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The Dukes of Hazard had more black actors than Seinfeld or Friends.

It's not a show based up in the segregated North.

It's not surprising to anyone who actually lives in the South. It's not perfect down here, but there's way less hangup on race down here than up north. I think this guy accurately sums it up:

https://www.facebook.com/sylva...

The Dukes of Hazard had more black actors than Seinfeld or Friends.

Oh my, you're really trying to base your superiority on 20 characters, is that it? Not exactly showing much credibility there.

But ok, take pride in that token achievement, it'll sure be the toast of the town that Friends and Seinfeld, two shows with a cast that could be shoved into a Wonder Bread sack have even fewer black characters.

It's not a show based up in the segregated North.

Actually, except for minor episodes, all of three of them were primarily filmed in California. In fact, Jerry's apartment's exterior is even in LA.

The same is true of NCIS, Body of Proof, Andy Griffith, Castle, MASH, the Golden Girls, JAG, How I Met your Mother and many more.

Yep, they're based in Sunny Cal-i-For-Ni-Ay!

Even Stately Wayne Manor!

The Dukes of Hazard had more black actors than Seinfeld or Friends.

It's not a show based up in the segregated North.

I'll take protests over police brutality(I know you personally hate that authoritarian oppression is ever challenged) over murders by right-wing racists.

No, I just hate stupid people, which includes most "libertarians".
Actual libertarians, who don't rate the quotes, are a mixed bag.

Some are like Rand Paul, and shouldn't be anywhere near public office.
And frankly, at this point, Rand also deserves to wear the quotes when he calls himself a "Libertarian".
(and no, btw, not all democrats believe in solely big government; but as usual you are dismissive of one side while insisting the other can have varying views. but then youre also the guy who doesn't believe left libertarians can exist)

As for why Rand specifically isn't liked much on the left, this:list is a good starting point:

1) Rand Paul opposes gun control measures and voted with his party to filibuster the Manchin-Toomey amendment, which would’ve merely expended background checks to include internet sales and gun shows.

2) Rand Paul, like Ron Paul before him, has repeatedly objected to key provisions of the Civil Rights Act.

3) Rand Paul is opposed to abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. Just because he’s expressed an openness to a life-of-the-mother exception doesn’t make him a hero.

4) Rand Paul, as mentioned earlier, believes that redefining traditional marriage is the leading cause of poverty, rather than a long list of other poverty-creating economic factors.

5) Rand Paul voted against the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act.

6) Rand Paul wants to cut the corporate tax rate in half and attacked Obama’s “you didn’t build that” quote, which was widely taken out of context.

7) Rand Paul is a fan of paleoconservative conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, and has appeared on Jones’ show numerous times. He’s also endorsed his share of wild conspiracy theories.

8) Rand Paul proclaimed that the scientific consensus behind climate change isn’t “conclusive.”

9) Rand Paul has repeatedly voted to de-fund and repeal the Affordable Care Act, and would very likely do so as president. He’s also spread “horror stories” about the law in Kentucky even though his state’s exchange is one of the best in the nation.

10) Rand Paul famously filibustered the president’s drone policies, but later suggested that the government could use a drone to gun down a criminal who just robbed a liquor store. He suggested we should use drones against the Taliban.

11) Rand Paul supports the partial privatization of Social Security and once called the program a “Ponzi scheme.” He also referred to Medicare as “socialism.”

12) Rand Paul supports the flat tax.

13) Rand Paul marketed in the widely debunked “Obamaphone” myth, stating: “For those who are struggling, we want you to have something infinitely more valuable than a free phone, we want you to have a job and a pathway to success.”

14) Rand Paul supports Voter ID laws, saying there’s “nothing wrong” with them.

15) Rand Paul, in addition to a series of racially-questionable associates, is a supporter of both states’ rights and nullification, archaic tent-post beliefs held by neo-Confederates.

The records law was brought into the 21st century after Clinton left the State Department. Also, she turned over all official correspondence.

She may not have violated any laws.

http://thedailybanter.com/2015...

http://www.thedailybeast.com/a...

Back up a bit: what if she's right? What if the rules that applied during her tenure are not the current rules? What if Obama created the current rules two years after Clinton left the State Department?

http://thedailybanter.com/2015...

And what if she was doing the exact same thing as (to name a largely reputable figure on "the other side" that few people suspect of corruption) Colin Powell had done?

Yes, Republicans, right. Those bastards.

NC Democratic Party uses 'voter shaming' to spur turnout

I Received This Menacing Letter From the Democratic Party Trying To Shame Me Into Voting

CONFIRMED by Experts! Voting Machines in Maryland, Illinois Rigged to Support Democrats

Quote me Nixon or any other two prominent Republicans claiming anything remotely like "group of brown people isn't human".

Maybe not exactly that, but:

One of my favorite examples is when Saline, Kansas County Commissioner Jim Gile (R) used the term "nigger-rigging" in a public meeting. His morbidly hilarious apology didn't involve taking responsibility for his racism but, instead, he added, "I have built Habitat homes for colored people."

And then they followed it up with:

Yesterday, Dallas Tea Party activist Ken Emanuelson said, "I'm going to be real honest with you. The Republican Party doesn't want black people to vote if they are going to vote 9-to-1 for Democrats."

Or, how about the popular conservative commentator Ann Coulter refusing to fly with a black female pilot:

"Aw come on people, a black woman flying a plane? You know she got that job through affirmative action. Am I the only one worried about this? I mean hello? Our lives are at stake here..."

It probably isn't GOP policy, but there's no denying that people who wrap themselves up in that flag haven't done a very good job of distancing themselves from it. They certainly haven't said "we're going to kick any racist, bigoted bastards out of our party".

And, for a little variety, David Duke switched from being a Democrat to a Republican.

And this is what I turned up from Google in under 2 minutes.

When the story first broke, I believed Snowden was a hero. This was when the leaked information was regarding legally-questionable, at best, domestic spying on it's own citizens. The leaks since then have shown that Snowden isn't just "blowing the whistle", he's leaking whatever details he could carry on whatever electronic intelligence programs he could get his hands on.

Same here. I thought Snowden was a whistleblower because that's what the common consensus was. Then I took a closer look at the evidence. It turns out that the NSA does not have access to company servers, PRISM is a non-issue, and the Verizon metadata issue is much more complicated than is let on.

On the other hand, Snowden has admitted that he was spying on the US for parties unknown, that he took the NSA job for the purpose of spying on the US, that he took a mass data dump of thousands of documents rather than singling in on any programs that he may have been concerned about, that he gave the thousands of documents to parties unknown, and that he told China about (alleged, unconfirmed, but I wouldn't put it past them) US espionage activities against them. This last part alone is enough to put him in the "spy" column regardless of anything else he has ever done or might do.

In summary:

1. Snowden's activities do not fit the profile of a whistleblower. Primarily, he has not blown the whistle on any outrageous activity; the outrage is manufactured from disinformation.
2. Snowden's activities do fit the profile of a spy.

The only reason for Americans to think Snowden is a hero is because they are not aware of the facts of what he did and did not do, and for this we can blame an apparent PR campaign to raise Snowden as a hero, and an incompetent, uninquisitive media that cares more about public opinion than getting to the facts behind a story.

It helped my skepticism that I'm previously aware of the Guardian and Glenn Greenwald in particular as sources that will deliberately, knowingly lie to you to in order to promote their policy goals (yes, like Fox News and COINTELPRO which are not counterpoints but are the exact point I'm making). Given the reports of Snowden and Greenwald being in communication before Snowden took the NSA job, it sounds like Greenwald had access to the data for a while and had time to pick out a few pieces to forge an attractive story that would go along with Snowden's exposure. And that's what the story was: a forgery. It was not written to expose wrongdoing but to encourage a culture of espionage against the US as a moral activity.

And for the people going though the comments and accusing every single dissenter and skeptic on this issue of being a government PR operative, you sure seem quick to believe that other people on message boards are PR operatives. Is this something you have personal experience with? Are you part of a PR campaign to promote Snowden and condemn the NSA? Who told you to do this? Are you paid or did they get you for free by telling you that they're the only people standing up to the rich and powerful and you have to do it to be part of the movement? Be a leaker and leak that information. Post as AC if you want.