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onethatcares

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26. thanks for posting that.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2012, 08:36 PM

Jan 2012

being a white guy that is over 60, I can relate.

I'm amazed that the ptbs can still play the same cards and keep the pot stirred to their advantage.

for the rest, when you run across some asshole that has to spout his shit, just ask them:

If you or your child were lying in the road after an accident and the only person on the scene was a black man or woman, would you tell them not to help you?

If you needed three pints of blood and the only blood you could get was from a black person, would you refuse it?

Face it, We either live in peace or die in stupidity. I prefer to live.

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a long, well written read..and worth reading every word...I need to kick this too! angstlessk Jan 2012 #3

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K&R ! solara Jan 2012 #14

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