I haven’t written a lot about Meghan McCain because to me, she seems like a pleasant enough kid with some really bad ideas. My only comments on her have been to express my hope that her attempts to remake the……

Todd Palin has a pair.

Eminem does not.

molonlabe28 on April 9, 2009 at 3:41 PM

Yeah, Todd has an unwed teen daughter and a burglar for a siste. Quite a pair!

Eminem does not.

It went from 10.5 to 14 to 8 in the 8 years of Bush. Is 3 months really a valid time frame for analysis? New staff, implementing new policies, paying back taxes, etc. The fact is that 3 months later we’re looking at an upswing. Look at WFC’s earnings today.

capitulus on April 9, 2009 at 10:07 AM

An “upswing” from a low in the 6500s in March, still below the starting point on 1/20.

I agree that 3 months doesn’t tell the whole story. But, if you seriously want to compare Obama’s performance in terms of the DJIA since he took office, look at the 1/20-4/1 charts for 1981, 1989, 1993, 2001, and 2009 Presidential honeymoon periods. (Closing figures 950-1014, 2235-2293, 3241-3439, 10587-9878, and 7949-7761 respectively). None of these time frames has suffered the precipitous drop that greeted the Obama administration, with the market down about 1500 from 1/20 to early March.

And that’s without taking into account the massive spending and cash infusions, or the drop that started when it became clear Obama was winning the race or the period between the election and inauguration.

chunderroad on April 9, 2009 at 10:03 AM

It went from 10.5 to 14 to 8 in the 8 years of Bush. Is 3 months really a valid time frame for analysis? New staff, implementing new policies, paying back taxes, etc. The fact is that 3 months later we’re looking at an upswing. Look at WFC’s earnings today.

capitulus on April 9, 2009 at 9:57 AM

It’s the market, not a marketing chart. Instead of steadily climbing, the DJIA nosedived thousands of points until the Fed stepped in and released a trillion dollars, bringing it back to almost where it was in January.

Not “old” stats, sweetie. I linked the DJIA for the entire months of February, March and April. “Trends” for those of us with jobs and toothbrushes. ;)

chunderroad on April 9, 2009 at 8:33 AM

Sorry, race fan. Get your dates straight. The stammering fool went back to Texas on 1/20. That’s your baseline. When you’re talking absolute numbers (as opposed to %s) you use dates. Save your lies for the luddites.

You may be able to fool your fellow nascar fans with old stats but some of us with jobs and toothbrushes know that the DJIA currently sits at 7,800.

Next!

capitulus on April 8, 2009 at 8:45 PM

Not “old” stats, sweetie. I linked the DJIA for the entire months of February, March and April. “Trends” for those of us with jobs and toothbrushes. ;)

How many innocent people were killed liberated by the same cheerleader in Iraq?

Ah yes, the $600 Billion Iraq Adventure. The cheerleader’s never going to live that one down.

capitulus on April 8, 2009 at 8:42 PM

Our men and women in uniform try to keep civilian casualties to a minimum, so I’m not sure how many of the 600,000 killed were innocent. It’s still fewer than Saddam had killed and would continue to kill himself. I believe a person in a gulag or secret prison is more likely innocent than an armed insurgent in a combat zone.

Everybody was Kung Fu Fightin’….

Sorry. Had to do it.

Mental picture: Baldi holding one commenter by the front collar of their shirt with one hand and Kung Fu back-fisting the troll sneaking up behind her.

hawkdriver on April 9, 2009 at 6:10 AM

Almost forgot…

Cue Carl Douglas.

capitulus on April 8, 2009 at 11:15 PM

You’re part of the problem.

baldilocks on April 8, 2009 at 11:18 PM

Mental picture: Baldi holding one commenter by the front collar of their shirt with one hand and Kung Fu back-fisting the troll sneaking up behind her.

Towash on April 9, 2009 at 12:12 AM

Good night. And thanks for the boxing match! :)

The whole topic can be avoided if we just follow the rule, that when “trashy” is the only word that fits, just say, “trashy.” Don’t stick “white” in there, because it just distracts from your point.

ThereGoesTheNeighborhood on April 9, 2009 at 12:57 AM

I applaud you for that. That makes the most sense of this topic that I have ever read.

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You make a great point about the phrase “white trash.” It is first and foremost a class-based attack. But you and I both know the widely-accepted connotation draws upon the ideal that whites are somehow not expected to display those traits of “human trash.” Hence the qualifying modifier “white” precedes the ugly slur towards another human, “trash.”
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The Race Card on April 8, 2009 at 4:56 PM

Yes, the “trash” part is the real meaning of the word, and it will never die because there are so many people who are trashy.

The problem is the pairing of “trash” with “white.” That keys on race, and it doesn’t take a genius to get the implication that it’s saying there’s something strange about a white person being trashy.

Which is silly, since we all know there’s nothing strange about that at all.

I think the real key here is that there is no such phrase as “black trash.” Of course, in this age of hyper-sensitivity to charges of racism, a white person would be a fool to use a term like “black trash,” even as a natural analogue to “white trash.” I’ve noticed that at least some black people, such as Chris Rock, will use the n-word as the equivalent of “black trash.” Other black people will use the n-word as the equivalent of “just another guy” or “dude.”

As for me, I try not to use “white trash” to avoid offense. If you really have to spend time explaining that it’s not a racist term, it’s probably better just to skip the term.

But I would point out that most people who say “white trash” are just using the term to describe trashy people, and don’t intend anything racist. It’s just a legacy phrase for trashy people.

The whole topic can be avoided if we just follow the rule, that when “trashy” is the only word that fits, just say, “trashy.” Don’t stick “white” in there, because it just distracts from your point.