It is why skin color is a lousy designation of identity.
Posted on 09/19/2006 7:43:04 PM PDT by Dubya
Also, why is it that so many Americans of African descent think people of color is only for those of African extraction? There are no white people, and everybody except for a few albinos are brown, with yellow and red undertones. Varying amounts give varying shades.
Maybe he should've used the phrase "colored person" (as in NAACP).
The language police keep changing the word every generation and African-American does not "apply" to white South Afrikaners.
It is why skin color is a lousy designation of identity.
"Critics said he had unfairly stereotyped the evacuees, who are disproportionately black, as criminals."
Weren't criminals released? Weren't persons out on bail evacuated too?
It is not necessarily a designation based on class.
Now how stupid is this? What a fruitcake.
Fixed it.
It's been done before!
Pappy" O'Daniel
"Beautiful Texas" was one of O'Daniel's most popular songs.
W. Lee O'Daniel served as Texas governor and United States senator. Born in 1890 in Ohio, O'Daniel came to Texas at age 29 as a sales manager for Burrus Mills, a flour-milling company in Fort Worth. In 1928, O'Daniel took over the company's radio advertising and started a country music program to promote the flour. O'Daniel hosted the show and organized a band called the Light Crust Doughboys. Many of the musicians who made Western Swing famous, including Bob Wills, got their start in O'Daniel's band. In 1935 he organized his own flour company to make "Hillbilly Flour" and began to call his band the Hillbilly Boys. The slogan, "Pass the biscuits, Pappy," made O'Daniel a household name throughout Texas.
Radio fans urged "Pappy" to run for governor, and in 1938 he did. He attracted huge crowds, ran on a platform of the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule, and won the election by a landslide. Thus began a unique era in Texas politics. O'Daniel possessed almost no qualifications for success in the governorship, and accomplished little of the populist agenda he had promised the people of Texas. He ushered in an era of censorship and limits on academic freedom at the University of Texas by his appointments to the Board of Regents. But despite his obvious shortcomings as a leader, he remained very popular due to his masterful radio showmanship.
In 1941, O'Daniel won election to the United States Senate in one of the most controversial elections in Texas history, edging out Congressman Lyndon Baines Johnson by only a handful of votes. O'Daniel was ineffective in the Senate and was shunned by his more serious colleagues. With his popularity finally on the wane, he did not seek reelection in 1948.
In later years, O'Daniel was active in business and made two comeback attempts at the governorship, basing his campaigns on crude appeals to anti-communist and anti-civil rights feeling. But time had passed Pappy by and he attracted few votes. He died in 1969.
Handbook of Texas article on Pappy O'Daniel
what an idiot ,mr. kinky do you really think you have a chance in hell to win this election now? just to let let you know i'm a african american, no i mean a black man of heritage,and just to let you know i had planned on voting for you ,but after your ignorant comments i truly believe its time for another woman to be in Austin,so just crawl back in that hole you came out of. sincerly yours ,neonleon
Bye-bye to Kinky and all the Jesse Ventura talk.
Welcome to FR as I see this is your first post. One question. Do you really think Kinky is going to read you message here?
Unlike "politicians", Kinky won't back down and whimper like a whipped dog and apologize.
How refreshing; someone running for office who says what he means and means what he says.
For crying out loud, Kinky is a humorist and satirist. Texans know how to lighten up.
Hey Bucko, at least Kinky Friedman is an intelligent author of many books. You don't even know how to start a sentence with a capital letter or capitalize the word "American".
What grade were you in when you quit school? Go get some education before you post on this website anymore; DUMMY!!! Do they call you "neonleon" because you "light up" when you're high?
Don't listen to Kinky if you don't like to hear it the way it is. One of the reasons he has my vote.
"just to let you know i had planned on voting for you ,but"
Ah, another Butt Monkey.
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