Comments on: “Unity” and the One Drop Rule http://www.polimom.com/2006/01/18/unity-and-the-one-drop-rule/ I used to be in the middle, but they keep moving the line! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:55:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Polimom Says » Nagin. Again. http://www.polimom.com/2006/01/18/unity-and-the-one-drop-rule/#comment-60750 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:03:04 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/01/18/unity-and-the-one-drop-rule/#comment-60750 [...] After Nagin’s last major gaffe I wrote: What happened to Nagin on Monday was more than his mouth disconnecting from his brain. He finally succumbed to the pressure he’s been under from his “black” constituents — the folks who haven’t trusted him or didn’t vote for him because he wasn’t “black” enough. [...] […] After Nagin’s last major gaffe I wrote: What happened to Nagin on Monday was more than his mouth disconnecting from his brain. He finally succumbed to the pressure he’s been under from his “black” constituents — the folks who haven’t trusted him or didn’t vote for him because he wasn’t “black” enough. […]

]]> by: Polimom http://www.polimom.com/2006/01/18/unity-and-the-one-drop-rule/#comment-686 Sat, 21 Jan 2006 18:44:00 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/01/18/unity-and-the-one-drop-rule/#comment-686 blueshead couldn't have missed the point of this post more. That's too bad, actually, because it's an interesting phenomenon. As it happens, I feel for Nagin. There isn't enough money on the planet for the job of Mayor of NOLA, to my mind. And... New Orleans isn't functioning in a vacuum. It's actually a big fishbowl at the moment, with pretty much <I>everybody</I> watching the situation develop. Attacking those of us who are doing our utmost to help is a smidge counter-productive. blueshead couldn’t have missed the point of this post more. That’s too bad, actually, because it’s an interesting phenomenon.

As it happens, I feel for Nagin. There isn’t enough money on the planet for the job of Mayor of NOLA, to my mind.

And… New Orleans isn’t functioning in a vacuum. It’s actually a big fishbowl at the moment, with pretty much everybody watching the situation develop. Attacking those of us who are doing our utmost to help is a smidge counter-productive.

]]> by: dillyberto http://www.polimom.com/2006/01/18/unity-and-the-one-drop-rule/#comment-685 Thu, 19 Jan 2006 01:45:00 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/01/18/unity-and-the-one-drop-rule/#comment-685 Great point.... conveyed with grace and class. Great point….

conveyed with grace and class.

]]> by: blueshead http://www.polimom.com/2006/01/18/unity-and-the-one-drop-rule/#comment-684 Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:16:00 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/01/18/unity-and-the-one-drop-rule/#comment-684 Nagin screwed up..He flaps his mouth at the wrong times..He needs an aid sticking his face in a teleprompter..I forgive him..He is a non politically connected Mayor dropped in a huge pot of gumbo..He has tried hard.. Oh, I'm a middle aged carpenter that lives in the French Quarter, Works out of a shop in the 9'th ward..and stayed here through and after Katrina.. and I'm Vanilla..don't bitch unless you are here.. Nagin screwed up..He flaps his mouth at the wrong times..He needs an aid sticking his face in a teleprompter..I forgive him..He is a non politically connected Mayor dropped in a huge pot of gumbo..He has tried hard.. Oh, I’m a middle aged carpenter that lives in the French Quarter, Works out of a shop in the 9′th ward..and stayed here through and after Katrina..
and I’m Vanilla..don’t bitch unless you are here..

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