stop denegrating PG county! (College Park, Fort Washington: store, appraiser, safety)

[ptsum]

Originally Posted by pwright1

What's interesting about PG county is even when it was overwhelmingly white it still got a bad rap. The county was full of blue collar 'rednecks and greasers' with no college degrees and weird maryland accents. Many don't know this but when school desegregation started white parents were upset about their kids being bused to black schools but many black parents were also upset about their kids in places like Seat Pleasant being bused to blue collar 'redneck/greaser' schools like Bladensburg HS where subjects like auto mechanics were taught.

Now just hold on here a minute, Bladensburg High School was set up as a vocational school, as was Crossland High School, and auto mechanics was not the only thing taught there, various other vocations were taught there also, my mother was a graduate of Bladensburg High School in 1945, my wife is a graduate of Bladensburg High School in 1965, I also attended Bladensburg High School in the early 60s and went on to finish up my education in the military, and then went to North Carolina State University, majored in business and safety management, one of my sisters graduated Bladensburg High School in the early 70s.
Am I to assume that you did not attend the school ?

[ebo202]

Well Iscalder, that's too bad. I wouldn't live there because I don't like what I've seen... Crime, apathy and ignorance. They have all contributed to years of deterioration. PG still has a long way to go, but one day it can and will be beautiful. It IS improving, but slowly.

Unfortunately, ignorance is what keeps it down. It's the ignorant belief that "it's everybody's fault but my own." That is the same ignorance you exhibit in a majority of your posts. At 23, you are openly a racist. That is very sad. What's more sad is that you have children. God forbid your precious children subscribe to your hatred of white people as well. Calling people "wiggers" and claiming "white people hate seeing blacks succeed" makes you no different than the Tennessee redneck wearing a hood and burning a cross.

Contrary to what hip-hop tells you, money, cars and clothes don't make you a good person. It's what you have inside. You are still very young. Hopefully one day you'll figure that out.

[lscalder]

Ebo202: Now you are judging me which I find very funny.
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Well Iscalder, that's too bad. I wouldn't live there because I don't like what I've seen... Crime, apathy and ignorance. They have all contributed to years of deterioration

What have you seen? You are calling me and the entire Pg county ignorant yet you are the one who is judging the entire county base upon a very small section of the county that have plaque the entire county and now you think you are the smart wizard. Sweet heart do me and everyone on this forum and shout up.
I feel sorry for you and your family. Please donot feel sorry for my son because he is love and have a very execellent mother and father who adores and love.
Now by making such comment about my son just proves how ignorant you are.

I guess I am not that ignorant to be 23 and living the life of a 33 yr old women. What were you doing at 23 yrs old. I am proud to be an successful 23 yr old who havemade a name for herself and get plenty of respect from all ages,race,business profession. I am showing my son that race,ignorant people like you or age cannot and should never stop him from accomplishing his dreams. At 23 I am living the American dream in Pg county and loving it. I can live in any county or state I want to but my family and I love living in Pg county and are not planning on moving out the county anytime soon.

[ebo202]

You have the respect of all ages, races, and business professionals, huh? Well you still have no respect from me and a lot of other people here i suspect.

I am educated and been living and working in MC and PG for over 15 years. What my degree is in and how much money I make is not important because it doesn't matter to anyone but me. I am happy, comfortable, have great friends and trust in God. That is all that matters, not my wallet or my house, or my mercedes.

I've succeeded and failed more times than you've tried. The American Dream you brag about so much? Think about that again when you ACTUALLY HIT 33. By that time, your looks will have faded, your businesses would be on the verge of bankruptcy at least once, your son gets arrested for the 3rd time and your husband leaves your for the white girl that you hate so much. Am I a genius? NO... but that's how life is. It's going to be REALY hard but one day that arrogance is going to hit you in the face.

I doubt "all ages" TRULY respect you after flaunting your "wealth" again and again. I doubt if "all races" would look upon you so kindly if they knew the racist comments you spew out on your posts. I doubt "all business profession" respect you when you can't write in complete sentences and with proper punctuation.

Best of luck to your son. Seriously. I just think you put him at a severe disadvantage when you tell him to steer clear of "whitey." When he brings home his first "F" in school, I wonder if you'll blame his study habits or his white teacher first.

[lscalder]

Ebo202: I guess you are the perfect person to know how it feel when your husband leaves you because by your comment I guess you are living the lonley life. Did your husband leave. I guess your life sucks because you speak so well on how life sucks for you. I love Love life and myself and as long as I love myself others will love me as well as they do.
As for my son he is living the good life. He is only 22 months and is already taking gymnastic,Music class and piano lesson. My son will only become the bset. You need to start paying more attention to your children because they might be in their room right now building bombs and how to kill their mohter and school mates.
I am hiring a house cleaner so if you want the job let me know ebo202

[ptsum]

Ebo202,Iscalder, ladies lets sheth the claws, and stay on subject, I do not think that any one of us here wants to hear your personal cat fight, it doesn't matter what your status in the community is, and it surely should not make a difference as to what the color of your skin is. Iscalder it is commendable that you have been able to make a good life for yourself in Prince George's County, nobody will deny you that, however along with that comes a certain amount of responsibility as to how you conduct yourself among that community, if you treat others with respect you will be treated with respect in return.
Ebo202, from what I'm reading of your post, it seems as though you have had to work very hard for what you have and I commend you for that and regardless of where you live, whether it's Prince George's or Montgomery County we all face the same problems.

Ladies lets not make this personal.
From a member of an old and respected family of Prince George's County

[kjg1963]

Thanks PropertyMan and ptsum. Maybe the voices of reason can get this thread back on track. True, the back and forth insults made for good reading, but really added nothing to the topic at hand. We all have our opinions but that's all they are. If you don't agree, say so. But if you think the poster is an idiot, just roll your eyes and mutter under your breath as you type your very well thought out and polite rebuttal to an utterly ridiculous or contrary to your beliefs posting. C'mon, keep it civil!

[lscalder]

I love living in Pg county. My family and I feel safe and have no reason not to feel safe. My family and I are very happy living in the county. I have nothin gbut positive stories about Pg county. Property man I would love to visit the area you speak so highly of in Fort Washington area.

[ptsum]

Originally Posted by lscalder

I love living in Pg county. My family and I feel safe and have no reason not to feel safe. My family and I are very happy living in the county. I have nothin gbut positive stories about Pg county. Property man I would love to visit the area you speak so highly of in Fort Washington area.

It's good that you love living in Prince George's County and that you feel safe living there, however there are others that live in Prince George's County that do not feel the same as you do and are also entitled to their opinions with respect. I consider myself very fortunate that I was born and raised in Prince George's County over 60 years ago, I have lived in various parts of Prince George's County, East Riverdale. Hillside, Capitol Heights, Riverdale, Lanham, Landover, Bowie, and Glen Dale, members of my family still live throughout various parts of Prince George's County today.
I have ancestors that are buried throughout the various cemeteries in Prince George's County and I to have always felt safe living in Prince George's County, however, like I said there are those who do not feel the same as I do and I will at least give them the respect to voice their opinions as we all should do.

From a member of an old and respected family of Prince George's County

[ebo202]

Hehe, contrary to popular belief, I'm actually a MAN.

Not sure where you all got the female notion from, but last time I checked, my plumbing's a little different!

No Iscalder, I don't live a lonely life, I'm pretty darn happy. Got a wife, couple of kids, a couple of dogs and even a goldfish. I volunteer tutor math for neighborhood kids, drink beer with my buddies on the weekend and love my family. Suprisingly, I'm not a white bomb-building loony. Matter of fact, I'm not even white, nor are my kids.

Everyone else reading this post... Look, I know it's not 100% kosher to gripe about someone on city-data of all places. But when I see some dumb a$$ post about "all white people build bombs" and "white people hate me because I'm rich" comments, I gotta say something. Actually, I used to lurk around reading posts and not commenting. I just read one too many of Iscalder's "down with whitey" comments that set me off.