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http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/5/9/232714.shtml?s=ic
The left wing Democrat who will become chairman of the House Judiciary Committee if his party wins back Congress in November wants to hold full blown congressional hearings on whether the government should pay African Americans reparations for slavery.
(What did I say in another post, about how the Democrats were going to take this country BACKWARDS if they regain power, NOT FORWRDS! :doh )
Michigan Rep. John Conyers has attracted attention in recent months for his House resolution calling for an impeachment investigation against President Bush. (Ala Feingold's introduction of legislation to Censure Bush for his use of a LEGAL Program. :roll: )
But another Conyers cause-celeb is reparations, which he's been advocating since 1989, when he first introduced legislation to establish what he calls, "The Commission to Study Reparations Proposals for African American Act." ( H.R. 40)
"I chose the number of the bill, 40, as a symbol of the forty acres and a mule that the United States initially promised freed slaves. This unfulfilled promise and the serious devastation that slavery had on African-American lives has never been officially recognized by the United States Government . . . "
[- Can someone please tell Mr. Conyers that it is time to come into the 21st Century, that there are no more living freed-slaves. BTW, the plight of slavery WAS recognized by the U.S. Goverment! Although not the sole reason, slavery had an important factor in the Civil War, a war in which this country paid the cost of thousands of lives in the freeing of slaves. one of our constitutional Amendments addresses the plight of slavery and abolishes its practices. Many laws today address discrimination....the declaration that this country has not recognized the seriousness of slavery is just BS and can be considered pandering to minorities! Also, as many prominent Blacks like Bill Cosby have said, today's blacks need to stop using slavery as a crutch! Slavery has been abolished for many years! Groups like the NAACP and politicians like Conyers keep promoting racism in this country for their own personal reasons, whether it is for votes - like Conyers - or for Cash - like the NAACP (as the 'business' of racism has become a multi-million dollar a year industry to groups like the NAACP)!]
He goes on:
"Just as we've discussed the Holocaust, and Japanese interment camps, and to some extent the devastation that the colonists inflicted upon the Indians, we must talk about slavery and its continued effects."
[So, now we are going to discuss reparations to Indians, Japanese...what about the Chinese, Irish, Polish, Norweigians, etc who were brought here to work on the railroad and other industries/endeavors? Yep, we need to start making a list of everyone we need to pay off, creating a long line of nationalities/people with their hand out, believeing that the Goverment OWES them!:shock: As one comedian I heard said, "I did not own anyslaves. My dad did not own slaves. My grandfather did not own slaves. His father and HIS father did not own slaves. I do not know anyone who used to be a slave. None of their fathers were slaves. None of their fathers or THEIR fathers were slaves! So I don't want any of my tax dollars going out to anyone as 'Reparations for Slavery', something that hasn't been around for something like a hundred frickin' years! If anyone should be paying anyone for slavery, it should be the G*@%$ politicians paying ALL OF US for holding us all slaves to their BS!"]
So, let me get this straight - if the Democrats regain Power,
Pelosi has promised to exact revenge for Clinton's Impeachment by Impeaching Bush.....
Conyers wants to pay reparations to blacks for slavery in this country.
Now all we need is Huey Lewis and the News singing the song from the movie 'Back to the Future'! (Gotta get back in time....)
The left wing Democrat who will become chairman of the House Judiciary Committee if his party wins back Congress in November wants to hold full blown congressional hearings on whether the government should pay African Americans reparations for slavery.
(What did I say in another post, about how the Democrats were going to take this country BACKWARDS if they regain power, NOT FORWRDS! :doh )
Michigan Rep. John Conyers has attracted attention in recent months for his House resolution calling for an impeachment investigation against President Bush. (Ala Feingold's introduction of legislation to Censure Bush for his use of a LEGAL Program. :roll: )
But another Conyers cause-celeb is reparations, which he's been advocating since 1989, when he first introduced legislation to establish what he calls, "The Commission to Study Reparations Proposals for African American Act." ( H.R. 40)
"I chose the number of the bill, 40, as a symbol of the forty acres and a mule that the United States initially promised freed slaves. This unfulfilled promise and the serious devastation that slavery had on African-American lives has never been officially recognized by the United States Government . . . "
[- Can someone please tell Mr. Conyers that it is time to come into the 21st Century, that there are no more living freed-slaves. BTW, the plight of slavery WAS recognized by the U.S. Goverment! Although not the sole reason, slavery had an important factor in the Civil War, a war in which this country paid the cost of thousands of lives in the freeing of slaves. one of our constitutional Amendments addresses the plight of slavery and abolishes its practices. Many laws today address discrimination....the declaration that this country has not recognized the seriousness of slavery is just BS and can be considered pandering to minorities! Also, as many prominent Blacks like Bill Cosby have said, today's blacks need to stop using slavery as a crutch! Slavery has been abolished for many years! Groups like the NAACP and politicians like Conyers keep promoting racism in this country for their own personal reasons, whether it is for votes - like Conyers - or for Cash - like the NAACP (as the 'business' of racism has become a multi-million dollar a year industry to groups like the NAACP)!]
He goes on:
"Just as we've discussed the Holocaust, and Japanese interment camps, and to some extent the devastation that the colonists inflicted upon the Indians, we must talk about slavery and its continued effects."
[So, now we are going to discuss reparations to Indians, Japanese...what about the Chinese, Irish, Polish, Norweigians, etc who were brought here to work on the railroad and other industries/endeavors? Yep, we need to start making a list of everyone we need to pay off, creating a long line of nationalities/people with their hand out, believeing that the Goverment OWES them!:shock: As one comedian I heard said, "I did not own anyslaves. My dad did not own slaves. My grandfather did not own slaves. His father and HIS father did not own slaves. I do not know anyone who used to be a slave. None of their fathers were slaves. None of their fathers or THEIR fathers were slaves! So I don't want any of my tax dollars going out to anyone as 'Reparations for Slavery', something that hasn't been around for something like a hundred frickin' years! If anyone should be paying anyone for slavery, it should be the G*@%$ politicians paying ALL OF US for holding us all slaves to their BS!"]
So, let me get this straight - if the Democrats regain Power,
Pelosi has promised to exact revenge for Clinton's Impeachment by Impeaching Bush.....
Conyers wants to pay reparations to blacks for slavery in this country.
Now all we need is Huey Lewis and the News singing the song from the movie 'Back to the Future'! (Gotta get back in time....)
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There's not one sentence above that starts with 'But clinton..."!
