tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post325316103077973730..comments2023-10-30T11:47:53.134-04:00Comments on why.i.hate.dc: Little Known Fact: Soccer Cures AIDSDave Strouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12284013068083846700noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-50509654401070913712007-07-02T16:22:00.000-04:002007-07-02T16:22:00.000-04:00As someone who just got back from 6 months in Sout...As someone who just got back from 6 months in South Africa, I found the article inaccurate and condescending, as well as horribly written. "Life cereal, artichokes, and dark chocolate" (wtf?) in fact all exist in PLENTY in South Africa, as do cell phones, Ipods, and hair straighteners. Even people living in townships have cell phones. While certainly the poverty in South African townships is dire and this will undoubtedly be an experience completely different than that which wealthy kids living in the DC suburbs are accoustomed to, this article undermines the charitable intent of those planning the trip with its assumption that SA is so primitive.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15326364483084036404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-10649657440593842562007-06-30T11:36:00.000-04:002007-06-30T11:36:00.000-04:00I challenge anyone who believes that this trip was...I challenge anyone who believes that this trip was a bad idea to challenge the coach, Ian Oliver to a debate about it in person. So, why helping kids in SA and not DC? Well.. maybe because the main two partners for this project are NOT based in DC but South Africa. Secondly, perhaps we should question people who made contributions for not using their money to help HIV/AIDS in DC.. Oh but wait, how many of these contributors actaully live in DC?..<BR/>Finnaly, according to the team website the team volunteer for a campaign aimed at helping decontaminate the Chesepeake Bay, volunteer an afternoon working for a church program that feed homeless people in DC, they also conducted soccer clinic to kids with disabilities. Come on now... Why discredit this team of girls.. when they have gone beyond their only job which is to show up at practices and games... Hey! we are all entitled to our opinion,, but I think discrediting the Blast on this one is flat out WRONG!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-4675068688195417112007-06-27T11:11:00.000-04:002007-06-27T11:11:00.000-04:00im suprised she didnt write about how they call it...im suprised she didnt write about how they call it "football" uh futball? futbol? instead of soccer.miss beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615089008977273621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-29151821074135507202007-06-27T09:29:00.000-04:002007-06-27T09:29:00.000-04:00You know what would be fun... if LSS would stop sh...You know what would be fun... if LSS would stop shadowing the lives of rich teenage white girls and spent time with the young women of Anacostia. No HIV problem there!<BR/><BR/>Laquisha, who be this cracker lady writing down ev'thing we be sayin?HRH King Friday XIII, Ret.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10906200050785557272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-74189048809572677972007-06-26T16:44:00.000-04:002007-06-26T16:44:00.000-04:00hey rusty i hope you see this...it has nothing to ...hey rusty i hope you see this...it has nothing to do with the most recent post but is worth asking. do you have the feed service or subscription set-up on blogger? i want to add this blog to my google reader but it says that there are no feeds available.d bernardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08574588061595693468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-76954736612995845582007-06-26T14:23:00.000-04:002007-06-26T14:23:00.000-04:00Was it LSS who wrote the article last summer about...Was it LSS who wrote the article last summer about the "woes" of unpaid summer interns in DC?<BR/><BR/>It seems like it would be right up her alley.il rattohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10842283156419941386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-74358827999856379202007-06-26T13:56:00.000-04:002007-06-26T13:56:00.000-04:00I fucking hate her .... why doesnt someone censor ...I fucking hate her .... why doesnt someone censor her? I'd rather read crazy socialist newslettersMichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614614758473056533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-69473142977065422922007-06-26T12:04:00.000-04:002007-06-26T12:04:00.000-04:00I suppose this soccer match will help people with ...I suppose this soccer match will help people with AIDS symbolically, rather than literally. See it like the upcoming (or just passed?) AIDS Walk 2007. Does walking cure AIDS? Anyhoo...lucky little bitches, I'd got to South Africa (or anywhere far an exotic) to "help cure AIDS" too. Boo.<BR/><BR/>I’m in total agreement on Strepp. WTF was that? Her writing was so lame, I literally cringed and dry-heaved a few times by simply reading the excerpts in your blog. I can’t imagine reading the whole article. I’m sure it was painful. Strepp really sucks and in no way should be writing for the Post.DC Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17735259915162421216noreply@blogger.com