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Reparations Disclaimer on Slavery Apology Stirs Backlash Among House Dems
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| 6/29/2009
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Posted on 06/29/2009 6:23:05 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
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To: Red in Blue PA
As a Republican and a Northerner, I say if the Southerners and the Democrats want to apologize and potentially pay reparations for slavery, let ‘em. I’m not apologizing or paying for anything.
To: Red in Blue PA
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee should fall on her knees every morning to thank God that her great-great-whoever got here someway and she isn't living like Obama's relatives in Kenya!
The best argument against reparations is how far an African-American can rise in the USA compared to the children his bigamist father had in Africa.
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posted on
06/29/2009 7:00:04 PM PDT
by
lonestar
(Obama is turning Bush's "mess" into a catastrophe.)
To: Bratch
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posted on
06/29/2009 7:00:11 PM PDT
by
Coachm
To: SueRae
And I demand an apology and reparations for the mental anguish and agony my grandparents had to endure at the hands of all non-Eastern European people who picked on them because they were Polish. I feel a great gap in my life because of what they endured.
A ‘suitable’ amount of bucks should make it right! I’ll ‘feel whole’ then. I’ll let you know how much ‘suitable’ is.
Come to think of I, then there’s my Irish granny on my daddy’s side. You know how those Irish were discriminated against. Just write me out another check and it will all be good - until I need more money, that is....
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posted on
06/29/2009 7:02:00 PM PDT
by
sneakers
( NO AMERICAN BOWS TO ROYALTY - From president to ditch digger - NO AMERICAN BOWS! "Jim")
To: Red in Blue PA
Hey, I’m getting tired of paying for everything. Maybe I’ll pack up and leave the country. At least then I’ll get some peace.
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posted on
06/29/2009 7:09:53 PM PDT
by
popdonnelly
(The Democrats have returned to their game of supporting totalitarian regimes. Now they're muslim.)
To: Red in Blue PA
People should be made whole," Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said
Section 2 of the 14th Amendment made blacks whole by eliminating the three fifths rule.
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posted on
06/29/2009 7:10:56 PM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! FairTaxNation.com)
To: Red in Blue PA
Or maybe I’ll run for Congress and join the White Caucus.
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posted on
06/29/2009 7:11:00 PM PDT
by
popdonnelly
(The Democrats have returned to their game of supporting totalitarian regimes. Now they're muslim.)
Comment #48 Removed by Moderator
To: Red in Blue PA
the resolution cannot be used by descendants of slaves to sue the government for reparations or payments to compensate for slavery. Good!
That lets them properly focus on suing the real culprits. Those who were the actual slavers and opponents of civil rights legislation for 100 years...
The RATs!
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posted on
06/29/2009 7:14:35 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(RATs...nothing more than Bald Haired Hippies!)
To: Coachm
The Alexandria, Va. Soldiers’ Cemetery, according to Google.
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posted on
06/29/2009 7:15:39 PM PDT
by
Bratch
To: sneakers
I would pay Rasmussen myself to include a few questions on this topic in his polling. This poll would make news real quick.
Q1) What percentage of Obama supporters support monetary reparations.
Q2) And how much money do they feel they should receive
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posted on
06/29/2009 7:18:53 PM PDT
by
o2bfree
To: Red in Blue PA
"I feel that some method other than just an apology should be made. People should be made whole," Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said. Bennie, ol' buddy, ol' pal, a person who believes they are owed some kind of reparations for what their great-great-great grandparents may have suffered can never be "made whole".
There is something missing inside them...
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posted on
06/29/2009 7:23:06 PM PDT
by
okie01
(THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
To: Red in Blue PA
Union soldier on his release from Andersonville, Ga prison camp in May, 1865.
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posted on
06/29/2009 7:28:54 PM PDT
by
mirkwood
To: okie01
They want reparations? OK, we will pay to send any descendent who was brought from Africa to America to become a slave back to Africa.
All they have to do is tell us the country in Africa they were from and the tribe they belonged to.
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posted on
06/29/2009 7:29:35 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Climate change alarmists are Warm-Mongers. Now that's funny right there. I don't care who you are.)
To: Red in Blue PA
"I would not want to have any language in place that would deny anyone, any citizen, the right to address a grievance," said Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas.What a stupid woman. I despise stupidity like this.
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posted on
06/29/2009 8:11:45 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Socialism is the belief that most people are better off if everyone was equally poor and miserable.)
To: Hoodat
So how much do you figure the descendents of American slaves should have to pay the US Government for ending slavery? Yeah, I have been wondering about that. some of my ancestors fought on the side of the Union, I think I am owed back reparations for the time, money, limbs lost etc. that was never paid to my ancestors for fighting in the war that freed the slaves.
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posted on
06/29/2009 8:19:59 PM PDT
by
calex59
To: popdonnelly
Hey, Im getting tired of paying for everything. Maybe Ill pack up and leave the country. At least then Ill get some peace. Sounds like Honduras would be the place to go, since they seem to value freedom and hate communism. I would make sure they know you didn't vote for Bozo though!
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posted on
06/29/2009 8:22:56 PM PDT
by
calex59
To: Red in Blue PA
I suggest the Democrats give them a figure and see if that is agreeable to them to pay back to the US government for ending slavery. Bet that’s the last we hear from them.
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posted on
06/30/2009 12:33:58 AM PDT
by
mojitojoe
(All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
To: blam
“Only tax paying citizens should be allowed to vote.”
Absolutely!!!!!
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posted on
06/30/2009 6:15:25 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(Impeach President Soros!!!)
To: Red in Blue PA
"I feel that some method other than just an apology should be made. People should be made whole," Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said.I will gladly vote to reinstate those who wish to be "made whole". We should furnish a luxury cruise to their homelands, one way. maybe we can recruit the former slave traders to give guided tours upon arrival. They are mostly African kin. The Europeans just bought the commodity.
If you want to be an AFRICAN, leave America out of it! The same for Mexicans, Italians, Poles, Morrocans, British, Irish, etal! There is but one America. United we stand... and right now seem to be in free fall.
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posted on
06/30/2009 6:27:47 AM PDT
by
WVKayaker
(Words are plentiful, but deeds are precious.- Lech Walesa)
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