Comments for Pop + Politics http://www.popandpolitics.com Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:09:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on Beijing Beat: Why Gymnastics’ New Scoring System Is Less Than Perfect by Devann http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/popandpoliticscomments/~3/506552031/ Devann Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:02:37 +0000 http://www.popandpolitics.com/?p=3113#comment-11920 I am a gymnast and i hate the new scoring system I am a gymnast and i hate the new scoring system

]]> http://www.popandpolitics.com/2008/08/11/beijing-beat-why-gymnastics-new-scoring-system-is-less-than-perfect/#comment-11920 Comment on post party letdown by healt first insurance http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/popandpoliticscomments/~3/505012701/ healt first insurance Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:26:16 +0000 http://www.popandpolitics.com/2004/11/04/post-party-letdown/#comment-11916 cross healt insurance <a href='http://www.mylot.com/Morton1919' rel="nofollow">coverage healt insurance</a> cross healt insurance coverage healt insurance

]]> http://www.popandpolitics.com/2004/11/04/post-party-letdown/#comment-11916 Comment on In the News: Snip, Snip, Ann Coulter by Dale Henry http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/popandpoliticscomments/~3/504622555/ Dale Henry Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:06:50 +0000 http://www.popandpolitics.com/?p=10545#comment-11913 Ann Coulter’s book is not outrageous. She is part of the neo-con, zionist machine. Her books are not controversial, they are neo-con wet dreams. Read a book that’s actually been banned like “America Deceived”, not a corporate-approved Coulter ‘novel’. Don’t waste your hard-earned money on Coulter. Last link (before Google Books bends to gov’t Will and drops the title): http://www.iuniverse.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000083883 Ann Coulter’s book is not outrageous. She is part of the neo-con, zionist machine. Her books are not controversial, they are neo-con wet dreams. Read a book that’s actually been banned like “America Deceived”, not a corporate-approved Coulter ‘novel’. Don’t waste your hard-earned money on Coulter.
Last link (before Google Books bends to gov’t Will and drops the title):
http://www.iuniverse.com/Books.....-000083883

]]> http://www.popandpolitics.com/2009/01/06/in-the-news-snip-snip-ann-coulter/#comment-11913 Comment on Cheap Thrills: Musings on Interracial Relationships by KD http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/popandpoliticscomments/~3/504368988/ KD Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:38:27 +0000 http://www.popandpolitics.com/?p=10533#comment-11912 I get this point of view, I do. But as a white woman dating a Jewish man (And yes, that IS interracial dating--just ask his grandparents.), it hurts to read it. I value cultural identity--Lord knows I have my own--so I get the argument for why interracial/interfaith dating waters cultures down. But at the end of the day it's the white women who are the villains, not the men who fall in love with them, or, on the opposite end, the women who choose to date white men. Don't think it extends outside of the black/white dating community? It does; look up the word Shiksa. The fact that it even exists as a word horrifies me. As women it kills me that we do this to each other. We're supposed to be a wider network, a web that supports each other by the virtue that we all share in so many experiences. But instead we rip each other apart for not sharing enough. Shouldn't we be valuing the things that make us different? Doesn't it make us understand and appreciate who we are even more? It's disappointing. I just hope that one day my kids won't have to ask why they aren't Jewish enough, or what it means that their mom is a Shiksa. I get this point of view, I do. But as a white woman dating a Jewish man (And yes, that IS interracial dating–just ask his grandparents.), it hurts to read it. I value cultural identity–Lord knows I have my own–so I get the argument for why interracial/interfaith dating waters cultures down. But at the end of the day it’s the white women who are the villains, not the men who fall in love with them, or, on the opposite end, the women who choose to date white men. Don’t think it extends outside of the black/white dating community? It does; look up the word Shiksa. The fact that it even exists as a word horrifies me.

As women it kills me that we do this to each other. We’re supposed to be a wider network, a web that supports each other by the virtue that we all share in so many experiences. But instead we rip each other apart for not sharing enough. Shouldn’t we be valuing the things that make us different? Doesn’t it make us understand and appreciate who we are even more?

It’s disappointing. I just hope that one day my kids won’t have to ask why they aren’t Jewish enough, or what it means that their mom is a Shiksa.

]]> http://www.popandpolitics.com/2009/01/05/cheap-thrills-musings-on-interracial-relationships/#comment-11912 Comment on Native Americans are given second class status all over America by LD http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/popandpoliticscomments/~3/502330523/ LD Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:27:28 +0000 http://www.popandpolitics.com/2005/03/23/native-americans-are-given-second-class-status-all-over-america/#comment-11910 LaTasha While I sympathize with the plight of Native Americans, I must correct the misinformation in the article above. The Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans are all African American. LaTasha

While I sympathize with the plight of Native Americans, I must correct the misinformation in the article above. The Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans are all African American.

]]> http://www.popandpolitics.com/2005/03/23/native-americans-are-given-second-class-status-all-over-america/#comment-11910 Comment on Village Voice Cans Three in Editorial, including Nat Hentoff by She-rise, Inc http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/popandpoliticscomments/~3/501834879/ She-rise, Inc Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:39:05 +0000 http://www.popandpolitics.com/?p=10510#comment-11909 Some have insisted that the current management does not know what The Voice was. Well what it is, is passe. Most print media is fading not so gracefully. I feel sorry for any writer who loses their venue but here's a thought; maybe they should collaborate on a book about The Voice. With all that seems to have gone on, they could call it The Villagers or something like; When the Village Burned Down. It would be a good read. Some have insisted that the current management does not know what The Voice was. Well what it is, is passe. Most print media is fading not so gracefully. I feel sorry for any writer who loses their venue but here’s a thought; maybe they should collaborate on a book about The Voice. With all that seems to have gone on, they could call it The Villagers or something like; When the Village Burned Down. It would be a good read.

]]> http://www.popandpolitics.com/2008/12/30/village-voice-fires-three-in-editorial-including-nat-hentoff/#comment-11909 Comment on P+P @The RNC: Yes, Virginia, There Are Gay Republicans. by Etheffiptzeft http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/popandpoliticscomments/~3/501760467/ Etheffiptzeft Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:20:01 +0000 http://www.popandpolitics.com/?p=4462#comment-11908 znnyrgybugfwodzwwell, hi admin adn people nice forum indeed. how's life? hope it's introduce branch ;) znnyrgybugfwodzwwell, hi admin adn people nice forum indeed. how’s life? hope it’s introduce branch ;)

]]> http://www.popandpolitics.com/2008/09/03/pp-the-rnc-yes-virginia-there-are-gay-republicans/#comment-11908 Comment on Secret Series: A Guide to LA’s Obscure Bookshops by browne http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/popandpoliticscomments/~3/504368990/ browne Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:22:21 +0000 http://www.popandpolitics.com/?p=10293#comment-11907 What about <a href="http://esowon.booksense.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp" rel="nofollow">Eso Won </a>and how about <a href="http://www.imixbooks.com/" rel="nofollow">Imix</a>? Why even in this diverse city only the white focused bookstores viewed as the valid bookstores. Yes I know Metropolis Books has a person of color as an owner, but it's focus is pretty mainstream. Wouldn't Eso Won and Imix be closer to "underground" than Vromans? Browne Molyneux What about Eso Won and how about Imix? Why even in this diverse city only the white focused bookstores viewed as the valid bookstores. Yes I know Metropolis Books has a person of color as an owner, but it’s focus is pretty mainstream.

Wouldn’t Eso Won and Imix be closer to “underground” than Vromans?

Browne Molyneux

]]> http://www.popandpolitics.com/2008/12/24/secret-series-a-guide-to-la%e2%80%99s-hidden-or-at-least-lesser-known-bookshops/#comment-11907 Comment on Village Voice Cans Three in Editorial, including Nat Hentoff by ruscitti http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/popandpoliticscomments/~3/501290608/ ruscitti Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:18:13 +0000 http://www.popandpolitics.com/?p=10510#comment-11906 hello my days were your days, mostly (I worked at the Voice from 1983-1999). Both desks and bathroom were sexually christened, as well as couches (like the one outside of the then office of Karin Durbin/Jon Larsen/Don Forst). Where were you? hello my days were your days, mostly (I worked at the Voice from 1983-1999). Both desks and bathroom were sexually christened, as well as couches (like the one outside of the then office of Karin Durbin/Jon Larsen/Don Forst). Where were you?

]]> http://www.popandpolitics.com/2008/12/30/village-voice-fires-three-in-editorial-including-nat-hentoff/#comment-11906 Comment on Village Voice Cans Three in Editorial, including Nat Hentoff by More Lay Offs at Village Voice http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/popandpoliticscomments/~3/500529736/ More Lay Offs at Village Voice Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:38:31 +0000 http://www.popandpolitics.com/?p=10510#comment-11905 [...] Hentoff, jazz writer since 1958 at the Village Voice, has been laid off along with two other journalists. (thx [...] [...] Hentoff, jazz writer since 1958 at the Village Voice, has been laid off along with two other journalists. (thx [...]

]]> http://www.popandpolitics.com/2008/12/30/village-voice-fires-three-in-editorial-including-nat-hentoff/#comment-11905 Comment on Village Voice Cans Three in Editorial, including Nat Hentoff by sjr http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/popandpoliticscomments/~3/500169028/ sjr Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:48:41 +0000 http://www.popandpolitics.com/?p=10510#comment-11902 This is sad about Nat and Lynn Yaeger. But the Voice has laid off most of the people who made the paper what it was, though J. Hoberman and Wayne Barrett are still hanging in there -- but for how long? Re Ruscitti: In my days at the Voice (back in the '70s and '80s), there were drugs and there was the occasional fistfight. But no sex in the bathrooms or on desks. We went home for that -- it's much more comfortable. This is sad about Nat and Lynn Yaeger. But the Voice has laid off most of the people who made the paper what it was, though J. Hoberman and Wayne Barrett are still hanging in there — but for how long?

Re Ruscitti: In my days at the Voice (back in the ’70s and ’80s), there were drugs and there was the occasional fistfight. But no sex in the bathrooms or on desks. We went home for that — it’s much more comfortable.

]]> http://www.popandpolitics.com/2008/12/30/village-voice-fires-three-in-editorial-including-nat-hentoff/#comment-11902 Comment on Village Voice Cans Three in Editorial, including Nat Hentoff by Renegade http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/popandpoliticscomments/~3/500169029/ Renegade Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:38:57 +0000 http://www.popandpolitics.com/?p=10510#comment-11901 Now I officially have no reason to read the VV without Nat Hentoff in its pages. Lynne Yaeger is singularly the fashion observer that has anything to say that really matters!! And Chloe Hilliard's investigative pieces were INSIGHTFUL and intelligent!! WFT, does the VV want to drive away all independent thought and loyal readers??? Now I officially have no reason to read the VV without Nat Hentoff in its pages. Lynne Yaeger is singularly the fashion observer that has anything to say that really matters!! And Chloe Hilliard’s investigative pieces were INSIGHTFUL and intelligent!! WFT, does the VV want to drive away all independent thought and loyal readers???

]]> http://www.popandpolitics.com/2008/12/30/village-voice-fires-three-in-editorial-including-nat-hentoff/#comment-11901 Comment on Village Voice Cans Three in Editorial, including Nat Hentoff by Max Barrett http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/popandpoliticscomments/~3/499741591/ Max Barrett Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:36:49 +0000 http://www.popandpolitics.com/?p=10510#comment-11900 Perhaps now Nat can take some time off to crawl out of his own arse. In a media town that is scared witless to let go of its familiar faces, no matter how long ago they became irrelevant, I hail Hentoff's exit as loooooong overdue. Perhaps now Nat can take some time off to crawl out of his own arse. In a media town that is scared witless to let go of its familiar faces, no matter how long ago they became irrelevant, I hail Hentoff’s exit as loooooong overdue.

]]> http://www.popandpolitics.com/2008/12/30/village-voice-fires-three-in-editorial-including-nat-hentoff/#comment-11900 Comment on Village Voice Cans Three in Editorial, including Nat Hentoff by tricia romano http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/popandpoliticscomments/~3/499741592/ tricia romano Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:24:53 +0000 http://www.popandpolitics.com/?p=10510#comment-11899 to TG: what i mean is that the new ownership has no affinity for what the Voice was and there had been talk of cutting Hentoff and Yaeger for a while, but they take forever to get around to doing what they really want to do which is replace the entire staff whole hog. it seems the only thing that keeps them from getting rid of the others is that there will be a similar outcry of 'the voice isn't the voice without _X" that they seem to want to avoid. to TG: what i mean is that the new ownership has no affinity for what the Voice was and there had been talk of cutting Hentoff and Yaeger for a while, but they take forever to get around to doing what they really want to do which is replace the entire staff whole hog. it seems the only thing that keeps them from getting rid of the others is that there will be a similar outcry of ‘the voice isn’t the voice without _X” that they seem to want to avoid.

]]> http://www.popandpolitics.com/2008/12/30/village-voice-fires-three-in-editorial-including-nat-hentoff/#comment-11899 Comment on Village Voice Cans Three in Editorial, including Nat Hentoff by Anonymous http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/popandpoliticscomments/~3/499741593/ Anonymous Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:59:58 +0000 http://www.popandpolitics.com/?p=10510#comment-11898 Noooooo! These three writers were the ONLY REASON I READ THE VOICE! What the fuck! Who's making these assinine decisions? I could list other lame writers who should go before these three. Noooooo! These three writers were the ONLY REASON I READ THE VOICE! What the fuck!
Who’s making these assinine decisions? I could list other lame writers who should go before these three.

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