Posted on 05/22/2004 8:12:27 AM PDT by mhking
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Mfume then stressed that point in time is far, far in the future, and a galaxy far, far away.
Parents in general don't discipline their kids, expect them to study etc. That's what's really wrong with schools - that and that they are run by professional educators.
What's a cubit?
The distance from your elbow to the tip of your middle finger. It is an old testament unit of measurement.
Why is there air? ;^)
LOL.
At risk of hijacking this thread, here is a link to the text of that skit. I in no way mean to make light of the subject, but it (the skit) is very funny.
bump for monda AM edition
You don't even want to hear about the lawyers who owe thousands and laugh and hang up if I do manage to get them on the phone. A legal system run by lawyer politicans makes it nearly impossible to suspend the licenses of lawyers who flatly refuse to pay.
Deadbeat lawyers are as big a problem as dead beat dads, except the lawyers have the means to pay. Shakespear had it right.
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"If I weigh a loudmouthed conservative racist announcer's thoughts and opinions against a 12-year-old child being shot," concern for the child wins, he said."
Sigh. This is what we are fighting against. If Bill Cosby says it, he understands it. But if a conservative says it, he is a loudmouth racist.
I wish he would understand - we are not the enemy. We are the solution.
Well I guess one truthful statement by Cosby does not stop him from playing the race card. Jerk. And his shows suck too.
Sad isnt it? We still have a lot of work to do.
This is the attitude which got us into trouble in the first place. As good as Bill Cosby is, he has to learn a new way of thinking which goes like this:
"These people have to start helping themselves. They have to take responsibility for their lives and then take their neighborhoods back."
We have been shoveling "help" from the outside in for 50 years and there has been no success.
Mr. Cosby, if you'd put aside the hateful rhetoric for a moment and listen with an open mind, you'll find that a lot of 'loudmouth conservative racist announcers' quite agree with the essence of the comments that you've made, as they are represented in this article.
To be fair, I haven't heard the whole of the original comments, or how (Limbaugh?) played them. All I have to work with what I see here.
Cos is a jackass, all the more so because he should know better. That makes him worse than stupid to make comments like this about conservatives.
"If I weigh a loudmouthed conservative racist announcer's thoughts and opinions against a 12-year-old child being shot," concern for the child wins, he said.
My Reply to Bill Cosby:
Well Bill, if you ever listened to some of these loudmouthed conservatives, you'd find they aren't racist at all. They want exactly what you want for the black youth of America. They want them to do what every American can, and should do. They want them to go to school and apply themselves, you know, learn a useful skill? (by the way, to any libs reading this, there is plenty of job training provided by the govenment for underpriveledged persons- It's called Public School- I'm not a big fan of the Public School system, but it is free, and if you apply yourself there, you can get your college paid for! Wow! what a country!) Once you have a skill, you can make money and be a productive member of society.
But Bill, this is where you go wrong in aligning yourself with the Liberal (read, Socialist) politicians in America. Liberals don't want you to have to provide for yourself at all. They want for you to be able to pick up your government supplied paycheck for producing nothing, so that you can continue doing nothing for the rest of your life. Unfortuanately, socialism has a tendency to devour itself over a certain period of time as the ratio of producers to leeches tilts more and more to the leeches.
This is what the black youth of America is learning from their parents. Either you become a Basketball star, or an entertainer (no offense to you Mr. Cosby, I know how hard you have worked to get where you are), or you collect welfare. That is the extent of many young black's ambition. And do you know what? It makes me sad.
I live on a street where there are many black families on welfare. I talk to their kids all the time. These kids are smart! They have so much potential! Unfortunately, you are right about how they speak. So, as a WASP American Conservative male I do what I believe to be my duty. I encourage them. I encourage them to work hard. I encourage them to learn to speak properly. I encourage them to read. I encourage them to ask questions. I encourage them to learn everything they can about anything at all. I encourage them to grow up to be whatever they want. Yes, many of them want to be football, or basketball players, or rappers- but many of them want to be doctors, or electricians, or military officers, and other professions as well. Regardless of what they want to do, I encourage them to work as hard as they can at what they do- and do it because they love to do it, not because of money.
Sadly, this is not what they get at home. I think you know what they get at home. So, I do what I can to help.
By the way Bill, I am a loudmouthed conservative and proud of it. Am I a racist? No.
Perhaps it's time you re-think just who your friends are, and who you align yourself with politically.
You may be more conservative than you realize.
Very Respectfully,
The Musical_Airman
And Bill, I forgot to mention- The Chicken Heart bit still Cracks me up!
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