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Old 07-29-09, 10:18
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Prof. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Anyone ever see the condescending b on PBS?
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Old 07-29-09, 10:35
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Hey - how do you create polls?
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Old 07-29-09, 10:38
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You ask that with 11k posts?
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Oh, and I was outside of Harvard this weekend
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Oh, and I was outside of Harvard this weekend
Funnily enough, I wasn't. Coincidence? I think not.
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Oh, and I was outside of Harvard this weekend
Me too. I've spent 100% of my life outside of Harvard.
I think I remember seeing you there.
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Old 07-29-09, 11:12
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I was a lot closer than 700 miles

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Old 07-29-09, 13:23
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Sorry. Thought you were talking about Harvard Ave, Columbus.
from: new jersey to: Harvard Ave, Columbus, OH 43203 - Google Maps
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Old 07-29-09, 15:18
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sorry, brett, your poll is lame

Racists? and Oppressed Minority? are not the only possibilities, so you should have a Neither of the Above option

the way i heard the story unfold, the professor was a huge prick and had only himself to blame for getting arrested after verbally abusing the cop

conan o'brien reported that obama had invited bofadem over to the white house for a couple beers, which might not be a good move... as the last time obama had beer at the white house, he ended up buying general motors
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Old 07-29-09, 15:57
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, Rudy. Back off.
Our Government. Our politicians. You don't hear us ragging about Canadian politics, do you?
Wait....you guys do have a government, right? With elections and stuff? I keep forgetting whether or not you have a queen or something, or borrow somebody else's royalty, or whatever.
We like your comedians though. Keep 'em comin'.
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To be fair there aren't enough options for me over here in the UK either. I'd love to see a few shoot on site policies for burglars. If we manage to accidentally pop a few politicians or their friends in the process then I guess that's a price we'll just have to pay.

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Old 07-29-09, 16:38
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the whole situation is asinine and not worthy of discussion. $100 says there was some elements of racism on both sides but if I wasted my time giving a sh*t about the worthless opinions of worthless people, I would have no time for anythintg else.

Is Gates a prick? probably, but having had Detective Greene of the Fairfax County police harass me, my friends and family for over 2 years without a successfull conviction in the 90s, I know that cops can be evil scumbags too. They raided my house. They followed me around and searched our cars. Beat me up. Etc... You name it.
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To be fair there aren't enough options for me over here in the UK either. I'd love to see a few shoot on site policies for burglars. If we manage to accidentally pop a few politicians or their friends in the process then I guess that's a price we'll just have to pay.
now that wouldbe a winning political policy
you are free to shoot on sight any policitician or burglar
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now that wouldbe a winning political policy
you are free to shoot on sight any policitician or burglar
Hell, why restrict it to just burglars and politicians - why not have one day a year where you can just go out and shoot anyone you please. Sure it might get a bit messy for the first few years but things would soon even out. I remember a rather eventful night camping in what I thought was an empty forest - at the close of the night, my new best friend with the machine gun said to me "an armed society is a polite society" - he'd certainly proved his point.
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