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- DrBombay0
Support Waterhead-owned Business!
- TheBlueOne0
I"ll attempt a really crappy metaphor here of post-slavery america: it's like you broke your leg as a kid and it didn't heal quite right, but you still go all out for sports and shit as a teenager and as an adult. But because of your badly healed broken leg, you have to adjust your technique and your goals a bit. Now, sure, you could sit on the couch and whine "I can't do it, because my leg was broken once..." as an excuse, and that might play in some places, but it's kinda pathetic. Or you could go out there and do what you want to do, ever cognizant of being aware and watchful of the injury. You might even need to go get some physical therapy or extra training devices to continue to do what you want, but you don't use it as an excuse to quit or even set your goals lower. Of course, you'll be in for a world of hurt if you think you can just go and run around willy-nilly, ignoring the adjustments you might need to make in light of your prior injury.
OK, I guess that sucked.
- +1designbot
- minus the last sentence :)designbot
- SO I'm equally against the lay at home on the couch and whine and the "Fuck it I'll run without thinking about it.." contingentsTheBlueOne
- not one living white man ever owned a living black man, my father's mistakes are not my ownversion3
- PonyBoy0
"Now think about the guy with the "Support white businesses" bumper sticker and ask yourself how bad is that really."
I changed one word for you - i'm quite sure you'll agree that it now sounds bad... really bad in fact.
That's why the bumper sticker shouldn't exist in the first place. There are a load of regular 'white' people, regular 'hispanic'... regular 'black' who don't care about your race and will go to whatever business is near by or easily accessible.
I'm thinking the only racists in this thread are the white folks crying out for the black man... as if it's 'your plight'... and consistently using heavy-handed hurtful words (like... 'racist') to try and achieve your half-witted political point.
That's my thought for the day. :)
- If you put "Support White Business" on your car it is like being a Lakers fan...DrBombay
- The face that the white people used to own the black people may have a little bearing on your metaphor.DrBombay
- factDrBombay
- thanks for you facts, white guyPonyBoy
- I should just root for my own team then, got it.DrBombay
- not one living white man ever owned a living black man, my father's mistakes are not my ownversion3
- designbot0
In Colorado it might read:
"Support business owners who wear patchouli"
- PonyBoy0
dobs... what was it like growing up an abused black man?
- PonyBoy0
you know - 200 years ago...
... //there's alot I can do about that now.
what does that 'fact' have to do with today, dobs?
if you're gonna blame today's white people for assholery of 200 years ago... you really need to fucking grow up.
I'm tired of that argument - what would you like whitey to do about it, dobs?
- Did you read what BlueOne said? Go dispute that. I am of the same opinion.DrBombay
- PonyBoy0
from a dobs note:
"I should just root for my own team then, got it."
you mean... whitey...right?
wow - you really just pointed out what a racist you are, dude.
ffs - 'team'??
when you think like that - there is no hope for a reasonable conversation.
- I think you misunderstood. It was meant sarcastically, ya fucking pothead.DrBombay
- PonyBoy0
i have plenty of empathy... but it expands to all human beings - i prefer to not get hung up on one or two races...
... excuse me for loving my fellow man in a whole fashion and not just picking and choosing.
- ukit0
200 years? Try 1968. Most of our parents were well into their 20s before blacks got equal rights. It really wasn't that long ago.
- PonyBoy0
yes... in the 1960's... my family owned about 180 slaves. I'm told we used them for the upkeep of my grandmother's half-acre spread in suburban New Jersey.
- Why are you conservatives so fucking ridiculous?DrBombay
- i counter ridiculousness w/ridiculousness, dobs. :)PonyBoy
- So what's your grandma using these days? Mexicans?TheBlueOne
- Tommy got all Archie Bunker on a license plate frame, that is ridiculous.DrBombay
- hahahaDrBombay
- sometimes mexicans... sometimes the teenage boy next door... whoever is around to do the work. ;)PonyBoy
- ********0
Just gt this email from the President himself. It looks like he wants to put non-profits out of business now by nationalizing volunteerism. I feel sorry for all the charities that need help right now. Well done Mr. President.
Dear Friend,
Last week, I announced United We Serve – a nationwide call to service challenging you and all Americans to volunteer this summer and be part of building a new foundation for America.
And when I say “all,” I mean everyone – young and old, from every background, all across the country. We need individuals, community organizations, corporations, foundations, and our government to be part of this effort.
Today, for the official kick off of United We Serve, members of my administration have fanned out across America to participate in service events and encourage all Americans to join them.
The First Lady is rolling up her sleeves and getting to work too. But before she headed out today, she asked me to share this message with you.
Our nation faces some of the greatest challenges it has in generations and we know it’s going to take a lot of hard work to get us back on track.
While Michelle and I are calling on every American to participate in United We Serve, the call to service doesn’t end this fall. We need to stay involved in our towns and communities for a long time to come. After all, America’s new foundation will be built one neighborhood at a time – and that starts with you.
Thank you,
President Barack Obama- All conservatives are fucking idiots.DrBombay
- Oh hi, you're back. Ready to stir up the pot some more, eh?TheBlueOne
- TheBlueOne0
Oh my, yes. He wants to put non-profits out of business, yes, that is it. Because he's a Israel loving secret muslim fascist socialist who wasn't even born here in this country who is the return of Jimmy Carter Clinton Wilson. Or something.
- ukit0
I'm picturing Tommyo and Ponyboy in 68,
"Alright great you got equal rights, nice job, congrats.
Now I better not see any racism out of you gdammit it."
- hahaha :DPonyBoy
- No shit. Or 1958 would be even more interesting.DrBombay
- Yeah because that's what I've been saying. Sorry you jackasses think racism is only perpetrated by white people.tommyo
- Yeah those black people are really keepin' ya back, Tommy.DrBombay
- What the fuck are you talking about? When did I say anything like that?tommyo
- Ahh shut the fuck up already...DrBombay
- you're comparing software to sand there DrBversion3
- What was I comparing there, again?DrBombay
- Oh so you can't even explain when you make a comment that's 2 solar systems away? Reading Comprehension failure.tommyo
- What was I comparing again?DrBombay
- I didn't say that you were comparing anything. But you could explain where I said the black man was holding me back.tommyo
- It was a poor joke to illustrate that racism isn't the same if the person doing it wields no power.DrBombay
- Look, there isn't anyone here saying that some black people are racist. Stop arguing a non-issue.DrBombay
- aren't racist, oy vey...DrBombay
- Rick, racism is racism. That's what you fail to comprehend. You support one form and disavow another. You're a racist.tommyo
- I never said I supported anything.DrBombay
- I don't think the license plate frame is racist. You bubble head.DrBombay
- How bout when you called Will Smith the n word?tommyo
- I don't remember when you said it but you did, you're a fucking racist. Don't lie. I remember.tommyo
- Yeah I totally called Will Smith a Nigger. you silly bitch.DrBombay
- the "n" word, what a pansy you are...DrBombay
- I know it, I saw it. Don't lie. You mean son of a bitch, you hate black people. I saw it. You racist white clown.tommyo
- Yeah I use the 'n word' because I'm sensitive to what black people have been through. You aren't, you racist.tommyo
- White deviltommyo
- wow, you told me...DrBombay
- You sure do like to use theatrics when you are flat out wrong.DrBombay
- ukit0
1963: Pony attends MLK "I Have A Dream"
"Hey man that was really great nice speech, really feeling that shit.
Not meaning to nitpick, but did you have to throw in the line about "black children and white children?" Couldn't you have just said "children?"
- kona0
one
- son?!!!PonyBoy
- bono?TheBlueOne
- no. sono.kona
- konoversion3
- yoda?TheBlueOne
- BattleAxe0
Goldman Sachs to make record bonus payout
http://www.guardian.co.uk/busine…what a crisis huh
- ********0
i think being mean is bad.
love is nice
- ********0
discuss
- BattleAxe0
mean is easy
nice is hard
- ukit0
It's nice to be important, but its more important to be nice.
-Scooter