Posted on 06/05/2006 5:35:47 AM PDT by bilhosty
America's motto is "E pluribus unum," Latin for "Out of many, one." Some U.S. senators seem to be reading it backward. This week the Senate will consider legislation that would create an independent, race-based government for Native Hawaiians. If the bill becomes law, it would create a racial spoils system that would hand special privileges to up to one-fifth of the state's population--including many with only a trace of Hawaiian blood. It could inspire mainland groups such as Hispanic separatists to seek similar spoils, should they ever gain enough political leverage.
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Pee tests for the senate.
The U.S. Senate needs to be broomed in it's entirety.
"Pee tests for the senate."
Hear, hear! And the Clowngress too! Oh, and the State Department, and the...
The Senate seems to be full of nothing but idiots!!!!!
> America's motto is "E pluribus unum," Latin for "Out of many, one."
Bears repeating.
They could always go with Al Gore's translation of e pluribus unum: "out of one, many."
This bill would allow someone to be classified as a native Hawaiian, with special rights, if he has only 1/256th Native Hawaiian ancestry. I'm not an expert on genetics, but I think it's possible for a person to have inherited no DNA at all from an ancestor that remote (8 generations back) since people have only 46 chromosomes.
Does anyone know what the H is the matter with Lindsey Graham? For someone who claims to be a conservative, the guy has all the backbone of a jellyfish.
legislation now under consideration in the U.S. Senate conflicts with America's "melting pot" philosophy.
Senators are expected to vote as early as this week on "The Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act" (S. 147)...
This proposed government, however, is likely to be determined on racial terms...
Allowing a race-based native Hawaiian government would create an Orwellian situation where equality and privilege is based on race and ethnicity,"
"To think of such a thing in this day and age is abhorrent. To actually attempt to codify such a notion in America, after the abolition of such racial hierarchy as slavery here and apartheid abroad, is contemptible. This plan proves that racism and bigotry can still find a foothold in our society."
While this race-based government finds support among the Hawaiian political class and their paid advocates, a May 2006 poll commissioned by the Grassroots Institute of Hawaii found almost 67 percent of the population of Hawaii opposes S. 147, and over 80 percent generally oppose race-based preferences.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/06/05/109-06052006.html
Race Based Government.
Caaaall meeeee Mr. Mokuoloe!
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