Tiger in Trouble in the Black Community

A Classic Case of Prejudice

Legal insurrection.com had an excellent post followed by insightful comments on interracial marriage. Central to this post was the fact that most people – most white people – are unaware that blacks are as against interracial marriage as they are.

Tiger Wood’s situation has brought all of this into focus. He is not only is purported to have had one mistress but about 4 – all of them white. As Professor Jacobson noted in a quote:

As one blogger, Robert Paul Reyes, wrote: “If Tiger Woods had cheated on his gorgeous white wife with black women, the golfing great’s accident would have been barely a blip in the blogosphere.”

He went on to quote a noted researcher on the subject:

We tend to view resistence to interracial marriage as a white racist phenomenon. If true, maybe we need to rethink our approach to racial harmony and consider factors, in addition to racial hatred, as to the sources of self-segregation:

“There is a call for loyalty that is stronger in some ways than in other racial communities,” said the author of the study, George Yancey, a sociology professor at the University of North Texas and author of the book “Just Don’t Marry One.”

The color of one’s companion has long been a major measure of “blackness” — which is a big reason why the biracial Barack Obama was able to fend off early questions about his black authenticity.

“Had Barack had a white wife, I would have thought twice about voting for him,” Johnson Cooper said.

Why is this issue more heated than, say, in our view of interracial marriage between a Japanese and a European American?  We had a war with Japan. And there has been opposition on both sides of marriages between Asians and Europeans – often resulting in the banning of the Asian from his/her society. Certainly the children of these mixed marriages are outcast as many persons who adopted bi-racial children after the Viet Nam war can confirm.

Perhaps the slavery component in black – white relationships generally  intensifies the hatred and self-segregation of the phenomenon.

I remember back to the time when Sammy Davis Jr married another Swedish blonde, May Britt. He did it at a time when interracial marriage was illegal in 31 states.

At the same time, I had a brilliant and wonderful Jewish boyfriend who went to Princeton. One day he turned to me and said softly, “My parents are going to finance my medical school education. I just can’t take a goy home to them.” I smiled at him and said “I thought that was my line”?

I am not surprised at the opposition of blacks, both male and female, to interracial marriage. People should know that there are two sides to every prejudice.

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All Bets are Off If Israel Attacks Iran

Old Jerusalem

For over 2,000 years Jerusalem  has been the focal point of first the Jews, then the Christians and then the Muslims. This holiday season more than at any other time we need to

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:

“May those who love you be secure.

May there be peace within your walls

and security within your citadels.

The above has been taken from Psalm 122 and beautifully set to music as the coronation anthem by Parry. [see video below]

Many on the Israel – Iran conflict watch predict that shortly after the first of the year Israel’s patience will have run out and they will attack Iran with or without Obama’s blessing.

A brief overview of major military actions undertaken by Israel in the past without consulting with Washington include:

• In June 1967, Israel initiated the Six-Day War without notice to Washington, despite President Johnson’s insistence that Israel maintain the status quo and consult with the U.S. before taking action

• On June 7, 1981, Israeli fighter-bombers destroyed the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak shortly before it was to be fueled to develop the capacity to make nuclear weapons-grade plutonium. Again, Washington was not informed in advance.

Most important, the above attack set a precedent in Israel.

A few days later, Prime Minister Menachem Begin told CBS News: “This attack will be a precedent for every future government in Israel. … Every future Israeli prime minister will act, in similar circumstances, in the same way.”

• Begin’s prediction proved true on Sept. 6, 2007, when Israeli aircraft destroyed what was believed to be a North Korean-supplied plutonium reactor in Al Kibar, Syria. [Council on Foreign Relations]

Many, including the author of the above article, believe that Iran has crossed the Rubicon. It bypassed a September deadline to bargain away future development of nuclear sites.

Ahmadinejad is well aware of Persia’s glorious past and has mentioned it more than once in confronting the youthful US. The Persians were the primary strategists in putting together an alliance with Egypt that defeated the powerful Moguls in 1259 and in effect, saved Islam. This is their mindset. [East Meets West]

Even today, they are well aware of the limits of Israel and the US.

Ahmadinejad and the mullahs know full well that the west will never impose the only sanctions that could work (a complete boycott of Iranian oil and cessation of the export to Iran of all products) [The Guardian UK]

The tipping point for Israel has always been a perceived threat to the safety and well-being of the Jewish state. It is unlikely they will trust that they will have support from a dithering President of the United States.

Meanwhile, the Obama Administration has come up with a new Middle East policy:

The Obama administration’s approach to two of the world’s most intractable and dangerous problems, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran’s nuclear programme, is to link them together in the search for a solution to both.

The new US strategy aims to use its Iran policy to gain leverage on Binyamin Netanyahu’s government.

Sanctions planned against Iran’s energy sector if Tehran does not compromise on uranium enrichment by the end of next month are not only aimed at pre-empting Israeli military action; they are also a bargaining chip offered in part exchange for a substantial freeze on Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

“The message is: Iran is an existential threat to Israel; settlements are not,” said one official close to the negotiations.

However, the strategy is fraught with risks. Coupling the two huge complex issues could end up complicating them further. Moves against Iran’s oil and gas industry could also end up destroying hard-won multilateral co-ordination, by alienating Russia and China, while failing to inflict much damage on the Iranian regime. Memories of Iraqi sanctions-busting are still fresh. [The Guardian UK]

The sad fact is that even if the US is not involved in an attack on Iran, Iran will attack US bases in the region.  They will also fire off a few rockets in the direction of Arab oil facilities.

This is a messy situation fast becoming an international quagmire. Jerusalem that sacred capital is now being fought over by nuclear armed states. “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.”

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Christmas Under Obama Socialism- Rahm’s Call to Santa

Hi, Santa. This is Rahm Emanuel. I work as hard an elf at Christmas for President Obama.

Santa:  Obama who?

Rahm: I remember  you from my school days when you were allowed to come into the school.

Santa: Right, Rahm. I have to tell you I have received endless e-mails from some group called Organizing for America and the White House. They clog my mailbox. The kids can’t get through.I never put myself on those lists.

Rahm: I’ll take care of that Santa. Lots of e-mail problems there and at the White House.

Santa: Well this would not be a problem if the US Post Office had not stopped accepting letters addressed to me.

Rahm: Russia has claimed all the North Pole. We don’t recognize the fact that YOUR operation is part of that. You will always be one of us.

Santa: Thank you Mr. Rahm.

Rahm: O, Santa, just cal l me Hitler – everyone else does.

Santa: Lots of work here but I have a couple of questions. If I am recognized by the US, will I have to pay to have my elves and Mrs. Santa covered by that public health care thing?  I am really a small business.  Magic is the rest of it.

Rahm: There is no magic in anything to do with the US government except that which allows Nancy Pelosi to continue as Speaker of the House.

Santa: I can’t afford it. I may have to take the US off my route.

Rahm: Santa, we are sure sad to hear that. I’ll call down to the IRS and stop proceedings against you for back taxes. Have to pay for all the wonderful and, well, “magical” things President Obama plans for the American People. We don’t listen to their complaints. We know what’s good for them.

Santa: Rahm, I don’t think  you get it. My operation only appears on the radar once a year. The rest of the time, we are in the mist.

Rahm: Santa, we’ve had  you phones bugged.  We can find  you in the mist.

Santa: Too bad Rahm. No matter the person’s religion, everyone used to like Santa. He was a unifying symbol of human kindness and beneficence. I’m sorry those things are in short supply in socialist countries.  My main Elf tells me I’m wanted in the work room.  Good bye and tell the President I’m sorry his mother obviously forgot to tell him about Santa or I’d recognize the name.  Then again, it may mean he was really born in Africa.

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Christmas Under the Obama Administration Part 1.5 – Santa Who?

Santa in Happier Times - Pre-Socialism

After the happenings at the first State Dinner at the White House, security has been beefed up.  Regulations have been revised and implemented.

The White House Social Secretary does not realize that in making lists and checking them twice, she is following North Pole protocol. Be that as it may, the name “Santa Clause” being unfamiliar to Miss Rogers and with no political affiliation listed under his name, he is moved from the “A” list  to the list of  persons in need of further research.

Meanwhile, Santa is making his own lists and he finds there are two little girls living at the White House who have been very good.

So he put in a call to the White House Secret Service on his red and green hot line phone. He could hardly believe what happened after he said “hello, this is Santa.”

Secret Service: “Santa who”?

Sadly, Santa found that his relationship with the White House was greatly changed. He was told:

• Like all other aircraft,  he will now need to file a flight plan.
• There will be  no more chimney access to the residence.
• He must land in the area of the rose garden where he will find a beer and pretzels.  [The President is leery of providing milk and cookies since the dairy may need to be goats milk as opposed to cow's milk. He needs to celebrate with an eye to Global customs.  Global approbation is now more important to him than national approval. This is a wise strategy since he is down in the polls in the US.]

Secret Service: Santa, you’re still welcome here until you hear otherwise.

Santa: There’s a question that I won’t be welcome?

Secret Service: The President is changing alliances globally. No one is immune.  The politics of the “holidays” is growing complicated. The President may feel you are just too allied with middle class conspicuous consumption.

Then there are global consequences. It makes the Chinese nervous if toys made other than in China are distributed nation-wide.

Santa: If alliances of long-standing are being called into question, then I’ll cross the White House off my list but put a note to check back in 2012.

Santa puts down the phone with a heavy heart.  He turns to his chief elf and says with sadness in his voice:  “I gave President Obama a book on Political Correctness last December prior to his inauguration. I never received thanks for it. Perhaps he doesn’t know who I am.”

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CHRISTMAS UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION

This is part I in a series of comments on how Christmas goes in a country in decline politically, financially and morally. This part is by way of a background report:

The oldest political correctness ruse on the books: Christmas must join other religious celebrations held at this time to collectively be referred to as “the holidays.” Why?  Because mention of it or focus on it harms other belief systems whose holidays are being held at the same time.  Ah, but it is OK to harm Christmas.

The ACLU has single-handedly reduced this country to a collection of jumbled, meaningless cultures with stifled beliefs. When beliefs go underground, isn’t that the light of freedom of speech being snuffed out?

There is always a historical disconnect when the ACLU gets involved. The country was first settled by Pilgrims fleeing religious persecution in England. Now even if, as our Latino brothers and sisters say, the Spanish were here first, still that would be Christians – native populations and their spiritual devotions notwithstanding.

So according to PC, rather than allow all religions to display their wares and to participate in school programs, no religions are allowed near schools or public buildings, etc.or to call themselves by their proper names.

The result of all of this is that we citizens will get to know less and less about one another and religion may die further than it has already. Only the Muslims remain fervent in their practices. What if the US becomes part of a Global Caliphate. Then religion will be back in the schools.

So think of the above as you put up your tree or menorah or other religions emblem this holiday season and Christians, don’t be afraid to wish someone a Merry Christmas. That will let them know who and what you are. They, not the ACLU, will let you know if it is offensive. Followed by “I am sorry and tell me a bit about yourself,” this approach may just take us further toward understanding.

And about Santa?  Just try to bring that old boy down!  May age and religions discrimination charges be loosed upon those who dare.

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US for Sale: Obama Cedes Chunk of GM to China

It has not been long since President Obama returned from his trip to Asia in general, China in particular. We now discover that a large part of GM’s share in a partnership entered into with China’s SAIC auto company has been sold to SAIC. The Financial Times reported today that:

General Motors is to cede majority control of its thriving Chinese passenger car venture to its state-owned Chinese partner, SAIC, as part of a deal that will also take the Shanghai-Detroit partnership into a new $650m joint venture selling low-cost vehicles in India.

Was the shadow CEO of GM busy in China giving away US assets in repayment for China’s loans to the faltering US economic economy?

FT went on to describe China’s aggressive moves into the auto industry that have all but eclipsed US manufacturers. Their aggrandizement includes:

[... moves by ] another large state-owned Chinese carmaker, Beijing Automotive Industry Corp, [... is] keen to buy GM’s Saab unit[.] Bank of China said it had arranged a Rmb20bn ($2.9bn) line of credit for BAIC, enough to finance a potential bid.

The article goes on to quote an automobile industry analyst  who found it incredulous that anyone would move from a 50-50 partnership to the status of a junior partner.

It also appears that the SAIC-GM venture in India has GM donating a manufacturing facility and the future for other concessions looks bright to further “build trust.”

But in the US, the Chinese are not out to land the big business deals that make headlines and then cause withdrawal under pressure. Chinese entrepreneurs are buying up land and operating smaller firms across the country. These businesses are springing up at an alarming rate. [Scam.com]

Snopes.com has put to rest the rumor that Obama gave China eminent domain over land and factories in this country if we default on their loans to us.

But fiction can inspire action in the real world. Obama’s apologies to other countries for his perceived notion that the US has been either rude or out of line entirely is a fiction. But stranger things have  happened – such as our Chief Executive bowing to leaders world-wide.  Now that IS the kind of rude and bad behavior that gives our country’s hard earned prestige away.

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Center of Auto Industry – Officially in Asia; the Unemployment Ruse; SamHenry Has Been Noticed – MISCHIANZA for December 4, 2009

Barely noticed by most blogs, there was a change at the helm of the Obama car company, GM.  The new man at the top,  Ed Whitacre, moved quickly. He shuffled numerous positions.

Nick Reilly, head of GM’s international operations, was sent to Europe to finish the contentious restructuring of Opel and Vauxhall that has taken nearly a year, and 77-year-old industry legend Bob Lutz has moved into an advisory role.

“I want to give people more responsibility and authority deeper in the organisation and then hold them accountable,” Mr Whitacre said.

And now for the sobering part of the sad saga of GM -

The move capped a tumultuous week for GM that also saw it cede control of its Shanghai GM joint venture to China’s SAIC Motor in a move viewed as symbolic of the global car industry’s shifting centre of gravity from the US to Asia. [Financial Times]

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Unemployment figures released today show a slight drop in first time unemployment claims. This is supposed to cheer us – certainly it did the stock exchange. It means fewer layoffs.

A few things to remember here. Not only those workers still on unemployment insurance but the more desperate former workers who have come to the end of the insurance payment period. And then the former workers who truly live in the shadows – those who have given up looking for work continue in their lives of desperation.  Let them tell  you how easy it is to get another job – even with lackluster Christmas hiring.

As usual, when the government speaks, we only get part of the story. If we got the full scoop, we would realize that the great ship of state is still grounded on a significant sand bar and the new year may not be as joyful as predicted. Remember, the Holidays (whatever that means) have been a period when retailers and other employers have needed additional staff.

See you all in January for an update!

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fireandreamitchell.com has reported that life in the blogosphere is threatened with proposed legislation:

According to Riehl World View, in the Senate two key Democrats Diane Feinstein of California and Dick Durbin of Illinois have introduced an amendment that would put citizen journalists at risk, giving protections to only established journalists.[FireAndreaMitchell]

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SamHenry is grateful. In the space of a little over a week, three respected blogs have honored this maverick minnow.

• Today, “SamHenry” was the featured blog of the day at legalinsurrection.com.  Thank you Professor Jacobson.
• Friday, November 27, I landed on the front pages of conservatives4palin.com and standingwithsarah.com. Why? Because David L Riddick (aka The Aged P) theagedp.com cross posted my article on Sarah Palin to  conservaties4palin.com – and with high praise for the work done.  Thank you Aged P.

Believe me, I am grateful for the “men in my” blogging life!

But wait…in the category of “ongoing,” there has been a generous and gracious feline blogger who has stood by this blog and helped it and its management in countless ways including shots of moral support.  I’m talking about that Great Cat, VotingFemale (VotingFemale Speaks! and VotingFemale’s Friends Speak). Sincere thanks, VF.

L-R THE “REAL” IMP AND THE “REAL” SAMHENRY

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Alzheimers and Health Care Reform 2009- Congress knows this disease will be a Financial Armageddon

Why do I see a connection between the coming onslaught of Alzheimer’s disease in the baby boomer population and slashing Medicare under the new Health Care Reform bill wending its weighty way through the Senate?  Congress knows that as baby boomers age, more of them will be subject to two growing health problems: Alzheimer’s disease and Cancer.

Some put the statistics for Alzheimers at 1 out of every eight people aged 65-suffering from it. [CNN.com]  Worse, the Lance Armstrong Foundation’s program “Livestrong” sees cancer being the #1 killer by 2020 – affecting one out of every 2 people.

Hats off to Senator McCain for trying to strip this morally bankrupt piece of scatological legislation of the extensive Medicare cutbacks that the Democrats have determined will help pay for coverage for more people. AARP has come out in support of this measure.

Sen. John McCain is urging senior citizens to cut up their AARP membership cards and mail the pieces back to the organization, claiming AARP has betrayed them.

Citing AARP’s past opposition to proposed cuts in Medicare, McCain expressed dismay Thursday that the senior group has suddenly changed its position to support $460 billion in cuts to the program proposed by Democrats to help pay for health care legislation.

“Shame on AARP,” McCain, R-Ariz., said Thursday on the Senate floor. “Take your AARP card, cut it in half and send it back. They’ve betrayed you.”

“If we’re talking about Medicare cuts alone as a way of financing health reform, we would fight that with all of our strength,” he added. “We’ve gone as far as we can down that road.”

Democrats throughout Thursday’s Senate debate used AARP’s endorsement of their bill to blunt Republican charges that they are gutting Medicare. AARP rode to the rescue of Democrats on Wednesday, announcing its support for billions in Medicare cuts to help fund the legislation.

As Republicans pressed to restore the cuts, AARP said Democrats merely were recommending elimination of waste and inefficiency within the giant health care program for seniors.

“Most importantly, the legislation does not reduce any guaranteed Medicare benefits,” A. Barry Rand, AARP’s CEO, said in a letter to senators.

Republicans, led by McCain, 73, but not a member of the group, said seniors would lose some of their add-on benefits that are part of coverage under private insurance Medicare. “Above all, we must not use Medicare as a piggy bank” to pay for other programs, he said.

Democrats, sensitive to the charges, rallied behind an alternative proposal by Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., saying the bill would cause no reduction in guaranteed Medicare benefits. [FOX news]

With Medicare funding already in doubt in the coming decade, to subject this program to further cuts is purely politics and not financially sound. Bernie Madoff would have approved this Senate financial shell game.

Where is everyone 65 and over? Hey you on the  golf course; and a shout out to  you in subsidized housing – this will hit all of us. Get those calls and faxes and letters into your senators NOW. Yell and scream. We should have been fighting this Medicare battle much earlier but we have been paralyzed by incredulity and the naive hope that no one would be non compis mentis enough to take this action seriously.

AND AS SENATOR HAS SAID, DON’T CALL AARP. They are in the insurance business. They have given up on the less lucrative business of advocacy for the elderly. Stay focused on your Senators right now. Remember how they vote. Then focus on them again during the 2010 elections.

We can do this. But it will require work. After all, we are the last generation that fully understands the term.

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CHANGE – is everywhere

Good thing the Prez ran on a platform of “change” way back in 2008 because now he might get lost in the debate about the climate OR in the debate about how he (more gray hair; less popular in the polls) and his policies have changed.

Let’s take the war in Afghanistan. The first change was that unlike the Bush Administration, Obama initially paid little attention to it. Men died, material grew outdated and still the Prez pushed forward on cap-and-trade and health care reform (both representing change).

Cap and trade initially ran into so much opposition that focus soon changed to what I like to call Global Healthcare. Apparently the President’s list of priorities itself changed.

Global Healthcare is not a reform (aka change) so much as it is the attempt to establish the Ministry of Global Health for World Care. It purportedly would be set up and paid for by the US taxpayer.  Since senior citizens are a class apart, they will see a reduction (change) in Medicare services of an undisclosed nature.  Furthermore, the US will again change fiscal policy and return (“retro” change) to taxing the rich.  Unfortunately due to the changed economy, the rich are no longer nearly so rich with the end result being that senior citizens will either have to die prematurely from unknown causes or be exposed to further cutbacks(change) in Medicare services.

This “Holiday Season” (terminology change), when you awake from the nightmare of life as we know it today, the clatter that arose to awaken you will have been Senator Harry Reid beating the drum of reform; Loud Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, vocalist performing “Silent Night” to signal passage of Health Care Reform 2009.”

Once everyone in the US has been included in their program, then illegals here will be added and finally, everyone on the globe will be able to get their health care from this one portal.  Ultimately, administration of it will pass to the UN at a time when world government has been more fully implemented (change, change, change and change).

We will see these Congressional characters along with the court jester, Barney Frank, again after the first of the year starring in “Crusade for Cap and Trade” – better late than never.  Australia recently voted for “never.” But we’re slow to catch on especially where big bucks and even bigger egos are concerned.

And just when you thought that climate change was the hottest thing since a tropical heat wave, a hacker made an attack on databases that contained e-mails purporting to disclose that data on climate change had been skewed (changed) to reflect the wishes of those for whom climate change was a good plot for the planet.  This is when Australia detached from the issue. This is when US conservatives bought new underwear (for a change) toward the time when they should be called upon to run for political office.

Ah, but enter Barbara Boxer who changed the focus of the climate issue. The core of the matter was not the erroneous data that had been foisted on the public: the core of the matter was the illegal activity of the hackers in uncovering it.

But we are still up for going to Copenhagen to discuss climate change even though there is an ever grater chance that nothing will change.  Matters of climate like all matters planetary now appear cyclical .

Many think that science itself will be the victim (quite a change) of this climate change debacle. Nonsense. Overreaction. Call my press agent. I have that scientific je ne sais quoi that has made me prepared to go to the top of the US Capitol building and drop a ball and a copy of the Senate Health Reform Bill off the dome to see which lands first.

Finally, change has come to our policy in Afghanistan. Instead of spinning our wheels with too few men and not enough of everything to protect them, the Prez thought long and hard and decided to change General McChrystal’s request for 40,000 additional troops to just 30,000.  When you are busy establishing a Ministry of Global Health and fear you may need money to stimulate an economy that can’t get started without it, you have to be careful of funding too much too soon.

President Obama announced his policy change at West Point. 30,000 men were not insufficient to maintain status quo; not grand enough to produce a great effort.  30,000 troops were enough for moderate success – something we have not experienced in a long while.

After careful consideration of the aforesaid, I have crafted an hypothesis on the rate of change (all things to do with change appear to be crafty these days):  The rate of change is equal to or greater than the perception of it depending on who is in charge of the data.  Change is suspect until proved otherwise.

To test my hypothesis I submit the following for review:

Change for the good died sometime in the 1950’s just after the dawn of the McDonald golden arches.  Today, change is calculated in terms of risk and reward.  Ask Bernie Madoff and his pals on Wall Street.  They have dealt with it for years some better than others depending on who was in charge of the data.  Bernie was not.

PS – How about that change at the top at GM!

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The Aged P – SHE DID IT HER WAY…..

Mischianza- Notes on Canada and A Little Night Music for December 2, 2009

Face it, whether we are socialist or not down here or stupid or brilliant, one thing we are is in the dark about Canada.  The natives up there love to taunt us with “I’ll bet  you can’t name all the provinces, eh”?  Eh, er, um ah – ah ha! Right!

I lived in Toronto in the 1960s and loved and now miss the stodgy outpost of then British Empire cum human-sized buildings that used to grow there. I had no idea that glass hung canyons like New York City were viral. Now say what you will about that Prince with the large ears, he doesn’t like those glass monstrosities either except that Canada does them better. Canadian design is and always has been very good.

Thank god for the internet, I can get up there more often. I am really out of my league there now.  An old fool with a backpack on the internet ready for adventure- oy. Nuts, actually. But what a discovery for my first voyage out. A feud between a leftist female journalist and author, one Heather Mallick and the good people over at a website I relish, Small Dead Animals – the Roadkill Diaries at http://smalldeadanimals.com.

As far as the eye of the internet can see, SDA is reporting the ins and outs and ups and downs of “climategate” like no one else. From Canada to the UK – they have it all sewn up  – especially the irreverent posts from “Kate” in the UK.  They have a delightful chorus of creative commentators.

When I checked in this evening, they were all hot about that freelance, female journalist with an impressive resume and a leftist perspective, Heather Mallik. She had tread on sensibilities. She had come out and said she was embarrassed to be a Canadian relative to Canada’s “dirty” oil riches, conservative government (she called it “America-Lite apropos of the Bushes and “the” Reagan) and lack of leadership in climate change. [The Guardian]

Well, SDA dispatched her with a link to Charles Adler at charlesadler.com who forcefully stated to said offender:

So at this point I will stop asking questions, Heather. Some day I may write a more thoughtful response to your confession that you are embarrassed to be a Canadian. In the meantime, I will be delighted to throw in 133 dollars for your application for immigration to any country that is willing to have you. If I were you Heather, I would start with Cuba and North Korea and work your way down from there. But I will be happy to throw in 133 dollars, one loony for every Canadian who has fallen in Afghanistan since our mission began there nearly eight years ago. Every one of those Canadians was proud of this country. All of them and all who came before them, fought for your right to say what you please. In honour of them, I would propose to our government that we launch a Heather Mallick in which Canadians coast to coast to coast contribute money to those Canadians too embarrassed to be called Canadian. Getting them out of the country would be the greatest social program in the history of Confederation. This chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Heather, as of today, you are the quintessential definition of weak. One very weak Canadian.

Fellow citizens, isn’t it fun to visit Canada and to learn about “those people”?  They look something like all 57 of our varities but wait – they don’t really SOUND like us REALLY.  Subtle.  Something that is learned. They are pleased by those who “get it.” Yes, and they coin their own colorful money, too. Quite serious about running a country and they have my undying respect for that.  I just had to needle them a little to night.

Now for “Mischianza.” But first a word from our salvation this night, a 2001 telecast of a Tribute to Brian Wilson, songwriter/performer/Primordial Beach Boy. Here are a couple of highlights of his music as filtered by those who paid tribute to him:

NOW for Mischianza – a special term in my family. One of my brothers attended the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut. “Mischianza” was the name of the school publication and here from their website is a good history of – their history of the use of this term:

Mischianza

Welcome to The Hotchkiss Mischianza website. Below is some general information and frequently asked questions.

Some History
The word mischianza, or meschianza, is derived from the conflation of the Italian words mescere (to mix) and mischiare (to mingle). The Mischianza was a medley of events held at Walnut Grove in Philadelphia on May 18, 1778, to celebrate the departure of General William Howe, commander-in-chief of the British army in Philadelphia, for his native England. Howe’s officers each contributed 140 pounds to pay for the affair, which included a procession of decorated boats that advanced up the Delaware River and docked near Green Street Wharf, a jousting tournament on a nearby green, an elaborate banquet, dancing, and a colorful display of fireworks.

With specific regard to the use of the word at Hotchkiss, the foreign-sounding name corresponded to similar publications like Pot-Pourri at Andover and Olla Podrida at Lawrenceville. The first Hotchkiss Meschianza was published in 1896. Someone from the Class of 1896 with the nickname “Hedge” is credited with coming up with the name. The name was changed to Mischianza in 1905; Headmaster Huber Buehler suggested that spelling it with the “i” was more correct.

Fun, eh?  Nite Canada. Oh, and a little night time reading for you – follow the HotAir link below.

SamHenry

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