Posted on 03/01/2005 11:55:14 AM PST by WKB
I've lived in the South all my adult life and I agree with Mr. Freeman. I grew up in NJ and we were much more segregated there than in Virginia. I have lived in integrated neighborhoods for 22 years in VA. In NJ the towns were segregated...not just the neighborhoods. Whites and blacks went to the same public schools but white kids went home to Pennsauken but black kids all lived in Delair. When I was in HS the white kids all lived in Collings Lakes, Landisville or Minotola but without exception EVERY black kid lived in Newtonville, and only blacks lived there.
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I remember him on that show. I learned a lot from that one as well as my all time fav..."Schoolhouse Rock". I still sing those little songs in my head to help me remember what a conjunction is, etc. Those were the days when shows like that tried to teach you the learning basics, not this pc crap!
I am proud to be a fellow Mississipian!
Right on, Morgan! The North is FAR MORE racists than the South. Far more.
It is sad that liberals think they help the poor, but then liberals make fun of the poor, from "rednecks" to blacks in the South.
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LOL...I remember Fargo North, DeCoder!!! Rita Moreno was on the show too...she used to yell, 'Hey you guys!' Morgan Freeman was the Easy Reader (it was the 70s...so it was a take off on Easy Rider) and he would be really, really cool reading anything and everything. There were some teens on the show too...but I don't really remember them, but I thought they were cool...not like the dorky kids on Zoom!
FYI...
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news03/dream1.htm
(early 2003 interview)Question: Are you generally optimistic about whats going on in the world. Are you concerned? Are you worried?
(Freeman)Answer: Oh, Im very worried about whats going on in the world at the moment because we have this Napoleonic president, by Napoleonic I mean hes a man who just seems to need to search himself. It doesnt make sense. I dont have any love loss on Saddam Hussein. If he needs to be removed from office, fine. You have to find the right way to do it, but going to war, nah, with the people. To do what. What is the real reason? Because hes harbouring weapons of mass destruction?
Question: So, it is with North Korea?
Answer: So, it is with North Korea
Question: Right.
Answer: Why are we acting to acquiesce to this? We do not need the Iraqi oil. We have Kuwait oil Its the same pool. Thats why Kuwaits there. Thats why Kuwait was set up. You think that country could exist there without somebody backing it?
Question: Yeah. Absolutely.
Answer: Were talking about a piece of Iraq. So, we keep this. Thats my noise. I am terribly upset about the whole thing.
Conjunction Junction!!!
He needs deprogramming! LOL
Hey, friend, you already look good!
Wasn't it BB King rather than Muddy?
Why thank ya mam!!
Charlie Pride is another excellent musician with Missippy roots
Just like me. I had worn out VHS tapes of Shawshank and now have the DVD.
But I can't stand to watch it now.
thanks!
High Crimes is one of my favorite movies.
What's your function?
Sadly, I am old enough to remember him on The Electric Company quite well....... :-)
I think a cooking session with the lovely Rachel Ray (on the Food Channel) rejuvenated the man.
Zoom & electric company filled a lousy-weather afternoon.
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