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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (122067)	4/16/2010 11:10:18 AM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

NBC Reporter Quizzes Black Man at DC Tea Party: ‘Have You Ever Felt Uncomfortable?’ Media Research Center: “There aren't a lot of African-American men at these events,” NBC News reporter Kelly O'Donnell, a white woman, told Darryl Postell, a black man at a Tea Party rally held Thursday in Washington, DC, pressing him, in an exchange she chose to include in her NBC Nightly News story, to address her prejudiced assumptions: “Have you ever felt uncomfortable?” Postell rejected her loaded premise that race must divide Americans: “No, no, these are my people, Americans.” breitbart.tv

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (122067)	4/16/2010 5:42:45 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

What's up with super cars? Mercedes introduced one from McClaren that is basically a half a million dollar gas guzzling version of its SL GT. Then Audi came up with a $150,000 version of its A8, in a coupe form. It gets 12 miles per gallon around town. Infiniti gussied up its G37 coupe and put a $117,000 price tag on it. Then Lexus brought out the NFA, a 400-500 thousand dollar 400+ horsepower auto. What are these cars? They look like retro GTOs and Chargers to me, with mind numbing takeoff speed. Are we going back to dragging for pink slips? But those old muscle cars were not incredibly expensive. These things are competing with Ferraris and Bugattis and Bentleys on a bottom line basis. And what for? Even if they find a place where they can hit top speed, a Porsche or Viper can shut them down at a much lower price. So can a Corvette. And they sure don't have the luxury of a Rolls. Oh, well, if somebody can offer any reasoning on this, please let me know. For now, I'll just put them down as GTOs for those with more money than brains.