The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux) - Page 81

Prudence · 05-12-2006, 08:40 PM

I compare swearing to tobasco sauce. A little bit in some types of dishes improves flavor. If you dump it on everything you lose the ability to taste food without it.

wendybeth · 05-12-2006, 08:42 PM

I'm French. We have to swear, or we go all postal and stuff.

Gemini Cricket · 05-13-2006, 07:51 AM

Here is why Fox "News" is the worst news channel on the planet. This is from MediaMatters.org regarding 'The Big Story' with John Gibson:

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On the May 11 edition of Fox News' The Big Story, host John Gibson advised viewers during the "My Word" segment of his program to "[d]o your duty. Make more babies." He then cited a May 10 article, which reported that nearly half of all children under the age of five in the United States are minorities. Gibson added: "By far, the greatest number [of children under five] are Hispanic. You know what that means? Twenty-five years and the majority of the population is Hispanic." Gibson later claimed: "To put it bluntly, we need more babies."

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"We" need to make more babies. "We" means white people. Some people can claim that this immigration thing isn't about race, but for some people it most definitely is.

Alex · 05-13-2006, 09:04 AM

The only person on TV worse than John Gibson is Rita Crosby. And the problem with her is more that I'm always said thinking about how her parents must have had her vocal cords scraped when she was a child to prevent barking.

Gn2Dlnd · 05-13-2006, 10:37 AM

sleepyjeff · 05-14-2006, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Here is why Fox "News" is the worst news channel on the planet. This is from MediaMatters.org regarding 'The Big Story' with John Gibson:

Source

"We" need to make more babies. "We" means white people. Some people can claim that this immigration thing isn't about race, but for some people it most definitely is.

I read the article too and found it much more an indictment of the whole "zero poplulation" theories of the 60s and 70s and, if anything, a compliment to hispanics in that he wishes that All Americans emmulate what they are doing(having babies).

innerSpaceman · 05-14-2006, 05:17 PM

I don't much care if Latinos or the Chinese or whatever freaking ignorant people popping out too many babies become the majority population. Adding children to the 6-Billion-Plus planet population just for the sake of numbers is for retards only.

Alex · 05-14-2006, 06:55 PM

Can't go with you on that one sleepyjeff. The reason given for why whites need to have more babies is to keep browner people from gaining the demographic edge.

For this to be a valid reason presupposes that there is something bad about that outcome. I can't go along with that.

Also, he uses hispanic as a racial identifier which is a pet peeve and only reinforces his awfulness in my mind. I'm guessing John Gibson doesn't care if Caucasian Hispanics grow in numbers.

sleepyjeff · 05-14-2006, 10:29 PM

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Can't go with you on that one sleepyjeff. The reason given for why whites need to have more babies is to keep browner people from gaining the demographic edge.

I must have missed where he said that....I watched the attached video twice and he never mentioned, in any way, that we must keep browner people from gaining any demographic edge. Maybe everyone is reading into what he said something I am not seeing

He ends his "word" saying So far, we are doing our part here in America but Hispanics can't carry the whole load.

Sounds to me like he is including Hispanics in our quest for more babies here not competing with them. ie; if you are on a baseball team you don't say "so far we are playing good here but their bull pen can't carry the whole load"...that's just plain nonsense babble. It would make more sense if the bull pen was on the same team.

Alex · 05-14-2006, 11:12 PM

To be honest I had just gone from the quoted material above. Having now read the whole thing I can only say it is stupider than I thought. At least the racist angle is a point of view that makes sense.

The one he is actually putting forward is just stupid.

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Can't go with you on that one sleepyjeff. The reason given for why whites need to have more babies is to keep browner people from gaining the demographic edge. For this to be a valid reason presupposes that there is something bad about that outcome. I can't go along with that. Also, he uses hispanic as a racial identifier which is a pet peeve and only reinforces his awfulness in my mind. I'm guessing John Gibson doesn't care if Caucasian Hispanics grow in numbers.
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	To be honest I had just gone from the quoted material above. Having now read the whole thing I can only say it is stupider than I thought. At least the racist angle is a point of view that makes sense. The one he is actually putting forward is just stupid.
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