The Deluge of Absurdity, Ignorance, and Bad Posts

[Kitteh]

This is a new low, even for Oldies:

I didn't think LBJ's reputation ever suffered that much.  And he only signed civil rights legislation to get ahead politically.  In the Senate, he repeatedly blocked civil rights bills.  He also is on record as making some very racist statements:

On his nomination of Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court

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After signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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As a Senator, on the Civil Rights Act of 1957

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Try finding a source for any of those quotes.

[Simfan34]

Try finding a source for any of those quotes.

Sure thing.

#1: http://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/21/books/on-the-way-with-lbj.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm

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#2: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-relentless-conservative/the-democratic-partys-two_b_933995.html

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#3: http://www.fdfny.org/blog/2011/09/18/these-uppity-negroes-lbj/

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These sources enough for you? Sorry to break it to you, but LBJ was no great lover of the black man. I do this out of no love for Oldiesfreak- just that I didn't think you shouldn't be able to get away with claiming that what I knew were three very real quotes were fabrications.

[Kitteh]

Try finding a source for any of those quotes.

Sure thing.

#1: http://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/21/books/on-the-way-with-lbj.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm

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#2: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-relentless-conservative/the-democratic-partys-two_b_933995.html

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#3: http://www.fdfny.org/blog/2011/09/18/these-uppity-negroes-lbj/

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These sources enough for you? Sorry to break it to you, but LBJ was no great lover of the black man. I do this out of no love for Oldiesfreak- just that I didn't think you shouldn't be able to get away with claiming that what I knew were three very real quotes were fabrications.

Thank you, I stand corrected. I fully admit that I was wrong here. When I googled the quotes only a bunch of non-reputable sources came up.

As for LBJ, I'm no fan of the guy either, in fact this came up in a thread where I was arguing that liberals give LBJ way too much credit nowadays.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

GPORTER is a freaking Balzac as compared to this kid:

Horray for a new timeline! Okay, so lets start. Oh, and the reason I'm doing this is to comemerate, and somewhat celebrate MLK Day, by making a timeline! So, enjoy...

1968 MLK is nearly assassinated, soon civil rights activists find James E. Ray, and nearly kill him, but they ask MLK what to do with him, so under MLK's directions, they send him to the Supreme Court of Tennessee, he is later convicted of near murder, thus life in prison, but the African American community doesn't feel like that was enough, so they send him to the Supreme Court, there, he is sentenced to death, but it was to be held after the 1968 election.

1969-1972 MLK has grown in popularity, many people consider for him to run for politics, especially in 1970, he said no, mainly because his seat that he is aiming for isn't up until 1974. MLK still is encouraging, and talking to the African-American community.


questions? corrections? comments? if not, I can continue, oh, and I have a question, should I do this?

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

I trust PPP more.

Of course you do, because you're a liberal.

[Maxwell]

GPORTER is a freaking Balzac as compared to this kid:

Horray for a new timeline! Okay, so lets start. Oh, and the reason I'm doing this is to comemerate, and somewhat celebrate MLK Day, by making a timeline! So, enjoy...

1968 MLK is nearly assassinated, soon civil rights activists find James E. Ray, and nearly kill him, but they ask MLK what to do with him, so under MLK's directions, they send him to the Supreme Court of Tennessee, he is later convicted of near murder, thus life in prison, but the African American community doesn't feel like that was enough, so they send him to the Supreme Court, there, he is sentenced to death, but it was to be held after the 1968 election.

1969-1972 MLK has grown in popularity, many people consider for him to run for politics, especially in 1970, he said no, mainly because his seat that he is aiming for isn't up until 1974. MLK still is encouraging, and talking to the African-American community.


questions? corrections? comments? if not, I can continue, oh, and I have a question, should I do this?

Just when I think the "what if Churchill was a Republican" was the dumbest thing he could come up with...

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

GPORTER is a freaking Balzac as compared to this kid:

another innocent and good poster banned as Antonio, Kalwjet and King are still posting mean things. Whet will people like them let me write in peace?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

What is absurd is the assertion that the tendency of a Texan born in 1908 to use a certain taboo word and to express certain things in ways that would now raise eyebrows means anything other than the fact he was a Texan born in 1908. Especially when said Texan was not exactly noted for his delicate language in private.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Mormon: 72/27 Romney
Christian Orthodox: 68/31 Romney
Protestant: 57/42 Romney
Catholic: 53/46 Obama
Jewish: 66/33 Obama
Buddhist: 79/20 Obama
Hindu: 81/18 Obama
Muslim: 86/13 Obama
Atheist: 87/12 Obama


English Americans: 51/48 Obama
Scottish Americans: 50/49 Obama
Scandinavian Americans:50/49 Romney
Irish Americans: 51/48 Romney
German Americans: 55/44 Romney
Italian Americans: 56/43 Romney
Polish Americans: 59/41 Romney
ALL White Americans: 59/41 Romney
Russian Americans: 66/33 Romney
Ukrainian Americans: 69/30 Romney
Greek Americans: 71/28 Romney

Pakistani Americans: 89/10 Obama
Indian Americans: 80/19 Obama
Chinese Americans: 79/20 Obama
Korean Americans: 74/25 Obama
ALL Asian Americans: 73/26 Obama
Filipino Americans: 54/45 Obama
Vietnamese Americans: 57/42 Romney

Mexican Americans: 79/20 Obama
ALL Hispanic Americans: 72/26
Cuban Americans: 57/42 Obama

African Americans:96/4 Obama

Native Americans: 62/36 Obama

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

What's with the Greek numbers? Not that that's the only absurd thing. I should probably be offended by the Scandinavian one.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

What's with the Greek numbers? Not that that's the only absurd thing. I should probably be offended by the Scandinavian one.

Greeks probably voted for Obama; they're concentrated in Northeast urban cores (Poles were probably pretty close, but the fact that many are Jews probably skews it to Obama). Scandinavians definitely voted for Obama. On the flipside, Romney did much better with Germans than 55%, and Obama certainly didn't win English Americans.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Well yeah that's my point. There's no way Greeks voted for Romney at all, much less over 70% Romney. Actually he has Greeks as only one point less Romney than Mormons.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Gubernatorial Election:
[ 2 ] Tmthforu94
[ 1 ] drj101

Assembly Election:

[ 1 ] drj10
[ 2 ] Gass3268
[ 3 ] TexasDemocrat
[ 4 ] Clinton1996
[ 5 ] Write-In: someone who isn't a goddamn pony fycking creeper
[ 6 ] Write-In: a nosepeg, a pair of disposable rubber gloves and a shower
[ 7 ] Write-In: Dear God, what did I ever do to deserve this?
[ 8 ] Write-In: I mean, other than that, obviously...
[ 9 ] Write-In: Very well. Point taken...
[ 10 ] a Person
[ 11 ] Write-In: I feel dirty now
[ 12 ] Write-In: so, so, so dirty...

Question: Can anyone explain to Mr Widdershins why he is a fycking idiot?

Nobody, eh?

Similar reasons to here are a part of it…

(1) A candidate's television preferences (because, again, that's all you can infer) have got to be up there with height, hair, and handsomeness on the list of retarded voting criteria.
(2) Look… I've specifically stopped posting about ponies, because it's clear the forum doesn't like it. Whether I agree with that or not is irrelevant. And still you persist with this infantile nonsense… What more do you want me to do? Stop responding to direct attacks as well? Change my fycking username?
(3), and most hilarious of all, drj101, to whom Mr Widdershins gave both of his first preferences without a murmur, is also a *cough* "pony fycking creeper."

[Paul Kemp]

Who cares?

[Oakvale]

Gubernatorial Election:
[ 2 ] Tmthforu94
[ 1 ] drj101

Assembly Election:

[ 1 ] drj10
[ 2 ] Gass3268
[ 3 ] TexasDemocrat
[ 4 ] Clinton1996
[ 5 ] Write-In: someone who isn't a goddamn pony fycking creeper
[ 6 ] Write-In: a nosepeg, a pair of disposable rubber gloves and a shower
[ 7 ] Write-In: Dear God, what did I ever do to deserve this?
[ 8 ] Write-In: I mean, other than that, obviously...
[ 9 ] Write-In: Very well. Point taken...
[ 10 ] a Person
[ 11 ] Write-In: I feel dirty now
[ 12 ] Write-In: so, so, so dirty...

Question: Can anyone explain to Mr Widdershins why he is a fycking idiot?

Nobody, eh?

Similar reasons to here are a part of it…

(1) A candidate's television preferences (because, again, that's all you can infer) have got to be up there with height, hair, and handsomeness on the list of retarded voting criteria.
(2) Look… I've specifically stopped posting about ponies, because it's clear the forum doesn't like it. Whether I agree with that or not is irrelevant. And still you persist with this infantile nonsense… What more do you want me to do? Stop responding to direct attacks as well? Change my fycking username?
(3), and most hilarious of all, drj101, to whom Mr Widdershins gave both of his first preferences without a murmur, is also a *cough* "pony fycking creeper."

"Infantile" may not be the best word to use considering the television program in question.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

a Person, as a fellow "ponyfyker", just let it go. It's a joke.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I think you're missing the point. I just don't like you in general (mostly you're a whiner). I'm sure that if you weren't a brrrroenee I would have found something else to point and laugh at.

Have a nice day!

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Don't feel bad, a Person. It's not like Al hates just you. Al hates everybody.

[Paul Kemp]

This isn't a thread to express butthurt feelings.

[Northeast Rep Snowball]

This isn't a thread to express butthurt feelings.

Thats what opinion of x are for.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

What is absurd is the assertion that the tendency of a Texan born in 1908 to use a certain taboo word and to express certain things in ways that would now raise eyebrows means anything other than the fact he was a Texan born in 1908. Especially when said Texan was not exactly noted for his delicate language in private.

That doesn't mean he wasn't racist though.

[Franzl]

What is absurd is the assertion that the tendency of a Texan born in 1908 to use a certain taboo word and to express certain things in ways that would now raise eyebrows means anything other than the fact he was a Texan born in 1908. Especially when said Texan was not exactly noted for his delicate language in private.

That doesn't mean he wasn't racist though.

Everyone born in 1908 was likely racist.

[Simfan34]

BRTD, that Church is weird. It's like some Obama-government-funded, Lena-Dunham-inspired state-run community center.

EXACTLY. That's the whole point. Especially the Lena Dunham part.

[Kitteh]

What is absurd is the assertion that the tendency of a Texan born in 1908 to use a certain taboo word and to express certain things in ways that would now raise eyebrows means anything other than the fact he was a Texan born in 1908. Especially when said Texan was not exactly noted for his delicate language in private.

That doesn't mean he wasn't racist though.

Everyone born in 1908 was likely racist.

Not quite everyone.

[Simfan34]

I have started the water drinking today, though. I didn't drink as much as I wanted to, but I'm just getting started!