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rickyhall

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10. Like the story I heard when I was a kid

Reply to Solomon (Original post)

Thu Aug 21, 2014, 09:35 PM

Aug 2014

About a black guy who drowned in the Trinity River (but it could be any river). The punch line was, "Leave it a n----- to steal too much chain to swim with."

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Okay I Get It. They Don't Give a Damn About Facts Because They Have The Power To Create Reality [View all] Solomon Aug 2014 OP

It's true LisaLynne Aug 2014 #1

Media trials are always a circus, facts are crucial, when you just make them up it is entertainment, Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #2

Yep. Cali_Democrat Aug 2014 #3

just like trayvon martin noiretextatique Aug 2014 #4

They do it because people who sell things to people like you know you will listen. jtuck004 Aug 2014 #5

yes, it is mass hypnotism KurtNYC Aug 2014 #6

They create reality to satisfy their need to not care DesertFaux Aug 2014 #7

No. Wrong. They just hate black people. RagAss Aug 2014 #12

^ Some good observations. nt GoneFishin Aug 2014 #21

CNN - Source: Darren Wilson did not have a fractured eye socket cantbeserious Aug 2014 #8

Yep, that's about the size of it. cheapdate Aug 2014 #9

Like the story I heard when I was a kid rickyhall Aug 2014 #10

GHWBush had 2 global fascist cronies develop the RW propaganda media in 80s and 90s. blm Aug 2014 #11

Mind control. its embarrassing that it works Solomon Aug 2014 #13

They chose there target audience well. blm Aug 2014 #22

Well sure,...in their bubble.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #14

Number six is a dirty lie! Enthusiast Aug 2014 #15

War is Peace. Torturers are patriots. 2+2=5. woo me with science Aug 2014 #16

The curse of all who inhabit the reality-based community: VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #17

Remeber people believeing that there was a secret part of the Rodney King video that brewens Aug 2014 #18

Ding ding we have a winner malaise Aug 2014 #19

The power to create reality. All this media promotion of outright lies reminds me of pnwmom Aug 2014 #20