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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:15 PM Original message |
"Niggardly" Obama Sign Causing Controversy |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's a bigoted double entendre. |
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asphalt.jungle (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. because his right wing critics definitely don't accuse him of being tight with the money |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-11-10 05:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
77. Precisely... |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. I bet the asshole that put those up |
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NoNothing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Obvious bait |
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tyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Exactly. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
45. Yes, too obvious, and it's a shame so many people are taking it hook, line, and sinker |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. troll |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Are you calling ME a troll? |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Je'cuse! |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. Point of order: it's "J'accuse." |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. whoops. thank you. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. nononononono |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Ok. Thanks |
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SwampG8r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. thanks for the definition |
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activa8tr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
71. I'm SURE the sign-maker doesn't know what it means, when did I last |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. Someone should point out that the Thugs are the party of niggardly politics. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. Some little town outside Stockton, right? |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. Last night a citizen drove up with a ladder & took the signs down. Local news was there |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Good job! |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Applause... |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
73. Nice! |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. The sign-makers intent is clear |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
15. Free speech isn't always pretty. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
16. Despite what the word really means, we know what is meant by the sign |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. What a bunch of homos |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
19. doesn't ANYBODY remember history |
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Lilyeye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. You're giving those idiots to much credit lol. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. i don't think so |
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Lilyeye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. You might be right, |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. it just seems the MOST likely explanation |
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road2000 (995 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #32 |
47. I was going to bring up that incident, Paulsby... |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. right |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #49 |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 04:44 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. i am using basic game theory and logic that goes back to "the art of war" and beyond |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Deleted message |
paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. you are deluded |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 10:14 AM Response to Reply #60 |
67. Let Me Put This In Terms You Might Understand: |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. you can ignore the real world and evidence |
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kurtzapril4 (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #60 |
72. I agree with you, Paulsby |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. There Sure Are A Lot Of People Turning Up Who Are Easily Impressed. (n/t) |
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road2000 (995 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 05:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. Yes, I was agreeing with you. n/t |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Reminds me of the dumb boss who fired the trainer because he didn't want... |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. lol i was |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Were you having chicken? |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. no |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. As long as you weren't choking on the chicken, then....(nt) |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. I have heard that Obama is actively trying to interest the nation's children in philately. |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Decent citizens must stamp that out now! |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. Of course, it was meant as a racial slur albeit a clumsy one. |
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Mira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. OKAY so I gave it recommendation five in great disgust. |
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Earth Bound Misfit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
54. Why, a sad, deluded, hate-filled, scared republiCON, of course. n/t |
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snake in the grass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
31. Too ignorant... |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
35. Pretty pathetic attempt at calling the President a N____r |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
36. Maybe know people will get my point that niggardly can be used in a racist manner. |
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h9socialist (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
38. You don't have to work too hard to figure this one out! |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
39. everyone knows why this was done |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. And it's working |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
41. Context Is Everything In This Instance. |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
43. Does the signer really believe Obama is "grudging on spending"? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
44. Everybody knows that proud2BlibKansan is a pedagogue |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
48. Aw geez, what he meant to say with the sign is that America needs... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
50. O Lord, Stuck in Lodi again... |
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greencharlie (827 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
51. it's just a juvenile back-handed slap. nt |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
52. Its one racist WINKING at other racists ... nothing more. |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
53. All I can think of is Clayton Bigsby. |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
57. That was put up to stir trouble |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
61. It's always cute when white folks put thin veneers over their race-trolling with that word. |
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political_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
62. What gets me about the entire right wing movement |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
63. It's the first word they've ever actually spelled correctly on one of their signs... |
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Mike K (539 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
64. The best way to deal with such silliness - |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
65. A red neck supporter of Paul Krugman |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. lulz |
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BlueMTexpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
66. The amazing thing is that the word is spelled correctly! |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-10 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
70. Says everything about the asshole |
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Old Troop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-11-10 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
75. I think it is the intent of the words |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-11-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Yeah except these idiots think that FUCk is offensive |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-11-10 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
78. Back in the 19th Century, there was a big dust-up because one |
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