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Comment on The Great Jews of Great Falls: A Passover Musing by Danny Choriki

Danny Choriki — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:41:42 +0000

My mother’s story about arriving in Montana from Hawaii does not mention crying, though I tend to believe that crying was involved. Just out of high school and freshly married, first trip from Hawaii, first week of January, and the plane lands in Butte on it’s way to Bozeman. The story’s setup line is that the plane gets stuck in a snow bank with the punch line from mom, in her driest tone, that she should have never left the plane.

On the other hand, I might be too shocked at that point to cry.

Fifty some odd years later, I don’t think mom has gone back to Butte…

Comment on The Low Road to Higher Education/Musings on ‘Lost in the Meritocracy’ by Zena Beth

Zena Beth — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:38:03 +0000

I totally agree with David: lighten up, Walter.

I try in my own small way to rid people’s language about Jews. Example: We have a friend who, the first time he said he was “going to try to Jew him down” in price, I pointed out that was not an appropriate expression to use, period. He just did it out of habit but it’s wrong, whatever.

However, a couple of days ago when a well intentioned person said “Jewish rabbi” I wasn’t prickish enough to correct him.

As for the focus of what Claire wrote, Walter, you dishonor her by nit-picking!

Comment on The Slow Leak: Fatty Food & Fossil Fuel by Danny Choriki

Danny Choriki — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:20:28 +0000

Yeah, excess, complacency and an apathetic slacker approach to life isn’t the best formula for taking on indirect threats. I wonder if we have the moxie to take on a Hitler today.

Comment on The Low Road to Higher Education/Musings on ‘Lost in the Meritocracy’ by Walter Greenspan

Walter Greenspan — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:33:10 +0000

I guess we have different definitions of “minutae”.

Comment on The Low Road to Higher Education/Musings on ‘Lost in the Meritocracy’ by wedgeblog

wedgeblog — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:05:44 +0000

Ha ha, David, thanks for the defense…I’ll buy you a nice Mogen David sometime.

I am a Nice Jewish Girl, there’s not an anti-Semetic bone in my body (though as a writer I’m prone to self-loathing)…The point of my post was to show how we are colored by the roles we impose upon ourselves, and that affects the perception of others.

My mom is not German. For brevity’s sake–blogs should be under 800 words–I didn’t say that her background is Russian via Austria/Hungary, and I pissed off Mr. Greenspan, who is a defacto ABM–no, not an Anti-Ballistic Missile…Walter is an Authority on Blog Minutae.

Comment on The Low Road to Higher Education/Musings on ‘Lost in the Meritocracy’ by Walter Greenspan

Walter Greenspan — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:34:11 +0000

Claire may not be anti-Semitic, but referring to a German Christian as a German, and a German Jew as a Jew, and similarly, referring to a Polish Catholic as a Pole and a Polish Jew as a Jew, is unquestionably anti-Semitic speech.

Comment on The Low Road to Higher Education/Musings on ‘Lost in the Meritocracy’ by david

david — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:50:47 +0000

Walter, I hardly think that Claire is “anti-Semitic,” nor is her choice of words “anit-Semitic.” You need to lighten up.

Comment on The Low Road to Higher Education/Musings on ‘Lost in the Meritocracy’ by Walter Greenspan

Walter Greenspan — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:02:22 +0000

You identify your father as, “He was a German, and he married a Jew.”

Given your choice of words, and unless I’ve taken them completely out of context, I understand you to mean that your father was a German Christian and not a German Jew.

Are you aware that referring to a German Christian as a German, and a German Jew as a Jew, and similarly, referring to a Polish Catholic as a Pole and a Polish Jew as a Jew, is anti-Semitic speech?

Comment on The Low Road to Higher Education/Musings on ‘Lost in the Meritocracy’ by Wednesday Linkage | Greater Falls!

Wednesday Linkage | Greater Falls! — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:09:44 +0000

[...] - She doesn’t post often enough, but when she does, Claire never fails to delight. In this installment, she kills God. [...]

Comment on The New York Observer by Larry

Larry — Thu, 06 May 2010 21:28:51 +0000

Claire,
As always your observational wit is so sharp, I fear that I may poke my eye out while reading. You caused me to actually laugh out. Loud yes, lol in a crowded national coffee chain location, (that needs no. Free advertising)
Thank you and keep up the great work!
Larry