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Chris Rock on the Tea Party movement

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Chris Rock is known to speak his mind.
By whittlz,
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Pretty old news (Feb 16th), but I found Chris Rock’s comment in this interview too interesting to pass over. Not the kind of answer you’d expect from a comedian:

SR: Like many nice Caucasians, I cried the night Barack Obama was elected. It was one of the high points in American history. And all that’s happened since the election is just a shitstorm of hatred. You want to weigh in on that?

CR: I actually like it, in the sense that — you got kids? Kids always act up the most before they go to sleep. And when I see the Tea Party and all this stuff, it actually feels like racism’s almost over. Because this is the last — this is the act up before the sleep. They’re going crazy. They’re insane. You want to get rid of them — and the next thing you know, they’re fucking knocked out. And that’s what’s going on in the country right now.

Lets hope he’s right.

Pop-Lyrics X

Everybody here’s a number, not a name
But I guess that’s all right with me
As I sit alone after a long day
In the absence of company
Oh I let my mind wander, hey yea
A thousand miles away

When the day goes down on the water town

When the sun sinks low all around
That’s when I know I, I need you now
Yes you’re what I miss,
every little kiss
Bruce HornsbyEvery little kiss

Zur Wahl in Finnland

My friend Soini (yeah, right)

Wahlplakat der Wahren Finnen

Via SPON:

Doch woher kommt der dramatische Rechtsruck? Es waren wohl vor allem männliche Wähler, jüngere, mit einfachem Bildungsniveau und eher geringem Einkommen, die Kiviniemi abgewählt haben und nun zum ersten Mal einen rechtsbürgerlichen erklärten Europa-Gegner in Helsinki an die Macht bringen.

Früher war den Dummen, Unfähigen und Besitzlosen noch das Himmelreich, doch darauf lassen sie sich heute nicht mehr vertrösten. Stattdessen wählen Sie – Überraschung! – populistische Protestparteien.

Wenn es selbst den Skandinaviern nicht mehr gelingt, dieser Gruppe Hoffnung und damit ein Zuhause in der politischen Mitte zu gewähren, dann wird das hier auch nicht mehr lange funktionieren.

 

Pop-Lyrics VII

I like sleeping with Marie.
She is one sexy girl, full of mystery.
She says she doesn’t love me, but she likes my company.
For now, that’s good enough for me.

Colin HayBeautiful World