OOPs!  There it is!
Taking it in the context, it was written.  Cause and effect!
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Anyone know if this guy's name is for real?  A  relative?
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> _Mid-Week  Meanderings_ 
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(http://rankandfilemonmouthrepublican.blogspot.com/2008/07/mid-week-meanderings.html)

> By Barry Goldwater(Barry  Goldwater) 
> Tommy DeSeno, a proud Italian-American, will  apparently address the
Belmar 
> Borough Council tonight on behalf of  Italian-American groups. I can
only 
> assume that these are the same groups that  protested the HBO series
“The Sopranos”
>  as ...
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> _Voice of Reason_ (http://rankandfilemonmouthrepublican.blogspot.com/)  
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> What would the father of the modern conservative  movement think of
Monmouth 
> County and New Jersey  Today?
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> Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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> _Mid-Week  Meanderings_ 
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(http://rankandfilemonmouthrepublican.blogspot.com/2008/07/mid-week-meanderings.html)
 
> 
> I will admit that I have been too  captivated by the postings on
other blogs 
> to actually sit down and write  anything of any substance this week.
But, I do 
> feel obligated to weigh in or  point out some pretty fun and
interesting 
> stuff.
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> First, Mayor Pringle  continues to inspire outrage and indignation
among 
> those of Italian-American  descent. The letters to the Editor of the
APP and “Op-Ed
> ” pieces from  distinguished members of the Italian-American
community decry 
> the use of the  pejorative term “Guido”.
> 
> Tommy DeSeno, a proud Italian-American, will  apparently address the
Belmar 
> Borough Council tonight on behalf of  Italian-American groups. I can
only 
> assume that these are the same groups that  protested the HBO series
“The Sopranos”
>  as being stereotypical and racist.  (Never mind that the reality
show “
> Growing Up Gotti” was every bit as  stereotypical, but received
little attention, 
> as it wasn’t a hit).
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> Here’s  what I think:
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> 1) Pringle was clearly not exercising good  judgment.
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> 2) Let’s get over it.
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> I note that while “Guido” is  apparently a derogatory term, in
today’s 
> Asbury Park Press was an advertisement  for “Guido’s Pizza” of
Eatontown. A simple 
> google search of “Guido’s Pizza”  turns up 158,000 hits. (Is
it offensive to 
> call someone “Guido” if that is their  given name?)
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> As bad a term as “guido” is, you don’t see many “Nigger’s
 Fried Chicken”* 
> joints out there.
> 
> Tommy, please copy me on those “cease  and desist” letters to
those 158,000 
> pizza joints.
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> The same blogger discusses discussions  about the "N word" today    
> _http://rankandfilemonmouthrepublican.blogspot.com/_ 
> (http://rankandfilemonmouthrepublican.blogspot.com/) 

Considering the source!



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