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Ah, I see. So will he respond "yes" to this post, or will he decide not to for once because his "yes" is the topic of interest?

Is this Byron Buxton's sideflip?

Yes to what? Everyone thinks that. But, is it just me or does he remind you of Hunter? I feel like I'm making a confession when I say this, and yeah, it's weird, but...I can't help the tricks my brain plays on me. It can't be smart all the time.

Perfectly phrased CBU.

SAFE! Where's the umpire emoticon making the call??

That was worth the money.

If this is you saying "Huh?" My answer is, "I need Brock to add clapping hands to our nice little collection of emoticons." This one's called "cool" and this one's called "B," so I think we can replace one of those with an applauding emoticon.

I'm probably going to get sent to the sports bar for this post, but doesn't this target practice look tricky? :shoot:

Where's the applauding emoticon?

Well now, ain't that purty.

Just in time to start the jinx. D: Now they're going to score.

My pet peeve is being forced to watch games on MLB Gameday. I rush to TD and beg for updates from people who actually saw it, and would you believe it, TD is more up to date than MLB! Oh, and my other pet peeves are intentionally ripped jeans (though I'm sure Doz could pull 'em off just swell), talking with your mouth full, digging in your ears, and blowing your nose in your napkin. Ew. Just eeew.

Haha, I know how that goes. Tying...the game? Well, if we're losing, I hope we can not only do that but more.

Chi-Town welcomes you.

This doesn't make sense to me.

Everyone does...as long as it's an "Innovative Office DP"

Pretty little play there

Why does everyone focus on the good blacks and the bad cops or the bad blacks and the good cops instead of looking at the whole picture? I think it's time to take off some blinders and try to be reasonable. Why does it have to be, "The blacks are all screwed up" or else "The cops are all screwed up" when neither are true? Also, there's a lot more going on than what people want to look at. There are issues with police being jerks but not racist, and there are issues with blacks that have nothing to do with police, but everyone wants to cram anything connected to the two down everyone else's throats just because that's what's trending right now. Boy does the media have the whole show in their hands.

Good heavens, then what are you saying? You almost make it seem like you're on the same page as me now. The philosophical workings of my mind lead me to the conclusion that liberals and conservatives all think alike, they just have different ways of expressing themselves and therefore there are misunderstandings all around. But I stick firm to everything I've said. These riots aren't going to accomplish anything good. And as Levi said, charismatic leaders are far more influential than riots. I'd be more than happy to be that charismatic leader for them if they'd take me, but the majority wouldn't respect me because I'm white. Therefore if I tried to get them to stop rioting, they'd just laugh me out of town. It's okay if you don't want to write on this thread anymore. Feel free to PM me and we can settle it from there. Don't worry, I won't turn you into the moderators unless you get really awful, and I don't see that happening because I'm a very forgiving person, and I won't swear back if you start. It'd be hard for you to stay mad at me for long. You never know, this could lead to a very close friendship. The human nature can be remarkably strange at times. And oh, yes, I belong to a totally different league of athletes, best known for its camel jumpers and kangaroo boxers, but not exclusive of shark jumpers...but that's not the point.

MLK wanted people to protest peacefully to earn respect. Sure, they didn't follow the rules of the day (i.e. segregation laws), and I congratulate them. Had I had the opportunity, I would have protested alongside of them. I don't know how old you are, but you may or may not be old enough to remember that white people were the ones being violent during the protests of the '60's more than the blacks, and that wasn't a good thing. Unless you want to say that "bad things need to happen before it gets better," to quote Brock. The bus riders/boycotters, etc. were classy through it all and came through strong. I'm sure they wouldn't want this. Now I don't think it was you, but someone was careful to point out to me earlier in this thread that it was mostly teenagers who were being violent. They're not the people who protested during MLK's time, and I'm sure he wouldn't have wanted it this way. I understand that they are upset, but I think they should behave in a more mature manner. Also, while I understand that people are upset over what they consider to be a case of continued prejudice (and it certainly is an issue in some places still), I don't think that this was a case of discrimination. I think that the police were wrong, and yes, they should get in trouble just like any other citizen would. However, I believe that they would have done this to anyone, whether they were white, Hispanic, African American, oriental, Native American...you name it. You've got to remember that three of the cops were black. And I don't want to hear any "They weren't black enough" shenanigans, either. And do blacks really have a disadvantage compared to whites? Maybe if you take the average black's income and compare it to the average white's income, yes. But that's not the right way to decide if somebody's being discriminated against. Look at the President, for pete's sake. Also, if you took an 18-year-old black boy and an 18-year-old white boy whose parents had the same income, the black boy would get more college grants. I'm not complaining. But if that 18-year-old black boy starts rioting and trying to hurt innocent police for another police officer's actions, that's unreasonable. Now, I'm not having an attitude like "All blacks are wrong and all whites are right." Far from it. I know there's a sad percentage of prejudiced whites and a huge percentage of blacks who may be upset over this situation but are not reacting violently. I don't overlook this stuff when I see it: https://o.twimg.com/2/proxy.jpg?t=HBhXaHR0cHM6Ly9hbXAudHdpbWcuY29tL3Byb2QvZGVmYXVsdC8yMDE1LzA0LzI2LzAwLzJlMzliM2EzLXVwbG9hZGVkdmlkZW9fcG9zdGVyLTk5NDkuanBnFMAHFJwEABYAEgA&s=HXITWCmmVaOpnebxpnWevb9j68KErrz1YSIhEmgGIN0 http://conservativetribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Anthoni-L-Drakhan-470x836.jpg That little brat asked for that. The violence that ensued was a spur of the moment reaction that he well deserved. But if he had been minding his own business, it would have been wrong, very, very wrong, regardless of whether there was a Freddie Grey incident and "bad things need to happen before it gets better." You all seem to think that these riots are a good thing. I think that anyone with a brain knows that the police did a bad thing. If "bad things need to happen before it gets better," couldn't I be an idiot and argue that the cops had to kill Freddie for "things to get better"?

Bye bye boys...have fun storming the castle. Gotta go make supper. Think it'll work?

Let's hope he gets as hot as he can without actually reaching burning point. Whatever that is.

Oh, no wonder I didn't know what you meant. Never saw it before. Oh, the things you learn on TD. If this had been mandatory curriculum in school, I would have known everything a Minnesotan girl could ever wish to know... and then some.

Niiiice.

What?