tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33363978867076953002024-03-13T06:05:23.625-04:00The Humble PhilosopherThe goal of this blog is to facilitate true contemplation about life, death, and everything in between. I don't claim to have any special revalations or insight. I am just a man who can't stop thinking...I encourage everyone to question everything, including me!Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451101175633627567noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336397886707695300.post-88837828749063823932011-05-19T06:31:00.001-04:002011-05-19T06:31:18.578-04:00<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110518/us_yblog_thelookout/loud-cell-phone-talker-removed-from-quiet-car-by-police"></a>Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451101175633627567noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336397886707695300.post-38114479180512724882011-05-19T06:29:00.001-04:002011-05-19T06:29:44.432-04:00http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110518/us_yblog_thelookout/loud-cell-phone-talker-removed-from-quiet-car-by-policeVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451101175633627567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336397886707695300.post-14635846419791111412009-09-14T22:45:00.000-04:002009-09-14T22:46:16.398-04:00The body is local, consciousness is non local<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; ">The body is local, consciousness is non local. The mathematical possibility of consciousness dying with the death of the body is zero.</span>Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451101175633627567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336397886707695300.post-33508473929301363892009-06-23T22:58:00.000-04:002009-06-23T22:59:26.035-04:00Three Passions I have Lived For by Bertrand Russell<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; ">Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair.<br />I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy—ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of my life for a few hours for this joy. I have sought it, next, because it relieves loneliness—that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined. This is what I sought, and though it might seem too good for human life, this is what—at last—I have found.<br />With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine…A little of this, but not much, I have achieved.<br />Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.<br />This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.</span>Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451101175633627567noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336397886707695300.post-48712589516270638902009-06-06T16:50:00.001-04:002009-06-06T16:50:36.987-04:00Mother Teresa's Prayer<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(62, 55, 51); font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; ">People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered; <br />....Forgive them anyway <br />If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; <br />....Be Kind anyway <br />If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; <br />....Succeed anyway<br />If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;<br /> ....Be honest and frank anyway <br />What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;<br /> ....Build anyway <br />If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; <br />....Be happy anyway <br />The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;<br /> .....Do good anyway<br /> Give the world the best you have; and it may never be enough; <br />....Give the world the best you've got anyway <br />You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; <br />....It was never between you and them anyway.<br />(Mother Teresa's Prayer)</span>Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451101175633627567noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336397886707695300.post-73817509103506133732009-06-05T19:28:00.000-04:002009-06-05T19:29:11.344-04:00Feeling the Hate In Jerusalem on Eve of Obama's Cairo Address<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Uxt9HwfPwPo&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Uxt9HwfPwPo&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span>Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451101175633627567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336397886707695300.post-59716765635034357662009-06-05T19:20:00.000-04:002009-06-05T19:21:29.928-04:00How Small is Earth?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre; "><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7NYRVsKAkFM&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7NYRVsKAkFM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span></b></span></span>Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451101175633627567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336397886707695300.post-60940006343074071032009-06-05T19:10:00.000-04:002009-06-05T19:11:55.680-04:00Big Africa!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F_Kb6EcX0u4/SimmGxLe8mI/AAAAAAAAAX0/BRapg7OARNI/s1600-h/africa-500x650.jpg.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F_Kb6EcX0u4/SimmGxLe8mI/AAAAAAAAAX0/BRapg7OARNI/s400/africa-500x650.jpg.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343985068062732898" /></a>Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451101175633627567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336397886707695300.post-59194181030774360912009-06-04T21:49:00.001-04:002009-06-04T21:51:18.623-04:00Project Natal for XBOX 360<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oACt9R9z37U&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oACt9R9z37U&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></span>Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451101175633627567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336397886707695300.post-8035718870449641642009-05-28T19:39:00.001-04:002009-05-28T19:42:35.516-04:00Man With 21 Kids!!!!<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r0JkG1mZ05g&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r0JkG1mZ05g&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; ">He was called to court last week where he appeared on the docket eleven times to answer for 15 of his 21 children who haven’t received child support recently. The mothers of Hatchett’s children are supposed to get anywhere from $25 to $309 a month, but the government is only allowed to take up to 50% of his pay check, and when that’s split so many times some women only get a $1.98 a month.</span>Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451101175633627567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336397886707695300.post-67088057469667834772009-05-04T15:51:00.000-04:002009-05-04T15:52:35.187-04:00Bob Marley War Lyrics:<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3">Bob Marley War Lyrics: </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3"><b><i>What life has taught me </i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3"><b><i>I would like to share with </i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3"><b><i>Those who want to learn... </i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3; min-height: 13.0px"><b><i><br /></i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3"><b><i>Until the philosophy which hold one race </i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3"><b><i>Superior and another inferior </i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3"><b><i>Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned </i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3"><b><i>Everywhere is war, me say war </i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3; min-height: 13.0px"><b><i><br /></i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3"><b><i>That until there are no longer first class </i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3"><b><i>And second class citizens of any nation </i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3"><b><i>Until the colour of a man's skin </i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3"><b><i>Is of no more significance than </i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3"><b><i>the colour of his eyes </i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3"><b><i>Me say war </i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3; min-height: 13.0px"><b><i><br /></i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3"><b><i>That until the basic human rights are equally </i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3"><b><i>Guaranteed to all, without regard to race </i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3"><b><i>Dis a war </i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3; min-height: 13.0px"><b><i><br /></i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3"><b><i>That until that day </i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3"><b><i>The dream of lasting peace, world citizenship </i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3"><b><i>Rule of international morality </i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3"><b><i>Will remain in but a fleeting illusion </i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3"><b><i>To be persued, but never attained </i></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; background-color: #f3f2c3"><b><i>Now everywhere is war, war.....</i></b></p>Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451101175633627567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336397886707695300.post-58050143645271900752009-04-17T06:27:00.001-04:002009-04-17T06:29:13.731-04:00YouTube Symphony Orchestra @ Carnegie Hall - Act One<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ueJcRmfweSM&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ueJcRmfweSM&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">The world's first collaborative online orchestra performed at Carnegie Hall on April 15, 2009. Selected by the YouTube community and several members of the world's most renowned orchestras, the YouTube Symphony Orchestra is made up of over 96 professional and amateur musicians from 30+ countries and territories on six continents and represents 26 different instruments.</span>Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451101175633627567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336397886707695300.post-45308590990864517262009-04-13T13:35:00.001-04:002009-04-13T13:35:57.416-04:00Yale Lecture: Arguments for the Immortality of the Soul<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/borZuyV0uk8&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/borZuyV0uk8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451101175633627567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336397886707695300.post-50858036318962003832009-04-06T21:58:00.002-04:002009-04-06T22:07:24.970-04:00Cell Phone Privacy (Must See Video)<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4i7vXSazuFc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4i7vXSazuFc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451101175633627567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336397886707695300.post-67818046123203684492009-04-05T03:11:00.001-04:002009-04-05T03:12:48.416-04:00Racist Asian Toothpaste Ad<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gwWcYoOAQmI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gwWcYoOAQmI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451101175633627567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336397886707695300.post-7089355722903219582009-04-05T02:56:00.001-04:002009-04-05T02:57:37.705-04:00Police Beat Teenage Girl in Jail Cell<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yDg_IFHEau0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yDg_IFHEau0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451101175633627567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336397886707695300.post-80218582833081562872009-04-02T19:12:00.000-04:002009-04-02T19:13:28.216-04:00Man detained and harassed at airport for carrying CASH!<object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XMB6L487LHM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XMB6L487LHM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object>Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451101175633627567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336397886707695300.post-62140809320363590502009-03-29T15:09:00.001-04:002009-03-29T15:10:54.645-04:00Interesting Photo: Barak or Bush?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F_Kb6EcX0u4/Sc_HuKJUjSI/AAAAAAAAAXs/_kjvh9Sm4Mc/s1600-h/buamak.jpg.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 265px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F_Kb6EcX0u4/Sc_HuKJUjSI/AAAAAAAAAXs/_kjvh9Sm4Mc/s400/buamak.jpg.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318689280759205154" /></a>Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451101175633627567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336397886707695300.post-43978754175468288832009-03-15T14:30:00.001-04:002009-03-15T14:32:05.172-04:00Amazing Football Clips<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GIVCjLALwQk&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GIVCjLALwQk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451101175633627567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336397886707695300.post-50977184268828089862009-03-12T22:37:00.022-04:002009-03-13T12:54:05.334-04:00"Hail to the Chimp" video game? WTF?<div><br /></div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F_Kb6EcX0u4/SbnHGTWri_I/AAAAAAAAAW0/lc_rvzJK03o/s400/Hail_to_the_Chimp_0173.jpg.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312496146548755442" border="0" /></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">UPDATE: To the ones who would minimize the offensiveness of this game, especially with ignorant comments, be gone. You probably weren't offended by the "gunned down chimp" news </span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/18/ny-post-put-obama-photo-o_n_168016.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">story</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> either.</span></i></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><b><i><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F_Kb6EcX0u4/SbqLjQmhuLI/AAAAAAAAAXk/TRiLneMpxjM/s320/original.jpg.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312712148305164466" /></i></b></span></span></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This game was released in June 2008, a few months before Obama was officially elected. Even if it were initially about Bush, it would STILL be offensive NOW. How can a country thrive without respecting its leadership?</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The reality is that given the continued racism in this country and the FACT that blacks have been portrayed as "CHIMPS" and the FACT that we now do have a black president, this game IS offensive and should NOW be pulled from distributio</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">n.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Having my young BLACK son looking at the game and ask, "Why are they showing President Obama as a CHIMP is IMPORTANT to ME!!!!! If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and walks like a duck, it IS a duck.</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As an avid game player who buys video games on a weekly basis, I have NEVER seen this game in Gamestop, BestBuy, or any other store that sells games until recently. Why would there NOW be a stack of the games at a local store NOW, especially given the nature of the race relations in this country.</span></i></b></div><div><br /></div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">WTF</span>? I went into a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><a href="http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?type=category&id=cat00000">BestBuy</a></span> store (Willow Grove, PA) today and saw a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">XBox</span>360 game titled, "Hail to the Chimp, The Presidential Party Game." <div><br /></div><div>I actually thought it was a cruel, insensitive joke. I looked around to see if this was part of a hidden camera show....No camera crew was there....</div><div>When I got home, I discovered that it is an actual game being sold across the nation. If you don't believe me, check out this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hail-Chimp-Presidential-Party-Xbox-360/dp/B0012BQ8OS">link</a> to the game on the amazon.com website. </div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Everyone (as least those who are "educated") knows the history of blacks being portrayed and dehumanized as monkeys. </b></div><div><br /></div><div>Now I am not one of those "hypersensitive" blacks who cry racism every chance I get....But damn, this is so obviously racially insensitive <b>and/or</b> downright intentional mockery of our black President Obama.</div><div> </div><div>This is how the game is described:</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 99px; height: 75px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F_Kb6EcX0u4/Sbo26WrHGiI/AAAAAAAAAW8/_bp3T2z3UTM/s400/Crackers_75.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312619086583634466" border="0" /></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Name</b>: Crackers the Monkey<br /><b>Home</b>: Congo [Africa]<br /><b>Bio</b>: Crackers was the right-hand monkey to the King Lion before he was ousted from the throne. Rumor has it that Crackers' whole campaign is a ruse designed to restore his old boss to the throne, ensuring a cushy lifestyle for his favorite monkey.</span><p><span style="font-size:85%;">Although this is the animal kingdom's first attempt at democracy it doesn't take these candidates long to figure out that the goal is to win at all costs. With that in mind players are free go at it alone or team up with competitors to gang up on the rest of the field. Each combination of characters creates a different special move that unless stopped, can decimate opponents, dashing presidential hopes and making an election year debate look like a tea party.</span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>The GRR N</b></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>ews Network</b><br />Taking political humor and satire to new levels, at least for a video game, <i>Hail to the Chimp</i> also features its own news coverage, the GRR News Network. Hosted by anchor Woodchuck Chumley, not only does GRR keep track of player standings in the election and broadcast candidates victory speeches direct from the podium, it also holds a wealth of additional game content regarding the candidates and their platforms. This mix of TV smears ads, talk show segments and commercials are in part available immediately on entry into the game and unlockable as the game progresses, providing relentless humor and hours worth of additional play time to a game destined to become a hit in every state whether red or blue.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div> </div> <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Quick History Lesson<br /></div>Excerpt from an article posted by the ScienceDaily website:<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Discrimination Against Blacks Linked To Dehumanization, Study Finds</span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F_Kb6EcX0u4/Sbo6iaWBQ9I/AAAAAAAAAXE/gosCmx0KbdQ/s1600-h/080207163811.jpg.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 276px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F_Kb6EcX0u4/Sbo6iaWBQ9I/AAAAAAAAAXE/gosCmx0KbdQ/s400/080207163811.jpg.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312623073298564050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Scie</span><span style="font-size:85%;">nceDaily (Fe</span><span style="font-size:85%;">b. 8, 2008) — Crude historical depictions of African Americans as ape-like may have disappeared from mainstream</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> U.</span><span style="font-size:85%;">S. culture, but research presented in a new paper by psychologists at Stanford, Pennsylvania State University and the University of California-Berkeley reveals that many Americans subconsciously associate blacks with apes.<br />In addition, the findings show that society is more likely to condone violence against black criminal suspects as a result of its broader inability to accept African Americans as fully human, according to the researchers</span>.<br /><img src="file:///Users/cdr7875/Desktop/080207163811.jpg.jpeg" alt="" /><br /><div> </div> Click <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080207163811.htm">here</a> for the full article.<br /><br /><br />Does anyone remember last year's new <a href="http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/cobb/stories/2008/05/13/88719254_curiousgeorge.html">story</a> about the OBVIOUSLY racist T-shirt in which Obama was depicted as a monkey?<br /><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F_Kb6EcX0u4/Sbo98J2tlmI/AAAAAAAAAXc/1eUaYQEDHcU/s1600-h/CG.jpg.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 183px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F_Kb6EcX0u4/Sbo98J2tlmI/AAAAAAAAAXc/1eUaYQEDHcU/s320/CG.jpg.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312626814083765858" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Does the "Hail to the Chimp" video game offend anyone else? 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