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Kevin Gleeson wrote:

Neecy, I'm done taking up space in the Lyons forum battin' you around. As O'Reilly says, you have the last word. Go ahead. I'm done.

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Kevin Gleeson wrote:

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Why settle for a mere clue when I can just tell ya: I think it was unfair of you to have called his statement "a very racist remark". I'm flat out against racism, which I'd define as making negative generalities about a race, for example. But you and I differ perhaps irreconcilably on whether stating the ethnicity of a *specific* person is "racism".
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Yes, and there's still an Italian mafia, and Chinese crime warlords, and white supremicists, and Russian hackers, and Nigerian bank scammers... but the guys who did this were Hispanic gangsters (or so we're told). No one can change that fact except Michael Jackson's dermatologist, but he didn't get to the scene on time.
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So's Cicero. Think of all the money you could have saved. I mean, yeah, it would be satisfying to vote against Nancy Pelosi, but that only happens once in 2 years.
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By your paper thin definition of racism, they (ahem)--*we*-- grow like grass in a lawn. By mine, there aren't so many of *them*(and I'm not included in my own definition).
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Yup. Lily white metropolitan Chicago.
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You mean out in Frisco all the people, like, Live? TOGETHER? You have NEIGHBORHOODS? No way!
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How about logic with a twist of humor?
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No, that would be Thanksgiving at my mother in law's. Thanks for reminding me. Groan.

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Kevin Gleeson wrote:

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Why settle for a mere clue when I can just tell ya: I think it was unfair of you to have called his statement "a very racist remark". I'm flat out against racism, which I'd define as making negative generalities about a race, for example. But you and I differ perhaps irreconcilably on whether stating the ethnicity of a *specific* person is "racism".
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Yes, and there's still an Italian mafia, and Chinese crime warlords, and white supremicists, and Russian hackers, and Nigerian bank scammers... but the guys who did this were Hispanic gangsters (or so we're told). No one can change that fact except Michael Jackson's dermatologist, but he didn't get to the scene on time.
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So's Cicero. Think of all the money you could have saved. I mean, yeah, it would be satisfying to vote against Nancy Pelosi, but that only happens once in 2 years.
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By your paper thin definition of racism, they (ahem)--*we*-- grow like grass in a lawn. By mine, there aren't so many of *them*(and I'm not included in my own definition).
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Yup. Lily white metropolitan Chicago.
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You mean out in Frisco all the people, like, Live? TOGETHER? You have NEIGHBORHOODS? No way!
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How about logic with a twist of humor?
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No, that would be Thanksgiving at my mother in law's. Thanks for reminding me. Groan.

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Neecy wrote:

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NO one calls it Frisco!

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Unless they're from Chi-Town!

Kevin Gleeson wrote:

...and intentionally baiting a San Francisco area resident into reflexively correcting him to call it "The Bay" with a malformed contorted, squinchy facial expression.

cf. ordering a big beverage from Starbucks as a "large" instead of a "GrAHn-day".

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someone who Doesnt Know wrote:

Sometimes, Gleeson, you can be a real jerk.

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Kevin Gleeson wrote:

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Insulted by my own sock puppet. Now I KNOW I'm wasting too much time here!

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Kevin Gleeson wrote:

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...and intentionally baiting a San Francisco area resident into reflexively correcting him to call it "The Bay" with a malformed contorted, squinchy facial expression.
cf. ordering a big beverage from Starbucks as a "large" instead of a "GrAHn-day".

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someone who Doesnt Know wrote:

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Sometimes, Gleeson, you can be a real jerk.

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Kevin Gleeson wrote:

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...and intentionally baiting a San Francisco area resident into reflexively correcting him to call it "The Bay" with a malformed contorted, squinchy facial expression.
cf. ordering a big beverage from Starbucks as a "large" instead of a "GrAHn-day".

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Francine Lyons wrote:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/ news/chi-burglary-rings-12-nov 12,0,2925026.story
Story appeared in this morning's paper.
This is news you can use.
Angie

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Neecy wrote:

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Ugh how sad to read about this, thanks for posting. Time for some perimeter property lighting to deter these jerks perhaps. Hope it gets better out there - good job by the police departments, collectively.

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Neecy wrote:

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Ugh how sad to read about this, thanks for posting. Time for some perimeter property lighting to deter these jerks perhaps. Hope it gets better out there - good job by the police departments, collectively.

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abc wrote:

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Nah, I think your biting commentary mixed with some levity is just what this site needs.