A Nation Unhinged

Election spurs 'hundreds' of race threats, crimes

Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars. Incidents around the country referring to President-elect Barack Obama are dampening the postelection glow of racial progress and harmony, highlighting the stubborn racism that remains in America.

From California to Maine, police have documented a range of alleged crimes, from vandalism and vague threats to at least one physical attack. Insults and taunts have been delivered by adults, college students and second-graders. There have been "hundreds" of incidents since the election, many more than usual, said Mark Potok, director of the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate crimes....
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the wacky pastor effect (cont'd)

News item: Clinton takes lead over Obama in Gallup poll

Spammers deleted.

Go phokk yourselves. Next to the ring in hell with Michael Vick and the dogfighters are these spamming @ssholes. Can't Fung rig something up so that when they post here their computers explode? Work on dat.

beer prices at Petco Park

Bud Light etc. $7.50
"premium" $8.50

Yeah, right. I'd rather stick needles in my eyes than pay $7.50 for a Bud Phokking Light.

Of course, the one millionaire in the park who could afford enough beers to get drunk by the 3rd inning was sitting behind me saying things like, "Mike Schmidt sucks" and "Tony Gwynn was WAY better than Mike Schmidt" and "The Phillies STINK!" (well, that's true, but how many World Series have the Padres won?). And for some reason, he kept singing the theme to "Three's Company." I came *THIS CLOSE* to turning around to give him "the Dick Cheney" ("GFY!"), but i knew that's what he wanted me to do so i ignored him the entire game. I won.