Comments for The Blooming Cactus http://thebloomingcactus.com Triumph Over Adversity Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:25:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 Comment on The Rise and Fall of The Trojan Empire by Bill942923331','774434216billy@msn.com','','36.31.79.1','2008-06-06 05:12:05','2008-06-06 05:12:05','','0','lynx','comment','0','0'),('0', '', '', '', '', '2008-06-07 05:12:05', '2008-06-07 05:12:05', '', 'spam', '', 'comment', '0','0' ) /* http://thebloomingcactus.com/2008/01/26/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-trojan-empire/#comment-34 Bill942923331','774434216billy@msn.com','','36.31.79.1','2008-06-06 05:12:05','2008-06-06 05:12:05','','0','lynx','comment','0','0'),('0', '', '', '', '', '2008-06-07 05:12:05', '2008-06-07 05:12:05', '', 'spam', '', 'comment', '0','0' ) /* Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:19:14 +0000 http://thebloomingcactus.com/2008/01/26/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-trojan-empire/#comment-34 <strong>None...</strong> None... None…

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]]> Comment on Shame on the Clinton’s by The Clintons, The Chinese and Alibaba | The Blooming Cactus http://thebloomingcactus.com/2008/01/27/shame-on-the-clintons/#comment-32 The Clintons, The Chinese and Alibaba | The Blooming Cactus Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:52:30 +0000 http://thebloomingcactus.com/2008/01/27/shame-on-the-clintons/#comment-32 [...]  I have previously posted about the Clinton’s. They continue to behave as if what they do and say is irrelevant in their pursuit of the Whitehouse and their personal gain. With them the end always justifies the means. I can’t think of more frightening scenario then having them back in the Whitehouse. Social Networking:   [...] […]  I have previously posted about the Clinton’s. They continue to behave as if what they do and say is irrelevant in their pursuit of the Whitehouse and their personal gain. With them the end always justifies the means. I can’t think of more frightening scenario then having them back in the Whitehouse. Social Networking:   […]

]]> Comment on Shame on the Clinton’s by Sir Elton John and Hillary Clinton | The Blooming Cactus http://thebloomingcactus.com/2008/01/27/shame-on-the-clintons/#comment-31 Sir Elton John and Hillary Clinton | The Blooming Cactus Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:00:47 +0000 http://thebloomingcactus.com/2008/01/27/shame-on-the-clintons/#comment-31 [...] First Lady of America and Senator. I have previously reported on the Clintons legacy 3/3/08, 1/27/08  and how they will be viewed by [...] […] First Lady of America and Senator. I have previously reported on the Clintons legacy 3/3/08, 1/27/08  and how they will be viewed by […]

]]> Comment on Honeybees And The Human Food Chain by More Problems With Honey Bee's And The Affect On The Human Food Chain | The Blooming Cactus http://thebloomingcactus.com/2008/02/25/honey-bees-and-the-human-food-chain/#comment-30 More Problems With Honey Bee's And The Affect On The Human Food Chain | The Blooming Cactus Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:01:30 +0000 http://thebloomingcactus.com/2008/02/25/honey-bees-and-the-human-food-chain/#comment-30 [...] article in this morning’s Seattle Times discusses more about the problem concerning previously reported disappearance of honey bees and the affect on the human food [...] […] article in this morning’s Seattle Times discusses more about the problem concerning previously reported disappearance of honey bees and the affect on the human food […]

]]> Comment on It’s your call, Hillary by Sir Elton John and Hillary Clinton | The Blooming Cactus http://thebloomingcactus.com/2008/03/06/its-your-call-hillary/#comment-29 Sir Elton John and Hillary Clinton | The Blooming Cactus Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:15:56 +0000 http://thebloomingcactus.com/2008/03/06/its-your-call-hillary/#comment-29 [...] of Arkansas, First Lady of America and Senator. I have previously reported on the Clintons legacy 3/3/08, 1/27/08  and how they will be viewed by [...] […] of Arkansas, First Lady of America and Senator. I have previously reported on the Clintons legacy 3/3/08, 1/27/08  and how they will be viewed by […]

]]> Comment on Money Magic; The Federal Reserve System - Part 1 by Tragedy and Hope; The Federal Reseve - Part 2 | The Blooming Cactus http://thebloomingcactus.com/2008/03/09/money-magic-the-federal-reserve-system-part-1/#comment-28 Tragedy and Hope; The Federal Reseve - Part 2 | The Blooming Cactus Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:09:40 +0000 http://thebloomingcactus.com/2008/03/09/money-magic-the-federal-reserve-system-part-1/#comment-28 [...] I previously posted on this subject that the Federal Reserve System is a privately held corporation made up of world wide banking interests. The Federal Reserve controls the nations economy and monetary system, yet it is accountable to no one. It has no budget, it is not subject to audit, and has no congressional oversight capable of supervising its operations. [...] […] I previously posted on this subject that the Federal Reserve System is a privately held corporation made up of world wide banking interests. The Federal Reserve controls the nations economy and monetary system, yet it is accountable to no one. It has no budget, it is not subject to audit, and has no congressional oversight capable of supervising its operations. […]

]]> Comment on Language, Borders and Culture Part 2 by Language Barriers | The Blooming Cactus http://thebloomingcactus.com/2008/02/25/language-borders-and-culture-part-2/#comment-27 Language Barriers | The Blooming Cactus Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:42:21 +0000 http://thebloomingcactus.com/2008/02/25/language-borders-and-culture-part-2/#comment-27 [...] have previously posted on the subject of English as our national language. An article in yesterdays Los Angeles Times describes three instances in [...] […] have previously posted on the subject of English as our national language. An article in yesterdays Los Angeles Times describes three instances in […]

]]> Comment on Geraldine Ferraro And Why Can’t We Speak The Truth? by Nick Luvera http://thebloomingcactus.com/2008/03/13/gerraldine-ferrarro-and-why-cant-we-speak-the-truth/#comment-26 Nick Luvera Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:28:29 +0000 http://thebloomingcactus.com/2008/03/13/gerraldine-ferrarro-and-why-cant-we-speak-the-truth/#comment-26 JW - No one wants to talk about race unless we recast it as hypothetical or package it in a statistical arrangement. The moment the subject comes up people leave the room and pretend its not an issue. The speech he gives today will determine and define the rest of his candidacy. He should have given this speech last week or last month as I pointed out in the original thread. This would have gone away and we would be discussing the real issues. Instead he made luke warm statements that actually did him more harm. He said he wasn't in church to hear any of the more abhorent comments made by Wright. I promise you there are GOP and HRC researchers digging for video footage or any witnesses that can put him in that church during any of the hate filled diatrabes. Obama also tried to carefully distance himself from the church leaders. If he throws Wright under the bus the question will be 'why did you spend 20 years going to his church if he is such a bad guy'? If he defends him it will be suicide. His campaign advisors should be fired. This could very well cost him the nomination. I will hold you (as one of his supporters) completely accountable for letting HRC win the nomination. I will send you a Juan McCain tee shirt and yard sign if that happens. JW - No one wants to talk about race unless we recast it as hypothetical or package it in a statistical arrangement. The moment the subject comes up people leave the room and pretend its not an issue. The speech he gives today will determine and define the rest of his candidacy. He should have given this speech last week or last month as I pointed out in the original thread. This would have gone away and we would be discussing the real issues. Instead he made luke warm statements that actually did him more harm. He said he wasn’t in church to hear any of the more abhorent comments made by Wright. I promise you there are GOP and HRC researchers digging for video footage or any witnesses that can put him in that church during any of the hate filled diatrabes. Obama also tried to carefully distance himself from the church leaders. If he throws Wright under the bus the question will be ‘why did you spend 20 years going to his church if he is such a bad guy’? If he defends him it will be suicide. His campaign advisors should be fired. This could very well cost him the nomination.

I will hold you (as one of his supporters) completely accountable for letting HRC win the nomination. I will send you a Juan McCain tee shirt and yard sign if that happens.

]]> Comment on Geraldine Ferraro And Why Can’t We Speak The Truth? by joshwill http://thebloomingcactus.com/2008/03/13/gerraldine-ferrarro-and-why-cant-we-speak-the-truth/#comment-25 joshwill Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:21:17 +0000 http://thebloomingcactus.com/2008/03/13/gerraldine-ferrarro-and-why-cant-we-speak-the-truth/#comment-25 Nick - we are getting off track. The fundamental question that Gerry F. started - "Has Obama gotten any further in the nomination process because he is black and not white (I will stay away from the gender issues for now)", There is no credible evidence that this is the case. Of course he does better in black populations and he does worse in Hispanic populations. I don't want to try and get into the question of are Hispanic's anti black or more correctly are enough Hispanics anti-black that there voting block as a hole are skewed by the race question. It's a valid question, I just have not seen enough data on it to have an informed opinion - I will say that historically the race issue always tends to be bigger with lower educated/lower income voters and clearly being black has not helped Obama with Hispanics. The question is among whites and more importantly among whites with less than a college degree - does being black help more than hurt. Results from states where HRC won, it seems to show that being black hurts - particularly among less educated white males. Ohio is a good test case to look at, from what has been reported on some exit polling, a large portion of less educated white males that indicated race was important in choosing a candidate choose HRC. Now yes, this is exactly the type of question that we can not completely trust polling, because people have a bias to not report the truth (social obligation bias - being racist is no longer cool) but in this case the race card is very likely to under-report the problem not over-report it. I need to get more cross-tabulation data to strengthen my argument, and I will, but Rob or you and the one's arguing that being black helps Obama, I would love to see some kind of evidence or at least logical reasoning as to why it is the case. The data that I have looked at more is Whites - is Nick - we are getting off track. The fundamental question that Gerry F. started - “Has Obama gotten any further in the nomination process because he is black and not white (I will stay away from the gender issues for now)”, There is no credible evidence that this is the case. Of course he does better in black populations and he does worse in Hispanic populations. I don’t want to try and get into the question of are Hispanic’s anti black or more correctly are enough Hispanics anti-black that there voting block as a hole are skewed by the race question. It’s a valid question, I just have not seen enough data on it to have an informed opinion - I will say that historically the race issue always tends to be bigger with lower educated/lower income voters and clearly being black has not helped Obama with Hispanics.

The question is among whites and more importantly among whites with less than a college degree - does being black help more than hurt. Results from states where HRC won, it seems to show that being black hurts - particularly among less educated white males. Ohio is a good test case to look at, from what has been reported on some exit polling, a large portion of less educated white males that indicated race was important in choosing a candidate choose HRC. Now yes, this is exactly the type of question that we can not completely trust polling, because people have a bias to not report the truth (social obligation bias - being racist is no longer cool) but in this case the race card is very likely to under-report the problem not over-report it.

I need to get more cross-tabulation data to strengthen my argument, and I will, but Rob or you and the one’s arguing that being black helps Obama, I would love to see some kind of evidence or at least logical reasoning as to why it is the case.

The data that I have looked at more is Whites - is

]]> Comment on Geraldine Ferraro And Why Can’t We Speak The Truth? by Nick Luvera http://thebloomingcactus.com/2008/03/13/gerraldine-ferrarro-and-why-cant-we-speak-the-truth/#comment-24 Nick Luvera Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:32:41 +0000 http://thebloomingcactus.com/2008/03/13/gerraldine-ferrarro-and-why-cant-we-speak-the-truth/#comment-24 Ok Josh I will play along. 'I would like Potpourri for $800, Alex' - I don't ever recall saying blacks 'have it so much easier than us white people'. In fact I would say that is patently absurd. I will point out that the rules of manifest-destiny require each person to be responsible for their own outcomes. Don't blame others if your life is in the toilet. Simple rules; if your job sucks, you suck as an employee. If your employees suck, you suck as a manager. If your children suck, you suck as a parent. If your marriage sucks, you suck as a spouse. Begining to see the trend? Ok Josh I will play along. ‘I would like Potpourri for $800, Alex’ - I don’t ever recall saying blacks ‘have it so much easier than us white people’. In fact I would say that is patently absurd. I will point out that the rules of manifest-destiny require each person to be responsible for their own outcomes. Don’t blame others if your life is in the toilet. Simple rules; if your job sucks, you suck as an employee. If your employees suck, you suck as a manager. If your children suck, you suck as a parent. If your marriage sucks, you suck as a spouse. Begining to see the trend?

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