Debates of all ilk - Page 39

innerSpaceman · 10-16-2008, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

How many famous tap dancers can you name off the top of your head?

Who comes to mind first?

Yeah, whatdya know? -- all the ones I think of are black. Maybe I betta shut the fvck up so's I don't come off like a RACIST when making personal comparisons to the first black presidential candidate.

Moonliner · 10-16-2008, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Yeah, whatdya know? -- all the ones I think of are black. Maybe I betta shut the fvck up so's I don't come off like a RACIST when making personal comparisons to the first black presidential candidate.

You are letting color dictate your speech. Because Sammy was black you think he cannot be compared to Obama. Joe was color blind and just compaired a tap dancing politician to a real tap dancer. So who's the racist here?

Snowflake · 10-16-2008, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

How many famous tap dancers can you name off the top of your head?

Who comes to mind first?

How in the hell is that racist?

Gents
Fred Astaire
Gene Kelly
The Nicholas Brothers

Ladies
Ann Miller
Ruby Keeler
Ginger Rogers

Strangler Lewis · 10-16-2008, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

How many famous tap dancers can you name off the top of your head?

Who comes to mind first?

How in the hell is that racist?

First? Obviously the white Australians from "Tap Dogs." Cagney, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire.

Actually, probably Savion Glover, Gregory Hines and the Nicholas Brothers.

The problem with the Sammy Davis, Jr. comment is that when I think of him tap dancing I think of him as a child performer dancing frantically to please white people. Perhaps not what Joe the Plumber had in mind, but . . . perhaps it is.

scaeagles · 10-16-2008, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Joe's an azshat for saying it ... and I'm rather shocked you simply glossed over it, scaeagles, and professed not to understand what was racist about Joe's remarks.

I completely missed that. My bad....I would agree that is certainly racist in the overtones.

Cadaverous Pallor · 10-16-2008, 07:35 AM

I thought Joe's concerns were about the business he wants to buy that makes more than $250,000 and would bump him into a new tax bracket.

I hate when Robin Hood is misconstrued. In the RH scenario, the taxes levied against the people are unfair and are not used to serve the people, but only pad the pockets of the royalty. Robin Hood doesn't steal from the rich - he takes back the poor's money from the rich and returns it to its rightful owners.

If Joe wanted to use RH as an analogy, he should have said that Obama was taxing unfairly.

3894 · 10-16-2008, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I thought Joe's concerns were about the business he wants to buy that makes more than $250,000 and would bump him into a new tax bracket.

That's my understanding, too. "Joe the Plumbing Contractor" would be a more accurate name but it sounds less everyman.

Morrigoon · 10-16-2008, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I thought Joe's concerns were about the business he wants to buy that makes more than $250,000 and would bump him into a new tax bracket.

And all this because Joe's too stupid to incorporate his business.

innerSpaceman · 10-16-2008, 07:55 AM

Didn't finish reading, but have to ask ... scaeagles, just how is it that Obama's Fiat-passed tax plan (um, the president has no power to order any such thing) going to give money to people who pay no federal income taxes? Are they going to be sent checks? Or will cash payments come via secret service agents at their doors?

BTW, like it or not, wealth redistribution is a very popular idea. And cries of socialism of any kind ring rather hollow right now. It's clear to America we roll over and become a socialist nation when it suits the very rich who gamble recklessly with everybody else's money ... and now those same "everybody" want a little socialism of their own.

JWBear · 10-16-2008, 08:31 AM

Fred Astaire, Ginger Rodgers...

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10-16-2008, 07:55 AM	#9
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Didn't finish reading, but have to ask ... scaeagles, just how is it that Obama's Fiat-passed tax plan (um, the president has no power to order any such thing) going to give money to people who pay no federal income taxes? Are they going to be sent checks? Or will cash payments come via secret service agents at their doors? BTW, like it or not, wealth redistribution is a very popular idea. And cries of socialism of any kind ring rather hollow right now. It's clear to America we roll over and become a socialist nation when it suits the very rich who gamble recklessly with everybody else's money ... and now those same "everybody" want a little socialism of their own.
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10-16-2008, 08:31 AM	#10
JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	Fred Astaire, Ginger Rodgers... __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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