And I heard "Son do you know why I'm asking for your long form birth certificate?" Cause I'm young and I'm black and my hat's real low

"Well, Obama does have 99 problems, but a Mitt Birf Certificate ain't one"


/RELEASE THE KRA- IMEAN TROLLS! Yeah, trolls, that's what i meant...

The comments are derptastic.

I guess they were finally getting used to one famous and powerful darkie, but three of them at the same time?! Unacceptable.

Clearly there was some terrorist fist-bumpin' going on, at least. How can white real Americans be expected to sit still for this?

$40,000 apiece. Yikes. That's like, 15 minutes' income for David Koch.

Jay-Z is the epitome of a bootstrappy entrepreneur who achieved his incredible success and wealth by his own efforts rather than through inherited privilege or a government job.

And he is way richer than Mitt Romney, even without considering Beyoncé's assets.

If Republicans actually believed what they profess to believe, and were interested in reality, they would be dismayed that a job creator and businessman like Mr. Carter is not interested in their policy positions.

The president joked that daughters Malia and Sasha were "mad at me" because they were in Washington - rather than with one of music's top power-couples.

That must have been a fun family conversation.

"No, you two can't fly out to NYC with us and hang out with Jay-Z and Beyonce. You have homework!"

Wonder what FOX of the "hip hop BBQ" headline infamy will do to distort this one.

Funny part for me is that someone might ask Mitt for a quote on this so at some point so someone will have to explain to him who Jay-Z is.

quatchi: The president joked that daughters Malia and Sasha were "mad at me" because they were in Washington - rather than with one of music's top power-couples.

That must have been a fun family conversation.

"No, you two can't fly out to NYC with us and hang out with Jay-Z and Beyonce. You have homework!"

Wonder what FOX of the "hip hop BBQ" headline infamy will do to distort this one.

Funny part for me is that someone might ask Mitt for a quote on this so at some point so someone will have to explain to him who Jay-Z is.

"I am unfamiliar with model Z. Familiarity extends only to the ME unit."

quatchi: Funny part for me is that someone might ask Mitt for a quote on this so at some point so someone will have to explain to him who Jay-Z is

Granted, I know he's a successful musician of some sort, but I'm not familiar with his work, and couldn't pick his face out of a lineup.

Beyonce, yeah, I know she's hot. Mostly from her film work.

Our local news had a poll "should the president be out clubin'?"

/facepalm

You could throw the Romneybot into an interesting mathematical loop if you took Jay-Z's words at face value.

Declare a class "problems", and then add a subroutine along the lines of

{problems != biatches || problems == biatches if problems
This is bad code. It's early, and I haven't had coffee yet.

Oh, stupid HTML. I quit.

one small post for man: And I heard "Son do you know why I'm asking for your long form birth certificate?" Cause I'm young and I'm black and my hat's real low

Am I off the ballot or should I guess some mo?
"Well you was born in Kenya in sixty one"

Obligatory.

He has time for jay but not for pressing world issues? Obama isn't a president, he's a celebrity. And a bad one at that. Lindsay lohan status.

/I hate mitt too. For different reasons tho. Everyone sucks in November. Who sucks more is the question.

one small post for man: And I heard "Son do you know why I'm asking for your long form birth certificate?" Cause I'm young and I'm black and my hat's real low

It's cause his alias is soetoro.

Rambino: The comments are derptastic.

I guess they were finally getting used to one famous and powerful darkie, but three of them at the same time?! Unacceptable.

Clearly there was some terrorist fist-bumpin' going on, at least. How can white real Americans be expected to sit still for this?

Why does it always come down to race? Someone can't have criticisms of Obama without being racist? I voted for him and feel let down. If I worked anywhere other than Amtrak I'd vote for Romney hands down. Only out of spite tho. Romney sucks too.

/NERD!

OMG! We're All Gonna Die!: Rambino: The comments are derptastic.

I guess they were finally getting used to one famous and powerful darkie, but three of them at the same time?! Unacceptable.

Clearly there was some terrorist fist-bumpin' going on, at least. How can white real Americans be expected to sit still for this?

Why does it always come down to race?

Because he was talking about a comments section that include this:

the Obama is reaching out for that hip-hop vote.
Next will be a beer swilling summit where he and his bros start hitting the bong.

this:

Obama though he was back in the Hood !!!!!! I bet him and J fired up a Pipe before he left

and, my personal favorite, this:

and the word of the day is: simian!!!

Obviously, these fine folks are just trying to have a mature conversation about our economy, though, amirite?

OMG! We're All Gonna Die!: I voted for him and feel let down.

Oh, you thought he was talking about you. That's cute.

Well, Shawn Carter went from bouncing between middle-class and poverty as a kid, to being a competent but largely unknown member of a profession for most of his life, and then suddenly got catapulted into the big-leagues over the course of a few months and has had to deal with the impact of fame and money on his life while struggling to maintain that competence and keep his dedication to the career going. He also has to balance a job that has him jetting all over the damned place at a week's notice or less against having a kid.

There's some degree of valid analogy there, is what I'm saying. I mean, not a lot of analogy, sure, no one in their right mind would let Jay-Z near the red button for a nuke, but I can see what Mr. Obama is saying there, I think.

//I officially know way too much about pop culture trivia.

Jim_Callahan: There's some degree of valid analogy there, is what I'm saying. I mean, not a lot of analogy, sure, no one in their right mind would let Jay-Z near the red button for a nuke, but I can see what Mr. Obama is saying there, I think.

What's sad is I'd trust Jay-Z with the button over any GOP presidential candidate that ran this year with the exception of Huntsman.

sprawl15: [imageshack.us image 682x525]

Because I'm sure it was catered by Michelle making deviled eggs and DJ'd by Hillary using a playlist from her iPod. Nope, no jobs there.

Gonz: You could throw the Romneybot into an interesting mathematical loop if you took Jay-Z's words at face value.

Declare a class "problems", and then add a subroutine along the lines of

{problems != biatches || problems == biatches if problems
This is bad code. It's early, and I haven't had coffee yet.

!= and == are boolean operators that take the expressions to either side and return 1 or 0 (bool), whereas = is an assignment operator that sets the value of the expression to the left to that of the expression on the right, for however "value" is defined for that variable type.

I'm not ragging on you, I'm just genuinely trying to help, since I haven't grabbed my cuppa either and my brain won't stop trying to parse till it figures it out.

//I was really hoping C++/Java would be mostly dead by now so that I could declare my knowledge obsolete and never work with straight coding beyond HTML ever again. I mean, I first learned that in like junior high, that's like a millennium in computer years, how's it still around?

Sudo_Make_Me_A_Sandwich: sprawl15: [imageshack.us image 682x525]

Because I'm sure it was catered by Michelle making deviled eggs and DJ'd by Hillary using a playlist from her iPod. Nope, no jobs there.

HIllary has a surprising amount of classic 2 Live Crew on her iPod. That was the strangest part of the evening.

/Spoiler alert: Hillary was up on one of the pinic tables singing "Me So Horny" at the top of her lungs

Mercutio74: Jim_Callahan: There's some degree of valid analogy there, is what I'm saying. I mean, not a lot of analogy, sure, no one in their right mind would let Jay-Z near the red button for a nuke, but I can see what Mr. Obama is saying there, I think.

What's sad is I'd trust Jay-Z with the button over any GOP presidential candidate that ran this year with the exception of Huntsman.

I... actually, yeah, I can't disagree with this statement. Not so much because I think they're all nuts (Romney is no Santorum, for all you can validly complain about him), but because they're party men beholden to a party that is. Nuts, that is. The crazy and the stupid is in the official platform nowadays. And, like, for serious, not like the early '90s when people'd stick anti-abortion nonsense in the platform and then not do anything about it ever.

That's a good song.

By the way, if you haven't heard the Hugo version, it's worth a listen.

Sudo_Make_Me_A_Sandwich: sprawl15: [imageshack.us image 682x525]

Because I'm sure it was catered by Michelle making deviled eggs and DJ'd by Hillary using a playlist from her iPod. Nope, no jobs there.

DJs and waiters don't pay taxes, so they don't even really count as working a job. They just don't count as welfare leeches, so they're worth zero instead of being a burden.

Wyalt Derp: bobbette: even without considering Beyoncé's assets.

Know how I know you're gay?

/NTTAWWT

You know I'm (mostly) gay because your girlfriend's going around with a barely concealed satisfied smirk on her face, short nails, and a new full DVD set of The L Word.

/I must be looking Shane today

Mercutio74: Jim_Callahan: There's some degree of valid analogy there, is what I'm saying. I mean, not a lot of analogy, sure, no one in their right mind would let Jay-Z near the red button for a nuke, but I can see what Mr. Obama is saying there, I think.

What's sad is I'd trust Jay-Z with the button over any GOP presidential candidate that ran this year with the exception of Huntsman.

Hova gonna nukeya

If Obama had a son he'd look like Jay-Z.

Jay-Z + Beyonce are a good bit wealthier than Mittens. Just sayin', BO.

bobbette: Jay-Z is the epitome of a bootstrappy entrepreneur who achieved his incredible success and wealth by his own efforts rather than through inherited privilege or a government job.

And he is way richer than Mitt Romney, even without considering Beyoncé's assets.

If Republicans actually believed what they profess to believe, and were interested in reality, they would be dismayed that a job creator and businessman like Mr. Carter is not interested in their policy positions.

That's because they don't want people like President Obama and Mr. Carter to actually "climb the ladder" and matter; or any person from humble beginnings like President Clinton. People like that have crazy ideas that stuff like "food" isn't an entitlement and gain enough power to do something about it. That's why Republicans are trying to dismantle the ladder under the guise of fiscal responsibility..

gilgigamesh: skullkrusher: Jay-Z + Beyonce are a good bit wealthier than Mittens. Just sayin', BO.

Beyonce has been wealthy and a huge star since she was a teenager, but Jay-Z spent most of his career toiling in semi-obscurity. I think that probably gives him a different perspective than most of his financial peers.

oh, Jay-Z certainly has a different perspective. Dude was born in the friggin ghetto and shot his brother.

gilgigamesh: skullkrusher: Jay-Z + Beyonce are a good bit wealthier than Mittens. Just sayin', BO.

Beyonce has been wealthy and a huge star since she was a teenager, but Jay-Z spent most of his career toiling in semi-obscurity. I think that probably gives him a different perspective than most of his financial peers.

I'm not understanding the "most of career" obscurity argument.
That's like saying Nas is obscure.
Biggie's death was 15 years ago, and Jay Z the name stealer
was known before then. He blew up afterwards, but...

is the argument in this thread that Jay Z was obscure until
he married bootypad wearing Beyonce?

ExperianScaresCthulhu: gilgigamesh: skullkrusher: Jay-Z + Beyonce are a good bit wealthier than Mittens. Just sayin', BO.

Beyonce has been wealthy and a huge star since she was a teenager, but Jay-Z spent most of his career toiling in semi-obscurity. I think that probably gives him a different perspective than most of his financial peers.

I'm not understanding the "most of career" obscurity argument.
That's like saying Nas is obscure.
Biggie's death was 15 years ago, and Jay Z the name stealer
was known before then. He blew up afterwards, but...

is the argument in this thread that Jay Z was obscure until
he married bootypad wearing Beyonce?

I think the point is that Jay-Z didn't break out until he was 30