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Weird Police, Weird DUI
I guess, since I'm just telling you how I see this country (as still being racist) is silly, I guess most blacks are silly then. And by your own humor the Jews are out for money (for they would take me to court for saying the K word) and my race is silly for believing what they have experienced in this country, past and preset. Jews = Money Grabbers Blacks = Silly people. Well, here is my equation. Josh = Dick Cheney groupy Rino Seeing reality for what it is.— November 11, 2009 7:58 a.m.
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ahhhh...almost Josh. Almost. Jewish slurs just don't hold that much weight anymore. I just dont feel the danger using with word k*** in crowd of Jews, as I would the N word in a crowd of blacks. You, and I, both know you can never admit to using the N word. And I have dragged you through this to prove to Pistolpete that we are living in the past. White guilt precludes any white person from using that word with out feeling the wrath of the black world. Just ask Kramer. The history of this world runs through our blood, ALL our blood. And unfortunately that is never going to change. If we haven't learned that lesson in the past, oh, 5000 years; we never will. Rino Reality, what a concept.— November 10, 2009 8 p.m.
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I....am in awe! When you buy that large plot of land, and welcome worshipers, please let me know. I will be among your flock to call those bungalos home sweet home. Rino Pass me the offering's plate for I wish to give to our savior; Josh. Even his name is biblical! Im rubbing my man nipples at the very image.— November 10, 2009 5 p.m.
Weird Police, Weird DUI
So much in your last post Josh to pick from... Sorry Josh, but either you are forgetful OR you are a GOD like being. I just do not believe you when you say you have never referred to a black person, while among your white buddies in high-school, or heck, at home watching one of these reality shows you bag on, as a ni&&er. I think most white people reading this can not believe you. No one is THAT perfect. Even Billy Graham admitted using it in his past. As for the hunters? You are shifting gears here Josh, and its so obvious. You have gone to picking on soft targets, like babies in strollers or train spotters who were tragically killed, to, GASP, hunters; the evil of all evil. I mean, here on the Reader, where most readers worship Greenpeace, who is going to argue that? I WILL. Because we are talking about humans Josh. Perhaps this didnt dawn on you, but when people die Josh, and maybe you have never faced the death of someone you are close to, but when people die it has an effect on other people, not just the person who died. These are real people we are talking about Josh. People with families and kids. Well, let us just be thankful that you have no parents or kids of your own, and that you have never made a mistake in your life, or called a black person a ni&&er. Thank God we have Josh, the second coming, here to share his devine take on life. A blog? You should open a church. Josh, I would never call you stupid because I think, for the most part, you seem like a bright guy. But like your hero David Letterman, you are throwing a lot of rocks at a lot of glass houses. Rino Do not envy my ability to see reality; learn to see reality too.— November 10, 2009 3:50 p.m.
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But many are not. It really depends on the cop. I was with my friend, and we pulled off the road once, and he put his keys in the trunk and then we crashed. The cop let us go the next morning. Thankfully he was black cop. I have no idea what might have happened if...(censored in the spirit of goodwill and harmony) Rino Yeah, I got a big one.— November 10, 2009 3:06 p.m.
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Oh..as for the woman? She realized she was drunk, and then called. Probably because she was going to pull over her car, to be safe, and wanted to make sure no one tried to rape her or attack her while she slept it off. She was covering her bases, to be safe. I wish all drunk drivers, when they realized they were drunk, pulled off the side of the road. My explain why there are so many 18wheelers on the side of the roard, good buddy. Rino— November 10, 2009 11:11 a.m.
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I believe you are being deliberately obtuse. I can not believe that never, in all your years, you have referred to a blackman as a ni**er. But, do not worry my man Josh, I can understand why you would not want to admit at doing such a thing. If I were white, and in the public eye as you are, I would not want that to become common knowledge in today's world. Lots of folks like waiting to point the finger and go 'gotcha!' My finger is sheathed for now. But driving tipsy? You sound like a man who is an alcoholic but doesn't know it. "I could tell I was tipsy, I just wasn't drunk." Well, all I know from when I have driven tipsy, I made sure my seat-belt was on AND I followed the rules of the road, and hoped my car was dark enough where he couldn't tell I was black. I can't tell you how many times I have been pulled over for nothing. Several times because I resembled a 'suspect' in a recent mugging or shooting, and then hoped my tipsy didn't turn into a DUI. Next time you drive around tipsy, put an afro-wig on, drive down an big street where there are cops, and see if you make past the gauntlet. As for Letterman and Rock? It makes me happy that these hollywood types are followed by all those snoopy men with cameras, hoping to catch them doing something stupid. Letterman can sit there in his chair, and riff off stuff about anyone, yeah even that whack-job Sarah Palin and her kids, and nothing comes of it. Yet when all this stuff comes out about him, he complains about the coverage. What a loser. Holding up those two as templates for what you do? I understand now why we keep butting heads, my man Josh. Rino— November 10, 2009 11:08 a.m.
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Well, you do have great contrast, I'll give you that my man Josh. The drunk woman who called 911? Now again Josh. Deny to me right now that you have never driven your car even slightly tipsy. We have ALL done that. I am in my late 40s, not sure how old you are. I don't drive drunk, but there have been a couple times where I thought I was more 'clear headed' than I thought. But because I thought I was a 'great driver' I could still make it home. She did the good thing, and even though she drove drunk, she did the right thing in the long run. As for the offended man who had sex several more times? We need someone like that to be President. Heck, thats why I voted for Bill Clinton, who claimed at first he was offended by accusations of his 'fun times'. We all know he was out there banging women left and right. It was like we elected Homer Simpson, but instead of being married to Marge, he had Hillary; so could you blame him? Clinton is my dude! Look, if our nation, after Obama is out of office, has to be ruled by another 41 men before the next black guy gets a chance, why not bring back Bill? Dude was a character. He was really our first black president anyway. Now my man Josh. I am waiting for the blog where you tell us about all the silly things you have done in your life. You're old enough to have some pretty good zingers where you called a black guy ni**er (I would not be offended) or referred to a woman as a sl*t, or you almost killed someone driving, or almost got killed for being stupid. I'm sure that blog is coming real soon. Lets see the mircoscope of humor trained on your, and your humility. Nahhhh...I don't think we're going to the that blog. But I'm sure we'll get another 'stupid crooks' or what ever else you got cookin'. Can't wait!!! Rino A white mans REAL reflection! (thing about it..thats pretty deep)— November 10, 2009 10:27 a.m.
Caging Elephants and Catching Trains
I hear where you are coming from Josh. But high-school kids staying out light, driving drunk or like fools, isn't new. They were doing that in American Graffiti's 50s. We all do dumb things in our lives; we're all human. I am sure, somewhere in your own past, you have done something dumb, and maybe got lucky nothing came of it. The train watchers? What they were doing got them killed, but they didn't go out of their way to hurt people; they just got unlucky. Maybe one of their shoestrings got caught, and the other tried to help, we will never know. And do not sit there and deny that there hasn't been one time, while you were on your cellphone, driving, that you almost did something dumb, and got lucky. WE HAVE ALL done something foolish while driving and got lucky. Whether talking on our phones, reaching for something, looking back at our noisy kids..whatever..we have all taken our eye off the road and got lucky. If you haven't, then you're GOD. As a blackman, yeah here I go again, but as a blackman, raised in a world where everything seemed to be blamed on me and my kind, you learn that being stupid, or a fool, is applied to us all the time. There is this belief out there that blacks are just dumb, or all have ADD, and we are these aggressive folks, and we're all Raiders fans. (Then again, I am a Raider fan, I do get in a lot arguments) but that is beside the point. But my man Josh, lets try not to make light out of everything thing so called 'stupid' people do. Because, as I said, I am sure there are things you have done, yes even you Josh, that were racial or sexist inspired, but that you will never admit to here on your Blog. Where as I admit freely that I am racist, and I am somewhat sexist too. The face I wear on the outside, is the face I wear on the inside. George W Bush proved that there are dumbasses, sexist, men out there who can actually rise to the level of President in this country. Throw in Nixon, Johnson and most of our founding fathers, and you have a nation that has been ruled, for most of its creation, by men who saw blacks in a racial way. You can not deny this fact. So, do I throw that race card out when I get to chance; sure I do. Why not?? Since we can not go back and make those who owned slaves pay for it, or stop the law makers who allowed it to happen, then why not torment those (you) who are living in a world that history built for you. (Pistolpete, this is another example as to why History drives our future more than you will admit) Maybe now, post 1968, things are getting better. I will admit to that. But its only been 40 years. You can't expect that 200+ year history to have just vanished since 1968-69. George W, Cheney, Limbaugh, Hannity and Ted Nugent prove this everyday they open their mouths. Rino Dont hate me...just listen to what I say and you will understand life.— November 10, 2009 10:13 a.m.
Caging Elephants and Catching Trains
I actually have a friend, a female friend, who left her infant in the car, for some idiotic reason, and the child died. Definately one of those deaths where we blame the parent for being stupid, and yet, people do stupid things all the time. I could see many people on this site saying things like 'oh, i'm sorry the baby died, but I have no sympathy.." blah blah blah. Losing your child, especially because of a mistake you made, has to be one of the most dreadful things to ever happen. I would never laugh at that person; I would show them compassion. Were they idiotic or stupid? Sure. But to pile on, does that really do anything positive? No. Rino God's gift to humanity— November 10, 2009 6:09 a.m.