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It went up in Nicholasville, but it's still $5 in Danville. Makes you wonder whats really going on.

I would imagine that people who smoke marijuana do it for the same reasons that people who smoke ciggarettes, or drink socially, or visit casino's or strip clubs from time to time, or eat potato chips, or Pizza, or candy, or have sex, or watch TV, or do any of the thousands of things that one can do that isn't neccaserally good for you in extraneous amounts. People do it to relax, or to socialize, or for the pleasure that it brings.

You must admit though. That was a pretty sick move there.

Tell me, do you see any quotes from Wright himself in the thread before I made my post? Find one, and show it to me. Just ONE. That was my point. :sssh:

Hmm. No one has come forth with actual quotes from Wright. Interesting.

Memphis v. Miss St. is looking like it could be a good one as well.

Gtown goes down WKU to the sweet 16!

WKU is looking good, up 12 at the half. Lee has 19 pts.

I like the fact that they're showing the WKU game. After UK got put out of the tourny Western became my team to root for. I would imagine the same applies for alot of people in the state.

Western is off to a pretty good start.

UHH. The history of Israel is a case study of how angry a group of people will become after you displace them. It is such a disputed territory because of the fact that there were Arabs that were living there before the Zionist movement brought wave of Jewish immigrants into the area. Imagine if a group of people decided that they were going to establish a nation in Texas (say mexicans). Americans wouldn't be too cool with that. I don't care who you are. What happened in Palestine at the begining of the 20th century was pretty dirty (like alot of stuff that was happening at the time). Now they have a mess over there.

Bob Huggins is a thug. I can tell by looking at the suits he wears.

I just cannot, as a student of history, agree with this statement. At all.

While I agree, obviously, that its not good for children to be taught hate. I need to point out that its not as easy as you say to just leave the past in the past. History is history, and if you just forget your history you cant learn from it and you will be doomed to repeat it. It also seems like your not realizing what im saying. The Black community does not, as a whole, harbor some sort of resentment or hate towards the U.S. IMO the problem is a self-hate within the Black community that was engrained by the U.S. for generations and can't just be forgotten (after a generation or so of change) so easily as you suggest. Wright is trying to do something to help fix that, but as I said, I think he has gone astray.

It's obvious that we're looking at the same issue from different perspectives. My point is that there is a reason, and a legitimate one at that, for all of the problems that exist in the Black community. It doesnt make sense to point out the problems without aknowledging the reason that those problems exist. IMO the problem, which I stated earlier, is the self-hate that was engrained in the Black community by America in the past, that is still passed on from one generation to the next. Rev. Wright is attempting, in a sense, to arouse a sense of pride within the Black community that he feels would compel them to stand up and make a change. Do I agree with the words he uses when he does this? no. I think he has gone astray, but as I said earlier, I think at the core his intentions are good.

Do you not agree that one's personlity is shaped by their elders, members of their community that are older than them? You can't expect such strong feelings to just disappear in one maybe two generations. That's on both sides of the issue too.

Whites are more likely to kill family members, infants, and elders. Whites are more likely to commit sex related murder, gang related murder, and workplace related murder. Whites are more likely to kill by arson, and far more likely to kill using poison. Lastly whites are more likely to kill more than one victim. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/race.htm From the Bureau of Justice Webpage. This obviously means that the White community has a problem that they need to take care of. :scared: The numbers are really sort of irrelevent in this conversation. It's obvious that there are some promlems in the Black community. My point, and what it seems like people dont get is that there are still two or three generations that are alive and well who lived during the era in our country when Blacks were meant to feel less than human. If you don't think that has an effect on the Black community today you are kidding yourself.

Where did you find this data?

It seems like there a movement by some to point out the "a-rabby" sound of Obama's name by referring to his middle name (Seemingly drawing an association with Saddam), with hopes of maybe frightening some voter enough to sway votes away from him. I found an article that, if you take the time to read, will educate you on the real meaning, context, and background of his name. http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/28/hussein/ "John McCain repudiated Cunningham's low tactics and said that using the middle name like that three times was "inappropriate" and would never happen again at one of his rallies." " Barack and Hussein are Semitic words. Americans have been named with Semitic names since the founding of the republic. Fourteen of our 43 presidents have had Semitic names" "America is a world civilization with a world heritage, something Cunningham will never understand. " "Barack is a Semitic word meaning "to bless" as a verb or "blessing" as a noun. In its Hebrew form, barak, it is found all through the Bible. It first occurs in Genesis 1:22 -- "And God blessed (ḇāreḵə) them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth." " "Now let us take the name "Hussein." It is from the Semitic word hasan, meaning "good" or "handsome." Husayn is the diminutive, affectionate form." "Obama's first two names mean "blessing, the good." If we are lucky enough to get him for president, we can only hope that his names are prophetic for us."

Have you read my previous posts in the thread? There is somewhat of a context to what I was saying. I did not say that it was the problem, I said it was the reason for the problems that you speak of. You can't solve a problem until you know why the problems exists. That is the reason why I feel those problems that you pointed out exist. Is there any other reason that you would suggest? If you really think about it (be sure to read my previous posts first) it makes sense.

A possibility. I know that Carson is a winner, and if the people in the front office to do their part in putting a winning team on the feild he wont be happy.

The Bengals are not that good, have never really been that good, and probably never will be that good. It is my opinion that this is something that will keep happening, the best player on the team eventually gets frustrated with losing, managment wont make the neccesary changes, and said player becomes upset alienating himself from the fanbase forcing the bengals to let him go. First it was Dillion, now its Chad. Who knows who it will be next? I guess we'll see in a few years.

Uconn down to San Diego at the half. Did I see that right?

That was one heck of a game. I gotta say, I am happy to see a team from KY get the win.

I called it.. :walk: haha That was one heck of a finish though.