Dr. Carson Tells TheBlaze How Obama Reacted to His Bold Prayer Breakfast Speech: ‘I Figured He Would Just Be Fuming’
Since delivering his headline-grabbing speech at last week’s National Prayer Breakfast, Dr. Benjamin Carson has been a busy man.
The neurosurgeon, renowned for his stellar medical career, is now receiving an elevated level of attention. Carson’s pointed speech addressed a plethora of social and political issues from a conservative perspective — and it was delivered just feet away from President Barack Obama. In an interview with TheBlaze on Wednesday, Carson shared his motivation for delivering the message, the president’s reaction to it and his views about the purportedly unspoken rule that African Americans should refrain from criticizing Obama.
Considering the subjects he covered in the keynote address — political correctness, health care, taxation and education policy — some observers wondered whether Carson was using the address as a platform to launch a future political career. When asked about this, he skirted a discussion about future political prospects, but he did say that the motivating factor behind his message was an intense love for America.
“This is something that’s based on what I believe about this nation,” he said. “That’s why I wrote the book ‘America theΒ Beautiful.’ I’m very concerned we’re about to throw away the greatest blessings a nation has ever enjoyed for the sake of political correctness.”
Dr. Benjamin Carson speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton February 7, 2013 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Barack Obama reportedly used the occasion to call for unity and common ground Washington politics.Β Credit: Getty ImagesΒ
With Carson standing right in front of Obama as he spoke, taking the president’s stances to task was certainly a bold move. So, naturally,Β TheBlaze asked him how the leader of the free world responded in the wake of the 26-minute keynote address. The doctor saidΒ that, following the speech, Obama approached him, thanked him for his words and told him that the address was very good.
“I was kind of surprised, because I figured he would just be fuming. But he probably figured that’s what everyone figured and he knew people were watching,” Carson said.
TheBlaze also asked the doctor if he was aware of comments that former Rep. Allen West recently made about his speech. West defended Carson and told Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren that he “violated the unwritten rule of being an African-American male” by criticizing Obama’s policies.
The doctor responded that he was aware of the former congressman’s comments. And rather than speaking directly to what West said, he went on to candidly address his views on the black community’sΒ overwhelmingΒ support for Obama.
“I’m somewhat disappointed that more African Americans don’t kind of think for themselves and [that they] just kind of go with whatever they’re supposed to say and think,” he said.
Carson charged that Obama’s policies are negatively impacting unemployment andΒ entrepreneurship in the black community. He also said that he has doubts as to whether African Americans would support a president with the same policies if he or she wasn’t black.
Rather than having roots in Obama’s policy-making skills, Carson claims that theΒ monumentalΒ support for the president among this cohort has historical roots.
“It’s created by a long history of oppression and they’re very proud [of Obama] and that pride trumps rational thinking,” he continued. “I totally understand it, but I’m hoping at some point a more rational thought process will take over.”
Dr. Benjamin Carson speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton February 7, 2013 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Barack Obama reportedly used the occasion to call for unity and common ground Washington politics.Β Credit: Getty Images
On a personal note, Carson also detailed surviving prostate cancer a decade ago. When asked how the experience impacted his life, he was candid.
“It made me appreciate life a whole lot more, particularly after I had gotten an MRI and it showed lesions on my spine and that looked pretty grim,” he explained.
However, he later found out that they were benign and said he subsequently felt as though heΒ ”had a new lease on life.”
There’s no doubt that Carson’s speech has created profound interest in his viewpoints, further distinguishing him as a unique voice in a pool of commentators and politicians who often use divisive tactics and rhetoric. Rather than further splintering the nation, the renowned doctor hopes to bring togetherness to the forefront.
He’s already experienced an influx of requests for him to appear on media and to speak to audiences about his views — and he told TheBlaze that he has “a zillion” people telling him to run for office.
“I will probably have to come back to work to get a vacation,” he joked (he still keeps a rigorous surgery schedule).
In the end, Carson hopes to motivate people to speak up and not to be afraid to share their perspective on key social and political issues. This message was prevalent in his prayer breakfast speech as well, as he decried political correctness and urged openness and shared dialogue. Carson seeks to inspire people to work hard to achieve their dreams.
“I would simply say that everybody has problems no matter who they are and whether they’re able to overcome them depends on how they view them,” he said. “If they view them as a containing wall, then it becomes an excuse for failure — but if they see them as a hurdle, then it’s something that strengthens them for the next battle.”
You can watch the speech that put Carson back in the headlines here.
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More on Dr. Benjamin Carson:
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- 7 Fascinating Facts About Dr. Carson β the Prayer Breakfast Speaker Whose Speech in Front of Obama Went Viral
- See the Prayer Breakfast Speech Thatβs Grabbing Headlines: Doctor Attacks Political Correctness, National Debt in Front of Obama
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Outlaw_Josey_Wales
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:45amDr. Benjamin Carson, will be getting a visit from the IRS, it’s the Chicago way.
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pschlentz
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:05amNo doubt…
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The_Jerk
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:23amDon’t know. This is one man that could possibly get away with it.
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turkey13
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:48amDr. Carson will really be ticked when he finds out about Obamas plan to sweep the 2014 elections in November. All welfare folks can turn in their present government phones for a brand new Apple I-Phone. After that, who do you think they will vote for in the November elections. These people still think Obama is a full blood African American.
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Brikony
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 12:48pmLove what he had to say. Commonsense could take someone all the way to the presidency if people perceive that they’re smart and that they actually care about America.
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ilovethiscountry
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 1:01pmThis is one smart man! There should be more black men like him.
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susanm621
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 1:03pmYou cannot talk about obama unless its good…He told the truth, somethng obama cannot do?
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susanm621
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 1:04pmyou cannot talk about obama unless you praise him?
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RANGER1965
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 1:10pmThe IRS is just the beginning.
In a few months, once the smoke clears, certain journalists will uncover some terrible secrets regarding Dr. Carson’s professional life.
It’s the Chicago Way.
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mccarroll59
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 1:49pmThis is exactly why we’re considered a “Bucket of Crabs,” because we’re so used to tearing each other down that racists no longer have to. They can just sit back knowing how gullible we are to their “Divide and Conquer” rule! When will we learn that as 2nd class citizens in this country we cannot do what European Americans can do, which is to criticize one another but when push comes to shove they always stick together! Just look how they rallied behind Romney; a man that none of them liked but acted as if they loved him when he was their only option! In the words of Archie Bunker, CASE CLOSED!
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EgbertThrockmorton
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 1:57pmDr. Carson won’t fear much from the IRS, but he WILL have to hire someone to start his car every day, for the rest of his .life. THAT’S the “Chicago Way”, something Bill Ayers and his
wife Bernadette know a lot about. There are no coincidences.
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worthless
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 2:18pmThe Jerk is right……… he’s black so it doesn’t pertain to him; at least to Holder and the Administration
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Truthbeliever2
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 2:20pmMCCARROLL59
You don’t “tear each other down”! You shoot each other dead in the streets! You never look at what is wrong with your people as whole. Your people make up 10% of the U.S. pop. and you commit 50%!!! of the total violent crimes! Those are the facts that you and yours, and the media ignore.
I agree with you 100% that white people like black people gather their support behind certain individuals because “duh” everyone else is. People in general are a bunch of simple minded followers of the crowd. I’m white and I HATED Mitt Romney, and I hated the white people who flocked to support that flip flopping politically established left wing Republican DIRT BAG!
I despise my own just as much as watching you fools put your support behind dirt bags like “Reverend” Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton, Sheila Jackson Lee, Kwanel or whatever X and so on…
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DenverKitty
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 2:55pmOutlaw: No, I think that, since the doctor is a “cancer survivor”, the Obama/Soros machine has far more insidious plans for the good doctor — like having him injected with something that will kick that benign cancer into overdrive. You may think it sounds far-fetched, but the Butcher of Benghazi destroys his enemies, not content with merely defeating them. Doc, sleep with one eye open, this Administration is not to be trusted, and We The People need you.
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ScreamingMimi
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 3:09pm2nd that
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shimauma
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 3:57pmThat or the lamestream media will begin tearing his life apart
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Mulder1
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 4:11pmI too hope that some day black Americans will think for themselves and get off the Dimocrat plantation. Blacks are almost as bad as the Amish when it comes to shunning those who don’t follow their sub-culture.
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kryptonite
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 4:14pmIn his teens Dr. Carson was an unruly and angry young man, and it almost cost him his freedom. He sought God and God changed him, so he knows God in a very personal way. It may get him in trouble with Barack, but I do not think he will sukkumb to the pressure of Satan’s hirelings. That said, he will be persecuted, because he is a man of God. Please pray for him.
Sid Roth has a great show this week. His guest is a prophet of God who IMO has a very important message to share about how to protect your kids and grandkids from the liberal brainwashing agenda in these last days. GOD ALSO GAVE HIM INFO ON OBAMA. Please watch:
http://www.sidroth.org/site/News2?abbr=tv_&page=NewsArticle&id=12681
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jwpowers41
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 4:34pmcan we get chicago or for that matter the whole state to secede from the UNion
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4truth2all
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 5:01pmYo Kryptonite:
Hope all =good
David Wilkerson ( Cross and the Switchblade) had a very simular vision about NYC ( 3 years ago app.)
I also had a VERY vivd dream and saw a city in ruins ( I believe it was/is symbolic of more then one). There was more to the dream but I will not get into it here.
It has always been FAITH = standing on the promises of God and knowing what they are = reading = “my people parish for lack of knowledge”.
You can bet that it’s going to get serious … and God and His WIN .. yeah baby!
Blessings and peace to you
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FloraBelleza
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 5:30pmWe can not become silence, we must stand up and speak up like Dr.Carson said, and debate our different point of views, only that way we can come with the solution to help everyone, I meant every single American. We are in big trouble, America face a lots challenges right now, and is not good. Today I watch in TV a brave congressman from Georgia stand up and speaker up, with passion he honest debate democrats in the floor of the house in the difference that they both party have, and asked for solutions, not blames.
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Anamah
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 5:34pmThe contrast is overwhelming… Dr. Carson has a very good virtuous man. That is exactly what America needs to be in charge.
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taintso
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 6:54pmThe unspoken rule that blacks shouldn’t speak against Obama? didn’t the KKK have a similar rule?
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ambrosia
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 7:25pmDr. Carson’s speech should be played on a continuous loop
all across America.
His words ring true with those of Allen West, Justice Thomas
& millions of Americans…of all colors.
Men like this make Obama, Jackson, Sharpton & others look
all the more pathetic & divisive.
It’s very easy to see which men Lincoln & King would’ve cherished.
Obama was the worse of any black candidate.
Ole’ Ted Kennedy couldn’t get his pet project health care passed for years.
In a perverse way, he & his political dopes threw Oblameo into the ring
because they knew they could toss the race card
on any & all programs their opponents squashed…especially healthcare.
As they used Oblameo & the race card to seal their wayward deals,
Oblameo has used America as his whipping post
for ALL that was wrong in his world-
he doesn’t know what he is or who he is
but the power of office gives him a free pass to settle scores.
Truthfully, he’s a sad, pitiful person.
Look at the difference between Oblameo & Carson-
Carson has wisdom, Oblameo has bully bravado..
Carson talks about his country FIRST-
just like George Washington, just like Allen West,
just like all patriots.
When it comes to real Americans,
our hearts are pure & unrelenting
OUR voices HAVE to be louder than theirs-
Dr. Carson’s speech was like a clear train whistle
working its way through liberal fog
reminding America to stay ON the freedom train
& not die on their bloody evil tracks.
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338lapua
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 7:27pmAWWWWW, McCarrol59, you poor thing. The only cure for groupthink is to think for one’s self. If you cannot do that you are doomed. From what I see…….you are doomed.
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imsteph
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 8:55pmfood tasters.
enlist food tasters.
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votsbh
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 9:38pmUnfortunately, if you think he can get away with his brave stand – look what “the machine”
did to Col. Allen West. There is a team of snakes working on ways to discredit the doctor.
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SendTheMeteors
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:13pmOne alert poster asked, “SendTheMeteors, how do you evaluate Dr. Carson’s statement that, ”I was kind of surprised, because I figured he would just be fuming. But he probably figured thatβs what everyone figured and he knew people were watching.’” I’m happy to respond to that and clear up your unsettled state of mind.
For one thing, Dr. Carson sure is “figuring” a lot of stuff, given that he used that term three times in two sentences. He’s saying that, given his statements, he (Carson) THOUGHT that President Obama would be fuming because everyone THOUGHT that’s what President Obama THOUGHT. That’s triple psychology that he thought that everyone else thought that he’d think that he thought something which made him think fuming thoughts. And yet, despite all that figuring and thinking, the President greeted him with warmth and showed none of these “thoughts” the Dr. “thought” he’d have.
In any case, to answer the question, no, the President wasn’t fazed. To think he was is known to prominent psychologists such as those featured on FOX as “projection.” In other words that’s what you “think” or “figure” you’d feel if you were President and somebody disagreed with your policies in your presence.
The President has a thick skin. No he wasn’t “fuming.” Nobody gets to be President of the United States if they “fume” when people disagree with them.
Thanks for the question!
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RobbieTLHughie
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:42pmThe Blaze wishes Obama was angry about it, chances are he probably didn’t care. It’s good to ask the guy who made the speech if the man noone here likes if he was angry, the answer will of course be honest.
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SendTheMeteors
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:09pmTo answer the speculation that Dr. Carson might be a Presidential candidate in 2016, the answer is no. Any person who responds to questions from this website is definitely grasping for publicity. If this were the road to the Presidency, well, Romney wouldn’t have been the Republican nominee. Palin would have.
In a month you’ll never hear a word about this guy again. He disagreed with the President in a speech. Like that’s an exclusive group. Tongues wagged. He got his 15 minutes of fame and now that’s over.
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EVANROOD
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:31pmSENDTHEMETEORS? Either you have wrapped yourself in a shroud of arrogance, or you are a clueless idiot! Quite possibly a combination of the two!
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Brian Skrocki
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 12:08amWas thinking the exact same thing, plus, add the FBI to suddenly investigate Medicare fraud or something related to his medical practice.
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kryptonite
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 1:45amHey, 4TRUTH. Hope you’re doing good. I’m keeping the faith. :)
I didn’t follow Wilkerson’s ministry, but other men of God have had similar visions, and it stands to reason that NYC will be hit again. I think Christians should take heed and leave the ungodly cities before it’s too late.
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4truth2all
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 6:27amYo Meteors:
Sometime you remind me of an island on a planet only of water.
Speculation … if the president was so impressed why didn’t he say; let’s have breakfast. I’d like to hear more.
Also … scripture says: that the devil appears as an angel of light ( that makes a good con)
A smile and a few “kind” words mean nothing … are you so easly fooled
Final: scripture also says that in the final days ( maybe we are maybe we aren’t) if it was possible even the elect would be deceived … that is a serious statement about people that follow a smile and a few kind words.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 8:23amSENDTHEMEATEEYORES, LOL. Your own statement above tends to explain your JZS complex.
“To answer the speculation that Dr. Carson might be a Presidential candidate in 2016, the answer is no. Any person who responds to questions from this website is definitely grasping for publicity.” Yet YOU constantly return to answer questions as well as continue to lecture. What is it? Enjoying the challenge of those who will stand up and not be your captive class room of students who you can bash into submission with failing grades? Or, are you flustered that we can stand up to you? Loved your post above this last one. As a friend described it to me earlier, “Classic JZS.” So true. LOL!
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jettson
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 8:46amHe never heard you buddy He only hears what he wants to hear. Someone had to tell he what was said.
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SendTheMeteors
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 10:58amRJ, I’m just here to help. Like the government.
The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 1:49pmI thought STM was JZS reincarnate? Seems to make sense, JZS had a doctorate in some kind of social justice degree and taught as a professor or something as I recall.
Not to mention STM (the new JZS) gives these long, drawn out “intellectual” responses to even tiny questions worth no happenstance.
There’s an old Spanish proverb, “He who speaks a lot says little.”
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CutThePuppetStrings
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 10:14pmIt helped when you gave him your address with a typo…they sent the drone to the wrong address.
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SendTheMeteors
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 10:42pmWho is JZS?
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americangirl060221
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 12:32pmNot only IRS but Medicare and Medicaid audits I’m sure as well!! and don’t forget OSHA, and so on and so on. I really hope his medical billing practices aure up to snuff.
To quote……. Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
“Good to see someone has the courage to say the truth and stick with it face to face with Obama. The good doctor had best watch his back, Obama never forgets or forgives”.
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DagneyT
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:45amIn other words, obozo could care less what anyone else thinks, he’s got his own agenda, and nothing will deter him from ruining our country!
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pschlentz
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:06amWithout a doubt
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CPLGEORGE
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:41amIf you will notice, during part of Dr Carson’s speech, Obama (the ignorant that he is, started fooling around with his cell phone. Pretty much the same thing a kid does when being scolded.
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TreeTrimmerJim
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:18pmThe President is counting on the victims of a public education not knowing what to do.
Write your representative and senators and ask if they are reading the Federal Register where all regulations are posted. If not why not?
Regulations have a fixed amount of time to be challenged or they become law. Ask your elected officials if they have ever challenged a regulation? If not, why not?
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dirtypolitics
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:43amIf he runs for office, I will vote for him in a heartbeat.
But don’t you think Obama and his Media Matters are already plotting how to destroy him?
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biohazard23
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:50amPlotting in a smoky room as we speak.
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wallawalla
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:03amHe is a marked man. I just admire him so much that if he ran I would contribute as much as I could to get him to the white house.
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Max jones
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:04amDr. Carson renews interest in race relations. I was getting pretty worried that I was getting more and more racist as the days went on….I was beginning to doubt myself…..but I don’t suffer from racism after all……Thank you Doctor,
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SacredHonor1776
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:16amβIn April of 1968, on the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, a major riot broke out at my high school in inner-city Detroit. Most of the black students were so outraged that they were trying to physically harm anyone who was white. Some very serious beatings took place, and I saw many of my white friends being harassed. The student population of the school was about 70 percent black, so the white students did not have much of a chance. At the time, I held a job as the biology laboratory assistant setting up experiments for the other students. The department even trusted me with a key to the science classrooms and the greenhouse. So during the riot, I used that key to open the greenhouse and hide several white students during the melee. By that time in my life, I understood the extent of racism in America, but I also was beginning to have hope for the future. Having lived and studied among both black and white cultures, I knew that there are good white and black people and there are bad white and black people. It mattered not what color your skin was on the outside, but rather what the condition was of your heart and mind inside. And as I better understood human nature, I felt more emboldened to do things differently than everybody else and to chart my own course for a successful life.β-Dr. Ben Carson in America the Beautiful.
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jeffile
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:30amScarredhonor1776. It’s not about black or white, it’s about culture.
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Mil-Dot
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:37amSacred,
Make no mistake, even today, any excuse to riot, steal and harm the snowman will be exploited to the maximum. Only this next time, the gloves will be coming all the way off.
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SacredHonor1776
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:39amIt’s not my quote, its Ben Carson’s.
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SacredHonor1776
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:46am“Scarredhonor1776″
Ok, I offer a quote from Ben Carson’s book, offering his viewpoint on race relations, and you attack me with an Alynskyite smear name calling?
This is certainly one of the problems with Obama’s new Amerikan culture you bring up, at least how he is twisting people to attack each other, and hate each other…
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4BlueStars
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:47amLike Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Dennis Prager, Jason Lewis, Mark Levin and many other commentators, one does not need to hold political office to make a difference. Indeed, political office may be a liability. In Congress you are one voice out of 100 or out of 435. How many millions have heard, been impressed and begun to think differently as a result of Dr. Carson’s speech? Others who had never heard of him will seek out his autobiography or the film of it, or his new book and begin to think of things a different way. And in the end, that is where the changes need to be made, in each and every individual heart and mind. The way to change America is to work for change first in ourselves, our families, and friends. When Americans change, America will change.
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Mil-Dot
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:57amSacred,
I know it is not your quote. I was just making a point.
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SacredHonor1776
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 12:10pmMil-Dot the post was not targeted at you.
Ya, I agree, if a race riot occurs. People need to defend themselves.
Ben Carson’s point though was, that those black rioters were proving that they were just as racist as they occused the white people of being.
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azrt
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 1:32pmyes- I can definitely imagine evil o plotting something. He is doing pretty well with his plan to destroy America. Love all the comments here saying “you can’t say anything about O unless its “nice” I say things about O all the time, and believe me, none if it is “nice”. Anything “nice” said about that man is an out and out lie. He is pure evil
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cantstandlibs
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 1:34pm@sacredhonor1776:
Jeez. No one attacked you or your statement. Yet you call someone Alynsky-like. You have a serious double-standard disorder and skin thinner than a natural-lambskin condom.
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Nlitend1
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 4:09pmI make fun of blaze comments a lot (and the people who make them). However, It’s nice to see how you embrace this man of color and even begin to reevaluate your own questionably racist motivations toward the president (I’m referring to MaxJones). Still, I can’t help but wonder if you are embracing the man for his intellect or his words which are in-line with your own beliefs. If he had made a different argument about tax policy, would you still appreciate his educated point of view? I contend, without full confidence, that you are indeed racist (again, referring to max but probably applicable to most of you). You see, being color blind about things you agree with is only half of the battle (there were a lot of klansmen that appreciated black people who ‘knew their place’). You still have to address when you don’t like what they say. Do you treat black people differently based on their race in these cases (maybe you dismiss them or make racial generalizations about them that would not apply to a fellow white person)? It’s also about how you stereotype black people in every instance, if you think Dr. Carson must be an exception to others in his race, you’re not un-racist. So, here is my racist test: 1) Do you think more black people should be like Dr. Carson? 2) Do you think more white people should be like Bill Clinton? 3) If your answers aren’t the same, why? Good book to check out on the subject: Bonilla-Silva “color-blind racism”
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SacredHonor1776
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 4:39pmcantstandlibs
You obviously missed it, and I’m not sure why the poster, Jeffile, did it….
But Jeffile changed my screen name from “SacredHonor” to “ScarredHonor”. That obviously means something completely different.
There is no double standard here, as I didn’t go about changing anyone elses screen names to create an insult, or call people names.
Of course some might argue that ‘scars’ are a badge of honor….
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SOUNDTHETRUMPET
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:42amObama at a Prayer Breakfast. What a joke. Who does a godless heathen pray to ?????
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Judeo_Christian
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:54amHimself.
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Shasta
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:03amhimself
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Max jones
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:09amBa’al
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fort9erdon
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 12:46pmAllah!
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Walkabout
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:41amDr. Carson for President
He is more qualified than Obama is or was.
He’s had a real job, a real demanding job. Plus he has much good sense.
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TurboCat
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 1:54amWhy were all these posters jumping all over Sacred Honors’ quote from Dr. Carson’s book? I enjoyed reading it because I’ve never had the pleasure of knowing about it to read it. Now I will obtain it and read it. But why are all these posters here jumping on him for? Are you taking something personally that has nothing to do with you? It’s not all about YOU all the time. Wow!
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SacredHonor1776
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 8:28amThank you Turbocat.
His books are great. I’ve only read the first and his latest. I’ve been working on Think Big, but have lots of other stuff to read in the way. But they are awesome. He’s defintely one of my role models.
His latest goes into so much about what’s wrong with modern society! But he’s fair minded. He gives the point of view for example of what people who support Socialism think, but then he breaks it down why he believes free trade and capitalism is better. But he never breaks into attacking others for other view points, he just feels that they are wrong about many views.
He discusses athiests, but also points out where more common sensical athiests could join hands with the religious on common sense principles on moral values, much like how the founders were made up of many walks of life from religious to athiest (as mentioned by Adams and others). But he points out that there are definitely certain athiests that are aggressive and extremist, and are trying to force their views on others…
I’d say he’s more libertarian than anything. He considers himself an independent, and he is willing to work with any one, be they liberal or conservative as long as they are ‘common sense’. He’s against extremists on either side.
Obviously socialistic liberals don’t fall into his idea of ‘common sense’!
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leasecommander
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:39amWhat a great guy, I saw him of Fox yesterday and he said that if he was in charge he would try to do good for all Americans, not just the middle class as Mr. Obama has done. Dr. Carson obviously knows how to lead and not to divide.
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truthgetter
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:13amAre you kidding? Obama has done nothing for the middle class. The only people Obama has helped is the welfare recipient who now owns 4 cell phones and tv’s instead of 3. Just wait until Obamacare hits in 2014, we will all have to go on welfare………..
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Mil-Dot
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:52amExactly Truth,
Obama has basically taken from the workers and given to the deadbeats. The slackers, welfare queens and liars.
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keepyourpower
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 4:26pm@Truthgetter…THAT is EXACTLY what Obama wants…everyone at the government feeding trough, so that HE can tell YOU what you can and cannot do. Under his thumb is where he wants you.
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Bamagal0007
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:38amGod Bless you Dr. Carson, you are a great American.
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Disgusted_in_CT
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:37amNow this is the kind of guy I would vote for, hope he does run for office.
On a side note I bet the liberals are really steaming, watch for the smear campaign to start against him.
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Chromo200
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:35amMathews, Sharpton, and Michael Moors will start the drum beat of a Black has left the plantation and he is not a “Brother” and understands the plight of the poor. I bet we will have a woman come forward and tell us that the good Dr. abused her and kept her in chains for years.
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kapnkd
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:54amGot to imagine they are going crazy at the moment trying to not only dig up dirt on Carson but also Rubio and Rand since these three are getting so much positive attention with the independents, Latinos and the general conservative base.
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zman173rd
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 1:57pm@ kapnkd “Got to imagine they are going crazy at the moment trying to not only dig up dirt on Carson but also Rubio and Rand …” I don’t think things will change in that respect. Politicians always will look for the bad or the “trash” of their competition. Unfortunately I don’t see a positive change in our country. I see Hillary as our next Pres. We have done nothing to show how the current administration is lacking in so many ways. But it’s what the majority (VOTERS) wants and they will only want more by the time the next election comes around. We are a beaten country destroyed from within by what we created in ourselves. I don’t see a future. I wrote to my senator and asked him his stance on Gun control. I got a canned response with no direction. Our leaders don’t care. They have their high positions and they will not let them go. If Carson ran for pres or any other office, sorry to say he would probably end up like MLK. The left would not and could not let that man lead.
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ENDGAME101
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:34amThe thin-skinned sack-of-crap in the White House does not like to be criticized.
This jerk should be PUSHING A BROOM.
His policies will DESTROY THIS COUNTRY.
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:10am“Obama approached him, thanked him for his words and told him that the address was very good.
I was kind of surprised, because I figured he would just be fuming. But he probably figured thatβs what everyone figured and he knew people were watching,β Carson said.”
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Everyone knows that Obama is a pathological liar, why should this be any different?
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Max jones
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:36amYeah, the doctor knows.
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brigott
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:33amI appreciate what Carson said and how he said it.
Now I hope that his tax returns for the past 7+ years are perfect. They will undoubtedly be checking. Of course, every Democrat has perfect tax returns always, so there is no need to even think about checking.
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Publius V
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:44amCorrect, like Timmy!
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SacredHonor1776
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:20amSince he’s an independent, they’ll definitely look for any dirt they can on him. Although, I’d be surprised if any dirt they could dig up is true…
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THE EQUALIZER
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:31amWho cares if the bastard in charge is fuming? The working people are fuming more!
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LukeAppling
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:30amDr. Carson said what needed to be said the media avoids anything that Obama doesn’t like. He is much like the emperor without clothes whom his constituents fear saying to him, “sir, you have nothing on”. Obama repeats the same tired message over and over just as Hitler said “if you say the same thing often enough people will believe it”. Obama has turned the media into his version of Hitler.
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Jenny Lind
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:05amExcellent reasoning, I had thought of the emperor comparison too. I pray folks will wake up, especially the black community and see what is happening.
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RIGS
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:27amA TRUE AMERICAN and proud of his country and his hard working loving mother who taught him the true facts of being a fine,religious,educated caring man.
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right field
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:58amDr. Carson’s popularity and the immediate pubic support for his candid honesty demonstrate how desperate this country has become for any kind of leadership. The MSM should take a hard look inward and see what a sham they all have become. Freedom cannot survive when the truth is blocked from the view of the people.
‘Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don’t stand in the doorway
Don’t block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There’s a battle outside
And it is ragin’
It’ll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin’.
Bob Dylan
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huey6367
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:23amObama heard his speech and thought to himself “this is what conservatives are concerned about”. Now he will take that, turn and twist it, and use it for some kind of political gain. I would not be the least bit surprised.
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Landon410
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:21ami love that he called 95% of voting blacks idiots, haha
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huey6367
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:30am95% of all young people (race is not the issue) are idiots
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Walkabout
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:39amA large # of voting whites are also idiots.
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Philip Ross
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:54amI’m white and did not vote for that thing…….. but I think 95% of blacks don’t have a monopoly on stupidity.
Just look at this country.
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jackact
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:11amDr. Benjamin Carson is a brave American patriot and this nation is fortunate to have men of his calibur.
Notice I didn’t have to say ‘black’ American patriot.
Like, Thomas Sowell, Shelby Steele, Allen West and Clarence Thomas. Dr. Carson has in his power the ability to bring an end to: affirmative action, indentured slavery of democratic minority politics and the racist NAACP.
All we have to do is support and follow the lead
Wake up minorities in America because your democratic party is destroying your life and the lives of your children.
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ozchambers
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:17amDon’t forget about Alan Keyes.
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jackact
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 12:14pm@Ozchambers,
So many great Americans. Not enough space to mention.
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Brooks
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 12:43pmExtremelly well said!!! We must leave race out of this because that’s the card that’s destroying us all!
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dinadp
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:08amThat Guy probably knew that the state media would move in to destroy Dr. Carson so why say or do anything?
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gyro
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:07amWow he has guts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Quote -> *Iβm somewhat disappointed that more African Americans donβt kind of think for themselves and [that they] just kind of go with whatever theyβre supposed to say and think,β he said.*
When we blaze posters say that we are called rasists ?
Would not be hard to like this fellow !
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walnutportconservative
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:03amOur president does not get satisfaction for what he is doing. His (obama) agenda makes no sense, outside of trying to be all things to all people. We must expose the president for what he is… what is he?
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ozchambers
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:21amThe person who will be most responsible for the future collapse of our nation.
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Stoic one
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:28amA demonic Marxist.
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Max jones
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:32amThe pres is a globalist/socialist who believes himself to be a messiah, a savior of a race of people who never really existed. A race of people created, out of thin air, by liberal media. The infantile race of blacks has been exposed as the opportunist race of blacks. Obama is a criminal, running a con game on the citizens of this nation.
The progressives, have ruined the intellect of the black race by disabling the education system, and have degraded their potential by encouraging “victim mentality”. Its been going on for a long time…..Obama IS the ‘uncle Tom” of the 21st century…..he carries on the race war started by woodrow wilson and other 19th century bigots.
As long as he can keep blacks feeling inferior, he can use them as he needs.
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RachTheLiberalSlayer
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 7:04pmThe antichrist
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showmerancher
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:02amWhat this demonstrates is the greatness of this country. There so are many paths to success, even coming from very humble beginnings. One path is to get an education, work hard and become extremely proficient in a manner that benefits mankind; the other is to be gifted at BS and have the ability to read a teleprompter.
America, the land of opportunity. You can become a genuine role model for American “doers”… or a glorified “spokes-model” for American takers!
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Gonzo
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:02amDoctor, I assure you he was seething inside. I’m sure he still is. Guy’s like our Dear Leader know how to hold a grudge.
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jorskippy
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:09amObama will have his hinchmen destroy Dr. Carson. Look for this to come. Obama’s body language said it all. He was thinking this is a job for Axlerod and DWS. I admire anyone with the guts to stand up to Obama. No one else will. Even the Republicans act afraid. He is just a man. He is only 1/3 of the power in Washington. Congress needs to do their job and cut his self-imposed power trip.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:34amGONZO, What tears me up so far is that this guy must actually be as clean as the pure driven snow. Within hours the press had private local government records on Joe The Plumber. There is one good thing in his favor. David Axlehole has already played the women chasing card on Herman Cain, and it would be just too obvious to play it again so soon. But, they will cook something up soon in hopes of making him appear to be more of a despot than our Dog Eater In Chief. Man, committing surgery on newborns might get somebody killed and that would be far worse than late term abortion.
This man does not partially remove a viable child from the wound to insert a sharp object into it’s head and brain to insure its life is stopped. He enters the child’s brain to apply life saving techniques to give the child at least a chance at a decent life. You know that old white man saying…..Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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biohazard23
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:52amDee Snider – er, I mean Deb Whatshername Schultz – will say whatever dear leader tells her to and nothing more. That twit is incapable of generating a single original thought all by her frizzy-headed little lonesome.
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truthnstuff
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 12:20pmWait for it……he most likely murdered some poor child during surgery. This destructive regime will come up with something, and the MSM media will be agitating and clapping like trained seals.
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biohazard23
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 1:24pm@Truth, it will have to be a minority kid, preferably an illegal. That would fit the narrative sooooo much better.
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gigi57
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 2:54pmLove your Avatar….
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cantstandlibs
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 4:03pm@biohazard: It Debbie Washerwoman Schultz lol
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PeachyinGA
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 9:18pmyep, “all wee-wee’d up” was just written all over That Guy’s face. He couldn’t hide it.
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:01amGood to see someone has the courage to say the truth and stick with it face to face with Obama. The good doctor had best watch his back, Obama never forgets or forgives.
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SacredHonor1776
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 11:08amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftSzaPi-lNg&feature=player_embedded
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AbrahamsSheepdog
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 12:57pmI gave a speach in a crazy setting that thanked God. Still feels a little scary but it was very surprisingly inspirational to others. It was the best of all I had and then some, but by God’s grace we go. Right on Ben.
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richauthor
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 10:00amI’ll take Dr. Carson over Choom-boy every time.
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Cavallo
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 9:58amHe shouldn’t take any night walks alone. That’s when the admin gets you, nor should he travel abroad.. some PFC or Specialist might be awarded a new video game medal.
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Bam24
Posted on February 14, 2013 at 12:33pmRight on!
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