tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11559629.post112890610094396412..comments2023-09-26T05:58:13.261-05:00Comments on Chaotic Fred's Tired of Bullshit: Former-Secretary Bennett, could you be an even bigger son of a bitch?Mandelbrot's Chaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16707481552099334302noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11559629.post-1129332284558177042005-10-14T18:24:00.000-05:002005-10-14T18:24:00.000-05:00Or, put another way, you don't care how execrable ...Or, put another way, you don't care how execrable an elected official is as long as he or she supports your views. I'm sorry. My standards are higher, and as a result, I'm much unhappier every time I go to the polls. If there's one thing I know about human behavior, it's that, with enough time, one can come up with a rationalization for even the most depraved of behavior. My questions to you Mandelbrot's Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16707481552099334302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11559629.post-1129325751371269722005-10-14T16:35:00.000-05:002005-10-14T16:35:00.000-05:00Trent Lott and Strom Thurmond would not be passion...Trent Lott and Strom Thurmond would not be passionately supporting decisions that benefit minorities. If Strom Thurmond and Trent Lott almost exclusively took on opposing the unnecessary and illegal invasion of Iraq, as Senator Byrd did, which disproportionately and adversely affected black citizens more than white citizens because of the percentage enlisting to sidestep poverty, then I would Sherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13797354221021200549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11559629.post-1129289395259914882005-10-14T06:29:00.000-05:002005-10-14T06:29:00.000-05:00Sheryl, I must admit to at least some curiosity: ...Sheryl, I must admit to at least some curiosity: Had those comments been made by Trent Lott or the late Strom Thurmond, would you have been so forgiving? I very much doubt it.Mandelbrot's Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16707481552099334302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11559629.post-1129254213936947572005-10-13T20:43:00.000-05:002005-10-13T20:43:00.000-05:00And Sheryl, you were partially correct. When soci...And Sheryl, you were partially correct. When social programs are cut, the poor of all races get hurt. Due to the events in my region of the Gulf of Mexico over the last few months, that number became significantly larger. If you wish to disagree, fine. I'm fully capable of conducting a reasonable, civil debate in a calm tone. However, when you or anyone else insists on shouting at the Mandelbrot's Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16707481552099334302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11559629.post-1129253835167996682005-10-13T20:37:00.000-05:002005-10-13T20:37:00.000-05:00Sheryl, first, I almost apologized for the tone, b...Sheryl, first, I almost apologized for the tone, but not the content, of my response to your comments. That apology died when you attacked the facts when faced with superior data.<BR/><BR/>I grew up on Rush Limbaugh and Howard Stern, and later, Crossfire. As such, I have some tendencies towards pomposity and bombast. I become particularly unbearable when I'm accused of intellectual dishonesty Mandelbrot's Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16707481552099334302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11559629.post-1129252351399770642005-10-13T20:12:00.000-05:002005-10-13T20:12:00.000-05:00First of all, here's what he said:================...First of all, here's what he said:<BR/>==================================<BR/>Snow: Race relations?<BR/><BR/>Byrd: They are much, much better than they've ever been in my lifetime. I think we - this is my personal opinion. I think we talk about race too much. I think those problems are largely behind us. I think we can all profit by our mistakes. I think we've reached a new plateau, and I think Sherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13797354221021200549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11559629.post-1129249965363225822005-10-13T19:32:00.000-05:002005-10-13T19:32:00.000-05:00Nationalcenter.org is your idea of objective "rese...Nationalcenter.org is your idea of objective "research"?Sherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13797354221021200549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11559629.post-1129213716179565972005-10-13T09:28:00.000-05:002005-10-13T09:28:00.000-05:00M Chaos Darlin', this is why I don't talk about po...M Chaos Darlin', this is why I don't talk about politics anymore. It's bad for the blood pressure.Blondagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07274421527391471007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11559629.post-1129168543665436742005-10-12T20:55:00.000-05:002005-10-12T20:55:00.000-05:00And Senator Byrd, hasn't made a racist comment in ...And Senator Byrd, hasn't made a racist comment in about 60 years? Forget his not insubstantial ties to the KKK as recently as the 1950s, a full decade after he claimed to have ended his affiliation with them. Let's take a trip down memory lane to that ancient time long before most of us were born, on <A HREF="http://www.nationalcenter.org/P21PRByrd301.html" REL="nofollow">March 4, 2001</A>, Mandelbrot's Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16707481552099334302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11559629.post-1129167767607178002005-10-12T20:42:00.000-05:002005-10-12T20:42:00.000-05:00My beef with Mr. Byrd is his rather disturbing his...My beef with Mr. Byrd is his rather disturbing history with the KKK. He claimed that he didn't know that they were a racist organization when he joined and thereby launched his political career. That is something I find to be complete and utter bullshit. He was born only a very few years before my grandfather, and my grandfather knew that they were bad news. They were a nasty bunch from theirMandelbrot's Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16707481552099334302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11559629.post-1129142366917431532005-10-12T13:39:00.000-05:002005-10-12T13:39:00.000-05:00Something Byrd might have said 60+ years ago. Coul...Something Byrd might have said 60+ years ago. Could you please give some examples of Senator Byrd saying anything like this in recent history? <BR/><BR/>Bush was an alcoholic since then. Does that mean that he is still an alcoholic? Or should we assume that people cannot possibly change anything negative about themselves? Once a racist, always a racist; once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic; Sherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13797354221021200549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11559629.post-1129141679204535512005-10-12T13:27:00.000-05:002005-10-12T13:27:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Sherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13797354221021200549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11559629.post-1129141566885901832005-10-12T13:26:00.000-05:002005-10-12T13:26:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Sherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13797354221021200549noreply@blogger.com