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Thread ID: 18300 | Posts: 50 | Started: 2005-05-19
2005-05-19 14:45 | User Profile
I feel that interratial dating of any find should be viewed as akin to beastiality. If a White person does not find these acts equally abhorrant, they are a sick person. Having race mixing of any kind in ones past is a stain on ones character that would make any future relationship with a White seperatist impossible. :yucky:
2005-05-19 16:29 | User Profile
Greetings and welcome to the board, targa22girl.
You mean like this Klum post? (click the photo link) [url]http://www.originaldissent.com/forums/showpost.php?p=113815&postcount=14[/url]
2005-05-19 16:48 | User Profile
I don't understand why TexasDissident soils himself with this shit.
2005-05-19 16:51 | User Profile
A spoon of tar spoils a barrel of honey.
Mixing with monkeys is accelerated devolution.
2005-05-19 18:09 | User Profile
22girl, if you're trying to whip up support for your views, you really should learn how to spell correctly.
It's "interracial".
2005-05-19 18:13 | User Profile
You have the gall, after reading some of the "Whitist" knuckleheads at this site, to tell me that Skin is the be-all end-all? Get real.
I don't blame black men who are interested in a good and stable marriage for looking among white women. Too often, black women have been so screwed up by the extreme materialism and "Princess" mentality that they not only are masters at the art of extortion (primarily for stupid shit like island cruises and crass chunks of bling) but they are abusive as hell. Black men have a hard enough time rising above all the strikes against them without kowtowing to a matriarchal mindset gone wild.
Whitey -- as exemplified on this site -- is just another Useful Idiot who fancies himself King of the Rainbow Coalition ... from whom he gets his best victim/superiority complex neuroses.
2005-05-19 19:34 | User Profile
Hey,lighten up on the spelling thing, I have gotten very little sleep lately. This is just a thought I had and wondered if others may view it in a similar way. I am not trying to drum up anything. :mellow:
2005-05-19 20:01 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Sertorius]Greetings and welcome to the board, targa22girl.
You mean like this Klum post? (click the photo link) [url]http://www.originaldissent.com/forums/showpost.php?p=113815&postcount=14[/url][/QUOTE]
A hundred years ago White men put man-ape hybrids like ââ¬ÅSealââ¬Â in cages to be viewed as the subhuman freaks that they are; today they marry them and think nothing of procreating with these animals. Progress. Itââ¬â¢s amazing how quickly and completely Whites have fallen. Only sixty years ago a filthy German whore such as Klum wouldââ¬â¢ve been executed by her government for a crime against her race, today sheââ¬â¢s feted.
2005-05-19 20:20 | User Profile
You mean like this cute couple:
(Barbara Bush and her colored beau...)
[IMG]http://www.hossli.com/gifs/BARBARA.BUSH.jpg[/IMG]
Looks like the Bush clan will be getting darker soon...it kind of brings to mind Faulkner's Absolom, Absolom doesn't it?
2005-05-19 20:37 | User Profile
Gotta make the FTAA ("Free Trade of the Americas") look palatable & legit somehow... [IMG]http://www.phora.org/forum/images/smilies/hump.gif[/IMG]
2005-05-19 20:43 | User Profile
[QUOTE=askel5]I don't blame black men who are interested in a good and stable marriage for looking among white women... Black men have a hard enough time rising above all the strikes against them without kowtowing to a matriarchal mindset gone wild.[/QUOTE]
Who invited Bill Moyers to join OD?
2005-05-19 20:56 | User Profile
[QUOTE]Too often, black women have been so screwed up by the extreme materialism and "Princess" mentality that they not only are masters at the art of extortion (primarily for stupid shit like island cruises and crass chunks of bling) but they are abusive as hell. Black men have a hard enough time rising above all the strikes against them without kowtowing to a matriarchal mindset gone wild. [/QUOTE]
No, that's because the negroid male is the most promiscuous, sex-obssessed creature on the face of the earth, unable to be monogamous and lacking any self-control or responsibility. That's why black women "whoop dat azzzz"!!
2005-05-19 21:21 | User Profile
[QUOTE=xmetalhead]No, that's because the negroid male is the most promiscuous, sex-obssessed creature on the face of the earth, unable to be monogamous and lacking any self-control or responsibility. That's why black women "whoop dat azzzz"!![/QUOTE]Hahahaha! Hugh Hefner is black since when?
2005-05-19 21:27 | User Profile
[QUOTE=askel5]I don't blame black men who are interested in a good and stable marriage for looking among white women. Too often, black women have been so screwed up by the extreme materialism and "Princess" mentality that they not only are masters at the art of extortion (primarily for stupid shit like island cruises and crass chunks of bling) but they are abusive as hell. Black men have a hard enough time rising above all the strikes against them without kowtowing to a matriarchal mindset gone wild.[/QUOTE]I hope; you do realize that not all black women fit this stereotype. In fact, many do not, just as not all white women fit it. I would say the average Kenyan woman is less materialistic than the average white woman. There are many materialistic white women, do not forget that. I would say, there are more white women in America than black women, so the first group clearly allows more selection. However the mistake is to say that white women in America are on average any less materialistic. That I do not believe. Consider the singer "Madonna" (what a fine name to be so misused) and her many white fans. Consider the Spice Girls, et cetera.
Ghetto blacks should not be considered the same as middle class blacks in America; and neither are the same as blacks in Africa. We are all one people, on a level, but there is much variety within our color.
2005-05-19 21:30 | User Profile
Just noticed your sig.-line, which has listed a quote by Tim O'Brien. GREAT writer. I got locked into his stuff in about 1992-93. Brings back memories. :tank:
As to the salient thrust of ze thread...& I don't care how it sounds, as I don't see myself running for office in this lifetime: After living in Lafayette, Louisiana for six years (93-99), one of the greatest things I can say about South Korea is--and I say this to many folk--that there are [B]no niggers [/B] here. Driving around on my motorcycle, Lafayette (nevermind Baton Rouge or New Orleans), I remember all too well the low-slung-off-da-ass-pants-wearin'-, streetcorner-lurkin', shifty-lookin' nappies; and then, in the high-rent district, there was Booty Call--which was the bar for the big-spending crack dealers and ho's. I just prayed that my bike wouldn't break down or run out of gas in those places.
As a lover of jazz and literature, I know there are and have been genius blacks in America (the canon of John Coltrane, and the novels of Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison shame most honkeys). ...but the black "culture" in Amerika today is so debased that it's hard not to tell it how it is.
2005-05-19 21:34 | User Profile
QUOTE=toddbrendanfaheyAs a lover of jazz and literature, I know there are and have been genius blacks in America (the canon of John Coltrane, and the novels of Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison shame most honkeys). ...but the black "culture" in Amerika today is so debased that it's hard not to tell it how it is.[/QUOTE]Why do you pretend that a small percentage of blacks are representative of all blacks? I could just as easily point to beer guzzling white trailer trash and speak of "white culture."
2005-05-19 21:38 | User Profile
Yes, you could, and I'd agree with you wholeheartedly.
I used the term "niggers" purposely. I also use "white trash," even though I'm Irish/caucasian. Both are an offense to the gene pool.
No offense intended. I thought I was making my point clear(ly).
2005-05-19 21:48 | User Profile
QUOTE=toddbrendanfaheyYes, you could, and I'd agree with you wholeheartedly.
I used the term "niggers" purposely. I also use "white trash," even though I'm Irish/caucasian. Both are an offense to the gene pool.
No offense intended. I thought I was making my point clear(ly).[/QUOTE]I understand then, no problems.
2005-05-19 22:00 | User Profile
I hate to be one of those, "Hey, some of my best friends are black"-types, and it's not really true, so I won't (be).
But of the three Republican Presidential candidates in 2000, I was an avid Alan Keyes backer (he wouldn't have been my first choice--that'd have been Congressman Ron Paul; but he was far and away the most palatable man running then). Also, having lived in Lafayette, LA, and a lover of jazz, I formed some good friendships with a couple of black musicians...who also couldn't stand "niggers." We used to joke about it frequently (they also couldn't stand "white trash").
That's where I stand.
& as far as "interbreeding," I decided long ago that children weren't part of my life's plans. That said, I dig Asian ladies and haven't dated a "white" woman since 1999.
2005-05-19 22:09 | User Profile
QUOTE=toddbrendanfahey& as far as "interbreeding," I decided long ago that children weren't part of my life's plans. That said, I dig Asian ladies and haven't dated a "white" woman since 1999.[/QUOTE] A lot of white guys are attracted to Asian women. I can understand why, even though I prefer white women myself. There's more to attraction than just physical appearance. Asian women tend to act a more feminine than white women (at least in America), and they treat their men better. A large number of white women seem to have been indoctrinated with the odious "[u]B[/u]eing [u]I[/u]n [u]T[/u]otal [u]C[/u]ontrol, [u]H[/u]oney" feminist mindset. Who wants to spend his life with someone like that?
If I ever get married, it will be to a white woman, but she will NOT be like the typical American feminist butch.
2005-05-19 22:26 | User Profile
I won't date a materialistic Asian woman, either. But, yeah, they are much more feminine and submissive ("And that's a good thing" -- Martha Stewart) than the vast majority of Western gals. (& a woman who doesn't need to shave her legs...[fill in the rest of the blanks; I'll avoid the graphic details] is a major BONUS.) :punk:
As I'm not gonna have kids, I won't have to worry about the "stay at home wife" who believes she's got it made, just because she got married. Should I get married again, it'll be to an artist/musician, with her own drive and ambition, and who likes to travel. And get horizontal often (goes w/o saying).
2005-05-20 01:03 | User Profile
There is a difference between white trash and niggers other than simple skin color. It is not as if niggers are just the trash of the colored race. With white trash what we have is ignorance usually accompanied by low IQ; whereas a black can easily be in the upper percentiles of his race's IQ and still be a complete nigger. And everything in between as well. I was at Granger today purchasing some equipment and the black fellow (i.e. nigger) taking care of my order was a complete prick. I can easily surmise that the company is stuck with his rude disposition and doesn't know how to properly fire him without provoking a lawsuit. If he was an ignorant white man and treated their customers the way this black man treated me he would be out of that job yesterday, so say what you will about white trash at least they are accountable.
2005-05-20 01:17 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Bardamu]I can easily surmise that the company is stuck with his rude disposition and doesn't know how to properly fire him without provoking a lawsuit. If he was an ignorant white man and treated their customers the way this black man treated me he would be out of that job yesterday.... [/QUOTE]There's little doubt about that. But the saddest part of the picture is that a large proportion (maybe even most) of our fellow whites are largely responsible for allowing that situation to come about.
2005-05-20 01:46 | User Profile
I blame our elites more than I do our middle classes. The working class is not really supposed to act as the leader class. It is like the Scottish aristocrats in [I]Braveheart[/I]: they are already rich yet they are bought off to commit treason against their own people. It is not a pretty picture.
2005-05-20 03:45 | User Profile
targa22girl,
You are most Right my dear girl. [QUOTE]Interratial dating akin to beastiality I feel that interratial dating of any find should be viewed as akin to beastiality.[/QUOTE]
2005-05-20 03:49 | User Profile
I really don't see Blacks as beasts. I just see them as so racially and cuturally different from whites that they should never be considered part of our *national community. In fact, I wish the Blacks well. Just so long as that wellness is not at the expense of our people. Interracial marriage and mating dosen't just destroy the white/European race, it destroys the blacks and asian races , as well as the multitude of valid cultures within those races. The filthy scum that control this planet want to create what some writers describe as "the tan everyman" a slave creature with no real race, no real culture and no real religion. The new man they are creating will be a souless beast of burden. Inside the US, the white man must take matters into his hands to liberate himself. However, I would not mind cooperating with people of the dusky races who are overseas and want to throw off the shackles of the NWO. *
2005-05-20 03:52 | User Profile
Angler,
I am sick of the East Asian women thing. I think it is nonsense. All I have to say is two words [B]Margaret Cho.[/B] I think more them are like her than the fantasies so many men seem to have.
[url]http://www.margaretcho.com/[/url]
2005-05-20 05:20 | User Profile
Faust,
I say this only because it's true (e.g., you and I have found a lot of common ground over the years), but yer speaking from out'cher ass on this one.
Sure there are Margaret Cho's, in Amerika and in East Asia. But are "most" East Asian women akin to Margaret Cho? (How would you know? Have you ever lived in East Asia? If you've served military time in Korea or Japan, then I guess you can state your case and I'll take it as a well-informed one; otherwise, to compare this fat pseudo-comic trash-mouth bitch [Margaret Cho] with "most" East Asians is just bone-dumb). :1eye:
2005-05-20 06:14 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Faust]Angler,
I am sick of the East Asian women thing. I think it is nonsense. All I have to say is two words [B]Margaret Cho.[/B] I think more them are like her than the fantasies so many men seem to have.
[url]http://www.margaretcho.com/[/url][/QUOTE] Margaret Cho is Americanized, feminist style. Asian women in Asia, and asian women in America who aren't Americanized yet, don't act like or sound (or for the most part, look) like Margaret Cho.
It is true many American white males find Asian females attractive precisely because they are still unabashedly and unselfconsciously feminine. I believe Fred Reed has written on this very topic....here we go: why white men prefer asian women:
[url]http://www.fredoneverything.net/AsianWomen.shtml[/url]
Notice there's not much talk about asian women being better looking. I don't find them all that good looking on average; many of them are "cute" but not one in one hundred of them could hold a candle to the white women I've met casually, IMO. Of course there are always exceptions.
Personality, however, goes a long, long way and feminism has poisoned our collective racial well in that regard, in setting white men and women against each other. As was the intention.
I'll remain celibate rather than give in to miscegenation, however. If Mrs. Right does not come along, at least I will have the satisfaction of not further contributing to the racial chaos that America is becoming.
2005-05-20 07:22 | User Profile
"Yeh. What he said." :notworth:
2005-05-20 08:28 | User Profile
My $0.02.
I agree with the estimable Mr. Fahey that one of the major advantages of living abroad is the paucity of niggers. I lived for years in Moscow, and there are very few blacks there. It was great. I rarely felt in danger in Moscow just walking down the street at night. And that's in a huge city of over nine million people. Compare that to any major American city (or African, Brazilian, Haitian, fill in the blank) where walking down the street can be a hair-raising experience and the point is made beyond all dispute.
White (and Asian, there are a lot of Tatars living in Moscow) means little street crime. Lots of other shenanigans like corruption and I'll-kill-you-kids-if-you-sue goings on, but not much by way of armed robbery, gang rape, drive-by shootings and other lowlife crap commonly associated with those of African ancestry.
I was recently in Yerevan, Armenia, a city of over a million inhabitants. Armenia is 98% Armenian, and the remaining 2% are Russians, Greeks, and others. The Armenians are a good lot. There are a good number of Persian businemen and their families there, too, who cause absolutely no trouble. Also a number of Arab students who provide the only element approaching the negroidal decibel level, but then again even if they tend to walk around in packs and talk loud, they don't walk around glowering at all and sundry like the lowlife animals that infest the streets of our once-great American cities.
No, niggers are the problem and the solution is to separate from them. And note that it doesn't really matter where in the world you go. I've travelled all over this big old world of ours, and if there's one constant fact of life it's where there are niggers, there is poverty, ignorance, mindless violence, rape, robbery, assualt, murder and basically endless anomic street crime. Northern Brazil, Haiti, Freetown, Monrovia, Detroit, Chicago, D.C. - fill in the bloody blank. Wherever niggers dwell, there nobody in their right mind wants to be. And that includes niggers.
It's race, not culture. It's nature, not nurture, that really counts.
Niggers are what God made them, and that's just the way it is. We will have no peace until we figure out that it's God's plan the we live separately.
As to Asians, I have very high regard for them in general. Koreans are a good bunch, they really are. Smart. Hard working. Like a good laugh. And they're quite a handsome people. They're not us (and they don't want to be, thank you very much!) and so they shouldn't be allowed in as immigrants, but unlike niggers I really have no problems at all accepting them as my fellow human beings with all that entails.
Asian women can be very beautiful, and the thing about them is that they find white men attractive. We are to Asian women what nigs are to white women - a sort of move up the testosterone scale. Steve Sailer over at VDARE wrote about this phenomenon. It really hacks off Asian guys, too, who don't like seeing their females being serviced by white guys at all. Can't say as I blame them.
It's best to avoid that sort of thing altogether. Sex is for the advancement of the race primarily, and while it certainly is of great recreational value it must be harnessed to the good of the family, community, nation, race. To put it bluntly, banging Asian chicks might be fun for both the white guy and the lovely Asian cherry blossom in question, but it does neither party, or either race, any good in the long run.
We have to look at this things as adults, after all. There's more at stake here than a night in the sack.
2005-05-20 10:33 | User Profile
Walter, when you let it rip without defering to the Book, you make perfect sense.
2005-05-20 13:12 | User Profile
Walter that was a well stated post.
My 2 cents about Asian women is that they are pretty, they're fun, and they're feminine but most Asian women in the US have already been tainted by feminism. I've seen many of them acting as total bitches. About ten years ago, I went out with a Chinese girl for a year or so, and I didn't see any difference between her level of materialism/femininity compared to your average White woman. Deep inside, I knew that I'd never marry her or have kids with her. Why would I? Just to have a White feminist woman in an Asian shell and still have to deal with biracial kids on top of that? I now have a beautiful White wife and I'm happy.... most of the time :wink:
On the flip side of that a friend of mine went out with a Thai girl who was only in the US for two years before he met her. Very, very sweet girl. The problem though was that her immigrant status rendered her completely left out of any cultural understanding of what an American might take for granted when trying to find things in common with a girlfriend/boyfriend. In other words, you could barely have a normal converstion with her, nevermind a witty American style conversation about culture, sports, music, Western civilization, etc. My friend eventually decided she wasn't for him.
However, I don't knock White men so much for going out with Asian women. White American women can be absolutely brutal to deal with. OTOH, as a White man, if you don't like seeing White women with niggers, then think about how Asian men feel about seeing their women with a "round eye".
2005-05-20 14:25 | User Profile
[B]No, niggers are the problem and the solution is to separate from them. And note that it doesn't really matter where in the world you go. I've travelled all over this big old world of ours, and if there's one constant fact of life it's where there are niggers, there is poverty, ignorance, mindless violence, rape, robbery, assualt, murder and basically endless anomic street crime. Northern Brazil, Haiti, Freetown, Monrovia, Detroit, Chicago, D.C. - fill in the bloody blank. Wherever niggers dwell, there nobody in their right mind wants to be. And that includes niggers.[/B]
This sentence is dead on! :cheers:
2005-05-20 14:54 | User Profile
:taz:
Walter: An eloquent post, that I'm actually thinking of reposting on all my Web sites...gonna have to think about how to "frame it," 'cos it's going to get me in into a world of $hit if I do so... But the writing is so good, that, as a prose-stylist mese'f, I'm thinking that I must.
On a different note: I don't know that I'm ever coming back to Amerika. James Joyce never returned to Ireland; ditto, Samuel Beckett; ditto Henry James (expatriated from America to England and never returned); ditto Joseph Conrad (from his Poland). I might be of this cast of mind. &, as such, I'll be the "round-eye" that offends Asian men by banging their women (per the testosterone upgrade; and I agree with the poster that wrote that, btw...) for the rest of my life (or, until I can't get it up any longer, ho ho...). :whlch:
From all that I have seen, Asian men tend to treat "their women" like $hit; and, so, who can blame these cherry-blossoms for wanting to glom on to someone who is actually polite, and who doesn't have two honeys on the side (as most Korean men do; which is why most Korean ladies are very hot in the sack when they are paid attention to and their erogenous zones are tickled...which most Korean men, I have been told, repeatedly, never find or even try to find).
No, I'll likely go native. Will continue my agitating from over the e-transom; and were there "martial law" imposed in the U.S., then I'd probably return to take out some of the Usual Suspects (CFR/Trilat/Bohemian Grove, etc.). 'til then, my life is much better abroad then it ever was in Amerika.
Your mileage may vary.
2005-05-20 16:18 | User Profile
POSTED, here:
[url]http://www.sianews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2437[/url]
:boxing:
2005-05-20 17:39 | User Profile
OK, My point was not to call anyone a beast, but rather to voice my view that each race is a seperate entity. There is such great variation within each race, but also a common thread that holds us together. We were never meant to cross over and to do so is wrong, just as the crossing of any other seperate species is. The common ancestor myth was concocted to destroy us,endoctrinating our children from a very young age. As for this whole asian thing that has come up, you men are so stupid. They have really got you fooled. Just keep the money coming. You should hear what they say about you behind your backs. I have to say I am quite surprised to see White guys on this site gushing over asian women. Aren't there other sites for men like you, perhaps you are confused. Thats why the yellow and brown are the silent threat, they are so easily accepted. Repent for you have sinned against your people.
2005-05-20 17:42 | User Profile
[QUOTE=madrussian]Walter, when you let it rip without defering to the Book, you make perfect sense.[/QUOTE]
True, Mad. He's great when he avoids mentioning the book.
But he's even better when he does. Excellent work, WY.
2005-05-20 17:43 | User Profile
QUOTE=toddbrendanfaheyOn a different note: I don't know that I'm ever coming back to Amerika. James Joyce never returned to Ireland; ditto, Samuel Beckett; ditto Henry James (expatriated from America to England and never returned); ditto Joseph Conrad (from his Poland).[/QUOTE]
I don't know that I'd compare you to any of those legends, but yeah: I do see your point.....
2005-05-20 18:02 | User Profile
targagrrrrrl: I say the same to you that I said to Faust: "Have you ever lived in Asia? Do you have any experience wherein you speak? Or are you just basing your words on what you see amongst the feminized 2nd-generation Asian-Americans?"
jay: I just turned 40. If I live to the ages that did Beckett, Conrad, Henry James (Joyce died early, at 52, with only 4 books, wuz still a legend), I'm going to give them a run for their money. I've written a lot more than most people know (that I have). Thanks for keeping it "civil," whatever you think of me & my works.
2005-05-20 18:10 | User Profile
Joyce lived to be nearly 60.
2005-05-20 18:15 | User Profile
OK, so it was mebbe 57. I didn't do a Google search, but knew that he'd died in his 50s (which is early).
2005-05-20 18:20 | User Profile
It was weeks shy of the age of 60, or maybe 59.
2005-05-20 21:28 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Walter Yannis]one of the major advantages of living abroad is the paucity of niggers.[/QUOTE]
Or in an area where they just aren't found in great concentrations, if you can't get complete freedom. It seriously, seriously makes a difference: cleanliness of the area, the buildings, housing, stores, etc., the general calm and peace of the area, the quietness, the friendliness of the folks, the ease of interpersonal relations day-to-day, you name it. It has to do with the racial molecular atmospherics setting: One boolie won't spoil everything, because he knows he can't get away with letting the full sub-Sarahan out. Get a critical mass of 'em, and watch out. Whitey is in for a bruisin'.
2005-05-21 06:12 | User Profile
targa22girl
You are Right. [QUOTE]As for this whole asian thing that has come up, you men are so stupid. They have really got you fooled. Just keep the money coming. You should hear what they say about you behind your backs. I have to say I am quite surprised to see White guys on this site gushing over asian women.[/QUOTE]
2005-05-21 11:26 | User Profile
[QUOTE=jay]True, Mad. He's great when he avoids mentioning the book.
But he's even better when he does. Excellent work, WY.[/QUOTE]
Thank you, sir.
Since we're talking about Asians, I have a research request.
King Rama VI of Thailand circa 1912 published an article called "Chinese - The Jews of the East."
I find many references to it but can't find the darned document itself.
I suspect that this is an important historical work that, while referred to often, is curiously unavailable.
Your assistance would be most sincerely appreciate.
2005-05-21 11:36 | User Profile
Walter: An eloquent post, that I'm actually thinking of reposting on all my Web sites...gonna have to think about how to "frame it," 'cos it's going to get me in into a world of $hit if I do so... But the writing is so good, that, as a prose-stylist mese'f, I'm thinking that I must..[/QUOTE]
Thanks, and you're welcome to it.
I'm seriously considering learning Mandarin.
I've looked into it. It's a daunting task. I speak Russian as well as any non-native Russian speaker I know, and I can tell you that was a massive and painful undertaking. Especially the first couple years of agonizing through broken conversations and looking stupid!
Although much to their credit the Russians are very tolerant of foreigners butchering their language in a good-faith attempt to speak it. They know it's impossible.
And they say that as hard as Russian is, Chinese is twice as hard. I understand that if you don't grow up with writing it, you never really learn to write (or read) it well.
And I'd only be in it for the money.
My latest gig just ended so I have a little time on my hands. I decided to give it a shot, just taking a course in it.
I even looked into teaching English in China - the pay isn't great but they give you a place to stay. Sorta like the deal I understand you have.
2005-05-21 12:32 | User Profile
If you're "only in it for the money" (--Frank Zappa), I'll advise you to teach in South Korea. The pay is 400% what you make in China; you save 3/4ths of that (if you don't have super-bad habits...), and it's close enough for to visit China anytime you want.
Learn Chinese in your spare-time (Korean is f*ck-all easy to learn) and travel to China at yer leisure.
But don't expect to be "in it for the money" in China. Unless you possess great technological prowess or mondo-bribes, it ain't gonna happen--not for the next 4-5 years, anyway (what with the Olympics coming up).
2005-05-21 17:06 | User Profile
QUOTE=toddbrendanfaheyIf you're "only in it for the money" (--Frank Zappa), I'll advise you to teach in South Korea. The pay is 400% what you make in China; you save 3/4ths of that (if you don't have super-bad habits...), and it's close enough for to visit China anytime you want.
Learn Chinese in your spare-time (Korean is f*ck-all easy to learn) and travel to China at yer leisure.
But don't expect to be "in it for the money" in China. Unless you possess great technological prowess or mondo-bribes, it ain't gonna happen--not for the next 4-5 years, anyway (what with the Olympics coming up).[/QUOTE]
Todd, I didn't make that point clear. (So much for your admiration of my forensic abilities).
I meant this in terms of my law practice. I'm mostly a deal guy (but hey, I'll do anything), and knowing foreign languages is a real asset in that line of work.
The pundits that I know who are in the game reason that given China's vast war chest of rapidly depreceating $USD$ and China's critical need for Siberian oil and gas to keep the heat turned up full blast on its burgeoning economy, China will likely be investing gazillions in Siberian energy resources over the next 20 years or so. I've been involved in one way or another with all sorts of deals in Russia (including Siberia) over the past 12 years or so, and I'm thinking that knowing Chinese would help land my milky-white tooshie in the middle of all that, which maybe would allow old Wally to score some nice scratch.
See, Todd, I just want my piece. My share. Just my little shavings off the big cheese. You know?
Besides, I'm feeling really burned out with my practice and my life in general, and I need to do something new, like a shiny penny. I really busted my a$$ the past couple years on this big project that just ended, and I've been doing other stuff besides. I need a break, but then again whatever I do has to be aimed at getting me back in the game after I'm rested.
I don't know if freeking Mandarin is worth the effort, though. It's probably just middle aged crazy talk.
I tell Mrs. Yannis these ideas of mine and she just rolls her eyes and says in her heavily accented English "um, sure, vahtever Valter. Just let me know. 'Kay?" :whstl: Mrs. Yannis's big idea is that I lose about 40 pounds and learn to dance. She likes to waltz, polka, chaddish (spelling? - the Hungarian thing, you know), tango. Ballroom stuff. And I can't do any of that, at least I can't do that and expect my partner to remain physically whole. Maybe not a bad idea to start off with a simple box step.
BTW, you're the first one who's told me Korean was easy. Most of the white boys I know who tried it said it was horribly difficult.
2005-05-21 17:28 | User Profile
OK. Thanks for putting yr situation into proper perspective (fo' me).
Yeah, Hangul (the Korean language) is simple. Regular phonetic structure (real alphabet, takes about two days to get it down; no pictographs...though a knowledge of Mandarin is helpful for the more esoteric $hit, as Hangul was created in about 1438 by King Sejong of the Jeosun dynasty, to simplify things from Mandarin for the peasant and middle class...).
Got contacts in S.K. up the wazoo (executive-level corporate folk, 2nd-largest company in the nation). Need a hand or an intro, just holler.