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NAACP Anti-Tea Party Resolution Is Cheap, Cynical Politics

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There is only one race in this world that we live in..... the Human race. To create sub-structures other than male or female is Racism! The very thing that Charles Darwin put forth in his book Origin of the Species. The full original title ends with... Or The Preservation of Favoured Races. That happened to be something that Hitler grabbed onto quickly in his book Mein Kampf and was the basis for his "Fatherland" prejudice. What really is funny and I am still looking into is the three white people who were credited with founding the NAACP and how their socialist background played a role in it's principles.
One thing about written history books of old...... they expose everything. Maybe that is why "Progressives" like to rewrite and revise. Lenon and Stalin did the same thing.... Hitler just burned the books! Something Kagan doesn't think is bad.

Jeff of WI 2:32AM July 19, 2010

There is only one race in this world that we live in..... the Human race. To create sub-structures other than male or female is Racism! The very thing that Charles Darwin put forth in his book Origin of the Species. The full original title ends with... Or The Preservation of Favoured Races. That happened to be something that Hitler grabbed onto quickly in his book Mein Kampf and was the basis for his "Fatherland" prejudice. What really is funny and I am still looking into is the three white people who were credited with founding the NAACP and how their socialist background played a role in it's principles.
One thing about written history books of old...... they expose everything. Maybe that is why "Progressives" like to rewrite and revise. Lenon and Stalin did the same thing.... Hitler just burned the books! Something Kagan doesn't think is bad.

Jeff of WI 2:32AM July 19, 2010

A typical Republican article:
Opening
*Heave insults*
Closing prayer
U.S. politics is a joke now. You're fooling yourself if you think either side is right.

Vincent of IL 10:44PM July 16, 2010

junior of DC, I could not agree with you more! You make a very valid point.
Many people assume that credentials and degress "guarantee" you're getting an intelligent, effective employee.
While they may know how to effectively study and pass tests-- that does not mean they have critical thinking abilities, problem solving capabilities or even
managerial ability, sense of urgency, etc.
I think our government needs private industry to show them how things are done in the "real world", where cost efficiency, urgency, timely problem solving ability, thoroughnes, doing things right the first tiem, wearing many "hats", with a "lean" staff (or no staff in most cases) is the norm, rather than the exception.
Our government seems to be in the 1950's mode.

paul of OH 2:41PM July 16, 2010

"Peter Roff ... is currently a senior fellow at the 'Institute for Liberty' {IFL} and at 'Let Freedom Ring', a non-partisan public policy organization."
I guess that means thatthe IFL is a partisan public policy organization. No argumemt from me. See:
www.majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2010/01/the-institute-for-liberty-institute-isnt-free.html
Speaking of undisclosed conflicts of interest, Rolf’s “Institute for Liberty” and “Let Freedom Ring” have been trying hard to get into bed with the Tea Party-istas.
See: www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Institute_for_Liberty
Pete is former political director of GOPAC. Shocked? Dismayed?

Duncan Hines of PA 11:23PM July 15, 2010

Must you always insult people to try to make yourself look so smart ? You are very narrow minded . As I've said before , like a child in the playground , take your ball and go home . I can't believe the extremes you go to , very pathetic , doesn't say alot about you , no matter how smart you think you are .
Looking forward to your insults , sorry the truth hurts , live with it .

Hunter of WI 9:25PM July 15, 2010

I just happen to be an Independent - which if you cannot comprehend how someone cannot toe the Lefty part line, means that I make up my OWN mind based on the facts, NOT what a particular party tells me to believe.
You might try that yourself , except that once you actually found out what the real facts are, you might feel pretty disgusted with the way you have spend the previous portion of your life.
YOU are the one claiming that all blacks are conservative, yet there is the small problem of the vast majority continuously voting for the Liberal party. It isn't a claim by me, it is a statement of FACT backed up by voter roles.
Having a few values that one might label "conservative" does not make one conservative overall. I may believe in gun registration, the right to abortion, gay "unions", sound banking regulations, and workplace safety, yet there is not way you could label me overall "Liberal".
Academicians may put in their hours at their place of employment, but rarely is their daily "labor" something that creates jobs and the added-value wealth of this country. Because most academicians are not responsible for creating the wealth that pays the paychecks of either themselves or the people under them, they have not a clue as to how the real world works. Obtaining "grants" is no way equivalent to creating money from scratch, and their lack of understanding that is all too apparent. I work constantly with university people from around the world, and I've never seen a group so ignorant in real world matters.
Unfortunately for you, "ignorant in real world matters" fits you to a tee as well.

junior of DC 8:58PM July 15, 2010

"To listen to her take one must conclude that the so-called “racist elements” constitute a major portion of the whole", must conclude, i disagree. People complain about the MSM but dont seem to investigate. They said there are a few people that performing/saying racist things. They asked the TP leadership to denounce those act that way, it seems like a minor non-issue. Now the TP is playing the poor prosecuted group, screaming like a kid, they are making this bigger.

jim of KS 3:36PM July 15, 2010

A person's vote doesn't mean everything. Opinion polls generally show the same people having contradictory opinions. Polls that I have seen show a certain conservative leaning in the Black community. One poll showed that 51% actually supported the death penalty. Others show opposition to illegal immigration, support for various war efforts and lower taxes. Many Black folks like Jesse Jackson because of his direct link to Martin Luther King and the SCLC and the Civil Rights Movement in general. The others don't have majority support from the Black community. I've seen estimates for Black support of Farrakhan's NOI at only 10%. Most Black folks are deeply religious Christians and have conservative values, especially the middle class.
You contradicted yourself too. You said that most right wingers don't automatically label Blacks as liberals yet you made this remark;
"Religious, yes. Conservative, no - or they wouldn't be voting Democrat."
There is widespread distrust of Black people on the part of conservatives. They all know that the GOP has nothing to offer Black People. It is as if the right has a guilty conscience because they become defensive about this issue.
By the way, academicians also work. What they do is work as much as anyone else's work. Conservatives have a major problem with academia and intellectuals in general. I think its because most academicians are not conservative but that is only because truth and facts are not on the side of conservatives, the GOP, tea parties or other right wing extremists.

steve of IL 3:15PM July 15, 2010

No problem, we all make mistakes.
Steve of IL
You major problem is you make fun and dismiss near all my links as far righ. I discredit your links with facts. You should try that.
Also I have never meet a liberal I wanted to hang out with if politics was going to be discussed.

Bill Hedges of MO 12:31PM July 15, 2010