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2006-08-01 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Besoeker 2006-08-01 13:40|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Why link to anything from the BBC? Of course Bush didn't 'win over' the NAACP. The glee with which folks like the BBC point to American political conflicts makes me want to vomit.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-08-01 15:51|| 2006-08-01 15:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Exactly what did the delegates expect President Bush to give them? The field is level PLAY! The only people who get left behind are those that dont play. If you want to reminisce about how your ancestors were treated then we can all tell stories of conquest and slavery so just get over it, move on, and makes something of your life.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2006-08-01 15:56|| 2006-08-01 15:56|| Front Page Top

#3 "He's [Bush] the born-again Christian, he should be the one to press Congress to pass bipartisan legislation that would be a national apology for slavery,"

While hes at it he should apologize for piracy. Lord knows the tragic legacy that still haunts us today.

Posted by DepotGuy 2006-08-01 16:12|| 2006-08-01 16:12|| Front Page Top

#4 I wonder if those in the media realize the connection between apolgies and lawsuits. I know Jessie and Al Sharpton realize the connection.

Did the United Kingdom ever apologize for slavery? Yeah they got rid of it, and the Royal Navy attempted to stop the slave trade (just as the US fought the Civil War to end slavery a tad later) but the Virginias were a British colony with slaves.

Did the citizens of Rome every apologize for the slaves held by their Republic and later Empire?

Does anyone care that there is still an active slave trade in parts of the Islamic world, East Europe and Asia? Bush actually tried to stand up against that.

Posted by rjschwarz 2006-08-01 17:32|| 2006-08-01 17:32|| Front Page Top

#5 The debt of slavery was repaid in blood to the tune of 620,000 or thereabouts. According to the 1860 Census, there were a total of 31,443,321 people living here at the time.

Nearly 2% of the population of the country killed by wound or disease. (That would be like 6 million Americans getting killed in the same time frame today.)

Posted by eLarson 2006-08-01 19:59|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2006-08-01 19:59|| Front Page Top

#6 Any "descendants of slaves" will collect reparation after I'm compensated for the loss of my ancestors in the Civil War. In fact, I think I'm owed money. Gimme them Earned Income Credit refunds, dammit!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-08-01 21:12|| 2006-08-01 21:12|| Front Page Top

#7 KATRINA-GATE + SHARPTONISM > Whites, Asians, Hispanics and non-African Americans can do what they want, but African-Americans have the fundamental right to subsist, receive and live off Government-based public assistance FOREVER, FOREVER AND EVER. WHATEVER THE WHITEWASH, IT COMES DOWN TO UNIVERSAL SOCIALISM + UNIVERSAL WELFARISM-NANNY STATE, aka FREE MONEY = OPPORTUNITY PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTIES OR THE STATE TO IMPROVING ONE'S SELF BY DOING NOTHING, AND BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR NOTHING SAVE TRANSFERRING ONE'S BURDENS OR LIABILITIES UNTO SOMEBODY ELSE. * DREW CAREY SHOW > "This is America, D *** It, and you know what that means -SOMEBODY ELSE IS RESPONSIBLE [for my actions/decisions/problems]"!?

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-08-01 23:52|| 2006-08-01 23:52|| Front Page Top

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