Somewhere in one of the collections of Garrison Keillor's short pieces, c. 1995-- "We Are Still Married", possibly-- is a funny-because-it's-true musing on America as a "big two-hearted forgiving country".
I'm sorry for spoiling it with imperfect paraphrase, but one trenchant bit involves imagining what it would be like if Hitler survived and appeared on the network teevee morning shows to pimp a newly-published memoir.
He suggests that American viewers would pause between bites of toast to stare at the TV screen as the white-mustached Hitler easily deflects questions about his storied past with good humor: "Katie, that was a long time ago! I'm not about dwelling on the past-- a lot of things happened on both sides, we all have our regrets. The important thing is how we face each new day, and what we do to make the future a better place..."
That wickedly excellent satire came immediately to mind when I read Slaughter's screed in the trash-tabloid Huffington Post. It's so transparently lame and self-serving that it's bound to elicit vigorous nods of approval from the rest of the "liberal hawk" infotainwhore community.
Slaughter and her ilk will wave the tattered scraps of their groupthink security blanket until they are wrapped in their shrouds.
Visitor Online |
03.21.08 - 3:32 pm | #
Hang 'em from the highest yardarm.
Richard |
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03.21.08 - 3:33 pm | #
Now that is a real Pony! boom boom.
sally |
03.21.08 - 3:35 pm | #
So that's Holden's real name!
watertiger |
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03.21.08 - 3:37 pm | #
Surely no relation to you, I would assume.
mer
I can assure you I am no pony!
smarty jones |
03.21.08 - 3:38 pm | #
What kind of idiot mortgages their house with two 20-year-old kids?
Actually, I've noticed a lot of these fraud cases have involved people in their early 20s.
I'm sure they got the idea from a late-night infomercial.
Zap Rowsdower |
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03.21.08 - 3:38 pm | #
Damn. People will fall for a con no matter how transparent it seems to us. So just maybe it would be appropriate to have some tiny modicum of govt. oversight of this stuff? The Better Business Bureau doesn't quite cut it, see?
B1 Bummer |
03.21.08 - 3:38 pm | #
does he have a license for his pony Eric?
abyssgazer, DraftKang |
03.21.08 - 3:38 pm | #
I'm in the wrong line of work.
NTodd† |
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03.21.08 - 3:38 pm | #
This is just a little OT but after watching some sort of Payday Loan Scam advertisement on TV that offered money to people at 99% interest, I was just wondering how much trouble I could get into if I started a petition drive to limit interest rates in the State of Michigan to 2% a month or 24%. That still seems like plenty to me, BTW (I would rather it be half of that - but. . . .)
DWD |
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03.21.08 - 3:38 pm | #
the "scandal" about how Obama used "typical" is just one step lower on the stupid scale.
im so ashamed of everyone.
euphronius Night School! |
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03.21.08 - 3:38 pm | #
I bet little Mr Pony is a dead ringer for a young Chimpy.
sally |
03.21.08 - 3:38 pm | #
On MSNBC, the performance of Hardball, Countdown, and now Race for the White House often resembles that of a cult. This brings us to a peculiar question: Who is Michelle Bernard?
At present, Bernard is CEO of the Independent Women’s Forum, a conservative women’s group founded in 1992.
As a major conservative, why is Bernard appearing on Hardball so often—to gush about Obama?
According to Nexis, Bernard has appeared nineteen times since January 24, an eight-week period. During that time:
She has almost never been identified as a conservative.
She has repeatedly and effusively praised Obama.
Why is the head of the IWF gushing so over Obama? never been asked why she, as a leading conservative, is promoting the Democratic Party’s most likely presidential nominee.
My question: Why is the head of the IWF gushing so over Obama? Hmm..........
Matthew Lesko is the puppet-master! Pull the strings!
B1 Bummer |
03.21.08 - 3:39 pm | #
just maybe it would be appropriate to have some tiny modicum of govt. oversight
Why do you hate our freedom?
Sufferin' Hussein Succotash |
03.21.08 - 3:39 pm | #
Eric and Paulette Pony should be beheaded, and their heads displayed on pikes outside the courthouse as a warning to others.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
03.21.08 - 3:39 pm | #
does he have a license for his pony Eric?
What about 'is 'alf a bee?
NTodd† |
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03.21.08 - 3:39 pm | #
im so ashamed of everyone.
euphronius Night School!
So far today I've done four loads of laundry, dusted and hoovered, cleaned the bathroom and kitchen and shovelled nine inches of godforsaken snow. I hate snow!!. It's still falling and we expect six more inches. Will it ever end?
Ralphie |
03.21.08 - 3:40 pm | #
I betcha Parker Posey will portray Paulette Pony.
smarty jones |
03.21.08 - 3:40 pm | #
Good afternoon, folks!
Comment by Bugs blocked.
Does this one EVER leave?
Doesn't he have cross-burning to attend somewhere?
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul |
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03.21.08 - 3:40 pm | #
What I don't get is where these people come from. Do they have such zero moral compass that they fear the law but not the consequences to others?
ignoreland |
03.21.08 - 3:41 pm | #
Eric and Paulette Pony should be beheaded
Tarred and feathered would be an appealing option, particularly if you saw how it was really done in the first John Adams episode.
Sufferin' Hussein Succotash |
03.21.08 - 3:41 pm | #
Do they have such zero moral compass that they fear the law but not the consequences to others?
What I don't get is where these people come from. Do they have such zero moral compass that they fear the law but not the consequences to others?
ignoreland
Welcome to Bush World!
smarty jones |
03.21.08 - 3:41 pm | #
What I don't get is where these people come from.
They are the children of Reagan.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
03.21.08 - 3:41 pm | #
Michelle Bernard appears on Hardball because she can stand to be on a set with Tweety and flatters him. She may be taken with Obama because of his message, which you do not appear to hear.
Who the fuck are you to question her motives?
plantsman, |
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03.21.08 - 3:42 pm | #
BERNARD: I was proud. I thought it was a wonderful time in our history. We’ve had other African Americans run for president, Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton. Barack Obama represents a new type of black politics.
MATTHEWS: Define it, if can you.
BERNARD: Well, we are going beyond color. You are seeing African Americans competing with whites on their own territory. Like his wife going to Princeton, like Barack Obama going to Harvard Law School. Speaking just as well as the whites, not speaking Ebonics. Going out and giving great speeches.
Barack Obama isn’t speaking Ebonics! It made Bernard feel proud!
Bugs |
03.21.08 - 3:42 pm | #
That's bad enough...but I'm also flying Northwest.
Zap Rowsdower
one trenchant bit involves imagining what it would be like if Hitler survived and appeared on the network teevee morning shows to pimp a newly-published memoir.
Tweety would be raving about how much women "love" Adi because he's so manly, ad nauseam.
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul |
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03.21.08 - 3:43 pm | #
Tarred and feathered would be an appealing option, particularly if you saw how it was really done in the first John Adams episode.
I want the ongoing warning to others, though.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
03.21.08 - 3:43 pm | #
Hey, you're not booked on USAir!
plantsman, |
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03.21.08 - 3:43 pm | #
See, "usury" used to be against the law. Then the idea became popular that "usury" was a relative concept, meaning that you couldn't just put a cap on something beyond which was usurious. So the effect has been to eviscerate the whole concept. It's also strictly forbidden in the Bible. So I guess the dark emperor Mammon wins again.
B1 Bummer |
03.21.08 - 3:43 pm | #
the "scandal" about how Obama used "typical" is just one step lower on the stupid scale.
I'm shocked--shocked!--that the media is twisting a remark by a politician.
abyssgazer, DraftKang |
03.21.08 - 3:43 pm | #
Ah, so that's what they mean by the invisible hand!
leibniz♘☮ |
03.21.08 - 3:44 pm | #
What I don't get is where these people come from. Do they have such zero moral compass that they fear the law but not the consequences to others?
ignoreland
Hey, it's not illegal unless you get caught.
And sometimes, not even then.
/Darth Cheney
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul |
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03.21.08 - 3:44 pm | #
Tweety would be raving about how much women "love" Adi because he's so manly, ad nauseam.
Der Fuhrer: An Aqua-Velva Man!
Sufferin' Hussein Succotash |
03.21.08 - 3:44 pm | #
BERNARD: Well, we are going beyond color. You are seeing African Americans competing with whites on their own territory. Like his wife going to Princeton, like Barack Obama going to Harvard Law School. Speaking just as well as the whites, not speaking Ebonics. Going out and giving great speeches.
Not yelling for his m-fing iced tea.
abyssgazer, DraftKang |
03.21.08 - 3:45 pm | #
So far today I've done four loads of laundry, dusted and hoovered, cleaned the bathroom and kitchen and shovelled nine inches of godforsaken snow.
I could send you a ticket in no time at all. My house is a mess.
Echidne |
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03.21.08 - 3:45 pm | #
Why in the world is Michelle Bernard praising the Dem front-runner this way? Is this just another of the Jack Welch Net’s endless scams? Why is Michelle Bernard gushing like this? There may be a very good answer to that—but it’s high time the question was asked.
Bugs |
03.21.08 - 3:45 pm | #
Does this one EVER leave?
Doesn't he have cross-burning to attend somewhere?
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul
He's refreshed after annie gave him a blow job downstairs.
Roadmaster, Milwaukee Office |
03.21.08 - 3:45 pm | #
Wait a minute--- out of that entire 37-minute speech, they're focusing on one word, and taking it out of context?
Moe Szyslak, cold |
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03.21.08 - 3:45 pm | #
I'm shocked--shocked!--that the media is twisting a remark by a politician.
You can land an ME 262 on his shoulders!
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
03.21.08 - 3:45 pm | #
Glutton for punishment, eh?
Apparently. I've been lucky that I've never had to fly with them. Now I have the honor of either sitting on the tarmac for six hours, or paying ten bucks for a sammitch and a bag of chips!
Never mind all of my state's tax money that went to keep that company afloat...
Zap Rowsdower |
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03.21.08 - 3:45 pm | #
Tweety shamelessly cops a feel of Ellen on her TV show. Ellen is gracious about it.
plantsman, |
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03.21.08 - 3:45 pm | #
He's refreshed after BUTLER gave him a blow job downstairs.
Roadmaster, Milwaukee Office
FYT
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul |
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03.21.08 - 3:46 pm | #
CLOWN COLLEGE: To earn a spot at Jack Welch’s net, you have to prove that you’re willing to clown. For our money, Bernard earned her spurs on March 11 and 12.
On March 11, she took offense when Pat Buchanan praised Obama:
BERNARD (3/11/0: For the record, can I please ask: Why is it that, whenever we talk about an African-American, like Barack Obama, that we have to use the word “articulate,” as if he`s going to go on TV speaking Ebonics?
Yep! On March 11, Bernard was miffed when Obama was described as “articulate.” But the very next night, she rushed to say that Obama is quite “well-spoken:”
BERNARD (3/12/0: He is not an affirmative action candidate. He is highly qualified. He is well-spoken...
Obama was “speaking just as well as the whites, not speaking Ebonics,” she said that same night (full text above).
Well-spoken, si! Articulate, no! It’s how the clowns tumble into the ring on the scam-ridden cable show Hardball.
Bugs |
03.21.08 - 3:46 pm | #
From Below:
how is it (as per that post below) that Obama has an insurmountable lead? I thought they were real close in delegates?
its not insurmountable, just highly unlikely to be surmounted.
Delegate counts give him a lead of between 119 and 148. Given the proportional distribution of delegates it will be very hard to make up that difference in the remaining contests (Clinton netted 9 delegates on Obama with a 10% win in OH for instance).
Unless Clinton starts winning every remaining contest by big margins she will not close that gap significantly.
Clinton has an edge with super delegates (34 according to CNN) but more than half have have already declared for one or the other, so unless the race shifts significantly in her favor she will need most of the rest of the Super Delegates to come over to her side.
So its not impossible for her to win, just very unlikely given the current situation. But of course things can change in the coming weeks or months.
The Old Man From Scene 24 |
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03.21.08 - 3:47 pm | #
Why must Michelle Bernard behave as you wish?
That's the real question.
plantsman, |
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03.21.08 - 3:47 pm | #
Comment by Bugs blocked.
Take the hint,. dude. Go away!
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul |
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03.21.08 - 3:47 pm | #
Wait a minute--- out of that entire 37-minute speech, they're focusing on one word, and taking it out of context?
Indeed, it was central to his point.
NTodd† |
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03.21.08 - 3:47 pm | #
God forbid black people go to Harvard. Hell, they shouldn't allowed to go to school at all, so that racist yokels could crow about how unedumacated they are.
B1 Bummer |
03.21.08 - 3:47 pm | #
Ms. Sharrit and other naive homeowners are free to sue those who allegedly conned them out of money. That is the American way.
It would be best for America if leftist blogs like this one stayed out of the private business transactions of others who need freedom and privacy in order to grow the economy which allows all blogs, including this one, to continue operating.
Richard Wartburg |
03.21.08 - 3:48 pm | #
'Black beans and rice is a popular Cuban dish said to bring good luck when eaten on New Year's Day. In fact, this recipe is eaten often as a side dish. In Spanish, the dish is called Moros y Cristianos or Christians & Moors, with the black beans representing the dark-skinned Moors and the white rice representing the lighter-skinned Christians. It is fast and easy to make in less than 30 minutes'
sekmet |
03.21.08 - 3:48 pm | #
God forbid black people go to Harvard. Hell, they shouldn't allowed to go to school at all, so that racist yokels could crow about how unedumacated they are.
B1 Bummer
Educated darkies are troublemakers, don't cha know?
As are educated women.
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul |
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03.21.08 - 3:48 pm | #
When does Michelle use the Hattie McDaniel line about Obama being a credit to his race?
It's like we're seeing a fast rewind of racial attitudes going back over the last 75 years...
Sufferin' Hussein Succotash |
03.21.08 - 3:48 pm | #
whats wrong with ebonics?
euphronius Night School! |
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03.21.08 - 3:49 pm | #
Wait a minute--- out of that entire 37-minute speech, they're focusing on one word, and taking it out of context?
Moe Szyslak, cold
No, the word was an excerpt from a local radio interview that they have clipped. (they are good at that particular bit of nastiness)
But unless everyone calls it what it is, racism, expect to see a lot more of it in the coming months.
DWD |
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03.21.08 - 3:49 pm | #
Yep! On March 11, Bernard was miffed when Obama was described as “articulate.” But the very next night, she rushed to say that Obama is quite “well-spoken:”
So is it okay now to note that Bush has the English language skills of a 12 year old?
Stunt Hussein Woman |
03.21.08 - 3:50 pm | #
Doesn't he have cross-burning to attend somewhere?
I think, like many of his troll-kin, he lacks the courage of his convictions. They would never use "the N word" in the presence of a black person, would never join the Armed Forces in support of their glorious war, etc. Much easier to sit in Mom's basement, munch Cheetos and swig Mountain Dew, and act like a badass on teh Internets. You know the drill.
ThinlyVeiled, Bottle Brunette |
03.21.08 - 3:50 pm | #
Ms. Sharrit and other naive homeowners are free to sue those who allegedly conned them out of money. That is the American way.
Except for those eeeeevil lawyers preying on poor, innocent corporations - which is why tort reform that limits damages is so very, very essential.
Roadmaster, Milwaukee Office |
03.21.08 - 3:50 pm | #
I strongly encourage to anyone here to play some poulage challenge with some frenchies.It's fun and you can talk about freedom fries!
True. If you think about it, educated anybody is a threat to them.
B1 Bummer |
03.21.08 - 3:50 pm | #
whats wrong with ebonics?
euphronius Night School!
Besides the fact that it's street slang, horrific grammar and sounds absolutely idiotic?
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul |
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03.21.08 - 3:50 pm | #
Richard Wartburg | 03.21.08 - 3:48 pm
This asshole needs to suffer the same fate as the Ponys.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
03.21.08 - 3:50 pm | #
The race question will be over when the young black thugs are eliminated from the streets of America!
Bugs |
03.21.08 - 3:50 pm | #
The stupid Bugs troll is cut and pasting Somersby, so don't throw the baby out with the swamp water.
abyssgazer, DraftKang |
03.21.08 - 3:51 pm | #
Moros y Cristianos
One of my favorites. Good and good for you.
Sufferin' Hussein Succotash |
03.21.08 - 3:51 pm | #
Obama wasnt even saying white people are typically racist. all he said was white people, typically, feel threatened by unknown black males in white neighborhoods.
how anyone can deny this is the case i dont know.
euphronius Night School! |
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03.21.08 - 3:51 pm | #
This asshole needs to suffer the same fate as the Ponys.
Hmmm. radio interview, eh? Well, whichever; fear of blacks is indeed bred into the experience of the typical white person. That's controversial?
Moe Szyslak |
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03.21.08 - 3:52 pm | #
So is it okay now to note that Bush has the English language skills of a 12 year old?
Stunt Hussein Woman
Both of my kids were way more articulate at age 12 than Bush........and our trolls....will ever be.
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul |
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03.21.08 - 3:52 pm | #
Late Tuesday, the alleged ringleader in the scam, 25-year-old Eric Pony, and his sister, Paulette Pony, 23, turned themselves in to police to face charges including conspiracy, grand theft, forgery and elder abuse. Five other suspects were also arrested.
Gives new meaning to the phrase "and a pony."
Hesiod |
03.21.08 - 3:52 pm | #
I think it's parody.
The Droll Troll.
watertiger
Parody usually has some element, no matter how small, of humor.
jac |
03.21.08 - 3:52 pm | #
Ms. Sharrit and other naive homeowners are free to sue those who allegedly conned them out of money. That is the American way.
They are also free to declare personal bankruptcy...no, wait.
Sufferin' Hussein Succotash |
03.21.08 - 3:52 pm | #
The Droll Troll.
/doodles on notebook cover
So, uh, Watertiger...what lunch, are you, like, getting?
Zap Rowsdower |
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03.21.08 - 3:52 pm | #
Well, you'd better get down there and start eliminatin' 'em, then. If you care that much, you should care enough to handle it yourself, without no govt. interference.
Somersby is something I gave up years ago when I learned better. Kind of like Bartcop. Once you know the routine, there really is nothing much that is ever new.
DWD |
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03.21.08 - 3:53 pm | #
Obama wasnt even saying white people are typically racist. all he said was white people, typically, feel threatened by unknown black males in white neighborhoods.
Hell, so does Jesse Jackson!
Hesiod |
03.21.08 - 3:53 pm | #
A rake is defined as a man habituated to immoral conduct.
sou |
03.21.08 - 3:53 pm | #
So is it okay now to note that Bush has the English language skills of a 12 year old?
Stunt Hussein Woman
We know Bush is no Gene Kelly.
smarty jones |
03.21.08 - 3:53 pm | #
I think the invisible hand is saying 'talk to the hand' these days.
Sjorgl |
03.21.08 - 3:54 pm | #
Somersby is something I gave up years ago when I learned better. Kind of like Bartcop. Once you know the routine, there really is nothing much that is ever new.
DWD | Homepage | 03.21.08 - 3:53 pm | #
He does get wound up at times, but I enjoy his ranting every now and then.
abyssgazer, DraftKang |
03.21.08 - 3:54 pm | #
Obama wasnt even saying white people are typically racist. all he said was white people, typically, feel threatened by unknown black males in white neighborhoods.
Hell, so does Jesse Jackson!
Hesiod
I remember a speech that Jackson gave a few years ago where he said he was walking down a dark street and was worried when he heard voices behind him.
When he left the people behind him walk by, he said he was RELIEVED to see that they were WHITE youths.
He added that he was ashamed that he'd felt that way.
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul |
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03.21.08 - 3:55 pm | #
BERNARD: Well, we are going beyond color. You are seeing African Americans competing with whites on their own territory. Like his wife going to Princeton, like Barack Obama going to Harvard Law School. Speaking just as well as the whites, not speaking Ebonics. Going out and giving great speeches
But not being allowed to attend a Church where the pastor says some batshit insane things.
Hesiod |
03.21.08 - 3:55 pm | #
God this is tiresome. So I guess when Obama is president he will lead lynching parties into white neighborhoods to extract vengeance. Is that it?
Halfdan |
03.21.08 - 3:55 pm | #
Paulette Pony
I think I've seen her on some barnyard porn sites.
Lime Rickey |
03.21.08 - 3:55 pm | #
I think it's parody.
watertiger
As was the Onion headline, "Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare of Peace and Prosperity has Ended.'"
Roadmaster, Milwaukee Office |
03.21.08 - 3:55 pm | #
Hmmm. radio interview, eh? Well, whichever; fear of blacks is indeed bred into the experience of the typical white person. That's controversial?
Moe Szyslak
You might have missed this but when I first started working in my African American school district I taught beginning computer classes at night. I had three lovely older African American ladies attend the classes. They would wait at the office after class for me to check out so that I could walk them to their car: THEY were afraid of the young men hanging around the school.
Draw your own conclusions.
DWD |
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03.21.08 - 3:55 pm | #
When and if Obama gets in the Whitehouse, will we have to change it's name? Just asking...
Bugs |
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03.21.08 - 3:55 pm | #
Michelle Bernard is from the Independent Women's Forum. Google it.
Echidne |
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03.21.08 - 3:56 pm | #
So I guess when Obama is president he will lead lynching parties into white neighborhoods to extract vengeance. Is that it?
Halfdan
There are some fucktards who actually BELIEVE that!
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul |
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03.21.08 - 3:56 pm | #
After Columbine, Chris Rock talked about being afraid when he found himself in an elevator white two white teenage boys.
Cookie Fleck `08 |
03.21.08 - 3:56 pm | #
After Columbine, Chris Rock talked about being afraid when he found himself in an elevator white two white teenage boys.
Well, lots of women cross the street at night if there's a group of teenage boys on the other side, never mind what race.
Echidne |
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03.21.08 - 3:58 pm | #
After Columbine, Chris Rock talked about being afraid when he found himself in an elevator white two white teenage boys.
Cookie Fleck `08
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Did he hold on to his razor?
Bugs |
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03.21.08 - 3:58 pm | #
After Columbine, Chris Rock talked about being afraid when he found himself in an elevator white two white teenage boys.
Cookie Fleck `08
I like what Chris recently said:
"George W Bush has fucked thing up SO bad, a WHITE man can't elected president this year!"
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul |
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03.21.08 - 3:58 pm | #
the most telling thing is no one got upset about Obama's comments about typical black people.
euphronius Night School! |
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03.21.08 - 3:59 pm | #
Reposting
Ahem, speaking of pets...
I am pleased to annouce that the death my little brother Gimli was greatly exagerated. As I sat feeling sorry for myself last night he bonked me on the arm demanding ear scritches. The battered remains of his doppleganger remain a mystery.
Lumpenprolitariot |
03.21.08 - 3:59 pm | #
Obama wasnt even saying white people are typically racist. all he said was white people, typically, feel threatened by unknown black males in white neighborhoods.
No, he didn't. He said white people have reactions to black strangers based on experiences. He also implied that black people have reactions to white strangers based on experiences.
Snow (D-SC) |
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03.21.08 - 4:00 pm | #
Well, lots of women cross the street at night if there's a group of teenage boys on the other side, never mind what race.
After Moon's newspaper article, I don't blame them.
Snow (D-SC) |
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03.21.08 - 4:01 pm | #
Reposting
Ahem, speaking of pets...
I am pleased to annouce that the death my little brother Gimli was greatly exagerated. As I sat feeling sorry for myself last night he bonked me on the arm demanding ear scritches. The battered remains of his doppleganger remain a mystery.
"let the market regulate itself"-cnbc
jr |
03.21.08 - 4:02 pm | #
No, he didn't. He said white people have reactions to black strangers based on experiences. He also implied that black people have reactions to white strangers based on experiences.
Snow (D-SC) | Homepage | 03.21.08 - 4:00 pm | #
LP, sad for someone else - but happy for you and your outdoor straggler!
Roadmaster, Milwaukee Office |
03.21.08 - 4:04 pm | #
Echidne
A cat I saw laying by the side of the road yeterday looked absolutely identical to mine (down to the flea collar) and mine was nowhere to be found. I was on my bike so I didn't retrieve the body. I convinced myself I had lost him until he showed up
Lumpenprolitariot |
03.21.08 - 4:11 pm | #
Pastafarianism is hypocritical, inconsistent, bullying, lying, dogmatic, unscientific, and intolerant because it is a parody of religions that are hypocritical, inconsistent, bullying, lying, dogmatic, unscientific, and intolerant.
wÒÓ† |
03.21.08 - 4:21 pm | #
The states tried to regulate it but Bush stopped them . Keep it quiet, though. When Spitzer spoke up he learned his lesson - all the dirt in the government surveillance databases came down on his head. It's the GOP's darkest, most obvious secret, their biggest electoral weakness.
ponies |
03.21.08 - 4:26 pm | #
This is one of the stupidest scams I have ever heard of. Did they think the customers wouldn’t notice? What did they think was going to happen when dozens of applicants went to the cops and said that their signatures had been forged? Is there any indication that these crooks tried to leave the country? That would have been the sensible thing to do.
BunBun vonWhiskers |
03.21.08 - 4:37 pm | #
These aren't the ponies you're looking for. You can go about your business. Move along...move along.
lutton |
03.21.08 - 4:45 pm | #
Many female Atriots have posited that it is "time" for a woman to be President. They may be right. That that woman is Hillary Clinton is an entirely different question.
plantsman, |
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03.21.08 - 4:57 pm | #
The "Big Dog", btw, is at it again. Saying a Clinton/McCain match-up would be legitimate. nothing else would.
plantsman, |
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03.21.08 - 4:59 pm | #
Let me see if I could guess the political party they support...hmm...which one?
marty |
03.21.08 - 5:34 pm | #
The Pony kids are small-time con people.
Ameriquest, Countrywide, etc., and the Wall Street money that enabled their scams on borrowers are the big-time crooks.
Who will be bailed out with billions of taxpayer money, rather than disgraced and imprisoned, as they should be.
devtob |
03.21.08 - 6:04 pm | #
This kind of predatory lending was starting with the Bush administration barely out of the gates. Shortly after 2000 I had tried to refinance my home and after having to literally threaten calling police if the very esteemed mortgage company came back on my property I got a "Welcome" letter from a new underwriter saying how pleased they were to service my new mortgage agreement. Never signed a paper. Of course my existing mortgage was still standing so now I had two mortgages, on record, on the same house. It took months to clear it up and no oversight entity was willing to hold the obvious forgerers to account. Leadership, top down. I am currently a happy renter.
KB |
03.21.08 - 6:17 pm | #
I don't understand how that Tracylynn person is responsible to pay back this loan when the Pony people forged the document? Why do they have to pay it?
Jersey |
03.22.08 - 12:45 am | #