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The hysteria over Obama's former pastor's attacks on America shows we're still in thrall to knee-jerk patriotism.
  • @nfamous -- Oh, my, you poor, poor victim.

    When I first came out of college in the late seventies, I went on my first job interview at WPIX in New York. After a very pleasant half-hour chat, the interviewer finally shrugged and told me, "I'm going to be honest with you -- we're really looking for a black person."

    So keep on playing the victim, my friend. Keep on talking about slavery and how the white man puts you down. That's really productive. That's how you get ahead.

    Maybe you just need a nice long chat with Bill Cosby. Or maybe you should read some of his books. Or perhaps some of Thomas Sowell's writings will do the trick. Oh wait, I misspoke -- I'm sure you already consider them both traitors to your race.