I have supported my position with facts...

You haven't supported your position at all..

The conclusion is confirmed...

Michale

OK, those were both funny and eerie... especially the one with the snow fort...

Thanks for the link!

:-)

-CW

I'll follow up on this over the next couple days to see if you came up with any facts to dispute my conclusions..

In the mean time.....

In 1950, 17 percent of African-American children lived in a home with their mother but not their father. By 2010 that had increased to 50 percent. In 1965, only eight percent of childbirths in the Black community occurred out-of-wedlock. In 2010 that figure was 41 percent; and today, the out-of-wedlock childbirth in the Black community sits at an astonishing 72 percent. The number of African-American women married and living with their spouse was recorded as 53 percent in 1950. By 2010, it had dropped to 25 percent.
http://yourblackworld.net/2013/03/02/the-black-family-is-worse-off-today-than-in-the-1960s-report-shows/

"Just the fax, ma'am... Just the fax.."
-John McClane, DIE HARD III, Live Free Or Die Hard

Michale

Love typing that!! :D

Haven't a clue who Clinton will pick. Probably won't be Warren. Her and Hilly don't really get along and Wall St. says NO. What's your guess?..

Because of the fight over the Senate, I don't think Reid will let Hillary choose any sitting Senator that would flip the seat to the GOP...

And I agree that Hillary and Warren are not likely. As I have said, Hillary is as much of an egoist as Trump is, she's just better at hiding it. Warren will upstage Hillary and Hillary will not like that...

Franken is a good possibility, but the ads write themselves..

THE VP IS A JOKE

A good VP pick is designed to shore up the candidate with a constituency that the candidate has a problem with... Hillary doesn't need a bandaid for the hispanic vote, so it's likely not Perez...

Hillary needs help with the Youth Vote, so it's likely going to be Miley Cyrus....

That will also get Hillary the druggie and tongue-wagger vote as well..

Michale

Love typing that!! :D

Haven't a clue who Clinton will pick. Probably won't be Warren. Her and Hilly don't really get along and Wall St. says NO. What's your guess?..

Because of the fight over the Senate, I don't think Reid will let Hillary choose any sitting Senator that would flip the seat to the GOP...

And I agree that Hillary and Warren are not likely. As I have said, Hillary is as much of an egoist as Trump is, she's just better at hiding it. Warren will upstage Hillary and Hillary will not like that...

Franken is a good possibility, but the ads write themselves..

THE VP IS A JOKE

A good VP pick is designed to shore up the candidate with a constituency that the candidate has a problem with... Hillary doesn't need a bandaid for the hispanic vote, so it's likely not Perez...

Hillary needs help with the Youth Vote, so it's likely going to be Miley Cyrus....

That will also get Hillary the druggie and tongue-wagger vote as well..

Michale

First, I wanted to truly thank Michale for welcoming me to the group though it feels less like Die Hard and more like Draco Malfoy welcoming me to Hogwarts.

Oh great.. Now I have to watch another series of movies to understand the reference. :D

heh

As for "the talk", I got one but from a different perspective. Full disclosure, I am a common garden-variety white boy raised middle class in the 70s but had a father employed in law enforcement. Point one was not to litigate your case on the side of the road, tell it to the judge later when everybody has cooled off. If stopped, pleasantly give the officer your info (and concealed handgun license if applicable). If stopped at night, turn on your interior dome light and keep both hands visible. When you are done (even if you got a ticket) shake the officer's hand and wish him a safe day.

All good and excellent advice...

On the other hand, he also reminded me that there is a fine line between harassment and enforcement and a large percentage of police officers are in it for the power and authority of the gun and badge.

I would argue the "large percentage" part, but have nothing but my personal experience to rely one..

I have met my share of jerks, to be sure.. But, by and large, those on the ego trips, usually self-weed themselves out...

Seems like a lot of trouble, we all know that OURS don't really smell that bad.

That's what I keep telling my lovely wife.... But does she believe me!?? Nooooooooo Of course not...

Michale

In what way???

The facts clearly show that I am right...

If you have any FACTS to dispute what I have posted, by all means.. List them...

But you can't because there are no facts to dispute my comments..

Michale

Here is the article from HuffPost.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-in-calvin-and-hobbes-comic-strips-is-frighteningly-accurate_us_5783bbc1e4b01edea78eb57a

OK, that was pretty funny too!

:-)

ListenWhenYouHear [10] -

Got a link? That sounds pretty amusing...

Steedo [28] -

Michale as Draco Malfoy... now there's an image that's going to stick with me for a while... heh...

:-)

As for veep choices... today's column is now up! Check it out!

-CW

OK, now THAT was funny!

:-)

nypoet22 [4] -

You are entirely correct. It has been duly changed. Mea culpa for the error!

-CW

The black kid will, more likely than not, get "the talk" from a gang-banger leader and I would most likely consist, not of respecting police, but how best to kill police….

You betray your bigotry on a daily basis, with all the unselfconsciousness of the truly oblivious.

Faux-Chohantas?? :D

Michale

So that's a good thing for the Trump campaign...

Kewl... :D

Michale

:D

Michale

Let the hysterical personal attacks commence... :D

Michale

:D

Michale

taking part, making fart - tuhmaytuh, towmahtow

JL

And let's face reality here... In the vast majority of the black community there is no father to give "the talk"...

The black kid will, more likely than not, get "the talk" from a gang-banger leader and I would most likely consist, not of respecting police, but how best to kill police....

Michale

i think you meant you will "not be taking part"

Or he could mean, he will "not be taking a place in..."

:D

Michale

Michale

So, you would agree that the "police talk" is NOT just a black thing...

Progress.... That's progress...

Michale

Hmmmm, I recognize that question! ;D I am so glad that there was someone from a place that was a true "police state" to answer that. I always wonder when people claim we have a "police state" in the U.S. if they have any idea of what that term means!

Because it's all about hysterical ideology and nothing to do with the facts...

Michale

Which is rather ironic because the facts clearly show that it's the TRUMP supporters who need protection from the anti-Trump morons...

If all goes well in Cleveland, though, less attention will be paid to any protests in Philadelphia, since few really now expect the progressive or liberal protests to end in such chaos.

Heh.. Apparently, you haven't been watching the news of these liberal/progressive protests.. :D

Michale

Hmmmm, I recognize that question! ;D I am so glad that there was someone from a place that was a true "police state" to answer that. I always wonder when people claim we have a "police state" in the U.S. if they have any idea of what that term means!

Has anyone else seen the Donald & Hobbes cartoons? It's actual Calvin & Hobbes cartoons that have Calvin's head replaced with Trump's. It is hilarious, and down right scary at how spot on the dialogue is!

Paula, nice man on the street idea...look forward to more.

JL [5]- Totally agree... Rio is another that makes our police look like cuddle bunnies....but I will will admit to a certain pleasure in watching a 4.5 ft female police office toss her batton like a boomerang to take down a running thief.... or Valpariso where they drive police cars in the downtown that look like they cam straight out of Mad Max.

having been to medellin, the cops there make the cops here look like mister rogers.

JL

As such, I will not be taking place in protests in Philadelphia

i think you meant you will "not be taking part"

JL

We'll see how it goes --

Today's Anecdote.

Out walking the dog.

3 men emptying out a house with a for-sale sign. Carrying out a washing machine and mattress.

2 white men, 1 man who turned to have come from Colombia, South America.

I asked if they had ever given or received “the talk” about how to conduct themselves around the police. They asked me to explain. I said that within the black community, so I’ve heard, adults sit down and at some point and explain to their children that they must be cooperative, polite, etc. to the police. Had they received that talk or given it?

First white man walked away at that point to take a phone call.

Second white man (age 50) said no he never received it but he did deliver it to his nephew a few years ago, who was 18 at the time. He said young people don’t take it seriously and need to be more polite in general.

Colombian man (42) said he grew up in Medellin, Colombia where you practically had an entire high-school class on avoiding problems with the police. He said he hadn’t thought it was necessary here but now he’s not so sure.

They were quite friendly and animated.

A few blocks away I spoke to a group of 3 gathered in a driveway. All black. Had they ever given and/or received “the talk”? They knew exactly what I meant. They were receptive, friendly, answered immediately.

Woman (48): Both

Man (49) Both

Man (51): Received, never given.