I agree with all of you.  I mean, "Anti" is correct in that many positions of political favor and power ARE held by "Irish" Catholics (Myself, I tend to think we're all Americans here, but thats for another discussion), but I think that has more to do with people of Irish descent being the largest ethnic group in the area, as opposed to some Irish Catholic conspiracy.

Although reading that article in the paper yesterday about that Kenyon kid, I did wonder why the Times printed his name.  I always thought it was the Times' policy to not name juveniles. 

Looks like granma is in the same camp as Antisystemicmovents, and has "up'd the Anti"  (pun intended) by adding a whole new demension to the racial rants, bringing in children to the slime and hate filled area.  Way to be a racist and dirtball Granma!!

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=65524&p=3&topicID=9805955

Paraphrased from that antisematicsonofabitch --- I argue that racism is not only a factor in how power is exercised but also imbued in the way in which this city is being built...

The ICN think they're better than everyone else and thus deserve to send their kids to private school and thus deserve to have a competitive advantage over everyone else. In other words, they deserve to have power, money and control because their ICN. They consider themselves inherently better, which implies that they are physiologically superior. On the other hand, they use their power, education and money to JUSTIFY and protect their status within the Network. (We run all powerful instituions because we're smart).

... The rest of us are barbarians that need to be civilized. ...

... The question of the color line is answered with confusion. The ICN caste system is made up of full breeds, subnodes, friends of the Network, etc. which creates confusion within the network because they all share the same phenotype. ...

I am so SICK AND TIRED of this a$$hole's bull$hit attitude.  Let me just say it has nothing to do with the color of skin and certain people such as have been quoted above have made their own lives such pitiful ones.

First of all - get off your ass make a freaking effort in life. 

YOU are responsible for what you have or do not have - NOT ME.

Get off your ass and be a parent to your kids.  Respect goes a long way but it must be EARNED.

Get off your ass and take an active part in your child's life (no matter HOW MANY you have).

Get off your ass and make your child study and push them through school.

Get off your ass and don't settle for sliding your child through school.

Get off your ass and spend some money on a book instead of a tattoo.

Get off your ass and get a J-O-B.  And if you paid attention above, you can get one that pays more than minimum wage.

Did Doherty go to school?  Did McGoff?  Did Gatelli?  Did Sherri?  Did I?  Even Lisa Moran has a degree, even if it is in fashion design.  And you know what they studied?  Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Chemistry, Science, English, French, Latin, Spanish, World Cultures and a Religion.  And you know what?  Ebonics was not on the curriculum.  You have referred to yourself as a barbarian.  Learn to speak the English language properly instead of that fizzle dizzle rapper bull$hit.  Get off your ass and help your own by helping them and not blaming us because the check is late and it's the 4th of the month.  Stop pointing fingers at everyone else who may have earned just a little more than you have in your poor pitiful life.  

Ahm gonna have me a big ol' slayce o' whayte bread and git mah ayse ta bed.

Darth Art wrote:


Racism?

Ag ... I look forward to your posts ... I love the way you speak of your mother ... I can feel the love you feel for in the way in which you write ... I admire your mother she sounds like someone I would have loved to have met ... actually she makes me think of my own dear parents ... I am sure she is very proud of you!  I love your Post.

I myself do not like the way I now feel hatred toward the person Anti ... I try not to hate anyone ... I try to understand them ... but when I see the hate that exist in his posts ... I feel infected by it ... I can't explain it ... I want to understand him ... and lord know I have tried but I am now done I don't think I can even read his rantings.

I was born to parents who really had nothing (materially) Irish Catholics, worked hard to make sure we were respectful law abidding productive citizens ... and hopefully we are doing the same for our children!

Thanks for letting me ramble ... but I think I am done ... hopefully with the racial rantings of Antisystemicmovements!

LusNewVoice

first paraphrased post - anti - ::: There probably will never be a grocery store downtown because they expect the people in lofts to be eating in the city's restaurants and bars. :::

Actually there was a grocery store located on the corner of Adams and Vine.  It was a very convenient place for the elderly (from the hi-rise) and the residents of Washington Plaza and MidTown to shop.  It was a shame for the elderly when Fish's Market had to be closed down because the little ICN girls from Green Ridge kept breaking in and robbing the place.  Shame Shame on the little ICN girls - certainly wasn't any other questionable element involved - nope - nosiree - not here. 

second paraphrased post - anti - ::: ... Just look at the metal detectors in high schools seeking out kids that would have a gun. Not to give anyone any ideas, but when the regime focuses so hard on one portion of the population, particularly non-white males, a person can use someone from the population not under examination (ie a white girl froma prominant family) to launder the gun. What if that ever happend? It could. But the regime don't think about those things. :::

Yep - there were probably a few raised eyebrows (my own included) when I read my comment about the little ICN girls above - I felt the need to change my verbage from "little white girls" because I certainly didn't want to come across as a racist.  But this dirtbag just comes right out and says it and no one thinks a damned thing about it, because if you DO, uh-oh - YOU'RE the racist for criticizing the big black man. 

Well, I'm a chubby white girl who grew up in a moderate income family - we were rich in everyting BUT money.  My mother taught us diversity long before it was chi-chi to do it.  I don't use the "N" word and cringe if I happen to hear someone else use it, even if it IS Richard Pryor who, in my opinion, was one of the funniest men ever to have lived.  I don't feel the need to draw attention to myelf by wearing diamond studded teeth, or by wearing a big-a$$ clock on my chest, or by rhyming every other word with 'izzle', or by wearing clothing that makes me look as if I've got a pantload the size of Joe Pilchesky himself.  You people (YES, you people) are the ones who have taken racial INequality to new levels.  How the hell do you ever expect to achieve racial equality when YOU are the ones to constantly jam it down everyones throats that you aren't.  You are not down-trodden.  And if you think you are, look inside yourself to figure out why.

paraphrased form anti - I have a question:  ... The current gang activity in Scranton can't possibly be any worse than the ICN. So why are people so scared of gangs ‘taking over’ the streets? Why does the word gang incite so much interest? Answer: because the four letter word is fused and confused with another four letter word: RACE. Not  only are blacks and poor whites getting blamed for Scranton’s decline, but blacks are also getting blamed for the failure of the Steamtown Mall. The more the menace hang out front, the more decentralization of retail (ie stores are opening up on Scranton’s border). . :::

This is absolutely not true - doesn't anyone read the Scranton Times anymore?? There has been a band of renegade grandma's scouring through the city in broad daylight and concentrating their presence at the Steamtown Mall.  They travel up and down Lackawanna Avenue from Boscov's parking to the Ground Round looking to steal cigarettes from the young white kids and beg money from the brutha's for a pint of Mad Dog.  If the lights crossing Lackawanna Avenue weren't so hasty, these renegade grandmas would be travelling the rest of our fair city and wreaking havoc citywide, CITY WIDE I TELL YA' !! 

Since the State Store closed on Lackawanna Avenue many years ago, the situation has worsened because now, they have to navigate their jazzies all the way up to Meadow Ave. in South Side, thus lowering property values and clogging traffic along the way.  The grafitti isn't the work of young teens with spray paint - it's the work of the renegade grandmas.  They've taken to using their inhalers and lipstick to paint messages on their routes to the State Store - the last one translates as :  "I've fallen and I can't get up".  Three employees from the dollar store helped the guilty grandma up and sent her on her way with a warning not to hang around their place any more.  They have since installed a camera at that location.  Beware - not of the black kids in their do-rags, grills and saggy-baggy pants - but the renegade grandmas in their hepped-up jazzies!