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Mar 29, 2008 1:29 AM
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Yeah, Powell had his chance to be a stand up guy, and he failed miserably as far as I'm concerned.
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Mar 29, 2008 1:28 AM
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> Vlad,
> You have me there! I got my foot in the door because
> my Father worked there! After that, I had to live up
> to his reputation, which I failed miserably/ I still
> managed to get a college education and spend 15 years
> doing analytical chemistry and was published in the
> USP for my efforts, Even so, yes I do believe that
> things will get worse without regulations.
ob1knob
Well, I will say you are honest and that is worth something. I don't advocate 0 regulations on corporate America by any means. All I am saying is that the "people at the top" want to make all the money they can and care little about race and gender in that equation.
e.g. - Good jobs are often outsourced by the multinationals to India, China, Brazil etc...
If it improves the bottom line the big wheels all applaud the move regardless of their race, gender or natioanality or that of the newly hired employees. It's the $$$
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Mar 29, 2008 1:28 AM
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I think the whole thing about Africans selling slaves is soooo imbecile
What was slavery to the Africans then... did slave traders come with powerpoint presentations and show them "the fascilities" I doubt that.
Few african prisoners of war were sold into slavery but the numbers of that was small. And what of the breeding of Slaves, stud farms in the caribbean and scientific experiements to build superior negros through breeding
What does a person born into slavery under those conditions understand. How does it change the dynamics of male and female relations that affect society today
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Mar 29, 2008 1:26 AM
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> I agree. I am sick and tired of racial issues, but
> there exists a subculture within our nation of
> individuals with lower intellects who refuse to give
> up the past, and only see the world through
> prejudiced adjective-challenged class glasses.
>
> Now that having been said, wouldn't Colin Powell make
> a great Secretary of Defense for Hillary Clinton,
> since Bill had a Republican SECDEF, and Powell was
> superb with Desert Storm?
Colin Powell?? Are you kidding? He was the spinless pitch-man for the Iraq war. If he didn't give the speech to the UN, most people wouldn't have believed anything that Bush and the boys had to say.
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Mar 29, 2008 1:26 AM
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I really think the fair thing to do is re-vote - Clinton's name was the only name on the ticket - I think The state of florida is just jinxed when it comes to voting - they are truly voter challenged
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Re: Let's talk running mates
Mar 29, 2008 1:24 AM
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> I think you nay have somethin there - I like the
> Clinton's but they can be crafty - remember
> clearwater?
Dear, that was "Whitewater" and that investigation was 100 percent bullshit -- a political with hunt led by a right wing Baptist independent counsel, and the Clintons were never found guilty of ANY wrongdoing.
I used to love the Clintons and even defended what he did with Monica since power can go to one's head in many ways. I even felt sorry for Hillary after being publicly humiliated and respected her very much. Then when she started gettin negative in her campaign attacks and praising John McCain as if she would prefer him to win if Obama gets chosen and not her, I didn't know what to think. Then after the NAFTA iussue where it turned out that it was the Clinton campaign who called and gave them the nod and wink (the Canadians are investigating now to see why it was attributed to the Obama campaign) and the repeated lies about Bosnia, I started doing some research into the many other scandals in the White House during the Clinton years besides Whitewater and it saddened me that I had put my trust in such individuals. I cringe to think what the Republicans will do with even a fraction of that material in a general election.
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Mar 29, 2008 1:23 AM
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> Don't think I'm going to be watching your show again.
> Too much Hillary bashing going on. Too many one sided
> views. Your show used to be funny and I thought fair
> minded. Bye, Bye, Bill.
Bye, Bye from me too Bill.
I hope your sponsors remember they canceled you once already.
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Mar 29, 2008 1:22 AM
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> > WRONG Hillary wanted the votes in Michigan and
> > Florida to count. Obama didn't. Remember that if
> he
> > gets the Democratic nomination. Disenfranchised
> > voters from Michigan and Florida should feel
> free to
> > not vote for Obama if he is the Democratic
> nominee.
> > Vote for Nader or McCain. Just not for the dude
> who
> > wanted to mess you over so that he could win at
> all
> > costs.
>
> Nader is going to get more votes than he got in the
> last election. How many is 28% of her votes?
> I can't believe superdelegates don't know Obama
> was voted for by a lot of republicans. All those
> that could only think let's go vote against that
> bitch, and the republicans manipulated the
> democrats again.
I don't really like the democratic nominee being picked by independents or republicans, but don't vote for Nader or McCain because of that. If Clinton thinks she was screwed by the Democrats, she should run as an independent and screw 'em all.
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Mar 29, 2008 1:20 AM
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This group is very secretive and from what I have found which is very little... says things like they believe that only the rich and elite can do gods work, they believe in globalization, pro hitler, and a host of other very creepy ideals. If Hillary is a part of this why isn't it being brought to light. MSNBC did a piece on it and it has suddenly vanished from their site. The best trick the devil ever pulled off was convincing people he didn't exist. Is this what we're talking about here?
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Mar 29, 2008 1:20 AM
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Rosie
>Their abuse of slaves was mostly ineffective. The slaves >were not stupid people. They were just as intelligent and >dangerous as their owners. They were not innocent >bystanders. Go back to college and get educated.
The slaves that came to the americas were not in an equal position, these were people who had suffer the trama of the middle passage... sight of the ocean, seeing family leap of the boat to drown "sang as they went under" -O patterson
watched family die beside them, get rapped... lived for months in excrement etc. etc.
many of them were from diffrent tribes with little understanding of each other. Then to get to america with nothing! heck i cant even go down the street without my master card!
Talk about culture shock, white people... snow... social structures. needless to say the sambo and quashie personas that developed were not natural... there were responses caused by mental scaring. The development of slave mentality is what was inhereted by there children and grand children and that doesnt just wear off.
The dynamics of red and blue america hasnt worn off. tentions between england and america are still retained. You cant just dismiss this as laziness and scheming. These are the sterotypes that were perpetraited to legitimise slavery and clearly they have not worn off either.
I went to curacoa and i saw artifcats of the slave trade from the dutch west indian trading comp. untill u see things like this u cant begin to understand. even as a black person! The one thing i realised is that blacks were dehumanised to make them more marketable / profitable. And that marketing strategy is still prevelent today.
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Mar 29, 2008 1:19 AM
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I agree. I am sick and tired of racial issues, but there exists a subculture within our nation of individuals with lower intellects who refuse to give up the past, and only see the world through prejudiced adjective-challenged class glasses.
Now that having been said, wouldn't Colin Powell make a great Secretary of Defense for Hillary Clinton, since Bill had a Republican SECDEF, and Powell was superb with Desert Storm?
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Re: Let's talk running mates
Mar 29, 2008 1:18 AM
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Oh
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Mar 29, 2008 1:16 AM
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> WRONG Hillary wanted the votes in Michigan and
> Florida to count. Obama didn't. Remember that if he
> gets the Democratic nomination. Disenfranchised
> voters from Michigan and Florida should feel free to
> not vote for Obama if he is the Democratic nominee.
> Vote for Nader or McCain. Just not for the dude who
> wanted to mess you over so that he could win at all
> costs.
Nader is going to get more votes than he got in the last election. How many is 28% of her votes?
I can't believe superdelegates don't know Obama was voted for by a lot of republicans. All those that could only think let's go vote against that bitch, and the republicans manipulated the democrats again.
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Mar 29, 2008 1:16 AM
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BILL CLINTON WAS MORE EFFECTIVE BECAUSE HE WAS **GETTING SOME** THE UPTIGHT, RELIGIOUS ZEALOTS WHO THINK THEY KNOW SOOOOO MUCH SHOULD TRY IT SOMETIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO ONE DIED WHEN BILL CLINTON LIED
IMPEACH BUSH/CHANEY
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Mar 29, 2008 1:15 AM
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> Travis - brilliant show - you said so many things a
> lot of us are feeling. I especially hate when the
> race card is used against us - it's such a sham - and
> if everyone what take the time to listen to whe
> ENTIRE sermon of Rev Wright they would understand -
> but they don't want to face up to that and believe me
> I think it's time we stopped letting them get away
> with it -
> Bill said it best - slavery was not a corporate job -
> our ancestors had nothin but 0"s on their pay stub.
> Maybe we should see if the media will replay Roots
> s before it's all over.
And you can be sure the MLK show will be underway just on the eve of the April primaries.
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