The Way To Get To Ford.....

[conmee]

Originally posted by ELVIS
I'll have one before you...:D

Mopar or no car!

Fuck a Ford, conmee...

Those 2005 stangs are purdy, thats about it...

Elvis,

Just because you hate F.O.R.D. doesn't mean you have to hate on Ford Motor Company. lol

I'll tell you, this is the first Ford vehicle in decades that I actually like... and it's one of the reasons I'll own a so-called "American-made" car for the first time in 15 years... BUT... the Charger looks badass... and you can't deny the HEMI baby!!!!!

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[conmee]

Although I think I'll go with black to reduce the likelihood of speeding tickets... red is a target for police...

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[diamondD]

Fuck, I almost wanted that damn Magnum sport "cough station wagon cough" wagon just to get that Hemi and rear wheel drive. My Intrepid R/T would move pretty good for a 6 cylinder. Hell, it was rated at 150mph without the governor. But it always felt funny burning the front tires. I'm ready to scream out of the back again. :D

[diamondD]

Get white if you want to avoid tickets. Black always seemed to be an attractant to tickets to me as much as red.

[conmee]

Shit... how about that desert tan shit or the grey/green actually looked good too, I daresay... lol

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[ELVIS]

Originally posted by conmee
Although I think I'll go with black to reduce the likelihood of speeding tickets... red is a target for police...

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Black is impossible to keep up...

I'm meticulous with my vehicles.. My engines look better than new...

Does the mustang come in silver ??

I saw a concept 2005 mustang with red interior that looked great...

I'll have to see one in person before I stop badmouthing them...

I was all into the Thunderbird concept.. when I saw one with that cheep lincoln interior I wanted to puke...

The newer chrysler products are much nicer vehicles...

[DrMaddVibe]

Sen. Byrd Apologizes For Racial Remarks


Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W. Va.) apologized for racially charged language he used during a videotaped interview broadcast yesterday.

Byrd, stressing the importance of "goodwill" among people of different
races, used an offensive term to argue that character is not defined by skin color.

"My old mom told me, 'Robert, you can't go to heaven if you hate anybody.' We practice that," Byrd said. "There are white ******s. I've seen a lot of white ******s in my time -- I'm going to use that word."

Byrd made the comments on Friday during an interview that was broadcast yesterday on "Fox News Sunday." Byrd's office quickly issued a statement of apology after the interview, which was read on the air yesterday by the show's host, Tony Snow.

"I apologize for the characterization I used on this program," said Byrd's statement. "The phrase dates back to my boyhood and has no place in today's society.

"As for my language, I had no intention of casting aspersions on anyone of another race. In my attempt to articulate strongly held feelings, I may have offended people. . . ."

Byrd, 83, was making a point in the interview that he believes race
relations have improved dramatically over his lifetime. Byrd noted that
people, himself included, had learned from their mistakes where race is concerned.

"We all make mistakes. I made a mistake when I was a young man -- it's always been an albatross around my neck -- in joining the Ku Klux Klan," said Byrd, whose early membership in the Klan has long been known. "I think we can all profit by our mistakes. I think we've reached a new plateau, and I think it's going to keep going upward, that understanding and race relations."

Byrd said he believes "we talk about race too much. I think those problems are largely behind us."

NAACP President Kweisi Mfume called the remark "both repulsive and
revealing," and told the Associated Press that the fact that Byrd felt
"comfortable enough on nationwide TV to refer to any group in that manner suggests that any progress he has made on race is
relative."

Byrd, dean of the Senate Democrats, also condemned the controversial pardons issued by President Bill Clinton on his way out of office. "Malodorous," he pronounced. "They stink. I think he abused the constitutional power that is there for purposes when there's a need to make justice out of an injustice."

The senator is known to have held Clinton in low regard, but yesterday he made clear his disdain runs deep. Of Clinton's legacy, he said: "We have a Republican House, a Republican Senate and a Republican White House. That's part of his legacy."

The other part, he said, is "a lowering of the standards of our culture, I think. I've been in Washington now 49 years, and in these past few years I've seen a more rapid deterioration in the country's culture than ever before."

Byrd said he did not attend Clinton's State of the Union addresses because "I didn't care for him. His lifestyle didn't match mine."

Hillary Rodham Clinton, newly elected Democratic senator from New York, came under no such criticism. She seems to be "going about her work in a very serious and dedicated manner," said Byrd, who is serving with her on the Senate Budget Committee.

[ELVIS]

Originally posted by DrMaddVibe
Byrd said he believes "we talk about race too much. I think those problems are largely behind us."

I agree...

Lost liberals like FORD love to keep the race issue alive...

It fits their lost cause...

[John Ashcroft]

And it works for them. Look at the percentage of Blacks that vote Democrat.

Now about this article....

I'm not sure what the point of the whole Clinton connection was, although I suspect the writer is trying to push Byrd to the right with all of the "other racist SOBs". Anyway, just an observation. It's pretty typical of the press to do stuff like that.

I mean, it's "Byrd is a racist, been denounced by NAALCP regardless of his apology, and oh by the way... He's also a Clinton hater! You see, he's got alot in common with the right wing! Where all of the true racists reside..."

I don't know, may be reading into it a bit... But I still don't see the relavancy of the Clinton part to the story.

Not to distract from the bottom line though, and that is that Byrd is still a fucking racist. And he's the only serving ex-KKK member in Government who just so happens to be a prominent Democrat.

I did a little experiment at work just to scratch an itch of mine. I suggest you guys try it as well. I have quite a few black co-workers and friends on my training team, and none of them really follow politics like I do. They do all vote however. Anyway, I asked them "Whose the only ex Klansman serving in the United States Government?"

Every single one of them said "I don't know, is it David Duke?"

The point is, look at the power of the press in misrepresenting the right (and left). David Duke was a nobody. David Duke was not accepted by the Republican Party. And David Duke lost. He wasn't even on a national level. (He held a state legislator seat for like one term, which is bad enough mind you, but hardly indicative an entire party's ideology).

Yet when asked about racist politicians, all of my black friends could only think of David Duke, the Republican from Louisiana who hasn't even held a seat anywhere since 1989.

When I mentioned that it was Robert Byrd, a democrat who's very prominent in the U.S. Senate they were all shocked.

So, the press has done a wonderful cover-up here. David Duke - bad. Trent Lott - Bad. Robert Byrd - crickets chirping.

[DrMaddVibe]

I'd like to know why they feel the Republicans aren't "their" party. What has the Democrat plank done for them as a race? How have they advanced their causes?

Every single issue advanced for them was done so at the hands of a Republican.

Then again when you have to rely on a political group to advance ANYTHING for you...you've already admitted that you can't solve a problem for yourself!

[FORD]

Originally posted by John Ashcroft

David Duke was a nobody. David Duke was not accepted by the Republican Party. And David Duke lost. He wasn't even on a national level. (He held a state legislator seat for like one term, which is bad enough mind you, but hardly indicative an entire party's ideology).

Yet when asked about racist politicians, all of my black friends could only think of David Duke, the Republican from Louisiana who hasn't even held a seat anywhere since 1989.

Uh, not exactly.....

David DuKKKe ran for President in 1992, and the GOP took him every bit as serious as they did Pat Buchanan, Pete DuPont, Jack Kemp, or any other candidate in the race whose name wasn't George Bush Sr. If Poppy hadn't been in the race, he might have even been the nominee that year, given the rest of the choices. He also ran for the Senate and for governor of Louisiana, and the Republican party never once denounced him, that I'm aware of.

Byrd admits his mistake and clearly regrets it.

When has George Bush Jr ever admitted to making a mistake, even after thousands have died as a result from his?

[John Ashcroft]

No, not exactly...

Even though David KKK Duke ran for President, the Republican party denounced his candidacy.

And again, Byrd still serves.

Also, if Byrd's "apology" was so hearfelt, why didn't the NAALCP accept it?

[diamondD]

Duke might have been the nominee if not for Bush41? LOL Spin at it's finest and couldn't be more wrong.

[JCOOK]

To answer your question about what I know regarging Mr.Byrd in 1977 mn father was elected president of the AFL-CIO local union 41614 in Charleston West Viginia.part of his duties included meeting on many occasions with Senator Byrd,Gov. Jay Rockefellar and Vice President Mondale.My father is a staunch liberal democrat.Ive'been told several amusing stories about the Senior Senator from WVA.

[ELVIS]

Do tell.. Do tell!