irishoaks's Blog

This was posted on another site.  It has brought much dialogue pro and con.  I did not include the eubonics that was posted as it really didn't add to the gist of the message and would only inflame.  My problem with it is that a congresswoman who is paid by the taxpayer is wasting taxpayer money on this drivel.  The very idea of the serious needs of the country and she whines in racial UNFAIRNESS (caps, mine).

Well, it appears our African-American friends have found yet something else to be pissed about. A black congresswoman (this would be Sheila Jackson Lee, of Houston ), reportedly complained that the names of hurricanes are all Caucasian sounding names.

She would prefer some names that reflect African-American culture such as Chamiqua, Tanisha, Woeisha, Shaqueal, and Jam al. I am NOT making this up!

She would also like the weather reports to be broadcast in 'language' that street people can understand because one of the problems that happened in New Orleans was, that black people couldn't understand the seriousness of the situation, due to the racially biased language of the weather report.

I guess if the weather person says that the winds are going to blow at 140+ MPH, thats too hard to understand

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If she thinks the people of NOLA can not understand English, then perhaps the school system needs a close examination.  Any person should be able to understand the weather forcaster say that a hurricane is on it's way and evacuation would be a good idea.