(12-29-2008 01:09 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  Am I the only one who is just totally offended by this kind of thing?

I'm no fan of Obama, but some things simply cross the line, and this goes way, way too far over that line. I simply cannot imagine anyone thinking that this was funny, or appropriate, or anything but disgusting.

Blame liberals.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-o...5087.story

(12-29-2008 01:32 PM)Rebel Wrote:  

(12-29-2008 01:09 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  Am I the only one who is just totally offended by this kind of thing?

I'm no fan of Obama, but some things simply cross the line, and this goes way, way too far over that line. I simply cannot imagine anyone thinking that this was funny, or appropriate, or anything but disgusting.

Blame liberals.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-o...5087.story

AA helps women out overwhemingly more than any other group. AA was designed to get diversify the workplace from just men, and whites.

(12-29-2008 02:10 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  

(12-29-2008 01:32 PM)Rebel Wrote:  

(12-29-2008 01:09 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  Am I the only one who is just totally offended by this kind of thing?

I'm no fan of Obama, but some things simply cross the line, and this goes way, way too far over that line. I simply cannot imagine anyone thinking that this was funny, or appropriate, or anything but disgusting.

Blame liberals.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-o...5087.story

AA helps women out overwhemingly more than any other group. AA was designed to get diversify the workplace from just men, and whites.

As you know, they believe women should be in their place-at the stove cooking, teaching or being a nurse. Everything else should be left to the man.

(12-29-2008 02:10 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  AA helps women out overwhemingly more than any other group. AA was designed to get diversify the workplace from just men, and whites.

Right, so women and blacks couldn't compete on their own, right?

How very telling of you libs.

Also, not sure I buy the whole, "designed to help out women" deal. If so, that is a huge failure and why we have 5'5" 115 LB female cops that can't handle 90% of most violent offenders on the streets with a PD having to send one or two more cops in to pick up her slack.

(12-29-2008 02:37 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(12-29-2008 02:10 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  

(12-29-2008 01:32 PM)Rebel Wrote:  

(12-29-2008 01:09 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  Am I the only one who is just totally offended by this kind of thing?

I'm no fan of Obama, but some things simply cross the line, and this goes way, way too far over that line. I simply cannot imagine anyone thinking that this was funny, or appropriate, or anything but disgusting.

Blame liberals.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-o...5087.story

AA helps women out overwhemingly more than any other group. AA was designed to get diversify the workplace from just men, and whites.

As you know, they believe women should be in their place-at the stove cooking, teaching or being a nurse. Everything else should be left to the man.

The more and more you stereotype, the more and more you look like a f'n idiot.

(12-29-2008 02:37 PM)RobertN Wrote:  As you know, they believe women should be in their place-at the stove cooking, teaching or being a nurse. Everything else should be left to the man.

NOPE - - I grew up on a Working Dairy Farm where we grew all of our Food or Raised it up to be Steaks, Ham, Fried Chicken and my Grandmother was the Hardest Working Woman I have ever seen.

When we stopped Full Time Farming in the 60's, my Grandmother was out the Door finding her a Job and in fact held '2' for a long while. And still she would come home and Cook and Clean her house out of Pride and Dignity, not because she was a "2nd Class Citizen" and forced to do it ... she loved taking care of her House and Family .... I respect her Vehemently.

My Wife is a Natural at taking a Large Chain Store like Dollar General, Fred's, the Hudson'/Dirt Cheap Chain ... etc, and turning them around from failing to being a Clean and Profitable money maker for the Corporation .... She need no "Undignified AA Handout" .... and she wouldn't take an AA Handout if offered.

Southern Women do not need such Government Foolishness to Achieve - - That Strength and Ability is ingrained into them already.

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You wing nuts will never learn. One of the reasons why the Repubs got their asses handed to them the last 4 years is that independents view Repubs as a party of hate and division. Mind sets of hate and division have cost the Repubs at least 14 possibly 15 Senate Seats and 46 House seats in just 4 years. Please keep up the hate, it only serves to drive more independents and moderate Republicans to vote Democratic. Republican held Senate seats in PA, OH & IN are up for reelection in 2010. The Dems pull one of them and a fillibuster proof majority is achieved. So just keep up the division, it works against you.

(12-30-2008 12:59 AM)onlinepole Wrote:  You wing nuts will never learn. One of the reasons why the Repubs got their asses handed to them the last 4 years is that independents view Repubs as a party of hate and division.

No, the reason why the "wingnuts" lost the election is because the majority of the dumbasses in this country found a way to vote themselves the treasury and are clinging to a party that pimps that same mantra.

Wait until Atlas finally shrugs and let's see you gloat. ....when he does, it's Darwinism and you libs are gonna be f'ed. That I can assure you. The government can't just print money for you to buy iPods and bread. It has to tax people. When those taxed finally say, "**** you", you leeches are gonna starve.

BTW, there is no greater division being preached than what's found in the ranks of the Democratic Party.

(12-29-2008 03:40 PM)Rebel Wrote:  Right, so women and blacks couldn't compete on their own, right? .

If I said a woman or a black is incapable of doing something without my help I'd be considered sexist or racist. But deny them that help and it's sexist and racist.

(12-29-2008 03:40 PM)Rebel Wrote:  Also, not sure I buy the whole, "designed to help out women" deal. If so, that is a huge failure and why we have 5'5" 115 LB female cops that can't handle 90% of most violent offenders on the streets with a PD having to send one or two more cops in to pick up her slack.

The LA SWAT team is dumbing down the qualifications so women and join the team.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-o...1363.story

Quote:Bratton made it clear that increasing SWAT's diversity was particularly important to him. In November 2005, he privately addressed the board about his goals for their inquiry. The final report quotes him: "I'm looking to create change within SWAT. The qualifications to get in are stringent. But are they too stringent? There are no women and few African Americans.... Are there artificial barriers for getting into SWAT that the 'good old boys' network has maintained?"

Bratton's assertion that SWAT has few African Americans is not accurate. Eight of the 63 SWAT members are black, sources say, -- even after the death of Officer Randal Simmons on Feb. 7. That's 12.6% in a department that is 12% African American.

Nevertheless, in keeping with Bratton's wishes, the final report devotes substantial space to how to bring in female and black officers. "The absence of women ... and the low number of African Americans in SWAT should be addressed and dealt with, and the membership of SWAT should be reflective of the community," the report says, although it offers no qualitative or quantitative evidence that this change would save a single life or lead to a single suspect's apprehension. The unit, the report says, has become "insular, self-referential and resistant to change."

The report goes on to say that "there is no task in SWAT that a woman could not perform" and that the selection criteria has "underemphasized negotiating skills, patience, empathy and flexibility while overemphasizing physical prowess and tactical acumen."

Quote:Yes, they say, there are probably women on the force who could and should be admitted to SWAT, but they should be required to meet the same standards as other applicants and should be chosen for skill, not for diversity. The reality, SWAT members say, is that the standards for tactical success apply to everyone equally. Upper-body strength is vital to holding a 12-pound rifle stone-steady to hit a deranged killer while avoiding his hostage in a whirlwind of chaos.

In general, the final board report offers little or no persuasive evidence as to why SWAT should change. "SWAT performs in a disciplined and exemplary manner consistent with its fine reputation," the report acknowledges. "It has been and remains a source of great pride within the LAPD."

In fact, according to the report itself, out of 3,771 missions SWAT has performed from 1972 to 2005, suspects have been apprehended without any "untoward" incident in 83% of the cases. (The report does not define "untoward.") It notes that SWAT members have killed a suspect only 31 times in 33 years -- that's less than 1% of all engagements, often with the city's most deranged and violent criminals.

What's more, SWAT has lost only one hostage -- Suzie Peña -- and the way to ensure it doesn't happen again is to maintain and raise standards, not to lower them out of political correctness.

None of that matters, though, to the brass. "Bratton wants a woman on SWAT regardless of whether she's 110 pounds soaking wet and completely incapable of pulling 200 pounds of Jimmy Veenstra and his gear out of a house in the middle of a gunfight," said one officer who survived the Winnetka shootout in which Veenstra was extracted by his teammates while under fire.

Quote:The new test's only physical challenges are a modest physical fitness qualification and a modified obstacle course. "My preteen daughter could pass that," one officer said. Applicants' scores will now largely come from an oral interview conducted by non-SWAT and non-LAPD supervisors. In essence, the test is largely subjective.

Rush Limbaugh is paid to be controversial. He is paid to get people talking about his show. For all of those who hate RL, you probably just increased his listenership by reacting to this. It was incredibly stupid for an RNC Chairman candidate to send that out on a mass email. That will ultimately lose him the post and well it should. Right now the Republicans have to be smart and just say no often enough that when Obama spends the USA into a gazzillion dollars in debt and everyone is on the government dole, that they can say, we tried to stop it, but....

(12-30-2008 05:34 PM)EastStang Wrote:  Rush Limbaugh is paid to be controversial. He is paid to get people talking about his show. For all of those who hate RL, you probably just increased his listenership by reacting to this. It was incredibly stupid for an RNC Chairman candidate to send that out on a mass email. That will ultimately lose him the post and well it should. Right now the Republicans have to be smart and just say no often enough that when Obama spends the USA into a gazzillion dollars in debt and everyone is on the government dole, that they can say, we tried to stop it, but....

I am going to ask a Legitimate Question (I know, unheard of) ...

Why is the RNC Chairman going to be run out on a rail and the Los Angeles Times Columnist gets a pass ???

If McCain had won and the same kind of Parody came out about Old Bald Headed White Men, and the DNC Chairman passed it around, no one would say jack about it.

This is exactly "Why" we will never be able to cross the 'Racial Divide' as long as we cut our selves off at the knees.

I listened to Chris Rock last night talk about Joe Cracker and laughed 'til I hurt - - where is everyone's sense of humor over the Parody of a Black Journalist, calling O'Bama "The Magic Negro" ????

We lose ourselves in this kind of mire and it simply keeps ignorance and hatred alive and well.

We laugh at Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, and scores of Black Comedians call us "Cracker, Honky, Whitey, and mock how we are supposed to talk (the 'Nasal Twang) and we let them get away with it out of some weird sense of guilt over Slavery .... I WASN'T HERE ... my people were in Ireland ... I have no reason to be 'Guilty'.

And since I have no reason to feel guilty, I figure if every other Race on Earth can use my "Whiteness" as a joke and expect laughter and payment for it, I can return the favor and break down the barriers and walls we put up in our silly fears.

Fear keeps Racism going generation after generation because of our inability to simply accept each other on "Face Value".

Magic Negro or Magic Honky .... WHO CARES ?????

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(12-30-2008 05:56 PM)Tripster Wrote:  Magic Negro or Magic Honky .... WHO CARES ?????

The libs do. One term is racist and the other is politically correct freedom of speech. For a party that doesn't like the separation of people into distinct groups they some how keep on doing it.

(12-30-2008 05:56 PM)Tripster Wrote:  
Magic Honky

I like the sound of that.

(12-30-2008 06:31 PM)cb4029 Wrote:  

(12-30-2008 05:56 PM)Tripster Wrote:  
Magic Honky

I like the sound of that.

Insensitive racist.

So remind me who was it who loathed and hated Bush and Cheney for the last 8 years after Gore lost by a few hundred votes in Fla. Liberal Haters Me thinks.

My turn to talk smack about the magic nergo usurper.

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LOL .....

I am just gonna be a Magic Honky and leave all the driving to Mr. Daisy.

And we can all grab a title: Magic Cracker, Magic Redneck, Magic The Man ... hey there is enough for all of us .....

Ain't this stuff fun ???



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(12-30-2008 06:31 PM)cb4029 Wrote:  

(12-30-2008 05:56 PM)Tripster Wrote:  
Magic Honky

I like the sound of that.

You rang?

All you guys are crazy.

(12-30-2008 09:54 PM)cb4029 Wrote:  All you guys are crazy.

I'll be your magic honky if you'll be my magic negro. Can ya conjure up a 26' Contender for a white brotha? I'd love to have a 31' fisharound.