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10-13-2009 , 09:55 AM

#551

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Originally Posted by ErikTheDread

Reagan didn't kill the Soviets; they committed suicide. It never ceases to amaze me that some folks give Reagan credit for that.

Sure, but he posted mean messages on their Facebook wall, which probably didnt help.

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10-13-2009 , 09:58 AM

#552

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Originally Posted by Wynton

I can even understand the occasional vitriolic comment; but what I don't get is why people feel the need to keep piling on, with the same observation. After it's already been said a dozen times, declaring that Obama is an egomaniac isn't particularly interesting. I'm more bothered by the monotony than the vitriol, personally.

I'm sure you are going to post about how you are bothered by....

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Originally Posted by AlanDyer

Limbaugh said it, Coulter said it, Beck said it... it's the right wing talking point. Of course these people are going to pile on. Do you read any forums besides 2+2? There's always a chorus of people singing the latest right wing talking point tune.....

this, then, right? Considering he's said it a thousand times and it doesnt even make any sense or have any relevance to reality whatsoever?

10-13-2009 , 10:33 AM

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10-13-2009 , 11:12 AM

#554

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Originally Posted by simplicitus

I think Bush may have been the worst president in history but it doesn't give me carte blance to make up absurd ideas into which I can channel my vitriol.

You just did in that sentence.

10-13-2009 , 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by simplicitus

(And by the way, the South is not America.)

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Originally Posted by goofyballer

That probably has a lot to do with Alabama being a ****hole.

Seems like discrimination isn't even solved among Americans.

10-13-2009 , 11:27 AM

#556

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pure bs him getting that award .

10-13-2009 , 12:23 PM

#557

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Originally Posted by pvn

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<3 u too king

10-13-2009 , 01:24 PM

#558

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Originally Posted by pvn

<3 thesnowflake

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<3 u too king

tacit admission ITT?

10-13-2009 , 02:41 PM

#559

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tacit admission ITT?

of a forbidden love?

10-13-2009 , 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by clowntable

Seems like discrimination isn't even solved among Americans.

Geographical discrimination will never be "solved" (is it even really a problem?). For as long as people from Alabama continue to inbreed, I will look down on them condescendingly from my elitist perch on the west coast. That would be like asking Canadians to stop making fun of Newfies. Or asking the rest of the world to stop making jokes about the French.

The fact that you even said "in Alabama" as if the reaction your friend would encounter there would be different than elsewhere in the USA indicates you're aware that things are different there.

But you were talking about racial discrimination, amirite?

10-13-2009 , 10:07 PM

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Just a PSA for this thread brought to you by the rock band Living Colour:

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Neon lights, a Nobel prize
The mirror speaks, the reflection lies
You don't have to follow me
Only you can set me free
I sell the things you need to be
I'm the smiling face on your t.v.
I'm the cult of personality
I exploit you still you love me

I tell you one and one makes three
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10-13-2009 , 11:38 PM

#562

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Originally Posted by Mempho

Just a PSA for this thread brought to you by the rock band Living Colour:

Loved that show. Men on Films was my favorite.

(A+ reference btw)

10-14-2009 , 12:06 AM

#563

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I kinda had a feeling thesnowflake didn't leave. Can't wait till your next blow up, it's going to be awesome.

10-14-2009 , 12:18 AM

#564

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Originally Posted by goofyballer

Hey I heard there was a gay marriage measure on the ballot in California, how did that work out?

10-14-2009 , 01:27 AM

#565

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Colbert was awesome on making fun of the Peace Prize.

"So how big of a time difference is there? If it's 10am here, is it like, last November there?"

10-14-2009 , 03:51 AM

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Hey I heard there was a gay marriage measure on the ballot in California, how did that work out?

It's those ****ing inbred nutjobs in Riverside and Orange County.

(CWIDT?)

10-14-2009 , 03:55 AM

#567

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and minorities? but weak lol nonetheless.

10-14-2009 , 04:00 AM

#568

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Today they instituted a new MVP of the Month recognition award where I work and gave the first one out.

Everyone was joking saying they expected Obama to win it.

If the goal was to turn the Nobel Prize into a laughing stock

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

10-14-2009 , 11:43 AM

#569

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Originally Posted by clowntable

It's kind of silly to say one is setting a great example if in fact one is lagging way behind the curve. There was segregation in the US in the 1960s FFS. Many nations are far more advanced when it comes to racism than the US and in fact the southern US was one of the most racist places I've ever been to

Of the ones I have lived in for >1 year. France...[/B]

LOL they had mass riots over race 2 years ago.

10-14-2009 , 12:35 PM

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I could be wrong, but isn't racism a bigger problem, today, in mainland Europe then in the southern US? I don't necessarily mean that a higher percentage of people harbor racist thoughts or anything like that. It could just be that they are more vocal about it or something.

10-14-2009 , 01:47 PM

#571

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Originally Posted by SL__72

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion...t-1802167.html

10-14-2009 , 06:39 PM

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So I was wrong to say "mainland?" What about Scandinavia?

10-14-2009 , 11:34 PM

#573

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Originally Posted by UATrewqaz

around the world it is a prestigious award, i doubt what a few americans think is going to change that.

10-15-2009 , 07:47 AM

#574

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Originally Posted by goofyballer

It's those ****ing inbred nutjobs in Riverside and Orange County.

(CWIDT?)

I hooked up with a girl who was from Orange County this summer in an effort to ease tensions between the south and California. Where do I send my Nobel Prize application to?

On a side note, she was easily in my top five hottest girls I've ever hooked up with. They must be doing inbreeding right out there.

10-15-2009 , 10:28 AM

#575

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Originally Posted by SL__72

So I was wrong to say "mainland?" What about Scandinavia?

Nah. I routinely use Britain to refer to any and all countries in Europe, or worse case, even Europe itself.

I just happened to be reading that article when you posted what you did.

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