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[faethor]

faethor said
"Alabama did not remove miscegenation from their state constitution until the 8 years ago."
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It's always funny when someone is so eager to feed some sh!t to the uninformed, that they fail to find out the whole story themselves.

Fadie up to his standard tricks. Unlike your claim of it's all the Dems fault I laid no blame on any party here. I simply stated an interesting fact. Racism isn't just 1 parties fault. Both parties have activities which promoted racism and both have activities which ended racist laws. Alabama didn't remove their miscegenation until 2000. How or why we can discuss. Though if your 100% blame on the Dems is true it doesn't change anything for me it still shows that racism and exclusion seem to thrive in the South.

You want some salt on that faethor? Democratic ex-Gov. Don Siegelman is still trying to appeal his bribery and mail fraud conviction.

Many Republicans see problems and possible framing as one Republican stated...
"There have been several reported irregularities in the case against Mr. Siegelman that raise questions about his prosecution. In 2004, charges against Mr. Siegelman were dropped by the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Northern District of Alabama before the case went to trial, and the judge harshly rebuked prosecutors bringing that case. In the RICO case filed in the Middle District of Alabama in 2005, there have been allegations of jury tampering involving two of the jurors who convicted Mr. Siegelman. These and other irregularities prompted 44 former state attorneys general to sign a petition 'urging the United States Congress to investigate the circumstances surrounding the investigation, prosecution, sentencing and detention' of Mr. Siegelman" --- Republican Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States.

You likely missed that as the Alabama TV stations conveniently had a black out the night of the broadcast of the in depth investigation into Siegelman. :roll:

 

[Robert]

Fade is implying that there is no such thing as a racist Republican, only Democrats are racist.

 

[Fade]

Wilse said
"Fade is implying that there is no such thing as a racist Republican, only Democrats are racist."
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Not at all Robert, there are racist Republican just like there are racist Democrats. But I'm going to put this in terms even you or faethor can understand. The Alabama Senate currently has 12 Republicans and 23 Democrats. Those 12 Republicans are the largest amount of Republicans in the Senate since the 1870s.

When faethor talked about legislation put in place in 1901, he didn't bother to tell you the Democrats did it, and he didn't tell you that Democrats have been in charge of the Alabama Senate every single day since the 1870s right up to this very day, but even the mathematically challenged can figure out the guilty party. Makes you wonder sometimes doesn't it? What's worse, those that spout the half-truths, or those so gullible that they believe half-truths so easily?

It just fascinating to watch holier than thou people like faethor demean and accuse a whole region of the country and ignore the stuff in his own backyard:

"In 1992, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety released statistics reporting 425 hate crimes statewide for 1991. District Attorney Tom Foley, saw this as proof of a massive increase in bigotry." from HATE CRIMES by James B. Foley
or stuff like this: You Tube--Minnesota or from that bastion of progressivism, Massachusetts,where a black church in Springfield got burned down after Obama got elected.

Not even good old Scotland is immune to bigotry. But alas, everyone knows there is really not much racism left in Scotland.

 

[faethor]

It just fascinating to watch holier than thou people like faethor demean and accuse a whole region of the country and ignore the stuff in his own backyard:

Perhaps Fade you should ready page 3 of the thread "Why President Elect Obama is good for the United States". I recognize racism is throughout the USA and even said

Now this isn't to say racism doesn't exist in other states. Minnesota had the largest KKK chapter north of the Mason-Dixon.

So saying I don't reconginze what's in my backyard is clearly a glaring error on your part.

 

[Robert]

Wilse said
"Fade is implying that there is no such thing as a racist Republican, only Democrats are racist."
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Not at all Robert, there are racist Republican just like there are racist Democrats. But I'm going to put this in terms even you or faethor can understand. The Alabama Senate currently has 12 Republicans and 23 Democrats. Those 12 Republicans are the largest amount of Republicans in the Senate since the 1870s.

So whilst you admit there are racist Republicans your twisted little mind is determined to prove that everyone else is worse, particularly your hated Democrats.

You're a funny creature.

 

[ilwrath]

The real joke is on all of us. People still believe there is a difference between Republicans and Democrats. The only difference I've found in the last 10 years is the name-calling and spin.

Both parties are comprised almost entirely of career politicians. Neither party represents common sense or good ideas. Neither party speaks up for people, or even says anything of content, at all. Both parties could give two shits about you, beyond how to manipulate you into supporting their partisan bullshit to gain votes. Way to buy in, everyone. :/

 

[cecilia]

The real joke is on all of us. People still believe there is a difference between Republicans and Democrats. The only difference I've found in the last 10 years is the name-calling and spin.

Both parties are comprised almost entirely of career politicians. Neither party represents common sense or good ideas. Neither party speaks up for people, or even says anything of content, at all. Both parties could give two shits about you, beyond how to manipulate you into supporting their partisan bullshit to gain votes. Way to buy in, everyone. :/

I've been saying this for years

Barry Goldwater was the last real republican

 

[the_leander]

Alan,

Let me stop you right there. You have to earn the right to call me by that name.

Be in no doubt, you have far from earned that right. It's Leander to you sunbeam.

apparently you are easily sickened when you don't get your way.

No, I get sickened when you liken people to genocidal maniacs like Robert Mugabe and or Iddi Amin for daring to say something isn't right!

This isn't exactly rocket science.

 

[Robert]

The real joke is on all of us. People still believe there is a difference between Republicans and Democrats. The only difference I've found in the last 10 years is the name-calling and spin.

Both parties are comprised almost entirely of career politicians. Neither party represents common sense or good ideas. Neither party speaks up for people, or even says anything of content, at all. Both parties could give two shits about you, beyond how to manipulate you into supporting their partisan bullshit to gain votes. Way to buy in, everyone. :/

I wouldn't argue with that, generally speaking. In the grand scheme of things there's not too much between them.

 

[ilwrath]

I wouldn't argue with that, generally speaking. In the grand scheme of things there's not too much between them.

If you understand and believe this statement... Why even argue partisan nonsense? All it does is further the illusion of choice. Right now, there is no real choice. Only manipulated distraction away from that key fact.

 

[Robert]

I wouldn't argue with that, generally speaking. In the grand scheme of things there's not too much between them.

If you understand and believe this statement... Why even argue partisan nonsense?

Simple. It is entirely possible to have two things which are very similar without being identical.
In such cases one thing is usually preferable to the other even if both are ultimately unsatisfactory.

 

[faethor]

Florida's rule that gays were disallowed to adopt was found unconstitutional on Tuesday. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman said the 31-year-old law violates equal protection rights and stated was no legal or scientific reason for sexual orientation alone to prohibit anyone from adopting.

 

[faethor]

Prop 8: The Musical

 

[cecilia]

Florida's rule that gays were disallowed to adopt was found unconstitutional on Tuesday. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman said the 31-year-old law violates equal protection rights and stated was no legal or scientific reason for sexual orientation alone to prohibit anyone from adopting.

a step in the right direction

linky

 

[faethor]

Interesting Huckabee and Stewart on the issue of gay marriage.

Note to the conservatives in the crowd the link is a pinko liberal commie site but it's the video you're watching. I didn't link to the article to save your fear that you might be exposed to text of such radicalism.