View Full Version : O.K. now. This is getting fu*king re-dick-u-luss
Walter M. Jones
03-17-2003, 10:28 PM
Freedom Quarter? Read This...
click here. (http://batonrouge.cox.net/cci/portal/.cmd/ActionDispatcher/_pagr/108/_pa.108/191/.aref/272985/.st/X/.piid/396/.ciid/788#788)
alex zen
03-17-2003, 10:46 PM
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C hristian
03-18-2003, 12:55 AM
not only are the Capitol Building's fries now Freedom Fries, but they are buying a lot of Red/White/Blue stickers to put over the "French" in "French Dressing".
God, it's scary how ignorant those who make the decisions around here are.
Originally posted by C hristian:
God, it's scary how ignorant those who make the decisions around here are. Whats scarier is that these decisions are made whether we like them or not.
Walter M. Jones
03-18-2003, 03:15 AM
The link above might be old by now. Basically it said that there were some people that wanted to petition to have the historical New Orleans French Quarter to be re-named "The Freedom Quarter". What next? Tear down the Statue of Liberty because it was given to us by the French? Is it pride? "If you are not with us,then you are against us" seems to be how we conduct ourselves in amerikkka. Please tell me I'm wrong. I really want to be. Peace.
Fletch
03-18-2003, 04:57 AM
New Orleans is not only my favorite city, but one of the most historical in the United States. I'm still callin it the French Quarter, and if anyone tries to treat me like a Dixie Chick...... mad1.gif
There's ignorant and
there's ingnant
That's pute ignant!!!!!!!!
Like Stevie said, "The hell with all you ignant people".
naeema_from_toronto
03-18-2003, 07:16 AM
see, this is why all of you should have voted for ralph nader in the last election!
VOTE NADER!
voting for nader is what got us here
naeema_from_toronto
03-18-2003, 07:38 AM
how does that work?
MarkK
03-18-2003, 08:08 AM
Nader elected George Bush president, thats what.
naeema_from_toronto
03-18-2003, 08:14 AM
all i was saying was if nader was president you wouldnt have to worry about going to war.
Nicholas
03-18-2003, 08:20 AM
Right but if Nader hadnt run, Bush would not have got in.
David Le C
03-18-2003, 08:30 AM
seems true to me...
naeema_from_toronto
03-18-2003, 08:55 AM
Originally posted by Nicholas:
Right but if Nader hadnt run, Bush would not have got in. sure, thats true, but not what i meant.
Nicholas
03-18-2003, 08:58 AM
You are encouraging people to vote nader, thereby increasing the likelihood that the opposition vote will be split again and Dubya gets another term.
naeema_from_toronto
03-18-2003, 09:17 AM
nicholas, thats really not what i'm saying at all. i just made a very simple comment. for all intensive purposes i could have written "this wouldnt have happened if you had voted for naeema - VOTE NAEEMA". I said Nader instead of naeema because 1. my name wasnt on the ballot as far as i know, and 2. if nader was the president he wouldnt be declaring war on iraq.
it was just a simple comment, dont read so much into it.
Nicholas
03-18-2003, 09:32 AM
It was a simple comment that was wrong.
You said this is why all of you should have voted for Nader.
When actually, this is the reason why all of you who voted for Nader should have voted for Gore.
naeema_from_toronto
03-18-2003, 09:39 AM
no, actually you're wrong.
VOTE NAEEMA!
Wild i
03-18-2003, 09:54 AM
Originally posted by naeema_from_toronto:
for all intensive purposes iIt's "For all intents and purposes."
Sorry, that's one of my pet peeves, like "all the sudden," and "supposably"
Constantin
03-18-2003, 10:12 AM
sorry, double post
[ March 18, 2003, 10:16 AM: Message edited by: Constantin ]
Constantin
03-18-2003, 10:14 AM
Originally posted by Walter M. Jones:
What next? Tear down the Statue of Liberty because it was given to us by the French? Is it pride? "If you are not with us,then you are against us" seems to be how we conduct ourselves in amerikkka. Please tell me I'm wrong. I really want to be. Peace. Walter, i'am afraid i can't say you're wrong. people are already petitioning for it
give it back (http://giveitback.net)
read the comments in the petition - horrible!!
here are a few hand-picked examples:
"Change the torch hand into a hand with a giant middle finger!!! Then cut off her head like all the bloody french did!!"
"I would like to see one of you Socialists put up a good argument on why President Bush is a criminal or a "war monger". If you don't like it, move to Iraq. How about this? Why don't you move to France with the rest of the tree hugging socialist liberals?"
"Can we blow up all democrats? Starting with the Clintons and then the Kennedys? PLEASE?!?"
Proud American: "OSAMA + SADDAM = CHIRAC.......NEED I SAY MORE??"
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constantin [/QUOTE]
[ March 18, 2003, 10:15 AM: Message edited by: Constantin ]
Tenyu
03-19-2003, 12:12 AM
Originally posted by naeema_from_toronto:
see, this is why all of you should have voted for ralph nader in the last election!
VOTE NADER! http://deephousepage.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=026236
Walter M. Jones
03-19-2003, 01:35 AM
Check this out->
http://www.fqu-usa.com/
Stoopid Sh*theads! No wonder everyone hates us.
Jolyon
03-19-2003, 04:54 PM
why do i get the feeling that the people promoting all this 'freedom' bullshit are the first to deny freedoms in other areas of life...
floorgasm
03-19-2003, 05:06 PM
does anyone in washington realize how blatantly racist this renaming/blocking/censoring is?
Jolyon
03-19-2003, 05:09 PM
Check out the Freedom Forum on that website...someone calling for the Statue of Liberty to be pulled down!
SHEIK YERBOUTI
03-19-2003, 05:18 PM
While this isn't quite as ****ing blockheaded as wanting to tear down the Statue of Liberty, it's still a good example. Some guy who owns some crappy little diner in town made the local news by not only doing the whole French thing, he renamed the "Turkey bacon burger", the "AMERICAN bacon burger." What the ****? Does that mean I'll be eating AMERICAN with my cranberry sauce and stuffing this thanksgiving? ****ing MORONS! graemlins/banghead.gif
Originally posted by Nicholas:
It was a simple comment that was wrong.
You said this is why all of you should have voted for Nader.
When actually, this is the reason why all of you who voted for Nader should have voted for Gore. No, its not 'wrong' - voting for the candidate you'd like to see as your leader is what the whole 'voting' process is all about. In the case of a new leader/party, vote splitting is common for the first few elections, but at least proportional representation will be the result.
Voting for a candidate strictly for the purpose of defeating another undermines democracy.
imported_Gman
04-02-2003, 08:00 PM
Because my first name is Gerard (french) I am hereby giving notice that I am changing my name to Freedom Rose. Recognise graemlins/grinyes.gif
gabriel
04-02-2003, 08:05 PM
hold up one second on the "nader is how we got here" bullshit
first off, gore won the popular vote by over 500,000. he was elected by the popular vote. did nader have anything to do with the supreme courts decision to apoint bush president? i don't think so.
but beyond that, the race was only able to get so close b/c the democratic party did everything in its power to lose the election. ralph nader stands for issues that the progressives abandoned by the democratic party (in it's shift toward the right) care for deeply. the trouble is that in that abadonment the party chose no actual mandate.
beyond that, the two party system is obviously failing us if we're commonly found looking for "the lesser of two evils". the founding fathers never intended for only two parties. nader is a leader in an up-and-coming political party...why on earth should anyone expect him, or any other 3rd party leader, to drop out of the race simply because another party can't earn it's own votes.
so, if the democrats are looking to blame someone, why not start with the very leadership at the top of the party during the election? the democrats didn't carry tennessee (gore's home state), nor did they carry arkansas (clinton's home state)
if the democratic party is so great and wonderful and so clearly believes in freedoms that this administration does not then where were they when:
- the patriot act was passed
- they discarded their constitutional authority into the hands of a selected president hell bent on waging a war on iraq?
absent.
and where will they be with each bill for this worldwide war campaign that won't stop in iraq (and you can quote me on that). i suspect they'll be absent yet again.
so don't ****ing come to me with this "nader lost the election for us" bullshit. i can no longer stomach the hypocrisy and for-sale influence that the democrats are showing themselves to stand for.
in this country you have to WIN elections, not get them handed to you. at least that's how it's supposed to work. nothing is more repugnant to me than voting for the lesser of two evils instead of voting with your beliefs. all you ever end up getting when you do that is the very evil you bargained for.
[ April 02, 2003, 08:07 PM: Message edited by: gabrielloveshouse ]
Fletch
04-02-2003, 08:07 PM
Originally posted by Gman:
Because my first name is Gerard (french) I am hereby giving notice that I am changing my name to Freedom Rose. Recognise graemlins/grinyes.gif Let Freedom Rose
to every village
and every hamlet
every town
and every city :D
sammyrock
04-02-2003, 08:31 PM
Yep....The Freecum Fries are a hit!next a Cheeze-top 40 Hit "Freecum Rap Attack :D "?
nice post gabrielloveshouse :)
we don't have someone like Ralph Nader in Canada, so I guess we'll just have to settle for Naeema. ;)
don't mind Nicholas, he's just all about keeping the status kuo
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