African American President brings High Culture to the White House

[wreckhog]

http://www.politico.com/pdf/080222_MOPrincetonThesis_1-251.pdf

I started reading it. First thought was, holy crap, it has been a while since I saw anything that came from a typewriter. Second thought is, this is a school project. Nothing spectacular, nothing controversial, no glaring abundance of grammar errors, some missing punctuation, no hate, more of a Stranger in Strange Land feel. And in the context of this thread, with participants such as lgm, her words on being perceived as black first, however old they are, still ring true. I would not pay money to read it, but it certainly seems to be acceptable work to hand in to sociology class. Any Princeton grads here, what did you produce?

  Wreckhog;
  Thank you for finding the thesis which I could not with a simple, cursory search.  I am somewhat mystified that you were not surprised by the content and character of the missive.
  First; I would like to point out that I don't like the racial turn this thread seems to be working toward. In fact you may recall that in earlier posts, I have heartily backed such people a Col Allen West and Herman Cain toward any post they wish in our government.
     My disenchantment with both Obamas is not color, but individual attitudes.  Anybody elected to serve the American people should be ready to serve all the people, not simply a personally preferred segment.  ..And speaking of segmentation, the first couple are doing their country a disservice when they do their best to segregate the people.
      Did you read the thesis ?  Did you miss the manner in which the author was consumed with race and her efforts to divide rather than unite ?
    For those of us who have long ago moved beyond dividing Americans by race, ethnicity and national origin, the whole article smacks of racism.  Surely her endorsement of the sep/plur position, would put her at odds with Dr King's stated aspirations.
        Let's look at a couple statements made by her and imagine they were made by Laura Bush for instance (I'll replace the word "black" with the word "white")..let us see how ghe same statements would set with you, the public and the general media !

Taken from page #2 of her thesis;
 
  A)   " Earlier in my college career, there was no doubt in my mind that as a member of the Black community I was somehow obligated to this community".
 
  B)  " it often seems as if, to them,  I will always be white first and a student second" !

  These kind of statements give much insight into the character of the writer and personally, I don't believe such a bigoted attitude in ANY first lady (and by nature imposed upon the president) would be a worthy thing.

   Suggestion for all:
     Read through any portion of her thesis replacing the word "black" with the word "white"...and see if you would want this type attitude to be part of ANY first lady.. 

  Here again, the thesis..  http://www.politico.com/pdf/080222_MOPrincetonThesis_1-251.pdf

Substitute Christian for black.

  Wreckhog;
  The problem with your premise is that nobody has promulgated such an idea.  No president (or first lady) in recent history has indicated they would work for Christian interests ahead of all others.  This, in spite of the fact that this nation was founded upon Christian values and principles.
  If any first family members ever claimed they would represent Christians or any other group in a preferential manner; they should be brought up short...as in the above case !
  Guys; I have just derailed Wreckhog's attempt at "deflection"...any fair minded person can read any part of her thesis, substituting white for black.  If do,you will gain insight concerning where she is coming from and what drives her, and thus to a point..our prez.

Seems like you are intentionally changing context and words. Fixed it.

  A)   " Earlier in my college career, there was no doubt in my mind that as a member of the Black community I was somehow obligated to this community".

  B)  " it often seems as if, to them,  I will always be white first and a student second" !

[yellowtail3]

Actually yellow, the polygraphs did not say he was lying. So why is there no lawsuit of if allowable in his state criminal charges? BTW old Larry looks alot like the pic on your profile.

Does he? He's not a relative. Let's take a look:



Well... we're both white.

[DDZ]

Yellow on what do you base your opinion on that Larry is lying?

I did a little searching, and don't see any indications that there is anything to the story. Apparently the guy took a couple polygraphs, and they indicated he was lying. NRO has nothing to say about it. It seems to be confined to the narrow Obama haters, who aren't a bit credible. Normal conservatives have dismissed it as bogus. I think Sinclair is a con man, and the serious Obama haters trot him out because he fits their agenda. Everyone else seems to have dismissed him.

but then I just know what I read on the intertoobs

Is this not the normal response when one of the lefts hero's is implicated in something of illegal, or immoral behavior? Or if the evidence is overwhelming, its something like, "So what! Its their personal life". All you have to do is deny, deny, deny, and deny some more, and brush the implicater off as being a kook. Then it must not be true.   
Why would this guy lie and bring all the problems upon himself that would come from a statement like that? I'm surprised he is not dead yet. I'm more willing to believe this guy, not because I hate Obama, but because of Obama's character, and the character of the people he has surrounded himself with throughout his life.         

[us920669]

Has thread exhaustion set in?  I can see how.  We started out with Common at the White House.  Common was a slang term in my youth, and it wasn't good.

Next we considered the scholastic aptitude of Ms. Michelle.  I did a very quick search.  She was not born to privilege, although it could have been a lot worse.  She grew up with 2 parents and they vacationed at a rustic cabin on a lake.  She got good grades right down the line, and what little of her paper I read seems about average.  My wife was born in Korea and from what I can gather, a Korean sixth grader would take top honors at a Chicago high school in the 1970s.

Then Mr. Larry appeared, claiming that he watched Big O suck on a pipe while he sucked on - uh -something else.  What a horrid little worm.  I didn't like him before he said a word.  Maybe Obama will do something else stupid tomorrow and we can start all over again.

[ironglow]

us;
  You're correct with the assessment of Korean schools.  We have an exchange student living with us who has in her circle of friends (and ultimately ours) a young Korean lady of high school age. Yeon jin tells us that her normal school day is from 7:00 AM until 9:00 PM.
  She takes both lunch and dinner at school ..Saturdays are shorter..   Daughter of an evangelical pastor, she is a very bright  young lady, a credit to her nation...I speak here of South Korea, of course.
 
   The US had better take heed of the level of education in other nations, and avoid the economic dangers thereof !

[billy_56081]

Loose the beard yellow and you would be his twin.