[R-G] Bill Maher: Ebony and Irony

[Richard Menec]

Priceless!
Thanks Sid...

Richard

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From: "Sid Shniad" <shniad at sfu.ca>
To: "Richard Menec" <menecraj at shaw.ca>
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 12:39 PM
Subject: [R-G] Bill Maher: Ebony and Irony


> http://blog.fymmie.de/28/09/2008/ebony-and-irony/
>
> Bill Maher: Ebony and Irony
>
> YouTube removed this video almost immediately, but not before someone in
> Germany grabbed and transcribed it.
>
> Watch the video while it is still available:
>
> http://blog.fymmie.de/28/09/2008/ebony-and-irony/
>
> Transcript
>
>    And finally, New Rule: A candidate for president should not be judged 
> by
> the color of his skin. And to - and to anyone who thinks differently, I 
> say,
> please do not reject John McCain just because he's white. I think the 
> recent
> news from Wall Street has made us all less tolerant, and only reinforced 
> the
> stereotype that white people are shiftless, thieving welfare queens.
>
>    Now, take a look at these pictures. Here are the CEO's of Fannie Mae,
> Freddie Mac, AIG and the Lehman Brothers. I know the first thing that 
> jumps
> out about these faces is they all happen to be white, and they all happen 
> to
> be responsible for stealing. But, what you have to understand is that 
> these
> whites are a product of a society that made them that way.
>
>    It was the neighborhoods and the schools they went to: Harvard, Yale,
> the Wharton School of Business.
>
>    They never learned the value of doing real, actual work. And the first
> step to fixing that is better role models so kids growing up white today
> don't think the only way out of Westchester is corporate crime.
>
>    Or a government handout. Or sailing.
>
>    So, I get it. The temptation is to look at McCain and vote against him
> because you don't see an individual; you just see another typical welfare
> "whitey."
>
>    And it's true. He spent his entire life shuffling from one low-paying
> government job to another. Well, except those years he spent in prison.
> Typical. And, between you and me, he's not very articulate.
>
>    Oh, he may have some street smarts, but he's not what you'd call an
> "educated" man. He freely admits he's ignorant about the economy. And
> apparently the only thing his white running mate knows how to do is crank
> out one baby after another.
>
>    And now, of course, her teenage is pregnant out of wedlock, because she
> learns it at home!
>
>    But, that doesn't mean we should assume all white people are like that
> just because so many of them are. I believe there is hope. I believe even
> the stupidest, greediest, laziest whites can break the cycle of 
> dependence,
> like this November when we finally move George Bush out of public housing.
>
>


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