How many times has a show at Arnellia’s made the A-List? And how about the Turf Club? And, to all the yupsters/hipsters/hippies in the room with a penchant for “Racism Sucks” bumper stickers, how many times have you been to each establishment?

But, yeah, St. Paul officials are vile racists.

So who does she think is the racist? The black police chief or the liberal democrat mayor? If the answer is neither, then she’s blowing knee-jerk style smoke. Something we’re all a little tired of.

And, yeah, you’re so right: It’s downright irresponsible to allow a black woman whose club was on the verge of a death sentence to express her opinion on the subject of race and city politics. After all, what could she possible know about such matters?

Paul Demoko wrote: “Asked why the city was targeting her club, Allen paused and thought for a few seconds. ‘You know what I’m going to say,’ she noted. ‘Because I’m a black woman.’”

Mike Mosedale wrote (in the post above): “[Demko] simply reported the owner’s contention that was the case.”

Yes, Demko simply reported that contention after fishing for it. If the City of St. Paul threatens penalties against a drinking establishment because an underage patron committed homicide on the premises, is it necessary to ask why the city was targeting the club? Only if you want to lend credence to the asinine notion that race was somehow a factor.

What is positively inaccurate is the assertion that I share Rambix’s proclivities merely because I object to the City Pages tired and misguided efforts to cry racism.

Also wanted to clarify, the shot above:
“Guess I felt the need to remind myself being a “Bleeding Heart Liberal” is not as bad as being a judgemental, closed-minded, bigoted, asshat.”
was aimed more so at Rambix’s commenters, rather than Rambix himself.

You know who you are.

Names and dates might have changed, but it was the same regurgitated-fear-mongering-spewage, with the occasional fact thrown in, almost every day.
While completely disagreeing with the political viewpoints, I fully admidt I would read his blog on a less-than-frequent basis. Guess I felt the need to remind myself being a “Bleeding Heart Liberal” is not as bad as being a judgemental, closed-minded, bigoted, asshat.

Well, that, and I get really bored at work sometimes.

Giggidy.

thanks.

Black people tend to be poorer, so they tend toward poor people crimes, which, unfortunately, tend to be more visible and easier to prosecute. As I mentioned in my initial post, there are all sorts of crimes being committed.To focus exclusively on street crime, and then to insist that race is te overriding factor, is, frankly, bizarre. It’s hard not to ascribe racist motiviations to it.

Since bud jr seems so hung up on the issue of the Arnellia’s address, I assume he has never set foot in said “shit-hole.” From that, I can only infer that “shit-hole”–in his view–translates to “bar where black people go.”

And again, I have to ask: Why is that the people who post the most obnoxious comments on this board aren’t willing to use their real names? I can imagine circumstances where there is a legit reason. In the main, though, I think it’s cowardly behavior–especially when you slag on others by name.