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Earl Butz has died
02/02/08

Posted on 02/02/2008 1:48:36 PM PST by Borges

(The Indianapolis Star can't be posted so I'm paraphrasing and proving the link.)

He was Secretary of Agriculture under Nixon and Ford. He had to resign because of a racist 'joke'. He was 98.

P.S. Hope you liked my Obit style. Maybe I should work for the AP.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: butz; earlbutz; mynameisearl; obituary
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To: rogue yam
Sometimes a joke is just a joke, not a dissertation on anthropolgy.

You guys have got to get over it ~

61 posted on 02/02/2008 7:21:19 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: BunkDetector; SandwicheGuy

All those non-negro posters ever want is a tight macaca, a loose keyboard, and a warm thread to cry on.


62 posted on 02/02/2008 7:27:50 PM PST by palmer
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To: John123

You’re absolutely correct. His comment was stereotyping folks, but there was no racism indicated. The word racism is thrown about so much these days that the meaning is actually changing before our very eyes.


63 posted on 02/02/2008 7:34:17 PM PST by JustaDumbBlonde
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To: muawiyah
You guys have got to get over it

If you were really dictator of the world you wouldn't be posting to this thread.

64 posted on 02/02/2008 8:02:14 PM PST by rogue yam
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To: JustaDumbBlonde
His comment was stereotyping folks, but there was no racism indicated.

There is a difference between a vote and an explanation.

65 posted on 02/02/2008 8:05:52 PM PST by rogue yam
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To: Borges

If intolerence camps are ever franchised across the land, this man will be held up as the original sinner.


66 posted on 02/10/2008 9:39:01 AM PST by kinghorse
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To: Borges

If intolerence camps are ever franchised across the land, this man will be held up as the original sinner.


67 posted on 02/10/2008 9:39:05 AM PST by kinghorse
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