GOP leaders to skip Selma event

[thereisnospoon]

And if they went these same people would be saying they just went there for a photo OP. The vast majority of the black community decided sometime ago to go all in with the Democratic Party fine that's their right but to do so and then act offended that Republicans don't attend their events is pretty silly.

BINGO....Ya cannot win with libs....They find something negative about everything....Hence, the reason why they are always complaining about something

I love this post. He says you can't win with libs and as proof he doesn't quote anything that has happened. He quotes a hypothetical made up story as proof.

If I had wheels I'd be a bike

thereisnospoon: I know!

So your side never complains?

 

[TyroneSlothrop]

No surprise none of the white supremos showed up

House GOP Leader Once Addressed White Supremacists ...

 

[ClosedCaption]

The "lost history of the civil-rights movement". Sometimes you have to go to a foreign country to get the story our MSM refuse to disclose to you know-nothing dimocrats 60 years later.

Some Of The Lost History In The Civil Rights Movement

In the mad dash to vilify the Republicans and Conservatives today many have forgotten the fact that it was the Republican Party that was the champion of Civil Rights and freedom for African Americans
Some Of The Lost History In The Civil Rights Movement

​

By Robert Rohlfing October 1, 2011
Comments| Print friendly | Subscribe | Email Us |

Today we are hearing how Republicans and Conservatives are either the party of racists or that they are racists in general, but history proves a different story. This rhetoric is being pushed by those on the left and is being used as a tool to divide people. The real history is no longer taught to our children and so many adults have fallen prey to this rhetoric without actually doing the research to see if it is actually true.

If you look though the history books that are presented to our children. If you listen to politicians and pundits. If you talk to your neighbors or friends. Most, would not even believe many facts of the lost history in the Civil Rights Movement. This is a travesty of truth, and the people that have been most afflicted by this have been the African American community for not really understanding the truth about the Democrat Party and how they have buried the truth about their past.

Were you aware that even under FDR’s “New Deal” program that was to benefit lower income segments of the population, African Americans were still segregated in Soup Lines and Bread Lines?
In the 26 major civil rights votes after 1933, a majority of Democrats opposed civil rights legislation in over 80 percent of the votes. By contrast, the Republican majority favored civil rights in over 96 percent of the votes.

It was not until Truman used the executive order that the military finally became desegregated. It should also be noted that LBJ was not the great Crusader of Civil Rights. President Johnson made a 360— turn in his civil rights position when he became President, from 1940 to 1960 Johnson voted with the South 78% on civil rights issues. Prior to 1957, Johnson voted with the South 100% on civil rights issues. He also voted against the C.R.A. of 1957 and 1960.

Were you aware that in order to break the racist ways of Southern Democrats, it was Republican President Eisenhower who sponsored both Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act and it was a LBJ lead Senate who fought tooth and nail against them? Ike finally signed a watered down Civil Rights Bill. Yes, let me repeat that, Republican President Dwight Eisenhower sponsored and signed the first Civil Rights Bill. Did you know that? In 1957 President Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, which was intended to guarantee the voting rights of all African Americans. This was the first Civil Rights legislation to pass since Reconstruction. He also was forced to send Federal troops to Little Rock Arkansas to escort black students entering a formally all white school. Now today all we here in regards to Civil Rights legislation centers around the 1964 C.R.A., but this is leaving out some of the most important parts. Including the fact that LBJ, prior to moving up to the Executive Office, opposed legislation favoring civil rights for African Americans in this country. One should ask, why this is no longer taught in our schools to children?


I apologize for the following language but we have to understand the truth that is not being told any longer. The following quotes are LBJ quotes:

“I’ll have those ni-gg-ers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.” —Lyndon B. Johnson to two governors on Air Force One -

“These Negroes, they’re getting pretty uppity these days and that’s a problem for us since they’ve got something now they never had before, the political pull to back up their uppityness. Now we’ve got to do something about this, we’ve got to give them a little something, just enough to quiet them down, not enough to make a difference.”—LBJ

You can find this in Ronald Kessler’s “Inside The White House”

Let’s go back to FDR again, many like to hold FDR up as one of the more progressive presidents that helped champion the plight of the poor, one of the first to implement social justice for all. This social justice and equality excluded one of the poorest segments of the population at the time, discrimination in housing, transportation, public accommodations and the armed services went virtually unchecked by the Roosevelt administration. It was not until 20 some years later that a real effort was made to change this, but the efforts to do so may have led to the breakdown of the family unit and created even greater dependency on the government by those in the African American community. What it did, as LBJ pointed out, was insure that African Americans would be compelled to vote Democratic for generations to come by not giving a hand up, but by giving a hand out! He did this through what is called the “Great Society” and the war on poverty. As we know today though, that war has virtually been lost despite the billions thrown into the battle. Today we have some of the highest poverty rates in America, and we have one of the highest amount of citizens dependent on food assistance through programs such as Food Stamps. As a progressive program this has developed into an utter failure, even if it was perceived initially as a compassionate response to some of the ills that faced many in this community. Corruption and waste is rampant, along with abuse and increasing dependency.

In the mad dash to vilify the Republicans and Conservatives today many have forgotten the fact that it was the Republican Party that was the champion of Civil Rights and freedom for African Americans. Today that story goes either untold or when it is told, those that do so are immediately under attack and accused of being a racist. Many today would like you to believe that just because conservatives would rather assist in moving people off the rolls of welfare or any number of assistance programs, we do not care about those that have been conditioned to be dependent on those programs, and that is one of the most fatal mistakes that progressives make. Conservatives understand that people need assistance, but we also understand that it cannot become a lifestyle, that is passed down to generations to come.

Conservatives look at the potential of the individual and not the potential for further votes and power due to the repression of the constituents to rise out of the dependency on Government as LBJ pointed out.

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Robert Rohlfing runs The Drumbeat of Liberty, Liberty and the Preservation of Freedoms

But again...you know-nothing liberals of today just keep repeating lie after lie.

Except you're forgetting the fact that after the 1964 Civil Rights act, Southern Democrats became Republicans. Thanks to Nixon's Southern plan, it made the racists go from blue to red.

But yeah the parties are TOTALLY the same today. LOL.

Who cares.

History and facts care

 

[ClosedCaption]

And if they went these same people would be saying they just went there for a photo OP. The vast majority of the black community decided sometime ago to go all in with the Democratic Party fine that's their right but to do so and then act offended that Republicans don't attend their events is pretty silly.

BINGO....Ya cannot win with libs....They find something negative about everything....Hence, the reason why they are always complaining about something

I love this post. He says you can't win with libs and as proof he doesn't quote anything that has happened. He quotes a hypothetical made up story as proof.

If I had wheels I'd be a bike

thereisnospoon: I know!

So your side never complains?

A hypothetical is not proof of anything

 

[thereisnospoon]

Nothing did more to destroy the black family than LBJ's "Great Society" and he only did it to get votes.

How did it destroy the black family?

Through welfare which encouraged the father to leave or there be no father so benefits could be received.

Welfare supported the broken families

What caused them to break was the failures of supply side economics which never trickled down the jobs that were promised. Once jobs left the big cities, the families broke apart

That is a bunch of nonsense.
The break down of the black family had nothing to do with jobs.
But you can go on believing that if it makes you feel better.

 

[thereisnospoon]

The "lost history of the civil-rights movement". Sometimes you have to go to a foreign country to get the story our MSM refuse to disclose to you know-nothing dimocrats 60 years later.

Some Of The Lost History In The Civil Rights Movement

In the mad dash to vilify the Republicans and Conservatives today many have forgotten the fact that it was the Republican Party that was the champion of Civil Rights and freedom for African Americans
Some Of The Lost History In The Civil Rights Movement

​

By Robert Rohlfing October 1, 2011
Comments| Print friendly | Subscribe | Email Us |

Today we are hearing how Republicans and Conservatives are either the party of racists or that they are racists in general, but history proves a different story. This rhetoric is being pushed by those on the left and is being used as a tool to divide people. The real history is no longer taught to our children and so many adults have fallen prey to this rhetoric without actually doing the research to see if it is actually true.

If you look though the history books that are presented to our children. If you listen to politicians and pundits. If you talk to your neighbors or friends. Most, would not even believe many facts of the lost history in the Civil Rights Movement. This is a travesty of truth, and the people that have been most afflicted by this have been the African American community for not really understanding the truth about the Democrat Party and how they have buried the truth about their past.

Were you aware that even under FDR’s “New Deal” program that was to benefit lower income segments of the population, African Americans were still segregated in Soup Lines and Bread Lines?
In the 26 major civil rights votes after 1933, a majority of Democrats opposed civil rights legislation in over 80 percent of the votes. By contrast, the Republican majority favored civil rights in over 96 percent of the votes.

It was not until Truman used the executive order that the military finally became desegregated. It should also be noted that LBJ was not the great Crusader of Civil Rights. President Johnson made a 360— turn in his civil rights position when he became President, from 1940 to 1960 Johnson voted with the South 78% on civil rights issues. Prior to 1957, Johnson voted with the South 100% on civil rights issues. He also voted against the C.R.A. of 1957 and 1960.

Were you aware that in order to break the racist ways of Southern Democrats, it was Republican President Eisenhower who sponsored both Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act and it was a LBJ lead Senate who fought tooth and nail against them? Ike finally signed a watered down Civil Rights Bill. Yes, let me repeat that, Republican President Dwight Eisenhower sponsored and signed the first Civil Rights Bill. Did you know that? In 1957 President Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, which was intended to guarantee the voting rights of all African Americans. This was the first Civil Rights legislation to pass since Reconstruction. He also was forced to send Federal troops to Little Rock Arkansas to escort black students entering a formally all white school. Now today all we here in regards to Civil Rights legislation centers around the 1964 C.R.A., but this is leaving out some of the most important parts. Including the fact that LBJ, prior to moving up to the Executive Office, opposed legislation favoring civil rights for African Americans in this country. One should ask, why this is no longer taught in our schools to children?


I apologize for the following language but we have to understand the truth that is not being told any longer. The following quotes are LBJ quotes:

“I’ll have those ni-gg-ers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.” —Lyndon B. Johnson to two governors on Air Force One -

“These Negroes, they’re getting pretty uppity these days and that’s a problem for us since they’ve got something now they never had before, the political pull to back up their uppityness. Now we’ve got to do something about this, we’ve got to give them a little something, just enough to quiet them down, not enough to make a difference.”—LBJ

You can find this in Ronald Kessler’s “Inside The White House”

Let’s go back to FDR again, many like to hold FDR up as one of the more progressive presidents that helped champion the plight of the poor, one of the first to implement social justice for all. This social justice and equality excluded one of the poorest segments of the population at the time, discrimination in housing, transportation, public accommodations and the armed services went virtually unchecked by the Roosevelt administration. It was not until 20 some years later that a real effort was made to change this, but the efforts to do so may have led to the breakdown of the family unit and created even greater dependency on the government by those in the African American community. What it did, as LBJ pointed out, was insure that African Americans would be compelled to vote Democratic for generations to come by not giving a hand up, but by giving a hand out! He did this through what is called the “Great Society” and the war on poverty. As we know today though, that war has virtually been lost despite the billions thrown into the battle. Today we have some of the highest poverty rates in America, and we have one of the highest amount of citizens dependent on food assistance through programs such as Food Stamps. As a progressive program this has developed into an utter failure, even if it was perceived initially as a compassionate response to some of the ills that faced many in this community. Corruption and waste is rampant, along with abuse and increasing dependency.

In the mad dash to vilify the Republicans and Conservatives today many have forgotten the fact that it was the Republican Party that was the champion of Civil Rights and freedom for African Americans. Today that story goes either untold or when it is told, those that do so are immediately under attack and accused of being a racist. Many today would like you to believe that just because conservatives would rather assist in moving people off the rolls of welfare or any number of assistance programs, we do not care about those that have been conditioned to be dependent on those programs, and that is one of the most fatal mistakes that progressives make. Conservatives understand that people need assistance, but we also understand that it cannot become a lifestyle, that is passed down to generations to come.

Conservatives look at the potential of the individual and not the potential for further votes and power due to the repression of the constituents to rise out of the dependency on Government as LBJ pointed out.

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Robert Rohlfing runs The Drumbeat of Liberty, Liberty and the Preservation of Freedoms

But again...you know-nothing liberals of today just keep repeating lie after lie.

Except you're forgetting the fact that after the 1964 Civil Rights act, Southern Democrats became Republicans. Thanks to Nixon's Southern plan, it made the racists go from blue to red.

But yeah the parties are TOTALLY the same today. LOL.

Who cares.

History and facts care

Oh really? This story will never make it above the fold.....Sheesh......History and facts.....Ahh boy.

 

[thereisnospoon]

Maybe if they billed it as an NRA event, more Republicans would attend

Maybe if you'd learn to be less ridiculous and contribute to the forum with something other than drive by posts, you'd carry some semblance of credibility.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Nothing did more to destroy the black family than LBJ's "Great Society" and he only did it to get votes.

How did it destroy the black family?

Through welfare which encouraged the father to leave or there be no father so benefits could be received.

Welfare supported the broken families

What caused them to break was the failures of supply side economics which never trickled down the jobs that were promised. Once jobs left the big cities, the families broke apart

That is a bunch of nonsense.
The break down of the black family had nothing to do with jobs.
But you can go on believing that if it makes you feel better.

The black family broke apart because men and women couldn't form a relationship in order to raise their children over the long term. I blame feminism as it paints men as evil and unneeded. Wtf do you expect with that kind of view to happen? Of course men are going to say fuck it!

 

[thereisnospoon]

They are the same party today as back then.
They were against LBJ's welfare program then and same as now, knowing full well how it would impact families and marriages.

Not true! As someone who used to vote more Republican than Democrat - I can assure you they aren't the same parties. Democrats evolved, Republicans devolved.

I would argue that moving to positions that treat minorities as perennial, hapless victims incapable of taking care of themselves is not evolving...

What is wrong with expecting just as much from minorities as anyone else? Why do you lefties insist that minorities always require the kid glove treatment?

How do you explain Ben Carson?

What does this have to do with anything? You been hitt'n the peyote again Shitting Bull?

Fuck you, Soggy Jew.

You blinked first...You lose.....Nice meltdown, ace.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Nothing did more to destroy the black family than LBJ's "Great Society" and he only did it to get votes.

How did it destroy the black family?

Through welfare which encouraged the father to leave or there be no father so benefits could be received.

Welfare supported the broken families

What caused them to break was the failures of supply side economics which never trickled down the jobs that were promised. Once jobs left the big cities, the families broke apart

That is a bunch of nonsense.
The break down of the black family had nothing to do with jobs.
But you can go on believing that if it makes you feel better.

If it is about jobs then integration was a massive fuck up. Blacks were inventing and feeding themselves pre-civil rights and had a strong family. I think the family typically equals a stronger economy(which is jobs). So this idiot wants to tell me that we destroyed everything blacks had be integrating? I believe it was a massive fucking mistake myself but part of the reason it has failed so badly is the black family has want to shit.

 

[ScienceRocks]

No surprise none of the white supremos showed up

House GOP Leader Once Addressed White Supremacists ...

But, hey you can have black supremacist on your side and you have no problem with it. Fuck yourself, moron.

 

[TyroneSlothrop]

No surprise none of the white supremos showed up

House GOP Leader Once Addressed White Supremacists ...

But, hey you can have black supremacist on your side and you have no problem with it. Fuck yourself, moron.

Get bent fk boy GOP = KKK

 

[Lakhota]

Is racism hereditary or is it a choice?

 

[ClosedCaption]

The "lost history of the civil-rights movement". Sometimes you have to go to a foreign country to get the story our MSM refuse to disclose to you know-nothing dimocrats 60 years later.

Some Of The Lost History In The Civil Rights Movement

In the mad dash to vilify the Republicans and Conservatives today many have forgotten the fact that it was the Republican Party that was the champion of Civil Rights and freedom for African Americans
Some Of The Lost History In The Civil Rights Movement

​

By Robert Rohlfing October 1, 2011
Comments| Print friendly | Subscribe | Email Us |

Today we are hearing how Republicans and Conservatives are either the party of racists or that they are racists in general, but history proves a different story. This rhetoric is being pushed by those on the left and is being used as a tool to divide people. The real history is no longer taught to our children and so many adults have fallen prey to this rhetoric without actually doing the research to see if it is actually true.

If you look though the history books that are presented to our children. If you listen to politicians and pundits. If you talk to your neighbors or friends. Most, would not even believe many facts of the lost history in the Civil Rights Movement. This is a travesty of truth, and the people that have been most afflicted by this have been the African American community for not really understanding the truth about the Democrat Party and how they have buried the truth about their past.

Were you aware that even under FDR’s “New Deal” program that was to benefit lower income segments of the population, African Americans were still segregated in Soup Lines and Bread Lines?
In the 26 major civil rights votes after 1933, a majority of Democrats opposed civil rights legislation in over 80 percent of the votes. By contrast, the Republican majority favored civil rights in over 96 percent of the votes.

It was not until Truman used the executive order that the military finally became desegregated. It should also be noted that LBJ was not the great Crusader of Civil Rights. President Johnson made a 360— turn in his civil rights position when he became President, from 1940 to 1960 Johnson voted with the South 78% on civil rights issues. Prior to 1957, Johnson voted with the South 100% on civil rights issues. He also voted against the C.R.A. of 1957 and 1960.

Were you aware that in order to break the racist ways of Southern Democrats, it was Republican President Eisenhower who sponsored both Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act and it was a LBJ lead Senate who fought tooth and nail against them? Ike finally signed a watered down Civil Rights Bill. Yes, let me repeat that, Republican President Dwight Eisenhower sponsored and signed the first Civil Rights Bill. Did you know that? In 1957 President Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, which was intended to guarantee the voting rights of all African Americans. This was the first Civil Rights legislation to pass since Reconstruction. He also was forced to send Federal troops to Little Rock Arkansas to escort black students entering a formally all white school. Now today all we here in regards to Civil Rights legislation centers around the 1964 C.R.A., but this is leaving out some of the most important parts. Including the fact that LBJ, prior to moving up to the Executive Office, opposed legislation favoring civil rights for African Americans in this country. One should ask, why this is no longer taught in our schools to children?


I apologize for the following language but we have to understand the truth that is not being told any longer. The following quotes are LBJ quotes:

“I’ll have those ni-gg-ers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.” —Lyndon B. Johnson to two governors on Air Force One -

“These Negroes, they’re getting pretty uppity these days and that’s a problem for us since they’ve got something now they never had before, the political pull to back up their uppityness. Now we’ve got to do something about this, we’ve got to give them a little something, just enough to quiet them down, not enough to make a difference.”—LBJ

You can find this in Ronald Kessler’s “Inside The White House”

Let’s go back to FDR again, many like to hold FDR up as one of the more progressive presidents that helped champion the plight of the poor, one of the first to implement social justice for all. This social justice and equality excluded one of the poorest segments of the population at the time, discrimination in housing, transportation, public accommodations and the armed services went virtually unchecked by the Roosevelt administration. It was not until 20 some years later that a real effort was made to change this, but the efforts to do so may have led to the breakdown of the family unit and created even greater dependency on the government by those in the African American community. What it did, as LBJ pointed out, was insure that African Americans would be compelled to vote Democratic for generations to come by not giving a hand up, but by giving a hand out! He did this through what is called the “Great Society” and the war on poverty. As we know today though, that war has virtually been lost despite the billions thrown into the battle. Today we have some of the highest poverty rates in America, and we have one of the highest amount of citizens dependent on food assistance through programs such as Food Stamps. As a progressive program this has developed into an utter failure, even if it was perceived initially as a compassionate response to some of the ills that faced many in this community. Corruption and waste is rampant, along with abuse and increasing dependency.

In the mad dash to vilify the Republicans and Conservatives today many have forgotten the fact that it was the Republican Party that was the champion of Civil Rights and freedom for African Americans. Today that story goes either untold or when it is told, those that do so are immediately under attack and accused of being a racist. Many today would like you to believe that just because conservatives would rather assist in moving people off the rolls of welfare or any number of assistance programs, we do not care about those that have been conditioned to be dependent on those programs, and that is one of the most fatal mistakes that progressives make. Conservatives understand that people need assistance, but we also understand that it cannot become a lifestyle, that is passed down to generations to come.

Conservatives look at the potential of the individual and not the potential for further votes and power due to the repression of the constituents to rise out of the dependency on Government as LBJ pointed out.

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Robert Rohlfing runs The Drumbeat of Liberty, Liberty and the Preservation of Freedoms

But again...you know-nothing liberals of today just keep repeating lie after lie.

Except you're forgetting the fact that after the 1964 Civil Rights act, Southern Democrats became Republicans. Thanks to Nixon's Southern plan, it made the racists go from blue to red.

But yeah the parties are TOTALLY the same today. LOL.

Who cares.

History and facts care

Oh really? This story will never make it above the fold.....Sheesh......History and facts.....Ahh boy.

Facts don't care where they are in the paper. They are facts regardless

 

[Political Junky]

‘They’ve lost an opportunity to show the American people that they care,’ one black lawmaker says.

Scores of U.S. lawmakers are converging on tiny Selma, Alabama, for a large commemoration of a civil rights anniversary. But their ranks don’t include a single member of House Republican leadership — a point that isn’t lost on congressional black leaders.

None of the top leaders — House Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy or Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who was once thought likely to attend to atone for reports that he once spoke before a white supremacist group — will be in Selma for the three-day event that commemorates the 1965 march and the violence that protesters faced at the hands of white police officers. A number of rank-and-file Republicans have been aggressively lobbying their colleagues to attend, and several black lawmakers concurred.

“It is very disappointing that not a single Republican leader sees the value in participating in this 50th commemoration of the signing of the Voting Rights Act. I had hoped that some of the leadership would attend, but apparently none of them will,” said Congressional Black Caucus Chairman G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina. “The Republicans always talk about trying to change their brand and be more appealing to minority folks and be in touch with the interests of African-Americans. This is very disappointing.”

Former CBC Chair Marsha Fudge (D-Ohio) agreed.

“Not only do they have an opportunity to participate in something that is historic in this country, but certainly they’ve lost an opportunity to show the American people that they care,” she said. “Their loss.”​

More: GOP leaders to skip Selma event - Anna Palmer and Lauren French - POLITICO

So, the new GOP is the same as the old GOP. Not surprised.

They don't care, and it's to their advantage as far as getting votes from Right Wing Racists.

 

[Ernie S.]

Remind me why they are required to attend?

They aren't but the numbers aren't in Republicans' favor.

There are more non-white babies born in the US than whites. Guess what is going to happen with that result? Whites will not be the majority. Even if the Republican party were to get 90% white vote, they can't win blacks, Hispanics, and women without changing their approach towards those minorities.

One way to do that is to recognize the struggle it took for black people to get the right to participate in our society and some of the mentality that drove Jim Crow laws is still present today. If Republicans would actually acknowledge that, they would get the black vote. But they have decided that "White is right" and they don't care.

They won't be a national party within 20 years on that path.

I don't particularly care if whites are the majority. I would prefer every one of us identify as Americans and vote for what's best for the country. Give aways and special programs for certain segments are NOT good for the country. They are not even good for the segments the purportedly benefit.
Giving free food and housing and health care and cell phones and high speed internet, legal services, college tuition bunion pads and birth control don't help one bit. They only make the poor dependent on the government for more free food and housing and health care and cell phones and high speed internet, legal services, college tuition, bunion pads and birth control. This makes sitting on one's ass collecting checks more comfortable then leaving the bar early, getting a good night's sleep and punching a clock at 7 AM.
Something must be done to limit the size of single parent families and to limit the time a family can collect public assistance. Now there is incentive to keep turning out kids so the EBT card recharge is bigger and bigger.
Harsh, perhaps, but no single parent family should receive one penny more for additional children. ALL welfare recipients over 18 or no longer enrolled in public education should attend appropriate vocational training as a condition of entitlement for any and all public assistance and upon completion have benefits reduced over a year to zero. Kids who can function in a tertiary education system should be encouraged to go to college with some partial financial incentive, but no free ride for college.
All birth records should include the name of a father and mother and a non custodial parent must pay child support greater than any moneys from public assistance. Non payment should be a felony with violators placed in prisons where they would learn a trade they are intellectually and physically capable of performing.
Being poor is uncomfortable. I'm sorry, but it should be. It should be so uncomfortable that people will do what ever it takes to better themselves.

 

[Lakhota]

Remind me why they are required to attend?

They aren't but the numbers aren't in Republicans' favor.

There are more non-white babies born in the US than whites. Guess what is going to happen with that result? Whites will not be the majority. Even if the Republican party were to get 90% white vote, they can't win blacks, Hispanics, and women without changing their approach towards those minorities.

One way to do that is to recognize the struggle it took for black people to get the right to participate in our society and some of the mentality that drove Jim Crow laws is still present today. If Republicans would actually acknowledge that, they would get the black vote. But they have decided that "White is right" and they don't care.

They won't be a national party within 20 years on that path.

I don't particularly care if whites are the majority. I would prefer every one of us identify as Americans and vote for what's best for the country. Give aways and special programs for certain segments are NOT good for the country. They are not even good for the segments the purportedly benefit.
Giving free food and housing and health care and cell phones and high speed internet, legal services, college tuition bunion pads and birth control don't help one bit. They only make the poor dependent on the government for more free food and housing and health care and cell phones and high speed internet, legal services, college tuition, bunion pads and birth control. This makes sitting on one's ass collecting checks more comfortable then leaving the bar early, getting a good night's sleep and punching a clock at 7 AM.
Something must be done to limit the size of single parent families and to limit the time a family can collect public assistance. Now there is incentive to keep turning out kids so the EBT card recharge is bigger and bigger.
Harsh, perhaps, but no single parent family should receive one penny more for additional children. ALL welfare recipients over 18 or no longer enrolled in public education should attend appropriate vocational training as a condition of entitlement for any and all public assistance and upon completion have benefits reduced over a year to zero. Kids who can function in a tertiary education system should be encouraged to go to college with some partial financial incentive, but no free ride for college.
All birth records should include the name of a father and mother and a non custodial parent must pay child support greater than any moneys from public assistance. Non payment should be a felony with violators placed in prisons where they would learn a trade they are intellectually and physically capable of performing.
Being poor is uncomfortable. I'm sorry, but it should be. It should be so uncomfortable that people will do what ever it takes to better themselves.

Go wash your pointy hat and bed sheets.

 

[rcfieldz]

I think I would feel silly marching unless I was married to a woman of African American descent. I wonder how people, considered black, but born from another nation feel who live in America.

 

[Flash]

[

They don't care, and it's to their advantage as far as getting votes from Right Wing Racists.

The Democrat love to incite racial division and that is why they are being shitheads about Selma.

The filthy ass Democrats are trying to kiss the asses of the Black welfare queens in order to maintain that 97% Black voting blocks.

After all LBJ (Democrat) started all this crap with his massive welfare program and said "I'll have those Niggars voting Democrat for the next 120 years".

If the Democrats were really concerned about Blacks they would be condemning Obama's economic policies that fuck all Americans and have double the amount of Black unemployment in this country. That U-6 unemployment rate over 11% has hit the Black community real hard and more Blacks are in poverty now and on welfare than ever before.

The Democrats kiss Black asses and then fuck them. The Blacks are too damn stupid to understand they they are getting fucked by the Democrats. LBJ had them pegged, didn't he?

 

[Theowl32]

Only proves democrats are the party of patronizing racists, manipulating their moronic puppet constituency. Especially moronic unappreciative dogs like Lakota who bites the hand that feeds her everyday.

The morons on the left still actually believe the democrats actually care about the poor victim minorities.


Fucking hilarious. How stupid do lefties allow themselves to get?