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Athletes Gone Wild -- College Soccer, Football, and Tyson Edition
I am totally on Tyson's side, were he black or not. I think these photographers are out of control. That TMZ show is, I think, spurring this stuff on. And, should it go to trial, I bet the jury will side with him too. And, TYSON is a former heavy weight champ. Don't you think he could have pulverized this guy if he had really wanted to?? Sure he could. So, I think TYSON did what he did to protect his privacy. Good for him. Rino— November 14, 2009 5:22 p.m.
Facebook and Food Fights in School
Agreed, my man Josh. Facebook, Myspace, are aimed at certain age groups. You just can't go to a myspace page, in some cases, unless that person lets you be their 'friend'. I think it applies to Facebook. But I look at it more as seperating our private lives from our professional lives. And, if some MILFish teacher wants to parade around in her underwear online, then great for her. She's got spunk and is trying to remain hip. And if she wants other adults, like me, to eye her in her underwear, then where's the harm in that??? And if I tell her I have a ten-inch snake, and well, she wants to meet up..whats wrong with that? Its called being human. Rino— November 14, 2009 5:15 p.m.
Facebook and Food Fights in School
It doesn't matter if they're teaching our kids or not. If the teacher is a second grader teacher, and students are going to her facebook page, thats the parents problem not hers. Rino— November 14, 2009 2:07 p.m.
Facebook and Food Fights in School
I don't think what these teachers do, as long as they don't break the law, should be curtailed in anyway at all. Because where do you draw the line? Cops? Teachers? Doctors? The ice creme person? The Mail person? the fire fighther (I love hot sweaty women!)the bagger of our groceries, the dentist, our favorite blogger? I could go on. Many people out there have 'contact' with our kids. So what. If some teacher wants to pose in her panties and bra on facebook, or myspace, then who the hell cares? You can't impose on their freedom of expression simply because of their profession. I believe, eventually, the ACLU is going to win some of these silly cases that clog our courts, and make room for some real important cases; like jailing more black folk! I'd love to see a PENTHOUSE: GRADE SCHOOL TEACHER'S edition. In fact, one of my son's teacher's is hot. I wouldn't mine going to her facebook to see some thong pictures, or better yet? A website dedictated to hot pictures of grade-school teachers. No nudity mind you, just some hot thong-bra action. Rino— November 14, 2009 1:14 a.m.
Facebook and Food Fights in School
Where I went to school, they allowed 'roach coaches' into the parking lot so we could order food from there. Then, of course, the dudes in the truck got caught selling drugs and, well, that was that. And yes, I made my fair share of purchases from them. But c'mon, sitting through geometry and all that useless stuff needed some, well, mind stimulation. Rino— November 13, 2009 8:06 p.m.
Facebook and Food Fights in School
I find the OJ card overused. He was tried, and found not guilty by a jury of his peers. And if he did get a lighter sentence, his race played absolutely no part; his wealth did. He had a dream team of lawyers. You want to talk about lack of justice? Enron comes to mind, as well as all those COs who got those crazy 'retirement' packages in the past year when they should have gone to prison. Certainly, the fact that most of those fat cats were white doesn't really matter. Uh huh. But I digress. I believe Henne's kids should be taken away from him. He contributed to the deliquency of a minor, his own kids. The mom should have gotten 90 days too. I'm sure race played no part in their easy sentences. Just something to think about. Rino— November 13, 2009 4:17 p.m.
Facebook and Food Fights in School
If that pizza was delivered to my school, in Philly, I'm pretty sure there would have been a hole at the very center of it for our principle and, well, again, I'll let you fill in the blank. Trying to keep it real... Rino— November 13, 2009 12:45 p.m.
Facebook and Food Fights in School
As long as these teachers are not breaking any laws, and as far as I can tell posting on myspace isn't against the law, I don't think these teachers should lose their jobs. If they were shown doing drugs, having sex with minors, marching at a KKK rally (I'd fry them of course) then yeah, fire them. Josh; what did you think about the plea bargain for BALLON BOY dad. 90 days AND he gets to keep his kids? Could imagine if he had been a bla....(fill in the blank. I'm trying not to go there) And whats wrong with fat chicks??? Rino The Black Panthers live!!!— November 13, 2009 11:21 a.m.
The Diaper Darling -- Astronauts Gone Wild
#23 You live in an alternate reality where the past has no bearing where we are now. We are where we are (blacks) because we were enslaved by whites. Then, when it ended, we weren't really given a chance because Reconstruction happened. Whites put us in inferior schools, and would not let us in theirs. And we really weren't given a 'fair playing field' until the 60s, and even had to nearly bring this nation to a civil war to get even that much. But even then, we encountered Presidents like Reagan who denied the reality of racism, and the David Dukes of the world. Check out the SNL skit, from the 70s, with Richard Pryor and Chevey Chase. And I might add, that every election cycle, the white Democratic candidates come to the NAACP and tell us that racism is still rampant, and that they understand our plight. Was Bill Clinton a liar when he made his speech at the NAACP in 1992? Racism exists, and some of the ceilings that have been there have always been there. Women know this to be true too. The Republican party still wont support an equal pay law. Do you? Rino— November 12, 2009 7:36 p.m.
The Diaper Darling -- Astronauts Gone Wild
#20 Ummm...and when did "inclusion" work here in America exactly? For the past 40 years, maybe. #19. If you were to join a game of monopoly after all the property was bought, how would you exactly 'get back' into the game? You would only be paying rent; and hopefully wining the beauty contest for 10$ I love how white-America wants everyone to suddenly play by rules that this country never adhered to until,well, 1968. You want the third world nations to stop polluting the world (most of which is browned skin), forgetting that much of this nation's wealth came from polluting it. Whites want us to 'pull up our boot straps' and just start working our way up, as if they have done just that for the past 200 years. And then they pad it with "I didn't own slaves, so why do I have to pay for some else's crime". Because, the uber-wealthy of this country derive most of their wealth from this country's twisted past. Oil, Railroad, chiefly among them. And when efforts are made to make them spread their wealth, its the usual 'we didn't own slaves' dribble they reply with. Strangely enough, this country is, I think, on the right track at last. A Universal Health Care system will be the first step on that path. I think another 40 years of racial quotas will do just fine. I love the 'two wrongs dont make a right' dream world some whites reply with. But you can not deny the fact that for, oh, 250 years it was all your way, white america. And after just 40+ years of racial quotas we get the "it isn't fare' whiners out there. Ummm, yes it is. We're not asking for 250 years of breaks for blacks/minorities. How about, oh, 70 years? I think you'd be getting a bargain. Rino— November 12, 2009 6:43 p.m.