A Message from James Rucker - TBD2024-03-28T13:39:21Zhttp://teebeedee.ning.com/forum/topics/a-message-from-james-rucker?commentId=1991841%3AComment%3A188140&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI just emailed Colorofchange…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2009-07-31:1991841:Comment:1884552009-07-31T17:12:35.802ZZenDoghttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/ZenDog
I just emailed Colorofchange requesting that info. I wonder if there will be a significant difference between the online ads that might support Beck, and those over the network. I'm on dial-up, so I often avoid the network websites.<br />
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Moving graphics often don't.
I just emailed Colorofchange requesting that info. I wonder if there will be a significant difference between the online ads that might support Beck, and those over the network. I'm on dial-up, so I often avoid the network websites.<br />
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Moving graphics often don't. I don't, no. I'll bet the lis…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2009-07-31:1991841:Comment:1884052009-07-31T17:01:17.934ZZenDoghttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/ZenDog
I don't, no. I'll bet the list is extensive given the nature of corporate relationships and various product lines.<br />
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The quickest way to get a list might be to simply watch the show and note the commercials. The thought <i>just gives me the willies . . .</i>
I don't, no. I'll bet the list is extensive given the nature of corporate relationships and various product lines.<br />
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The quickest way to get a list might be to simply watch the show and note the commercials. The thought <i>just gives me the willies . . .</i> Do we have a list of the prod…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2009-07-31:1991841:Comment:1883792009-07-31T16:55:44.013ZWesterly_2http://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Westerly_2
Do we have a list of the products, yet, ZD?
Do we have a list of the products, yet, ZD? you are so welcome.
racism i…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2009-07-31:1991841:Comment:1883572009-07-31T16:51:00.985ZZenDoghttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/ZenDog
you are so welcome.<br />
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racism is an emotional reaction. We can't invalidate the emotion, but we must view the actions based on that emotional reaction as inappropriate, we must. That Beck gets air time for his nonsense goes to show how far we have yet to go.
you are so welcome.<br />
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racism is an emotional reaction. We can't invalidate the emotion, but we must view the actions based on that emotional reaction as inappropriate, we must. That Beck gets air time for his nonsense goes to show how far we have yet to go. Quinn said, "Quite honestly,…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2009-07-31:1991841:Comment:1883202009-07-31T16:39:51.051ZKittycathttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Kittycat
Quinn said, "Quite honestly, the only people I've heard that called any minority racist, were racists themselves, looking for a way to justify their own behavior..."<br />
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I believe that 100%. Thanks for putting that out there, Quinn.
Quinn said, "Quite honestly, the only people I've heard that called any minority racist, were racists themselves, looking for a way to justify their own behavior..."<br />
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I believe that 100%. Thanks for putting that out there, Quinn. I don't believe it was politi…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2009-07-31:1991841:Comment:1881402009-07-31T16:01:50.257ZZenDoghttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/ZenDog
I don't believe it was political suicide at all. In fact, I think - I mean, it's just a guess - but I think it is entirely possible the President knew exactly what he was doing when he said <i>stupidly</i>.<br />
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I haven't pulled up the text from the press conference, I saw it on tv. There was some small confusion over who would get the last question in. The last question is the one that elicited this remark. I don't know that the content of the last question itself was expected and known, I just…
I don't believe it was political suicide at all. In fact, I think - I mean, it's just a guess - but I think it is entirely possible the President knew exactly what he was doing when he said <i>stupidly</i>.<br />
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I haven't pulled up the text from the press conference, I saw it on tv. There was some small confusion over who would get the last question in. The last question is the one that elicited this remark. I don't know that the content of the last question itself was expected and known, I just think it may have been.<br />
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If it was, then the President played the media. I don't think they are very good at grasping what's going on and then conveying that to the audience.<br />
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Police departments across the country have quite a bit of power, of authority, especially with regard to charges of disorderly conduct. The discretionary nature of that authority and its application has become a part of the discussion now. No one is taking that authority away, what is happening is that everyone is becoming more conscious of it, and that's a good thing.<br />
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There is no need for the ACLU to get into this. There is no need for lawsuits and all of that nonsense.<br />
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All we need is a bit more awareness. I suspect the prof. feels a bit of guilt or something, for having become successful, when so many have not, and that in part led to his reaction. I think he intended to be arrested. I think he did so for reasons that white folk find difficult to grasp.<br />
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Consider for a moment - the prof has certain economic incentives by fact of his life style and position not to alienate the entire local police dept where he lives - that incentive tends to increase in relationship to the amount of crime taking place in his neighborhood.<br />
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If his choice was not simply one of emotion, if there was a certain level of conscious deliberation to it, then he willingly chose to take the risk of sacrificing some measure of perceived security within the community in the interest of <i>symbolism.</i><br />
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Apparently the issue is important to the prof - and also apparently, the President agrees.<br />
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Personally I look forward to voting him back into office next time around.<br />
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<b>FOUR MORE YEARS<br />
FOUR MORE YEARS -</b><br />
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I can't wait! I understand the professor's…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2009-07-31:1991841:Comment:1880232009-07-31T15:28:24.544Zlarry kremishttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/larrykremis
I understand the professor's side of it perfectly well. Tired, irritated that he's having problems getting the door open to his house, and then a cop shows up and starts asking questions. I think, just maybe, the professor went off on the cop before the cop was shown ID and this pissed the cop off and maybe, just maybe, the cop is thinking he is going to teach this guy to respect authority.<br />
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I think we all agree it was a big misunderstanding with 2 professional people who weren't in the right…
I understand the professor's side of it perfectly well. Tired, irritated that he's having problems getting the door open to his house, and then a cop shows up and starts asking questions. I think, just maybe, the professor went off on the cop before the cop was shown ID and this pissed the cop off and maybe, just maybe, the cop is thinking he is going to teach this guy to respect authority.<br />
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I think we all agree it was a big misunderstanding with 2 professional people who weren't in the right frame of mind at the time.<br />
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Bottom line, Obama should have stayed out of it, let the ACLU and courts handle it if there was an injustice or if someone's civil rights have been violated.<br />
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When speaking off the cuff, like Obama does when answering questions at a news conference, it's easy to speak from your heart, not thinking about the consequences your words might bring.<br />
So, Glenn Beck and the republicans nailed him on it. After saying he didn't have all the facts, he said the cops acted stupidly. How did he come to that conclusion without having all the facts?<br />
He needs new advisors. He could have reiterated his comment and been done with it. Rest assured, the republicans are going to bring this up in 3 years. Obama may have commited political suicide by dragging it on with the "beer summit". A blatant "dog and pony show" as bad or worse than Bush landing on the aircraft carrier claiming "mission accomplished". Obviously you don't get it. T…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2009-07-31:1991841:Comment:1878822009-07-31T14:59:46.263ZZenDoghttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/ZenDog
Obviously you don't get it. The prof. had just returned from a rather long week away from home. <b>He hadn't even had time for a goddamned shower.</b> Think about it for a minute.<br />
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I'm white, so I don't know what it's like to be black . . .<br />
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To step into an elevator where two elderly white ladies cringe even though I'm wearing clean clothes . . .<br />
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or to live in a predominantly white area because that's where the job is, and the good education for my kid, and where my kid can make friends at…
Obviously you don't get it. The prof. had just returned from a rather long week away from home. <b>He hadn't even had time for a goddamned shower.</b> Think about it for a minute.<br />
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I'm white, so I don't know what it's like to be black . . .<br />
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To step into an elevator where two elderly white ladies cringe even though I'm wearing clean clothes . . .<br />
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or to live in a predominantly white area because that's where the job is, and the good education for my kid, and where my kid can make friends at school, but <b>can't go over to visit at their houses because the parents freak on the race thing</b><br />
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I'm not black so I don't know what it is like to see on the news how a black police officer in plain clothes got shot and killed in NYC by a white officer while chasing someone else who had just committed a crime -<br />
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but I can imagine.I can imagine, easily, a whole lot of rage, and an overwhelming sense of guilt - rage that the killing goes on, guilt for having made it while others have not, and I can imagine an urgent, pressing need, to act, to do <i>something</i>, anything, to try to help improve things, to change things, and yes, perhaps even to save lives.<br />
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Yes, the president is black. Whether you recognize it or not, he has done a tremendous service to <b>white America -<br />
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and all it took was one single word, and a beer.</b><br />
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We each have a part to play in this. I surely hope you get to <b>wake up</b> sometime soon. Yeah, I got a kick out of see…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2009-07-31:1991841:Comment:1875142009-07-31T12:52:05.808Zlarry kremishttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/larrykremis
Yeah, I got a kick out of seeing Biden at the table. He's an obedient servant, like Bush was to Cheney.
Yeah, I got a kick out of seeing Biden at the table. He's an obedient servant, like Bush was to Cheney. With Biden thrown into the mi…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2009-07-31:1991841:Comment:1872822009-07-31T11:39:17.797ZSarge!http://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Sarge
With Biden thrown into the mix we kinda thought of it as the meeting between the Three Amigos and the Stooge. Or is that better stated as the meeting between The Three Stooges and the fool? Same difference I think.....meanwhile America is falling down around our ears.
With Biden thrown into the mix we kinda thought of it as the meeting between the Three Amigos and the Stooge. Or is that better stated as the meeting between The Three Stooges and the fool? Same difference I think.....meanwhile America is falling down around our ears.