Subj : Re: Democracy Explained to Kids
To   : Lee Lofaso
From : Bill McGarrity
Date : Fri Aug 30 2013 16:43:00

-=> Lee Lofaso wrote to BOB KLAHN <=-

 LL> You can find bad people in every neighborhood.  Right-wingers
 LL> like to point out that Rev. Martin Luther King was a troublemaker,
 LL> a black man who spoke for a violent people, all of whom happened
 LL> to also be black.  No white minister would ever encourage white
 LL> folks to disobey cops and other law enforcement officials.  There
 LL> is a reason why no Republican spoke at the Lincoln Memorial on
 LL> the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream"
 LL> speech.  There is also a reason why no Republicans were invited
 LL> by the organizers to speak.

Oh... none were invited?  Sounds like you jumped on the O'Reilly ASSumed
bandwagon.


 BK>The reality has been it isn't white or black, but haves and have
 BK>nots. The haves have taken more from the poor black community
 BK>than the poor black community ever got back.

 LL> For Republicans, it really is about white or black.  It wasn't always
 LL> like that, but it is today.  For example, George Romney received 30%
 LL> of the black vote as a candidate for governor of Michigan.  Mitt Romney
 LL> received 6% of the black vote as a candidate for president.  That is
 LL> how much the Republican Party has changed over the years.

 BK>Remember Mitt Romney's infamous 47%?

 LL> George Romney marched with MLK and the blacks for freedom.
 LL> Mitt Romney refused to speak at the Lincoln Memorial for the
 LL> 50th anniversary of MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech.  What a
 LL> tremendous opportunity that was missed by Mitt Romney and the
 LL> Republican Party.  Even Michael Steel admitted the GOP goofed.

Agreed.... which only enhances their commitment to a segregated America (My
reference here is poor [black & white] vs. the affluent.)  

 BK>Well, since blacks make up only about 13% of the population
 BK>of this country, That leaves 34% to be white.

 LL> Cajuns make up a much smaller percentage of the population
 LL> than blacks, hispanics, or asians.  Why this country wants to
 LL> identify itself by race is beyond me, as it is language that
 LL> defines a culture ...

Agreed....

 BK>Since even the 15% unemployment rate among blacks, or more
 BK>like 25% real unemployment rather than the fake numbers the
 BK>government uses, still means 25% of 13%. Or about 3 1/3% of
 BK>the population. That leaves about 45% out of 47% Mitt Romney
 BK>considers "takers" to be white.

 LL> Cajuns are not exactly the wealthiest folks in the world.  And yet
 LL> most of them voted for the man with the red face.  Probably because
 LL> they thought he was a crawfish.

LOL.... irony as it's best... vote for the man who doesn't give a rat's ass
about you. 


Bill

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