Posted on 08/17/2004 2:38:57 PM PDT by unspun
Yep, that tribe must have at least 50 members.
Sorry. I don't know any "Obama water-boys and girls".
If you're suggesting that people shouldn't criticize him for this absurd proposal, I'm afraid you're out of luck. You may have noticed that he rather stepped in it on this one.
Yes. I'm more concerned about appointing strict constructionist judges and killing jihadists than I am with whether one group of people get out from under the slave tax.
Keyes is not "hated" for being Catholic. He's not hated at all.
This goofy reparations idea has no basis in Catholic theology, in American politics, or especially in conservative thought.
Does he have to fully support it even if they decide to leave the pro-life plank out?
Ouch.
OK, kid, three things, and then I'll let you go.
First, you owe me ten bucks (yeah, I'm in on that deal too. Call it "real financk" if you like.)
Second, BUY A F'N DICTIONARY if you INSIST on grinding that term into the ground every other post you make!
There are few things that grate against the nerves as much as having someone who can't even spell (let alone grasp "realpolitik" come along and lecture the class on it -- incessantly.
Third, and finally, when the hell did the democrats start compromising? They are skilled in the art of getting the Republicans to "compromise" (everything from abortion to the Second Amendment to "stem cell research", but I've yet to see them give anything up.
You talk a lot for a guy who can't seem to get anything right. Please stop embarrassing yourself like that.
Or, don't.
No skin off my teeth either way.
Why? Think through the first, second and third order implications. I think it at least might overall advance our agenda. And I know you have not honestly assessed the possibility.
To quote Alan Keyes
I'm glad you think so highly of Keyes
"I don't compromise on my principles."
Then you make yourself politically irrelevant. Politics is compromise. Deal with it.
Somebody's got to pay taxes,
If you are not for fighting for individual rights, including property rights, what are you doing in this party? Have you really resigned yourself to our current socialistic wealth transfer system?
I don't want to think about reparations.
THAT is readily apparent. You're all emotion, and no logic or rationality. There is no point in continuing to talk to you. Much like many leftists, you can't reason with them, so there is no point talking to them.
Bye
Not one group. One race.
Affirmative action in college admissions, and job hiring must be OK with you, then.
As long as we kill jihadists, it's perfectly OK for the federal government to exempt an entire race of people from paying taxes, forever (you KNOW it would be forever, don't you?).
Trust me. A lot of us aren't thrilled to see our fellow Freepers giving the nod to a reparations plan, either.
If you still don't know why people don't like Keyes (HINT: nothing on your list has anything to do with it whatsoever), you will never get it.
Keyes is always going to get bashed because his ideas are not exactly mainstream. He's not a moderate and he's not a liberal. He comes up with interesting ideas that make you think even if you don't immediately or eventually agree with him.
For example one time I listened to him talking about single mothers --- his solution for that problem was not necessarily to force them to put their kids in daycare and to go out and get a job because that leaves the kids with no parents when they were already down to one. But he also knows welfare doesn't work and is why so many are single mothers in the first place. His answer is a return to the family so that the mothers can be home raising their babies. Still --- I'm not sure how you can make that jump --- if they have babies with no husbands, then I'm for making them get jobs and support those kids.
For someone who thinks race pandering is just dandy, you've got a hell of a lot of nerve questioning someone else's rationality.
But what of those who will give the nod over any tax relief plan?
Ahh...
So rather than acknowledge the rational arguments that have been made, you revert to calling people that protest Keyes
1) Baby Killers
2) Liberals
3) Racists
4) Stubborn
5) Atheists
Nice.
The really good thing about Keyes announcing this tax relief plan is it changed the topic away from condemning him for being a carpetbagger. That was getting old. Probably no one called him a carpetbagger for 2 days now.
I think he'd be much better doing advocacy on his own, or if he's running in this race talking about eliminating taxes for everyone at least. I think he's very smart in most cases, but not that smart in this case. I know Keyes doesn't have mainstream ideas and perhaps that's why he came up with this slave tax thing but he should know that even when people write you off, mention one thing that may be unpopular and you suddenly get rediscovered.
Um, fifty years?
No, I don't think so.
Your forgot to use your Million Man Math calculator.
The way I calculate it, it's... [chik][chik][chik][chik][chik]...[chik][chik][chik]... ah, yes, here we go.
It's 244 years.
You see, there was this guy who was the son of an ex-slave, and he lived 122 years. 122 times 2 equals 244.
See how easy it is when you use Million Man Math? ;)
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