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proverbialwisdom

(4,959 posts) Fri Mar 27, 2015, 08:23 PM Mar 2015

A Conversation with President Obama and The Wire Creator David Simon

A Conversation with President Obama and The Wire Creator David Simon

The White House
Published on Mar 26, 2015

President Barack Obama and David Simon, the creator of HBO’s The Wire, sat down to talk honestly about the challenges law enforcement face and the consequences communities bear from the war on drugs.

Link from: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/obama-discusses-drug-war-wire-creator-article-1.2164133

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A Conversation with President Obama and The Wire Creator David Simon (Original Post) proverbialwisdom Mar 2015 OP

HBO can use" nigger" like "the" father founding Mar 2015 #1

It's a frustrating video. 6 years in the white house mucifer Mar 2015 #2

father founding

(619 posts)

1. HBO can use" nigger" like "the"

Reply to proverbialwisdom (Original post)

Fri Mar 27, 2015, 09:00 PM

Mar 2015

But just say the" J "word and your a holocaust denier, why is that ?

mucifer

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2. It's a frustrating video. 6 years in the white house

Reply to proverbialwisdom (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2015, 06:51 AM

Mar 2015

and he sounds like he's campaigning in '08. I know he has congress against him. But, he has the justice department. It's hard for me to believe he can't be doing more.

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