House apologizes for slavery and Jim Crow

MSDNC ^ | 29 July 2008 | Typical AP White Person

[GOP_Raider]

WASHINGTON - The House on Tuesday issued an unprecedented apology to black Americans for the wrongs committed against them and their ancestors who suffered under slavery and Jim Crow segregation laws.

"Today represents a milestone in our nation's efforts to remedy the ills of our past," said Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Mich., chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus.

The resolution, passed by voice vote, was the work of Tennessee Democrat Steve Cohen, the only white lawmaker to represent a majority black district. Cohen faces a formidable black challenger in a primary face-off next week.

[goldstategop]

I think little of the cowardly Republicans who - afraid of being charged with "racism" - allowed this affront to America to pass the House!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Ulysse]

YEAH RIGHT !
The crying-babies,mediatic fake “bleeding hearts” are launching the big show ....

As in Europe they want an ENDLESSLY APOLOGIZING GUILTY USA...It’s a way to weaken the american spirit,freedom and pride!
That’s the way liberals weakened Europe and misled it on the path of socialism and multiculturalism.

You might feel guilty about “blacks”,”indians”,”asians”,”mexicans”,”arabs” and “muslims”...
And you can’t say that all those people have had some benefit from the western and US civilization!

SUBMIT TO THE NEW LIBERAL “MORAL” ORDER/DOGMA !

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

And how does this improve the life of even a single black person? Feelgoodism run amok.

[Pontiac]

And still is the Sudan and a few other countries.

Slavery still exist in this country and most likely in every country on earth.

It may not be legal but it still occurs.

In the US the “Sex Industry” is the most prolific user of slaves (the most profit is there).

Personal servants and house keepers are next. You may remember last year a immigrant couple was convicted for slavery/illegal imprisonment for keeping a woman captive in their luxury home as a house keeper with out pay and torturing her for small misdeeds.

[Coldwater Creek]

It gets worse! Steve Cohen represents the most violent city in the country. He's simply a panderer trying to keep his job.

All this wasted time for something symbolic.

[R. Scott]

When are the going to apologize to American Indians, Chinese and Irish?

[equaviator]

It may be just a matter of time before the New Black Panthers, etc. turn to Obama with an offer he can’t refuse.
Big bucks reparations for ancestors of slaves or ?.

[JudgemAll]

Slavery waste pales in comparison to the wasted aborted babies murdered by liberals. This is nutjob hypocrisy. This is dhimmit behavior. THis is stupid. This is moraly unconfident and bankrupt.

[Alia]

I had to look: Yep. Steve Cohen represents Memphis.

[mylife]

“Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick”

So here we have a black woman apologizing to blacks for how they were treated before she was born.

[raybbr]

And how does this improve the life of even a single black person? Feelgoodism run amok.

It's now called "hopium".

Hopium helps you forget several unpleasant facts

[mylife]

Sing it Sistah!

[BluH2o]

Here it comes. This is just a warmup for a move for reparations for former slaves.

My thought precisely ... this is very definitely the first major step in that direction. It virtually assures that reparation is only a few years away, certainly within the next decade.

[catfish1957]

Yep, reparations are next. Obama would just love to reenforce his base for 2012, by getting his people some extra cash. I wonder if we can get the Brittish to give us a check for the treatement after the 1066 Invasion...... Damn Normans.

Personally, I am very sorry for every slave I have ever owned. (/s)

[varon]

How dare they speak in my name? The resolution, introduced by Tennessee Democrat Steve Cohen, strictly for personal political gain, implicates me in acts that neither I nor any of my ancestors were involved with, as is the case I’m sure, of millions of other Americans.

I carry no guilt and I owe no apology!

[ByteMercenary]

Regarding reparations, my oldest son heard his boot camp DI, a very black man from Missouri, say “Make them prove who the slave in their family was. Most of them don’t know who their daddy was, much less their great grandfather.”

Jawdropper, no?

[paltz]

Um, excuse me, but it was Democrats who gave us Jim Crow Laws and wanted to continue slavery. Republicans were lynched over the slavery issue post civil war. This is nonsense and just leading up to taxes for reparations.

[Waco]

ush already appolizied for this when he appolized for Jesse James. Al Capone, etc. And take note, with the little guy hurting most from high prices gas, it is the RATS most opposed to solving the problem.

[equaviator]

I don’t recall anyone in the MSM, including Fox News, asking Obama what his position on reparations is/would be. Ask the man, for crying out loud...make him squirm, already!

[excalibur1701]

“EXCUSE ME. I’M PAYING YOU. COULD YOU GO TO WORK AND RESOLVE THE $4+ GALLON OF GAS SITUATION NOW? SLAVERY HAS BEEN OVER FOR DECADES. I’D LIKE TO FEED MY KID NOW, THANK YOU FOR EARNING YOUR RIDICULOUS AND GIGANTIC ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT SALARY THAT ENTITLES YOU TO DO STUPID THINGS LIKE THIS THAT TAKE UP TIME AND WASTES MY MONEY... “

“That is one of the best posts I have read in a long time on any forum.”

Totally agree! No wonder Congress’s approval rate is around 10 percent.