Rush Limbaugh…LMAO!

Good for him that he wants to buy the Rams and good for the free market for refusing him. I’m not saying that he is racist because I don’t know. BUT, he has made some pretty racially insensitive and race bating type comments. So for all the good people a list of some of his quotes…

P.S….he also likes to call President the “Magic Negro”

http://newsone.com/elections/top-10-racist-limbaugh-quotes/

1. I mean, let’s face it, we didn’t have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing. Quite the opposite: slavery built the South. I’m not saying we should bring it back; I’m just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark. [snopes.com says they can’t find a reference for this one]

2. You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray [the confessed assassin of Martin Luther King]. We miss you, James. Godspeed. [snopes.com says they can’t find a reference for this one]

3. Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?

4. Right. So you go into Darfur and you go into South Africa, you get rid of the white government there. You put sanctions on them. You stand behind Nelson Mandela — who was bankrolled by communists for a time, had the support of certain communist leaders. You go to Ethiopia. You do the same thing.

5. Look, let me put it to you this way: the NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it.

6. The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.

7. They’re 12 percent of the population. Who the hell cares?

8. Take that bone out of your nose and call me back(to an African American female caller).

9. I think the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. They’re interested in black coaches and black quarterbacks doing well. I think there’s a little hope invested in McNabb and he got a lot of credit for the performance of his team that he really didn’t deserve.

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“It was I who shot myself, but I didn’t shoot me in the knee. It was I who shot myself, but I didn’t shoot me in the knee…” Come on, everybody!

I hope Plax doesn’t defend himself in the trial…just replace all the “sheriffs” with “me” and the “deputy” with “knee”.

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Good news on the MLK memorial front. Boeing is giving $1 million to the project. I can’t wait for this to be done. FLASHBACK: Anyone remember the frat (Alpha Phi Alpha) selling the bricks…I was so broke back then that I couldn’t even buy one…LOL!!

The Boeing Co. has announced a $1 million donation to help build the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.

The gift was announced at a unity breakfast at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, the 45th anniversary of the civil rights leader’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

The foundation working to build the memorial on the National Mall in Washington says it has now raised $100 million for the effort. Earlier this month, the group announced it must raise an additional $20 million to complete the project.

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I think that we (as Americans) do not understand fully how the world is trying to catch and surpass us. It really hit home for me in grad school because it wasn’t black v white, East v. West, North v. South…it was really American born v. Foreigner. I have a masters in a technical degree (as you can see from my poor writing skills) but it was about a 35/65 (US/Non-US) split there.

This video clip really captures how the world is changing around us…

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All I can say is if I found some dude naked in my closet my first impulse would be to give him a “knuckle” sandwich too. I’m just saying…

Glen Rice, a former three-time NBA All-Star and member of the 1999-2000 champion Los Angeles Lakers, was arrested on Friday and charged with felony battery after he beat a man who was hiding in his estranged wife’s closet.

Rice had apparently gone to the home of Christina Rice and found Alberto Perez hiding in a closet. The 6-foot-8 Rice then punched Perez several times before the he could flee. Perez then notified Miami police.

The former first-rounder surrendered to police and was released after posting $5,000 bond.

Rice finished his 15-year career as the NBA’s fourth all-time leader in three pointers made with 1,559.

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I found this article earlier today and thought it would be interesting to share. Personally, I have always felt that doctors treated me differently. For some reason female doctors have been much more thorough…well, scratch that…it seems that younger doctors were. Every doctor I have been to that was older seemed like they had the attitude that if you aren’t bleeding and about to die then you are alright. But, that can all be coincidence and the simple fact that every doctor is different. Some of you may have the exact opposite experience.

But, this article is interesting because they looked at 150,000 different ER cases and found on average that blacks are given less pain pills than whites. Now, this can be a result of attitude. Maybe black men and women don’t show their pain as easily as others so doctors don’t think it is necessary. Sounds a little far fetched but raw data is what it is…

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CHICAGO (AP) — Emergency room doctors are prescribing strong narcotics more often to patients who complain of pain, but minorities are less likely to get them than whites, a new study finds. Even for the severe pain of kidney stones, minorities were prescribed narcotics such as oxycodone and morphine less frequently than whites.

The analysis of more than 150,000 emergency room visits over 13 years found differences in prescribing by race and ethnicity in both urban and rural hospitals, in all U.S. regions and for every type of pain.

“The gaps between whites and nonwhites have not appeared to close at all,” said study co-author Dr. Mark Pletcher of the University of California, San Francisco.

The study appears in Wednesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association. Prescribing narcotics for pain in emergency rooms rose during the study, from 23 percent of those complaining of pain in 1993 to 37 percent in 2005.

The increase coincided with changing attitudes among doctors who now regard pain management as a key to healing. Doctors in accredited hospitals must ask patients about pain, just as they monitor vital signs such as temperature and pulse.

Even with the increase, the racial gap endured. Linda Simoni-Wastila of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Pharmacy said the race gap finding may reveal some doctors’ suspicions that minority patients could be drug abusers lying about pain to get narcotics.

The irony, she said, is that blacks are the least likely group to abuse prescription drugs. Hispanics are becoming as likely as whites to abuse prescription opioids and stimulants, according to her research. She was not involved in the current study.

The study’s authors said doctors may be less likely to see signs of painkiller abuse in white patients, or they may be undertreating pain in minority patients.

Patient behavior may play a role, Pletcher said. Minority patients “may be less likely to keep complaining about their pain or feel they deserve good pain control,” he said.

Stricter protocols for prescribing narcotics may help close the gap.

A New York hospital recently studied its emergency patients and found no racial disparity in narcotics prescribed for broken bones. Montefiore Medical Center aggressively treats pain and is developing protocols for painkillers that dictate initial dosages and times to check with patients to see if they need more pain medicine, said Dr. David Esses, emergency department associate director at Montefiore.

Such standards may eliminate racial disparities, Esses said.

In the study, opioid narcotics were prescribed in 31 percent of the pain-related visits involving whites, 28 percent for Asians, 24 percent for Hispanics and 23 percent for blacks.

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Sometimes when your young and dumb you make bad decisions…especially sexually. But, when your young, dumb, and working as a coach at a high school you can’t make those same silly mistakes.

At my old high school one of the football/track coaches messed around with a senior and got her pregnant. Then, he and his girlfriend paid for the girl to have an abortion. I don’t know what to say except for “It’s a wrap”…if it is all true. I’m going to reserve judgment until everything comes out and after he goes to trial but when you are working with students you can’t let it get to this level. Even if the girl (highschooler) was throwing herself at him, and 1 day away from 18, you still can’t go there.

A former Las Vegas High School track coach impregnated one of his team members and then helped her get an abortion, Las Vegas police allege….

Craig worked as a substitute teacher for the Clark County School District from May 2003 to May 2007. He also was a track coach at Las Vegas High School from February to May 2006. His arrest report said that he was an assistant track coach for boys and girls at the school.

Police have recovered hundreds of pages of electronic correspondence between Craig and the then-17-year-old senior from a computer that the girl used. They subpoenaed Craig’s MSN hotmail subscriber information. Some of the messages indicated that Craig feared discovery and knew that the relationship could have criminal consequences, police said.

In one message, Craig talked about the possibility of facing jail time and losing his job, police said.

In another message, sent to the teen on May 26, 2006, Craig wrote, “You forget although track is over your still in school … which means if I get caught at your house … that is MY ASS,” according to his arrest report.

He then told the girl that he was willing to meet her at night because it was less risky, the report said. He also reminded her to keep their relationship on the “DL,” down low, the police report said.

The former Las Vegas High student told police that she and Craig first had sex in March 2006 in her parents’ home, according to Craig’s arrest report. Medical records obtained by police through an Oct. 15 grand jury subpoena showed the victim had an abortion on June 22, 2006…..

When police talked to the former student, she said Craig and Riddle accompanied her to an abortion clinic.

She said that “Deanna paid approximately $500 cash for the abortion and obtained the paperwork from the clinic,” Detective Paul Slaninka wrote in the police report.

Police interviewed Riddle in May.

“I asked Deanna if she drove (the teen) and Kenneth Craig to an abortion clinic and Deanna stated that she drove her to a doctor’s office and was unaware if it was an abortion clinic,” Slaninka wrote in the report.

“She also stated that she gave Kenneth Craig money on numerous occasions and is unaware if he used those monies to pay for an abortion.”

Electronic correspondence between Craig and the track team member make several references to her pregnancy and the abortion, according to the arrest report. Craig urged the student to save money because “we still have to go to the clinic in a couple of weeks,” according to the police report.

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Like I said…if this is all true, it is a wrap for him and they will probably give him as much time as allowed by law. Paying for the abortion is just icing on the cake to make this just a train wreck.

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The young Mississippi college student has been found dead in North Jackson, Miss. Stanley Cole, her ex-boyfriend who had recently been reported as abusive to her, lead police to the body. She went missing on Nov. 14 and the body was found Nov. 29th. Jackson State University Alumni Association has set up a way to support her family if anyone is interested. They have a paypal link where you can donate to the fund set up in her name.

I just don’t understand what goes through the mind of some men. It is so cowardly to hit a women, especially if you ’supposedly’ love her, but then to take it to this level. Over that past 5 years it seems like there has been more and more cases where an ex or a husband kills his wife. When I first read about the story I had a feeling it was going to be her ex because in the article it said he had just hit her about a month ago and then she had a new boyfriend. I would like to see the stats on the number of women murdered by a partner…is it just that we have so many news outlets to cover these cases (24 hr. media and internet even though the coverage for this is just a drop in the bucket compared to a Natalie Halloway) or are people just crazier then ever? Hopefully it is the prior. ..

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While everyone has heard about Stacey Peterson and the search for her another young women has been missing for two weeks, with little media coverage. Latasha Norman, a 20 year old Jackson State University student, has not been seen on campus and her family do not have any knowledge of her location. Her car was found on campus but there are no suspects and no arrests have been made.

Like most of these cases there is an ex-boyfriend who has been abusive. He allegedly hit her a month ago but she has a new boyfriend now. Both of them are not suspects…yet. Hopefully this story will start getting more national attention.

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