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July 10, 2008
Political Correctness Meets Scientific Illiteracy...
...and it's all wrapped up in a pretty government box.
Here is something I think everyone on this blog can agree on. There are some comments that are so stupid only an elected official could think them up.
In a Dallas County Commissioners' meeting, one of the Commissioners demanded an apology from another for his use of "racially insensitive" language. What did he say?
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.
That's right, boys and girls. Your tax dollars at work.
If you ask me, the proper term to be used here doesn't need "black" or "white"--but I'm pretty sure it would involve the word "hole."
Posted by Kerry at July 10, 2008 04:54 PM
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Ha, I can't really add anything, you've said it all; the guy is a moron.
It's a shame that many of the topics we agree on are the ones that are really stupid and don't deserve the attention.
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at July 10, 2008 07:07 PM
"Black cats is bad luck, bad guys wear black/ Must have been a white guy who started all that" MC Serch, "Gasface"
Posted by leantotheleft at July 11, 2008 12:06 PM
ltl,
Yeah, that's just the kind of racist idiocy we're talking about.
Posted by Kerry at July 11, 2008 01:07 PM
3rd bass was white (not that this changes much)
Posted by Some Fella at July 11, 2008 01:24 PM
Good thing he didn't call anything a red dwarf.
Posted by Sarge at July 11, 2008 04:44 PM
Kerry, I was just quoting a song
Posted by leantotheleft at July 12, 2008 05:12 PM
ltl,
Was the song meant to be satirical?
BTW, there is such a thing as a "white hole," isn't there? It would be bad for the office to be that, too, wouldn't it?
Posted by Kerry at July 12, 2008 08:39 PM
I think white holes are still theoretical.
Now....white ho'(s)....those are quite real and plentiful.
Posted by Sarge at July 14, 2008 04:03 PM
Well played, sir.
Posted by Some Fella at July 14, 2008 04:25 PM
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