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Nothing malicious intented. I have no idea what's on CMT, but I view it as the white version of BET. |
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2010-01-24, 23:09 | Link #5662 | |
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2010-01-24, 23:11 | Link #5663 | |
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Japan to rethink "U.S. military presence" after mayoral poll
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2010-01-24, 23:54 | Link #5664 | |
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One could argue that he's also responsible for all the stressed out passengers lately thanks to all the absurd "security procedures" as well as responsible for the profits of the body scanner vendors.
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2010-01-25, 00:34 | Link #5666 | |
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Yeah it's a white version of BET. That's why there's a black country singer tearing up the charts... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ksSOysLPmY The problem is most black music artists aren't into country. They're too into Hip-Hop and Rap. But those that do try country, do very well and are embraced. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejPQiFIsK94 BET = Black Entertainment Television. CMT = Country Music Television. One focuses on race, the other just focuses on music. |
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2010-01-25, 00:37 | Link #5667 |
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Okay, so Eminem isn't all over BET? What about Justin Timberlake? Every one of his videos are played regularly.
You seem to be taking offense, and I don't know why. . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqlyQZkq2Ug ^Lol Last edited by Dilla; 2010-01-25 at 00:49. |
2010-01-25, 01:11 | Link #5668 | |
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black entertainment television country music televsion Just because BET has whites on there doesn't erase the name. If there was a WET there would have been something to the comment. But there isn't. |
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2010-01-25, 01:12 | Link #5669 | |
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here's the overall picture... BET = hiphop/rap/crunk. Urban CMT = country/southern rock. Rural both channels deliver music AND lifestyle. |
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2010-01-25, 01:16 | Link #5670 |
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Something tells me that BET never has profile biographies or concerts of Charley Pride....
edit: OTOH.... CMT usually has something playing I'd never characterize as "country" when I trip past it. More like 'urban wannabee yeehaw' somethings....
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2010-01-25, 01:27 | Link #5672 | |
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This my last post on the subject, because I don't want to go into a large argument over something so inane
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...oadcast_by_CMT I see:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ision_programs See the connection? Look, I'm not screaming racist, all I'm saying is that CMT targets a certain demographic (southern/midwestern white) while BET targets a different demographic (urban black). The name doesn't matter, the programming says it all. Is it necessary for the Lifetime Network to include the word woman in it's name for it to show that it's a network for women? No. Is the same necessary for it to be known that Spike TV targets men? No. Last edited by Dilla; 2010-01-25 at 01:39. |
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2010-01-25, 18:50 | Link #5674 |
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eyah... sometimes Ron gets it right. The US infrastructure both physical and services is literally crumbling in front of us yet "here we go again fixing everyone else's problems instead of our own". Let the *UN* do something useful here... like be the front coordinator in the reconstruction - gathering funds and personnel.
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2010-01-25, 23:00 | Link #5676 | |
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if i live in SC, i would be tempted to vote for this guy depending on the rest of his platform.
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2010-01-25, 23:16 | Link #5677 |
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There's a rift in society that look upon poverty and the such in a different view than many people would like.
Take this example as an analogy; perhaps too "extreme" by some people's standards; drug abuse. Inorder to fix drug abuse you do not give the addict enough drugs so that he doesn't go off destroying himself in other ways to get money for him to get high, rather you try to rehabilitate the person. What poverty needs right now is a way to rehabilitate the people. There is a myriad of reason for when a person falls under the line, but the difference is that there are ones who fall under it and try to get over it; and others that simply don't. Instead of simply giving them the bare minimal and telling them to shut up, if the government wants to deal with the impoverished, give them the ability to do so. Offer government sponsored courses or initiatives to get the people qualified or willing to work. And at the end be ready to accept that you can't save them all, and for those; you'll have to keep helping. But it shouldn't be the first step that the government should be taking. Throwing money at a problem never makes it go away; it simply delays the time when you finally confront it. Haiti is perhaps the second New Orleans people were waiting for. It might be guilt of some sort, or whatever it may be. People perhaps feel obligated to a point to contribute now when they failed to do so at New Orleans. I think Ron Paul got it right; its no time for other governments to come in and try to "straighten" the place up, you can't do that to every other country and expect them to become independent or recover. It just won't happen.
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The analogy of people on the dole to stray animals is disgusting, I feel, though. In case people missed this yesterday... Plane tumbled out of the sky over Lebanon Quote:
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