Posted on 06/19/2002 3:26:43 AM PDT by kattracks
I've heard blacks say that reparations wouldn't fix anything, but would be a good start. Back down a little, and they'll only come back for more. Reparations today, reparations tomorrow, reparations forever.
LOL, couldn't have put it better myself!!
The poverty pimps leading the reparations movement continue to shoot themselves in the feet. The more they howl about reparations, the less sympathy others have for the problems of blacks. I know I used to care, and frankly don't give a d@mn anymore. Ditto for hubby. We're both plain sick of the whining, blaming, and refusal to take personal responsibility for anything.
But you know the funniest part of it? They get upset when I suggest that maybe they should leave on their own accord if they truly feel that they are oppressed! I say, "Well, if you have the means to leave, why stay here and stay oppressed?"
They bounce like a pinball from the moon the the ground when that is said. It shows the irrationality hoisted upon a people who live in a Marxist laboratory. One day, a scientist must have left the cage door open. I escaped.
You're right. You are absolutely, positively, irrefutably, 100%, undeniably ......RIGHT!
But so are they. It's not fair that they are being held here against their will due to the sins of some peoples grandfathers. So as a one time and potential future taxpayer I give my full endorsement for the Federal Treasury to buy a one-way ticket on any conveyance of choice to the African nation of choice with help in obtaining citizenship there and renouncing citizenship here including related costs. No re-entry for life. And just to be completely fair and non-racist about it I think the offer should be extended to everyone residing in the U.S., citizen on non-citizen, of any race, color, creed, religion, ethnic or cultural background, hair color, style, length (or lack of) and disregarding any other possible distinction between one human being and another. One free one-way ride per person.
We'll call it "Project Enterprise; Sending disenchanted people where no American black has been before."
As for me, I'm an American. If they don't want to partake in this nation's blessings, then I would suggest that they should leave for their own mental health's sake. No need in going crazy over something you have control over, right?
There is a cadre of young, talented and articulate black lawyers who have announced that this issue is their life's work. They have a well thought out plan of action and a do-able argument. The argument is this....
US Corporations whose roots can be clearly traced to some corporate entity that profited from slavery owe some degree of their financial wealth to the descendants of those slaves. Insurance companies that earned revenue through premiums paid by slave owners for policies covering their "property" are the first target. If they find a sympathetic judge they could win. Judgement amounts could be in the hundreds of millions or higher. The effect would be to bancrupt the targeted corporate entity. The first round effect would be to drive the stock price through the floor. People out of work, pensions lost, 401k value lost, sky-high legal bills, civil discord would be the long term results.
I have heard the lawyers on the radio in NY. They very clearly put Sharpton and Jackson outside their camp, describing them as money hungry opportunists. These young, dedicated people are zealots, educated zealots. t is there efforts that need watching, not some feel-good rabble rousing video at eleven circus.
This brings to mind the Vietnamese "boat people" of the 1970s. These folks crowded boats and came over here with nothing but their clothes, LITERALLY. They saw the opportunity, worked hard, became successful and continue to flourish.
Their experience flushes all "reparations" arguments down the toilet.
(14th Amendment) Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any state shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Second Reason this is not going anywhere.
One of the reasons that the whole civil rights movement was successful in the 60s was because the majority in this country supported the movement.
I do not beleive that there is wide spread support for this reparations movement, in fact I suspect that there is a growing backlash for all these claims on public monies.
Politicians do things that will get them the vote, if they can do something that will gain a little support from one group, with out losing the support of another, they will do it.
I suspect that reparations will not fall in that category. Any politician that needs a wide range of support will not touch this. The only ones that you will see that support this are those that are in very safe districts, and there are not enough of them to get this passed.
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I'm serious. He's rolled over and signed off on every other leftist proposal that's landed on his desk. The wimp.
It doesn't matter. It will be a million.
White men can't jump and Black men can't count.
How many showed up for the last 'Million' march?
I don't think that's the case, particularly, but the people saying "go back to Africa" to people who've never been there makes about as much sense as the people wanting to get paid for work they never did.
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