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Conyers Reintroduces Reparations Effort
pjmedia.com ^ | 1/4/13 | Bridget Johnson

Posted on 01/04/2013 11:56:41 AM PST by ColdOne

Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) introduced two reparations resolutions on the first day of the 113th Congress.

The first, H.R. 40, is “to acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to examine the institution of slavery, subsequently de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African-Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African-Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.”

The second, H.R. 98, is “to provide a remedy for survivors and descendants of the victims of the Tulsa, Oklahoma Race Riot of 1921.”

Neither has been received by the GPO yet for the full text to be available.

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To: bert

Works for me


81 posted on 01/04/2013 2:58:13 PM PST by mojitojoe (American by birth. Southern by the grace of God. Conservative by reason and logic.)
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To: ColdOne
more DAYS than not...
82 posted on 01/04/2013 3:19:56 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Chode
Apparently all the 5th generation removed Slaves need to do is say they were descriminated Farmers. Obama nation seems to shell out money at the drop of a Dime for this Pigford BS.
83 posted on 01/04/2013 3:22:42 PM PST by DAC21
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To: ColdOne
This doesn't affect me. My ancestors came over after slavery was abolished. They went to the coal mines, and their lives were brutal. If it weren't for my ancestors, there wouldn't have been coal to build this country.

Hey....I want my reparations. A lot of innocent people died in those coal mines that were the engine - literally - of this country. Without coal, who knows where we'd be today.

84 posted on 01/04/2013 3:33:10 PM PST by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: ColdOne

Sure.

I’m in favor of giving everyone ever trodden on by the US Government in any capacity a one year suspension of federal taxes with no ability by the government to make up that income difference in later years.


85 posted on 01/04/2013 3:35:13 PM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True supporters of our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: DAC21
pretty much...
86 posted on 01/04/2013 3:37:37 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: ColdOne

What does Conyers think welfare is? Reparations = EBD card


87 posted on 01/04/2013 3:45:51 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Tzimisce
All members of the Commission shall be persons who are especially qualified to serve on the Commission by virtue of their education, training, or experience, particularly in the field of African-American studies.

This is about making some cash for those worthless degrees in African Studies Departments.

88 posted on 01/04/2013 3:59:48 PM PST by Ouderkirk (Obama has turned America into an aristocracy of the unaccomplished.)
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To: Ouderkirk

Exactly!


89 posted on 01/04/2013 5:06:46 PM PST by sarasmom
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To: Kozak
One way tickets back to the Motherland I could go for.

We did that one already......it became a huge economic success and a champion of Progressive thought. The AIDS rate is a very low 98%, cannibalism is still practiced, and for a while children could become Generals.

And, the murder rate is lower than ChitCago's

90 posted on 01/04/2013 5:54:51 PM PST by Repeat Offender (What good are conservative principles if we don't stand by them?)
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To: RobbyS

I agree.


91 posted on 01/05/2013 4:33:51 AM PST by zbogwan2
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To: ColdOne

This is how the bill should read:

The first, H.R. 40, is “to acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of Affirmative Action in the United States and the 50 American States between 1960 and 2012 and to establish a commission to examine the institution of Affirmative Action, subsequently de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against Americans, and the impact of these forces on living Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.”

The second, H.R. 98, is “to provide a remedy for survivors and descendants of the victims of the 1965 Watts riots, 1967 Detroit and Newark riots,1968 Chicago riots,1980 Miami riots,1991 Crown Heights riots,1992 Los Angeles riots 1996: St. Petersburg Riots, 2001 Cincinnati riots, 2009 Oakland riots etc…….”


92 posted on 01/05/2013 8:05:13 AM PST by shoff (Vote Democratic it beats thinking!)
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To: God luvs America

The only think I can think of is that stuff like this has been going on since forever. The Dutch took care of their, own, then the English, then the Irish, and so on, and screw the rest. But Tammany Hall made a fine art out of this stuff. And the guy who really got Tammany started was that b......d, Aaron Burr. When I hear the dims talk about ‘fairness,” I grin. Oh, Yes, Mr. Fairness O’Bama. He says “We[ rich people] must be willing to pay our fair share. “ Well, he pays on his official salary, but not the 100 million that it takes to keep him and his snooty wife living the high style.


93 posted on 01/05/2013 8:48:46 AM PST by RobbyS (Christus rex.)
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To: ColdOne

I don’t owe any former slave anything.


94 posted on 01/05/2013 8:32:11 PM PST by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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