Hooray, Hooray, Hooray!

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And now for something completely different...

A tip of the hat and an appreciative bow to damned_colonial for her link to the Victorian Guide to Public Safety (performed by the ladies Stankhurts) "I've Got My Tinfoil Hat On (Hooray, Hooray, Hooray!)."

American Racist?

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Heather MacDonald over at City Journal makes this intriguing observation:

"If the government's failure to get help instantly to Katrina victims reflects American racism, why have the images of thousands of poor, displaced blacks triggered the greatest outpouring of charity in American history?"

and

"While the race-mongers try to stoke blacks' suspicion of whites, the public is showing that it regards all Americans, whatever their color or economic situation, as brothers and sisters. That people are giving so feverishly in spite of the competing images of looting by the flood victims and the reports of murder and rape is even stronger proof that racism has lost its grip on the American mind: the givers are refusing the bigot's reaction of impugning an entire race by the loathsome behavior of a few."

Read the whole thing for yourself, if you like.

Hat tip to the Independent Women's Forum's Inkwell; cross-posted to anti_lefty