As a former Harlemite, I understand their frustration. Harlem streets probably resemble something close to those in Dakar, with all the Senegalese taxi drivers yelling into their cell phones while crusing for the next fare. But I do not approve of the "don't you know who I am" act. That is something you can pull in, maybe, Cleveland, maybe. But not in NYC. Gurrrl, palease don't get me started. #alsharpton
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@Conchie Birdie: Yeah, that was the Post's quote. It sounded strange, I should've had the entire thing in scare quotes. Removed for clarity. She's been arrested 10 times, and still doesn't know how NOT to deal with cops. #alsharpton
@Foster Kamer: Get it straight guys. The Post wrote that Al was willingly arrested 10 times since 1984. All you guys need to get on or off the bong. No middle ground here. #alsharpton
@chelseabill: Yes, that's what we're all doing, sitting around passin the bong. It was a stupid and befuddling sentence, considering they're both referred to as Sharpton in the article. You know, the whole thing with nouns and pronouns? #alsharpton
@Conchie Birdie: "you guys" did not mean you Conchie. It was directed at Foster, Gawker, Celona and the Post. It's like the blind following the blind with them and now you are throwing peanuts at me as a proxy for Kramer. #alsharpton
The Post story I read a minute ago, which now seems to have disappeared, plainly said that the daughter had been arrested 10 times since 1984. It also said the arrests had been voluntary, which is kind of an important detail.
@chelseabill: It's Kamer. And the Post quote reads:
She is also the production events director and a "working actress," according to her Twitter page. She told Amsterdam News in a 2008 interview that following in her father’s footsteps was, "not something I really planned on doing, but I know it’s something I have to do. Being his eldest daughter, it’s my responsibility." And she has followed in his footsteps — Sharpton has reportedly been willingly arrested during protests over 10 times since 1984.
They're rewriting the item now because the language in it was so skewed. So, you're right, I was wrong - twice - but you were also an asshole! Don't be jealous of our bong. We don't mean to Bogart, BRAH.
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@Foster Kamer: Don't bogart that joint, my friend... Pass it over to me... (guitar riff).
On a different note, I rememeber on Cleveland's college radio station WCSB 89.3PM, there used to be a guy named "Mitch-Man" who did a show called "Under the Influence", that had played "A Child's Garden of Grass", Frank Zappa, Cheech and Chong, along with what he called "Marajuana Montage" that consisted of har to find music and musings.
God, I miss that show. I've been ebaying and shopping around for that material since. #alsharpton
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Utter plug: If you like this , you'll Love the documentary about The Yes Men, 'The Yes Men Save the World' It's playing in NYC right now, going to Chicago and Boston its absolutely delightful!
The guy from the Chamber really stepped in a bag of flaming dog shit on this one. It's too funny to stop spreading.
The happy comedy accident of business cards as credibility is comical. So many funny moments-
Can I see your business card? I have my business cards outside/this man I can assure you does not have any business cards, and is not legitimate.
How embarrassing for you.
Anyone else want my business card? #theyesmen
They are exposing these fools for what they are--empty suits and straw men hiding behind the legitimacy of a government organization that no longer serves the people who pay for its existence. #theyesmen
I'm quite fond on the WTO Labor Management talk in Finland. If you would like to see the solution for labor management in an era of globalization jump tp 5:55. #theyesmen
This is the next level. I wholeheartedly support more of this.
They can do a Fox presser where they fire Beck and Rush for being crazy racists and turn over a new leaf as "truly fair and balanced" #theyesmen
@ande8502: I'm not a legal expert, though I imagine there is a case here. But it would be sort of ironic to sue for libel when it's the Chamber's embarrassing position that is pushing away their corporate members. Legal proceedings would only make it higher profile. The messier the situation for the chamber, the less inclined corporate boards will be to associate themselves with a group that is slowly being marginalized by the WH, anyhow. #theyesmen
A race horse with a gentler disposition than many Thoroughbreds were known for, Ferdinand, had the same name as a gentle bull who refused to fight, a character in a children's picture book. Ferdinand the horse ended up in a slaughterhouse when he proved unable to pass on his racing speed to his progeny. There was a big uproar and the last three USA slaughter factories that killed horses were shut down. Meanwhile the mad cow factories churn out hamburger to eat at your own risk and 35,000 or so wild horses stand around in BLM corrals, people abandon their horses because they can't afford to feed them, and we wonder whether bullfighting is a good idea or not. No wonder PETA activists are so strange. People drove them crazy.
Yes, let's abolish this centuries-old tradition--a part of a nation's identity and history. Much like Flamenco bullfighting reveals lots about Spain and its culture. Yes, it's cruel, but it's part of an identity. What of all the cruel slaughter of animals in far Eastern cultures and in Middle Eastern culture? Why do those traditions not get blasted? Do we handle less developed nations with kid gloves? B. Bardot was fined for speaking out against the slaughter of animals in a cruel and inhumane fashion in France by the Muslim minority (among other things). The civilized world took offense to her bashing 'diversity' and 'multi-culturalism, and didn't mind the brutality (which is not part of French culture) but in Spain, no, we must eradicate an entire tradition and because Spaniards are considered white, well, even easier to take away part of their identity. Something's just rotten.
@Violex: Public opinion in Spain is turning against bullfighting, especially among the young. It's just a matter of time.
And tradition doesn't make a practice sancrosanct. Slavery was a centuries-old tradition and part of the United States' national identity and history. But I doubt you have any problem condemning slavery wherever and whenever it's practiced.
I fully expected that response. You can't compare the US to Spain or any other European nation, where their traditions are their identity. Slavery was not a tradition but a practice by a particular class which had no cultural merit. Bullfighting, much as it is presently reviled, reveals much about the Spanish character, taste, values.
@Violex: There is a centuries-old tradition in primitive societies in the east and sub-Sahara of mutilating young girls in order that they not be tempted in later years to insult the manhood of their master by straying. Female circumcision says much about the culture and values of the society in question, and as such must be respected.
@Violex: BB's husband is a rabid rightwing racist (and I score a hat-trick; a triple tautology!) and he used her love of animals as a basis for an anti-muslim screed. She was concentrating on the animals; his point was the muslim hordes threatening their white supremacy.
@Violex: In France, they eat horses. In Italy, they eat larks. In every place in the world, someone somewhere is being cruel to another sentient being. This is normal everyday procedure here on the Cruelty Planet.
Do we know if Mr. Tunick is a bull fighting fan? the protesters are clearly fans of his...
Maybe if these folks focused on humans a bit more, say, protest child abuse or homelessness, maybe the world would slowly lose interest in blood sports like bull fighting, since we would all have more important things to do, like truly looking after each other.
I always root for the bull, by the way. When the bull scores and hooks one those crazy/brave clowns with a sharp horn it's awesome. especially when they get a horn right up the ass. "bulls eye!". The fact that the bull ends up in a taco is of no consequence, at least he got a sporting chance. A trip to the slaughter house affords the bull no such opportunities. Go down fighting, I always say..
@stanhalen: It's sort of like Columbo. The little man always wins. The bull dies always, except in the case of the extremely rare indultado, and the man never, since penicillin.
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What an absurd person. #alsharpton
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True enough.
#Innumerate Lit Major #alsharpton
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And Mrs. Ex-Sharpton is an elephant who delivered late, very late.
#Innumerate Lit Major #alsharpton
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The Post story I read a minute ago, which now seems to have disappeared, plainly said that the daughter had been arrested 10 times since 1984. It also said the arrests had been voluntary, which is kind of an important detail.
#Department of close reading #alsharpton
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Oh, never mind. I also think we may be talking at cross-revisions.
#Apology. #alsharpton
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She is also the production events director and a "working actress," according to her Twitter page. She told Amsterdam News in a 2008 interview that following in her father’s footsteps was, "not something I really planned on doing, but I know it’s something I have to do. Being his eldest daughter, it’s my responsibility." And she has followed in his footsteps — Sharpton has reportedly been willingly arrested during protests over 10 times since 1984.
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They're rewriting the item now because the language in it was so skewed. So, you're right, I was wrong - twice - but you were also an asshole! Don't be jealous of our bong. We don't mean to Bogart, BRAH.
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Sadly, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree in this case. #alsharpton
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On a different note, I rememeber on Cleveland's college radio station WCSB 89.3PM, there used to be a guy named "Mitch-Man" who did a show called "Under the Influence", that had played "A Child's Garden of Grass", Frank Zappa, Cheech and Chong, along with what he called "Marajuana Montage" that consisted of har to find music and musings.
God, I miss that show. I've been ebaying and shopping around for that material since. #alsharpton
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when did you come out against science?
how long have you been against science?
why are you against science? #theyesmen
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The happy comedy accident of business cards as credibility is comical. So many funny moments-
Can I see your business card? I have my business cards outside/this man I can assure you does not have any business cards, and is not legitimate.
How embarrassing for you.
Anyone else want my business card? #theyesmen
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They can do a Fox presser where they fire Beck and Rush for being crazy racists and turn over a new leaf as "truly fair and balanced" #theyesmen
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and make fox come out and defend againstthat #theyesmen
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They can get sued for this right ? #theyesmen
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it's only libel/slander if it isn't true, and not always then even #theyesmen
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And tradition doesn't make a practice sancrosanct. Slavery was a centuries-old tradition and part of the United States' national identity and history. But I doubt you have any problem condemning slavery wherever and whenever it's practiced.
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I fully expected that response. You can't compare the US to Spain or any other European nation, where their traditions are their identity. Slavery was not a tradition but a practice by a particular class which had no cultural merit. Bullfighting, much as it is presently reviled, reveals much about the Spanish character, taste, values.
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Surely Spencer Tunick would object.
Do we know if Mr. Tunick is a bull fighting fan? the protesters are clearly fans of his...
Maybe if these folks focused on humans a bit more, say, protest child abuse or homelessness, maybe the world would slowly lose interest in blood sports like bull fighting, since we would all have more important things to do, like truly looking after each other.
I always root for the bull, by the way. When the bull scores and hooks one those crazy/brave clowns with a sharp horn it's awesome. especially when they get a horn right up the ass. "bulls eye!". The fact that the bull ends up in a taco is of no consequence, at least he got a sporting chance. A trip to the slaughter house affords the bull no such opportunities. Go down fighting, I always say..
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