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Comment on Montel: “I want to talk about” Iraqi troops by matthewmilam

matthewmilam — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:00:24 +0000

I didn’t realize they shut down production of his show over these comments.

What the hell?

Comment on Nashville citizen’s data stolen. Too close to elections? by Douglas

Douglas — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:24:38 +0000

I heard SC didn’t observe MLK day.
lots of people are still fighting the american civil war.

GO Yankees!

Comment on Making it isn’t all about hard work. by Dossy Shiobara

Dossy Shiobara — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:14:53 +0000

First, not just blacks were slaves, white folks too–but you don’t hear much about that.

Preferential governmental policies alone does not create wealth or affect its distribution. Education–knowing what to do with such an advantage–does. Or, knowing how to create wealth even in the absence of such an advantage.

Otherwise, how do you explain the many first-generation Asian people in America who came here with very little money, but after 40 years, are millionaires? They started out working in restaurants, dry cleaners, as cleaning people and other menial tasks–just like the Mexicans–except they worked their way up and out of that. Because, they were originally educated in their home country. They were taught _how_ to create wealth.

I suspect the Mexicans’ problem is that they send their money back to Mexico to support their families, instead of using it to create wealth in America. They come here without an education in the first place, so they don’t even know how to create wealth when the opportunity IS presented to them, anyway. They don’t bother to learn English unlike other immigrants, so they never get ahead in this predominantly English-speaking country.

In essence, they self-sabotage. No amount of preferential government policy or affirmative action is going to compensate for that kind of foolishness. They’re going to stay poor as long as they maintain that strategy.

Comment on From Migrant Worker to Neurosurgeon by anthony hopkins film

anthony hopkins film — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:38:53 +0000

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Comment on Conservatism has been killing Americans by mmilam

mmilam — Fri, 04 May 2007 09:01:59 +0000

Just as a note and figuring you’ll get this faster, the new URL for my blog (the new host is two dollars cheaper) is http://thechiwriter.typepad.com.

Matthew

Comment on Nation-state Walmart store “police” use harsh interrogation tactics by mmilam

mmilam — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:14:10 +0000

Unforunately my people can be hardheaded on certain issues.

Comment on Nation-state Walmart store “police” use harsh interrogation tactics by kim

kim — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:12:01 +0000

PS. I was arguing that Walmart is the evil empire and destroys towns. My opponent argued that Walmart has given work to family members in southern towns and therefor she knows it to be a good institution.

Presenting information about how Walmart benefits townspeople for only a brief period before beginning to suck out their lifeblood, running other businesses out of the region by lowballing tactics and virtually enslaving residents to a one-employer, brutal-conditions, low-paying monopolistic business environment, did not move this woman from her position that Walmarts are great.

Maybe she reconsidered at home. I hope so . . .

Comment on Nation-state Walmart store “police” use harsh interrogation tactics by kim

kim — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:07:59 +0000

Going back about three years I had an argument outside of a supermarket with a black woman about Walmart stores. She argued sentiment and I attempted to argue facts, but my debate opponent wasn’t willing to consider whether my facts were true or not. I was getting this lady 10 kinds of worked up and I backed off when she looked like she was going to jump on me and show me the justice of her position - first hand, or fist, or leg, whichever she could get in a good one with.

Comment on Nation-state Walmart store “police” use harsh interrogation tactics by mmilam

mmilam — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:05:12 +0000

Strange.

Here in Bronzeville in Chicago, they went mad crazy about one coming to the community. Of course it’s a poor community, so they will await it with eager arms. I wish they would stand up for right in the poor communites of chicago, but poverty and activism don’t exist.

Even more distrubing was the fact that tons of black women clapped their hands with glee at opening day.

Comment on Apple attacks researchers by mmilam

mmilam — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:37:30 +0000

This is why I tend to dislike the Apple crowd, they don’t think they are like Windows and yet they are very easily as bad (or worse) than Windows. Same goes for the Linux community.