Black this, black that, black everything -- today is Black Day
By E Pluribus Unum Posted in Culture — Comments (90) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
THERE IS MUCH MORE BLACKNESS TO AMERICAN CULTURE THAN ONE MIGHT THINK - SO I SAY CELEBRATE IT!
I declare today, July 10, 2008, at least for myself, Black Day. I was inspired to do so by a couple of upstanding Black Americans in my area - Dallas City Council members John Wiley Price and Thomas Jones. The Dallas Morning News throws down the tale of this Monday afternoon caper:
Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield, who is white, said it seemed that central collections "has become a black hole" because paperwork reportedly has become lost in the office.Commissioner John Wiley Price, who is black, interrupted him with a loud "Excuse me!" He then corrected his colleague, saying the office has become a "white hole."
That prompted Judge Thomas Jones, who is black, to demand an apology from Mayfield for his racially insensitive analogy.
Mayfield shot back that it was a figure of speech and a science term.
It seems to me that some people have an obsessive attachment to the word "black", and would prefer it if only *they* were allowed to use it. Well, tough noogies, Commissioners Price and Brown. I like that word, and I think I'll celebrate it all day today. And good on Mayfield for not kowtowing to those sorry race pimps.
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So I have some ideas on how to make this an overall Black Day for myself. I shall listen to, watch, read, drive, or otherwise celebrate any and all of the following:
--Blackwater by the Doobies.
--the Black Album by Metallica.
--Black Rain with Michael Douglas.
--Black Entertainment Television.
--point my telescope to coordinates 17h45m40.0s -29d00m28s because that is the location of - you guessed it - the black hole called Sagittarius A.
--The Black Hole of Calcutta -- well, I'll think about India.
--1993 Black Honda Prelude.
--Black Stallion by Walter Farley. LOVED those books as a youngster.
--Black Beauty
[the following update, courtesy of phred]
--do my best today to help my employer operate financially in the black.
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Well, that's all I can think of, but that should make it a thoroughly Black Day. Can you think of other celebratory Black Day items?
[note - perhaps next week, I may pick a Green Day]. I bet the tree-hugging eco-terrorists would love us for it.
if he were to so choose.
signed -- BEPU
Impeach the 5 usurpers
In fact, I am offended by this entire idea of "Black Day"
It's a racial and special epithet directed at myself and all other "birds of colour"
"Always be honest with yourself. Even if you are honest with no one else."
--me
Heh, I got a blog about about this silly story as well.
What a doofus.
Especially since HE turned the term into a racist one by changing it to "White Hole"
The white guy referred to an accurate term.... the racist guy made a racist statment... and the white guy is expected to apologize.
What is Texas coming to?
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Dependence is Slavery.
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Black Celebration by Depeche Mode -
"Once within the maw of Leviathan, degree of digestion is irrelevant." - Michael Fisk
7.88, -1.97
BlackAaronBG is going to set off some blackcat firekrackers.....and I even used the post racial spelling of Kracker.....lol
"Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper" Peter Griffin...Family Guy
conform and celebrate diversity....or else!!!
Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger
"Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper" Peter Griffin...Family Guy
conform and celebrate diversity....or else!!!
Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger
Some idle fool in Atlanta Government tried to ban the use of the term "black ice" to describe hidden patches of ice on the road. He was roundly ridiculed, but most local news stations have since self-censored.
It was a class on charting decision making and I referred to the "black box" as where all the data inputs go in and the decision comes out, but the actual analysis is unseen.
The look from the black female in the room was akin to Michele Obama's general expression -- somewhere between indignation and constipation.
M Penny
We should not be so niggardly with our sympathies to the plights of those who suffer from political incorrectness. This just puts a black stain on our site as a whole.
Actually, we should all just let out a little snigger at people like this, and go on living a life of gaiety. Personally, I think black day is a cracker-jack of an idea.
PS - Buy a dictionary if you have to before flying off the handle about this post.
"Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper" Peter Griffin...Family Guy
conform and celebrate diversity....or else!!!
Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger
...that's going to leave a black-and-blue mark.
John
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Why would God invent something like whiskey? To keep the Irish from ruling the world of course.
profitable business ventures as "in the black" would surely offend. But if one was losing money, what about Native American backlash?
I updated the Post just for that bit.
5++++++
Impeach the 5 usurpers
yes, but what about blacklash?
The free exchange of ideas inevitably yields both heat and light.
...on the black market, not that I'd condone that type action.
Go ahead and turn on that old black light you have laying around, but be careful to not get blacklisted with this whole train of thought...
black market
black light
blacklist
The hits just KEEP on coming....
Impeach the 5 usurpers
"Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper" Peter Griffin...Family Guy
conform and celebrate diversity....or else!!!
Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger
I am tortured with CNN at my Golds Gym and EVERY DAY they are running ads for their series
"Being Black in America"..
I eagerly await the series, "being white in America" which will come out in 2038..
"Small town folks get bitter after which they cling to guns or religion, or antipathy to people who aren't like them, or anti-immigrant sentiment"- Barack Carter Obama
"Always be honest with yourself. Even if you are honest with no one else."
--me
That just puts a black mark on my record!
Impeach the 5 usurpers
black balled....!
NO!...no knife jokes, Jesse.
" Got to love the Lord for making things like that."
Morally Compromised
...kinda ruins the whole mystic doesn't it?.....;^)
"Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper" Peter Griffin...Family Guy
conform and celebrate diversity....or else!!!
Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger
Nah, it is fitting.
The white men in charge stripped him of his identity and forced him to conform to their standards of dress and action.
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Dependence is Slavery.
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I can't believe no one has discussed the tin-foil-hat-wearing person's favorite conspiracy:
The BLACK Underprivileged Helicopters!
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Dependence is Slavery.
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Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.85
Black Lab, Black Chow, Black Sharpie, Black Magic, and I guess this means we can't see things in black and white.
Anybody want some black coffee? No?
Good thing the Army issued me a Blue suit and tie. God forbid I get caught in a Black Tuxedo. Let alone at a "Black tie affair".
I'm going to give you a black eye if you tell me I can't have "dark chocolate".
Speaking of which, Blackberries, black cats, black leather...
"Always be honest with yourself. Even if you are honest with no one else."
--me
if there's no such thing as black lingerie....
Impeach the 5 usurpers
for that "little African-American dress"?
"Always be honest with yourself. Even if you are honest with no one else."
--me
Yes, the song is Little Black Dress.
Ever since I was a little boy
Dressing up has always been my greatest joy
But when it's time to be discreet
There's one thing you just can't beat
And that's a strapless backless classical little black dressWell first you go rip rip rip
Then you go snip snip snip
Then you whip in a zip zip zip
And split it up to the hip hip hip
And as you strip strip strip
You shiver, and quiver, for that soft caress
As you slip slip slip
Into that little black dress
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Finrod's First Law of Bandwidth:
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but it takes the bandwidth of ten thousand.
Then again, I'm quite possibly the only person in the world that's seen Shock Treatment more times than the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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Finrod's First Law of Bandwidth:
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but it takes the bandwidth of ten thousand.
Guess not, though, since the highest rank in certain martial arts is racist...
"Always be honest with yourself. Even if you are honest with no one else."
--me
I wonder if now they conduct "white ops", or "neutral-colored ops", or perhaps "non-color specific ops" aka NCSO.
Impeach the 5 usurpers
Plus they fly around in Blackhawks...coincidence....I think not.......;^)
"Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper" Peter Griffin...Family Guy
conform and celebrate diversity....or else!!!
Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger
And who ever heard of good, strong, white coffee? :>)
And dark chocolate - yum! White chocolate- yuck!
....while dark chocolate is technically "better" for you....I am conflicted...self loathing I suppose....;^)
"Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper" Peter Griffin...Family Guy
conform and celebrate diversity....or else!!!
Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger
I may be wrong, but it has been my understanding that "White chocolate" actually has no chocolate in it.
Just another tool by "The Man" to hold down the better-for-you Dark Chocolate.
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Dependence is Slavery.
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white chocolate is not chocolate at all. And while I like it, I really prefer the real stuff.
"Always be honest with yourself. Even if you are honest with no one else."
--me
Mike DeVine’s Charlotte Observer columns
www.theminorityreportblog.com
"The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race." - The Chief Justice
she likes her coffee black......
Impeach the 5 usurpers
Extreme taxation, excessive controls, oppressive government competition with business … frustrated minorities and forgotten Americans are not the products of free enterprise.Ronald Reagan
"unadulterated."
That term might open up a whole can of worms on its own.
It's liable to offend Adulterous Americans.
Impeach the 5 usurpers
Only the ObaMessiah is allowed to shamelessly peddle religious themes.
Impeach the 5 usurpers
Does that mean I won't have to hear THE most over played song in the history of rock music, Back in Black, ever again?
Also, is it a coincidence that we ditched black and white TVs (implying segregation) for color televisions during the late 60s?
Have you added to the population of the McCain 2008 minicity yet today?
I drive a car powered by hydrogen - C8H18 to be exact.
at this blatant whitewashing of the incident. It should be clear even to albinos with poor eyesight that Commissioner Mayfield didn't even offer up a pale excuse for an apology.
The civilized mind blanches at the sight of such insensitivity that offends the sentiment as pure as the driven snow. Hoary maxims to the contrary, we ought not to bleach the import from this incident. Indeed, we should acknowledge that the milk of human kindness, when it flows pearly and spotless from the heart, is superior to the ashen countenance of icy hatred.
If only we might overcome the chalky residue of the past and come together in candescent unity towards friendship, we may yet find that the grey and wrinkled elephant that is our nation might still produce valuable ivory.
-TS
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same." - Ronald Reagan
Impeach the 5 usurpers
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same." - Ronald Reagan
Now, THAT was a well done comment. I love the ones I have to read twice...
Great job.
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Finrod's First Law of Bandwidth:
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but it takes the bandwidth of ten thousand.
Definitely before even my time (1920s?)
And I'll take a Black and Tan.
This is really anti-PC: blackguard.
The free exchange of ideas inevitably yields both heat and light.
Extreme taxation, excessive controls, oppressive government competition with business … frustrated minorities and forgotten Americans are not the products of free enterprise.Ronald Reagan
So what will NASA call these objects that exert large amounts of gravity into which every thing is sucked but nothing comes out?
Suggestions:
San Francisco ?
John Mertha's brain?
Any speech by Joe Biden?
"You know what I'm talking about" holes?
"What'you talk'n about Willis" holes?
Light and Energy challenged areas of space?
The list could go on and on.
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NObama...no way!.....McCain '08 !
Because it's Blackball...no surfing
One of my favorite blacks:
http://www.globalaircraft.org/planes/sr-71_blackbird.pl
And it's only capable of Mach 3+ :)
I try and get angry blacks to see that they shaped this country even before 1865 or 1965. America would not be the greatest country on Earth but for Blacks too!
more later
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"The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race." - The Chief Justice
Little Black Sambo - great book
Black Jim - great man in Huckleberry Finn
Uncle Tom - great Christian in Stowe's cabin
Crispus Attucks - first martyr for America
Frederick Douglass
Booker T
WEB
Black and Proud
Vanessa Williams
Libby at the cotton mill - personal
more later
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www.theminorityreportblog.com
"The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race." - The Chief Justice
No waaaay!
" Got to love the Lord for making things like that."
Morally Compromised
Libby and I worked third in the weave room!
napping room was two doors down
out of two, one
Mike DeVine’s Charlotte Observer columns
www.theminorityreportblog.com
"The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race." - The Chief Justice
as frying pans
Sam Cooke
Joe Frazier
James Brown
Little Richard
Jimi Hendrix
Charlie Pride
Hank Aaron
more later
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www.theminorityreportblog.com
"The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race." - The Chief Justice
Although she has always said it's a [b]very[/b] dark brown.
soli Deo gloria
Sometimes close synonyms invite the same scorn.
(I like darker hair, too, but it's hardly a deal-breaker for this bachelor.)
soli Deo gloria
abd Buckwheat. Amos and Andy. Bill Cosby and Flip Wilson.
more later
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www.theminorityreportblog.com
"The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race." - The Chief Justice
Our theme song if Hillary became President!!!
Black Creek - Populated Place
Black Creek Reservoir - Reservoir
Black Creek School - School
Black Creek State Forest - Forest
Black Creek - Stream, River
Black Creek Village (subdivision) - Subdivision
Blackcrick Hollow - Gap
Black Dome - Summit
Black Dome Valley - Valley
Black Duck Hole - Bay
Blackesley Corner - Populated Place
Blackfish Rock - Sandbar
Blackfoot Pond - Lake
Black Grocery Bridge - Bridge
Blackhead Mountains - Range
Blackhead - Summit
Black Hill - Summit
Black Hole Hollow - Valley
Black Hole - Lake
Black House Creek - Stream, River
Black Joe Brook - Stream, River
Black Lake Cemetery - Cemetery
Black Lake Creek - Stream, River
Black Lake - Lake
Black Lake - Populated Place
Black Lead Hill - Summit
Blackman Cemetery - Cemetery
Blackmans Corners - Populated Place
Black Meadow Creek - Stream, River
Black Meadows - Flat
Blackmen Cemetery - Cemetery
Black Mountain Brook - Stream, River
Black Mountain Point - Cape
Black Mountain Ponds - Lake
Black Mountain - Summit
Black Oaks Corners - Locale
Black Peak - Summit
Black Point - Cape
Black Pond Brook - Stream, River
Black Pond Creek - Stream, River
Black Pond - Lake
Black Pond Swamp - Swamp
Black River Bay - Bay
Black River Canal - Canal
Black River Cemetery - Cemetery
Black River Channel - Channel
Black River Pond - Lake
Black River - Populated Place
Black River - Stream, River
Black Rock Canal - Channel
Black Rock Canal Entrance Channel - Channel
Black Rock Hollow - Valley
Black Rock Island - Island
Black Rock - Populated Place
Black Rock Station - Locale
Black Rock - Summit
Black School - School
Blacksmith Corners - Locale
Blacksnake Mountain - Summit
Black Spruce Mountain - Summit
Blackstone Bay - Bay
Black Tom - Sandbar
Black Wall Marsh - Swamp
Black Walnut Island Channel - Channel
Black Walnut Island - Island
Black Warrior School - School
Blackwell Stillwater - Swamp
soli Deo gloria
For that, you get the film, starring Mark Hamill and Apollonia:
soli Deo gloria
We could start calling those who lose the "anti-conservative" arguments as have been "blackrepub'd".
Since you both fight the big fight, we could call it either that or being EPU'd..., IMO.
Assuming the powers that be don't impose a blackout on comments to this post
black gold? That's one we really should honor, by drilling for more of it!
"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."
Ronald Reagan
Black beans and rice.
Clarence Thomas
Thomas Sowell
Bo Snerdley
Walter Williams
John McWhorter
Shelby Steele
Denzel Washington
Richard Pryor
more later
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www.theminorityreportblog.com
"The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race." - The Chief Justice
When playing Lehman's "The Love of God" for church, I slow it down some from what the congregation is used to, and we still make it through all 3 verses in about 3:30. But Sister Mahalia stretched it out to where you have time to meditate on the glorious implications and inter-relations of every single syllable and space and punctuation mark, and even with the recording being cut after the 1st 2 verses, she kept pounding it out for over 9 minutes!.
You know she knew what she was singing about. Grab that one recording on your way to a desert island. You'll need it.
soli Deo gloria
I think we should all change our names like we did on "Talk Like a Pirate Day". I'm BlackBS today...
Guess I'll have to swap my silver Macbook Pro for my old Thinkpad today...since it's black.
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