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Football Stuff
My man Josh you are proving my points for me. You mention that you were upset that Halle Berry got all that crap,and she did,but she didn't kill anyone. While the white guy Broderick kills someone and its glossed over. One was white, one was not. Can you blame a brother for wondering why? I am not saying that you are giving Polanski a break, but I am saying that hollywood is. As for your run in with the black dude about McGuire and Sosa. You admit this guy was an old black dude. Do you think it is possible, just possible that the old black dude has experienced racsim and sees this world differently than you, and Redfox fan? I get why you think my points are 'dumb' or 'pointless' because they are coming from someone (me) who has a totally different point of view as to where this nation has been and where it is now. I am pretty sure that you think Sharpton/Jessie Jackson/Farikhan are all idiots and push the black buttons when they want to; well so what? And so what if I do. Are you going to shut us down and call us 'stupid' or 'ignorant' simply because we see things differently than you do? We just disagree. My man Josh, I think, for a white guy, you're pretty cool. But don't pretend that all blacks see the world as you do. I could link you to a million blogs by black writers who would tend to agree with me more than they do with you. And I know what you're saying Redfoxfan. Why don't I go pester them. Because that would be preaching to the choir. I can see that my work here on this blog is far from done. And I don't mind the burden of sharing the blackman's perception. As for blacks in your blog headlines? I just went back and looked at those 'headlines' too. I see very little Asian representation, or hispanic people in those titles. Maybe they need to engage in more rioting to make it into your blogs I guess. I guess they haven't earned your respect or better yet your fear. I think Belicheck is getting all this crap because people are envious of his success. I found it laughable to hear Marty Shotenhiemer saying yesterday that it was a bad call. Marty who? Rino No one is perfect; but I am so close!— November 17, 2009 11:15 a.m.
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It is amazing how so black people end up as 'stars' on your blog. In just one week we have Sosa, Tyson and now Vick. And yet blacks make up, at best, 22% of our population, and maybe 5% of the Reader's demographics. My man Josh, is there a message in all of this? As for 'getting on with their lives', does this apply only to white famous people who break the law? Mathew Broderick kills two people in a car-crash; its okay, we forgive you. Polanski can molest that girl and yet all the hollywood crowd says he should be able to get on with his life? Robert Downy Jr spends most of the 80s-90s snorting more coke than anyone in the history of man kind, and he's the #1 dude now in hollywood. Tom Petty is still allowed to sing with a voice like that? These are all terrible crimes, and yet, them 'white folk' get a free pass and are allowed to, as you say, go on with their lives. And yet, Vick and Tyson are on the top of your list. I'm sure MJ or OJ would have been on this list of yours too, if only for the lapse of memory. The funny thing is, I think all of these stars, the white ones, and your favorites, the black ones, are paraded out there so as to take our attention away from the real criminals; the super-wealthy who spurn on all this controversy down on our level. As for Belichick; has earned the right to make risky calls by winning not one, not two, but three superbowls. When Norv Turner gets his first ring, you let me know. Charger fans saw first hand what happens when you give a QB like Rivers two minutes to work with at the end of a game, and Rivers, as good as he is, is no where in Peyton Manning's league. Going for it like Belichick did takes balls; something San Diego sports fans and their teams have always had a short supply of. Rino— November 17, 2009 6:51 a.m.
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All the high profile pedophiles are white. I mean, when it comes to serial killers and pedophiles, you folks have a corner on the market. Yeah, we blacks do some crazy stuff; but, whew, tell me that Utah isn't a family friendly place to live, or Kentucky. Then you have Waco, or the dude who held that girl against her will since she was 11, or the dude in Austria who was fathering kids with his own daughter, or the dude in Australia doing the same thing, and wow, that whole story with McKenzie Phillips. Cant wait for the movie on that one. Are there black pedophiles out there? Sure. But white serial killers and pedophiles has become one of those society agreed upon stereotypes that just...sticks with everyone. Just like a certain race has big peckers, another race has bad drivers, and a certain race has serial killers and pedophiles. I am a blackman who actually believes in stereotypes because, for the most part, they are all right. Just calling it how I see it. Rino— November 16, 2009 11:32 p.m.
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Do you write your own material russl? What night of the week do you perform at Barona? Rino— November 16, 2009 10:08 p.m.
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Josh, its better to get those kids ready, especially the young white ones. When I was at open house with my kids I was quite impressed with the fact that there were more blacks and hispanics and asians than whites; by a wide amount. Heck, I started wondering, where are all the white folk at??? Then I saw the answer; mixed marriages. We're going to be a brown world, sooner than later. I can see the day when there will be a dozen or so white kids in most schools in this state. Its called evolution; and nature has decided that our skin color should be brown. Yes, not black, like mine, not white like yours, but brown. As for my kids taking those Tokens from the other kids? sure; but I also tell my kids to stay away from all those white men who, if percentages are right, are pedophiles. As I have said before; stereotypes, like myths, have some bearing in reality. Chuck E Cheese is a great place to see them at work on a grand level. Rino Reality's best advocate— November 16, 2009 7:30 p.m.
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You're all just a bunch of old farts, deal with it. These phone mannerisms are just taking over because that is how the new kids are and you can't stop it. As for the guy who said he ran a business and would put the caller on hold? Its the exact opposite in the real world. I can tell you for a fact that I train people to deal with the person on the phone first because, duh, we already got you at the counter or where ever else you are when that happens. You don't lose a transaction on the phone to someone who is already here in person. Sounds wrong but its business rule #1. When I take my kids to Chucke E Cheese I love to watch them bully those white kids around. Sets the tone for high-school, don't you think? Rino— November 16, 2009 4:49 p.m.
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C'mon readergal; He went for the free wine. I don't blame him. Good thing he wasn't pulled over by Cab Calloway again. Would love to have seen the Blog that would have come from that! Rino— November 16, 2009 12:13 p.m.
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#12 Never heard it before Karen. You white folk have Barry Manilow; we black folk have Lionel Richie. Rino— November 16, 2009 11:55 a.m.
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What? No mention of Dreamgirls? Hmmmmmm!!!! Okay, so you don't like R.E.M. That means you must be working-out with Barry Manilow in your IPOD. And that's cool, that's cool too. Rino— November 16, 2009 10:15 a.m.
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Give Josh a break. He's channeling his inner "Hillcrest" soul. For that he is to be commended. I'm pretty sure he's working out to his Richard Simmons video this morning, with R.E.M. on his Ipod headset and later he will be viewing his 40th anniversary special edition of West Side Story, which I'm sure he will tell us all about later. All of this in pun of course. Its all good my man Josh. Rino— November 16, 2009 6:56 a.m.