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Slavery Reparations Gaining Momentum
AP ^ | July 09, 2006 | ERIN TEXEIRA

Posted on 07/09/2006 11:16:25 AM PDT by TomServo

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"Giving people money will not solve the problems that we have."

Not now - not ever.

1 posted on 07/09/2006 11:16:26 AM PDT by TomServo
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To: TomServo

Sure it will.
Look how well it worked for the Katrina victims.


2 posted on 07/09/2006 11:19:49 AM PDT by mikeybaby (long time lurker)
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To: TomServo
Fueled by the work of scholars and lawyers, their campaign has morphed in recent years from a fringe-group rallying cry into sophisticated, mainstream movement.

Sophisticated?--Nope

Mainstream?--Nope

Scholars?--Nope

Lawyers?--BINGO!

3 posted on 07/09/2006 11:20:50 AM PDT by catpuppy
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To: TomServo
Purely absurd.

I have some Sioux blood in me. I want $200 billion in reparations and I want it now.

Give me a break.
4 posted on 07/09/2006 11:20:59 AM PDT by Pox (If it's a Coward you are searching for, you need look no further than the Democrats.)
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To: sauropod

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5 posted on 07/09/2006 11:21:08 AM PDT by sauropod (Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." PJO)
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To: TomServo

Will we get a full accounting of how deeply involved in the slave trade and slave economy the Democrat Party was? No. we won't. This one fact will forever limit the effect and importance of this issue.


6 posted on 07/09/2006 11:22:15 AM PDT by Richard Axtell
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To: sauropod

My ancestors came from Italy and Germany. We bombed them in World War II, and I'm sure that made my ancestors feel bad. Do I get anything?


7 posted on 07/09/2006 11:22:34 AM PDT by Pravious
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To: Pravious

Oops... forgot the smiley in that last post :-) :-)!


8 posted on 07/09/2006 11:23:17 AM PDT by Pravious
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To: Pox

You're a Sioux? Never mind the money, man, tell them you want the entire country back!!


9 posted on 07/09/2006 11:23:17 AM PDT by Eagles Talon IV
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To: TomServo

actually, I'm all for it..all they have to do is produce picture ID (won't happen unless an alcohol purchase is needed) and prove they were alive during the 1860's to collect..


10 posted on 07/09/2006 11:23:31 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (I'm a Patriot Guard Rider..www.patriotguard.org for info)
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To: mikeybaby

"Look how well it worked for the Katrina victims."

My thoughts exactly.


11 posted on 07/09/2006 11:24:12 AM PDT by imskylark
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To: TomServo
The most recent victories for reparations advocates came in June, when the Moravian Church and the Episcopal Church both apologized for owning slaves and promised to battle current racism.

Apologizing for past behavior is a long cry from writing checks to the millions of black Americans who were never slaves. Even the majority of liberals won't support cash reparations. Reparations is a pipe dream that will never happen and it would be in the best interest of black Americans to not even entertain the thought.

12 posted on 07/09/2006 11:24:13 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Eagles Talon IV

Bah, the housing bubble is deflating, I'm cashing out and want my check! :)


13 posted on 07/09/2006 11:24:43 AM PDT by Pox (If it's a Coward you are searching for, you need look no further than the Democrats.)
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To: TomServo

I would agree that the DNC owes reparations. They are, after all, the slavery party, the Jim Crow party, the Klan was their action wing.

But since their former victims have entered the party en masse, and are now an influential part of it, that the question is now moot.


14 posted on 07/09/2006 11:26:42 AM PDT by marron
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To: TomServo

How will they determine which Blacks are actual slave descendants and not descendants of Free Blacks who were wealthy businessmen?

Will they include the now White Offspring that were also descendants of a Slave and her White Master?

If they truly dug into the history of slavery in the early US, many Blacks today might discover that their ancestors were also Slave Owners.

To pay someone simply because they are of a race, "assuming" they have an ancestor that was wronged, when it is somewhat possible it was their ancestor wronging others, goes beyond ridiculous.

This reparations smokescreen is nothing more than someone's attempt at pandering for votes and expanding the ever-growing "entitlement" class.


15 posted on 07/09/2006 11:26:55 AM PDT by DakotaRed
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To: TomServo
I'm Rich Beeotch !!!


16 posted on 07/09/2006 11:27:42 AM PDT by cmsgop (It's "BOOTY TIME, BOOTY TIME" ARCROSS THE USA , "BOOTY TIME, BOOTY TIME".......)
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To: TomServo

Excellent!

I do hope the Democratic Party takes this issue and runs with it! Please, please, please lefties - make this issue a centerpiece in ALL of your campaigns.

Yes, the more prominence this gets, the better. We just know how attractive this idea is going to sound to the average American voter ;)


17 posted on 07/09/2006 11:27:42 AM PDT by Longbow1969
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To: Pox

Well come to think of it I have some "black blood" in me. I want my share of reparations. In fact, probably most every American has some black blood. We all should get reparations.

On another note, I can tell you how to guarantee your child gets into the college of his/her choice. Assuming they are at least an average student, when they take the SAT or ACT, list their race as "other." I had my son do this on one of the SAT test administrations. He was innundated with offers from top tier colleges across the country...NYU, Johns Hopkins, Univ. of Southern California, Georgia Tech,etc. They all wanted to meet this deserving "minority student." I'm telling you this is the way to end any preferential treatment for miniorities. We ALL become a minority!!!

A school administrator once told me that they could not question whatever race the student chose to categorize themself. This is THE solution!!! Spread the word.


18 posted on 07/09/2006 11:28:57 AM PDT by Sajo
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To: TomServo

The proper response would be peals of Homeric laughter. However, in this country, in 2006 A.D., the Euro American appears to be sick. Therefore, all bets are off.


19 posted on 07/09/2006 11:29:02 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: TomServo

ANY politician, Republican or Democrat, that supports this asinine notion, will NEVER get a vote from me, no matter what the alternative.

Not only that I will move heaven and I will move earth, I will talk to every friend, every relative, every ear I can find, to hurt, harrass and harm the careeer of any such politician.

If I EVER hear that a company I own stock in has wasted company money on such a frivolity, I will sponsor a stockholder's suit.

This truly insane notion should be belittled, mocked, castigated, scorned, and spurned.

It should be buried, stake through the heart, in the dead of night, never to rise again.


20 posted on 07/09/2006 11:30:40 AM PDT by John Valentine
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