United States Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI), regarding the
termination notices sent to Providence school teachers because
of
budget problems:
“U.S. Rep. David Cicilline said Monday that the $57-million-plus deficit facing...
Paul
Krugman (emphasis mine):
I don’t watch cable news, or actually any kind of TV news. But I gather that there’s a virtual blackout on the huge demonstrations in Wisconsin, except on Fox, which portrays them as thuggish and violent.What that makes me think of is January-February 2003, when anyone watching cable...
My first reaction to news that the police in Madison went back on their intention to clear the state Capitol of overnight protesters was one of indignation. This certainly seemed like a manifestation of the police union
On Saturday I documented the paltry turnout at MoveOn.org and union rallies around the country (other than Madison, which did have a good turnout).
He did, in 1961 while visiting Santiago, Chile, while he
was an Assistant District Attorney of Suffolk County (Boston),
Massachusetts (not clear if this was on the taxpayers’
dime):
“While Kennedy was in Santiago he made arrangements to ‘rent’ a brothel for an entire night. Kennedy allegedly invited one of the Embassy chauffeurs to...
Despite threats by some police union members to stop the evacuation of the Madison Capitol, and some wishful thinking by supporters of the protesters, the Capitol has in fact been closed as of 4 p.m. (CT) today, with “peaceful resistance” by some protesters.
As reported a little...
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Think Progress sent a videographer to the Tea Party Patriots Policy Summit, and tracked down Tim Pawlenty.
Think Progress surely thought it would get one of those ambush type interviews where the candidate says something he regrets, but in fact in this case Think Progress may have crowned Pawlenty the rising...
Well, maybe with the Libyans and others in the Middle East who,
according to
The New York Times, have embraced this Israeli spoof of Muammar
Gaddafi:
A satirical YouTube clip mocking Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s megalomania is fast becoming a popular token of the Libya uprising across Middle East. And in an added...
In the aftermath of the overthrow of the Mubarak regime in
Egypt, Eugene Robinson of The Washington Post penned a meme which
has become common among the mainstream media and left-blogosphere,
that
The GOP loves freedom, but not for Egypt:
The conservative mantra has...
There’s a reason this blog is called Legal Insurrection. An insurrection by definition is illegal, but that is exactly what some police union members in Wisconsin have threatened in support of fellow public sector unions.
The video below show a policeman (presumably off-duty but wearing what looks like a police-issue sweater with insignia) who addressed...
Protests in support of Wisconsin public sector unions were organized by MoveOn.org and labor unions today.
Promoters, such as David Dayen at Firedoglake, were predicting a million-person turnout nationwide. But reports as of 7:00 E.S.T. today make clear that other than in Madison, Wisconsin, the crowds were sparse.
The turnout in Madison was sizable, with estimates...
This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain:
And now we go deeper into the linguistic gymnastics which are required to avoid being called a racist.
Having covered Black Friday, Black Hole, Providence Plantations, Rejigger, Gobbledygook, and ”No Asians,” among other words and phrases, we will now move on to rhyme.
The subject tonight is the 200+ year old English nursery rhyme, Baa Baa Black Sheep:
Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full.
One for the master,
One for the dame,
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane.
The rhyme has nothing to do with human races. The 1744 reference to “black sheep” actually appears to be a reference to black sheep. The claim that the rhyme contains a reference to slavery is disputed by someone who has studied the subject.
But that is not good enough for some school administrators in Australia, who are so politically correct that they are teaching school children to sing “Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep“:
“BLACK sheep are on the endangered species list as some children in north Queensland learn to sing Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep.The English nursery rhyme may have survived for 200-plus years but political correctness could finally put it out to pasture.
Some schools in Britain have banned the song for being racist, but Pelicans Innisfail Child Care allows children to sing about black sheep or rainbow sheep.
Director Pam McLaughlin said some teachers sang the changed lyrics, and some children already knew the changes….
Ms McLaughlin said she thought changing the lyrics was a bit confusing for children. “You can get a black sheep but you can’t get a rainbow sheep.”"
Apparently the controversy is not new. There have been repeated attempts in Britain to stop having school children recite the rhyme.
There are Facebook pages for both Baa Black Sheep and Rainbow Sheep devoted to debating the topic, in case you want your voice heard on the subject (but not until you join my Facebook page!).
Just don’t drink any black coffee while commenting, or you will be in big trouble.
And be sure to put a rainbow cat bumper sticker on your car so that you are not mistaken for one of those racist Tea Party supporters (via reader PapaTodd):
You have to be proactive on these matters, because gossip spreads like, well, you know.
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00The Obama administration also behaves as if the...
