Pacing. But I guess that Suzy Welch (Jack Welch's wife) quote was only highlighted by Krugman on Friday so it was time critical.
I got this via my HS english teacher on FB, JP. I don't read PK.
That's an extremely impressive example of something there, neb, but not sure what*. Well done.
Something in the humblebrag/"don't even own a TV" genre.
Presumably the paragraph in the OP was just a response to Paul Waldman:
Yes, it's trivial, but when you hear Obama sing "Let's Stay Together," your reaction is, "Wow, he's not bad." When you hear Romney sing "America the Beautiful," on the other hand, your reaction is to laugh at how awful he is. So the Obama ad makes Romney look foolish, and the Romney ad makes Obama look cool.
Right. The point is that looking cool is unpresidential. It worked for Bob Dole and Al Gore and it's going to work now.
It's been widely quoted. It's also standard issue Republican fare by now.
I don't think the point is just that looking cool is unpresidential. It's that it's black. The cool thing works for Mike Huckabee when he plays bass. When Bill Clinton played sax, was it? he was 'the first black president'.
Or is it about the uncool kids versus the cool kids, like in high school?
I'd question whether either Huckabee or Clinton looked cool. Maaaybe Clinton.
"Cool" is the new "articulate".
I just heard reporting this morning saying that the Huck is cool, what with the bass playing. People have different standards.
And Tipper Gore sat in with the Dead in 1999 -- at a fundraiser on The Women are Smarter and the Iko Iko.
To anyone committed to relitigating 1969 from the right, this kind of thing is simply intolerable.
but think about what he's singing, OK?
Part of why this is so pathetic is that the ad actually is asking you to think about what he's singing; it just happens to juxtapose that with quotations about Romney's actions that contradict the patriotic themes of the song. The ad isn't saying that singing patriotic songs is for dorks and losers.
Wow, Blume said, "singing patriotic songs is for dorks and losers." Not cool.
Oh come on. Who can maintain her dignity while singing The Star Spangled Banner?
(This from the person who can sing the piccolo part to pretty much every John Phillip Sousa march.)
16- do doo doot do dodo doot?
Huck is the uncool republican idea of what a cool person looks like. Similar to Gingrich-dumb people-smart person.
That is the two different Americas. Isn't it?
And also 125, 129.
Who can maintain her dignity while singing The Star Spangled Banner?
Wow, I made the first comment in that thread and I don't even remember doing so.
Completely off-topic, but I feel like this belongs *somewhere* on the blog.
And also 125, 129.
God I love that string of jokes. M/tch and I were just reminiscing about them in person the other day.
19: Ha. As I was writing that comment, I actually was thinking of how Whitney Houston batted it out of the park.
Plenty of Romney voters think black people ruined the national anthem even before they got the chance to really ruin America.
19 is amazing. (Also, I own that model of microphone, but it doesn't sound that good when I use it.)
Is it too much to hope that a lot of the money and the shirt end up in the possession of the Nimiipu?
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Sort-of OT: Who the heck is on vacation at the NY Times this week? First they published a wedding column about a real live human being (written by her father!) and now this?
Ms. Ordonez, a single mother who lives in the Bronx and came to the States from Ecuador in 1981, was already working full days as a home health aide in East Harlem when she accepted the 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. cleaning shift at Con Edison, embarking on a schedule and route -- multiple subways and two-hour trips in the middle of the night -- that allowed her no more than three hours of sleep.
Because she is paid so little beyond minimum wage, she requires two full-time jobs to meet expenses that include a rent burden of $1,475 a month, on which she is now 60 days behind.
If worker satisfaction -- the extent to which people feel engaged with what they do, invested in the companies they work for and rewarded and respected for their efforts -- is regarded as an indicator of economic and social well-being, then the city is in far from exemplary shape. Many low-wage workers in the city don't receive paid sick days, and a measure to require employers to provide them is stuck in the City Council.
The gatekeepers must all be off at their summer homes.
18: Weirdly, I remember that thread as though it was yesterday.
The performance linked in 19 is great. So cool and understated and completely awesome.
That is the two different Americas. Isn't it?
Me, I think Mrs. Welch has got it right. She and I merely differ on which America we prefer.
Huck is the uncool republican idea of what a cool person looks like.
He's a cool preacher, though, Jackie. He's the kind of preacher who plays bass, and shoots animals and loses weight. ... He's the kind of preacher that you could call him up and he would bail you out of the drunk tank when your momma wouldn't do it no more.
(Also, I own that model of microphone, but it doesn't sound that good when I use it.)
Is it still under warranty? Maybe it just needs a few tweaks.
Wow, front page billing at Brad DeLong's. I guess I've finally hit the big time.
I recall that LizardBreath has been quoted over there a few times. How long did you have to wait before offers for big $$ sneaker endorsement deals started to pour in?
Maybe I should get an agent.
Increasing Diversity in Suburbs 2000-2010 pdf from Rittholz
Chicago? Not so good;many white enclaves
NYC? Not so good;many white enclaves
DFW???
Almost zero predominately white municipalities in 2010!!! And trust me, those exurbs ain't shit. Scrubs and dillers.
I knew it. Facts is facts. Talk is cheap, and it's all talk. Sure, yankees will have a black President, but a black neighbour? Now hold on there. All is cover.
Dallas shows the most dramatic pattern of racial change in its inner suburbs (Maps 7 and 8). This partially reflects that fact that metropolitan-level racial change was rapid in Dallas, where the non-white share of the population rose nine points from 41 percent to 50 percent. However, the region-wide change does not explain all of the local area trends. For instance, virtually the entire ring of inner suburbs along the southern and western borders of the city of Dallas made the transition from integrated to predominantly non-white. A string of municipalities in this part of the region went through dramatic change--non-white shares went from 55 to 83 percent in DeSoto, from 49 to 74 percent in Cedar Hill, from 53 to 71 percent in Grand Prairie, and from 52 to 69 percent in Irving.At the same time, a whole new band of suburbs north and northwest of the city went from
predominantly white to diverse. North Richland Hills went from 17 percent non-white to 25
percent, Grapevine from 18 percent to 28 percent, and Flower Mound from 13 percent to 22
percent.
"while Scarsdale went from 18 to 20 percent"
Big Whoop.
Since DFW has not had a decline in property values, this also certainly implies, since minorities could move from inner city to outer ring, a disproportionate (compared to Northern areas) increase in minority income.
Come on down! I fucking love my majority-minority suburb. Diversity! Liberal Politics! City Services!
Wikipedia Demographics 2007 for De Soto (typical)
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 37,646 people, 13,709 households, and 10,459 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,744.5 people per square mile (673.5/km²). There were 14,069 housing units at an average density of 652.0 per square mile (251.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 48.83% White, 45.53% African American, 0.31% Native American, 1.29% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 2.56% from other races, and 1.44% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.30% of the population.There were 13,709 households out of which 39.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.8% were married couples living together, 14.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.7% were non-families. 20.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.14.
In the city the population was spread out with 28.2% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 9.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 88.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $57,699, and the median income for a family was $66,986. Males had a median income of $41,847 versus $33,179 for females. The per capita income for the city was $25,650. About 4.1% of families and 5.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.8% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.
2000 pop 37646...2010 49047
Which says that minorities moved in and the whites stayed.
That median household is a decent income for most folks down here.
All working folk, though, what we don't have is a lot of rich fucks and over-educated types.
Sorry, I get pissed. My Texas is fucking great, actually better. There are reasons people are moving here.