The racist commentary has become almost unbelievably overt at Fox News. Today’s example is from the Sean Hannity show with Mark Steyn hosting, as Media Research Center chief Brent Bozell says President Obama looks like a “skinny ghetto crackhead.”
Mark Steyn’s reaction to this blatantly bigoted remark: a chuckle.
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thatthatisis Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:11:15am |
"Have you no shame, Senator? At long last, have you no shame?"
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makeitstop Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:11:57am |
Remember the good old days, when criticizing the president got you labeled un-American?
Nowadays, disrespecting the president gets you on TV.
Bozell should be ashamed of himself, but he's far too stupid for that.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:13:14am |
Is he a skinny ghetto crackhead or uppity? Please decide.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:13:48am |
re: #4 EmmmieG
Is he a skinny ghetto crackhead or uppity? Please decide.
Can't one be an uppity, but skinny, ghetto crackhead?
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:15:07am |
re: #5 SanFranciscoZionist
Can't one be an uppity, but skinny, ghetto crackhead?
No, no I'm pretty sure you have to be one or the other.
Skinny ghetto crackheads do NOT eat arugula.
I don't either, but I've never so much as seen crack, so I suppose I have no category to fit myself into.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:16:03am |
re: #6 EmmmieG
No, no I'm pretty sure you have to be one or the other.
Skinny ghetto crackheads do NOT eat arugula.
I don't either, but I've never so much as seen crack, so I suppose I have no category to fit myself into.
I suspect that there's a fairly large chunk of American society that consumes neither crack nor arugula.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:16:57am |
Meh, this one's a wash. He hedges his bets by saying "imagine the outrage if I said....". The Chris Mathews quote they're discussing is pretty bad but not quite as classless.
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Ming Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:17:39am |
I canceled my cable TV service a couple of years ago, and I really don't have a need for it these days. Of course, Fox is bundled with a bunch of other TV channels, but do you really need any of those? It's time people started to vote with their wallets on this.
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The Ghost of a Flea Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:17:54am |
re: #4 EmmmieG
Is he a skinny ghetto crackhead or uppity? Please decide.
He's uppity because he doesn't publicly admit to being a skinny ghetto crackhead, and conform to the socially-mandated, non-arugula-eating, behavior patterns of a skinny ghetto crackhead. In fact, he dares to present himself as a civil, educated family man.
///(just in case it wasn't already obvious)
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:18:19am |
re: #9 Ming
I canceled my cable TV service a couple of years ago, and I really don't have a need for it these days. Of course, Fox is bundled with a bunch of other TV channels, but do you really need any of those? It's time people started to vote with their wallets on this.
I did the same. I don't miss TV at all.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:18:58am |
re: #7 SanFranciscoZionist
I suspect that there's a fairly large chunk of American society that consumes neither crack nor arugula.
I myself am an occasional recreational arugula user.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:19:56am |
re: #7 SanFranciscoZionist
I suspect that there's a fairly large chunk of American society that consumes neither crack nor arugula.
We are the...95%...you think?
You can have our romaine when you prise it from our cold, dead fingers.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:20:05am |
re: #8 Killgore Trout
Meh, this one's a wash. He hedges his bets by saying "imagine the outrage if I said...". The Chris Mathews quote they're discussing is pretty bad but not quite as classless.
No, actually he did make these words his own. Here's the quote:
BOZELL: How long do you think Sean Hannity's show would last if four times in one sentence, he made a comment about, say, the President of the United States, and said that he looked like a skinny, ghetto crackhead? Which, by the way, you might want to say that Barack Obama does. Everybody on the left would come forward and demand he be fired within five minutes for being so insulting towards a leader of the United States.
Watch the video. He co-signs on this one.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:21:18am |
re: #14 Charles
No, actually he did make these words his own. Here's the quote:
Watch the video. He co-signs on this one.
Yeah, I caught that.
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The Ghost of a Flea Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:22:40am |
re: #12 SanFranciscoZionist
I myself am an occasional recreational arugula user.
That's a gateway to a hard-core radicchio habit. Next thing you know, you're shambling through the farmer's market begging for a few leaves of escarole.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:23:35am |
My husband grew up on iceberg lettuce with mayonnaise dressing as a "salad."
He hated it, growing up.
I introduced him to such finery as croutons, romaine lettuce, and dressings with spices in them. Oh, and bacon bits.
Now he eats a salad about five times a week.
I suppose he is growing uppity.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:24:52am |
re: #16 The Ghost of a Flea
That's a gateway to a hard-core radicchio habit. Next thing you know, you're shambling through the farmer's market begging for a few leaves of escarole.
It's a gateway to a root vegetable habit. Good luck finding celeriac out of season.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:25:00am |
The stupidity here is amazing. He says "imagine how long the Sean Hannity show would last" if someone made a blatantly racist remark -- then makes exactly that blatantly racist remark.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:25:11am |
re: #16 The Ghost of a Flea
That's a gateway to a hard-core radicchio habit. Next thing you know, you're shambling through the farmer's market begging for a few leaves of escarole.
I just bought a head of butter lettuce, grown hydroponically, with the roots still attached for freshness.
Trying to decide if I can taste a difference.
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Atlas Fails Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:26:35am |
Bozell comes off as creepy in person and is an objectively horrible writer (seriously, check out some of his columns. He sucks at putting words together.) He'd be a nobody if he wasn't William Buckley's nephew.
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chunkymonkey Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:27:16am |
re: #9 Ming
I canceled my cable TV service a couple of years ago, and I really don't have a need for it these days. Of course, Fox is bundled with a bunch of other TV channels, but do you really need any of those? It's time people started to vote with their wallets on this.
Where are we supposed to get NHL games without cable? I don't have cable either, so I only get to watch the games at my in-laws in Canada.
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wrenchwench Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:28:01am |
re: #20 EmmmieG
I just bought a head of butter lettuce, grown hydroponically, with the roots still attached for freshness.
Trying to decide if I can taste a difference.
The great thing about that stuff is that it stays fresh for up to three weeks, if you take care of it. It's still alive! Unwind the roots and give it a little water.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:28:22am |
re: #23 wrenchwench
The great thing about that stuff is that it stays fresh for up to three weeks, if you take care of it. It's still alive! Unwind the roots and give it a little water.
Um. I have digested most of it already, but thanks for the suggestion.
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makeitstop Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:28:36am |
re: #19 Charles
The stupidity here is amazing. He says "imagine how long the Sean Hannity show would last" if someone made a blatantly racist remark -- then makes exactly that blatantly racist remark.
Not to mention that Hannity's bread and butter is just that kind of inflammatory statement.
The answer to the hypothetical question of 'what would happen to Hannity's show?' is Fox News would run it for years.
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HappyWarrior Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:37:24am |
But but the liberals are the real racists not the patriots on Fox News. Fuck them.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:39:55am |
Wow, dumb conservative white bigots at Fox, who would'a thought.
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Ming Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:46:49am |
re: #22 chunkymonkey
Where are we supposed to get NHL games without cable? I don't have cable either, so I only get to watch the games at my in-laws in Canada.
This is a rhetorical stretch, but I can honestly say that I feel the same way about not paying for Fox News (and, for that matter, those execreable "pundits" on CNN and MSNBC) as I do about not eating "land animals" (I'm a longtime pesca-vegetarian). It's nice to look at a dog or a cat, or a chicken or cow for that matter, and know that I don't participate in the hellacious "meat industry". And my feeling about not paying for cable is not that different from my feeling about not eating meat: I can read this LGF post, about racism on Fox, and experience some MEANING in the fact that I don't help to support that.
In today's Information Age, I have a feeling you'll be able to find alternatives to ESPN... and meanwhile, enjoy your visits to your in-laws anyway.
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Obdicut Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:49:30am |
I lived in what a lot of people would call 'the ghetto', the Tenderloin of San Francisco. I had a lot of crackheads on my block.
None of them really bore a resemblance to President Obama.
For example: Image: sheen_webcam1.jpg
That's a crackhead.
This is President Obama:
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Digital Display Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:56:06am |
re: #30 Obdicut
I lived in what a lot of people would call 'the ghetto', the Tenderloin of San Francisco. I had a lot of crackheads on my block.
None of them really bore a resemblance to President Obama.
For example: Image: sheen_webcam1.jpg
That's a crackhead.
This is President Obama:
mmmm... I had a 53 Nash Ambassador stolen from me in the Tenderloin.. Still had the plastic on the seats.. It made me ill.. The Cop writing out the report told me I'd probably never see it again..He was right..
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MittDoesNotCompute Fri, Dec 23, 2011 11:57:49am |
re: #3 makeitstop
Remember the good old days, when criticizing the president got you labeled un-American?
Nowadays, disrespecting the president gets you on TV.
Bozell should be ashamed of himself, but he's far too stupid for that.
Brent Bozell, you're an insufferable asshole...go play footsies with Ron Paul or something.
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wilburs Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:00:38pm |
Brent Bozell is near the top of the very short list of "people I would love to punch in the face"
A useless wingnut welfare recipient who makes a living from the outrage machine that appeals to the worst qualities in people.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:02:47pm |
re: #30 Obdicut
I lived in what a lot of people would call 'the ghetto', the Tenderloin of San Francisco. I had a lot of crackheads on my block.
None of them really bore a resemblance to President Obama.
For example: Image: sheen_webcam1.jpg
That's a crackhead.
This is President Obama:
Um, yeah they do. We all look alike to them. Doesn't matter how you dress, talk, education level, what you drive, what you do for a living.
No sarc tags, because it's true...that is the entire point of saying he looks like one.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:05:05pm |
And now we have the usual wingnut dead thread hero apologizing for racism in the previous thread.
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wrenchwench Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:05:44pm |
re: #35 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Um, yeah they do. We all look alike to them. Doesn't matter how you dress, talk, education level, what you drive, what you do for a living.
No sarc tags, because it's true...that is the entire point of saying he looks like one.
Y'all look like Charlie Sheen?
/
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:05:44pm |
re: #34 wilburs
His dad was McCarthy's guy. Like father, like son in this case.
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Obdicut Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:20:50pm |
re: #35 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
That was pretty much my point, yes.
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Obdicut Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:31:21pm |
It's like the concept of a white crackhead doesn't even exist to these people.
Here's another crackhead:
Image: Tatum-O%E2%80%99Neal.jpg
Skinny, too. Still not seeing the resemblance to Obama.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:35:33pm |
re: #40 Obdicut
It's like the concept of a white crackhead doesn't even exist to these people.
Here's another crackhead:
Image: Tatum-O%E2%80%99Neal.jpg
Skinny, too. Still not seeing the resemblance to Obama.
That's true. He doesn't pluck his eyebrows nearly that much.
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chunkymonkey Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:38:28pm |
re: #36 Charles
And now we have the usual wingnut dead thread hero apologizing for racism in the previous thread.
Wingnut hero? Seriously?
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Gus Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:38:47pm |
re: #40 Obdicut
It's like the concept of a white crackhead doesn't even exist to these people.
Here's another crackhead:
Image: Tatum-O%E2%80%99Neal.jpg
Skinny, too. Still not seeing the resemblance to Obama.
Crack addiction comes in all shapes and sizes.
Fawn Hall.
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Jaerik Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:39:06pm |
"How long do you think Sean Hannity's show would last if four times in one sentence, he made a comment about, say, the President of the United States, and said that he looked like a skinny, ghetto crackhead?" Bozell wondered.
Huh. That's a decent point. Matthew's comments were equally out of line, and an appeal to rational discourse instead of ad hominem crazytalk is appreciated.
"Which, by the way, you might want to say that Barack Obama does."
*facepalm*
Here's the problem. You don't get to just tack on that cutesy little dig as a red-meat throw to the actual biggoted asshats in your audience, and have your overall point remain intact. Your entire argument has been reduced to the level of the lowest statement you make.
You're done. Get off the air.
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wrenchwench Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:39:38pm |
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Atlas Fails Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:40:18pm |
re: #36 Charles
And now we have the usual wingnut dead thread hero apologizing for racism in the previous thread.
KT? He may be to the right of many on this site, myself included, but I wouldn't call him a wingnut hero. Especially after the HotAir fiasco.
EDIT: Oops, I am an idiot.
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:41:43pm |
re: #46 Atlas Fails
Not KT. chunkymonkey I think
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:42:23pm |
A belated good afternoon to the Lizard World from the Great White North of western New York. Got about an inch of snow overnight and things are suddenly pretty (and slippery).
Shopping is all done and supplies laid in for a weekend of cooking and consumption of food and drink. During a preparation lull I sit here tending a fire in the woodstove and running a load of laundry.
How are things elsewhere in Lizard-dom?
Per the current topic, does behavior like this by the talking heads on Fox actually surprise anyone any more?
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Atlas Fails Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:42:26pm |
re: #47 Rightwingconspirator
Not KT. chunkymonkey I think
Yeah, I caught that and edited my original post.
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ArchangelMichael Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:42:43pm |
re: #45 wrenchwench
No, dead thread hero, who is also a wingnut.
Sort of like when Beavis and Butthead were discussing the ins and outs of "Juice-heads" and the like while making fun of Jersey Shore.
"You can be a wingnut, but not necessarily a dead thread hero, but all dead thread heroes are wingnuts.... or some... shit."
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chunkymonkey Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:43:41pm |
re: #36 Charles
And now we have the usual wingnut dead thread hero apologizing for racism in the previous thread.
OK, I wasn't sure before, but now I'm sure that you're referring to me. How was that a dead thread? I came in at post 85.
And seriously, "apologizing for racism"?!? Don't dare impugn me honor! I did nothing of the sort. You'd better back up that claim if you're going to make it.
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:44:10pm |
re: #49 Atlas Fails
Heh. That makes mine a ghost post. :-)>
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Gus Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:45:13pm |
OT... Oh brother...
@DanielEllsberg Daniel Ellsberg
Obama gave #BradleyManning verdict first, trial later. [Link: ow.ly...]
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:50:31pm |
re: #48 oaktree
A belated good afternoon to the Lizard World from the Great White North of western New York. Got about an inch of snow overnight and things are suddenly pretty (and slippery).
Shopping is all done and supplies laid in for a weekend of cooking and consumption of food and drink. During a preparation lull I sit here tending a fire in the woodstove and running a load of laundry.
How are things elsewhere in Lizard-dom?
Per the current topic, does behavior like this by the talking heads on Fox actually surprise anyone any more?
Not really, but I think it's important that we keep saying it's appalling, and not acceptable.
This is not OK public discourse.
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austin_blue Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:52:55pm |
Folks, I am outta here, jet-lagged to a smoldering ash of an austin_blue, but I've got to tell you, in all my years, I haven't seen this level of raw but veiled racism since the Nixon years.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:52:55pm |
re: #48 oaktree
Frankly? Racism surprises the hell out of me every time I see it. I mean, the calendar saying what year it is and all that.
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Romantic Heretic Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:54:48pm |
Can't say I'm surprised Steyn chuckled. I've been following him for years, ever since he was a columnist for The Toronto Sun, which is our version of The New York Post.
He's always been a chucklehead.
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darthstar Fri, Dec 23, 2011 12:58:13pm |
That's "Mr. Skinny Ghetto Crackhead President" to you, asshole. Hannity and his friends aren't worthy of the peanuts in Obama's shit.
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wilburs Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:00:49pm |
re: #58 Romantic Heretic
Can't say I'm surprised Steyn chuckled. I've been following him for years, ever since he was a columnist for The Toronto Sun, which is our version of The New York Post.
He's always been a chucklehead.
really
why doesn't he follow his own "immigration policy" and go back to his own country.
asshole
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Romantic Heretic Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:03:20pm |
re: #61 wilburs
really
why doesn't he follow his own "immigration policy" and go back to his own country.
asshole
Because like many 'conservative' Canadians his dream is to be an American. He thinks Canada is a Communist dictatorship. He said so often in his columns for the Sun.
He's not going to leave the land of the free and home of the brave.
He was a wingnut long before it was cool.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:03:48pm |
re: #61 wilburs
really
why doesn't he follow his own "immigration policy" and go back to his own country.
asshole
Um. Are you mad? He's white!
///
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:05:23pm |
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wrenchwench Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:05:34pm |
re: #59 darthstar
That's "Mr. Skinny Ghetto Crackhead President" to you, asshole. Hannity and his friends aren't worthy of the peanuts in Obama's shit.
Looks like Bozell and Steyn have each put on a few pounds in recent years. The "skinny" part is probably a big part of why they're peeved. Kinda like Senselessbrenner.
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wilburs Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:06:03pm |
I was hoping some one would say that he is here because Canadians have too much sense to pay attention to his kind of idiocy.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:09:32pm |
re: #66 wilburs
I was hoping some one would say that he is here because Canadians have too much sense to pay attention to his kind of idiocy.
Well... to be fair... they live in Canada.
It's America's Hat!
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:17:07pm |
What a stupid asshole. All he had to say was simply "... now imagine if Sean Hannity had said the same thing about Obama". But NOOOO, he had shoot for a stupid racial stereotype.
And really, Matthews is an unprofessional dumb ass for saying what he said. But you can't expect to highlight someone's stupidity by being stupid yourself.
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Obdicut Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:17:44pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:17:50pm |
I'm in a rural McDonalds on Friday night. The redneck teens are starting to show up. Camouflage and shit kickers.
Just sitting around. None of them are buying anything. Just hanging out.
I'd throw their asses out if it was my restaurant.
I'm loitering too, but at least I bought apple pies and coffee.
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wrenchwench Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:18:38pm |
re: #64 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Jordan's been retired for a while. But folks still gotta have his shoes.
Eventually people are going to pepper spray each other to get at the pepper spray supply.
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wrenchwench Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:19:24pm |
re: #69 Obdicut
Or are we theirs?
Forgive me if I just blew your mind.
Looks like a hat and a little tushie cover.
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Obdicut Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:19:30pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:21:26pm |
re: #74 Obdicut
Because of Alaska, we're also their codpiece.
I guess we just assume that the aliens will show up with their spacecraft aligned with our North/South orientation.
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darthstar Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:22:04pm |
This is good...I'm done with my travels for the day and can now catch up on old episodes of Burn Notice at my sister's via On Demand.
It's starting to feel like a vacation day after all.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:22:13pm |
re: #69 Obdicut
That's the way all our maps would have likely looked had Genghis Khan's empire not crumbled so quickly.
At an old office job I had CA, we used to coordinate with an office in NY. A couple of them thought it was clever to refer to my area as the "Left Coast", and theirs as the "Right Coast".
I corrected them by saying, anatomically speaking CA is on the right coast, while NY is on the left. For some reason they did not find that humorous.
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Atlas Fails Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:22:19pm |
re: #65 wrenchwench
Looks like Bozell and Steyn have each put on a few pounds in recent years. The "skinny" part is probably a big part of why they're peeved. Kinda like Senselessbrenner.
Yeah, Michelle Obama is a hypocrite because she's fat (???) and Barack's gay or a crackhead or something because he's thin.
/wingnut logic
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chunkymonkey Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:24:13pm |
re: #78 Atlas Fails
Yeah, Michelle Obama is a hypocrite because she's fat (???) and Barack's gay or a crackhead or something because he's thin.
/wingnut logic
He's not gay, he's a hipster doofus.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:25:04pm |
re: #79 chunkymonkey
You clearly do not understand the term "hipster".
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:25:43pm |
Rogozin as a vice-premier (if anybody pays attention to Russian news) is a very bad news. Basically, Joerg Haider. And a very savvy one, at that. His 2007 clip below caused his party to be prohibited from participation in Moscow Duma elections that year. That was then. Now some even say he may become Putin's successor years from now.
("Let's cleanse Moscow from trash!")
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:27:57pm |
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chunkymonkey Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:30:15pm |
re: #80 Slumbering Behemoth
You clearly do not understand the term "hipster".
For. The. Love. Of... you people have no sense of humor. The great Christopher Hitchens is rolling in his grave.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:31:31pm |
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Atlas Fails Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:32:32pm |
LOL, TOP 10 "GAY" ABUSES OF 2011!!!
Prancing drill sergeants!!!1
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Obdicut Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:33:19pm |
re: #84 Slumbering Behemoth
Hipster doofus is a pleonasm anyway.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:33:26pm |
re: #83 chunkymonkey
Wasn't a fan. He seemed to revel in his lack of civility.
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Obdicut Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:33:37pm |
re: #85 Atlas Fails
Boy they're fascinated by gay people over at WND.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:34:13pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:34:38pm |
re: #85 Atlas Fails
"And the No. 1 abuse of homosexual activism in the United States in 2011, was the implementation of the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," allowing open homosexual behavior in our military. No one can yet know how damaging the repeal of the ban on sodomy will be – we can only guess – but there's no question that it will damage the character of our armed forces and undermine their effectiveness."
Stupidity like that should be painful to the offender.
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Achilles Tang Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:35:08pm |
re: #83 chunkymonkey
For. The. Love. Of... you people have no sense of humor. The great Christopher Hitchens is rolling in his grave.
You would do well to not assume that your logic or deductions have anything in common with those of Christopher Hitchens.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:35:51pm |
re: #90 Sergey Romanov
You're not a hipster doofus, you won't get it!
//
I got it before it was cool to get it.
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Atlas Fails Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:36:11pm |
re: #88 Obdicut
Boy they're fascinated by gay people over at WND.
Yep. It's the duty of every Bible-believin' Xtian to keep a watchful eye on the Sodomite perverts and all the disgusting things they do with their sweaty bodies to me...I mean each other. Because, you know, America needs to know how disgusting they are.
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Obdicut Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:36:24pm |
re: #89 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
A wut?
A pleonasm is like a tautology without the two terms being congruent.
So, saying someone is an "educated guy with a PhD", that's a pleonasm, since anyone with a PhD is educated. But it's not a tautology, since they don't mean the same thing. Saying someone was a jarhead Marine would be a tautology, since the two terms mean the same thing.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:37:46pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:38:28pm |
re: #91 Slumbering Behemoth
Stupidity like that should be painful to the offender.
Although it occurs to me that it might not be stupidity at play there, but deliberate dishonesty. Fear mongering, even.
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darthstar Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:38:50pm |
re: #88 Obdicut
Boy they're fascinated by gay people over at WND.
Only because Obama has such a nice firm ass...it's distracting for them.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:39:17pm |
re: #95 Atlas Fails
Yep. It's the duty of every Bible-believin' Xtians to keep a watchful eye on the Sodomite perverts and all the disgusting things they do with their sweaty bodies to me...I mean each other. Because, you know, America needs to know how disgusting they are.
"Repeal of "Don't Ask Don't Tell" Paves Way For Gay Sex Right on Battlefield, Opponents Fantasize".
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Achilles Tang Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:39:45pm |
re: #96 Obdicut
A pleonasm is like a tautology without the two terms being congruent.
So, saying someone is an "educated guy with a PhD", that's a pleonasm, since anyone with a PhD is educated. But it's not a tautology, since they don't mean the same thing. Saying someone was a jarhead Marine would be a tautology, since the two terms mean the same thing.
you didn't explain congruent.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:40:51pm |
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Obdicut Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:42:24pm |
re: #101 Naso Tang
you didn't explain congruent.
I relied on context to communicate that; being prolix when talking about pleonasms is bromidic.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:45:03pm |
re: #104 Gus 802
Etta James hospitalized; care decisions remain in husband's hands
Why is the article emphasizing that? Isn't that usual?
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Gus Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:47:05pm |
re: #105 SanFranciscoZionist
Why is the article emphasizing that? Isn't that usual?
Probably because of this:
A judge ruled Monday that James' husband since 1969, Artis Mills, would keep decision-making control over her finances and her healthcare, but released only $350,000 for the singer's medical costs from her $1-million estate instead of the half-million Mills had requested. According to Mills, James' at-home care runs about $30,000 a month. Donto James, Sametto's brother, had requested a temporary conservatorship because of concerns over those expenses and his mother's care.
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blueraven Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:49:25pm |
re: #83 chunkymonkey
For. The. Love. Of... you people have no sense of humor. The great Christopher Hitchens is rolling in his grave.
Here's something funny...Your karma is -999
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:49:26pm |
re: #106 Gus 802
Gosh, she's only got a million dollars? Holy cow!
Everyone who's "gotten busy" to "At Last" should send some money.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:49:49pm |
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darthstar Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:51:22pm |
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blueraven Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:51:37pm |
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wrenchwench Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:52:24pm |
re: #51 chunkymonkey
OK, I wasn't sure before, but now I'm sure that you're referring to me. How was that a dead thread? I came in at post 85.
And seriously, "apologizing for racism"?!? Don't dare impugn me honor! I did nothing of the sort. You'd better back up that claim if you're going to make it.
This:
My point is that to Charles, and apparently you, are keen to over apply the term racist. It's a fault because it waters down the meaning and effect when the claim is made. When everything is racist, nothing is.
Of course, that doesn't count because you hadn't typed it yet when he called you that....
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:55:45pm |
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Varek Raith Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:57:55pm |
re: #83 chunkymonkey
For. The. Love. Of... you people have no sense of humor. The great Christopher Hitchens is rolling in his grave.
Hitchens would laugh at you.
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William Barnett-Lewis Fri, Dec 23, 2011 1:58:00pm |
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:01:02pm |
TNR Exclusive: A Collection of Ron Paul’s Most Incendiary Newsletters
For years, Ron Paul published a series of newsletters that dispensed political news and investment advice, but also routinely indulged in bigotry. Here's a selection of some especially inflammatory passages, with links to scanned images of the original documents in which they appeared.
...
They've got quit a collection.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:02:35pm |
re: #116 NJDhockeyfan
TNR Exclusive: A Collection of Ron Paul’s Most Incendiary Newsletters
They've got quit a collection.
Indid they do.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:02:42pm |
re: #116 NJDhockeyfan
TNR Exclusive: A Collection of Ron Paul’s Most Incendiary Newsletters
They've got quit a collection.
There's an awful lot of this stuff, isn't there?
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:04:08pm |
re: #118 SanFranciscoZionist
There's an awful lot of this stuff, isn't there?
Chunky, I know you do not actually want to read the newsletters, but this passes my test for "Yo, Is This Shit Racist":
An October 1990 edition of the Political Report ridicules black activists, led by Al Sharpton, for demonstrating at the Statue of Liberty in favor of renaming New York City after Martin Luther King. The newsletter suggests that “Welfaria,” “Zooville,” “Rapetown,” “Dirtburg,”and “Lazyopolis ” would be better alternatives—and says, “Next time, hold that demonstration at a food stamp bureau or a crack house.”
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jaunte Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:04:36pm |
re: #116 NJDhockeyfan
An October 1990 edition of the Political Report ridicules black activists, led by Al Sharpton, for demonstrating at the Statue of Liberty in favor of renaming New York City after Martin Luther King. The newsletter suggests that “Welfaria,” “Zooville,” “Rapetown,” “Dirtburg,”and “Lazyopolis ” would be better alternatives—and says, “Next time, hold that demonstration at a food stamp bureau or a crack house.”
Damn. But I understand the new talking point is that racism doesn't really exist because we're all one race.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:04:41pm |
re: #116 NJDhockeyfan
Thanks. That's the point Paulites refuse to acknowledge: there was so much of it that Paul couldn't have not known under most charitable assumptions.
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Varek Raith Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:05:40pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:05:53pm |
re: #120 jaunte
Damn. But I understand the new talking point is that racism doesn't really exist because we're all one race.
Dr. Bronner's been telling us this for years, but do people listen?
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darthstar Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:06:05pm |
re: #118 SanFranciscoZionist
There's an awful lot of this stuff, isn't there?
It keeps the obsessive people obsessing. For the rest of us, Ron Paul is a nonentity.
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Obdicut Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:07:56pm |
re: #123 SanFranciscoZionist
Dr. Bronner's been telling us this for years, but do people listen?
Dr. Bronner is my favorite religious lunatic. He is so feel-good, and his soap is goddamn awesome.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:09:02pm |
Brine is done and waiting to chill. Yippie!
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darthstar Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:10:33pm |
re: #126 Slumbering Behemoth
Brine is done and waiting to chill. Yippie!
I cooked brine up for our TG Turkey...fun times.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:14:26pm |
re: #127 darthstar
I cooked brine up for our TG Turkey...fun times.
That was my original plan, but everyone got sick or couldn't get off work to make it down for TG, so I canceled it.
Now TG turkey is XM turkey.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:15:11pm |
re: #127 darthstar
BTW, what ingredients did you use in your brine?
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:16:05pm |
re: #125 Obdicut
Dr. Bronner is my favorite religious lunatic. He is so feel-good, and his soap is goddamn awesome.
All one! All one!
And good soap, too.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:16:24pm |
re: #130 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Question(s)?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:16:56pm |
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Obdicut Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:17:21pm |
re: #131 SanFranciscoZionist
About six months ago, my wife stormed into the bedroom holding a bottle of Dr. Bronner (which I'd bought) and said, "Hey, look. There's some crazy shit on this bottle!" She was nonplussed that I already knew about it, and needed some convincing we weren't sending money to some dude that would wind up in a Waco like situation.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:18:24pm |
re: #134 Obdicut
About six months ago, my wife stormed into the bedroom holding a bottle of Dr. Bronner (which I'd bought) and said, "Hey, look. There's some crazy shit on this bottle!" She was nonplussed that I already knew about it, and needed some convincing we weren't sending money to some dude that would wind up in a Waco like situation.
Dr. Bronner will not end up in a Waco-like situation. This I feel confident about.
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MittDoesNotCompute Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:18:51pm |
re: #134 Obdicut
About six months ago, my wife stormed into the bedroom holding a bottle of Dr. Bronner (which I'd bought) and said, "Hey, look. There's some crazy shit on this bottle!" She was nonplussed that I already knew about it, and needed some convincing we weren't sending money to some dude that would wind up in a Waco like situation.
Damn hippies make great backpacking soap...makes me naughty bits tingle.
;-P
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MittDoesNotCompute Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:19:09pm |
re: #135 SanFranciscoZionist
Dr. Bronner will not end up in a Waco-like situation. This I feel confident about.
Especially since he's dead, IIRC.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:20:07pm |
re: #137 talon_262
Especially since he's dead, IIRC.
How do you think they make the soap?
(I don't know who he is)
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:20:20pm |
re: #119 SanFranciscoZionist
Chunky, I know you do not actually want to read the newsletters, but this passes my test for "Yo, Is This Shit Racist":
An October 1990 edition of the Political Report ridicules black activists, led by Al Sharpton, for demonstrating at the Statue of Liberty in favor of renaming New York City after Martin Luther King. The newsletter suggests that “Welfaria,” “Zooville,” “Rapetown,” “Dirtburg,”and “Lazyopolis ” would be better alternatives—and says, “Next time, hold that demonstration at a food stamp bureau or a crack house.”
Oh my...
In the April 1993 Ron Paul Survival Report, the author—writing in the first person—states, “Whether [the 1993 World Trade Center bombing] was a setup by the Israeli Mossad, as a Jewish friend of mine suspects, or was truly a retaliation by the Islamic fundamentalists, matters little.” The newsletters also warns readers to “do your very best to keep your family away from inner cities. If you can’t, have a haven remote from the metropolitan areas.”
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darthstar Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:20:42pm |
re: #129 Slumbering Behemoth
BTW, what ingredients did you use in your brine?
Couple gallons of apple juice, few cups of kosher salt, sugar, a stalk of fresh ginger sliced into bits, garlic, 8 oranges quartered...
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MittDoesNotCompute Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:21:23pm |
re: #138 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
How do you think they make the soap?
(I don't know who he is)
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:21:45pm |
re: #133 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
The salt content in the brine is higher than the salt content in the turkey. Soaking the turkey in the brine creates a salt imbalance that the process of osmosis attempts to correct.
The brine solution, and any herbs and spices within it, get sucked into the turkey at a cellular level. Not only does this infuse the turkey with flavor, but it also breaks down the connective tissue in the meat, making it more tender and juicy.
Any other questions?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:23:32pm |
re: #140 darthstar
Wow, that sounds good.
I used salt, distilled water, apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, molasses, sage, rosemary, time, and pepper corns.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:23:36pm |
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darthstar Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:24:23pm |
re: #143 Slumbering Behemoth
Wow, that sounds good.
I used salt, distilled water, apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, molasses, sage, rosemary, time, and pepper corns.
That sounds equally good.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:25:02pm |
re: #135 SanFranciscoZionist
Dr. Bronner will not end up in a Waco-like situation. This I feel confident about.
Agreed. He has had a treatment course. I'm sure he got better./
In 1947, while promoting his "Moral ABC" at the University of Chicago, Bronner was arrested and committed to a mental hospital in Elgin, Illinois, from which he escaped after shock treatments.[1]
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:25:16pm |
re: #144 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Trust me, it is awesome. Brining also makes the turkey cook faster. All useless info for a vegetarian, but you did ask. :P
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Obdicut Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:25:43pm |
re: #144 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Yeah. What did the turkey do to you?
/
It looked at me all delicious.
Speaking of which, this is a comic I think you'd enjoy:
Reginald D. Hunter.
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jaunte Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:26:16pm |
re: #134 Obdicut
"Hey, look. There's some crazy shit on this bottle!"
It's good for people who like to read in the shower.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:27:20pm |
re: #138 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
How do you think they make the soap?
(I don't know who he is)
Amiable gentleman who founded a company that makes Castile soaps. Said soaps are sold in bottles and wrappers covered with the happy, somewhat hyper writings of the company's founder about peace and the unity of man.
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Obdicut Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:28:42pm |
re: #150 SanFranciscoZionist
To dream the impossible dream! To reach that unreachable star! 41 AII-One, All-One we are! To fight that unbeatable foe! To go where the brave dare not go! To right the unrightable wrong! To love pure, chaste, from afar! To try when your arms are too weary! 'Til All- One, AII4ne we are! For this is my goal! To reach that unreachable star. No matter how hopeless, no matter how far! To fight for the right without question or pause, to be willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause! For I know that if I follow this glorious quest, my heart will lie peaceful & calm when I'm laid to my rest! And I know that the world will be better for this, that one man, tortured, blinded, covered with scars, still strove with his last ounce of courage, to reach that unreachable star 'til united All-one, All-one we are!
A fire, a mist, a planet, a crystal & a cell; a jellyfish, a dinosaur, caves where cavemen dwell! Then, a sense for work-love-song-art-law-play-beauty, a face turned up from the sod! Sure, it's constructive-evolution, guided by One, ever-recreating God! One almighty, all-embracing, ever-loving, everevolving Eternal Father, guiding all mankind up from dust, driven by hungers, half-true hate, up by hard work, full-truth, great love, song speech-&-Profitsharing State, up into the Kingdom. the dictatorship of God's law uniting All-One-God-Faith; "Listen Children Eternal Father Eternal One!" Exceptions? None! Thank God we don't descend down from perfect Adam & Eve to sinful sinner. Brother's Keeper, divided slave! United-brave, from dust we ascend up!
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:29:14pm |
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The Ghost of a Flea Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:29:28pm |
re: #147 Slumbering Behemoth
Trust me, it is awesome. Brining also makes the turkey cook faster. All useless info for a vegetarian, but you did ask. :P
Well, if you're ovo-lacto you could use brining to create Limburger....
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wrenchwench Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:29:49pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:32:17pm |
My No. 8 incident of homosexual abuse is Macy's Department Store and its cooperation with sex-change anarchy. The clothing store fired an employee in San Antonio, Texas, who refused to let a man use the women's fitting room. She claimed her religious rights under employment law; Macy's claimed transvestite rights superseded faith. What happened to the Constitution? And what's happening to America? I hope America avoids Macy's after this anti-Christian, anti-family, anti-woman decision.
What does either the Constitution have to say about transgendered people using the ladies' fitting room?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:34:58pm |
re: #154 wrenchwench
How long does it take?
I mixed in about 30 cellular minutes. It's okay though, the weren't roll-over minutes, so they would have been wasted anyway.
and don't ever hesitate to poke fun at any of my typos, especially if they're hilarious
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wrenchwench Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:37:38pm |
re: #155 SanFranciscoZionist
My No. 8 incident of homosexual abuse is Macy's Department Store and its cooperation with sex-change anarchy. The clothing store fired an employee in San Antonio, Texas, who refused to let a man use the women's fitting room. She claimed her religious rights under employment law; Macy's claimed transvestite rights superseded faith. What happened to the Constitution? And what's happening to America? I hope America avoids Macy's after this anti-Christian, anti-family, anti-woman decision.
What does either the Constitution have to say about transgendered people using the ladies' fitting room?
Or sex-change anarchy, for that matter?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:38:03pm |
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jaunte Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:38:45pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:39:52pm |
At this rate, Fox News "contributors" will start getting visits from the Secret Service for making threats against the POTUS
America! People actually watch this shit!
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Gus Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:40:34pm |
re: #158 wrenchwench
Or sex-change anarchy, for that matter?
Sex change; anarchy; transvestites; and homosexuality. The whole thing is rather discordant since none of each leads to the other.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:40:49pm |
Well, I am off to buy a few items before the city rolls up the sidewalks for the next two days.
Laters all.
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wrenchwench Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:41:14pm |
re: #159 Slumbering Behemoth
Sage wisdom indeed.
Uh oh, here we go, peppering another thread with puns.
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engineer cat Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:41:26pm |
allowing open homosexual behavior in our military.
dog knows what bizarre fantasies they have in mind when they say this
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:42:08pm |
re: #134 Obdicut
About six months ago, my wife stormed into the bedroom holding a bottle of Dr. Bronner (which I'd bought) and said, "Hey, look. There's some crazy shit on this bottle!" She was nonplussed that I already knew about it, and needed some convincing we weren't sending money to some dude that would wind up in a Waco like situation.
Your wife would not like my bookshelf, hahaha
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reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:45:26pm |
re: #150 SanFranciscoZionist
Amiable gentleman who founded a company that makes Castile soaps. Said soaps are sold in bottles and wrappers covered with the happy, somewhat hyper writings of the company's founder about peace and the unity of man.
"somewhat" hyper? Completely ADD, if you ask me.
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goddamnedfrank Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:46:01pm |
re: #135 SanFranciscoZionist
Dr. Bronner will not end up in a Waco-like situation. This I feel confident about.
What a shootout involving Dr. Bronner might look like:
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Varek Raith Fri, Dec 23, 2011 2:58:37pm |
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Varek Raith Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:02:22pm |
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Obdicut Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:04:52pm |
re: #171 Varek Raith
Nobama's inJustice Department allows convicted gay felon Muslim illegal immigrant murders to vote.
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Aye Pod Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:13:52pm |
re: #28 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Wow, dumb conservative white bigots at Fox, who would'a thought.
Why are you attacking all white people? //
PS Iceweasel, 2 mins ago: "Why is the toilet seat always up when I go in there?"
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Gus Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:14:21pm |
re: #172 Obdicut
Atheistfelonmuslimillegalimmigrantmurdererabortiondoctorssecularprancingdrillsergeantskinnycrackheadedmormonsexchangenarcy!
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:15:14pm |
re: #173 Jimmah
Why are you attacking all white people? //
PS Iceweasel, 2 mins ago: "Why is the toilet seat always up when I go in there?"
Hi Jimmah. How are you and Ice doing?
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:15:43pm |
re: #156 Gus 802
A stitch in thyme saves nine.
//
Hi all. I'm preparing my grocery list for Christmas. Crabmeat stuffed cornish game hens. Been awhile, but I'm excited for the yum.
Hope everyone is good and ready for at least the time off. Funny how we had more days off for thanksgiving, but I'll survive.
To the thread topic: The assholes at fox get away with so much, how times have changed.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:20:17pm |
re: #156 Gus 802
A stitch in thyme saves nine.
//
Niche in time saves Stein.
(Court ruling from an Asimov SF story.)
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:21:06pm |
And having viewed the clip, I concur in saying shame on Brent Bozell for flinging that insult at Obama, and shame as well (though to a lesser degree) on Mark Steyn for not calling him on it. But also shame on Chris Mathews for saying Newt Gingrich "looks like a car bomber", because that was also a ugly line.
Steyn should apologize for failing to take Bozell to task, and both Mathews and Bozell should be suspended from their jobs for their vile words.
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Achilles Tang Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:21:37pm |
Trivia moment:
A cylinder of mozzarella of length a and radius z has a volume equal to pizza.
(Credits Sci Am )
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jaunte Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:21:47pm |
re: #173 Jimmah
Why are you attacking all white people? //
PS Iceweasel, 2 mins ago: "Why is the toilet seat always up when I go in there?"
"Training!"
...his long-suffering Chinese servant, Cato, who is instructed by Clouseau to attack him when least expected to sharpen his martial arts skills. [Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
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Gus Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:23:19pm |
re: #179 Dark_Falcon
And having viewed the clip, I concur in saying shame on Brent Bozell for flinging that insult at Obama, and shame as well (though to a lesser degree) on Mark Steyn for not calling him on it. But also shame on Chris Mathews for saying Newt Gingrich "looks like a car bomber", because that was also a ugly line.
Steyn should apologize for failing to take Bozell to task, and both Mathews and Bozell should be suspended from their jobs for their vile words.
Bozell is pretty much "self-employed."
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Aye Pod Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:25:04pm |
re: #176 Dark_Falcon
Hi Jimmah. How are you and Ice doing?
Great! Today is our second annivwersary. Can't believe it's 2 years since that day in Manhattan when we tied the knot. Shout out to Basho who was our best man at the ceremony :)
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:25:57pm |
Before I leave for reals this time, I just had to say...
re: #174 Gus 802
Atheistfelonmuslimillegalimmigrantmurdererabortiondoctorssecularprancingdrillsergeant ...
I am now trying to picture a prancing R. Lee Ermy in Full Metal Jacket.
RLE: "Where you from son"!
Private Cowboy: "SIR! TEXAS, SIR!"
RLE: "Holy dog shit. Texas? Only steers and queers come from Texas, Private Cowboy. And sweetie, trust me when I say you look like the latter, 'cuz I would know honey."
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:28:54pm |
re: #184 Jimmah
Great! Today is our second annivwersary. Can't believe it's 2 years since that day in Manhattan when we tied the knot. Shout out to Basho who was our best man at the ceremony :)
Happy anniversary you two! Beautiful blessings!
That made my night!!!
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:29:44pm |
Oh, and for old times sake, will you please post the two cats fucking?? ;)
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:30:35pm |
re: #185 Slumbering Behemoth
Before I leave for reals this time, I just had to say...
I am now trying to picture a prancing R. Lee Ermy in Full Metal Jacket.
RLE: "Where you from son"!
Private Cowboy: "SIR! TEXAS, SIR!"
RLE: "Holy dog shit. Texas? Only steers and queers come from Texas, Private Cowboy. And sweetie, trust me when I say you look like the latter, 'cuz I would know honey."
RLE: WHAT have you done to my beloved Corps!?!?!
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Aye Pod Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:33:59pm |
re: #187 Stanley Sea
Oh, and for old times sake, will you please post the two cats fucking?? ;)
Best weishes to you Stanley Sea and our best for a wondeful new year!
You read our minds :)
And here's our other song for this time of year:
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:34:37pm |
A man who was injured by Manhattan subway gunman Bernhard Goetz has been found dead in what appears to be a drug overdose 27 years to the day after the shooting, NBCNewYork.com reported Friday.
James Ramseur, one of four then-teenagers wounded in the notorious 1984 incident, was discovered dead in a Bronx motel room on Thursday, with two empty prescription pill bottles next to the bed. The labels were scratched off of the bottles, The New York Daily News reported.
His death is being investigated as an apparent overdose and as a possible suicide, sources told The Daily News.
Two takeaways from the article:
Ramseur was freed from prison last year after serving 25 years for a rape, according to NBCNewYork.com.
According to Biography.com, Goetz still lives in New York City and has opened a store called Vigilante Electronics.
I don't mean this to be about race. Other black men have responded to both racism and being stopped from committing a crime (whichever you think the shooting incident was) with a determination to succeed and prove their detractors wrong. Ramseur made the wrong choice and committed a very serious crime. He wound up spending most of his life in prison, and like Brooks of The Shawshank Redemption, found himself ill prepared to deal with life once released. But given the horrendous hand life dealt him starting out, one must at least feel a small amount of pity for James Rameur. Goetz, on the other hand, was dealt a much better hand in life and after paying for his crime went back to playing it decently.
The fact that one man owns a business and the other died broken says a great deal about both how you get your start and how you live your life.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:36:17pm |
re: #184 Jimmah
Great! Today is our second anniversary. Can't believe it's 2 years since that day in Manhattan when we tied the knot. Shout out to Basho who was our best man at the ceremony :)
Congratulations! I wish you many more, and may they all be happy.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:37:59pm |
re: #190 Dark_Falcon
Ya, but Goetz is making money OFF his crime. Proud to be a vigilante. Works in America.
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Obdicut Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:37:59pm |
re: #190 Dark_Falcon
I don't mean this to be about race.
That was kind of unnecessary. As was talking about 'other black men'. If you hadn't introduced the subject of race, it wouldn't have been necessary to address it, would it?
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Aye Pod Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:41:22pm |
re: #191 Dark_Falcon
Congratulations! I wish you many more, and may they all be happy.
Thanks DF! Wishing you and yours a very happy new year!
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makeitstop Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:41:27pm |
re: #178 oaktree
Niche in time saves Stein.
(Court ruling from an Asimov SF story.)
A Lichtenstein saves nine.
(Your post made me think of 'Lichtenstein.')
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darthstar Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:44:31pm |
re: #195 makeitstop
A Lichtenstein saves nine.
(Your post made me think of 'Lichtenstein.')
Frankenstein drinks wine.
Image: apen25l.jpg
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:48:31pm |
Bbl!
Thanks for the nostalgia Jimmah. Major love to you & Ice.
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Aye Pod Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:52:54pm |
ITV fuddy-duddies (probably pals of extremely silly Tory prime Minister David Cameron) censor (as in completely pull) highly amusing Jesus song by Tim Minchin - Woody Allen Jesus:
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 23, 2011 3:59:01pm |
re: #193 Obdicut
That was kind of unnecessary. As was talking about 'other black men'. If you hadn't introduced the subject of race, it wouldn't have been necessary to address it, would it?
Goetz's actions were thought by many to be based on racism, and as such I thought that an article on the Goetz shooting automatically had race as an element. I also thought that discussing Goetz's relative success versus Ramseur's failure could possibly be taken the wrong way, so for both of those reasons I thought the disclaimer wise. I wanted to be clear I wasn't trying to say something racist via 'code words', as some on Fox News are wont to do.
BBL, but will reply then.
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Obdicut Fri, Dec 23, 2011 4:04:23pm |
re: #199 Dark_Falcon
Goetz's actions were thought by many to be based on racism, and as such I thought that an article on the Goetz shooting automatically had race as an element. I also thought that discussing Goetz's relative success versus Ramseur's failure could possibly be taken the wrong way, so for both of those reasons I thought the disclaimer wise. I wanted to be clear I wasn't trying to say something racist via 'code words', as some on Fox News are wont to do.
BBL, but will reply then.
It's just nothing you were talking about had to do with race. You were talking about background having an effect on outcome, which is kind of indisputable.
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darthstar Fri, Dec 23, 2011 4:07:42pm |
re: #200 Obdicut
It's just nothing you were talking about had to do with race. You were talking about background having an effect on outcome, which is kind of indisputable.
I watched the social experiment documentary with Eddie Murphy and Dan Ackroyd. It was the Dukes. People can change. Jamie Lee Curtis was a hooker back then and look at her now...she's famous!
//
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The Ghost of a Flea Fri, Dec 23, 2011 4:23:30pm |
re: #199 Dark_Falcon
Goetz's actions were thought by many to be based on racism, and as such I thought that an article on the Goetz shooting automatically had race as an element. I also thought that discussing Goetz's relative success versus Ramseur's failure could possibly be taken the wrong way, so for both of those reasons I thought the disclaimer wise. I wanted to be clear I wasn't trying to say something racist via 'code words', as some on Fox News are wont to do.
If I were going to disagree with your optics, it wouldn't be about race as motive for shooting, but how Goetz's crime was perceived--and justified in public consciousness--through the filter of him middle class, "mad as hell and not going to take it," and, yeah, also as a white guy shooting for young black men with criminal records. It's the stuff modern jury nullification strategies are made of--a crime and perp you can market as not deserving the charge, a victim that's easy to make look deserving of what they got.
Basically, Goetz had a shit ton of privilege to cushion him. That his crime was/is lionized by any sub-segment of the society he dwells in sets him drastically apart from your typical ex-con. This is not a Horatio Alger bootstraps story.
Similarly, barring a lot more detail about Ramseur, I find your attributions about what prompted his suicide to be opportunistic and clearly derived from a desire for narrative contrast rather than actual knowledge of his intentions.
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MittDoesNotCompute Fri, Dec 23, 2011 4:30:16pm |
re: #185 Slumbering Behemoth
Before I leave for reals this time, I just had to say...
I am now trying to picture a prancing R. Lee Ermy in Full Metal Jacket.
RLE: "Where you from son"!
Private Cowboy: "SIR! TEXAS, SIR!"
RLE: "Holy dog shit. Texas? Only steers and queers come from Texas, Private Cowboy. And sweetie, trust me when I say you look like the latter, 'cuz I would know honey."
Mixing R. Lee Ermey from FMJ and Saving Silverman?
Well played, sir ;-P
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Wozza Matter? Fri, Dec 23, 2011 5:45:10pm |
Oh sweet lumbering christ.
How do any of these people have careers?. Hell.
I mean, and he'll be invited back, again and again and again.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Fri, Dec 23, 2011 7:18:48pm |
re: #120 jaunte
Damn. But I understand the new talking point is that racism doesn't really exist because we're all one race.
And!!
All humans started in Africa!
So I can't be a racist so stop saying that!!!@1
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