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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:14 PM Original message |
Obama's speech is illogical |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. you are waaaaaay off base here..... |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. + (a big number) nt |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:16 PM Original message |
You are dead wrong. IMO. Unrec. n/t |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Bunny, pancake, etc. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. "Actually, there are more rappers, basketball players, and reality TV stars..." |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. How many people do you think match those in the heart-warming vignetts of personal achievement |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I bet there are literally several million. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Those people are everywhere. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. More like totally, transparently bogus OPing. |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
48. It only seems that way because they're all som supremely annoying |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
49. .. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. You FAIL the DU.. |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. no, there are more children who have hard scrabble lives who outperform |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. There may be millions with hardscrabble lives |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. Only 3 perhaps with their names? |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
45. see Sonia Sotomayor..and I arrest my case! n/t |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. See list of Hispanic baseball players ... and I rest my case! |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #51 |
66. Oh, Now I Get It. It's a Joke. Well Done. I Didn't Get It Til Now. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
50. Cites? Sources? |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
65. Not Familiar With the Concept of an Example, Eh? |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. Actually, there are more rappers, basketball players, and reality TV stars thant here are Jazmin, An |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I personally know dozens just in my classes at the University of Wisconsin who have overcome |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. "...cynicism gone terminal." Perfect description. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. Bulllllshit. You've got it exactly backwards. |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. So am I. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. How many of those rappers, basketball players, and reality TV stars make |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. Embarassing OP. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
15. What hooey! And what a strange post to find on DU. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
63. If only it were out-of-place on DU. If only. |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
16. You're just yanking our cords here, aren't you? |
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Curtland1015 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. Spock you ain't. |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Dang, you just stole my joke! |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
18. Sigh |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
19. No....no ...no ....wrong .....THIS is illogical! |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
20. LOL... |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
22. Oh dear nt |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
23. Wow! The fail is strong in your post. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
25. Did you type too fast? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
26. God, how embarrassing for you that you actually seem to believe this |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
27. I never liked the anecdotal crap, but people seem to need it. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
29. Shit, you have to work hard to be a baller, a rapper, or an entertainer too |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Very good point. nt |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
31. You are wrong... |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
33. How hard did you work to make this seem cogent to you? I suppose as hard |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
35. These aren't stories |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
36. In other words, how many ESL, first generation college kids have gone on to college? |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
37. Gads. You're really good at reaching |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
38. There are 432 players in the NBA - I'll do the math since you can't... |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
60. Thank you. The #'s don't lie. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #38 |
70. A relatively small percentage of the $6-7000 make a "millionaire's living". nt |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
39. Where are your links to the numbers you quote? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
40. Spock, set phasers to FAIL |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
41. PUT THE PIPE DOWN, DUDE!!! n/t |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
43. too bad for you- and i mean that, |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
44. comedy, right? certainly this is comedy. |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
46. wtf.. |
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Still Blue in PDX (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
47. Ridiculous. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
75. Been many years but some of the jocks I went to college with ended up going pro. |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
52. Here...fixed this for you... |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. Much better and far more accurate. n/t |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
53. Dumbest. Post. Ever. |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. +1 |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
55. Dreamkiller |
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Mystayya (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
56. Errrr.......... your post makes no sense. |
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xocet (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
57. ...A Conservative by any other Name... |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #57 |
68. About 8% of medical students are Hispanic, and only small fraction |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. Oh well then that changes everything. |
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xocet (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #68 |
81. Allow me to retort.... |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #57 |
69. Exactly. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
59. The reviews are in - your post is a steaming pile. nt |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
61. Far Center's post is nitpicking, insipid and asinine. |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
62. I Wish I Could Rec Your Post, But There Are Too Many Rappers, Basketball Players and Reality Stars |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. It's a socialist plot! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
64. Well duh. Because everybody knows that almost all successful black folks are rappers or athletes... |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
71. Actually, it wasn't a bad speech, except for the bogus rhetorical device |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Good grades |
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xocet (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #71 |
82. No greater fool than I.... |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
72. Spock says: |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
76. You obviously missed math and logic classes while in school |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
77. "Hey, kids, there's structural racism and classism out there, give up now!" |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. But it would make FC so very happy--and that, after all, is all that matters. nt |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
78. think before you post. This is one of the most stupid OPs Ive ever read. |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
79. Why don't you knock it off with the negative waves. Woof! |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
83. I had this same problem with my former step-son. A very "smart" |
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