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Bill Cosby politically incorrect at bash celebrating Brown v. Board of Education
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| 05/19/04
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Posted on 05/19/2004 10:53:40 AM PDT by Pikamax
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To: dfwgator
I thought Cosby got his degree from TempleUndergrad.
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posted on
05/19/2004 11:24:38 AM PDT
by
Protagoras
(Control is the objective , freedom is the obstacle.)
To: Pikamax
i know Cosby is liberal in his politics... however, i do like and respect him for the most part... he never makes excuses for any class not being successful...
i read a book of his on Fatherhood--very funny and telling... and a lot of the situations in the book showed up on The Cosby Show... i got the message that if we want to reach a certain goal, there are things WE need to do get there... (i know, us Freepers think that way, so it's no big deal--but to get that from a liberal is extraordinary)...
i thought he handled his son's murder very tactfully... he didn't rant and rave and use his celebrity... to me he seemed to come across with the attitude that this kind of tragedy happens everyday--so how can he expect that he would be sheltered from it?
To: Pikamax
Did they ever catch the person that killed his son?
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posted on
05/19/2004 11:27:46 AM PDT
by
ColoradoSlim
(All we are saying is give corn a chance! Ethanol for a strong USA)
To: Rokurota
I'm not complaining, I generally like Cosby, but did you know his Ph.D. thesis was basically using Fat Albert to teach kids?I don't see anything inherently wrong with basing a doctoral thesis in Education on the use of animation as an instructional medium. Cosby usually put moral themes in with the slapstick in his stuff, especially "actions have consequences" and "listen to your parents". Was there anything in particular wrong with it?
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posted on
05/19/2004 11:28:21 AM PDT
by
RonF
To: Protagoras
I have only been watching him since the sixties, so I might have missed something. Yes. You missed him talking candidly without a script. You ain't the only old fart on this forum, you know.
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posted on
05/19/2004 11:29:10 AM PDT
by
prion
To: EggsAckley
I lit the wrong end of my cigarette!Hey, can my health be harmed by second hand internet smoke?! I gotta get Al Gore's book out and check.......
Lando
To: Pikamax
"Shaw told the crowd that most people on welfare are not African American, and many of the problems his organization has addressed in the black community were not self-inflicted" Then the NAACP should start addressing the problems in the black community which ARE self-inflicted - like the things Cosby was talking about.
To: Pikamax
I always thought Bill Cosby was pretty reasonable about race issues. It was his wife who went loony after their son died, and she blamed "racism" as opposed to blaming the people who killed their son.
My problem with "the Cos" is that he ceased to be funny once he got his TV show. But I'll never forget a live concert back in the 1970s and it was one of the funniest stand-ups I've EVER seen.
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posted on
05/19/2004 11:31:34 AM PDT
by
LS
(CNN is the Amtrak of news.)
To: kinsman redeemer
I've got little tiny hairs agrowin out of my face...
I forgot I was behind him...
When sliding, turn in the direction you are sliding. Which to me was like leaning into a left hook. So, I turned the wheel the opposite way. Next thing I know, I'm going down the road sideways...
When I was young...I had his albums memorized. Kindergarden, Noah, Fat Albert. Funny, funny stuff.
So was Flip Wilson's "Cowboys and Colored People." His sketch, "Christopher Columbus" was a riot.
"Weigh anchor!"
Ten minutes later the men came back and reported, 10,545 pounds.
"Put the anchor in the boat. You guys don't even know how to weigh anchor."
Again, funny stuff.
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posted on
05/19/2004 11:32:24 AM PDT
by
carton253
(Re: The War on Terror. It's time to draw our swords and throw away the scabbards.)
To: WestTexasWend; Poohbah; veronica
Whoa... Ms. Boyle's sure taking a huge risk by saying that.
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posted on
05/19/2004 11:33:30 AM PDT
by
hchutch
("Go ahead. Leave early and beat the traffic. The Milwaukee Brewers dare you." - MLB.com 5/11/04)
To: mhking
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posted on
05/19/2004 11:34:16 AM PDT
by
Trueblackman
(Terrorism and Liberalism never sleep and neither do I)
To: prion
Did BILL do that or Camille? My recollection was his wife went off, not him.
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posted on
05/19/2004 11:34:46 AM PDT
by
LS
(CNN is the Amtrak of news.)
To: LS
Did BILL do that or Camille? My recollection was his wife went off, not him. Hm. I think you're right.
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posted on
05/19/2004 11:37:09 AM PDT
by
prion
To: dfwgator
He went to Temple as an undergrad.
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posted on
05/19/2004 11:37:30 AM PDT
by
LS
(CNN is the Amtrak of news.)
To: dfwgator
I thought Cosby got his degree from Temple.His undergrad degree was from Temple.
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posted on
05/19/2004 11:37:40 AM PDT
by
mhking
(Don't wait for the translation, ANSWER ME NOW!)
To: RonF
I think he holds an Ed.D or whatever a Ph.D. in Education is noted by. Just to roll a hand grenade into this conversation I must say that I've encountered a lot of Doctorates in Education who have not proven the same bona fides most would expect of a Ph.D.
I only read the excerpt - and I know he will be dismissed for the blast by the unusual suspects with explanations that he is misplacing blame for his murdered son, etc., etc.. - but I do think it is valid criticism to say: "Bill, what took you so long?"
To: carton253
"Cap'n Custer, Cap'n Sittin' Bull. Cap'n Sittin Bull, Cap'n Custer. Call the toss, Cus."
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posted on
05/19/2004 11:39:13 AM PDT
by
LS
(CNN is the Amtrak of news.)
To: mhking; LS; Protagoras
Thanks for clearing that up.
78
posted on
05/19/2004 11:39:57 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
To: Pikamax
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posted on
05/19/2004 11:40:10 AM PDT
by
aculeus
To: ColoradoSlim
Yes!
"Closure for the Cos.
A jury in Santa Monica, California, has found Mikail Markhasev guilty of killing Bill Cosby's only son, Ennis, during a botched roadside robbery in January 1997."
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