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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:53 AM Original message |
Please don't be offended by this, I'd like to share, however. |
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JKaiser (569 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. okay... I thought this election wasn't about race... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. That horse left the barn a while ago. This is just the latest salvo. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. You thought wrong. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. Nice! I like it! |
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olkaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's not offensive, but it's kinda silly. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. what's so silly about it? |
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olkaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. it's amateurish and weird |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. what's amateurish and weird about fighting the indians? |
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olkaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. wtf are you talking about? |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. touchy, touchy |
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olkaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. "you folks"? |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. "you folks" as in the person who posted Post #8 |
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Scriptor Ignotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
60. yea I agree with you |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. That it's factually incorrect in multiple places? That, rather than focusing |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. I learned something |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
57. Mixed |
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galactical (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. Sounds like something fox news would use to polarize their base. |
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Melinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Umm, no it doesn't |
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bellasgrams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. It's that sort of talk that has cost and will cost BO votes. Of |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. Nice racist post |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
39. thank you |
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surfermaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
13. Don't you KNOW, your own PEOPLE sold you into BONDAGE |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Catwoman |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I would disagree. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. . |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. ROFL!!!! |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. nice... |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. LOL |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
14. Rife with historical errors. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I See A Lot Of Hyperbole...Where's The Historical Errors? |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Pierre L'Enfant designed the layout of DC--he was not black. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I Missed That |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Benjamin Banneker, the surveyor, was black |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. I used to live in DC, and I'm well aware of the history. |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. The OP forgot to put in that necessary word "help" to design the city |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Of course it's not the same; however, don't presume that I'm not EXTREMELY well-versed... |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Well you forgot to mention Banneker in your post about L'Enfant |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. I didn't forget anything. |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. the "reasonably accurate" email, like you, didn't mention Banneker |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. But you're still trying to suggest--unless I'm completely misreading you--that... |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I sugggest no such thing anywhere |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Then I apologize for misreading you. n/t |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. I see absolutely no evidence whatsoever |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Of course |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. yes |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. I read that the "idea/concept" was stolen from a black man |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Nope. L'Enfant's design was very similar to other municipal plans he'd done. |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. L'Enfant drew the plans from Banneker's survey maps |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Here. |
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RethugAssKicker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
15. Pretty Good ! |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. This white male from NC wasn't offended. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. I have to take issue with the last line. nt. |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
25. What the Fuck is Wrong with Some of you people |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Nah. It would be nice if chain letters could stick to the facts, though. |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Black people have done plenty without having to make stuff up |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
28. When Dr. Blalock wanted to make sure he had it right he asked Vivien Thomas how to do it |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Touche'! |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
59. What the wikipedia article explains was that the injustice was only really overturned |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
42. K&R#5 |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
58. I appeciate the writing style. |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
61. LOL love it! |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
62. But on edit I don't feel comfortable putting blame on cheap labor. |
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