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Enrique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 09:25 AM
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Laura Ingraham changes a young Mexican man's life
She just shared the most inspiring story on the radio, about how she sat next to a 28-year-old Mexican-American man on an airplane. She bravely overcame her natural fear of people that speak a language in addition to English, and engaged into conversation with him.

By the end of the flight, she convinced him to start going to Mass again, to marry the mother of his child, and to have that child baptized.

Like I said, it was very inspiring. It makes me want to go out and find my own Mexican to whom to show the light.
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endarkenment Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 09:28 AM
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1. A voice like fingernails dragged slowly over a blackboard.
How can you listen to that?
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 09:30 AM
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2. I hope he stole her cellphone! nt
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 09:34 AM
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8. I am positive that she kept an iron grip on her purse throughout the entire encounter.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 09:31 AM
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3. I'm reminded of Boondocks
Robert 'Granddad' Freeman: How many times have I told you you bet' not even dream of tellin' white folk the truth? You understand me? Shoot... makin' white people riot. You better learn how to lie like me. I'm gonna find me a white man and lie to him right now.



You had to see the episode

I'm rolling. I love Aaron McGruder.
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 09:58 AM
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14. Boondocks is genius
any word on the mysteriously missing 2nd seasons Solly?
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 12:12 PM
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22. None that I know of
:(
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 09:32 AM
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4. she put the fear of her hands or god into him,not sure which..
...
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 09:32 AM
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5. Mother Junipero Laura
Edited on Mon Jun-18-07 09:32 AM by Fridays Child
Missionary of the skies. :eyes:
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k8conant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 09:32 AM
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6. "She bravely overcame her natural fear"????
How natural is that fear? I've never experienced it.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 12:19 PM
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24. Perhaps she flew coach for the first time as well.
:shrug:
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slj0101 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 09:33 AM
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7. She's a @#%*
'nuff said.
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Maccagirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 09:35 AM
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9. I'm so moved!
NOT!

:evilgrin:
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Double T Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 09:35 AM
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10. That story is so touching, I think I'm going to...............
:puke:
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silverweb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 09:37 AM
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11. Old technique for a captive audience of one.
One I've used myself on occasion. Just agree with everything the annoying person says, while pretending your attention is really elsewhere, and hope that they'll get bored and STFU.
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 09:48 AM
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12. Sort of like Dr. Laura
Loves to tell others how to live their lives.

:puke:
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 09:55 AM
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13. How come her own conversion has NOT made her more "Christian"?!!1 n/t
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 09:59 AM
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15. IDEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lets all go out, find republicans, convince them of the error of THEIR ways. Maybe we could get this country back on tract. Do you think??
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 10:01 AM
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16. She bravely translated "No habla Engles" into going to mass, marriage, and adoption.
And, "Pinche puta" into "Thank you very much."
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 12:16 PM
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23. LOL! NT
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Johonny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 10:42 AM
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17. actual transcript of the flight conversation
Laura: Boy such a long flight and those bathrooms are so nice.

Man: Ah…

Laura: Is it true what they say about Mexican men?

Man: I ah... have many children

Laura: Oh but your not married are you?

Man: No... But I plan to get marry to the mother of my children really soon.

Laura: But you're not married now and it's such a long flight.

Man: Please I'm a very religious man.

Laura: But you are going to church now.

Man: Oh but I plan to as soon as we land. Yes I plan to jump off the plane and baptize all my children. Yes a giant wedding/baptism ceremony infact. So please strange lady just let me finish watching this very exciting episode of "Friends".
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 11:57 AM
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18. Now she's off to do a nationwide tour of her ability to walk on water! nt
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 11:58 AM
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19. Boy - when they attack, it's en masse!
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Sapere aude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 12:02 PM
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20. Maybe next time she could learn something from the Mexican person.
It is a truly successful end to an obviously dysfunctional life when a person does not go to church and does not marry the mother of his child and to have the child baptized then changes his mind and becomes respectable, Weeping Jesus on the cross, can there be no other life style that is OK?
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 12:03 PM
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21. Well that was mighty white of her
I can imagine her next flight: "Oh Stewardess, I speak jive."




:eyes:
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-18-07 12:20 PM
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25. Instant Life Change - just add Laura Ingraham
Now that Mexican-American man can finally look himself in the mirror for doing a whole bunch of symbolic acts.
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