Jackson State does not. Also, I am tired of seeing schools where their entire sports teams are all (or nearly all) Black. Where did the white guys go? Some are sitting in classrooms making plans for great futures. Other athletes don’t even bother to try out because they feel they will not make the team. It seems that that we have come full circle and ended up right back where we started. Many Black youngsters see exposure on national TV as a stepping stone to playing in the

Golden Retrievers Suck

watashiwa — 2008-04-08T03:49:01-08:00

See the latest issue of Field & Stream. It’s really interesting.

True Colors

watashiwa — 2008-04-05T16:08:00-08:00

Let’s face it. Minorities have a very high rate of crime in relation to their population. We also have a high number people on the welfare rolls. But my question is this: Why are minorities the only faces you see when you Conservatives talk about being tough on crime and complain about those on welfare? There are actually more whites in prison than minorities. Same with the welfare recipients.
Fact: Almost all serial killers are white.
Fact: Practically every school shooting has been perpetrated by whites.
Fact: Drug abuse by affluent whites are rising at alarming rates. The parents don’t have a clue or live in denial.
Fact: White women are more prone to embezzling funds than any other group.
Fact: Most child molesters are white. Did U see the Dateline series on Sexual Predators?
All I ask is that when you try to convince your followers of the threat we face from crime and those who are hoarding welfare, you show the true faces of the people we need to fear.

Children As Criminals

watashiwa — 2008-04-03T16:27:00-08:00

Recently there was a story in the news where children aged 8-10 (2 girls and 1 boy) were accused of plotting to harm their 3rd grade teacher because she yelled at one of them for standing on a chair. This happened in Waycross, Ga. The children brought duct tape, handcuffs and a kitchen knife to school to carry out the attack. Other students were to act as lookouts. School officails discovered the plot and called the police. Personally, I think this was the wrong approach. This is a situation which should have been handled by the school administration, the parents and possibly social services. This may have come as a shock to all the adults involved. Many parents are totally unaware of what is going on with there children, and their peers, until something like this happens. The students should have been reprimanded and suspended for a period of time. The parents should take care of disciplining their kids. I hope that they have a two parent household. If the situation warrants it, counselling is an option. We should not be turning all our problems with our kids over to the police. It is time for parents to act like parents and put an end to this atrocious behavior among our people.

Conspiracy Theory

watashiwa — 2008-04-02T17:22:00-08:00

Has anyone noticed that whenever we hear news of the “surge” working in Iraq and Iraqi forces are
more efficient, there is a sudden peak in violence by the Shiite militias and others? I have a theory that this (peak in violence) is orchestrated by the CIA in an effort to boost George’s claim that we need to keep troops in Iraq. Like I said “I love my country. But, history and my own experience has taught me that I cannot trust my government.” And yes, soldiers are expendable. Remember, they are just the instruments in carrying out our foreign policy. Nothing more. Maybe less.

Parents Should Be Required to Get a License Before Having Kids

watashiwa — 2008-03-29T04:52:00-08:00

This may be farfetched. But, I really think that maybe the time has come that parents be licensed before having kids. Everyday we see evidence of abject stupidity on the part of parents in the care of their children. It is as if they have no clue. I personally feel that children have become part of a “having it all syndrome”. You know: the big house, two cars, high paying jobs, fitness club memberships, a cruise at least once a year. Somewhere in this mix, the child has a place. And with the child, the aspiring couple has it all. The child is just another part of the status symbol of the American family. Couples these days don’t raise their kids, day care does. The parents are so busy keeping up with the Joneses that less and less time is spent nurturing baby. Parents leave baby in hot cars. Baby falls down stairs because mom forgot to put the child safety gate up. There are numerous cases of parents just not paying attention to their children. If you want to have it all, please don’t have a child until you reach your goal. The child you save may be your own.

Sorority Party Leads to Complaint at UND

watashiwa — 2008-03-22T18:58:00-08:00

In the March 22, 2008 edition of the Grand Forks Herald there is a story about a party held by Gamma Phi Beta sorority in November 2007 where partygoers dressed up in headdresses and loincloths and warpaint. The Native Americans got upset about it and filed a complaint saying the costumes were an insult to their culture and an example of racial insensitivity. Well,yeah! Can’t we lighten up a bit here?! The party was held off campus. Can’t we have a bit of fun anymore without being accused of racism and “insensitivity”? The Native Americans complain that others cannot learn about their culture when they use stereotypes. What is so different about their culture? I personally see no difference. There was a report of a party held at Clemson University in South Carolina in 2007 where white partygoers wore blackface, fake gold teeth and padded their behinds to make them look bigger. This caused the administration to make changes to their diversity programs. I say get over it. If you do things to make you look stupid, you shouldn’t be surprised to be laughed at. Grills, baggy sagging pants, tats and enough chains to hang yourself with don’t cut it with me. This political correctness is driving the country apart. And lets all hear it for sensitivity training, huh!? Life happens. Get a life, will ya!

SEMPER FI?

watashiwa — 2008-03-22T17:17:00-08:00

I am very angry. Recently I saw a story of a family that has all three (3) sons serving in Iraq. These are all the children the parents have.These brave, unselfish young men really believe in their hearts that they are doing the right thing in service to this country. The parents have to deal with the fact that one, if not all, may not come back alive.Later, I saw a story about vets returning from the war with serious, debilitating injuries having to fight an incredible beauracracy for compensation and medical care. Why? The VA is seriously underfunded. Yet we can spend hundreds of billions of dollars on a space shuttle that may, or may not, benefit us in the future. We can come up with the money to fund this ridiculous war. We can spend $700 billion on a fence to keep illegal immigrants out. The list goes on and on. Why isn't the VA given more funding immediately to care for our vets? Especially as far as compensation is concerned. Some of these injuries are devasting families physically, emotionally and financially. Yet Congress lacks the will to institute fast-track compensation and assistance to the vets and their families.
Shame on you, George.And your administration. For eight years of screwing up America, George gets a healthy presidential pension. For those who answered his call to duty, they have to run the gauntlet to get their just deserts. And many will have to live with their injuries for the rest of their lives. I am a veteran. I say to those who can do something about this, but will not, the only way a member of my family will go to war for you is over my dead body.

The New Black Panther Party

watashiwa — 2008-03-20T12:56:00-08:00

Whites set out to systematically kill as many blacks as they could during apartheid and afterward. Calling for the eradication of these murderers is justified.