tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post3443692282601031817..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: Sunday Newskcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-42554720315113844432007-04-09T12:52:00.000-04:002007-04-09T12:52:00.000-04:0011:18,Well, if you think a 3.5 averagefor the Lacr...11:18,<BR/><BR/>Well, if you think a 3.5 average<BR/>for the Lacrosse Team somehow<BR/>diminishes the collective IQ at Duke, you are welcome to do so.<BR/>Maybe you mean Swimming? <BR/>Swimmers have some of the best<BR/>averages of college athletes.<BR/>Which sport did you have in<BR/>mind? Do you have facts to <BR/>back you up about student-athlete<BR/>grades, or are you just "Imus-ing?"<BR/><BR/>MacAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-51007889989870403822007-04-09T11:18:00.000-04:002007-04-09T11:18:00.000-04:00re Wolfe and Duke lacrosseWhile I support the accu...re Wolfe and Duke lacrosse<BR/><BR/>While I support the accused in this fiasco, I'm not blind to the idea that a lot of lacrosse jocks are douche bags. Banning Division I sports at Duke would certainly raise the collective IQ at Duke.<BR/><BR/>The subtext in a lot of Wolfe's writing on race is the failure of integration, which is 1 theme of the lacrosse scandal. The AA element in the g88 should never have been hired in the first place. Will KC Johnson and Stuart Taylor have the courage to address this? I doubt it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-22602587597225170912007-04-09T08:07:00.000-04:002007-04-09T08:07:00.000-04:00Not to take this thread further down the primrose ...Not to take this thread further down the primrose path, but Mr. Wolfe does not seem to like boorish behavior, wherever he finds it. Was the lacrosse team in "I Am Charlotte Simmons" based on the Duke lacrosse team? Might be - his daughter went to Duke. He was on campus during a time before the hoax when the team was behaving pretty badly. <BR/><BR/>By the time I saw him speak the momentum in the case had started to shift - the drugged up prostitute, I mean grad student and choir member, was having trouble remembering which story to tell and Nifong was throwing matches around the puddles of gasoline, so it was as if the plots of two of his works of fiction were being played out in real life. Life immitating art. <BR/><BR/>In any case, it was good to hear him, and when KC comes to Duke on his book tour, I want to be there for that, too. It would be fun to provide security. Kidding... that's a job for trained professionals like the DPD. Ok, now I really am kidding!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-27811778785601003792007-04-09T06:17:00.000-04:002007-04-09T06:17:00.000-04:00In the interview - which I can'tfind - Wolfe basic...In the interview - which I can't<BR/>find - Wolfe basically agrees with<BR/>his "herpes pustule" comment<BR/>from his own book.<BR/>Darn poor memory, though -<BR/>and poor skills locating the quote.<BR/>I see lots of reviews where he<BR/>says he's not writing about<BR/>Duke, but in the interview...<BR/>it seemed otherwise.<BR/>Sorry to not have the <BR/>exact quote/source of interview<BR/>etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-68053896219960030412007-04-09T05:25:00.000-04:002007-04-09T05:25:00.000-04:0010:30 pm.You probably got a better insighton what ...10:30 pm.<BR/><BR/>You probably got a better insight<BR/>on what Wolfe's thinking is, having<BR/>heard him for 90 minutes: I just<BR/>remember hearing him interviewed -<BR/>(can't remember where nor by whom)-<BR/>and him saying some very derogatory<BR/>things about Lacrosse Players in<BR/>general. This was while the<BR/>Lacrosse Players were being<BR/>thrown down by nearly everyone,<BR/>before the tide turned.<BR/><BR/>I agree that he would be unlikely<BR/>to support Nifong and his brownshirts. <BR/>He just lost me on the Lacrosse comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-66584081609925077332007-04-08T23:29:00.000-04:002007-04-08T23:29:00.000-04:00Re: Sunday NewsHere's an interesting tidbit.I read...Re: Sunday News<BR/>Here's an interesting tidbit.<BR/>I read in a publication today that a black doctor named Ian Smith says that 80% of black women and 70% of black men are overweight.<BR/>He is on a crusade to get them off the couch and to adopt better eating habits.<BR/>No wonder people living in other countries laugh at the whining by black people here about being oppressed and in need.<BR/>In need, alright. In need of some physical exertion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-47315270228752198852007-04-08T22:35:00.000-04:002007-04-08T22:35:00.000-04:00He's a conservative.He's a conservative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-60607544730774515112007-04-08T22:30:00.000-04:002007-04-08T22:30:00.000-04:00Mac,You are obviously welcome to interpret Tom Wol...Mac,<BR/><BR/>You are obviously welcome to interpret Tom Wolfe's fiction any way you care to. I saw Mr. Wolfe speak at Duke last year and the 90 minutes that he spoke he said many things, including, and I am paraphrasing here, that his work is fiction and not to be taken as anything more than that. The Charlotte Simmons book about a southern university with a misbehaving lacrosse team and Bonfire of the Vanities, about an overzealous prosecutor, were just books - commentaries on the times in which we live.<BR/><BR/>I don't wish to speak for him - he has done just fine on his own - but based on reading much of his work, I don't get the sense that he would endorse wrongly prosecuting innocent people. That just doesn't seem to be something he would be in favor of, regardless of where his personal politics fall on the liberal/conservative scale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-64726454150993150262007-04-08T22:00:00.000-04:002007-04-08T22:00:00.000-04:00It's all over when they find out who funded that a...It's all over when they find out who funded that ad. When this is known the details should be published in every paper in the country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-44551204194565082992007-04-08T21:32:00.000-04:002007-04-08T21:32:00.000-04:00mtu'76Yea, but KC is the cute one according to som...mtu'76<BR/>Yea, but KC is the cute one according to some. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-15284715065829607632007-04-08T21:21:00.000-04:002007-04-08T21:21:00.000-04:00His Churchill Series is a bonus.His Churchill Series is a bonus.MTU'76https://www.blogger.com/profile/12033632655757827107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-15222305720496840722007-04-08T21:18:00.000-04:002007-04-08T21:18:00.000-04:00John in Carolina, cerebral, gentlemanly, the site ...John in Carolina, cerebral, gentlemanly, the site for learned debate not untutored feelings. I read on his site that Peter Lange is the 'go to guy' regarding issues between departments and JinC plans to try and contact him on Monday. At issue is that faculty in 15 departments and programs did not know they were being inducted into the g88 'listening statement.' I know JinC will follow the money.<BR/><BR/>His Churchill Series is bonus.MTU'76https://www.blogger.com/profile/12033632655757827107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-42327256451431485712007-04-08T21:09:00.000-04:002007-04-08T21:09:00.000-04:00re Debrah @ 10:26...In reality, big Karla is incap...re Debrah @ 10:26<BR/><BR/><I>...In reality, big Karla is incapable of truly toning anything down. Analogous to this point is the way she wears her jewelry...</I><BR/><BR/>At last, a fashion statement we can both agree on.MTU'76https://www.blogger.com/profile/12033632655757827107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-36406218442930672222007-04-08T20:35:00.000-04:002007-04-08T20:35:00.000-04:00MacGood work. Maybe (anonymous 7:33) will read you...Mac<BR/><BR/>Good work. Maybe (anonymous 7:33) will read your lucid words and wise up. He seems to be troubled by something. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-29459211012883384652007-04-08T20:30:00.000-04:002007-04-08T20:30:00.000-04:00On the subject of false liberals,leftwingers etc:i...On the subject of false liberals,<BR/>leftwingers etc:<BR/>it's not a "hijack" of this <BR/>particular thread. <BR/>It's relevant because professors<BR/>with the IQ of Rosie O'Donnell<BR/>have hijacked the system,<BR/>pretending to represent the<BR/>"little people." (A good<BR/>course-study - if we were studying<BR/>these professors as a topic themselves - might be Tom Wolfe's<BR/>"Radical Chic" and "Mau-Mauing<BR/>the Flak Catchers.")<BR/>It's too bad Wolfe joined in<BR/>with a condemnation of Lacrosse<BR/>players in general, almost making<BR/>his earlier works...obsolete.<BR/><BR/>It is amazing how many people - <BR/>(of all varieties) - are offended<BR/>by Nifong's tactics. It's <BR/>interesting that the "Angry <BR/>Studies" folks are NOT what<BR/>anyone could call "liberal"<BR/>in the best sense of the word,<BR/>though they would choose the<BR/>tag for themselves, ruining<BR/>it for others.<BR/><BR/>Totalitarian/Authoritarian -<BR/>doesn't matter which best <BR/>describes the way the system<BR/>failed: the fact is, freedom<BR/>seems to be winning.<BR/> <BR/>For the moment. <BR/><BR/>MacAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-22286218798774869232007-04-08T20:28:00.000-04:002007-04-08T20:28:00.000-04:00(9:38am)I sure have had a hot bunny weekend. ;-)(9:38am)<BR/>I sure have had a hot bunny weekend. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-31283271729404273642007-04-08T20:19:00.000-04:002007-04-08T20:19:00.000-04:00I think we all should form a group, KC's Brigade, ...I think we all should form a group, KC's Brigade, and meet Mikey at the courthouse on Friday 13th.<BR/>Scare the bejeesus out of the bathrobed one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-5869319361321965942007-04-08T20:09:00.000-04:002007-04-08T20:09:00.000-04:007:54Sirhan was an Arab who had emigrated to the US...7:54<BR/>Sirhan was an Arab who had emigrated to the US in the 1950s.<BR/>He was reportedly disturbed by Kennedy's pro-Israel positions.<BR/>He might have called himself many things, but "Christian" was likely window dressing in order to get into this country easier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-64579699188699223332007-04-08T19:54:00.000-04:002007-04-08T19:54:00.000-04:00Sirhan Sirhan--another Muslim contribution to Amer...<I>Sirhan Sirhan--another Muslim contribution to America--</I><BR/><BR/>If I recall correctly, Sirhan Sirhan and his family were immigrants from Jordan (and presumably lived in mandatory Palestine prior to that) and were out of the small Christian minority in that country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-87729696820752978502007-04-08T19:41:00.001-04:002007-04-08T19:41:00.001-04:007:33It appears that you've got a personal bone to ...7:33<BR/>It appears that you've got a personal bone to pick. Why don't you move on? The trouble you are trying to create doesn't exist.<BR/>That is, until you tried to rehash an old meaningless argument. Don't you have anything to add but attacks on Debrah?<BR/>The interview with KC Johnson and his views on liberlaism are very germane. You're just jealous of Debrah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-53454188011638390842007-04-08T19:41:00.000-04:002007-04-08T19:41:00.000-04:007:33It appears that you've got a personal bone to ...7:33<BR/>It appears that you've got a personal bone to pick. Why don't you move on? The trouble you are trying to create doesn't exist.<BR/>That is, until you tried to rehash an old meaningless argument. Don't you have anything to add but attacks on Debrah?<BR/>The interview with KC Johnson and his views on liberlaism are very germane. You're just jealous of Debrah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-83015513222905068422007-04-08T19:33:00.000-04:002007-04-08T19:33:00.000-04:00Debrah, I have read the interview with KC, in fact...Debrah, I have read the interview with KC, in fact, I did not have to run accross it accidentally as some have done so well. You are a loud mouth with no respect for the opinions of others on this thread. Your barbs are those of a fool and apparently you enjoy being a "hoax groupie" rather than having opinions that are rooted in facts and reality. This site is not the place to discuss liberalism, your kind or anyone else's. This site was dedicated to the three accused lacrosse players and their ultimate exoneration. Get it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-70372285333055058802007-04-08T19:20:00.000-04:002007-04-08T19:20:00.000-04:00KC, please help. "Georgia Girl" and "Debrah" have ...KC, please help. "Georgia Girl" and "Debrah" have apparently hijacked this thread. No one else wants to hear their silly arguments with each other.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-24906502124850289182007-04-08T17:03:00.000-04:002007-04-08T17:03:00.000-04:00when you can't beat'emWhat a fool.Who the heck is ...<I>when you can't beat'em</I><BR/><BR/>What a fool.<BR/><BR/>Who the heck is trying to <I>beat</I> anything?<BR/><BR/>Sounds like a refugee from Duke Gang of 88.<BR/><BR/>DebrahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-54471157912441414792007-04-08T16:59:00.000-04:002007-04-08T16:59:00.000-04:00TO 4:20PM---Post your name. Then dictate and injec...TO 4:20PM---<BR/><BR/>Post your name. Then dictate and inject yourself into an old conversation.<BR/><BR/>Like many posters who come here, you are a cowardly flamer who shows up to "right past wrongs" with someone who might have posted something contrary to the views of one such as you who takes up space in an obviously banal corner of the world.<BR/><BR/>This blog is concerned with and entertains all aspects and dimensions of what has engendered, cultivated, and continues to support the injustices we see in the lacrosse case.<BR/><BR/>If you had the ability to think outside your sphincter muscle, you'd see that the conversation was about Liberalism and how the definition of the word has been altered.<BR/><BR/>We were also discussing KC's brand of Liberalism.<BR/><BR/>All aspects directly relate to this case and how various groups have reacted to it. Try reading the interview with KC that I linked above.<BR/><BR/>Now MR./MS. Anonymous......try to get another cowardly barb in once again.....on the sly.<BR/><BR/>Name yourself....or are you just here to blow smoke from your dark hole?<BR/><BR/>DebrahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com