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Dallas county officials spar over 'black hole' comment
dallasnews.com ^
| July 9, 2008
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Posted on 07/09/2008 12:11:52 PM PDT by neverdem
A special meeting about Dallas County traffic tickets turned tense and bizarre Tuesday afternoon.
County commissioners were discussing problems with the central collections office that is used to process traffic ticket payments and handle other paperwork normally done by the JP Courts.
Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield, who is white, said it seemed that central collections "has become a black hole" because paperwork reportedly has become lost in the office.
Commissioner John Wiley Price, who is black, interrupted him with a loud "Excuse me!" He then corrected his colleague, saying the office has become a "white hole."
That prompted Judge Thomas Jones, who is black, to demand an apology from Mayfield for his racially insensitive analogy.
Mayfield shot back that it was a figure of speech and a science term.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: blackhoe; blackhole; ebonics; hypersensitivity; language; niggardly
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posted on
07/09/2008 12:15:08 PM PDT
by
neverdem
To: neverdem
Are these frickin’ idiots so stupid they don’t know what a black hole is? Hopefully he didn’t apologize.
2
posted on
07/09/2008 12:17:06 PM PDT
by
calex59
To: neverdem
LOL. I thought this was satire at first...
3
posted on
07/09/2008 12:17:25 PM PDT
by
cdbull23
(What's going on in my brain? Check it out: cainsbrain.blogspot.com)
To: neverdem
He should have clarifed his position — “if I was talking about you, I would have said black a-hole.”
To: neverdem
Price sounds like an idiot.
5
posted on
07/09/2008 12:18:13 PM PDT
by
Former MSM Viewer
("We will hunt the terrorists in every dark corner of the earth. We will be relentless." W 2001)
To: neverdem
It would also appear that the education and promotion systems that put people this ignorant into positions of authority such as a Commissioner or Judge should also be added to the definitions of a black hole.
To: neverdem; Stillwaters
Oh my stars! PC-speak is going to spin even further out of control in the new N’Obama era. Let’s just put Stephen Hawking on trial for all his black whole hate speech while we’re at it.
7
posted on
07/09/2008 12:18:55 PM PDT
by
lonevoice
(John McCain was a Kinoki foot pad in the Reagan Revolution)
To: neverdem
Commissioner John Wiley Price, who is black, interrupted him with a loud "Excuse me!" He then corrected his colleague, saying the office has become a "white hole."Idiot.
8
posted on
07/09/2008 12:19:32 PM PDT
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall cause you to vote against the Democrats.)
To: Londo Molari
He should have clarifed his position if I was talking about you, I would have said black a-hole. Priceless!!
9
posted on
07/09/2008 12:20:29 PM PDT
by
Pistolshot
(When you let what you are define who you are, you create divisiveness.)
To: neverdem
Black Hole???
I thought he said Black Ho...by the reaction of Judge Thomas Jones.
10
posted on
07/09/2008 12:20:39 PM PDT
by
rottndog
(Globull Warming "Science" = garbage in, gospel out.)
To: Former MSM Viewer
Price sounds like an idiot.
He is.
To: neverdem
Hole-y $#!+.
I guess these gentlemen’s educations were niggardly when it comes to astronomy. I mean, call a spade a spade; schools haven’t been right in a coon’s age, spooked as they’ve been by lawsuit threats.
12
posted on
07/09/2008 12:21:56 PM PDT
by
ExGeeEye
(I've been waiting since 11/04/79 for us (US) to do something about Iran.)
To: neverdem
Thank goodness Mayfield didn’t call Price niggardly.
13
posted on
07/09/2008 12:22:24 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Barack Hussein Obama=Jimmy Carter Part Deux)
To: Former MSM Viewer
Price sounds like an idiot John Wiley has a lot of work to do to elevate himself to idiot.
To: neverdem
john wylie price (you always hear all 3 names) is an embarrassment - the ‘community activist’ of dallas - and has adopted all of jessee jackson’s tactics - back when i watched dallas news, he was shown at one of his ‘protests’ - he would cross back and forth at an intersection, taking 10 minutes or more for each crossing - doing a little dance that involved a protruding backside
another ‘activist’ that has never had a job - grabbing his little fame from race in his little dallas pond
15
posted on
07/09/2008 12:23:08 PM PDT
by
sloop
(pfc in the quiet civil war)
To: neverdem
This is just priceless, I wonder if they’ve ever heard of the Black Sea?
To: neverdem
The only "holes" in that meeting were not in space...they were Price and Jones and they made complete such "holes" out of themselves.
Good on Mayfield for responding to them the way he did.
To: neverdem
Mr. Price is at the top of the list of useless idiots waiting to take offense at whatever he can.
18
posted on
07/09/2008 12:24:23 PM PDT
by
commonguymd
(Freedom and individual liberty is for everyone, including the odd and weird people like you.)
To: ExGeeEye
Talk about the pot calling the kettle C-100, Y-100, M-100, K-100.
To: Londo Molari
He should have clarifed his position if I was talking about you, I would have said black a-hole. I don't know, maybe black hole is appropriate. The astronomical phenomenon is an object so dense even light can't escape,...
...much less an intellectually cogent thought.
20
posted on
07/09/2008 12:25:09 PM PDT
by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: neverdem
I recall reading about a year ago that some group was suing NASA and other such organizations to change the term “black hole” because they found it offensive. So I’m not surprised this hole took it as an insult as he hopes for instead of as it was intended.
21
posted on
07/09/2008 12:25:26 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: neverdem
You just can’t make this stuff up.
To: neverdem
At least nobody got fired or forced to resign for using the non-racial term "niggardly" like this joker did:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/daily/jan99/district27.htm
23
posted on
07/09/2008 12:25:41 PM PDT
by
mkjessup
(Jimmy Carter is the Skidmark in the panties of American history.)
To: neverdem
Is the descriptive “black hole” going to go the way the word ‘niggardly’ went?
Are we going to be allowed to say it’s dark at night?
Does Arnold Schwarzenegger get to keep his name?
Inquiring minds want to know!
24
posted on
07/09/2008 12:26:59 PM PDT
by
STE=Q
("These are the times that try men's souls." -- Thomas Paine)
To: Londo Molari
“He should have clarifed his position if I was talking about you, I would have said black a-hole.”
Except Price would of shot back “Yeah I know, what is your point”. The man has made his career out of being a black a-hole. Interesting enough this is the first time in a while I have heard any controversy from him. He has been unnaturally quite of late.
25
posted on
07/09/2008 12:27:34 PM PDT
by
neb52
To: neverdem
To: neverdem
There goes a "typical" white guy using "typical"
coded words to describe "typical" blacks.
It's too bad ignorance isn't painful.
27
posted on
07/09/2008 12:29:43 PM PDT
by
G.Mason
(Duty, Honor, Country)
To: neverdem
Where is the money going?
With a little Black Magic, it has disappeared.
28
posted on
07/09/2008 12:30:18 PM PDT
by
Mark was here
(The earth is bipolar.)
To: Former MSM Viewer
Oh, you have no earthly idea what an idiot he is...
29
posted on
07/09/2008 12:31:33 PM PDT
by
Elpasser
To: Non-Sequitur
“You just cant make this stuff up.”
Astounding.
If it wasn’t true one would think, at first glance, it was a mad-TV. script!
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posted on
07/09/2008 12:32:10 PM PDT
by
STE=Q
("These are the times that try men's souls." -- Thomas Paine)
To: neverdem
Sounds to me that these idiots should cross black and white from their vocabularies and substitute some other word for it so the listener can make the substitution they want. The adjective that comes to mind is @$$ which is what those people are.
To: ExGeeEye
I am in awe of your greatness. You inspire me
To: neverdem
In Dallas, they must be...
holes of color.
To: neverdem
From what I understand, the county is also running a massive deficit. Seems they need to be a little more niggardly in how they spend tax payers money.
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posted on
07/09/2008 12:35:01 PM PDT
by
Phantom Lord
(Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
To: STE=Q
Is it really any wonder, then, that John Wylie Price’s county precinct in Dallas is a stinking, festering hellhole?
To: neverdem
Back in my middle school there was a running joke that if someone used the word black in any context someone would shout out racist. Eg. pass the black marker - racist! This is exactly what this reminds me of - hard to believe its grown men doing this.
To: ExGeeEye
If you want a bit more, try:
“spooked as they’ve been by figurative lawsuit lynchings.”
To: neverdem
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posted on
07/09/2008 12:37:30 PM PDT
by
Peet
(Insert clever phrase here.)
To: neverdem
What an idiot! if he talks about black cats, is that a racial slur too? Or black cars?
39
posted on
07/09/2008 12:37:58 PM PDT
by
LiteKeeper
(Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
To: theDentist
I recall reading about a year ago that some group was suing NASA and other such organizations to change the term black hole because they found it offensive. I hadn't heard that one. But I remember several years ago there was a move by the usual suspects to get computer makers to rename the "slave drive".
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posted on
07/09/2008 12:38:00 PM PDT
by
Phantom Lord
(Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
To: rottndog
Black HO????? I did not know Don “Nappy” Imus was there
41
posted on
07/09/2008 12:38:23 PM PDT
by
Americanwolf
(Don't Think a cop will help? Try calling a crack head next time......!! Thanks Thorin!)
To: neverdem

It was a very bad movie that Disney rushed out to capitalize on the Star Wars mania.
Maybe if it had been a better one these simpletons might have heard of it.
42
posted on
07/09/2008 12:38:35 PM PDT
by
TheMole
To: G.Mason
“It’s too bad ignorance isn’t painful”
Ignorance Is painfull... to everyone but the Ignoramus displaying it!
43
posted on
07/09/2008 12:39:17 PM PDT
by
STE=Q
("These are the times that try men's souls." -- Thomas Paine)
To: ExGeeEye
You way with word is masterful
44
posted on
07/09/2008 12:40:25 PM PDT
by
Americanwolf
(Don't Think a cop will help? Try calling a crack head next time......!! Thanks Thorin!)
To: Americanwolf
Maybe Kenneth Mayfield listens to Imus...
45
posted on
07/09/2008 12:40:25 PM PDT
by
rottndog
(Globull Warming "Science" = garbage in, gospel out.)
To: neverdem
Blacks are walking around with a chip on their shoulder and hate in their heart. Most whites are just either ignorant and oblivious to the deep deep hate that black America feels for white America. Dont expect the liberal media to have a balanced news cast - they know that if they expose the true hate from Blacks and the LaRaza types they will be shut down by the rich leftist whites who run the news.
46
posted on
07/09/2008 12:44:00 PM PDT
by
sasafras
(Diversity = Mandated Racism)
To: neverdem; Salamander
In a certain sense Price is correct. There are “white holes” although this is not an example of one.
A “White Hole” is where stuff comes out of (like money, productivity, ideas.....)
A “Black Hole” is that into which it all disappears, sort of like when Congress is in session.
47
posted on
07/09/2008 12:45:09 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(".....panta en pasin....." - Origen)
To: neverdem
“Other county officials quickly interceded to break it up and get the meeting back on track. TV news cameras were rolling, after all.”
The story says there's video. The hunt is on.
48
posted on
07/09/2008 12:45:45 PM PDT
by
Ratblaster
( Obama's house, Rezko's yard)
To: neverdem
its no wonder this country is going down the crapper.
To: neverdem
No doubt an Obama supporter, LOL.
50
posted on
07/09/2008 12:46:12 PM PDT
by
tim9021
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