In a racial rant that is typical when considering the source, left-wing activist Mike Elk is drawing attention for his blast at those Penn State rioters because… wait for it… they’re white. Of course, all manner of press reports have observed that this is true of the Occupy Wall Street movement as well, as this report from Time — but one such — indicates. Mr. Elk, a labor guy writing from over there at the website of the 1% Michael Moore (whom Celebrity Networth says is worth $50 million…a subject which makes Moore very touchy indeed as seen here) seems bent on ignoring the racist heritage of labor unions. Not to mention that of the American left in general and the Democratic Party specifically, as noted in detail here . All of this racial baggage on the left breeds a continuous inability to see others as individual human beings. First, last and always the idea — the addiction? — is to group others by race and judge accordingly. Mr. Elk does not disappoint.
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Racial Rant On Penn State From Labor Activist
The headline from the morning paper read: “Amy Winehouse Dead: Why Did No One Help Her?” I never heard Amy Winehouse perform, but I had certainly heard of Amy Winehouse. Her name was part of the incessant pop cultural din that makes up the raucous soundtrack of our daily lives. She was, for a time, ubiquitous on the Web, on the television tabloid shows, and in the celebrity magazines one idly thumbs through while waiting to get a tooth pulled — often a considerably less painful experience than reading the magazine. Unlike her countless fans, I found it impossible to get worked up over the self-inflicted demise of someone I knew of only from tabloid photographs — snapshots that featured a gaunt, sluttishly attired, heroin-chic young woman festooned with piercings and tattoos and usually falling down drunk . Nor did I long to place roses at the obligatory improvised shrine outside her London home, even though the Cult of Sentimentality demands we cloak her death as a terrible tragedy, instead of what it so obviously was — the consequence of a reckless and foolish existence. For some years, “Wino” as she was often called in the media, was the responsible parent’s nightmare, celebrated more for her degenerate lifestyle than for her questionable musical talent. (Following her death, a TMZ poll asked if Ms. Winehouse would be remembered as a great singer or as a junkie. Seventy percent responded: junkie.) How
Yesterday I noted a poll that showed Donald Trump at 10 percent in a national Republican presidential preference poll. He seems to take support about equally from Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, and Ron Paul. Aside from Tim Pawlenty, they are the only candidates with noticeable pockets of support. So this has raised questions about whether a Trump campaign would be more than a publicity stunt. I’m skeptical for the following reasons. 1. How liquid is Trump? In determining how financially competitive Trump would be with Romney, the key figure isn’t net worth. It’s how much ready cash he has to spend on a presidential campaign. There are good reasons to question whether Trump is really in a position to drop that much dough on a presidential campaign. 2. How conservative is Trump? The last time he flirted with a presidential bid, Trump floated the idea of a wealth tax and criticized social conservatives. Since then, he has tacked to the right on a number of issues and talked about Obama’s birth certificate. Does this guy stand for anything. 3. Are Republicans ready to go the celebrity route? Conservatives have a habit of criticizing liberal celebrities for their political pronouncements — “Shut up and sing,” as Laura Ingraham puts it — and then latching on to any B-list celebrity who expresses a conservative opinion or endorses a Republican candidate. But Donald Trump isn’t Chuck Norris or Ted Nugent. He’s a Paris Hilton/Britney Spears-style celebrity. I’m not sure that would sit well with the Republican primary electorate. 4. Would he really want to disclose his assets and other financial information? Financial disclosure is often a major sticking point for for super-wealthy candidates and it has deterred celebrities from running for office before. If Trump somehow got elected, I doubt he would want to put everything into a blind trust. That didn’t work out so well for Jimmy Carter. 5. We’ve been down this road before. Jesse Ventura tried to recruit Trump to run for the Reform Party presidential nomination in 2000. Trump left the GOP the same day Pat Buchanan did in 1999, setting the stage for a contest where the Ventura faction of the party would back Trump and the Ross Perot faction would back Buchanan. The early indicators had Buchanan beating Trump, who consequently decided not to run. Both Ventura and Trump left the Reform Party. Buchanan and Trump eventually both returned to the GOP. Now if you can’t buy the nomination of a minor political party, which was by then in decline, and beat a candidate who was no longer at the peak of his popularity and was threatening to transform the Reformers from a centrist party into a right-wing one, it’s hard to see you being able to buy the Republican nomination. Much less beat established candidates who are in line with the GOP platform.
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Reasons for Trump Skepticism
The reason they call it the Web is that it catches more flies-by-night than the aluminum siding business. Some image, poignant in its charisma or its grotesquerie, captivates the public imagination and suddenly millions of otherwise productive citizens must stop whatever they are doing and see the kitty trampoline unto the roof or the pea which sprouted in a man’s lung. Some of these buzz arts are followed by buzzards, as 30-year careers are crushed by 30 seconds of crassness. This week’s target was Sarah Palin, the former governess of Alaska, if that’s the correct way to say female governor. What Palin did to cash in the wroth ire of retiring liberals nationwide was to roll her eyes. It wasn’t what she said, it wasn’t even how she said it, it was that she turned and gave a knowing look that amounted to a rolling of the eyes. Well, in the 1990s Bill Clinton promised us a revolution in optics and I guess we finally got one. The story, in case you have been occupying yourself with more momentous matters like Wall Street and Tiger Woods going down, is as follows. A lady, if that’s the word I’m looking for, was protesting the filming of Sarah’s documentary series. Her idea of a political banner was a horizontal horror about 100 feet wide (serving as a new sort of picket fence) bearing the legend: WORST GOVERNOR EVER. Sarah respectfully asked for a breakdown on the forensic method used to calibrate the degrees of worseness in the gubernatorial sweepstakes. The woman responded: “You walked out on your responsibility to serve your term when cash was waved in front of your face, and you left to become a celebrity.” Quoth Sarah in an excellent comeback, both witty riposte and logical rejoinder: “Oh, you wanted me to be your governor! I’m honored! Thank you!” That is as quick-on-your-political-feet as anyone this side of Dennis Miller, although Democrats dismiss it as a dumb broadside. Then she asked Our Lady of the Presumption what she did for a livelihood when she wasn’t stirring up a lively ‘hood. “A teacher.” At this point, Sarah makes a turn-to-the-right to glance toward someone off-camera. The left wing of the blogosphere has been ululating in outrage over the perception that her turn was not dexterous but sinister. She rolled her eyes at a teacher! At the whole teaching profession! What if she becomes a roll model?! Why, the optic nerve of that woman! It’s bad enough that she turns heads, now she’s rolling eyes! Sarah herself lost no time twittering back to these twits with the
Apparently this is supposed to be humiliating to Sarah Palin or something: It’s tough to hear, so here is a transcript, adapted from a post by a Kos Kiddie who finds the whole thing hi-larious: Palin: like how? What’s up? Kathleen: You swore on your precious Bible that you would uphold the interests of this state, and then when cash was waved in front of your face, you quit. Palin: OH, you WANTED me to be your governor! I’m honored! Thank you! Kathleen: No, I wanted you to honor your responsibilities. That is what I wanted. I wanted you to be part of the political process instead of becoming a celebrity so that you could (inaudible). And if that is the best you could do, then good for you. If that’s the best you could do. Palin: Here’s the deal. Here’s the deal. (inaudible) That’s what I’m out there fighting for Americans to be able to have a Constitution protected so that we can have free speech…And ALSO there… Kathleen: In what way are you fighting for that? Palin: Oh my goodness! Kathleen: In what way? Palin: To elect candidates who understand the Constitution, to protect our military interests so that we can keep on fighting for our constitution that will protect some of the freedoms that evidently are important to you too. Kathleen: By using your celebrity status, certainly not by political status. Palin Daughter: How is she a celebrity? That’s my question. Palin: I’m honored! No, she thinks I’m a celebrity! Palin Daughter: That’s funny that you think she is. Kathleen: Well, you’re certainly not representing the state of Alaska any longer…even though… Palin Daughter: She’s representing the United States. Kathleen: Yes, I know. You belong to America now, and that suits me just fine. Yeah. Palin: What do you do here? Kathleen: I’m a teacher. Palin: Oh. [Here the lefties claim Palin rolls her eyes. Palin denies it .] Palin Daughter: Oh. Kathleen: Also I have a few other jobs. I’m married to a commercial fisherman. And so I fish. Palin: Oh that’s cool. So am I! I’m married to — we probably have a lot in common! Kathleen: Yeah. You know, I think that we do. Palin: Hi! (waves to camera) Are we on video? Kathleen: Too bad. I’m more of a still camera girl myself. (inaudible) I am, I am…I will tell you I’m very pleased to meet you. Palin: I’m honored to meet you, I really am. And, no we both agree on the freedom of speech and the – Kathleen: Yes we do. Palin: — you know – the protection of that. So, um, no I and, you know… best of everything to you too and, yeah. Kathleen: Thank you for coming over. Palin: Well, okay. It’s nice to meet you anyway. How embarrassing! Or something.
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Lefties: Sarah Palin Totally Embarrasses Herself by Having Conversation with Critic
