Posts by giovanni tiso
Last ←Newer Page 1 2 3 4 5 Older→ First
-
See, I fail to see that the point is of jumping this particular poll. The way the problem is framed is sub-moronic, even if (in fact, especially if) you respond that "it's racist" you're actually siding with this guy. Who apparently is trying to make the point that you should have a right to be offensive, so if you're offended that makes him happy. Although he also says he didn't mean to be offensive. It's all very postmodern.
-
What an insensitive asshole. I'd be so sad when someone threw a brick through his shop window, costing him way more than $50.
Thank you, precisely, I was trying to come up with a response to Deborah but the words were eluding me.
Asking in a braindead poll whether printing a T shirt that portrays Obama as a monkey is "racist" or "fine" misses the point. On that special occasion, you've got to say it with bricks.
Fuck I hate online polls...
Do you also hate online polls? Vote yes or no.
-
There's an on-line poll that everyone here should go and jump.
To me it's incredible that they even ask the question about whether or not it's racist.I don't know, is it? The guy doesn't seem to have any major feelings either way, he's clearly after the publicity ('it's my marketing tool'). It reminds me of a second hand shop in Cuba Street that a few years back displayed a massive nazi flag near the entrance. When I protested that most people would find it incredibly offensive, the owner suggested I put my money where my outrage was: "for fifty bucks you can remove it from the shop".
You know, I almost prefer people who are actually racist. At least they display a genuine sentiment.
-
The WaPo story is interesting, but also reinforces the idea that Obama can't win because America is 'not ready for a Black President'.
I have no doubt that some New Zealanders were not ready for (and have always resented) a female prime minister. Yet here we are.
And I'm sure there are many people in the States who would have voted for the democratic candidate this november but are not going to on account of his race. That doesn't mean that America is not ready or that he's not going to win. I think many more people will vote for him because of who he is and that includes the colour of his skin.
-
giovanni: don't say that, or we'll have Jim Anderton trying to ban gnocchi as drug paraphanalia...
I'm not worried, I make my own. Unless you think he'd go as far as to restrict the sale of the main ingredient - then I might have to resort to buying pseudopotatoes.
Call TVNZ, we might have the beginnings of a truly unfunny skit here.
-
OK, but why? Why not concede after losing NC, and Indiana being so close? Financially this must be really starting to hurt.
There's a theory that she's negotiating her exit and how much of her campaign's debts will be paid for by Obama, so a few more days may not hurt her much or even help her financially. And there's the other reason just stated of not conceding until after Kentucky in order to not hurt the nominee.
If you go back to her speech in Indiana, the first item was an attempt to spin the day as a huge victory by using a dumb Obama quote, but it was really lame and came out flat; the second was a request for money; the third one was a pledge to campaign for the nominee. I was struck by that last one in particular, we hadn't heard it from her in a while. I think she was pretty much conceding then. And when she came back the next day with that unseemingly reference to white voters, you could interpret it as a way to tout her support, and therefore how much she still matters to the party and to Obama, rather than an act of campaigning for the nomination per se.
She's not dumb, she knows she's done. Anybody who thinks she should have given up before North Carolina and Indiana is crazy, though.
-
The statements that I've seen have basically been "I'm going to win". Which might just be statements to rark up the supporters and keep them going, but as far as I can tell basic maths and logic disproves this. I hope there's a better reason not being publicly stated.
Apologies if this comment has been made before, but so long as she's campaigning along those lines (if you say anything less than "I'm going to win", effectively you're not running!), instead of giving us the spiel about hard working white voters of the immediate post-Indiana and North Carolina phase, that's a help to Obama. As very many pundits have observed, she's going to win in West Virginia and Kentucky by several country miles, and it wouldn't look good if the presumptive nominee got trounced by somebody who is not even campaigning. That said, nothing I've heard coming from her after the white voters comment makes me think she's going to take this to the convention. McAuliffe himself suggested they're going to stay through to June 3rd. Barring some huge surprises in the upcoming primaries, she won't go further, and might in fact very well concede after Oregon.
It does feel very much like life imitating the West Wing however.
True that. And is McCain the perfect match for Alda's character or what? If I lived near a nuclear plant in the States I'd be a little nervous just about now.
-
I've been using salvia most Thursdays since I was a young lad and no, I don't think I could very easily give it up. Mixed with butter it's the perfect accompaniment for gnocchi. Mmmhhh... in fact I think I'm going to have some right now.
-
For some reason, Michael Law's latest column, A Pakeha Fights Back, is among the editors' picks on Stuff this morning.
I've often wondered about those picks, though. They seem pretty random. (Currently, the editor is quite proud of "Showdown will put Tua back on the map" and "Sky TV Web service to be open to non-subscribers")
Dear Cate Brett: I can write equally stupid columns...
Oh, no, you couldn't. It takes a very special kind of person. We all think we could be that person if we chose to, but really we couldn't, which is why that particular type of scum rises to the top, as it were.
-
Good luck for the Qantas Media Awards tonight.