Peace

Yes, my brain was ahead of itself. School busing was one of the forced solutions to segregation. It was a nightmare solution to a nightmare problem. Forcing desegregation was never going to be smooth and the first bunch of kids to do it were bound to have a tough time.

So wait, you're picking 1968, the year that King was assassinated, and pegging that single year as the time when there was no segregation and no one had a reason to riot? 1968 generally marks the end of the civil right movement's epoch but there was still a lot of anger, resentment, and segregation (if not in the form of school busing, than its many other forms), wouldn't you agree? When King was assassinated, it spurred a lot of anger. That anger poured into destructive riots. I believe you think I'm defending those riots. I'm not. But I also think you're too quick to discount the rioter's real and justified anger. Some combination of that real and justifiable anger mixed with a thuggish and misguided mentality to start the riots. But one of the spices in that pot was a racist power base of whites. The Rodney King riots were a similar powder keg explosion. White cops beat a black guy senseless in an area where there was a lot of resentment towards police already. That served to ignite a festering anger and a bunch of bad people rioted in a wholly unproductive way.

Not even sure of that. My NASA contacts are frustrated by a lack of funds but they are both engineers frustrated with their peers too. Instead of saying "We have less $$, let's engineer something that works." They have, as MadCap says, their "hearts set on" bigger more expensive dreams. Unfortunately, today's NASA is not yesterday's and the engineers need to figure out a way to get along with less.

The protests were about segregation, prejudice, and hatred. The system was still very much broken and people were angry. The riots could share blame on both sides. You had overzealous racist police and unruly mob mentality. Back to jboys absurd point that MLK was Jesse Jackson/Al Sharpton for a moment, this continues to be insane. Philandering and personal flaws didn't make MLK into a race-baiting, riot-inciting, extortionist like those guys. King was a leader with a message of peace. HE was unafraid to lead peaceful protests against a society dead-set against inclusion of black people in its culture. He went to jail for that. And he he engaged in dialog with both black and white leaders in a respectful and powerful way. Certainly his assassination elevated him to martyr but even during his life, his shadow was long. Jesse Jackson had a moment where people took him seriously and then he weakened to personal ambition. Al Shaprton has just always been a huckster.

You are nuts to put King anywhere near Sharpton and Jackson. That is insulting. King was not hype.

Love the line about Palindrome putting liberals in jail. WTF?

Don't get Bill in NYC's hopes up like this. It's cruel.

Maybe but this is pretty obnoxious. STFU and govern.

Mexicans, Muslims. What's the diff?

Oh, the Mexican thingy was a joke? That's hilarious.

I caught that stupidity. But here's the thing: IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. You see goblins around every corner. Tone down the paranoia.

Yes conner, let's turn every topic to your agenda. That adds so much. DC Tom hit the target.

Always count on you to douche it up. Feel better Booster?

Two of my best friends are surgeons. IF I had to guess, I'd guess they make over 350K/year. And I wouldn't trade my life for theirs EVER. They NEVER stop working. They NEVER stop worrying. They can be called into work at any second, even when they are not on call. Their stress is off the charts. So you know what, they EARN their money. Every cent. And I would prefer the person who had a nice soothing drive in their Mercedes, who is not worried about the mortgage payment and kid's tuition, to be standing over me with the scalpel. Oh, and screw your Medicare reimbursements. Charge me more.

Yeah it's funny isn't it? "You mean that you want us to use old technology? That's insane!"

You mean you can't launch someone into space with off-the-shelf components? Am I the only one who finds that reassuring?

Is my engine a congressperson?

You think doctors are making more today than ever? Wake the eff up Eric. And by the way, let me line up and say, "Pay doctors more money." Want to pay someone less? Try teachers, lawyers, almost all government workers... Doctors maybe serve an important purpose don't you think? And how dare you ask "How much do you take home a year? Why are you so against taking a pay cut?" Why don't you take a pay cut? How about 10 or 20%? Nothing gives you the right to take his money.

in spite of its imperfections.

Devout Catholics don't know what happens to an unbaptiized baby. Could be limbo (the belief until 2007) or could be something else. Pope B says it's unclear.

The iPhone correctly makes two spaces into a single space and period. Just like any publication since Gutenburg. Two spaces is a rule taught by bad teachers. The same bad teacher who taught you that also said never start a sentence with and. And they were wrong on that too.

It's simple. Two space people have prominent brows, dress in animal skins, and stare in wonder at fire. One spacers bathe, drive, and enjoy their food cooked.

Retard fight.

A lot of my ignore list people are posting here so I'm missing some stuff but it seems like people here believe that the Obama administration is both the most efficient calculating manipulative shrewd evil force in the world...and also the dumbest mistake making Keystone cop group ever. T-shirts Gary? Really? T- shirts? You're all hung up on the administration's knowledge or lack thereof about T-shirts? YOU are what is wrong. You personally.

Retreat and regroup. At least you're admitting you were wrong. It puts you heads and shoulders above most of the looney fringe.