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Youth_Against_Facism 03.05.2009 06:00 AM

Is this what America is really like?
 
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/na...osition=recent

:rolleyes:

atsonicpark 03.05.2009 06:09 AM

no.

It's way worse than that.

pbradley 03.05.2009 06:48 AM

Oh come now, it's Florida.

Sure the rest of the continental US of A isn't composed of Yeats-quoting sophisticates but fuck me if your holding fucking Florida of all places as the best and brightest of Amerikkka.

atsonicpark 03.05.2009 06:50 AM

Florida is awesome, though. The air is so nice.

pbradley 03.05.2009 06:58 AM

"Floridiot" didn't enter colloquial use by accident, though.

And you have to be a huge moron to live in a state that gets a world-ending hurricane at least once a year or two.


Also, I'm from Cali. Fuck those East Coast posers.

phoenix 03.05.2009 06:58 AM

well really, she shouldn't have taken that shit from Maccy'ds in the first place.

You ask for a replacement AND a refund. and you stand there until you get it. of course.

wellcharge 03.05.2009 07:33 AM

they tried to steal her money, she should have called the normal police line and not emergency, but still.

Oh but aint that america for you and me
Aint that america were someting to see baby
Aint that america, home of the free
Little pink houses for you and me

Johnny "Magic Fingers" 03.05.2009 08:44 AM

Mmmmm, some half-assed statistics should put this in context...

Say if 1% of any population are utter morons (And I mean 'utter morons' not to be confused with regular, run-of-the-mill morons), then going by the population of the USA (305 925 000+)*, that means there's 3 059 500 absolutely clueless morons drawing breath, so you're bound to get stories like this....

* http://www.census.gov/population/www/popclockus.html

We're lucky in Australia - with our smaller population, we only have about 200 000 utter morons. Here's an example:

 

EVOLghost 03.05.2009 09:17 AM

lol IM' gona go shower now.

tesla69 03.05.2009 11:39 AM

http://georgewashington2.blogspot.co...-realized.html

Law Professor: "We May Not Have Realized It At The Time, But In The Period From Late 2001-January 19, 2009, This Country Was A Dictatorship."

Scott Horton - a professor at Columbia Law School and writer for Harper's - says of the Bush administration memos authorizing torture, spying, indefinite detention without charge, the use of the military within the U.S. and the suspension of free speech and press rights:
We may not have realized it at the time, but in the period from late 2001-January 19, 2009, this country was a dictatorship. The constitutional rights we learned about in high school civics were suspended. That was thanks to secret memos crafted deep inside the Justice Department that effectively trashed the Constitution. What we know now is likely the least of it.
Yale law professor Jack Balkin agrees, writing that the memos promoted "reasoning which sought, in secret, to justify a theory of Presidential dictatorship." Constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley says that the memos are the "very definition of tyranny". And former White House counsel John Dean says "Reading these memos, you've gotta almost conclude we had an unconstitutional dictator."
Horton is correct that "What we know now is likely the least of it." Just as with the economic crisis, we cannot change things - or even learn the full truth - unless we have the courage to ask the hard questions and to take appropriate actions to hold even the high and mighty to the rule of law.And as constitutional experts have pointed out, Obama and Congress are complicit in crimes if they cover up and fail to prosecute. For example, as Turley said:
"There is an obvious level of collusion here. We now know that Democratic leadership knew about the illegal surveillance program almost from its inception. Even when they were campaigning about fighting for civil liberties, they were aware of an unlawful surveillance program as well as a torture program. And ever since that came out, the Democrats have been silently trying to kill any effort to hold anyone accountable because that list could very well include some of their own members."

floatingslowly 03.05.2009 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnny "Magic Fingers"
Say if 1% of any population are utter morons


lowball estimate.

davenotdead 03.05.2009 12:57 PM

well if her name's Latreasa... she's likely to be black. and black people in florida are often dumb, as I see them getting arrested all the time

SuchFriendsAreDangerous 03.05.2009 01:00 PM

in my town they call 911 three times because their family or friends were just shot in the street.... :(

if you are on the south-east side in a town like Paramount than they will show up soon, but if you are just up the street in North Long Beach or worse, in Watts/South Central or Cudahy/Huntington Park, well then.. you might be shit out of luck. it is a drastic problem because in Los Angeles we have all gotten way to accustomed to shooting at each other..

I wish somebody would only have to call 911 to complain about some mcnuggets at the mcdonalds rather than about their friend having just been shot in the parking lot...

this past weekend, 5 people were killed, nearly 15 were shot, all unrelated incidents..

floatingslowly 03.05.2009 01:02 PM

I've heard that there are black people in Watts that get arrested. is this true?

SuchFriendsAreDangerous 03.05.2009 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by floatingslowly
I've heard that there are black people in Watts that get arrested. is this true?


actually watts is like most municipalities in incorporated Los Angeles and LA county, it is become "hispanic" (i use the term because it is not only Mexicans, but Panamanians, Nicaraguans, Salvadorians, Hondurans, Guatemalans, etc etc) in fact, upwards of 30-50% as of yet.

this is the shifting demographics of los angeles

I got to church in Vernon/South Central, and as little as ten years ago it was still predominantly a black neighborhood, now it is an immigrant neighborhood, perhaps only 15-20% black which is not much higher than the average of most cities..

the residual affect is still there, I go to an Ethiopian church which was founded there because it was then a black neighborhood, and the three churchs immediately adjacent are also black churches, though there are few black folk in the direct vicinity anymore..

uhler 03.05.2009 01:51 PM

florida's not that bad. also, the hurricanes are really not that bad at all. i lived there for twenty years and have been in only 2 bad hurricanes.

Rob Instigator 03.05.2009 01:58 PM

dumbasses everywhere, not just america.

cars_willkillyou 03.06.2009 07:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pbradley
"Floridiot" didn't enter colloquial use by accident, though.

And you have to be a huge moron to live in a state that gets a world-ending hurricane at least once a year or two.


Also, I'm from Cali. Fuck those East Coast posers.


with all due respect sir, go fuck yrself.

Hurricanes arent that big of a deal. Now earthquakes on the other hand...what kind of fucktards build not only multi-million dollar homes, but recording and filming studios worth billions and billions of dollars in an area that will eventually become a huge sink hole. Lets talk about the governator. Ahnald ran against a porn star and gary coleman. Lets talk about LA being the biggest cest pool of scum on the face of the planet (except maybe for London and washington DC...)

All Im saying here is that every place has negative things about it. But Californians insulting Florida is like the pot calling the kettle a nigger.

and yes, the air is very nice

so are the hundreds of natural springs that are everywhere in north and central florida. In the event of nuclear holocaust, or pollution running rampant, florida may possibly one of the best places for survival. Dont hate on my state.

floatingslowly 03.06.2009 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cars_willkillyou
In the event of nuclear holocaust [...] florida may possibly one of the best places for survival.


you should have said so sooner, sparky.

I'm movin' down to florida.

Rob Instigator 03.06.2009 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by floatingslowly
you should have said so sooner, sparky.

I'm movin' down to florida.


make me some bacon!!!!


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