We never see him anymore. Is he ok? Did diabetes get him?

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      This is a great read, right up until it dawn on you, that after then, the united states elected Donald Trump to be President. Twice. They won, they beat us, the morons vs the enlightened, and it turns out we didn’t stand a chance.

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        and it turns out we didn’t stand a chance.

        No, it was close. There was a chance, but you played fair, as that is what good ppl do.

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          Following the rules doesn’t make you a good person. It’s why you break the rules that does. A lot of people think of Luigi Mangione as good even if they wouldn’t have done what he did. Same goes for many protesters who break laws against things like vandalism to protest human rights abuses. I think most people would agree genocide and forced labor are worse than breaking laws against vandalism.

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      What a fantastic read, I’m sitting here cackling reading it

      but first let me say this; you are very mistaken if you think that I don’t know your audience.

      Hell, I could’ve been heckled by the parents of some of the very people that come see you now. I grew up in Roswell, Georgia (near the Funny Bone and not far from The Punch Line). The very first time I went on stage was at The Punch Line in Sandy Springs in 1982 when I was 17. I cut my teeth in the south and my first road gigs ever were in Augusta, Charleston, Baton Rouge, and Louisville. I remember them very well, specifically because of the audience. I remember thinking (occasionally, not all the time) “what a bunch of dumb redneck, easily entertained, ignorant motherfuckers. I can’t believe the stupid shit they think is funny.” So, yes, I do know your audience, and they suck.

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    He made enough money from voicing Mater in “Cars” and its sequels that he doesn’t really ever need to work anymore. He talks about it in an interview and he actually tears up at how kind John Lasseter was.

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    They found out he was a fake-ass redneck and threw him out of America!

    Nah, he’s still around, we’re really gullible.

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        That guy got popular around the same time as “Carlos Mencia” aka Ned Holness (a white American guy who pretended to be a Mexican and also stole lots of jokes).

        Edit: Ok, he apparently had some Honduran ancestry, but that doesn’t really make it any better.

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          Carlos Mencia is not white lol. He’s not Mexican though, that’s for sure. A quick search says Honduras descent.

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            There are plenty of white skinned Mexican people too (not that he’s Mexican). My hispanic wife has cousins with pasty white skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes born to Mexican parents in Mexico.

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              Oh for sure. I dated a girl in high school that was pale as hell with vibrant red, curly hair. Both her parents were first generation Mexican immigrants.

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    He runs commercials for his Sirius xm show all the time so unfortunately no, he is still around.