12-12-2005, 09:08 PM
Richard Pryor Dead?
12-12-2005, 10:17 PM
cLaY Wrote:Good morning Saturday
I didn't watch tv all weekend....:fuckYou:
12-12-2005, 10:20 PM
Bill Wrote:I didn't watch tv all weekend....:fuckYou:
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In America the first newspaper appeared in Boston in 1690, entitled Publick Occurrences. Published without authority, it was immediately suppressed, its publisher arrested, and all copies were destroyed. Indeed, it remained forgotten until 1845 when the only known surviving example was discovered in the British Library. The first successful newspaper was the Boston News-Letter, begun by postmaster John Campbell in 1704. Although it was heavily subsidized by the colonial government the experiment was a near-failure, with very limited circulation. Two more papers made their appearance in the 1720's, in Philadelphia and New York, and the Fourth Estate slowly became established on the new continent. By the eve of the Revolutionary War, some two dozen papers were issued at all the colonies, although Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania would remain the centers of American printing for many years. Articles in colonial papers, brilliantly conceived by revolutionary propagandists, were a major force that influenced public opinion in America from reconciliation with England to full political independence.
At war's end in 1783 there were forty-three newspapers in print. The press played a vital role in the affairs of the new nation; many more newspapers were started, representing all shades of political opinion. The no holds barred style of early journalism, much of it libelous by modern standards, reflected the rough and tumble political life of the republic as rival factions jostled for power. The ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1791 at last guaranteed of freedom of the press, and America's newspapers began to take on a central role in national affairs. Growth continued in every state. By 1814 there were 346 newspapers. In the Jacksonian populist 1830's, advances in printing and papermaking technology led to an explosion of newspaper growth, the emergence of the "Penny Press"; it was now possible to produce a newspaper that could be sold for just a cent a copy. Previously, newspapers were the province of the wealthy, literate minority. The price of a year's subscription, usually over a full week's pay for a laborer, had to be paid in full and "invariably in advance." This sudden availability of cheap, interesting reading material was a significant stimulus to the achievement of the nearly universal literacy now taken for granted in America.
The Industrial Revolution
The industrial revolution, as it transformed all aspects of American life and society, dramatically affected newspapers. Both the numbers of papers and their paid circulations continued to rise. The 1850 census catalogued 2,526 titles. In the 1850's powerful, giant presses appeared, able to print ten thousand complete papers per hour. At this time the first "pictorial" weekly newspapers emerged; they featured for the first time extensive illustrations of events in the news, as woodcut engravings made from correspondents' sketches or taken from that new invention, the photograph. During the Civil War the unprecedented demand for timely, accurate news reporting transformed American journalism into a dynamic, hardhitting force in the national life. Reporters, called "specials," became the darlings of the public and the idols of youngsters everywhere. Many accounts of battles turned in by these intrepid adventurers stand today as the definitive histories of their subjects.
Newspaper growth continued unabated in the postwar years
I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours
12-12-2005, 10:46 PM
cLaY Wrote:
I'm sorry I was too busy putting my cock in pussy to read the paper either.
12-12-2005, 10:48 PM
Bill Wrote:I'm sorry I was too busy putting my cock in pussy to read the paper either.
I was pooping when I read about it, then I watched Comedy Central and their countless replays of Pryor shows. Dude was a genius. There wouldn't be Chris Rock's, Dave Chapelle's, or any other relevant comedians without Pryor paving the way. He was the man.
I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours
12-12-2005, 10:50 PM
cLaY Wrote:I was pooping when I read about it, then I watched Comedy Central and their countless replays of Pryor shows. Dude was a genius. There wouldn't be Chris Rock's, Dave Chapelle's, or any other relevant comedians without Pryor paving the way. He was the man.
I haven't pooped since friday afternoon.

But I agree, dood was a pioneer.
12-12-2005, 10:55 PM
Bill Wrote:I haven't pooped since friday afternoon.
But I agree, dood was a pioneer.
We should have a contest to see who can hold a dump in for a whole week, then at the end of the week poop at the same time and take pics. Biggest, thickest log wins.
I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours
12-12-2005, 11:08 PM
cLaY Wrote:We should have a contest to see who can hold a dump in for a whole week, then at the end of the week poop at the same time and take pics. Biggest, thickest log wins.
Isn't your anal cavity used to big thick logs? Cause I'm thinking I'd be out within the first 36 hours.
12-12-2005, 11:09 PM
Bill Wrote:Isn't your anal cavity used to big thick logs? Cause I'm thinking I'd be out within the first 36 hours.
I poop either first thing in the morning, after lunch, or when I get home no matter what. It will be tough for me to hold one in for a week. Lets say Monday to Friday, Friday at noon we make our deposit.
I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours
12-13-2005, 12:45 AM
cLaY Wrote:I poop either first thing in the morning, after lunch, or when I get home no matter what. It will be tough for me to hold one in for a week. Lets say Monday to Friday, Friday at noon we make our deposit.
not gonna happen bro....my ass is ready to explode like mount saint hellans....I'll clentch my spinkter like a 18 year old virgin at San Quentin. Pray for my underwear.
12-13-2005, 01:09 AM
Bill Wrote:not gonna happen bro....my ass is ready to explode like mount saint hellans....I'll clentch my spinkter like a 18 year old virgin at San Quentin. Pray for my underwear.
I caved, I had too. My shat stunk!!!!
I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours
12-13-2005, 01:13 AM
cLaY Wrote:I caved, I had too. My shat stunk!!!!
I haven't caved yet but I'm sure my gray eyes are turning brown....I'm going to waddle to the toilet room.
12-13-2005, 01:16 AM
Bill Wrote:I haven't caved yet but I'm sure my gray eyes are turning brown....I'm going to waddle to the toilet room.
Be safe dood. I had to wipe both ways and flush thrice. It wasn't very cute.
I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours
12-13-2005, 01:22 AM
cLaY Wrote:Be safe dood. I had to wipe both ways and flush thrice. It wasn't very cute.
That thing fell outta my bunghole like a 5 lb barbell. after wiping multipule times it got lodged sideways in the bowl and I had to brreak it up with the toilet brush before it would go down.
12-13-2005, 01:26 AM
This thread is a fine tribute to Mr. Pryor. Someone should print it out and send it to the family.
12-13-2005, 01:35 AM
personally, i am mourning the death of eugene mc carthy
he was a great american
may he rest in peace
he was a great american
may he rest in peace
I realise that I have a past to break with--an accumulation of inertia, wrong, foolishness, rot, junk. A great need of clarification, of mindfulness, or rather, of no mind. A need to return to genuine practice, right effort. Need to push on the great doubt. Need for the spirit. Hang on to the clear light.
Thomas Merton
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