I thought you never watched Fox? --- On Tue, 9/30/08, Jersey Shore John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Jersey Shore John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [AsburyPark] it's getting better all the time To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 8:59 PM Hannity: You spent two years of this five-and-a-half-year period in solitary confinement. What does that do to a person, to spend that much time in solitary confinement? McCain: I think it makes you a better person. Obviously, it makes you love America. I really didn¢t love America until I was deprived of her company, but probably the most important thing about it, Sean, is that I was privileged to have the opportunity to serve in the company of heroes. http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=952 On Sep 30, 2008, at 8:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am so sick of hearing people decry our country. > Patriotism and the practice thereof became a silent issue not too > long ago. > Maybe for good reasons, there were a whole lot of flags flying. > But this other extreme, this amplification of Michelle Obama's > statement that she was FINALLY proud to be an American is sickening. > If your not proud to be an American the door swings both ways. > We welcome the sick and oppressed and the tired and the poor and we > will gladly slam the door on the butts of the spoiled rotten who > are blinded by the light that is America. > > tommi boy and gabbi wrote"Posted by: "Gabrielle Obre" > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:24 am (PDT) > > > > > You said this: > > > > "As Americans we are > > constantly distracted by the superficial, disconnected from our > > communities, we avoid genuine involvement with our local governments > > and we provide wealth to the companies that screw us in the end. We > > are intellectually lazy and narcissistic. We care only how we look, > > what we drive and how that compares to others. > > > > I blame American anti intellectualism for a big chunk of that and am > > amazed that "elite" could be considered a derogatory remark." > > > > > > So you made a sweeping generalization about a group to which I > > belong. You even anticipagted our counter-arguement (elitism) in > > your post. > > > > Did you really expect me, as part of the group you criticized, to > not > > respond? > > > > You posted something not too long ago about fascism stopping speech. > > Yet here in practice, on this board, you try the same. > > > > as you can clearly see, i included myself in that group. i am an > american tommy so don't throw that rovian tribal bs at me. i have two > family members that fought in the am rev and a couple in the civ war. > they did not fight for what this country has become. we have become > soulless, narcissistic and yes.. ignorant. not stupid. we need to move > to a world centric perspective or we are not going to make it. > > paris hilton gets more media play than any elected official. football > players make more money than teachers. there is an ad in the TCN for a > "G-Spot shot". WE are pathetic, and WE can be so much more. > > throw the elite label at me all you want, i won't go into the many > reasons why its absurd to throw it my way. and you didn't prove i said > i was smarter than everyone else and now you also have to prove i have > tried to quash anyone from posting. i have been begging for > discussion. i even suggested we all hang out. > > i know its rough and all with the white christian male pedestal > crumbling. i have a picture in my mind...this old angry white guy > standing on a rock. limp and shadow boxing. clinging, clinging, > clinging (thats the same as wanting wanting wanting). come on down > tommy, it'll be ok and its going to be so much more FUN! > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
