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#1 2005-08-11 6:42 pm
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Only in America
I just saw the new Chrysler ad with Snoop Dog and Lee Iacocca and the thought occurred to me.
Only in America could a celebrity not only produce a line of seriously hard core XXX rated DVDs and land a major endorsement deal from a major automotive company.
What a country!!
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#2 2005-08-11 6:46 pm
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#3 2005-08-11 6:49 pm
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It could simply be that Chrysler will disregard nearly anything just to latch on to a certain demographic. I don't think that's a particularly great thing, to be honest.
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#4 2005-08-11 6:59 pm
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Re: Only in America
My suspicion is that the Chrysler people have no idea what so ever about Snoop's other ventures and I would be willing to bet That Iacocca absolutely didn
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#5 2005-08-11 7:14 pm
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Re: Only in America
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My suspicion is that the Chrysler people have no idea what so ever about Snoop's other ventures and I would be willing to bet That Iacocca absolutely didn
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#6 2005-08-11 7:55 pm
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My suspicion is that the Chrysler people have no idea what so ever about Snoop's other ventures and I would be willing to bet That Iacocca absolutely didn
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#7 2005-08-11 8:05 pm
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Re: Only in America
spike wrote:
Pariah wrote:
My suspicion is that the Chrysler people have no idea what so ever about Snoop's other ventures and I would be willing to bet That Iacocca absolutely didn
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#8 2005-08-11 8:06 pm
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That commercial is awesome. Anything Snoop Dogg says is cool. Think about it, he could come up and be like "Fo shizzle my nizzle, I smurfed yo mom last night." And you'd be like "Hell yeah Snoop!"
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#9 2005-08-11 8:58 pm
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dat's PIMP
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#10 2005-08-11 10:17 pm
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Pariah wrote:
spike wrote:
Pariah wrote:
My suspicion is that the Chrysler people have no idea what so ever about Snoop's other ventures and I would be willing to bet That Iacocca absolutely didn
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#11 2005-08-11 10:42 pm
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Snoop d-o-double g also sponsors some kind of little league football team, and is very good to them. He has properly spent close to a million dollars supporting them (a team bus, uniforms, little motor scooters and trophies for winning, producing a super-bowl-like playoff for them, etc.).
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#12 2005-08-11 10:55 pm
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mo' ron wrote:
He has properly spent close to a million dollars supporting them (a team bus, uniforms, little motor scooters and trophies for winning, producing a super-bowl-like playoff for them, etc.).
So what's an improper way to spent a million dollars supporting a little league team?
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#13 2005-08-11 10:56 pm
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mo' ron wrote:
Snoop d-o-double g also sponsors some kind of little league football team, and is very good to them. He has properly spent close to a million dollars supporting them (a team bus, uniforms, little motor scooters and trophies for winning, producing a super-bowl-like playoff for them, etc.).
Heard this on the radio show "Rick And Bubba". I have a sound byte if anyone is interested in hearing about it. They talk about him and the team for about 10 minutes I think.
That said, Gin And Juice by The Gourds is awesome.
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#14 2005-08-11 11:14 pm
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Thunderstruck wrote:
mo' ron wrote:
He has properly spent close to a million dollars supporting them (a team bus, uniforms, little motor scooters and trophies for winning, producing a super-bowl-like playoff for them, etc.).
So what's an improper way to spent a million dollars supporting a little league team?
Buying them transvestite prostitutes and booze. 
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#15 2005-08-11 11:58 pm
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I saw Snoop on Ellen about two weeks ago. He sold out a long time ago. He claims he doesn't even smoke the weed any more. He's suddenly got middle class white appeal to those who were just a few years ago condemning his music. The hypocrisy is stupid!
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#16 2005-08-12 12:01 am
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BTW, you should have saw all the giddy applause he got from all those white suburban moms when he came out during his Ellen appearance. He got a standing "O" for god's sake!
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#17 2005-08-12 12:06 am
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That said, Gin And Juice by The Gourds is awesome.
and by phish, widespread panic/any other blue grass/jam band
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#18 2005-08-12 12:07 am
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wellfleation wrote:
BTW, you should have saw all the giddy applause he got from all those white suburban moms when he came out during his Ellen appearance. He got a standing "O" for god's sake!
Yea..I used to like him 
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#19 2005-08-12 12:10 am
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spike wrote:
Phydeaux wrote:
That said, Gin And Juice by The Gourds is awesome.
and by phish, widespread panic/any other blue grass/jam band
Uh...
Phish has never covered Gin and Juice. Official word on the street from phish.net is that the Gin and Juice that you'll wind up downloading from a P2P network is done by The Gourds.
One of the supporting vocals is a rapper named Phish, but that's where the similarities end.
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#20 2005-08-12 12:16 am
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Re: Only in America
Thunderstruck wrote:
mo' ron wrote:
He has properly spent close to a million dollars supporting them (a team bus, uniforms, little motor scooters and trophies for winning, producing a super-bowl-like playoff for them, etc.).
So what's an improper way to spent a million dollars supporting a little league team?
I meant to say probably... that's kind of a weird typo, I don't know how I made that one 
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#21 2005-08-12 2:41 am
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Snoop is endorsing Chrysler now? I guess that means no more Snoop Deville. 
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#22 2005-08-12 3:03 am
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Pariah wrote:
I just saw the new Chrysler ad with Snoop Dog and Lee Iacocca and the thought occurred to me.
Only in America could a celebrity not only produce a line of seriously hard core XXX rated DVDs and land a major endorsement deal from a major automotive company.
What a country!!
In other countries, XXX appears on regular TV!
put that in your pie hole and chew it
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#23 2005-08-12 6:27 am
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Re: Only in America
You all misunderstood my saddness at no scandal. I dont care at all that Snoop makes porn.
I was looking forward to another amuseing spectical of the whitey, righty tighties getting all in an uproar over it,
That sort of thing is just funny to me.
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#24 2005-08-12 12:00 pm
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It is kind of interesting when you think of what all the politicians are after these days such as them not liking that you could mod/remove the blur from the Sims 2 when your sims go to the potty.
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#25 2005-08-12 12:53 pm
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It's easier to incite outrage and then look like you're doing something than it is to actually fix problems.
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