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Black lawmaker calls on mothers to 'take back our streets' [Bobby Rush, D-IL]
The Hill ^ | 4/29/15 | Cristina Marcos

Posted on 04/29/2015 4:36:22 AM PDT by markomalley

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To: SMARTY
Mothers can go one step further and MARRY the father of her children.

How many of them have just one?

21 posted on 04/29/2015 5:15:28 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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Generations and generations of people CANNOT consistently make wrong choices THEN expect a positive outcome.

I don’t care who you are, it won’t work


22 posted on 04/29/2015 5:17:29 AM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: SMARTY
Generations and generations of people CANNOT consistently make wrong choices THEN expect a positive outcome.

"outcome" is somewhat subjective, and measured relative to the outcome of people who made better choices. They're trying to create an illusion of improving the outcome of bad decisions by artificially worsening the outcome of good ones.

23 posted on 04/29/2015 5:24:41 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: markomalley

Hey Mr.Rush, why not tell black males to stay with their ‘baby’s mommy’? I know it just isn’t blacks but whites and Latinos are doing the same. Time to strengthen marriage.


24 posted on 04/29/2015 5:34:33 AM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: markomalley

How about they require their children to behave and learn in school? And pull their pants up???

How about mothers turn off the television and read to their children?

HOW ABOUT MARRYING THEIR DADDY?????


25 posted on 04/29/2015 5:35:49 AM PDT by jch10 (Obama, the first Muslim in Chief.)
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To: Biggirl

I have worked closely with several black men (hired one of them) during my various ‘careers. They were in good jobs ... had good educations, including a college degree. They were polite and well spoken, and good workers ... also a lot of fun to be around. What did they have in common? A mother who raised them right ... and every single one of those guys was still VERY respectful of their moms, appreciative of her sacrifices to get them a good education & what they needed to have a better life, AND they all were still a little bit “afraid” of her! When momma spoke, these guys still listened, if not ‘jumped’. An intact family is still the best, but lacking that for whatever reason, if you have a motivated, morals/values (black or otherwise) mom who truly parents her kids, they can (and do) turn out well.


26 posted on 04/29/2015 5:44:12 AM PDT by Qiviut ( One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides. ~W.E. Johns)
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To: markomalley

Why not fathers?


27 posted on 04/29/2015 5:50:53 AM PDT by nonliberal (Sent from a payphone in a whorehouse in Mexico.)
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To: markomalley

Not one of these fool politicians has the nerve to make the appeal that ought to be made: African-American FATHERS, marry the women you make babies with, and then raise the kids to be about something besides murder and mayhem.


28 posted on 04/29/2015 6:17:21 AM PDT by madprof98
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Even black “leaders” refuse to call on black men to step up and be responsible fathers. Black fathers have been so marginalized that its no wonder to me why they just make babies and move on.


29 posted on 04/29/2015 6:32:51 AM PDT by armydawg505
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To: dp0622
BTW, did you ever serve grand jury duty lol? I start today. have no idea what to expect.

Don't forget that you will only see what the prosecutor wants you to see.

There's an old joke: [Chief Judge of the NY Court of Appeals] Sol Wachtler was famously quoted by Tom Wolfe in the 1987 novel The Bonfire of the Vanities that "a grand jury would 'indict a ham sandwich,' if that's what you wanted."

30 posted on 04/29/2015 6:36:16 AM PDT by justlurking (tagline removed, as demanded by Admin Moderator)
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Only white evangelicals are targeted by CPS for disciplining their children.

I had a great idea, though, to make the idea of the article happen.

Pass laws that say that once a kid is arrested,
he can no longer be counted as a dependent for purposes
of welfare payments to the mother.


31 posted on 04/29/2015 6:38:54 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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32 posted on 04/29/2015 6:42:21 AM PDT by onedoug
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“....Yet absent the father, at least the mother in question stepped up to the plate and got her son OUT of that violent situation. God Bless her.”...

Yes, she did, and today, practically the whole nation is rising up to applaud her for doing that.


33 posted on 04/29/2015 6:58:23 AM PDT by jazzlite (esat)
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To: justlurking

lol. I’m home from it. obviously cant say anything but interesting experience. ham sandwich lol. funny but scary


34 posted on 04/29/2015 11:44:25 AM PDT by dp0622 (Franky Five Angels: "Look, let's get 'em all -- let's get 'em all now, while we got the muscle.")
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To: Sherman Logan
Men will do what their women let them get away with.

If the women held them to a higher standard -- i.e. job, responsibility, marriage -- men would behave better. That today's women let themselves be knocked up and abandoned is pathetic.

35 posted on 04/29/2015 11:50:03 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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Some men, sure. Others will be responsible whether women insist on it or not. But I agree many will descend to whatever low level of sexual morality they can get away with.


36 posted on 04/29/2015 12:31:11 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: dp0622

I will be interested in seeing your comments on the experience, sans any info regarding a case :-)

I served on one and yes, you will be committed over the entire 120 days.

Personally I came away with the belief that every leftist in the nation should have to serve on one, it’s an eye opener.


37 posted on 04/30/2015 9:22:35 AM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44
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