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selfgen
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | youngsville |
| Biography: | |
| Interests: | guided by voices, robert pollard, tobin sprout, |
| Occupation: | internet policeman |
| Number of Posts: | 1195 |
| Registered on: | 8/20/2006 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: Was the Civil War Fought Because of Slavery? It Depends on Which Side You View
Posted by selfgen on 5/4/26 at 10:04 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
for what it’s worth, i have read hundreds of letters written by the soldiers who fought in the war. these are letters written to family and loved ones, from both union and confederate soldiers , and slavery is NEVER mentioned. NOT ONCE. Anyone can go online and read these letters. talk about a great piece of our history!! But no one mentions slavery.
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thanks for the replies. i’m gonna recommend it. they’re already familiar with it.
currently i’m listening to the audiobook version that’s on Youtube. Several people are praising the narrator of the job he does voicing the different characters. But i actually don’t think he nails Ignatius’s voice. doesn’t sound like New Orleans, sounds like just a typical Southerner. In New Orleans we DON’T say “Ba “Tawn” Rouge. We say BATTIN Rouge.
currently i’m listening to the audiobook version that’s on Youtube. Several people are praising the narrator of the job he does voicing the different characters. But i actually don’t think he nails Ignatius’s voice. doesn’t sound like New Orleans, sounds like just a typical Southerner. In New Orleans we DON’T say “Ba “Tawn” Rouge. We say BATTIN Rouge.
should i recommend Confederacy of Dunces to my sons?
Posted by selfgen on 4/30/26 at 6:51 pm
i grew up in New Orleans in the 70s and 80s; the book was assigned to us at Jesuit High. i appreciated it a lot more little later when i was older, wiser and had discovered weed. Seriously, this book cracked me up and I related to all the New Orleans references.
Now i’m 60 years old and i have 4 sons; but we’ve be in Lafayette for 30 years now.
i am wondering how the book has aged, will my sons, who are in their 20s, enjoy it and will a lot of the humor get lost due to my boys not being as familiar with New Orleans, French Quarter, etc?
what do you think?
Now i’m 60 years old and i have 4 sons; but we’ve be in Lafayette for 30 years now.
i am wondering how the book has aged, will my sons, who are in their 20s, enjoy it and will a lot of the humor get lost due to my boys not being as familiar with New Orleans, French Quarter, etc?
what do you think?
re: Mcafee has to make everything about himself
Posted by selfgen on 4/24/26 at 7:57 pm to JerryTheKingBawler
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I mean…yeah. That’s his gimmick.
yep. give the people what they want.
i don’t have a huge problem with him. he can be annoying. but i actually enjoyed listening to his recent podcast with John Kiriakou as his guest. they had a good discussion.
they desperately want to return to the days of Covid. it was an equalizer for these low lifes. everyone had to stay home, and the government had control. the government gave everyone money. they love the idea of the government just controlling our lives and providing everyone with a monthly check to live off of. nothing more was expected of them. they long for those days.
that’s the only reason i can think of. they would love for a pandemic to come back.
that’s the only reason i can think of. they would love for a pandemic to come back.
re: If 2020 wasn't Stolen
Posted by selfgen on 4/17/26 at 9:58 pm to AggieDub14
you really think 80 million people voted for Biden, who didn’t even campaign?
that’s more votes than Obama got in 2016. C’mon man! you gotta admit, Biden has no personality, no appeal to voters.
the election was stolen; there’s evidence everywhere, there’s videos of ballot boxes being stuffed with huge packets of ballots, etc.
the bottom line is there’s no way more people turned out to vote for Biden than did for the charismatic first black president who was running for reelection.
that’s more votes than Obama got in 2016. C’mon man! you gotta admit, Biden has no personality, no appeal to voters.
the election was stolen; there’s evidence everywhere, there’s videos of ballot boxes being stuffed with huge packets of ballots, etc.
the bottom line is there’s no way more people turned out to vote for Biden than did for the charismatic first black president who was running for reelection.
re: Trump's Starategy to Shut Down Iran's Money Source and the Globalist That Enabled It
Posted by selfgen on 4/14/26 at 6:22 pm to Jax Teller
not familiar with it. i’m gonna check it out.
re: Donald Trump is the best President we have ever had
Posted by selfgen on 4/10/26 at 9:53 pm to lsupride87
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Clinton makes Trump look like Bernie sanders
Clinton gave us NAFTA. ruined our country.
nothing is “made in USA” anymore.
everything we buy is cheap China shite.
Clinton caused that. That’s just one of the things Trump wants to fix.
Back in the 80s, almost everything at Walmart was proudly displayed as being “Made in the USA”.
don’t you remember that?
that violate green double album is sensational! released on the same day as the beatles white album in 1968.
re: Words and terms you think would make good band names
Posted by selfgen on 4/6/26 at 11:58 pm to DreamsDieInHimesHall
Galactic Truth
why do you think ICE agents started wearing masks?
the insane left were doxing them, threatening to kill them.
cmon man!
they weren’t wearing masks initially
the insane left were doxing them, threatening to kill them.
cmon man!
they weren’t wearing masks initially
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Certainly not overly vile as these examples, but who on the right were very upset when Rob Reiner died?
i hated Rob Reiner. Couldn’t stand to hear him talk. But I wasn’t happy to hear he died. not at all.
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So you would have been in favor of the US losing WWII?
this is different. like i said the guy claimed the U.S. was targeting civilians, doing “double taps” to inflict more casualties, carpet bombing neighborhoods.
Dresden happened, but our goal then was to eliminate ammunition factories, arms production, etc.
we weren’t targeting civilians, although there were many such casualties.
it’s not the same.
anyway, it doesn’t seem like the story is accurate. i’m surprised. i though Kiriakou was a reliable source.
it’s john kiriakou. he’s former CIA guy.
why would he sit there and nod his head while this Iranian mentions all these atrocities taking place. the shite better be fake! otherwise i’m done with supporting this action.
why would he sit there and nod his head while this Iranian mentions all these atrocities taking place. the shite better be fake! otherwise i’m done with supporting this action.
Is the U.S. carpet bombing densely populated neighborhoods in Tehran?
Posted by selfgen on 3/7/26 at 8:46 am
i watched a John Kiriakou video on YT and his Iranian guest spoke from Tehran and says that the U.S. is massacring civilians, carpet bombing, targeting civilian infrastructure and doing “double taps” in order to purposely cause more casualties. Kiriakou nodded his head and agreed that this was an accurate description of what is happening.
If this is true, then i’m absolutely disgusted and I can’t support this type of action by our government.
If this is true, then i’m absolutely disgusted and I can’t support this type of action by our government.
re: Trump gets tech companies to agree to cover the cost of increased electricity production
Posted by selfgen on 3/4/26 at 10:51 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
can some one show me an example where Obama or Biden did something like this, standing up to these large corporations and forcing them to help the consumer?
i remember Obama dealing with the credit card companies whereby they were allowed to pass on ridiculous late charges to consumers.
i remember Obama dealing with the credit card companies whereby they were allowed to pass on ridiculous late charges to consumers.
re: Muslim countries for, and against, the police action in Iran ...
Posted by selfgen on 3/4/26 at 10:46 pm to EastWestConnection
defining Trump’s career as being a “ fat fricking tv show host” is just so stupid and ridiculous and a pathetic attempt to discredit him.
that’s like calling Tom Brady some “shitty TV sportscaster”.
yeah, Trump was nothing but a reality tv show star and we elected him as President. People have been telling Trump since the 1980s that he should run for President.
that’s like calling Tom Brady some “shitty TV sportscaster”.
yeah, Trump was nothing but a reality tv show star and we elected him as President. People have been telling Trump since the 1980s that he should run for President.
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In the immortal words of that great man, Victor Spoils"
“Victor Spoils”- great name for a front man for a punk rock band, kinda like Johnny Rotten.
re: Favorite bands that aren’t that popular
Posted by selfgen on 2/25/26 at 9:18 pm to Zappas Stache
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Pretty much all my favorite bands are not well known.
like XTC, right?
they were unbelievably great.
re: Kash celebrating in the locker room with USA hockey after winning gold
Posted by selfgen on 2/22/26 at 7:00 pm to hawgfaninc
i love it!!!
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