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After Blowback, Ocasio-Cortez ‘Clarifies’ D.C. Slavery Claim
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| By James Barrett September 20, 2019
Posted on 09/20/2019 1:47:56 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: riverdawg
On March 22, 1873, the Spanish National Assembly finally abolished slavery in Puerto Rico. The owners were compensated with 35 million pesetas per slave, and slaves were required to continue working for three more years. Long after the US had!
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posted on
09/20/2019 3:15:15 PM PDT
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
To: originalbuckeye
Article 1 Section 8 Clause 17
"Clause 17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings"
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posted on
09/20/2019 3:19:03 PM PDT
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
To: Red Badger
When I was a kid I had a pet store turtle that was smarter than this stupid girl.
It drowned in an inch of water.
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posted on
09/20/2019 3:20:30 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason.)
To: Red Badger
aocstupid is a good keyword and a great hashtag. #AOCstupid
Not to mention a new and highly pejorative ad-hominem.
"Watch this guy try to jump the creek on a Moped. It's gonna be AOC stupid!"
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posted on
09/20/2019 3:29:43 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason.)
To: Red Badger
Hey AOC, perhaps you can figure which is which!
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posted on
09/20/2019 3:36:07 PM PDT
by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
To: lightman
Statehood for DC must be a package deal with statehood for Puerto Rico.
One D and one R.
*
Huh? What makes you think there would be one D and one R? They both would be Ds. No doubt about it...
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posted on
09/20/2019 3:38:10 PM PDT
by
snoringbear
(,W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
To: Red Badger
All they know how to do is waste taxpayer money with this garbage, instead of accomplishing things for their Districts.
To: originalbuckeye
would require a Constitutional Amendment.....not happening
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posted on
09/20/2019 4:07:26 PM PDT
by
mo
("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible")
To: Red Badger; outofsalt; mo
Thank you. I thought there was something in the Constitution about it, but I inarticulately described what I was thinking.
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posted on
09/20/2019 5:47:46 PM PDT
by
originalbuckeye
('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)
To: originalbuckeye
Not that the Left cares about the Constitution. Oh, they care about it!
They hate it with a passion.
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posted on
09/20/2019 6:17:36 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
To: originalbuckeye
Is it not in the Constitution that DC was to never be considered for statehood? Or am I misremembering? Like Obama, I'm not a Constitutional Lawyer, but I also believe it would take a lot more to make DC a state than a Bill passed in Congress.
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posted on
09/20/2019 7:32:53 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Liberals - anathema to a free thinking society.)
To: outofsalt
Article 1 Section 8 Clause 17 "Clause 17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings"
There you go. Problem solved. Move "DC" to OK or KS and cede the current area back to Maryland and Virginia. The current citizens of the area known as the District of Columbia get the voting rights they covet and the new seat of government will be moved to an area less needy.
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posted on
09/20/2019 7:37:28 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Liberals - anathema to a free thinking society.)
To: VeniVidiVici
Virginia doesnt have any claim to DC.
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posted on
09/20/2019 7:41:12 PM PDT
by
CJ Wolf
(Free)
To: VeniVidiVici
Something like the actual states would have to get like 70 bazillion percent of the post election coverage. Never gonna happen.
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posted on
09/20/2019 7:43:45 PM PDT
by
CJ Wolf
(Free)
To: VeniVidiVici
Yes let’s move the government! Make the mall a national park, return people and businesses to maryland control and put the Capitol in a new place that is uninhabited currently.
Greenland might be good.
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posted on
09/20/2019 7:47:39 PM PDT
by
CJ Wolf
(Free)
To: Red Badger
To: VeniVidiVici
There are many Federal Districts throughout the country.
Government should be decentralized, IMHO, with offices scattered all around the country. Why do you think the DC suburbs consistently rank among the top wealthiest?
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posted on
09/20/2019 9:02:19 PM PDT
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
To: Red Badger
Never confront the insane with facts. It is a waste of time and breath. Aim for their supporters and the media so as to expose the sheer stupidity of people like AOC, the “Squats”, etc.
To: IronJack
The citizen’s of the territory vote then if it’s ‘yes’ for statehood, they apply to Congress which must vote yes or no...................
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posted on
09/23/2019 6:07:40 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
Never argue with an idiot.
It just creates another idiot...................
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posted on
09/23/2019 6:13:02 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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