I'm not saying Vladimir Putin should have left his wife for 24 year old gymnast Alina Kabaeva, but it's a little hard to watch this and not respect his decision.While even asking this may be in poor taste, what do you think?
Is it really that unreasonable for one of the most powerful men in the world to follow through the very natural desire to date one of the hottest, most flexible women in the world?
I wonder if there is a significance to him waiting to leave power. Would Lally or Anna speak to the cultural differences at play? In America she would stay a mistress.
Labels: death to the PC police, pretty girls, Vladimir Putin
I watch MSNBC every morning, and have it on in my office throughout the day. David Shuster is a dull, uninspired, unoriginal personality who has yet, in any of the thousands of hours I've watched MSNBC, to say anything even remotely insightful. The only thing remarkable about him is that he is so consistently unremarkable. He is by far the weakest link in MSNBC's power house political team. I didn't think he should have been suspended for the stupid "pimped out" comment, but he should be fired for sucking so hard. He belongs on CNN alongside Wolf Blitzer, for the folks who prefer their political commentary devoid of flavor.
Shuster is now saying "I was thrown under the bus for the sins of the father." Referencing his bosses recent controversial statements, which were perceived by some as sexist. The difference is, Matthews is indispensable to MSNBC, and he's fun to watch. He may not always be politically correct, but his coverage is full of insights and observations colored by a previous career actually working at the highest levels of government.
Shuster, how about manning up and taking your suspension and coming back trying to be a little better at your job? Wouldn't that be a better approach than being a boring, whiny little tweak. And how about showing a little loyalty. I'm sure Matthews thought this PC nonsense suspension was ridiculous, although he probably also thought your underlying point was stupid, as he is a superior political mind and would recognize that there is nothing unseemly about kids wanting to help their parents' campaigns.
Don't forget it's called "Hardball with Chris Matthews" not "Hardball with Chris Matthews and David Shuster." You haven't yet risen to the level of even being a Robin to his Batman, so stop being a fucko and support your boss.
Labels: Augur, death to the PC police, media, MSNBC
Labels: death to the PC police, humor, terrorism
~by Ragnar
I propose that the "sport" of basketball be banned from play at all government-sponsored facilities as being an activity that actively promotes class warfare, hate speech, and blatant discrimination.
Examples: Look at the term "Shoot the Ball." It clearly refers to violent crime as applied to inner city disadvantage youth and minority issues. Worse, the phrase perpetuates the country's irrational love of firearms and the culture of gun violence and racial intolerance. Likewise, with the term "steal the ball."
The allowable number of "fouls" are not adjusted to compensate for different ethnic backgrounds and upbringings. It is discriminatory to allow the same number of fouls to a minority "playa" as his culturally advantaged team member. Classifying two of the participants on each team as "guards" highlights the inequalities of the judicial system and represents a threatening environment of political repression. Further, there is no attempt to level the court with respect to team composition to allow for minority applicants. The socio-progressive advantages of affirmative action are ignored.
Team composition is actually based solely on performance! Further, discussions of a players' ability as a "ball handler" has homophobic implications. Likewise, puritanical insistence that all members of the "team" dress alike in "uniforms" fails to celebrate the diversity of the contestants.
Finally, insisting that each game has a "winner" and a "loser" places a stigma on the "losing" team that highlights the disparities of the two-class system of Neo-Con "Haves" and "Have-Nots." A government agency could better manage the events to ensure fairness and equitable outcomes of all games and ensure that the final scores were reflective of progressive ideals. Possibly each contestant could be awarded "points" at the start of the season which would then be added or deducted based upon the governing agencies analysis of his or her socio-economic status. Instead of "scoring" points the participants would pay points in accordance to his or her ability. Naturally, culturally advantaged individuals would provide a percentage of their points as reparations for past fouls committed by their former players. Until then I will protest!
Labels: death to the PC police, Ragnar, sarcasm
Below is a guest post from Ragnar, a friend who is new to Urbanagora. Give 'em hell....
~ by Ragnar
OK, I know that here in our politically correct utopia the concept of a diverse workforce is one of our most dearly held sacraments. No matter what business one finds oneself in, If Mr./Ms. One hires minority candidates from every remote corner of the world, the business will just naturally run better because of the “diverse” collection of ideas/cultures/experiences/ blah blah blahs assembled.
The company that I work for has embraced this philosophy whole hog. In fact, they would rather go to Pakistan to bring in a minority candidate with the English speaking ability of Cousin It than to hire a white boy who grew up down the block from the corporate headquarters and spent his summers playing on the company-sponsored little league team and got his first piece of tail from the foreman’s daughter at the company picnic.
Well guess what we are finding out? Our company is having a hard time keeping employees -especially our diversity candidates. Our pay and benefits are great, people are friendly, and the workplace is extremely safe, and as an integral part of the diversity initiative, they get preference on promotions (although we aren’t allowed to talk about that part). So why is the attrition rate so high?
Well here is what I think. It seems that the people who we hired from far away places develop longings to go back to those places. They get homesick and think that Puerto Rico, or Madagascar, or Timbuktu, or wherever, is just nicer that the great corn desert of central Illinois. As soon as they make a pocket full of dough, they bag ass. Sure, there are exceptions. My buddy grew up in Aruba, and he has built a very happy life here for the last 25 years. But in general, they are bagging ass, leaving our company with all the costs associated with a high turnover rate. (Please note I won’t even dare hint that a different “get-up-to-speed” curve also exists, like when your phone conversations are unintelligible, you fill the office refrigerator with plates of pickled bugs, wear war paint to work, etc.)
Sadly, the local boy who grew up here and who would love nothing better than to stay right here and raise a family rarely gets the chance. We make sure of this by making our upper managers’ bonuses hinge on the number of minority/diversity candidates they hire. Their fondest wet dream is having the resume of a one-legged Palestinian Lesbian hit their desk.
We have mandatory meetings where a diversity speaker explains to us that the diversity hiring initiative is ABSOLUTELY NOT a quota system. Of course we don’t get into the fact that over 60% of our diversity candidates have split within 5 years of their hire date.
But by God (oooh sorry) our company photo looks like a United Way commercial, and if we ever get a customer from Lower Ubangi we can probably find someone with whom they can meaningfully interact. (At least if they are still here) What good business.
Labels: affirmative action, death to the PC police, diversity, race, Ragnar
