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k4mi
2008-07-11 12:49:33 PM  
The Obvious tag would also have been appropriate.
 
Sapper_Topo
2008-07-11 12:49:49 PM  
I have a dream that some day people will find out the truth about MLK.
 
lincolncounty
2008-07-11 12:49:59 PM  
Ugly ugly ugly.
 
Andorion
2008-07-11 12:50:07 PM  
Respectfully submitted,
The Cochran Firm
 
buzzvert
2008-07-11 12:50:13 PM  
This thread should be interesting and insightful, with few borderline racial epithets and references.

/pops popcorn, takes a seat, not over there
 
darthaegis [OhFark]
2008-07-11 12:50:14 PM  
~sigh~
 
TheNewJesus
2008-07-11 12:50:17 PM  
Rich white families do this too! Really!

But we looooooove to pick on blacks!
 
probesport
2008-07-11 12:50:55 PM  
You know who else had a dream...
 
raptusregaliter
2008-07-11 12:51:03 PM  
Eh, that's nothing new.

Hell, once my dad goes, my other sibs will fight like a pack of rabid dogs. Over what? Nothing. Dad has nothing to squabble over, but squabble they will. I will run away very fast.

Those with money or some kind of legacies just add spice to the squabbling.
 
crho85
2008-07-11 12:51:07 PM  
I thought the apple wasn't supposed to fall from the tree. I guess this tree was on a steep hill
 
tortilla burger
2008-07-11 12:51:16 PM  
Why is it that the descendents of famous people so often turn out to be hellspawn?
 
yellow_ducki
2008-07-11 12:51:18 PM  
So what if he was a great public speaker? Doesn't mean he's going to produce fuggin awesome offspring.

/Somebody fire the lifeguard for that gene pool
 
lefty201
2008-07-11 12:52:14 PM  
sad that this is the legacy of MLK.

/should have stuck with the ho's
 
JohnCougarMelonhead
2008-07-11 12:53:02 PM  
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"I have a dream that long after I'm gone, my relatives won't embarrass my
reputation...especially Dexter."
 
IonBeam2
2008-07-11 12:54:01 PM  
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bdbdbd
2008-07-11 12:54:54 PM  
Andorion:Respectfully submitted,
The Cochran Firm

Wow and damn...
 
amazing_live_seamonkeys
2008-07-11 12:55:30 PM  
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lincolncounty
2008-07-11 12:55:42 PM  
"I have a dream...BAM.. OH SHIAT! I'VE GOT A HEADWOUND!!!"

//Kinison ref
 
m0llusk
2008-07-11 12:56:28 PM  
Who was this Martin Luther King guy, anyways?
 
Pacodoszappatos
2008-07-11 12:56:46 PM  
Sapper_Topo:I have a dream that some day people will find out the truth about MLK.

ummmm what? That he is hands down one of the most impressive American figures ever to live?

Ohh you mean that the government killed him.

/Had to put my tin hat on
 
skaetur
2008-07-11 12:57:12 PM  
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IonBeam2
2008-07-11 12:57:32 PM  
This is not surprising at all. Mr. Martin Luther King himself was truly a despicable man. He plagiarized his doctoral thesis, probably cheated on his wife a few times, and his entire campaign consisted of getting people to feel sorry for Negros instead of encouraging black people themselves to refrain from constantly confirming people's perceptions of them. It was mostly just a bunch of emotional slogans anyway. Bill Cosby does more to help Negros than Mr. King did.
 
lincolncounty
2008-07-11 12:57:50 PM  
m0llusk:Who was this Martin Luther King guy, anyways?

He was like Barrack Obama, only not as great!
 
FlyingJ
2008-07-11 12:58:02 PM  
So who gets the check for the "licensing rights" paid by the taxpayers of King County, WA to the MLK family after they "renamed" it from that gay guy?
Link (new window)
 
TheGreyPiper
2008-07-11 12:58:21 PM  
It's a black thing, man, you wouldn't understand.
 
Noam Chimpsky
2008-07-11 12:58:30 PM  
Where did MLK get money? Weren't they supposed to spend all that money helping the poor and buying AIDS drugs for Africa?
 
zoomddy
2008-07-11 12:58:33 PM  
MLK's family suck . . . they pick every last piece of meat of a great man's corpse.

when I was teaching, A colleague of mine was writing a freshman-level american history textbook, and was unable to include excerpts from MLK's speeches because he could not afford (and the publisher would not cover) the fees demanded by MLK's family. Several University level books are omitting King's speeches for this very reason
 
BravadoGT
2008-07-11 12:59:10 PM  
buzzvert:This thread should be interesting and insightful, with few borderline racial epithets and references.

/pops popcorn, takes a seat, not over there

I'll start!

See-once again, a black father abandons his family with predictable results...

[image from a330.g.akamai.net too old to be available]
 
Shahanna
2008-07-11 12:59:24 PM  
The man spent his life trying to convince people that everyone was equal, no matter the color of skin, then his children go and prove him right in the most depressing way possible.
 
cksewell
2008-07-11 12:59:47 PM  
The greatest thing MLK did was give us a day off with pay.
 
BravadoGT
2008-07-11 1:00:51 PM  
cksewell:The greatest thing MLK did was give us a day off with pay.

Bragging about your government job?
 
IonBeam2
2008-07-11 1:01:15 PM  
zoomddy:MLK's family suck . . . they pick every last piece of meat of a great man's corpse.


His wife actually seems like a good person. She went against normal "black culture" more than a few times, and is actually one of the very few black people I respect.
 
Rickenbacker
2008-07-11 1:01:36 PM  
His other dream was to have the nastiest street in every major city named after him.

/he's batting .1000!
 
crazytrpr
2008-07-11 1:01:52 PM  
buzzvert:This thread should be interesting and insightful, with few borderline racial epithets and references.

/pops popcorn, takes a seat, not over there

No need for racial epithets. Battles over estates have gone on for recorded history. Most are nasty affairs, even wars were fought over them.
 
BravadoGT
2008-07-11 1:02:45 PM  
IonBeam2:...is actually one of the very few black people I respect.

Whoah! Did that come out like you meant it to?
 
ExRedStater
2008-07-11 1:02:53 PM  
Rickenbacker:His other dream was to have the nastiest street in every major city named after him.

/he's batting .1000!

I didn't want to laugh at that but did so in spite of myself.
 
crazywisdom_uk
2008-07-11 1:04:18 PM  
raptusregaliter:Eh, that's nothing new.

Hell, once my dad goes, my other sibs will fight like a pack of rabid dogs. Over what? Nothing. Dad has nothing to squabble over, but squabble they will. I will run away very fast.

Those with money or some kind of legacies just add spice to the squabbling.

I have not seen a single case, not one, where there wasn't a huge fight for the jugulars over what ended up being not much left-the lawyers got it.

tortilla burger:Why is it that the descendents of famous people so often turn out to be hellspawn?

Because this is exactly what ends up happening-the brats end up spoiled rotten with a lot of dough and have no particular skills-because there was never any need to develop any.

It's why monarchies end up not working.

We should know.
 
Gwendolyn
2008-07-11 1:04:35 PM  
tortilla burger:Why is it that the descendents of famous people so often turn out to be hellspawn?

I dunno how people in your family do it but this really seems par for the course. One kid decides to b e a money grubbing bastard and get more than the other kids. The other kids want an accounting and need to take it to court because the money stealer doesn't want to get caught.

We're just dealing with a lot more money than grandma's smelly $100,000 house and $35,000 in savings.
 
zoomddy
2008-07-11 1:04:47 PM  
Rickenbacker:His other dream was to have the nastiest street in every major city named after him.

/he's batting .1000!

Comedy Gold. The Boy Wonder approves

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crazytrpr
2008-07-11 1:06:09 PM  
crazywisdom_uk:raptusregaliter:Eh, that's nothing new.

Hell, once my dad goes, my other sibs will fight like a pack of rabid dogs. Over what? Nothing. Dad has nothing to squabble over, but squabble they will. I will run away very fast.

Those with money or some kind of legacies just add spice to the squabbling.

I have not seen a single case, not one, where there wasn't a huge fight for the jugulars over what ended up being not much left-the lawyers got it.

tortilla burger:Why is it that the descendents of famous people so often turn out to be hellspawn?

Because this is exactly what ends up happening-the brats end up spoiled rotten with a lot of dough and have no particular skills-because there was never any need to develop any.

It's why monarchies end up not working.

We should know.

THIS
 
groak
2008-07-11 1:08:30 PM  
IonBeam2:This is not surprising at all. Mr. Martin Luther King himself was truly a despicable man. He plagiarized his doctoral thesis, probably cheated on his wife a few times, and his entire campaign consisted of getting people to feel sorry for Negros instead of encouraging black people themselves to refrain from constantly confirming people's perceptions of them. It was mostly just a bunch of emotional slogans anyway. Bill Cosby does more to help Negros than Mr. King did.

You are wrong. His entire campaign consisted of fighting non-violently for equality for all Americans under the law.
 
gorgor
2008-07-11 1:09:01 PM  
HIGH FIVE? (new window)

HIGH FIVE (new window)
 
Dull Cow Eyes
2008-07-11 1:09:25 PM  
tortilla burger:Why is it that the descendents of famous people so often turn out to be hellspawn?

reversion to the mean?

/MLK wasn't perfect either.

/Ask Coretta or his dissertation adviser.
//...but you can't since I think both are dead now.
 
TheGreatGazoo
2008-07-11 1:09:50 PM  
Actually, Coretta was known to be rather snooty, especially around flight attendants. They weren't allowed to talk directly to her, and instead they had to ask her assistant (who would then ask her).

At least they don't have 9 billion DUIs like Hosea Williams did. Though at least he fed people twice a year.

/This is why you have wills people...
 
WCHeadhunter
2008-07-11 1:11:11 PM  
zoomddy:Comedy Gold. The Boy Wonder approves

WTF is THAT?
 
Alter Id
2008-07-11 1:11:21 PM  
groak:IonBeam2:This is not surprising at all. Mr. Martin Luther King himself was truly a despicable man. He plagiarized his doctoral thesis, probably cheated on his wife a few times, and his entire campaign consisted of getting people to feel sorry for Negros instead of encouraging black people themselves to refrain from constantly confirming people's perceptions of them. It was mostly just a bunch of emotional slogans anyway. Bill Cosby does more to help Negros than Mr. King did.

You are wrong. His entire campaign consisted of fighting non-violently for equality for all Americans under the law.

Why respond to this dingleberry?
 
StoneColdAtheist
2008-07-11 1:12:17 PM  
Rickenbacker: /he's batting .1000!

He's batting one-in-ten?

/not impressed
 
LMark
2008-07-11 1:12:25 PM  
Is Ionbeam2 trolling or serious?
 
zoomddy
2008-07-11 1:12:38 PM  
WCHeadhunter:zoomddy:Comedy Gold. The Boy Wonder approves

WTF is THAT?

a boy, a girl, and a sock

/I hope
 
LeroyJankem
2008-07-11 1:12:50 PM  
Rickenbacker:His other dream was to have the nastiest street in every major city named after him.

/he's batting .1000 1.000!

FTFY
 
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