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unionworks

(3,574 posts)
80. Never said
Sun Apr 8, 2012, 03:58 PM
Apr 2012

....your life was bullshit. Congradulations on making it. I don't think it's all about race either. The Horatio Alger myth that if you only work hard and apply yourself, you too can be rich iswhat I call bullshit on. You pulled yourself up, and that's great. For every one who makes it out of poverty, there are a 100,000 who never will no matter if they make all the right choices or not. It is the obscene disparity of wealth I have the problem with, not with you having what you worked for. I want for many more what you have. Not to take yours away.

I guess you could see this coming. UnrepentantLiberal Apr 2012 #1
Time for the President to make a firm statement and time for citizens to take on the NRA and gun law nanabugg Apr 2012 #2
Right ObamaFTW2012 Apr 2012 #29
It's open season for shooting black people malaise Apr 2012 #3
Unfortunately ObamaFTW2012 Apr 2012 #10
Why are you so mean? Frances Apr 2012 #20
Huh? ObamaFTW2012 Apr 2012 #21
Where I live this is emilyg Apr 2012 #30
We all do ObamaFTW2012 Apr 2012 #33
Your words should become emilyg Apr 2012 #35
May I ask you this brief question? FarPoint Apr 2012 #45
"For The Win" ObamaFTW2012 Apr 2012 #46
I heard it meant something very different FarPoint Apr 2012 #47
Could be "For The World". bemildred Apr 2012 #49
I guess. FarPoint Apr 2012 #51
I've never heard that before ObamaFTW2012 Apr 2012 #52
this shot is for the win... WCGreen Apr 2012 #75
AND until the mostly white "haves" stop kicking them in the teeth. TheMadMonk Apr 2012 #67
I don't feel the financial disparity is race-based ObamaFTW2012 Apr 2012 #68
you sound just like Herman Cain unionworks Apr 2012 #72
My life is what it is. ObamaFTW2012 Apr 2012 #77
Never said unionworks Apr 2012 #80
No one seems to want to focus on this problem. Beacool Apr 2012 #38
The only people who have killed my black relatives and friends are other black people qanda Apr 2012 #69
Not in this case, apparently... LanternWaste Apr 2012 #82
I know people will think the worst of Tulsa, but I am OKNancy Apr 2012 #4
That's because we live here and know "the score." Behind the Aegis Apr 2012 #5
Tulsa has as bad a racial history as Selma CanonRay Apr 2012 #7
isn't that where the "Black Wall Street" murders occurred? CatWoman Apr 2012 #8
"before they die" madrchsod Apr 2012 #13
Yes, and i believe the black female pastor of a church in Andarko was killed there several... Liber-AL Apr 2012 #64
Yes, I'm aware of that since I have lived here OKNancy Apr 2012 #12
The Tulsa race riots occurred in 1921 Coyote_Bandit Apr 2012 #36
so much for the argument that reparations should only be paid to living victims noiretextatique Apr 2012 #59
The suit that was brought by the survivors Coyote_Bandit Apr 2012 #60
not so sure about that... noiretextatique Apr 2012 #79
From your own post with emphasis added: Coyote_Bandit Apr 2012 #81
I Fear unionworks Apr 2012 #6
Post removed Post removed Apr 2012 #15
and just what the fuck are you talking about? CatWoman Apr 2012 #16
He thinks the MSM is screwing us abused white people over, from what I can tell. bemildred Apr 2012 #23
I think that he's referring to the NBC edited 911 audio tapes. Beacool Apr 2012 #55
I don't know whether to be disgusted or confussed here. So yeah what the fuck are you talking about lonestarnot Apr 2012 #18
I suspect pizza delivery is on its way. MH1 Apr 2012 #25
Do you have proof? Beacool Apr 2012 #56
Another random shooting MJJP21 Apr 2012 #9
Without rushing to judgment chrisa Apr 2012 #11
Tragic and disgusting guitar man Apr 2012 #14
I'm all for that. I like the looks of Swiss cheese. Auntie Bush Apr 2012 #26
I read the article in the local rag DiverDave Apr 2012 #17
And in an article about someone running someone over they may have an ad for a car. Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #24
Which of the victims of the gun violence was run down by a car? Ikonoklast Apr 2012 #27
Sure. Just like someone can own and use the tool called a "car" in a legal manner Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #28
The use of a car isn't specifically mentioned in the Constitution as a means of defence Ikonoklast Apr 2012 #31
Which is why the bearing of arms is Constitutionally protected and ownership of cars isn't. Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #34
Try using your popgun to defend against the government drones... rfranklin Apr 2012 #40
Are you arguing that the bearing of arms *isn't* Constitutionally protected? Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #43
Never said anything about the Constitution... rfranklin Apr 2012 #48
They're a single issue advocacy group, and Democrats are (on average) much more Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #50
What a bunch of bullshit. AtheistCrusader Apr 2012 #65
Then stop with the stupid equivocations about cars killing people and guns killing people. Ikonoklast Apr 2012 #58
once again, whenever is someone is murdered, you show up to love on guns DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #53
No forensic evidence to connect? DFW Apr 2012 #19
Give them a little time already. bluedigger Apr 2012 #22
careful marshall gaines Apr 2012 #32
If this was a black man, randomly shooting at white victims... HipChick Apr 2012 #37
I don't understand what this post means OKNancy Apr 2012 #42
There have been a couple of rather prominent cases here recently Coyote_Bandit Apr 2012 #62
I hope that they arrest the sick bastard before he kills more people. Beacool Apr 2012 #39
Follow-up article OKNancy Apr 2012 #41
A white guy in a white pickup. bluedigger Apr 2012 #44
No one in my neighborhood drives a pickup OKNancy Apr 2012 #57
Really? Coyote_Bandit Apr 2012 #63
I live south, so you could be right OKNancy Apr 2012 #74
I also live south Coyote_Bandit Apr 2012 #76
I think I drove through it once. It wasn't memorable. bluedigger Apr 2012 #70
We're just outside of San Jose and seems like every other neighbor EFerrari Apr 2012 #73
This is really horrifying. Marrah_G Apr 2012 #54
Do they have a "Stand Your Ground" law in Oklahoma? workinclasszero Apr 2012 #61
You may find the killer in the following OK enclave: Liber-AL Apr 2012 #66
Holy Shit unionworks Apr 2012 #71
The boys are in jail now madokie Apr 2012 #78
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