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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Okay, I'm sorry, the NRA is out of their damn minds.
Just the description of the security at this area, much less the idea they were pitching...
1 Democrat was arrested for trying to buy a ticket into the Republican side of the race.
2 Democrats and 3 Republicans were arrested for accepting bribes.
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."Governor Rick Scott signs law to repeal foreign driver's permit
That's terrible. People so repressed they can't even get hard on...pffft
Poor man. Being harassed for being so soft, so limp when it comes to...*snicker*
Some people just get stiff with rage when they heard about...
Yeah. I can't do this.
...Ok. I'm done.
edited 2nd Apr '13 3:59:25 PM by DrTentacles
... I have issues believing the article is accurate...
If it is, and the Brotherhood is as dangerous as he claims, then he killed himself by writing and submitting it(do you honestly think the Brotherhood couldn't ID him based on what he wrote?)... If he's truly afraid of them as he says he is, he'd have never written the article...
Of course, if another body turns up within the month, then I suppose I'd be wrong about it being, well, exaggerated...
... Allow me to rephrase...
I don't doubt the Aryan Brotherhood is dangerous, or capable of the murders in Texas(or assisting in the one in Colorado, though that's still unverified).
I doubt the accuracy of the claims made in the article about the Aryan Brotherhood via "personal experience"... If only because he signed his own death warrant(and his family's) if the accounts are accurate. And if the author was truly afraid of the Brotherhood, he would know that, and thus wouldn't have written the article.
edited 2nd Apr '13 9:16:41 PM by Swish
That, or the guy's moved to Brazil.
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.Change your name and learn the language, what's one more black guy in Brazil? I can recommend other good hiding countries too.
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.The Brotherhood is no more dangerous than the Bloods, the Crips, and most of the big name Mexican Cartels.
Hell, they have fewer numbers than most of those gangs.
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edited 3rd Apr '13 11:15:07 AM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016Michelle Obama Thinks Barack Is A 'Sex Symbol' With 'Swag'
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RNC Chairman Priebus suggests Obama, Democrats 'endorse infanticide'
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North Carolina Republicans want to establish official state religion
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Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016

The Swiss took 10 years to decide whether the default intersection would be traffic lights or roundabouts. They picked roundabouts.
The problem with a direct democracy is that really loud people can completely derail the vote and it only works in Switzerland because of a combination of small population, about 20% of which cannot vote period, an extremely high level of patriotism and an obsession with following the rules. Only one of which is present in the US.