tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post7529428713191579101..comments2024-03-10T23:44:30.359-05:00Comments on Racine Post: Clear as mud: City leaders explain budget numberDustin http://www.blogger.com/profile/10717778498642473701noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-77896607504641528672010-11-04T22:32:13.450-05:002010-11-04T22:32:13.450-05:00Who dreams up this CRAP (Crazy Richies' Airhea...Who dreams up this CRAP (Crazy Richies' Airheaded Promenade)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-46039598637144859002010-11-04T22:29:53.135-05:002010-11-04T22:29:53.135-05:00During a recession and two foreign wars, ANY Holid...During a recession and two foreign wars, ANY Holiday pageantry is ridiculous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-25545071894428278962010-11-04T22:27:50.657-05:002010-11-04T22:27:50.657-05:00We don't need Insanity Klutz.We don't need Insanity Klutz.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-87672071871069009192010-11-04T22:25:58.024-05:002010-11-04T22:25:58.024-05:00In view of our two unjustifiable wars and our dire...In view of our two unjustifiable wars and our dire depression, there ought to be a moratorium on ho-ho-hokum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-90086313163949621332010-11-04T22:23:49.415-05:002010-11-04T22:23:49.415-05:00Never mind, though. Despite the slugs slamming our...Never mind, though. Despite the slugs slamming our fellow-citizens' flesh and the recent proliferation of corpses, we're going to have a Holiday Parade. (We need the pricey procession the way birds require scuba gear. Even so, a certain corporate crime clan intends to sponsor the flashy farce.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-3249368928098859092010-11-04T22:12:12.009-05:002010-11-04T22:12:12.009-05:00From what some of my academic peers tell me, Racin...From what some of my academic peers tell me, Racine is the gang capital of the Great Lakes region.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-75980467116540804202010-11-04T22:10:06.561-05:002010-11-04T22:10:06.561-05:00Racine: The BOIL City. When the seething cauldron ...Racine: The BOIL City. When the seething cauldron of socio-economic injustice and political corruption overflows, the results won't win us recognition as a "Top Ten City."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-71717050083727281812010-11-04T22:05:42.404-05:002010-11-04T22:05:42.404-05:00As long as people prefer ethics to aesthetics, a c...As long as people prefer ethics to aesthetics, a culture or community will retain its health and wholesomeness. However, once the pursuit of beauty trumps duty, decadence and depravity prevail. Frank Lloyd Wright's slick sick value system and the local oligarchy's espousal thereof have been the ruination of Racine. The sooner our municipal officials escort "Art for Art's Sake" to history's roadkill repository, the better!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-52522144705282545202010-11-04T21:56:48.864-05:002010-11-04T21:56:48.864-05:00Urgently Needed HEART, NOT ART.Urgently Needed HEART, NOT ART.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-36758866806428858112010-11-01T10:25:18.802-05:002010-11-01T10:25:18.802-05:00Somebody--possibly SCJ--should pull the plug on DR...Somebody--possibly SCJ--should pull the plug on DRC. That would send a positive signal to other would-be investors that Racine is not a company town. (As long as Racine is perceived as SCJ's toy village, rival employers will stay away in droves.) Also, if a certain corporate clan could can its arty priorities and accept Racine as a bluecollar community, investors would reconsider their negative views of our sad city.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-3366348069182397012010-10-31T17:36:14.981-05:002010-10-31T17:36:14.981-05:00A few years ago, Sam Johnson stated that he was &q...A few years ago, Sam Johnson stated that he was "one of many players in this great town." Assuming his heirs follow his philosophy and refrain from trying to turn Racine into a little family fief, the company town stigma will vanish. Then--maybe--we won't need to feel ashamed of our ties to Racine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-12804698543276571622010-10-31T13:33:49.209-05:002010-10-31T13:33:49.209-05:00Because Racine is closely associated with The Hous...Because Racine is closely associated with The House of Wax, some of the anti-SCJ onus has rubbed off on its reputation. For everyone's sake, Mayor Dickert's successor must distance himself and his regime from the Cherokee Red Reprobates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-90174441572290379272010-10-31T13:29:17.881-05:002010-10-31T13:29:17.881-05:00If SCJ is savvy, it will maintain a low profile an...If SCJ is savvy, it will maintain a low profile and concentrate on charity work. Right now, the Waxtribe and its companies are loathed throughout the USA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-53363707279599931932010-10-31T13:26:38.218-05:002010-10-31T13:26:38.218-05:00Jesting aside, Racine must shed its disgraceful st...Jesting aside, Racine must shed its disgraceful status as a scum-poo-ny town. Whenever I tell out-of-state academic colleagues that I reside in Racine, the first thing they do is commiserate with me for having to exist on SCJ's turf. Then they express their sorrow about our corrupt local government (controlled behind the scenes by Waxtrash) and our dysfunctional RUSD (which they believe is deliberately sabotaged by SCJ in order to keep the toiling masses dumb and down). Finally, they mention our thriving gangs and add that SCJ subsidizes them because high crime rates in the 'hood drive the poor, the working class and the lower-middle class out of Racine, thereby facilitating our city's transformation into a Waxclan art colony populated by scads of bourgeois boobs from Cornell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-30680998515189721392010-10-31T13:15:16.707-05:002010-10-31T13:15:16.707-05:00If you guys -- last two Anon posters -- can't ...If you guys -- last two Anon posters -- can't come up with anything more substantial than made-up names and personal disparagement, I'll shut off comments.<br /><br />Grow up!Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17542901376907047448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-10787807659868520712010-10-31T13:11:02.935-05:002010-10-31T13:11:02.935-05:00Remember her con-sewer-t, Crack Lip-Off. I'm s...Remember her con-sewer-t, Crack Lip-Off. I'm sure that devious hockey puck chuck will find plenty of chimp chores for them to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-52453961814747356802010-10-31T13:07:59.576-05:002010-10-31T13:07:59.576-05:00Don't forget the Waxies' bought-and-paid-f...Don't forget the Waxies' bought-and-paid-for liars, Dickert and Friedel. Dress the twits in Cherokee red servants' duds and send them out to the Lip-Off compound to wait on Hell-Loon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-22426736763073747562010-10-31T09:12:22.953-05:002010-10-31T09:12:22.953-05:00Fairness si! Fiestas no! The Waxies and their lies...Fairness si! Fiestas no! The Waxies and their lies must go!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-29918761099351081352010-10-30T13:19:12.724-05:002010-10-30T13:19:12.724-05:00Going by the excessive number of fetes, galas, par...Going by the excessive number of fetes, galas, parades and other folderol in Racine's calendar, I'd say that Racine had better turn in its municipal charter and seek recognition as a banana republic. Seriously, we need MEN who'll toss the Waxtrash lackeys and influence out of City Hall. (Perhaps the Waxies learned to use festivals to fool their victims here by observing how the super-rich oligarchs of Brazil gulled--and continue to gull--their downtrodden wage slaves with galas. Once you know what you're looking at, Carnival in Rio--or Fortaleza--isn't so pretty. As for a plethora of fetes in Racine, it's an obscenity.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-35957050128813562432010-10-30T13:08:25.660-05:002010-10-30T13:08:25.660-05:00Sometimes the peer pressure to squander a family&#...Sometimes the peer pressure to squander a family's savings on a silly float or holiday decorations is so intense that the only way to retain the funds while remaining alive is to move. (I know at least three ladies and a gentleman from Merida who had to leave town in order to keep the funds for their children's education from disappearing into the treasury of a cofradia/confraternity whose leaders wanted to invest in a new portable platform/andas for a religious statue. Down in Oaxaca, Chiapas and Tehuantepec, it's even worse. I have friens who've been shot at because they preferred educating their daughters to hiring marching bands or distributing free food to all comers at a festival.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-20747111034265286852010-10-30T12:54:43.539-05:002010-10-30T12:54:43.539-05:00The last sentence should read: In Oaxaca and the Y...The last sentence should read: In Oaxaca and the Yucatan Peninsula, it's notorious that towns with scads of fiestas can boast few high school graduates because the dough that would have financed the youngsters' education routinely gets wasted on galas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-79336423319389970362010-10-30T12:49:52.007-05:002010-10-30T12:49:52.007-05:00The standard textbook examples cited by experts ar...The standard textbook examples cited by experts are Latin American nations contrasted with Our Neighbor to the North. Under Canada's socio-economic system, most citizens are so well protected from poverty and exploitation that they feel little desire for celebrations. Because unoppressed people don't require outlets for their emotions, their calendars include few festivals. When daily life is decent, folks don't seek occasions to whoop it up or let off steam. On the other hand, in most lands South of the Border, where extreme povety prevails, the fortunate few promote fiestas galore to distract the peasants from questioning the system and changing it. (Not only do the festivals bamboozle the paupers but they also make them even poorer than they were prior to the events. Because the fiestas are promoted as community celebrations, men who've worked hard and managed to save a few pesos to purchase livestock or farm equipment are pressured into funding floats and fireworks instead of necessities. Quite often, their wives wind up blowing their pathetic centavos on food for swarms of visitors. Money that prudent peasant women had earmarked for their kids' school fees, supplies and uniforms goes down the voracious gobs of cater-kin and guests. In Oaxaca and the Yucatan Peninsula, it's notorious that towns with scads of fiestas can boast few high school graduates because the dough that would have financed the youngsters; education routinely gets wasted on galas.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-68362709339812054282010-10-30T12:20:23.214-05:002010-10-30T12:20:23.214-05:00Anyone who's read Roy Strong's "Art a...Anyone who's read Roy Strong's "Art and Power" will know all-too-well what the Waxies and their pet yuppies have done to our sorry city's rank-and-file residents. As any cultural anthropologist or historian will tell you, there's an inverse correlation between lavish celebrations and social justice. A community whose calendar includes lots of galas is usually a bastion of backwardness where economic inequality flourishes. Conversely, a community whose calendar is relatively fete-free tends to be a progressive place where everyday life is so pleasant that the people feel scant need for special events to distract them from the quotidian grind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-77273853930854839662010-10-30T12:09:10.815-05:002010-10-30T12:09:10.815-05:00Until the SCJ gentry and other Waxscum are banishe...Until the SCJ gentry and other Waxscum are banished from City Hall, conditions in Racine will go from bad to worse. As it is, the ceraceous slickers' fixation on festivals has rendered Racine ridiculous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5583157134881112619.post-17325576272691228892010-10-30T12:02:27.669-05:002010-10-30T12:02:27.669-05:00No country club clowns, airheaded artists and big-...No country club clowns, airheaded artists and big-buck buccaneers need apply.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com