tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166917332024-03-07T00:11:57.146-05:00Reformed Leftist (& Friends)Blog by reformed leftist "Paul Hue", and his friends, including some UnReformed Leftists; the headlines reflect these competing views.Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comBlogger1643125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-65362127789976203842010-08-27T11:54:00.000-04:002010-08-27T11:54:14.778-04:00Bill Northey discussing Iowa's Food production[If possible, please paste URLs for referenced articles in the "Link" field, instead of pasting into the post text the the entire text of the article. Please use your post text to comment on the referenced article, explaining your view of it, and why we should care about it.]Tom Philpotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628086253733653673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-70234388671378640712008-07-31T18:19:00.000-04:002008-07-31T18:21:42.153-04:00White Folks, Please Come Rescue Detroit!The editor of Detroit's largest black newspaper has given up on black folks running Detroit. He calls on educated white folks to rush in and rescue it. I wouldn't have stated it in those terms, but he did. He's surely more fed up than I could ever imagine. He's an older man, and I assume a life-long Detroit resident. His despair and disappointment is surely unmeasurable. I disagree that this Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-18622291403752961022008-07-31T12:33:00.003-04:002008-07-31T12:36:53.276-04:00Cop Brutalizes Bicyclist; Where's Outrage?Here a white cop brutalizes a white guy riding a bike. But because both are white, no mass outcry, because this incident doesn't exemplify the only form of police brutality that the media and "community activists" care about: white-on-black police brutality.Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-50959429314362110092008-05-17T23:40:00.002-04:002008-05-17T23:43:07.039-04:00White on Black Racism Against ObamaHere's evidence or real racism by whites against blacks. Workers for Obama are reporting racist slurs around the country. Revolting. And yet in most states, Obama wins a majority of white democrat voters. A white-majority state elected him senator, and he's about to win the nomination of the party formerly devoted to slavery and Jim Crow.Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-68006377772931476902008-04-09T19:51:00.004-04:002008-07-27T11:22:58.059-04:00Leftists Give Less to Charity, Have More Income & WealthMyth 1: The republican party is the "party of the rich," and the democratic party is the "party of the poor and working class."FACT: The average income and wealth of people who describe themselves as "liberal" or "leftist" is higher than that of people who describe themselves as "conservative".Myth 2: Republicans and conservatives are "less compassionate" than liberals / leftists / democrats.FACTPaul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-28796334605435289402008-04-08T14:10:00.003-04:002008-04-08T14:15:01.568-04:00Dr. Zhivago, Cinematic MasterpieceSunday afternoon will go down as vital in my personal history. It comprised Detroit's first 2008 day of spring, and the first time that I enjoyed the completion of my home salon, which my suburban neighbors call, "the family room." With a fresh pot of Ethipean coffee, I laid alone on my new super-modern couch, and for the first time ever watched from beginning to end the cinematic masterpiece Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-26789745991313224502008-03-11T16:49:00.001-04:002008-03-11T16:53:37.306-04:00Devastating Reality of "Athletic Scholarships" vs. Ghetto Myth of "The Only Way Out"Anybody who still thinks that high school sports provides any way of financing a college education must read this article in today's NYT:http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/sports/10scholarships.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1This article doesn't even address the old and persistent ghetto myth that sports provides anybody "the only way out" of poverty. This article focuses on affluent parents who spend Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-76877698590699347942008-03-04T23:25:00.001-05:002008-03-05T00:00:16.781-05:00Slavery debateMy Old view (pre ~1998?): Slavery was a white-on-black injustice created by Europeans, and which devastated an otherwise just and civil African continent.My New view (post ~1998?): Slavery was a widespread social practice, just as popular as black-on-black forms in Africa as it as white-on-white forms in Europe. In the 1500s - 1700s, all human civilizations to that point comprised all manner of Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-9448069172679599222008-03-04T12:39:00.001-05:002008-03-04T12:40:46.585-05:00"Racist" Republicans Like ObamaThis poll of Republicans, whom many US-haters claim are "racist" against blacks, finds that Repos like Obama almost as much as they like McCain.Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-66612031855337154922008-02-29T13:51:00.002-05:002008-02-29T13:52:45.515-05:00Racial Divide in Detroit?This article asserts a black-white "racial divide" in the Detroit area, based on discrepancy between black and white average levels of education, income, wealth, and incarceration. But for black and white people who make the same life choices, there is no discrepancy.Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-51949142848028147112008-02-18T10:45:00.001-05:002008-02-18T10:46:03.507-05:00Jena Six a Hoax?This essay by Pat Buchanan asserts some troubling claims that I have seen nowhere else.Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-85284951431274000162008-01-23T12:02:00.000-05:002008-01-23T12:09:30.177-05:00Venezuelan Exodus From Chavez, to USAs predicted here, the rise of socialism / totalitarianism in Venezuela (even when occasionally endorsed by mob vote) has caused productive people there to flee to freedom, which of course usually means the US. The article notes that these immigrants have brought billions of dollars out of the Venezuelan economy and deposited it into banks in their new home nation, the US. But of course with the Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-22932382807397862902008-01-18T10:50:00.000-05:002008-01-23T12:02:29.270-05:00Source of Black Youth's Bad RepEven black adults are leery of young black people. The statistics very clearly demonstrate that young black people are demonstrating a much higher rate of bad decisions (violence, drop outs, hours of reading, teen births) than the national average. This story from a black newspaper writer riding the city bus in Detroit exemplifies those statistics, and the resulting reputation.Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-4551271036046452932008-01-07T13:47:00.000-05:002008-01-07T13:52:45.380-05:00ACT "Racial Bias" Fails to Stop Chinese ImmigrantLast year 22 students scored perfect on the ACT, including this Chinese immigrant in Michigan. I wonder about the racial composition of these 22. The US is about 70% honkey, and die-hard lefties claim that standardized tests like the ACT are "racially biased" in favor of honkies. Thus their assertion predicts that more than 15 of these 22 students should be honkies.I, in contrast, make an Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-72746228570547635482008-01-07T13:24:00.001-05:002008-01-07T13:36:53.690-05:00Why So Few Grocery Stores in Detroit?That's an easy question; a more interesting question is: Does it really take a formal "task force" to figure out the answer? Hardly. The behavior of Detroit residents scares-off grocery stores. Detroit city officials have for decades decided to create a regulatory and tax structure much less favorable than those in the surrounding suburbs. And of course too many Detroit residents have decided to Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-9480465412684906182008-01-07T13:24:00.000-05:002008-01-07T13:35:18.685-05:00Lack of Grocery Stores in Detroit for Obvious ReasonsThat's an easy question; a hard question is: Does it really take a formal "task force" to figure out the answer? Hardly. The behavior of Detroit residents scares-off grocery stores. Detroit city officials have for decades decided to create a regulatory and tax structure much less favorable than those in the surrounding suburbs. And of course too many Detroit residents have decided to behave in a Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-17925136923216810192007-12-13T16:15:00.000-05:002007-12-13T16:16:42.678-05:00Iranians Plea for CivilizationA good many college students in Iran are protesting to civilize this very backward nation. Fight on, brothers and sisters!Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-16704344142509818402007-12-13T14:05:00.000-05:002007-12-13T16:12:38.363-05:00Hate Beating on NYC SubwayA group of 10 white retards on an NYC subway severely beat a white Jew for answering, "Happy Hanuka", when they shouted "Merry Christmas." A non-white Muslim immigrant helped the victim, and for his trouble also received a severe beating. One got a broken nose and the other two extremely blackened eyes. The ten savages got arrested at the next stop. Two have prior arrests for hate crimes againstPaul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-65082434396378784182007-12-13T13:59:00.000-05:002007-12-13T14:03:09.319-05:00Another Case of AIDS Caused by "Anti-HIV" DrugsHere's a woman who got mis-diagnosed as "HIV-positive". Naturally, physicians who believe that "HIV tests" indicate HIV infections, and that HIV infections cause AIDS, prescribed her "anti-HIV" drugs. And just as naturally, those drugs started causing at least one official "AIDS" condition, in this case: drastic weight loss. I assume that these AIDS doctors attributed the weight loss to the Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-6383017316162594712007-12-13T13:52:00.000-05:002007-12-13T13:59:10.506-05:00Noose FraudAt least one of the many shocking Noose hangings has been exposed as a fraud, perpetuated by a black person attempting to create the illusion of a white-on-black "hate crime". In this case, the perpetrator was a Baltimore firefighter who had flunked a certification test after an effort to crackdown on test cheating. The note he displayed with the noose attempted to characterize the anti-cheating Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-44147146306543244822007-12-12T14:11:00.000-05:002007-12-12T14:14:56.887-05:00Let's Shutter the CIA......for incompetence, treason, and mutiny. So says Christopher Hitchens. Makes sense to me. The conduct of Esquire covergirl Valerie Plame, its incorrect predictions about the Soviet fall and Hussein's designs on Kuwait, and now its preposterous exoneration of Iran's nuclear status all contribute to this assessment.Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-45855329679059698892007-12-12T09:35:00.000-05:002007-12-12T10:09:38.321-05:00Detroit's Grocery VacuumAs much as devoted Detroit boosters plea to the contrary (see attached article from "Model D", my favorite Detroit booster site), Detroit lacks even a single grocery store that would satisfy anybody with even a modicum of food sophistication. Much hoopla attended the openings of clean new grocery stores recently, Mexicantown's "Honey Bee", and Mike's Fresh Market near Palmer Woods. These places Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-42019808854866293192007-12-12T07:35:00.000-05:002007-12-12T07:38:47.075-05:00Medicaid Fraud Bodes Poorly for Natl Health CareThese are the people that lefties want in charge of the entire US medical industry? Sixty billion bucks annually tax payers now pay in Medicaid fraud. Dirty rotten profit mongers never tolerate such inefficiency.Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-14477392330409406372007-12-11T15:11:00.000-05:002007-12-11T15:15:28.739-05:00Courage to Ignore Global Warming Hysteria BALI, Indonesia - An international team of scientists skeptical of man-made climate fears promoted by the UN and former Vice President Al Gore, descended on Bali this week to urge the world to "have the courage to do nothing" in response to UN demands. Lord Christopher Monckton, a UK climate researcher, had a blunt message for UN climate conference participants on Monday. "Climate change Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-58846586663844854952007-12-09T09:21:00.000-05:002007-12-09T09:26:54.553-05:00Plame - Wilson Sham ContinuesI still don't understand how anybody can earnestly and honestly believe that Valarie Plame got "outed". If she and husband Joe Wilson was earnestly and honestly devoted to protecting her employment status, would he really have penned an NYT op-ed loudly proclaiming his own assignment obtained literally through her offices? What transparent rubbish. Here's a fresh update on the seemingly endless Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com0