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July 30, 2012

[Bumped] Condoleezza Rice:

US must recall it is not just any country. We need to reassure our friends across the globe.
The rush to court adversaries has overshadowed relations with trusted allies. Our engagement with Europe has been sporadic and sometimes dismissive. Strategic ties with India, Brazil and Turkey have neither strengthened nor deepened in recent years. Hugo Chávez and the Iranians have bitten off the extended hand of friendship. There is no Palestinian state because it will only come through negotiation with a secure Israel that is confident in its relationship with the US. The decision to abandon missile defence sites in Poland and the Czech Republic, to “reset” relations with Russia was pocketed by Vladimir Putin who quickly returned to his anti-American ways. Friends must be able to trust in the consistency of our commitment to them.

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Bill, can you give us some details to back up your name calling?

Posted by: chuck at July 26, 2012 7:51 PM

FT is paywalled, but If you Google the article title and author, you can click in from the search page.

Just put this string into your search bar:

Condoleezza Rice US must recall it is not just any country

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Chuck, Bill is a troll, ignore him, don't bait him.

Posted by: Fat Man at July 26, 2012 8:33 PM

I'd trust Vladmir Putin before I'd trust Miss Rice. Mr. Putin is of my own kind, at least.

Posted by: Robert S, Oculus III at July 26, 2012 9:43 PM

Must be a bridge somewhere, the trolls are out in force.

Posted by: chuck at July 26, 2012 9:57 PM

"Mr. Putin is of my own kind, at least."


Would that be the lizard overlord race that David Icke is always banging on about?

Posted by: Tom at July 27, 2012 3:25 AM

Don't worry, it's just the paid army of trolls the Soros funded DNC has ordered to Google "Condoleeza Rice conservative blog" and drop a turd or two and move on. Good thing they don't get paid by the word.

Posted by: Doug at July 27, 2012 4:26 AM

I thought "bill jones" was talking about the President for a moment.

Posted by: mjazz at July 27, 2012 5:52 AM

@Tom at July 27, 2012 3:25 AM: Would that be the lizard overlord race that David Icke is always banging on about?

No. By "my own kind" I meant "a white person". Is there a problem?

Posted by: Robert Oculus III at July 27, 2012 6:17 AM

Maybe if they increase the minimum wage the donks can hire a better class of troll.

JWM

Posted by: jwm at July 27, 2012 7:43 AM

So, Mr. Oculus, you think a white Russian is more your kind than a black American - who just happens to have done quite a lot for her country to boot?

Either you're a bigot or you are really a troll. Or perhaps both, I suppose. There is a difference between black people and n*ggers. A difference rather humourously pointed out by Chris Rock (who happens to be black) as seen on YouTube.

Posted by: Fletcher Christian at July 27, 2012 8:28 AM

News item today at Drudge: Russia considering naval base in Cuba. Good one. Appeasement in Poland; Bear at the back door. The Karmic wheel for Obama is wound very tightly.

Posted by: Casey Klahn at July 27, 2012 9:23 AM

No. By "my own kind" I meant "a white person". Is there a problem?

Lay off the Jack Daniels for a bit, "white" person. Wrong forum, wrong thread, wrong context.

Posted by: Don Rodrigo at July 27, 2012 11:00 AM

Putting Dr. Rice up against President Obama you see clearly exactly how much of a lightweight the president is. When she starts addressing a subject things just got serious, things just got very real.

Posted by: Mikey NTH at July 27, 2012 11:28 AM

@Fletcher Christian at July 27, 2012 8:28 AM: So, Mr. Oculus, you think a white Russian is more your kind than a black American.

In general, yes, and certainly in terms of biology. The term "American" refers to one's taxpayer status, not ant sort of physical or biological reality.

who just happens to have done quite a lot for her country to boot?

Yes.

Either you're a bigot or you are really a troll.

And perhaps you are a child molester. Now that the name-calling portion of the thread is over...

Or perhaps both, I suppose. There is a difference between black people and n*ggers.

Straw man. I never addressed any such topic.

A difference rather humourously pointed out by Chris Rock (who happens to be black) as seen on YouTube.

Well, one can hardly argue with the plain evidence of YouTube.

I'm not sure what you are arguing here. Care to restate?

In any case, I'm proud to know that our host is interested enough in truth to allow unpopular opinions to be posted upon his comments board. That sort of open-mindedness is rare.

Posted by: Robert Oculus III at July 27, 2012 11:47 AM

Curiously, I feel I have much more in common with Condi than with Mr. White Guy.

Posted by: chuck at July 27, 2012 2:10 PM

Well, my take on Condi is that she plays Brahms on the piano, which makes her okay by me, which is also why women shouldn't be allowed to vote. We're too gosh darned sentimentally ill like that.

Posted by: Jewel at July 27, 2012 5:04 PM

Mr. Oculus seems to have an affinity for authoritarian thugs as long as they're white. That's a delightful group--Putin, Reinhard Heydrich, Che Guevara, Feliks Dzerzhinsky, Leopoldo Galtieri, Tomas de Torquemada--I could go on, but you get the idea. I'll take Condi over that crowd any time, thanks.

Posted by: waltj at July 27, 2012 11:48 PM

@waltj at July 27, 2012 11:48 PM

What is this? It isn't a response to my comment. It seems to be more ad hominem, followed by pure crazy talk. I have never expressed any affinity for, nor have I so much as mentioned, Reinhard Heydrich et al.

As for Mr. Putin, all I ever said is that I'm more apt to trust him that I am Miss Rice. I am.

Sir: if you are going to respond to my opinion, please respond to the opinion I actually expressed rather than to some fantastic "opinion" fabricated from the whole cloth by you.

Posted by: Robert Oculus III at July 28, 2012 2:17 AM

They have responded to your opinion, with all of the gravity which it deserves to be addressed.

Posted by: Mikey NTH at July 28, 2012 6:46 AM

Colin Powell -- Condoleezza Rice
Matched RINO Bookends

Posted by: Rocky at July 28, 2012 7:04 AM

Mikey NTH at July 28, 2012 6:46 AM

Oh no, not snide condescension in place of rational argument! Not on the Internet!

No one has responded to my opinion, you included.

Posted by: Robert Oculus III at July 28, 2012 3:36 PM

Mr. Oculus - The point I was trying to make is the one rather better made by Martin Luther King; that a person's character is more important than his skin colour. Black people don't have to be violent retards with a penchant for selling drugs - although it is perhaps true that they are more likely to be so than whites are. There are white antisocial thugs and drug dealers, too. Ms. Rice is neither, and neither is Colin Powell.

As for the differences in biology - don't make me laugh. There is less than a 1% difference in genetics between a human and a chimpanzee, never mind between humans, and African blacks are more varied than the rest of the world put together. Even if blacks tend to be stupider, that doesn't mean an individual black who isn't stupid shouldn't be treated with respect.

And, Mr. Oculus - if you like Putin more than Rice because she has more melanin in her skin then yes, you are a bigot.

Posted by: Fletcher Christian at July 29, 2012 8:50 AM


When Colin Powell endorsed Barrack Obama for president he demonstrated no loyalty to country or party. It appears that race was his top priority. That would make him the raciest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2U63fXBlFo

I suspect he and Condoleezza Rice travel in the same circles, read the same books and pretty much hold similar views on race. Considering other parallels, I have little doubt she would not hesitate to follow his lead when race was the issue.

Posted by: Rocky at July 29, 2012 10:07 AM

@Fletcher Christian at July 29, 2012 8:50 AM

Martin Luther King, Jr. was (pardon my French) so full of shit that he squeaked, and I don't give a tinker's damn what his opinion was on any topic. His unsupported statement that a person's character is more important than his skin colour is an interesting expression of feeling but not a statement of demonstrable fact.

"Black people don't have to be violent retards with a penchant for selling drugs - although it is perhaps true that they are more likely to be so than whites are." My position in a nutshell. Thanks for coming over to my side of the argument.

As for the differences in biology - don't make me laugh. There is less than a 1% difference in genetics between a human and a chimpanzee, never mind between humans, and African blacks are more varied than the rest of the world put together.

Even if that is all true, so what? The degree of difference is unimportant. The fact that the difference exits is all that matters.

Even if blacks tend to be stupider, that doesn't mean an individual black who isn't stupid shouldn't be treated with respect.

Strawman. I never advocated disrespect of anyone on the basis of intelligence.

And, Mr. Oculus - if you like Putin more than Rice because she has more melanin in her skin then yes, you are a bigot.

That's an interesting personal opinion. Thanks for sharing it. Now here's one of mine: the word "bigot" is a shield hidden behind by people who know the truth about race but don't have the courage to admit it in public.

Now that we've both expressed our opinions, please excuse me if I disregard yours.

Posted by: Robert Oculus III at July 29, 2012 12:14 PM

If you don't want to America's enemy, then don't piss us off.

Posted by: Alan Kellogg at July 29, 2012 1:49 PM

I read Condi's memoir and found her to be very smart on many levels. She's essentially a neocon, but if you study the definition of " neocon", a large percentage of us fall into that category. If we have the wherewithall to help another individual, or even a country, why not? Bottom line . . . When it comes down to spending my hard earned tax dollars, I'd much prefer they be spent on helping AIDS patients in Africa than having them redisstributed by some Democrat who is trying to buy votes in Podunk Louisiana. The poor native inAfrica will never cast a vote in America. Meaning: we're not giving because we expect to receive, but because we truly want to help.

Posted by: Edaddy at July 29, 2012 7:57 PM

They have responded to your opinion, and gave your opinion all of the respect and consideration it deserved. As fas as rational responses go your opinion received as much as it contained.

So take a hike you trolling jackwagon.

Posted by: Mikey NTH at July 30, 2012 8:00 AM

Mikey NTH at July 30, 2012 8:00 AM: So take a hike you trolling jackwagon.

Once again, your rhetorical skills leave me breathless. You take a hike, you self-righteous, deracniated Eloi.

Posted by: Robert Oculus III at July 30, 2012 9:17 AM

I don't trust Condi Rice for the same reasons I don't trust Mitt Romney. They do not even dream about ending omnipotent government; they dream about being part of it. Mitch, unlike some of his conteporaries, doesn't even know how to fake it.

Why wouldn't Mitt take her on as VP? His election strategy is to not alienate alienated Democrat voters. That will be his re-election strategy also.

Edmund Burke--The parties are the gamesters, but government owns the tables.

Posted by: james wilson at July 30, 2012 9:31 AM

I'd trust Vladmir Putin before I'd trust Miss Rice. Mr. Putin is of my own kind, at least. By "my own kind" I meant "a white person". Is there a problem?

Well, Mr. Oculus, this is what you said. The clear implication is that you would trust Vlad because he happens to be white, i.e, "one of your kind". The flip side of that is that you would not trust Condi because she is not white. You following the logic here? Not to put too fine an edge on it, this is racism, pure and simple. There might be valid reasons to not trust Condi, but her skin color isn't one of them. And if there's a valid reason to trust Putin, I haven't found it yet, regardless of how white he might be.

Posted by: waltj at July 30, 2012 11:38 AM

The clear implication is that you would trust Vlad because he happens to be white, i.e, "one of your kind".

I didn't imply anything, waltj. I plainly said in no uncertain terms that I am more apt to trust a white person than a black person.

I am. It is a position born of more than forty-five years of real-world experience with people of every color all over the world.

Not to put too fine an edge on it, this is racism, pure and simple

Oh no, not racism, the Ultimate Crime!

Guess what, waltj: I am a white person and I like white people. I bear no ill will toward anyone, but I prefer my own kind. I am not ashamed of it and I do not apologize for it. If that makes me a "racist" in your opinion, then I'm a racist. Call Eric Holder and march me off to Camp FEMA for my counterrevolutionary attitude, or whatever it is people like you do when someone's enthusiasm for Martin Luther King Junior Thought does not attain the proper fervor.

And now here's my opinion: you hate white people. You have been carefully conditioned to hate white people -- and even to deny that white people exist.

Well, we do exist, sir, and we don't need your permission to do so.

I somehow doubt that introspection is your strong suit, waltj, but tonight, after you're done at the Comrade Rosa Parks Self-Criticism/Anti-White-Privilege Struggle Session, take a moment to look at the ceiling and ask yourself: who trained you to hate and deny the existence of white people, and why?

Posted by: Robert Oculus III at July 30, 2012 2:45 PM

An antidote for decades of the National Education Association's indoctrination and neutering coupled with government mandated Political Correctness laws will not be an easy one to find.

Posted by: Rocky at July 30, 2012 6:37 PM

Your opinions also leave me breathless - from laughter - Robert. This is not my place, and I am not the host, so continue showing your ass. It seems to please you and Mr. Vanderleun is not objecting at your antics.

Posted by: Mikey NTH at July 30, 2012 8:02 PM

@Mikey NTH at July 30, 2012 8:02 PM:

Unlike you, our host has a truly open mind.

Posted by: Robert Oculus III at July 31, 2012 2:02 AM

Mr. Oculus III (and might I interject how truly ridiculous is the habit of American bigots to put dynastic numbers after their names as if they are mediaeval kings) - our host is unlike you as well.

I judge people as I find them; not by skin colour, not by religion (although I admittedly have a prejudice against American fundamentalist "Christians" and Moslems, two sides of the same coin), not by anything else except how they act.

Maybe, just maybe, the character of American blacks has been formed by three centuries or more of being treated worse than domestic animals - by people like you. And then after that by forty years (at least) of policies designed to keep them dependent on the Government teat for sustenance.

Posted by: Fletcher Christian at July 31, 2012 2:16 AM

Oh, so you're saying that it's Whitey's fault that black people rape, rob, and kill in numbers far out of proportion to their population. We mean old white folks make them produce fatherless children, abuse and sell drugs, ruin neighborhoods and schools, and wear their pants around their knees. They can't be held responsible for their own behaviors -- they're like children, completely controlled by whites and our mind-control rays. I mean, it's not like they are human beings capable of controlling their impulses as members of other races are -- three hundred years of slavery and free school lunches made them turn Detroit, Atlanta, and (insert name of metropolitan area here) from bustling, safe, clean cities in festering third-world hellholes.

Hear that, white people? Mr. Christian sez that the Knoxvillle Horror, Knockout King, and flashblack mobs are all your fault!

Well, you can take the blame for black failure if you want, sir, but don't sign me up for the White Guilt Club. I am responsible for the behavior of exactly one person: me. Blacks can be and do anything they like, and blacks are 100% responsible for the results

Besides, I don't care why blacks are what they are. All I care about is keeping away from them to the degree possible. I bear them no ill will, but I prefer the company of my own kind -- white people.

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