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BREAKING NEWS BLOG -- Michael Jackson and Farrah Die
To continue...You keep mentioning President Bush. Obama is in office now, so shouldn't we stick with him? And...you say you're in Tokyo sipping sake. I have two things to say on that. Why aren't you sipping 40s of Colt 45? and Can we get the government to drop a bomb on Japan now?— July 16, 2009 8:04 p.m.
BREAKING NEWS BLOG -- Michael Jackson and Farrah Die
Spliff: In order -- It doesn't matter WHO comes up with racially insensitive phrases. Once they are considered hurtful, they shouldn't be used. Either in a casual way to make a point, or in a fight. You're right, you were talking to my editors in regards to that edit. Yet you've brought it up twice in MY blogs. For your analogy about races and beating people up....look at the Jena six story. That noose that some idiots left hanging on a tree. And apparently, six blacks then decided the best course of action was to jump a white person. To me, you let the authorities investigate. When they find which student did this, you expell them from school and have the police throw the book at them with any charges they can drum up. It's kind of like the Rodney King verdict, when riots started, and some poor truck driver just trying to do his job...got pulled out of his car and beat to a pulp. So...maybe the beating up analogy isn't a good one for you to continue using. I'm not as up on history as I should be...but didn't we drop bombs in Hiroshima for reasons other than racism? Same with Vietnam, etc. Whether you agree or not with why or what started the war, surely you're not dumb enough to think it was over "racism". You said "pop my collar on that one" twice. Wasn't your collar up from the first snap you issued? And, I thought you were more clever with the phrases. I'm beginning to think you only have a few in your arsenal (and what kind of "soldier" would that make ya? get a few more). I never claimed to follow the "African Jewish religion" whatever that is. I'm sure Rod Carew and Sammy Davis Jr probably did, though. I have a Jewish mom and a Catholic father, but I'm agnostic and not very religious. No, I'm not more worried about gay marriage than that list you rattled off. Just a few things on your list (like STDs and Clone Food...not even sure what "clone food" is, but it sounds yummy). Dude, if you're so worried about STDs, stop paying skanks to have sex with you. It's as simple as that. In fact, you really shouldn't be engaged in that activity at all. We don't need little Spliffs running around town.— July 16, 2009 8 p.m.
So many San Diegans carry guns
Well rickey...I like to think of that scene in Boogie Nights. A young kid, probably wacked out on drugs, goes to rob a donut shop that Don Cheadle is in. The robber doesn't see the hunter sitting in a booth, reading some gun magazine, in a camoflauge hat and vest. That guy sips his coffee, pulls the gun out from his side, and shoots the robber. The robber is able to fire a shot off and kill the cashier, and a second bullet is shot and also kills the hunter. Everyone is dead, except for Cheadle. Yet, if that "good guy" didn't have a gun, or didn't try to use it...the robber gets the money, and everyone lives. I always wondered if P.T. Anderson put that scene in there, partly as a take on guns. I do feel that we should all have the right to carry guns, although I think feeling that man is more good than bad, is a bit flawed.— July 16, 2009 9:02 a.m.
Michael Jackson Saga Continues -- Debbie Rowe and Joe Jackson Edition
I'm glad nobody looks like Joe Jackson, the singer/songwriter. He's kinda creepy looking, too. He is bald, weird shaped head, kind of squinty eyes, and huge ears that put Obamas to shame. He also has a sourpuss on his face 90% of the time. I love his songs, though.— July 16, 2009 1:35 a.m.
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refried...that was the funniest thing I've heard (read) all day. Awesome. Yes, normally her accent is cute and sexy. In those spots, it's just a bit creepy.— July 16, 2009 1:32 a.m.
Who have you been told you look like?
refried...did they say you looked like Clapton over Tequilla? I just finished reading Claptons book, and he was quite the alcohol back in the day. But yeah...I do see the similarities. I saw those Isabella spots. They were so bizarre. Just hearing her voice was awkward enough. I used to think her accent was so cute (see Cousins for proof of that). But in those spots, it was just...creepy. What about her part in Blue Velvet? Yikes!— July 15, 2009 10:27 p.m.
Idiotic Football Players
IDIOTIC FOOTBALL PLAYER UPDATE: Travis Henry, an amazing running back. He just got 3 years in jail for being behind some drug ring.— July 15, 2009 6:57 p.m.
BREAKING NEWS BLOG -- Michael Jackson and Farrah Die
Regarding you feeling so many more issues are important than gay marriage (STDs and clone food...really? Those are more important?) That doesn't mean the issue IS NOT important. Because, wouldn't you agree, if ANY ONE is discriminated against, that's something that should be changed. Whether it's 10% of the population that is black, or 10% of the population that is homosexual, or if it's 1% of the population that's...whatever. Discrimination shouldn't be tolerated. And lastly..the hijacked planes. Dude...I'm not saying planes have been hijacked before WITH OUT guns. I'm saying that most people do what has been done in the past. If a guy tries to rob a bank, it seems easy enough for the person behind him in a line to jump on him. But why? The silent alarm has probably been set, dye packs enclosed, and nobody dies. And, I feel the same thing held true with the hijacking during 9/11. Passengers felt it would all be over soon, even if that meant a stop in Cuba or somewhere. Because, in the past, MOST hijackers were not on a suicide mission. For you to still not realize that, and believe in a 9/11 conspiracy, shows your stupidity even more than the syntex of these many rants. Please, don't speak on it!!!!— July 15, 2009 4:16 p.m.
BREAKING NEWS BLOG -- Michael Jackson and Farrah Die
Okay Spliff...since you think I'm always avoiding your questions, I'll try to remember what they all were in the above rants and I'll answer them (in no particular order). I am not trying to write like you (even though you have gems like: I don't listen to music loud when I drive, because I need to hear what traffic is doing). I was trying to make fun, by ending my sentences with some of your phrases. Regarding the word "n--gas"...I, myself, don't like either of those words. But I'm not the editor on these boards. A long time ago, I asked the editors to remove a post that I found offensive. And the editors wouldn't (and I friggin' work here!!) They deemed it unoffensive, even though it added nothing to the debates on hand. But even though that word wasn't edited, again, I wonder why you would feel the need to type a bunch of racial epitaphs that could possibly offend others. What is to be gained by that? It's just like how I got mad at a white friend of mine who once used the "n word" at someone they got mad at. I felt it was disgusting and inapprorpriate. Yet...when these black guys on the basketball court were saying racial things at me once (after I scored over a few of them), I had no problem using the n-word back at them. They brought race up and so did I. Sure, I almost got my azz kicked, but it was worth it (and it's the only time I've ever uttered the word...I won't even tell jokes that use that word). For you to say that black people can't be racist because they were the victims of racism, is very flawed logic. Even if, as you say, whites "created" racism...that doesn't mean they are the only ones that can practice it. I've dated a handful of Asian women (Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Fillipino)...and most of them had parents that hated me, simply because of my skin color. They wanted their daughters dating someone of the same race. And they also felt only their race was intelligent. Using your logic, nobody can start a fight, if they've been beat up before.— July 15, 2009 4:14 p.m.
Michael Jackson Saga Continues -- Debbie Rowe and Joe Jackson Edition
Yeah, it's funny that Joe Jackson had such bad press PREVIOUSLY, because of how abusive he was to Michael as a boy (making fun of his looks, his nose, his acne, and beating him on several occasions). Because of this, I had a lot more sympathy for Michael, even when he bought oxygen chambers, elephant men, and little boys. A part of me felt he never had a normal childhood or upbringing, and how can you not sympathize with an adult that isn't normal, after having such a tough childhood.— July 15, 2009 3:44 p.m.