For reference, the stuff about being black, yellow, red, etc. was a 60s/70s counter to a phrase in a Zora Neale Hurston story, "Story in Harlem Slang,"
And Hurston didn't make up the little ditty, I'm sure.
I'm all up in the law now, but damn it feels good to get my violence on.
Gunn ,'Unleashed'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jan 20, 2009 8:24:19 am PST #2382 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Theresa - Jan 20, 2009 8:25:28 am PST #2383 of 30000
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
Thanks Sail. Another example of the Buffista brains.
beth b - Jan 20, 2009 8:25:54 am PST #2384 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I was wondering if there was a reference I was missing, thanks Sail.
I thought Warren was boring . As a non-believer I wasn'tt offended by him - in this context. I think he did his job. Lowery was more interesting -- and there was something for a no-believer to listen to . But, like a lot of others, I feel uncomfortable with religion mixed with state functions.
amych - Jan 20, 2009 8:26:02 am PST #2385 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Just because we all have our cranky buttons: The Other Guy, not just some guy, founded the SCLC with Dr. King, led the Selma march, etc etc etc many decades of etc.
meara - Jan 20, 2009 8:26:09 am PST #2386 of 30000
I was surprised Warren wasn't simply a better *speaker*--as such a popular pastor, I thought he'd have a better demeanor. He was looking DOWN most of the time! I thought he'd be a smooth, rhythmic, kinda guy, you know? But instead he barely looked up. That really surprised me.
Hil R. - Jan 20, 2009 8:26:47 am PST #2387 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The "brown, stick around" etc stuff was also in a song: [link]
Stephanie - Jan 20, 2009 8:26:48 am PST #2388 of 30000
Trust my rage
Hey, since flea is here, I had to share that my cousin is being induced today and they are naming the baby Ronan Borom; Borom being a family name. I suggested Change or Hope or Barack but I don't think they are going to go for it.
erikaj - Jan 20, 2009 8:27:08 am PST #2389 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
I think so. Warren as speaker makes me more uncomfortable than his actual text, I think. I didn't plan to get all sucked in...I generally wear my indifference to pomp as a point of some pride, but "Damn you, Barack Obama, you pretty motherfucker!"
tommyrot - Jan 20, 2009 8:27:13 am PST #2390 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Check out the new New Yorker cover: Drew Friedman: Obama portrait for The New Yorker
My favorite living portrait artist, Drew Friedman, created the magnificent cover art for this week's New Yorker. The painting is titled "The First."
javachik - Jan 20, 2009 8:27:55 am PST #2391 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Ronan Hussein! Congrats on the addition to the fam, Stephanie!