Madam President

[Kutnupe14]

Probably a LOT of truth in that, look at some of the oldest surviving civilizations currently in existence; lacking in and against diversity yet they've been in existence for several thousand years+. Maybe there really are planets where the entire population of one is zebras, another lions and another gazelles! (South Park reference, don't put too much thought into it)

Like?

 

[churchmouse]

It's not that no one cares, it's that those with the most "foreign relations credentials" have been the ones creating the challenges we face today.

Bingo

 

[spec4]

Yeah, but see - that's already experience in dealing with a foreign country.

Like Palin's "I can see Russia...."

Not a quote from Palin!! It was Tina Fey who said it. Sadly, many still don't know that.

 

[T.Lex]

Not a quote from Palin!! It was Tina Fey who said it. Sadly, many still don't know that.

Dude.

That was the joke.

The Confederate Flag doesn't really represent a foreign country now, either.

 

[femurphy77]

Like?

Any of the Asian cultures. Most recent examples that I've read accounts of involve children of American servicemen in Korea and Viet Nam. Perhaps the atmosphere is changing but it wasn't that many years ago that they were seen as less than human by "pure" Koreans, Vietnamese, and I believe that even the Japanese had/have the same feelings. That last one I've only heard anecdotal evidence, nothing written.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Any of the Asian cultures. Most recent examples that I've read accounts of involve children of American servicemen in Korea and Viet Nam. Perhaps the atmosphere is changing but it wasn't that many years ago that they were seen as less than human by "pure" Koreans, Vietnamese, and I believe that even the Japanese had/have the same feelings. That last one I've only heard anecdotal evidence, nothing written.

Most of it could be that they're not exposed to diversity. Asian cultures have a pretty bloody history. Pretty much like any other culture. Diversity goes further than skin color, so far in fact, that people with the same skin color, religion, food, customs, and economy, will kill each other simply because the other lives on the opposite banks of a river.

 

[Woobie]

Most of it could be that they're not exposed to diversity. Asian cultures have a pretty bloody history. Pretty much like any other culture. Diversity goes further than skin color, so far in fact, that people with the same skin color, religion, food, customs, and economy, will kill each other simply because the other lives on the opposite banks of a river.

If you modify diversity by adding "of values" the phrase makes sense. Civil wars stand as evidence that you don't have to be very different culturally from the people you are fighting. You just have to disagree passionately about something.

 

[Slapstick]

Perhaps he's referring to this NY Times headline that just wasn't meant to be.

 

[miguel]

One Nimrata replacing another Nimrada.

 

[Woobie]

Perhaps he's referring to this NY Times headline that just wasn't meant to be.

Not or to throw around stereotypes, but does picture not scream "liberal" to you? It's like if you asked Norman Rockwell to do a painting about the American liberal brain trust.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Not or to throw around stereotypes, but does picture not scream "liberal" to you? It's like if you asked Norman Rockwell to do a painting about the American liberal brain trust.

Nah, I thinking more along the lines of Ogre, "NERRRRRRRDS!"

 

[Woobie]

Nah, I thinking more along the lines of Ogre, "NERRRRRRRDS!"

Lol

 

[HoughMade]

Not or to throw around stereotypes, but does picture not scream "liberal" to you? It's like if you asked Norman Rockwell to do a painting about the American liberal brain trust.

If they weren't in a newspaper office they could be an INGO gathering....except for the skinny guys.

 

[Woobie]

If they weren't in a newspaper office they could be an INGO gathering....except for the skinny guys.

They all had pants on

 

[Slapstick]

If they weren't in a newspaper office they could be an INGO gathering....except for the skinny guys.

And the Canada Dry ginger ale would be replaced with a beer.

 

[HoughMade]

And the Canada Dry ginger ale would be replaced with a beer.

I must be the exception that proves the rule. No beer for me- Canada Dry....or Schweppes, no Seagrams.

 

[Woobie]

And the Canada Dry ginger ale would be replaced with a beer.

Or at a minimum a decent ginger ale.


Also there would be a massive popcorn machine in the background.

 

[JettaKnight]

Ah, INGO...

We go from Nikki Halley to ginger ale.

...that reminds me, I need to make more ginger ale syrup. Having carbonated wateron tap(soooo cheap for me) yields many options for sodas.

 

[Bill of Rights]

I guess her name has been tosses around as Sec of State. So maybe the title was meant to be Madam Secretary?

Sikhretary of State?

 

[Bill of Rights]

You know that pesky Confederate flag she took off of state grounds, is going to be an issue for some.

A piece of cloth. If it causes someone issues one way or the other it's their problem. Just like trigger words and safe spaces, pathetic attempts to distract us away from bigger problems. Personally I welcome opinions different from my own. Life would be pretty boring if we all thought alike.

I take issue with it, not because of "trigger words" but because it was a surrender to those screaming that it was, to them, a trigger. To me, the best response would have been, "it's a part of our history. Sure, I can take it down and then you don't see it, but then it's not a reminder to anyone that 'this happened'." And the end result is that it stays up, satisfying those who understand the real meaning, while those who do not get silenced long enough for the issue to blow over and the media to focus on another boogeyman... something that is a threat only in the imagination.

Blessings,
Bill