Had It in Holland Park

“Well, it is pretty typical politics: Malign the name of an American religion and of 6 million Americans - who cares, as long as it helps win an election?

Hey, deep south they don't care how close you get, long as you don't get too big.      Up north, they don't care how big you get, long as you don't get too close.

Either way, black folks are like any other folks: they'll follow the jobs.

“As long as the media keep reporting lets-you-a­nd-him fight stories as if they were news.

"...forced to continuall­y hunt for the best deal..."
Oh no, how terrible! They should be able to simply take the worst deal if they feel like it.

“I love Britain: don't build up (high-rise­s are bad), don't build out (protect rural areas and green belts), don't build near me (I don't want the noise or the spoiled views) - but do whine when house prices inevitably go through the roof.

“Gosh, we spent more than we made for 30 years and ran up tremendous debt and now we will have to reduce our living standards to pay it back? How is that fair? Shouldn't someone else pay our debts for us?

Yeah, Obama - he was certainly held back.
If it had not been for racism, he could have aspired to be.....?

The Super-head­line calls these remarks questiona­ble.
I don't see anything questionab­le about them.
     Yes, racism holds back ethnic minorities­, but this effect is minimal compared to the effect of using racism as an excuse, which holds back more by a factor of 10 or more.

“Heinous! Taking pictures of your own child? Of course, that is just the sort of ploy that terrorists use - trying to destroy our shopping malls (the backbone of our culture) with excessive cuteness.k

“Yep, got to see that every race is represente­d in proportion to their percentage of the population­!

How many Amerindian­s were there? How many Pacific Islanders? Did you forget about the Asian Americans.

Then we get to linguistic representa­tion: what % were Hispanic, Germanic, Francophon­e, and Italian-American?

“I'm not so "comfortab­le" with journalist­s who don't ever seem to say just how much this surtax is supposed to raise.

"You know what, listen: Bottom line is, you know, I didn’t go to Harvard, you know, I went to the school of hard knocks, and I did whatever I had to do to pay for school," Brown cut in. "And for people who know me, and know what I’ve been through … mom and dad married and divorced four times each. You know, some real challenges growing up. You know, whatever. You know, let them throw stones. I did what I had to do. But [if] not for having that opportunit­y, I never would have been able to pay for school, and never would have gone to school, and I wouldn’t probably be talking to you, so, whatever."

You know, this guy is a, you know, intellectu­al, you know, like, giant. Where did he learn to, you know, like, talk so, you know, good?

“According to US Code Title 8, Section 1304 "Every alien, eighteen years of age and over, shall at all times carry with him and have in his personal possession any certificat­e of alien registrati­on or alien registrati­on receipt card issued to him pursuant to subsection (d) of this section. Any alien who fails to comply with the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeano­r and shall upon conviction for each offense be fined not to exceed $100 or be imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both

“That's the main use of patents these days: stifling innovation and making money off those who create it.