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Cat Power, never heard, thx.

jollyroger — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:27:00 +0000

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Cat Power, never heard, thx. drummer is from Sonic Youth.

Warning, not for the faint of

Verified Atheist — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:19:07 +0000

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Warning, not for the faint of heart:

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1206507/guy_pries_out_his_eye_with_2_spoons/

No, seriously. Don't watch that if you've eaten within the last 30 minutes.

Laugh it up, you two. It's

Qnonymous — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:46:05 +0000

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Laugh it up, you two.

It's all fun and games... until somebody gets their eye gouged out with a spoon.

Goldwater voting against the

moat — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:16:58 +0000

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Goldwater voting against the 1964 Civil Rights Act on the basis that it was not constitutional also set the stage for ensuing decades of judicial activism militating for an "originalist" philosophy where the "intentions" of the founders became more important than the working out of what is Justice in our lives here and now.

So it is not only a code for discrimination (and it surely has been shown to serve that end) but an intellectual bail out:

"I don't have to take part in solving the problems of the moment because they wouldn't exist if everyone had just stuck with the original program".

I have discussed this matter

Richard Day — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:33:20 +0000

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I have discussed this matter at length with you Jolly. hahahahaha

This is all I got and like you I am in charge of nothing (hahahahah):

I will hereby render unto

Richard Day — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:22:00 +0000

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I will hereby render unto rmrd the Dayly Comment Award for this here Dagblog Site, given to all of rmrd, from all of me.

Coalitions are the key to any political movement. And some sins are to be forgiven.

But damn, here was a clear choice.

The unwashed caste shall hereby be given acknowledgement.

I find it fascinating that George Will (a relic from the days of William F. Buckley Jr.) and the other intellectuals will diss Wilson and Wilson was a racist prick and sent DC into segregation it had not experienced since the end of the Civil War!

Another example of strange coalitions.

People like Robinson, proved their grit? People like Robinson shed blood sweat and tears for a proposition:

All Men Are Created Equal.

My baseball hero of all time, Babe Ruth, died a young man but spent twenty good years in the big leagues. Robinson, who was awesome could only hack half of those years as the most hated man in America during that time.

Robinson spent the rest of his life, in pain physically as well as mentally and spiritually attempting to make a point.

Things get screwed up.

Sides are not so well defined at times.

We are at another point in history where the sides are pretty well defined.

Talk radio and fox news and tea baggers have drawn a line in the sand.

This is us.

Goldwater somewhat relented.

Hell, even Wallace relented in a wheel chair.

But now we have states run by repubs taking away the minority right to vote?

The war continues.

Good comment!

META ALERT! We try to avoid

jollyroger — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:21:48 +0000

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META ALERT!

We try to avoid profanity,... on front page pieces.

If you were wondering why Rogie is never fronted...(inquiring minds...)

The roots of the racial venom

rmrd0000 — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:54:18 +0000

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The roots of the racial venom found in the modern GOP can be found in the GOP of the Barry Goldwater Presidential race era. Jackie Robinson, an Independent, was drawn to Nelson Rockefeller's campaign ,because of Rockefeller's progressive views on race. Robinson talked about the hatred that Conservatives directed at Rockefeller during the Republican convention in 1964. Robinson wrote of the harm that a Goldwater Presidency would unleash on the Black community. Robinson's words could be used to describe the modern day GOP race baiters.

As if the writing of Jackie Robinson wasn't enough Belva Davis, a pioneering female African-American reporter, wrote of her treatment by the crowd at the GOP convention in 1964. She experienced the same hatred that Robinson felt.

Barry Goldwater gave those Conservatives permission to express their hatred. The leaders of the modern GOP are mimicking Goldwater's behavior by allowing code words and outright hatred to go unchecked.

Martin Luther King Jr said that people of good conscience could not vote for Goldwater because the Conservative was willing to work with the racists. Ron Paul, Bachmann and Perry would do the same.

And why is he kissing

Donal — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:21:55 +0000

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And why is he kissing Shatner?

Where in God's name did you

Richard Day — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:54:33 +0000

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Where in God's name did you find that old picture of Q?