The Strategic Retreat

The 3/5ths Fallacy

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usaOne of the last classes I took at university was Black Power. It was a pretty good class. I learned a lot about the roots of the black power movement, African history and present-day class struggles plus my professor wore a dashiki. Along with useful information I was also taught some crap; all white people are racist, black people cannot be racist and that once upon a time black people were considered 3/5ths of a person.

While I disagree with the belief that my skin color makes me racist I don’t feel like arguing that point. Mainly because it’s a… Read the rest

No, You Can’t Have A Cigarette

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smoking guys
In a week and a half I will be starting my new job. Thanks haircut. This will affect my life in many ways: I’ll have more money, I’ll be underemployed outside of my house rather than inside my house, I’ll have to wake up early, I’ll have insurance, I’ll have a 401(k), I’ll get to work in a fancy building downtown and no more pantsless work.

Most of the changes will be favorable and in many ways I’m looking forward to my new gig. Regardless, I need the job as my girlfriend/fiance/domestic partner (whatever the kids call… Read the rest

Barack Obama Sucks At Color Spectrum, Being White

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Super Barack Obama

It should be obvious to anyone who reads my site that I’m a journalist. It’s not like I just sit down at my computer and write about whatever popped into my head the previous night. Nope, The Strategic Retreat is serious business and I’ll be expecting my Peabody Award any month now. Because of this; I feel that, having ran a negative article on Hillary Clinton, I’m obligated to run a negative article on Barack Obama.

Admittedly it was harder to find negatives on Barack. He really screws up equal coverage by not lying,… Read the rest

Hillary Clinton Sucks At Math, Life

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Hillary

Hillary Clinton is a liar. No big news there. Recently she was caught lying about her Bosnia trip and I’m ok with that too. Really, it’s Hillary, I expect her to lie. Remember when she said she was named after Sir Edmund Hillary? That’s just the kind of person Hillary is. And that’s ok.

What isn’t ok is her lying about her recent lies. Lying about lies, that’s just bad form. Hillary has done exactly that. Hillary stated that she “misspoke”, she was “sleep deprived” and that she “say(s) a lot of things, millions of words a… Read the rest