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marmar
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Fri Aug-26-11 06:42 AM Original message |
Cornel West: Dr. King Weeps From His Grave |
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ProSense
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Fri Aug-26-11 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. "Dr. King Weeps From His Grave"? |
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girl gone mad
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Fri Aug-26-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
46. Obama whipped for TARP.. |
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Starry Messenger
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Fri Aug-26-11 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
2. k&r |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Fri Aug-26-11 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
3. Amen, Dr. West. |
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xchrom
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Fri Aug-26-11 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
4. Recommend |
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ProSense
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Fri Aug-26-11 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
5. "Why Is Cornel Mad?" |
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Supersedeas
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Fri Aug-26-11 07:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. it's coming from all angles |
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Raschel
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Fri Aug-26-11 08:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. The whole ticket thing sounds very petty. |
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Whisp
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Fri Aug-26-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. if that story is true Cornel is a childish little petty jerkoff |
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sabrina 1
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Fri Aug-26-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Lol, and to think he used to be a Hero of the 'left'. |
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Whisp
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Fri Aug-26-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. never was mine. didn't know who he was until he made a fool of himself |
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sabrina 1
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Fri Aug-26-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. That's obvious. If you were paying attention to minority issues over |
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Whisp
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Fri Aug-26-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. if he's so respected, then maybe he should show some respect |
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sabrina 1
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Fri Aug-26-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Keep digging. I sure hope this President is not depending on this |
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Whisp
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Fri Aug-26-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. rove tactics work here just fine. |
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sabrina 1
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Fri Aug-26-11 07:27 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Rove cared about issues like SS and Medicare not being used |
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Whisp
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Fri Aug-26-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. for sure, Obama is one careless dude manchurian back stabbing felon. |
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sabrina 1
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Fri Aug-26-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Sure, Rove would probably find a way to say stuff like that, but |
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Number23
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Sat Aug-27-11 12:27 AM Response to Reply #42 |
70. Ummm... if you're interested in what real black people think |
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indurancevile
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Sat Aug-27-11 04:21 AM Response to Reply #30 |
76. and west goes under the bus! |
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msanthrope
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Fri Aug-26-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. If Coretta Scott King was still alive, he wouldn't have dared write this piece. |
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Bluenorthwest
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Fri Aug-26-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. If Coretta was alive Bernice would have no platform and it would |
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msanthrope
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Fri Aug-26-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Right.....Coretta Scott King would have signed onto the "Kansas Influence" nonsense? |
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Major Hogwash
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Sat Aug-27-11 01:17 AM Response to Reply #43 |
73. wow . . that's . . bad . . that's pure . . shit . . shit on a stick |
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sabrina 1
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Fri Aug-26-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. She would have written it with him. |
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msanthrope
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Fri Aug-26-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. I can see her ghostly hand writing about Obama's "Kansas Influence." |
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sabrina 1
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Fri Aug-26-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. He is speaking to an audience that understands what he is talking |
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msanthrope
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Fri Aug-26-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. You really believe that the Kings would have bought into the "Kansas Influence" race psychobabble? |
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sabrina 1
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Fri Aug-26-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Are you seriously asking that question? |
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msanthrope
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Fri Aug-26-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Show me where, specifically, the Kings said anything like the "Kansas Influence" quote. |
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sabrina 1
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Fri Aug-26-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Cornel West said he helped raised funds for the Obama campaign. |
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msanthrope
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Fri Aug-26-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. I found not a single FEC filing by Mr. West. Not one. |
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EFerrari
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Fri Aug-26-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #44 |
63. LOL. Barack Obama wrote an entire book about this issue. n/t |
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msanthrope
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Fri Aug-26-11 09:32 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Really? He wrote an entire book about how he feared Black men because his family came from Kansas? |
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Number23
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Sat Aug-27-11 12:31 AM Response to Reply #26 |
71. TELL. IT. The first thing that came to mind when I read this article |
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SidDithers
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Fri Aug-26-11 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
7. Cornel West. LOL...nt |
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Fri Aug-26-11 08:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
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ProSense
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Fri Aug-26-11 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
8. Here's a good article: |
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Beer is God
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Fri Aug-26-11 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
9. A sad K&R |
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Romulox
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Fri Aug-26-11 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
10. Didn't you hear? They OUTSOURCED Dr. King's dream to authoritarian China |
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robcon
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Fri Aug-26-11 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
11. The U.S. is a MUCH better place than it was in Dr. King's day. |
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marmar
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Fri Aug-26-11 08:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. No, he just doesn't see it through rose-colored glasses. |
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BOG PERSON
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Fri Aug-26-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. agreed - we're not worthy of barack obama |
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nashville_brook
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Fri Aug-26-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges... |
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Fri Aug-26-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #16 |
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JoseGaspar
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Fri Aug-26-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Is it really a "much better place"? |
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sabrina 1
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Fri Aug-26-11 11:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
69. 40% unemployment in African American districts? I guess if you |
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indurancevile
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Sat Aug-27-11 04:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
77. Black unemployment at depression-era levels. In June. In this "recovery". |
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amborin
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Fri Aug-26-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
17. K&R |
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Amonester
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Fri Aug-26-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
18. Pinchin' tha nose. |
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Enrique
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Fri Aug-26-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
20. "a courageous and visionary Christian blues man" |
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uponit7771
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Fri Aug-26-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. Cornel West has fallen into the trap of pettiness and now is to be ignored by those who've payed... |
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RufusTFirefly
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Fri Aug-26-11 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. Cornel West can squeeze more wisdom into a single sentence... |
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KeepItReal
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Fri Aug-26-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Word |
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msanthrope
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Fri Aug-26-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Wisdom? More like absolute lunacy about the President's race: |
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hifiguy
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Fri Aug-26-11 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
24. Incredibly powerful piece |
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madville
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Fri Aug-26-11 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
28. "culminating in the election of Barack Obama in 2008" |
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Whisp
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Fri Aug-26-11 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
29. what's with this jerk Cornel? he got Sarah Needs Attention Disorder? |
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msanthrope
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Fri Aug-26-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. You know, he didn't give a single dime to the Obama campaign, didn't raise any money for it |
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sabrina 1
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Fri Aug-26-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Cornell West introduces Sen. Obama at Harlem fundraiser: |
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msanthrope
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Fri Aug-26-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Um, that's an introduction at a fundraiser that West neither ran nor contributed to. |
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RufusTFirefly
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Fri Aug-26-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Are you addressing the content of the op-ed piece? |
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Whisp
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Fri Aug-26-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. yes I am. You are wrong. |
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EFerrari
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Fri Aug-26-11 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
33. K&R |
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FrenchieCat
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Fri Aug-26-11 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
41. This is one of the way that West can get something he wrote in the NTY..... |
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amborin
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Fri Aug-26-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. what a false smear of a noted & widely published scholar whose articles repeatedly appear in NYT |
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msanthrope
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Fri Aug-26-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. What's false? West doesn't speak for FrenchieCat, and he doesn't speak for MLK. |
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indurancevile
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Sat Aug-27-11 04:35 AM Response to Reply #51 |
78. yeah, cornel is just a token who can't make print unless he mentions mlk. |
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bvar22
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Fri Aug-26-11 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
48. K&R for Brother West. |
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tenten
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Fri Aug-26-11 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
52. I love Cornel |
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swilton
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Fri Aug-26-11 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
53. Extremely powerful words! |
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TBF
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Fri Aug-26-11 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
54. Excellent Dr. West, I completely agree. nt |
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CatWoman
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Fri Aug-26-11 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
55. if those sorry ass kids didn't make him "weep from his grave" |
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CakeGrrl
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Fri Aug-26-11 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
65. Should've known this tripe would find its way here and be well-received. |
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msanthrope
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Fri Aug-26-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Of course. We haven't had our full quota of Obama-hate threads today because of Irene. |
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Number23
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Sat Aug-27-11 12:36 AM Response to Reply #65 |
72. Yep. And from the usual "we care so deeply about black people until they disagree with us" |
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Major Hogwash
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Sat Aug-27-11 01:24 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. I don't mind marmar bringing it here because I think West has made an ass out of himself. |
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Number23
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Sat Aug-27-11 04:00 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. I agree, Major. |
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mysistagirl
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Sun Aug-28-11 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
79. Why MLK would REALLY weep. |
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