tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280379846265476813.post8591435554812182607..comments2023-11-05T01:07:34.712-08:00Comments on Rise Up Hip Hop Nation: WARGAMES - The Fall of EmpireTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11218094852008924290noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280379846265476813.post-41501479229404404872008-08-24T09:19:00.000-07:002008-08-24T09:19:00.000-07:00Thanks Adrian! Really appreciate your feedback and...Thanks Adrian! Really appreciate your feedback and thoughts. I actually liked how i brought in the Olympics too (if I do say so myself..lol). Now that it's over, the numbers have changed and the U.S. ended with slightly more medals overall (110 to China's 100) but the U.S. medals were pretty evenly split between golds (36)/silvers(38)/bronzes(36). China still won more gold medals (51), and interestingly enough Russia finished third, so when we look at Russia and China as a power bloc, they blow U.S. out of the water. Hmmm. As far as the line about this important race, I was playing off the "Racism and the Race" article title...and it came to me from that...I thought it was pretty cool too :-) lol.Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218094852008924290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280379846265476813.post-1161015096752310812008-08-21T16:26:00.000-07:002008-08-21T16:26:00.000-07:00Great article. I found the most interesting statis...Great article. I found the most interesting statistic to be the one on how while 5% of people said they wouldn't vote for a black man for president, 19% said they knew someone who wouldn't. It seems to me like one of those people who call up a sex advice show with a problem their "friend" is having which is really sad. Not even willing to admit to it because they know how wrong it is, almost sadder on how it shows how ingrained it is (almost like a smoker unable to stop smoking)<BR/><BR/>I also really liked your comparison of China as a growing power in the world and it's medal wins in the Olympics. Even if the women gymnists are younger, they're doing it better, younger.<BR/><BR/>Not to mention the line "the importance of race to this important race" Is that an original? Either way, brilliant.Adrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03166685641453501067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280379846265476813.post-52890688926360960442008-08-18T21:24:00.000-07:002008-08-18T21:24:00.000-07:00Thanks for taking the time to read the post and fo...Thanks for taking the time to read the post and for the comment. Bush definitely lacks subtlety, no doubt. But although he claims to be conservative - and a compassionate one at that - he really is not...and "real" conservatives know that. He is much less interested in conservative ideals like less government, a balanced budget etc. and much more concerned with grand ideals like spreading "democracy", defeating terror, and expanding executive branch powers. Nothing conservative about his agenda although the administration has adopted the language of conservatives well. again, thanks for sharing your thoughts.Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218094852008924290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280379846265476813.post-37856417005503664902008-08-17T13:02:00.000-07:002008-08-17T13:02:00.000-07:00I personally think that its really all conservativ...I personally think that its really all conservative and that Bush simply lacks the subtlety that former government leaders have to pull it all off<BR/><BR/>-JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280379846265476813.post-92012157814704981742008-08-16T18:34:00.000-07:002008-08-16T18:34:00.000-07:00Thank you for taking the time to read my post and ...Thank you for taking the time to read my post and leave a comment. I think you definitely are right that for many, white supremacy is natural but I guess they need to believe that. So while we have to fight injustice and racist ideologies, I don't think they'll always win (although you may be very right that they will still be prominent for a long time to come). But I believe it is true what Bob Marley says at end of song "War": <I>and we know we shall win, because we are confident in the victory of good over evil.</I>Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218094852008924290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280379846265476813.post-91588636790100306452008-08-15T01:42:00.000-07:002008-08-15T01:42:00.000-07:00Good post, very thought provoking. If the politics...Good post, very thought provoking. <BR/><BR/>If the politics of fear already dominate the presidential campaign they will no doubt continue if Obama gets elected. The economy and the war has dug a whole deep enough that it would be hard for anyone to climb out of. Nonetheless, any mistakes made by Obama will be taken to trial where race is found to be the culprit. On the one hand, people will be looking for him to redeem ideologies that lead to eugenics and the bell curve. And on the other hand, people who once romanticized the possibilities of him will be disappointed when the fairytale does not end so happily ever after.<BR/><BR/>My fear? Racist ideologies will always, always win. And for some, it is this white supremacy that is the natural law.<BR/><BR/>A.N.TAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com