Perfectly Philly... ONE MORE TIME

I dont know if you have noticed, but ever now and then The Black Sports Guy seems to get 'pulled back in' to discussions about Philadelphia. In a way, its hard to avoid Philadelphia. Of the Black Sports Guy's two headed physique, one of us is actually FROM Philly, and the other spent over 5 years there in graduate school. So the city does mean something to us, and it is hard to avoid, especially since the place has pretty much ALWAYS been a little crazy (dont forget this is the city that had a mayor that ordered the BOMBING of a neighborhood in the 70s).

SO, here we go.... quickly now.

Philadelphia is outpacing the rest of the country, and most of the world, in murder this year. The count right now is slightly over 1 murder a day (I think its like 1.06).

There have been weekends where 11 people have been killed. So you could say there is a violence problem in the Declaration of Independence City aka The City Of Brotherly Love -what a fucking JOKE.

The naturaly things public officials are blaming for the murders (and crime) is, of course, poverty and lack of jobs/opportunities (and behind closed doors "those damn black fools").

So, how are they taking care of the problems? By closing down ALL of the city's psychics, tarot card readers and astrologers (I'm assuming palm readers are also getting closed).

See apparently in Philly the logical thing to do is to create even more jobless people, create more poverty within a community, send more people out looking for work in a city where there is already a shortage of jobs. They are doing this in accord with a law that is 30 years old, and many of the shops they are closing have been open for over 10 - 20 years. Most of the shops are/were fun tourist attractions and most importantly THEY WERE NOT BOTHERING ANYBODY AT ALL.

Now behind this sudden activity is the wonderful Philadelphia Police Force who were said to be the folks who had to tell public officials about the 20 year old law.

GOT IT? The police, in a city where people are getting gunned down at a rate of ONE A DAY, somehow had time to literally find a law, find a few public officials, and begin forcing people out of businesses they have owned for over a decade. Because in the end, isnt that how you slow down the rate of crime and murder.

Philadelphia needs ITS COLLECTIVE CIVIC BRAIN LOBOTOMIZED AND START ALLLL over WHAT AN Embarrassment! (Totally Sad Comment: The fortune tellers never saw this coming.. ROFL.. LOL.. thats not funny)

MSNBC ARTICLE

How backward are we when a FOOTBALL COACH is the voice of common sense in a Country of 300 million!

The Prof:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18127587/

I wonder when common sense will actually become "COMMON"..?

Ricci:

This is embarrassing?
Remember that interracial marriage article? Well bud, one of our wonderful Southern States as of 2000 FINALLY took a law off the books that made interracial marriage illegal.

2000.

Some quotes:

"It was only 40 years ago — on June 12, 1967 — that the U.S. Supreme Court knocked down a Virginia statute barring whites from marrying nonwhites. The decision also overturned similar bans in 15 other states." - thats within OUR lifetime dog.

"Bob Jones University in South Carolina only dropped its ban on interracial dating in 2000; a year later 40 percent of the voters objected when Alabama became the last state to remove a no-longer-enforceable ban on interracial marriages from its constitution." FORTY PERCENT wanted to leave it a LAW. you got that..

I, we live in a gun toting racist country that is getting dumber and more religious every day.

I almost fainted last night when I heard that over 100 people who graduated from Pat Robertson's Law School, have been employed by President Bush's people. His law school is a 4th tier law school. Harvard is tier 1, community colleges are 4th tier...

and read that again, over 100 !

Ricci:

and by the way...

DIDNT I SAY THIS?
And while most Northerners fought to preserve the Union and not to free the slaves, accomplishing the first goal also accomplished the second.

Ricci:

..and we need a FOOTBALL COACH to tell us this? A football coach who is really more concerned about NOT GETTING PLAYERS vs. the fact that its a damn flag that equals a nigga hangin from a tree.
DUDE.. over the next few years, barring any reason you can think of, DO NOT GO TO THE SOUTH.. and actually avoid hangin around any area that is an hour outside of a major city..ROFL>. not jokin.

The Prof:

I completely agree. COMPLETELY....agree. And I'll add this other little tid-bit about our beloved little racist-gun loving country that EVERY OTHER freekin CIVILIZED SOCIETY ON THE PLANET seems to agree with...

"We" should be re-evaluating our little ignorant-ass-backward-gun-toting-un-civilized-neo-neanderthal-aint-fit-for-modern-society-ultra-violent country! Our CULTURE is the actual face of mass murder in this country, not the various actors who perform the killings from time to time..it's the CULTURE of this place.

- The Racism (anti-race mixing laws into the 21st century! Segregated Proms into the 21st century!! The godDAMN Confederate-fuckin-flag into the 21st century!!!

- The Guns (you can buy a gun in the U.S. at Wal-mart to kill someone..yet you cant smoke marijuana, which kills NO ONE) [*note: the Professor has NEVER smoked Marijuana in his entire life..but knows people who have.]

- The Conservatism (synonymous with "racism", this type of think STAGNATES you into not going "forward" with your thinking, AND it's based on FEAR..a vicious and deadly ingredient for any society. "Fear" leads nations to war.

- The Ignorance (ignorance of other languages and cultures)

..No, change the "culture" and this stuff stops immediately.

Germany was the face of racism and violence..until other countries "CHANGED THEIR CULTURE". Now you can sleep on a German sidewalk forever and NEVER get bothered.

This place sucks dude. I dont care how you spin it, how "rich" you think this place is, how much money you think you can make here...none of it. The U.S. fucking SUCKS.

You know, they have schools and great barber shops in PRISON. The work is "steady" and you have 3 squares a day...but PRISON is still a SHIT-HOLE no matter how you spin it.

The soul of the U.S. is categorically "uncivilized". And our statistics bear this out. It's a dangerous, greedy, narrow-minded well of angst. Like most things, it's got good parts to it (the porn, the Steve Spurriers, The Freedoms of speech, the internet, The Colleges, Las Vegas...but it's underlying core (it's initial policies toward Native Americans, Black people, the militarism, the conservatism, etc..) is WRONG.

If it ever becomes "right", I'll be the first one to scream it.

Ricci:

Hey... the thing that is still AMAZING is NO ONE IS BRINGING UP THE OVER 100 PEOPLE KILLED IN PHILLY TO DATE!!!!! Thats why this is all a bunch of crap. Dude was probably working for Bush and his people to distract us from more really important issues. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20070411_52ND___MARKET_CALLED_CITYS_DEADLIEST_CORNER.html I mean what dude did was HORRIBLE, but its not like he got close to what Philly's been doing since this year began!

Ricci:

Most expressed shock at the shooting but few said they were surprised — criticizing the availability of guns in the United States, lax gun controls and the number of Americans who cling to the constitutional right that allows them to bear arms.

LOL.. they weren't surprised and NEITHER WAS I! Damn hick as culture Heeeee hooooo any place that still has rodeo contests is BACKWARDS.

and Rob why is the Queen's husband called PRINCE?

Queen Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip, are scheduled to visit Virginia May 3-4.

AND WHERE ARE THE GUN LAWS??? A FOOL CALLS SOME CHICKS NAPPY HEADED HOS AND THE ENTIRE COUNTRY BEGINS A DEBATE THAT LEADS TO DUDE LOSING HIS JOB AND IDIOTS TARGETING "ART" - rap- MEANWHILE AN ASIAN GUY SHOOTS UP 32 PEOPLE and we aren't thinking seriously about gun laws???

CHARLTON HESSTON BE DAMNED!!!

Ricci:

Gun crime is extremely rare in Britain, and handguns are completely illegal. The ban is so strictly enforced that Britain’s Olympic pistol shooting team is barred from practicing in its own country.

WOW dude, what is it about these OLDER CULTURES that Americans ignore. I mean these places had revolutionary wars, regional squabbles, total and utter chaos LONG before the USA was toddling.... but we ignore their maturity and age? Who does that? Thats like not listening to a wise older person.. being a BRAT which is exactly what I've always called the USA..the worlds BRAT..but a BIG CRAZY RETARDED BRAT WITH NUKES...