Religion

‘A generation of spoiled brats’ gave us the JAP stereotype

In the New York area, the period after World War II saw many second- and third-generation Jewish immigrants become prosperous and extremely upwardly mobile. Given that fathers often dote on their daughters, and that there was a generation of fathers who suddenly had money, the result was a generation of spoiled brats. With New York being a media center, the …

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‘I’m not plotting against Americans, but if I wanted to, I’d taint our ketchup supply’

I’m not plotting against Americans, nobody I know is. But hey, if I wanted to, I’d taint our ketchup supply, because America loves ketchup…. After 9/11, I’m at the airport and told the woman at the counter I’m a comic and I was running late … she says ‘Say something funny.’ I said, ‘OK, I just graduated from flight school.’ …

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A (big) hairy way to get $$$ from Christian ‘trailer park trash’

They are targeting an audience (using very sophisticated marketing research) in order to garnish the most money possible. That target seems to be (and I hate to use this phrase) ‘trailer park trash.’ Then look at the Sunday morning fare on regular network TV – shows such as ‘Hour of Power.’ This is from a mainstream church with modern, somewhat …

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