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And you call that complaining. Hmm. And my mom accuses ME of attempting to rewrite the dictionary.

FTFY.

I never approved of that behavior.

IKR? I wouldn't object to being his 2nd wife.

Do I hear anyone complaining about Torii now?!

GOOOONNNEEE!!!!

This is reminding me of watching the Zephs play. But I repeat myself.

And everybody's gonna be safe!

We're on track to come back. We can always tie it up, but it's the A's who take the lead. Wonder if we'll be able to change that by the 9th? Or if we won't have time to tie it up in the end.

I understand your point. I used to be awkward and embarrassed around colored people, afraid that I'd do/say the wrong thing, but I didn't really realize it until I got into baseball and noticed that I could finally look at/talk to colored people without thinking about the fact that they were colored. The only thing I would notice was whether they were male or female. Maybe I should stop that, too. But I wouldn't call that racist. I was even proud of Obama, democrat as he is. I was just awkward. But then again, I have struggled with my feelings towards blacks recently. I have to remind myself not to get mad at blacks when I'm listening to others complain about "The blacks this" and "The blacks that." And then I get angry with myself because why would I ever stereotype a group of people? Especially a race. It's one thing to stereotype NY Jets fans. Though I learned in the past year not to stereotype Packers fans, and that falls into the same category. You learn something new every day. But I'm getting off of here now. I'm not changing my views, and obviously you aren't. We'll just have to agree to disagree.

I've been frustrated with arrest quotas for a long time. Come on, they're asking for problems. But Brock, if you had experiences like that, why did you do nothing about it? Why didn't you shout the news from the rooftops, why didn't you search until you found someone in authority to whom you could bring the problem to light? Why didn't you make phone call after phone call until something happened? Why didn't you start a political career, or encourage somebody who had time for that to do so? When you see a problem, you've got to do something about it, not wait until it's such a big problem the whole world feels the aftermath. But seeing you didn't do anything, please don't get mad at me about this happening. I never had those experiences. Well, actually I did once...but it wasn't racist. We do have some instances in our area when police go on searches with helicopters, etc. Usually it's older people who wandered away from care homes. I don't know if this was the case at the time (and by the way - this just popped into my head, and I want to save you from the time of bringing it up - I know that people who fun away from nursing homes don't ride motorcycles - hopefully), but late one night (in fact, I remember the date) I took my young dog outside one last time before I went to bed. It was somewhere around when May 27th changes to May 28th, 2012. A police car pulled up, and a huge cop got out and turned a flashlight full on my face. The moment the light turned on, I couldn't see anything because it was so bright, but I stared back in a kind of idiotic attempt to show that I wasn't going to be intimidated by anything. After maybe five seconds he turned it off and got on his radio. I couldn't hear what he said since he got back in his car. I went inside and after maybe five minutes he pulled into our driveway, turned around, and drove away. I'm sure I didn't fit the description of the suspect. And I'm sure he wasn't just wandering around in the dark until he found a black person to harass. But I'm not saying that your police aren't racist, Brock. Just sharing my experiences.

As for your comment about jay-walking, I'd like to remind you that Mike Brown was not beaten, and his death was not based on the fact that he had a complete disregard of common traffic courtesy. But it's useless arguing with somebody who doesn't think that Barack Obama's job is one that matters.

Now you are the one being unreasonable. I would never say that racism is over. Also, I would never send pictures of the President with his face on a chimpanzee body around to anyone. I take no pleasure in such immaturity. If I hated Obama, it would be because I didn't agree with him, not because of the color of his skin. But the fact of the matter is that I do not hate him. I simply do not agree with him. He is the leader of the United States, and that is a very respectable office to hold. I respect him. I'm not a radical in the sense you would like to view me in. I am a conservative. There is a huge difference. Also, I have known about police mistreatment for many years, and I am aware that it is not just isolated to the black world. If you think that I didn't know about it before, that must be because you're basing your opinions of me on your own experiences. If you had known about this issue before the rioting began, you would know that it isn't rooted in discrimination.

You beat me to it. Let's root for Gardy again.

What? the car?

Ha ha Chief, just saw that you are indeed banned. However, being blessed with a remarkably brilliant mind, I know it was you who did it since you are still posting. And the sun rises on Mahtomedi.

I won't like this for two reasons: 1 - I can't and 2 - I'm not known for my love of hail.

Does LP stand for Liquid Propane?

Like.

If a window breaks I won't know the difference since it sounds like glass is shattering all around.

It's snowing record sized snowflakes in Minny! What a way to celebrate!

Perfect. Again, I can't like D:

Sorry. "You have reached your quota of positive votes for the day." Otherwise I would have liked that too. Is there a quota for posts? I think I'm over 100.

That sounds like me waiting for a recital. It seems like game threads are a lot like piano recitals. The good thing is that I can keep doing game threads after I graduate. Oh, I was invited to the honors recital for my first performance of the year this year. Does that signify anything?