Did you know that all white people are so racist that they shouldn't be allowed to vote? Did you know that people who are armed are stupid? Did you know that President Bush caused 9/11? Oh, and did you know that most of Pennsylvania is a "long dark chicken dance of the national soul"? Well, the Philadelphia Inquirer would like to school you in these "facts." And, if you disagree? Well, who cares what you think anyway? You're a gun loving, bitter racist, so who cares what you think? So proudly says PI columnist Jonathan Valania.
This is probably one of the most shocking, hate filled columns I've seen outside a KKK website, or the Communist Party Daily, for a long, long time. And that it comes from a leading national newspaper in one of our founding American cities, well, that makes it all the more outrageous. But right there in the Philly Inquirer we see it: "White people shouldn't be allowed to vote." And in case you are confused, the subhead brings it into sharper focus: "It's for the good of the country and for those who're bitter for a reason and armed because they're scared."
This unAmerican piece of elitist hectoring is brought to us in the name of "tolerance" and for the singular purpose to elect the most radically leftist candidate for president this nation has seen since Eugene Debbs and Norman Thomas.
So what is this business that whites should not be allowed to vote? One would hope that Valania was being "funny." But, no, he's as serious as a heart attack... or maybe as serious as a class attack is more to the truth.
As a lifelong Caucasian, I am beginning to think the time has finally come to take the right to vote away from white people, at least until we come to our senses. Seriously, I just don't think we can be trusted to exercise it responsibly anymore.
By "come to our senses," obviously Valania means to say that if we all don't toe Obama's Marxist line, well, we just don't deserve to be allowed to vote. You see, voting isn't the result of a personal process that ends in a chosen candidate, according to Valania. It is a perfunctory action made after receiving marching orders by overlords such as he, presumably. We should simply listen to our betters, maybe someone like Valania, without all this messy business of deciding for ourselves. And if we fail to come to his same conclusion? Well, we should have our vote summarily removed by he and his cohorts.
So, how does this elitist justify his claim that all whites do not deserve the vote? Well, he begins his quest to explain it all by lying... SEVERAL times… in the same paragraph.
In 2000, Bush-Cheney stole the election, got us attacked, and then got us into two no-exit wars. Four years later, white people reelected them. Is not the repetition of the same behavior over and over again with the expectation of a different outcome the very definition of insanity? (It is, I looked it up.)
There was no "Bush stolen election" except in the fevered minds of the extremist, wacko-fringe of the far left. We have elected presidents in the same way for hundreds of years: the Electoral College. Further, 9/11 was being planned while Clinton was in office, so Bush did not "get us attacked." No one of any credible reputation can say such a thing. It is well known that bin Laden had been planning the felling of the World Trade Center for quite a while before anyone even imagined Bush would serve in the White House.
But, let's play Valania's game with that last bit. If he wants "insanity" how about his obviously insane belief in communism, a concept that is responsible for killing more humans than any other single idea in human history. It has been tried for well over 100 years and proven disastrous in lives, wars and treasure since the first time it was tried. Yet, Valania insanely still seems to believe in its tenets? Now that is insane.
Valania then goes on to knock Sarah Palin in a prosaic effort dragged right off the editorial page of any Old Media outlet. Yes, all of Sarah Palin's fans are racists. Isn't Johnny funny? Isn’t he a free thinker?
Then Valania goes on to act as if he is "just a regular guy" and not an unAmerican, elitist. You see, his grandfather was a coal miner. Surely the poor man is spinning in his grave over his grandson's anti-American attitudes, too.
Valania ends with this cryptic description of Pennsylvania.
I fear for what is to become of them after the campaigns leave town for the last time, and Scranton and Allentown and Carlisle go back to being the long dark chicken dance of the national soul they were before the media showed up.
What is a "long dark chicken dance?" Your guess is as good as mine, but this guy sure thinks it's cleaver, at least.
But, after reading this dreck one can only wonder what it was all about in the end? In reality, Valania indulges in sniping, hate against his fellows, hate for Republicans, hate for Bush and company, and reveals a self-indulgent assumption that he is smarter, more tolerant than everyone he knows. But what he didn't do is give a single real, thoughtful reason to buttress his idiotic premise that all whites should be disenfranchised. All we get is off-handed quips and bland assumptions. Not a line of thoughtful analysis do we see.
If this schlock is what passes for intelligent analysis, the left really has come a long way from the days when the smartest people in the world served as the intellectual backbone for the movement. Apparently, all that is left is self-congratulatory, snarkists that are so sure that their ideas have already been "proven" that they waste no effort at intellectual justification. Yes, this lazy attempt at getting noticed is all there is left to the intellectual heft of the extreme left.
Valania is a great fit for the likes of the DailyKos, or the Democratic Underground, both places where intellectual vigor is not only not required, but is unrecognized by anyone there should it appear. And since the anti-intellectuals from those sites serve as the moving force of the left these days, one assumes that starting today Jonathan Valania will become the newest celebrity of the unhinged left.
For everyone else, though, he’ll just be a laughing stock.
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So just think if the
October 27, 2008 - 03:56 ET by Dan The Man 2So just think if the heading were Black people shouldn't be allowed to vote. He is obviously a nutcase of the first order.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
I started to read this, and
October 27, 2008 - 06:27 ET by motherbeltI started to read this, and began to think "this is satire."
I still honestly can't figure out if he's dead serious or using hyperbole.
Either way it seems to show a visceral hatred for those he grew up with.
worst ever
October 27, 2008 - 03:57 ET by middleconWorst opinion piece/blog ever and I think he's pretty serious about it lol
I'm sure if the word 'black' were substituted for 'white' this would be national news and the protests would start within the hour.
Don't get upset guys
October 27, 2008 - 04:04 ET by HeavyChevythis is just more proof that McCain must be winning if these desperate actions must be taken to stifle your vote.
I know as a non-Caucasian it's easy for me to say that but if you let them get under your skin they win, let your vote be your big stick.
"9 out of 10 doctors agree that flag burning is the number one killer of liberals."
Holy Mashed Potatoes
October 27, 2008 - 04:05 ET by AgentAmericanThe leftist delusional Kool-Aid must have been spiked with a little hysterical PARANOIA! Jesus Tap Dancing Christ!
Ov-er THE top.
Drill ANWAR
Grrrrrr....
October 27, 2008 - 04:11 ET by dodecahedronTo paraphrase a John Mellencamp song:
This may not be the end of Democracy, but we can see it from here.
Just the facts, man!!!
October 27, 2008 - 04:17 ET by flyingmonkeyArmed because they're scared?
Let's see, blacks, 12% of the population, commit 55% of the murders in this country. Blacks commit crimes against whites twice as often as whites do against blacks. I have black friends who wouldn't go into certain black neighborhoods in Kansas City while I know of no white neighborhoods that I, or they, couldn't walk through. Scared? How about just playing the odds.
Nobody is holding the black population here in the U.S. If they believe it's such a lousy place to live, then go. It's a big world.
This columnist talks like somebody with a paper a-hole. I have never seen such self flagellation in the media. Do they really believe this tripe?
In one of his comedy routines, the late George Carlin asked the question, "If we evolved from apes, why are there still apes?" Now I ask a similar question. If the American model is so unfair to black Americans, then why do so many succeed? And why do so many immigrants, who are totally unfamiliar with the system, thrive?
According to the teachings of Afro-Centrism, they were the first civilization yet remain one of the most culturally unsophisticated. And remember, this is before white people were on the scene.
"dreck" is a great description......
October 27, 2008 - 05:07 ET by old croof this piece WTH. It could be used to describe 99% of the drivel being promulgated by the media today.
WowWee
October 27, 2008 - 05:42 ET by MaxamillionI'm Not feeling the Brotherly Love from Philly,
O.K. Maybe all the Lefty White Folks should stay home on election day! All the Righty White Folks kindly Disregard.
I'm Cling'n Baby!
Naked Racism!
October 27, 2008 - 07:06 ET by ChasvsAt least we now get to see the REAL face of the Leftist's in the Country. They are the MOST RACIST and Hateful people in the world.
Now we know who they are and what they look like.
Ugly vile filth, the traits of Obama's best friends.
STOP OBAMA NOW!
arrogance on display
October 27, 2008 - 07:11 ET by AgnosticThis is my favorite part, "I fear for what is to become of them after the campaigns leave town for the last time, and Scranton and Allentown and Carlisle go back to being the long dark chicken dance of the national soul they were before the media showed up."
As if the media being in these areas give it importance and raise the value of these towns to some esteemable level. Like the circus when it leaves town certain things about the media will be missed (increased revenues) but you are also happy to get rid of the noise, the crowds and that awful smell (figuratively in this case).
Bridging the Racial Divide
October 27, 2008 - 07:25 ET by Kirk TurnerIt is clear by now that Obama, far from bridging the racial divide as promised, has brought about a polarization of the races rarely seem. This divisive election--an election by the way in which all honest disagreement with Obama is characterized by his minions as racist, has the potential to tear this country apart. Thinking people DEEPLY resent being characterized as such.
Obama's candidacy has brought out the racial loons who had been relugated to the fringes for thirty years as well they should. For a year now, we have seen a virtual parade of haters ranging from Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers to Jonathan Valania. The fact that Obama brings out these crazies should give us all pause. We are being racially bullied and guilt tripped into voting for a guy we don't want.
If Americans are such wussies that they will put a guy like Obama in the White House because they don't want to be called names, they deserve him and all his buddies asserting not only hate but policies based on hate for the next eight years.
In the past, it has been OK not to vote for a tax-and-spend liberal if you were conservative. Now, this honest ideological disagreement is glossed over by Obama's minions in the media (See Alter above) and called racist. It is a tactic of the left so fundamentally dishonest as to be outright propaganda.
Send your love letters to:
October 27, 2008 - 07:30 ET by The DistributistSend your love letters to this pathetic loser:
feed@phawker.com
"Modern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers." -GKC
Black Voters
October 27, 2008 - 07:45 ET by cayenne523Since 95% of black voters are voting for Obama would it not be resonable not to allow them to vote because they are obviously voting for skin color and not about issues?
Exactly cayenne, except for
October 27, 2008 - 09:09 ET by SickofLibsExactly cayenne, except for one key point we've had hammered into our heads ad infinitum: By (the new) definition, blacks can't be racist.
Me thinks he might be right!
October 27, 2008 - 07:51 ET by FastEdUs'in white folks ARE scared. We see what we've WORKED for become pennies on the dollar, a government that wants to take MORE of what's left, a pres contender who wants a part of that too, and then make us ALL equal.
What this bone headed, pseudo-journalist doesn't realize, (nor the rest of the new Department of Information), is the fact that when wealth goes to those who haven't earned it, there is no more wealth, nor the capacity or desire to creat wealth. Therefore, when all are equal(?), everyone's standard of living is lowered, and those who were the poorest, become poorer. THEN, there is the backlash - any NOBODY is talking about that. Who will be blamed for the loss of jobs, the drop in productivity, etc? The usual suspects, but the truth will be those who supported this crazy redistribution - and the finger will need to point to the crazy folks on the left, the pseudo media, and most importantly, the socialistic democrats who only want poswer (and use it without responsibility for their actions).
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
»→ Right said FastEd
October 27, 2008 - 07:55 ET by Cool ArrowIf everybody has a million dollars, nobody's rich.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
Philly Opinon Article
October 27, 2008 - 08:04 ET by mef814Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think there is a "Right to Vote" in The Constitution, is there?
Everyone talks about this "right to vote". Isn't it a priviledge?
Does this liberal bozo in the Philly paper know that?
Maybe his mood will improve if the Phillies win the World Series
October 27, 2008 - 08:26 ET by katiejaneWe are talking about a coluumnist for a paper in one of the dregs of the East coast. Anyone know if he's a product of the Philly education system?
But I'm sure that he'd deny that he's biased and voting for Obama due to white guilt. Maybe he's right and he's voting for Obama because he is stupid.
Time and time again, Obama
October 27, 2008 - 08:45 ET by Ruths husband BenTime and time again, Obama and his surrogates (the media) has played the race card. It is getting wearisome. And, I believe, it will backfire on them. There are a lot of people, like me, who when told that to exercise my constitutional right ANY WAY I SEE FIT is racists, untolerant, or whatever get thier dander up and insist on exercising that right ANY WAY I SEE FIT. It's my vote, keep your stinking hands off it.
“But maybe you obviously have a better memory about that."- Wolf Blitzer
Amen to that. They're sure
October 27, 2008 - 10:53 ET by Lord ElicaniAmen to that. They're sure as hell scared about something.
Innocent victims of merciless crimes
Fall prey to some madmen's impulsive designs
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This Guy Can't Be Trusted
October 27, 2008 - 11:17 ET by viluzionIs not the repetition of the same behavior over and over again with the
expectation of a different outcome the very definition of insanity? (It is,
I looked it up.)
I just looked it up, and it doesn't mean that at all. I can remember them telling me that was what it meant when I was in rehab twenty or so years ago, but it looks like a)they were wrong b)the author has also been in rehab, and c)he is a liar since he obviously didn't look it up as he claimed.
Sounds like...
October 27, 2008 - 11:33 ET by misterbee241Sounds like white liberal guilt and self hatred to me. If Mr Valania is too racist to vote, I'd suggest he stay home and take his Zoloft.
Quite possible the worst
October 27, 2008 - 12:03 ET by Richard RomanoQuite possible the worst piece of "journalism" or "opinion" I've seen in my young life -- this man is either psychotic, clinically ill, a fool, or a combination of these.
What is worse, how in the world does a paper like the PI allow such a thing to be published? Then they say the right foments hatred and racism? Look in the mirror leftists -- stop projecting!
Excellent point, Richard
October 27, 2008 - 12:06 ET by BlondeI wonder how this is going to play in Western Pa, you know, where all the racists, rednecks and those clingy gun/relgious people are.
If I lived in PA, I'd vote straight (R) just for the insult. Seriously.
In his own words (19 seconds): This man is qualified to be VP?
Good morning Richard
October 27, 2008 - 12:20 ET by cocodrieGet used to the press. I'm 70 years old and that is the only kind of reporting I have ever seen from the liberal press. Don't expect the truth or facts. Feel free to criticise their lies jfrankwilson will be along soon to defend their lies.
The Philadelphia Inquirer is a lefty publication, but...
October 27, 2008 - 12:12 ET by PrairieSkyeven given that, I am very surprised that PI would print this piece of trash. Granted, it is under the Opinion banner, but some opinions are not worth printing, and this is one of them. As Warner said, this guy would be a great fit for Kos...This is right up their alley. Maybe he's hoping they'll see this crap and offer him a job???
One interesting thing I did notice when I clicked on the link and read this tripe...The majority of people commenting on this seemed unreceptive and not in agreement with Valania and his wacko views. That's at least a little encouraging. Most clear thinking people see this "opinion" for just what it is...Garbage.
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981
Good morning Prairie
October 27, 2008 - 12:37 ET by cocodrieIt's the old sailor saying - "any port in a storm". With these whackos its "any chance to bash the right. There are actually some who believe this "stuff", a few of them frequent NBs.
Afternoon coco!
October 27, 2008 - 13:59 ET by PrairieSkyValania is a true left-fringe wacko, allright. And you're right...As incredible as it seems, there are some here at NB who unfortunately buy into this junk.
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981
Michael Savage said
October 27, 2008 - 12:29 ET by marpelMichael Savage said liberalism is a mental disorder. After reading this op ed piece, I believe him now. This guy is truly a mental case. And, he's a racist. Only closet racists write crap like this.
So, what would happen if someone, even an African American, wrote an op ed piece entitled, "Black people should not be allowed to vote."? Al Sharpton would be coming out of the woodwork and would stage some sort of march or protest... The MSM would be running around with their hair on fire...
Trust me, this guy's mentally ill.
Race relations
October 27, 2008 - 12:53 ET by Mr XI cannot help but feel that the democraps/MSM have really done it to the country this time.
Running a MEGA corrupt marxist(could they not find a non-corrupt marxist)? on the dem's ticket, who happens to be black,MIGHT end up setting race relations in this country back, god knows how long.
Think about it, you would be hard pressed to find a more divisive person to run as POTUS. I cannot imagine a worst choice.Then to tag ANYONE who does not like "corrupt marxist" as "racist" because he is 1/2 black is surreal.
I could never understand how corrupt despots gained power, now I am seeing it with my own eyes!
The truth of the matter is
October 27, 2008 - 13:27 ET by mostlymoderateThe truth of the matter is that the black population as a whole is turning out to be the true racists this election. Sorry, but 90% of blacks voting on the "black" candidate?
This op-ed is a
October 27, 2008 - 14:01 ET by dscottThis op-ed is a rationalization for why Philadelphia has such lopsided voting patterns. In 2004, 80% of the people in Philadephia voted Democrat for John Kerry while the rest of PA voted mostly for Bush. The 2008 vote has nothing to do with racism of the average American, but corruption of the Dem Party.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_2004,_in_Pennsylvania
No other area of PA had such anomalous voting patterns approaching 80%.
Since there are more registered voters in Philadelphia than adults counted by the Census Bureau, vote fraud is rampant. The big question is have the feds cleaned up the elections commission enough to have a free and fair election in an area controlled by a Democrat Political Machine? Have they purged enough of the voter rolls of all the fake, dead and relocated registrations?
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
It seems the libs are
October 27, 2008 - 14:24 ET by dscottIt seems the libs are worried that ACORNs efforts will fail due to the Federal 2002 Help America Vote Act.
Under federal law, election officials are supposed to use the Social Security database to check a registration application only as a last resort, if no record of the applicant is found on state databases, like those for driver’s licenses or identification cards.
The requirement exists because using the federal database is less reliable than the state lists, and is more likely to incorrectly flag applications as invalid. Many state officials seem to be using the Social Security lists first.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/us/politics/09voting.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
The 10 states receiving Voting Section purge letters are Iowa, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Vermont. Since 2005, the Section has also sued six other states or cities—Indiana, Maine, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Pulaski County, Arkansas—where purging voter rolls was part of the resulting settlement.
http://www.iefd.org/articles/voter_purging.php
Despite what the polls may say, and the griping of the libs about making every vote count, this may yet be the most fair election. At least if the law is followed, and that's a big caveat. It's quite possible that the 100 of millions of dollars shelled out by Dems will be of no effect in their attempt to overwhelm the system to pad it with fake votes. We will know it by the level of screaming we hear from the libs.
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
What comes around....
October 27, 2008 - 19:19 ET by LastlibertarianNormal
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I'm glad to see a little payback to my traitorous fellow whites that had no
problem allowing affirmative action. That same AA kept me from many employment opportunities
thru the 80's.
Affirmative Action; That's were I payed the reparations
bill of some white elitists.
How long before criticizing POTUS Obama will be considered hate speech?
dood evening Last
October 27, 2008 - 19:43 ET by cocodrieIhave been working and supporting welfare recepients for 55 years, the time has come for them to go to work and support us.
Careful of their idea of
October 28, 2008 - 08:04 ET by dscottCareful of their idea of support. If you retire, their idea of support may be to put a pillow over your face. How else do you think they are going to solve the Social Security and Medicare funding problem after stealing all the money for vote buying schemes? British Socialized Medicine is already advocating cutting off medical care for the elderly. Theirs is the final solution.
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.