Ricky Martin has come out of the closet, not GAFF so much as....

RACISM!!!!1

Cool.

SirDixonDongs wrote:

welp

now its a tie between ezri and bezron

i vote we ban all users with a z in theyre names for racism

Modification to proposal: Let's ban the ones with only one "Z". Two Zs makes you a bleeding heart Guardianista.

Penguin wrote:

GODDAMN VIRGINIANS.

Hey! What'd I do?

This is where the party ends
I can't stand here listening to you
And your racist friend
I know politics bore you
But I feel like a hypocrite talking to you
And your racist friend

It was the loveliest party that I've ever attended
If anything was broken I'm sure it could be mended
My head can't tolerate this bobbing and pretending
Listen to some bullet-head and the madness that he's saying

This is where the party ends
I'll just sit here wondering how you
Can stand by your racist friend
I know politics bore you
But I feel like a hypocrite talking to you
You and your racist friend

This is where the party ends
I can't stand here listening to you
And your racist friend
I know politics bore you
But I feel like a hypocrite talking to you
And your racist friend

Out from the kitchen to the bedroom to the hallway
Your friend apologizes, he could see it my way
He let the contents of the bottle do the thinking
Can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding

This is where the party ends
I can't stand here listening to you
And your racist friend
I know politics bore you
But I feel like a hypocrite talking to you
And your racist friend

Lapin wrote:

Penguin wrote:

GODDAMN VIRGINIANS.

Hey! What'd I do?

Cheer for the Capitols, dye your hair pink, cheer against God's Chosen Squad, actually obey the speed limit, be a whiner, actually obey the speed limit (I can't emphasize that enough, for shame [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ), and probably other stuff.

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As for the Puerto Rican thing, you tend to fall into two distinct types: the ones who bitch about American expansionism because they are butthurt about being only a territory (while having representation and having been offered statehood multiple times), and the ones who realize that the aid that the US pumps into the area, due to being a territory, is a very good thing.

The HELL?

Yes, so far, I've been mostly offended by the treatment of the RM news, that was my whole point. But I might as well school your ignorant ass on US territorial relationships.

Back 1898, when the US won Puerto Rico in the Spanish-American war jackpot, Puerto Ricans did indeed greeted democracy with hugs and lollipops. Why did they get involved the Spanish-American war in the first place? In the words of the immortal GlaDDOS, "we do what we must, because we can". The US needed new markets to sell stuff to, PR and Cuba happened to be there, oppressed by evil Spain. (Read: delusions of grandeur and a chance to make a quick buck.) Except the US didn't quite know what to do with it, nor did it have an exit strategy (sound familiar?) so instead of marrying us or dumping us, it set up Puerto Rico as a mistress with house and car, which seems like a pretty nice deal, except its legal rights are worth shit. In other words, COLONIALISM.

Currently, some people favor the colony, some favor statehood, others favors independence. The latter two think the mistress arrangement is utterly humiliating; all 3 sides have been bitching about it since the 1950s. The biggest problem is the economy: the economy of a republic looks vastly different from an economy of a state in a federation. And the economy for a colony? Is doomed to failure, forever.

Only congress has the power to approve a referendum. The colony option won out in the 1950s; history has now proven that it was the wrong choice as the colony is bankrupt, ethically and monetarily. But Congress has also sat on its ass for 60 years, so that's where we are now. We can make local referendums, but they are worthless if Congress won't respect the results (there have been at least 5 worthless ones through the decades). In fact, Congress has to write the damn thing to begin with. (And why oh why has it sat on its ass for 60 years? Because Republicans think that any potential congressional district would be Democrat. And considering how Republicans behave against minorities, they'd be right.)

We are second-class citizens. And just so you understand how dire it is, if any of you living Stateside ever moved to PR, you would automatically lose your right to vote for president, you would lose all congressional and senate representation, your Medicare would be slashed by half, you would be frozen out of Obama's healthcare reform and your Social Security money would be laughable, among other billions little slights. The business is so very fucking serious, there's talk of taking it all the way to the US Supreme Court as a civil rights issue, since we're basically second-class citizens, not that different from African Americans in the 60s or the gays right now.

Oh, and our so-called "representative" in the federal government? A dude who can't vote, so he gets to twiddle his fingers all the time, or beg for favors to NY senators or other places with enough Puerto Ricans with political clout, in a vain attempt to get shit done. Didn't work - Obamacare doesn't apply to us.

And the pathetic Federal aid throw at us to sooth your guilty conscience? Loose change compared to what we're missing. In the end, you're still a superpower that pretends to encourage democracy everywhere in the Middle East except the world's oldest colony sitting in your backyard. (And lest we forget: shits on gays, screwed over African Americans and created Sarah Palin.)

Note, however, that I favor statehood myself. And since I'm an American, I'm well within my right to call on the bullshit on my American government.

Ceres wrote:

cum

*hi5*

Ceres wrote:

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I just came.

Dick Powers wrote:

EileenK98 wrote:

I firmly believe that your sexual orientation is the business of two people: you, and your partner or potential partner. Not the government, not the media, and not Joe Blow off the street. Who cares?

That's called "being in the closet", bb. .

Um... No.

Ceres wrote:

The HELL?

Yes, so far, I've been mostly offended by the treatment of the RM news, that was my whole point. But I might as well school your ignorant ass on US territorial relationships.

Back 1898, when the US won Puerto Rico in the Spanish-American war jackpot, Puerto Ricans did indeed greeted democracy with hugs and lollipops. Why did they get involved the Spanish-American war in the first place? In the words of the immortal GlaDDOS, "we do what we must, because we can". The US needed new markets to sell stuff to, PR and Cuba happened to be there, oppressed by evil Spain.

Actually, we just went to war over Cuba. It was only after decisive victory over Spain that we realized we could take them to the cleaners for Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, Wake Island, the Crab Nebula, etc. Also, the strongest push for the war came from William Randolph Hearst and his (in)famous "yellow journalism-" wars sold newspapers, so he used his newspapers to help manufacture a war to sell more newspapers.

Ceres wrote:

(Read: delusions of grandeur and a chance to make a quick buck.)

Considering that the Spanish-American War marked the end of the Spanish empire and the emergence of the United States as a world power, "delusions" is a bit of a disservice.

Ceres wrote:

Except the US didn't quite know what to do with it, nor did it have an exit strategy (sound familiar?)

Because when you're ceded permanent control of a territory with a local population that isn't making problems for you, the first thing you do is formulate an exit strategy. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Ceres wrote:

so instead of marrying us or dumping us, it set up Puerto Rico as a mistress with house and car, which seems like a pretty nice deal, except its legal rights are worth shit. In other words, COLONIALISM.

COLONIALISM? From the late-nineteenth-century United States? BALDERDASH, ma'am. Ultimately, story of the ownership of Puerto Rico is pretty much the story of most of the land the United States controls- "it's ours, we stole it fair and square."

Bezron wrote:

David Hasselhoff is huge in Germany, please explain how he is relevant to you

That was 15 years ago. Now we've got Tokio Hotel.

Gaijy wrote:

Ultimately, story of the ownership of
Puerto Rico is pretty much the story of most of the land the United
States controls- "it's ours, we stole it fair and square."

Didn't we buy about a quarter of the lower 48?

Conquest and purchase, God forbid we grow our land out of the Pacific Ocean like the Indians did.

Mikey Go WOOGA wrote:

Or maybe it's because the rest of the world has
godawful taste in music. Which explains half of the British Invasion,
Michael Jackson being popular in Europe 20 years after anyone with a
brain (i.e. not Europeans) stopped giving a fuck, all J-Pop ever,
Celine Dion, and the half of Guns 'n' Roses songs that blew.

Not
to say they don't occasionally get lucky with Black Sabbath or
Motorhead or Rammstein or AC/DC. Just that if you give a blind baseball
player five decades, he's going to reach base once or twice by
accident.

Thanks for this gem, Mikey. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] You just made my day.

Mikey Go WOOGA wrote:

Clearly, America is still supreme is every conceivable way. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

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Truly supreme, Mikey. So are you. ROFL