Obama pays tribute to Mandela's courage

AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/20/06 | Clare Nullis - ap

[newfarm4000n]

You do realize Ronald Reagan supported the embargo on SA ? You won't last long in this forum with your attitude. What does living or not living in America have to do with it? Australia and England also supported the embargo.

[newfarm4000n]

Obama became senator because he beat keyes. A an illegal immigrant Felon could beat keyes !

[yankeedame]

The white south Africans were however worse terrorists. About that there is also no doubt.

Oh? How? And please, no

-- "Well, if I have to tell you...", or

-- "Go look it up..."

Just one or two specific examples will do.

[DuxFan4ever]

The liberal AP feels obliged to include the obligatory "one of the Democrats rising stars" after the name Barak Obama.
When was the last time that tag-line was used after a GOP member of congress by the crAP?

[yankeedame]

Why is it that certain blacks are heroes to other blacks no matter their criminality?

IMHO b/c it subconsciously touches a certain cord, fills a certain need.

[endthematrix]

In Illinois? Of course! We love luv 'em both (illegals and felons)!

[newfarm4000n]

Go look it up.

[SamuraiScot]

You do realize Ronald Reagan supported the embargo on SA ?

It was a bad idea—pointless, and obviously likely to lead to something worse, which it did. It was like his decision to pull out of Lebanon. And not nuking Iran after the hostages returned. He was brilliant, but in hindsight, those decisions don't look so good.

What's fortunate is that the Soviet Union had been defeated by Ronaldus Magnus by the time their clients (including Cuban troops) overthrew South Africa. The Communist Party, and the Russian Empire before them, had had the intention of getting the Cape of Good Hope, so they could control shipping around it—and in their dreams, the world.

Instead, Mandela-land is becoming like the rest of Africa.

[Riverman94610]

That cracks me up- Apartheid South Africa a "stable Democracy"
Yeah,a democracy where only a minority of people got to vote.
Sure,things are screwed up in SA now but that does not justify the Apartheid State.
Kind of like old Nazis in the 1950's pointing out how bad things were in Communist East Germany.
Yeah,but things sucked under YOU guys also!

[TWfromTEXAS]

well given that RR was elected 3 years before i was born i'm not sure how that matters one bit. living outside the US might show you how others really live.

Answer this since you want to shoot a bunch of folks:

1 what black african countries had better governments?
2 which had better economies?
3 if it was so damn bad why were thousands pouring INTO the country instead of out?

Oh and do you agree with EVERYTHING RR did?

[Trajan88]

Mandela = Communist.

In my book: bad.

[newfarm4000n]

Instead, Mandela-land is becoming like the rest of Africa.


They are still entitled to screw up their own country ON THEIR OWN TERMS. Look I agree all of Africa is a socialist wasteland and I shed no tears but defending the White regime in South Africa is just silly. They survived as long as they did because of their resource wealth ( like that Other SA ! ).

[newfarm4000n]

Dude please send your posts to their correct recipient ! I agree fully with what you are saying !

[newfarm4000n]

1 what black african countries had better governments?
2 which had better economies?

None.. But that is irrelevant. Haiti has a better economy than most African nations !

3 if it was so damn bad why were thousands pouring INTO the country instead of out?

Easy..resource wealth.

[Riverman94610]

OH,I know.Sorry for the misunderstanding.I was just trying to validate your point.
Its getting late.Attention span dragging.

[newfarm4000n]

It seems that people sometimes so hate liberals that they automatically assume anything opposing a liberal group is automatically Kosher. However with White SA VS ANC it is like totalitarian liberalism vs mere fanatical liberalism.

[TWfromTEXAS]

it is irrelevant that it had better government and better economy that anywhere? it has more wealth than Namibia, Congo, Angola, Nigeria?

i see with you it was only that the dominate tribe was white! sorry i don't chat with racist, see you.

[bpjam]

And the Media pays tribute to Obama..... Hell, this guy has yet to accomplish anything that can be named. Why in hell would anybody be glorifying this guy aside from the fact that he is black? If Obama was not black, would anybody give a rats @ss about him? What did the guy do other than go to harvard? He is John Edwards with darker skin - slick, photogenic and completely without portfolio.

[newfarm4000n]

Like I love repeating.. He beat KEYES ! I seriously doubt Keyes would be elected dog catcher in a county in the deep south !

[endthematrix]

The main failure was that Obama gathered Republican and Independent votes.