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Alec Baldwin
Posted by: bruceko
Date: June 29, 2013 10:35PM
After the rightful outraged over Paula Deans racial statements why isn't there any outrage over Alec Baldwins bigoted tweets this week?
Alec baldwin tweets



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/29/2013 10:35PM by bruceko.
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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: Lemon Drop
Date: June 29, 2013 10:38PM
There is no way I'm going to buy Alec Baldwin's cookbook.
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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: billb
Date: June 29, 2013 11:13PM
liberal darling double standard

nothing new


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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: Lemon Drop
Date: June 29, 2013 11:20PM
nobody is defending that jerk
try to grow a sense of humor
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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: Uncle Wig
Date: June 29, 2013 11:24PM
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Lemon Drop
nobody is defending that jerk
try to grow a sense of humor

Nobody here is attacking him either. [forums.macresource.com]

He may be funnier and more talented that Paula Deen, and he's almost certainly more liberal, but he's every bit as vile a person if not more so.

bruceko makes a very good point.






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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: RgrF
Date: June 29, 2013 11:30PM
Alec Baldwin is spokesperson for CapitolOne. Everything he earns from that gig selling CapitolOne is donated to arts and cultural enterprises. What's the former TV cook done with her money?

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Alec Baldwin has gifted the New York Philharmonic a cool $1 million to honor Zarin Mehta, the orchestra’s departing president and executive director. Mr. Mehta, whom musical director Alan Gilbert has credited with supporting cutting edge programming choices like last week’s concerts at the Park Avenue Armory, will leave in August 2012 when his contract expires. The money is proceeds from Mr. Baldwin’s Capital One Bank commercials, and part of ongoing donations from money he’s earned from those ads to his favorite cultural institutions. This has also involved synergy with Capital One Bank itself making donations, as described in a Wall Street Journal news item last year about the actor’s philanthropic activities.

more here
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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: Lemon Drop
Date: June 29, 2013 11:45PM
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Uncle Wig
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Lemon Drop
nobody is defending that jerk
try to grow a sense of humor

Nobody here is attacking him either. [forums.macresource.com]
ditto about the sense of humor
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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: Black
Date: June 29, 2013 11:45PM
How old was he? How did he die?
Not finding any stories on this for some reason.
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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: Mac-A-Matic
Date: June 29, 2013 11:47PM
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RgrF
Alec Baldwin is spokesperson for CapitolOne. Everything he earns from that gig selling CapitolOne is donated to arts and cultural enterprises.

So, because he donates to causes that you ostensibly like or support, his actions are "okay"?

And people here think they're not as prejudiced as the right...
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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: Lemon Drop
Date: June 29, 2013 11:49PM
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RgrF
s. What's the former TV cook done with her money?

according to former President Carter, she's quite the philanthropist in her native Savannah, and deserves credit for it.
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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: Lemon Drop
Date: June 29, 2013 11:54PM
It's a mystery why Alec Baldwin has work after his abusive telephone messages to his young daughter were made public. The guy has serious anger management problems. This latest thing is frankly nothing, in my view, compared with that.
But he's apologized and vowed to staff off Twitter permanently.
But who knows, maybe he's finally jumped the shark this time.

A lot of people are mad at Alec Baldwin, that's why brucko even knows about it.
[www.latimes.com]
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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: Uncle Wig
Date: June 29, 2013 11:57PM
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Lemon Drop
It's a mystery why Alec Baldwin has work after his abusive telephone messages to his young daughter were made public. The guy has serious anger management problems. This latest thing is frankly nothing, in my view, compared with that.
But he's apologized and vowed to staff off Twitter permanently.
But who knows, maybe he's finally jumped the shark this time.

A lot of people are mad at Alec Baldwin, that's why brucko even knows about it.
[www.latimes.com]

Just say it: Alec Baldwin needs to go away now. C'mon. You can do it.


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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: $tevie
Date: June 30, 2013 12:00AM
I am selfishly sorry that Baldwin is such a complete and total horse's arse because I love him on 30 Rock. It won't change my love for the show, I just wish he was worthy of Jack Donaghy.


And it's true, my social media feeds have not exploded in outrage about Baldwin. If it wasn't for HuffPo's relentless need to print celebrity stories, I'm not sure that I'd know about it.


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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: RgrF
Date: June 30, 2013 12:04AM
That was less an endorsement of Baldwin than an attempt to show the complexity that is a person, any person. Since the release of Baldwins voice mail eviscerating his 13-year old daughter, you'll find precious few defending Baldwin's character.

His politics aren't a part of this anymore than Ms. Dean's politics are a part of her faux pas.

Interesting that you finished your reply by tacitly acknowledging that prejudices flow throughout the right wing. I suppose you'd wish other segments of society were just the same as a way to ameliorate your own quilt.

Slow on the heavy thumbed typing, this was in response to MAM.



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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: vision63
Date: June 30, 2013 12:09AM
The "real" racists struck down section 4 of the voting rights act. Alec Baldwin and Paula Deen, neither of whom hate black people or gay people, just said stupid things. They don't make or influence real policy in any way shape or form. Both should apologize, make amends and move on. They're easy to forgive. Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Scalia? Hell no. Can we say Hell on this forum?
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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: Black
Date: June 30, 2013 12:25AM
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RgrF
That was less an endorsement of Baldwin than an attempt to show the complexity that is a person, any person. Since the release of Baldwins voice mail eviscerating his 13-year old daughter, you'll find precious few defending Baldwin's character.

His politics aren't a part of this anymore than Ms. Dean's politics are a part of her faux pas.

Interesting that you finished your reply by tacitly acknowledging that prejudices flow throughout the right wing. I suppose you'd wish other segments of society were just the same as a way to ameliorate your own quilt.

Slow on the heavy thumbed typing, this was in response to MAM.

Sucker...
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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: RgrF
Date: June 30, 2013 12:27AM
...Punch?
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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: Black
Date: June 30, 2013 12:30AM
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RgrF
...Punch?

No, that comes when you're dumb enough to respond to this AC's post again.
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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: RgrF
Date: June 30, 2013 12:56AM
Why not? If it's Slash it's like picking up where we left off at DM then at AS and then later here.

Dueling with lightweights may be a bit unfair, even if it is fun.
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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: $tevie
Date: June 30, 2013 02:33AM
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vision63
The "real" racists struck down section 4 of the voting rights act. Alec Baldwin and Paula Deen, neither of whom hate black people or gay people, just said stupid things. They don't make or influence real policy in any way shape or form. Both should apologize, make amends and move on. They're easy to forgive. Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Scalia? Hell no. Can we say Hell on this forum?

Excellent post.


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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: RgrF
Date: June 30, 2013 02:41AM
I'd agree but railing against lifetime appointees is pissing into the wind.
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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: Mac-A-Matic
Date: June 30, 2013 07:50AM
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RgrF
Interesting that you finished your reply by tacitly acknowledging that prejudices flow throughout the right wing. I suppose you'd wish other segments of society were just the same as a way to ameliorate your own quilt.

Slow on the heavy thumbed typing, this was in response to MAM.

Are you surprised? Do you think I'm as narrow-minded as the liberal denizens of this forum who conclude that everyone else is a Tea Partier? I have no illusions regarding prejudices. What I do see here on a nearly daily basis is the proposition that the liberals here are, somehow, open-minded and free-thinking compared to their conservative counterparts - all while demonstrating the same prejudiced characteristics.
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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: cbelt3
Date: June 30, 2013 07:51AM
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$tevie
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vision63
The "real" racists struck down section 4 of the voting rights act. Alec Baldwin and Paula Deen, neither of whom hate black people or gay people, just said stupid things. They don't make or influence real policy in any way shape or form. Both should apologize, make amends and move on. They're easy to forgive. Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Scalia? Hell no. Can we say Hell on this forum?

Excellent post.

Terrible Post.... the continuous assumption that politics has a hidden door into the Supreme court is offensive to the court an its solemn mission. Just because you disagree with the opinion doesn't mean it's somehow tainted by horrible biases.

How do you take DOMA and Prop 8 into consideration in your view of the SCOTUS ?
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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: Mac-A-Matic
Date: June 30, 2013 07:52AM
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Black
Sucker...

Whiney, tattletale, c(h)oward.

Now, go and whine to the moderators again because people here aren't falling in line with you.
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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: Mac-A-Matic
Date: June 30, 2013 07:56AM
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cbelt3
How do you take DOMA and Prop 8 into consideration in your view of the SCOTUS ?

Like the narrow-minded conservatives I know who are gnashing their teeth over DOMA and Prop 8.

The Supreme Court (with all of its faults and problems) is only "good" and "just" when their decisions fall in line with whomever's beliefs. Otherwise, they're the litany of slurs.
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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: vision63
Date: June 30, 2013 09:22AM
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cbelt3
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$tevie
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vision63
The "real" racists struck down section 4 of the voting rights act. Alec Baldwin and Paula Deen, neither of whom hate black people or gay people, just said stupid things. They don't make or influence real policy in any way shape or form. Both should apologize, make amends and move on. They're easy to forgive. Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Scalia? Hell no. Can we say Hell on this forum?

Excellent post.

Terrible Post.... the continuous assumption that politics has a hidden door into the Supreme court is offensive to the court an its solemn mission. Just because you disagree with the opinion doesn't mean it's somehow tainted by horrible biases.

How do you take DOMA and Prop 8 into consideration in your view of the SCOTUS ?

I wish it would fit your fantasy.
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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: Lemon Drop
Date: June 30, 2013 10:24AM
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vision63
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cbelt3
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$tevie
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vision63
The "real" racists struck down section 4 of the voting rights act. Alec Baldwin and Paula Deen, neither of whom hate black people or gay people, just said stupid things. They don't make or influence real policy in any way shape or form. Both should apologize, make amends and move on. They're easy to forgive. Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Scalia? Hell no. Can we say Hell on this forum?

Excellent post.

Terrible Post.... the continuous assumption that politics has a hidden door into the Supreme court is offensive to the court an its solemn mission. Just because you disagree with the opinion doesn't mean it's somehow tainted by horrible biases.

How do you take DOMA and Prop 8 into consideration in your view of the SCOTUS ?

I wish it would fit your fantasy.

How to take DOMA and Prop 8 into consideration of a view of the Roberts court??
As an anomaly and a surprise, not the central theme. The central theme of this court has been removal or weakening of rights. Voting, affirmative action, privacy, search and seizure, work place discrimination, taking away the right to sue, among other things.



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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: RgrF
Date: June 30, 2013 10:57AM
Justice Thomas, who absent the equal rights act, would never in a lifetime have become a Justice. To the day he dies he should be ashamed of this vote.

He's like an bought and paid for automaton, wind him up, point him in a direction and let him vote.
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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: $tevie
Date: June 30, 2013 11:26AM
Mac-A-Matic, if conservatives would turn off Faux News and pay some attention, they'd be upset about this Supreme Court, too. Ignorance is bliss.


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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: max
Date: June 30, 2013 02:03PM
$tevie, if "liberals" would turn off Faux News, Paula Dean, Zimmerman show trial and pay some attention, they'd be upset about this President, too. Ignorance is bliss....



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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: Mac-A-Matic
Date: July 01, 2013 11:36PM
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$tevie
Mac-A-Matic, if conservatives would turn off Faux News and pay some attention, they'd be upset about this Supreme Court, too. Ignorance is bliss.

It's always easier to lay the blame elsewhere than to look at yourself. Simply because conservatives act like idiots is not license to act the same because you oppose their position. Each of us can only control how we think and act. If we act like the opponent then nothing can be accomplished.

Which is exactly what has been happening in our nation lately.
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Re: Alec Baldwin
Posted by: Mr Downtown
Date: July 02, 2013 09:47AM
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RgrF
Justice Thomas, who absent the equal rights act, would never in a lifetime have become a Justice.

All my time in law school and we never learned about the "equal rights act." Is this a law that's been passed recently? Or just in your imagination?
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