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keithjx Donating Member (758 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 03:49 PM
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So I just got pissed....
A friend of mine, with whom I normally see eye to eye, just forwarded me this:

"HISTORY TEST
"Please pause a moment, reflect back, and take the following multiple choice test. The events are actual cuts from past history. They actually happened!!!

"Do you remember?
-1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by
a. Superman b. Jay Lenno c. Harry Potter
d. Muslim male extremist between the ages of 17 and 40

1. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by :
a. Olga Corbett b. Sitting Bull c. Arnold Schwarzenegger
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

2. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by:
a. Lost Norwegians b. Elvis c. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

3.During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by:
a. John Dillinger b. The King of Sweden c. The Boy Scouts
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

4. In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
a. A pizza delivery boy b. Pee Wee Herman c. Geraldo Rivera
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

5. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by: (you get the idea)
6.In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a US Navy diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by:
7.In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
8. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:
9.In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
10.On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles to take out the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the passengers.Thousands of people were killed by:
11.In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against:
12. In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:

"Nope, .....I really don't see a pattern here to justify profiling, do you? So, to ensure we Americans never offend anyone, particularly fanatics intent on killing us, airport security screeners will no longer be allowed to profile certain people. They must conduct random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, secret agents who are members of the President's security detail, 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips, and Medal of Honor winning and former Governor Joe Foss, but leave Muslim Males between the ages 17 and 40 alone because of profiling.

"Let's send this to as many people as we can so that the Gloria Aldreds and other dunder-headed attorneys along with Federal Justices that want to thwart common sense, feel doubly ashamed of themselves - if they have any such sense."

So here was my response:

"You knew this was coming:
"August 1934 - April 30, 1945: A white male orders the death of approximately 6,000,000 Jews, and another 5,000,000 non-Jews. Many white men carry out these orders.

"August 6, 1945: One white male orders another to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, killing over 100,000 men, women, and children.

"1962-1972: Three white men order 58,148 Americans to their deaths, and another 304,000 were wounded, in a war that our ally, the South Vietnamese, ended up losing. (http://www.vhfcn.org/stat.html)

"March 30, 1981: A white male made an attempt on the President Ronald Reagan’s life, wounding him as well as his press secretary, a Secret Service Officer, and a policeman.

"April 19, 1995: Two white males bomb the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 men, women and children.

"July 27, 1996: A white male plants a pipe bomb that explodes in Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta, Georgia, killing Alice Hawthorne, and injuring over 100 others.

"March 19, 2003: A white male orders (at present) 1,370 Americans to their deaths, and over 13,000 to be wounded, for a cause spelled out in June 1997, four years before the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S. (You want to be frightened, check out the Project for the New American Century, an agenda signed by Jeb Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Dan Quayle, and Paul Wolfowitz, just to name a few. Sept. 11 was the opportunity these guys have been waiting for…. http://www.newamericancentury.org/statementofprinciples.htm)

"Clearly, all white men are CRAZY and POWER-HUNGER and should by rounded up and shot on sight...."
KJ
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mattclearing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 03:51 PM
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1. Duplicate post n/t
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keithjx Donating Member (758 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 03:58 PM
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6. Sorry... link? n/t
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mattclearing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 04:07 PM
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14. Found it.
Edited on Wed Jan-26-05 04:09 PM by tasteblind
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 03:57 PM
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2. Did you write that?
Nice job.

BTW, Helena is my home town. :hi:
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keithjx Donating Member (758 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 04:00 PM
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10. After much googling
yep. I contemplated going back to the crusades, romans, etc., but that might have been overboard a little.
Thanks! And don't worry, Helena is probably just the same as you left it, except with a Walmart, Target, and ShopKo. UGH....

:hi:
KJ
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 04:18 PM
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18. As long as the Parrot and the Windbag are still open
it's okay. :)
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keithjx Donating Member (758 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 04:24 PM
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19. Both are.
And the Parrot still has good malts.
KJ
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oneighty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 04:34 PM
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22. you left out my war
the forgotten one, (Korea Korea, Pe Pe Peoria) Words from a song about that war which was only a police action in which 30,000 or so young Americans died as well as untold thousands of Koreans and Chinese.

180
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RiffRandell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 03:57 PM
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3. Got that one last week.
My husband sent back a smart-ass reply and then received one back accusing him of "politicizing" it when it was just to "show support for our troops". :puke:
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politicaholic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 03:57 PM
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4. Good response...
And you're right. White guys are crazy. Take me for example, just last year I ordered the deaths of millions of innocent termites that were slowly eating a rental home of mine.

You know what? I'd do it again too.

actually...in hind sight, I think that many of the termites were also muslim...hmmmm
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Kota Donating Member (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 03:57 PM
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5. Good response.
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 03:59 PM
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7. Link to previous one
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keithjx Donating Member (758 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 04:01 PM
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11. Thanks. n/t
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gtp1976 Donating Member (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 04:00 PM
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8. though fewer in numbers...
...you could have included Columbine.
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 04:00 PM
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9. Excellent.......... nt
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swimmernsecretsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 04:02 PM
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12. very good response...sorry your friend sent this out.
There have been quite a number of times when I feel apprehensive in the presence of adult white males. I try to tell myself that that is generalization and prejudicial, that my feelings are based on my personal experiences of being gaybashed, that society hands this segment of the population power and ego--so what do you expect, but I can't help feeling this way.

Funny thing is, most people think I'm Latino. Some people think I'm aI'm actually biracial, so I don't look definitively like my either of my parent's ethnic origin.

But I can think, I can override my apprehension, I can educate myself. I don't want to be someone who deliberately chooses to go the direction of fear and hatred.
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swimmernsecretsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 04:04 PM
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13. sorry. computer hiccup
The line should read..."Some people think I'm a white man."
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hector459 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 04:09 PM
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15. You forgot to mention that they were "Christian" white men at that.
Nice response.
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noonwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 04:12 PM
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16. Don't forget the IRA's numerous attacks in the UK
Bombing tube stations.

Or the nuts in Japan that let loose the sarin gas-they weren't muslims.
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 04:17 PM
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17. So, what was your friend's response?
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keithjx Donating Member (758 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 04:25 PM
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20. Surprisingly,
NOTHING. But one of the women on the list said:

"And who century after century puts up with these white males, muslim
males and all males put on this earth. Females, and in the words of Forest Gump, "That's all I have to say about that."

... which I thought was funny as hell....

KJ
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mattclearing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 04:30 PM
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21. That IS funny as hell. n/t
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Jon8503 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 04:47 PM
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23. What does n/t mean?
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 04:49 PM
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24. no text
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mattclearing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 04:49 PM
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25. No text. So that people won't waste time clicking on your post title. n/t
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Jon8503 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 07:50 PM
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26. Thanks.
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Steely_Dan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 08:09 PM
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27. Hey, What about Jim Jones
Now there's a real nice white guy...he just took his religion a little too seriously.

-Paige
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theboss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 08:11 PM
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28. In fairness, I don't think anyone knows who planted the bomb in ATL
That fat guy was accused, but nothing came of it.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 08:16 PM
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29. hee hee check this out
A Nashville city employee who forwarded an e-mail pointing out that Muslims were responsible for several acts of terror over the past 30 years or so is facing disciplinary action for sending offensive information over city e-mail, reports the Tennessean.

The e-mail was a sarcastic multiple-choice test listing 12 historic incidents, among them 9/11 and the taking of hostages in Iran. In each case, there were throwaway answers blaming figures such as Scooby Doo (search) and Bugs Bunny (search), with a letter D answer blaming Muslims.

Lori Lazo-Bell, an employee of the city's finance department, received the chain mail and forwarded it to several people. It eventually made its way to a man in West Virginia who was outraged by the contents and complained.

In a letter begging for forgiveness, Lazo-Bell was forced to profess her love for diversity and her unwillingness to stereotype anyone's age, color, economic status or nationality.


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,145197,00.html
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accipiter Donating Member (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 08:18 PM
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30. extremists of all stripes kill a lot of people
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