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That is, one drop of African America blood makes him "black" NOT "Half White" (Prior to WWII, "Colored"
. That is the American rule, Mark Twain made fun of it in Pudd'nhead Wilson. In that story Mark Twain had the African American Slave Governess to her master's kid, replace her child (who was only 1/32 African American), for her master's baby. That way her son received all of the privileges of being white, and her master's son received the education of a slave (i.e none).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudd'nhead_Wilson
Full text at Project Gutenberg:
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/102
Now, today the Census Department let people put down whatever race they think they belong to (and that has always been the rule for the Census department) but the states had different rules. Most of those rules came up in the days of Slavery. Furthermore remember this was the rule in all of the states when they had slaves and that mean ALL OF THE STATES, for Massachusetts, the first state to outlaw slavery, only did so AFTER the American Revolution (Most states North of the Mason Dixon Line outlawed slavery by 1848, through New Jersey had a handful of slaves as late as 1865).
Now, once you determined the race of someone, then two different legal rules kicked in. The "Southern Rule" and the "Northern Rule". The "Southern Rule" was if you were "Colored" you were presumed to be a slave unless you could prove otherwise, whites were presumed to be free. The "Northern Rule" made a presumption that no matter your race, you were free unless it could be shown you were a slave. In the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, the Southern rule was extended to the whole country.
This difference was important, for if a African American was in the South, he could be arrested by the Sheriff and held by the Sheriff till his owner showed up (or he prove he was a freeman, but even then he had to pay the cost of the trial). If the owner never showed up, the Sheriff could sell the African American for the cost to keep him in jail (and thus a freed African American could end up being sold into slavery even if he had been born free).
Note, how the determination of race was tied in with presumption if you were a slave.
The "Southern Rule" was the rule even in Colonial days south of the Mason Dixon Line and the Ohio River. Louisiana was the only state that actually passed a law to codify the rule (this was due to Louisiana being a Civil Law Jurisdiction and unless it is in the legal code, it is NOT the law, unlike Common Law Jurisdictions where rules set by previous judges is the law UNLESS changed by Statute.
While Slavery was abolished in 1865, the legal rule as to race survived. Mark Twain made fun of it in
Pudd'nhead Wilson, for it was becoming the key to segregation in the 1890s.
To my knowledge, no state has ever overruled the above "Rule" as to someone's race. Several years ago Louisiana ran into a problem due to its rule being in its Statutes, but I have not heard what they did about it (and I can NOT find it on line, so I suspect they repealed it as embarrassing). Most Common Law States tend to ignore the rule for it is embarrassing today and in most cases using the rule is not needed to decide the case in front of them.
I bring this up, for most of the people pointing out Obama's race tend to follow this rule. A rule that American Courts at one time enforced. I.e. how much he is white is unimportant, that one drop of black blood makes him 100% black in their eyes.
Obama beat the crap out of McCain / Palin and Romney / Ryan.
I hope that poor girl didn't get a disease being that close to the duck-man.
http://inyourfaceradio.net/duckie-pajamas-manboy-republican-shows-up-on-cnn-talks-dream-act/
The GOP. The party that gives new meaning to the term existential nausea everyday.
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I must have ended up on the wrong planet. Everything here is so strange.
~ Sigbjørn Obstfelder
What better proof that if we don't get involved, we will be ruled by Teabaggers. I'm not sure how my elected officials co-exist in the same chamber with these guys and keep their sanity intact. Surreal.
Glad you're here. I always enjoy throwing the "don't mess with Texas" crap back in their faces.
Very sweetly, I say ...
"Well, I'm from California...
"We're bigger'n you.
"Our population is bigger'n yours.
"Our Congressional delegation is bigger'n yours.
"Our Electoral College delegation is bigger'n yours.
"Our Latino population is bigger'n yours.
"Our economy is bigger'n yours - in fact if CA was a country, we'd be among the top ten economies Of The WORLD.
"Our tourism is bigger'n yours.
"Our entertainment industry is bigger'n yours.
"Our agricultural industry is bigger'n yours.
"Our media markets are bigger'n yours.
"Our surf is bigger and better'n yours.
"Our beaches are better'n yours (and cleaner).
"Our blondes are better'n yours.
"Our cooking is better'n yours.
"Our winemaking is better'n yours.
"Our technology is better'n yours.
"Our style and our fashion are ALL better'n yours.
"Our wilderness areas and national parks are better'n yours.
"Our weather is TONS better'n yours!
"Hell, even our bimbos are better'n yours (hellooooooo Kardashians!)!
"And our governors are better'n yours. Our present governor is compassionate and brilliant and educated by the Jesuits and would NEVER find himself in a public forum where he got so tongue-tied and brain-farted that he actually said 'OOPS!', and even the asshole before him was the FUCKING DAMN TERMINATOR. (Beat THAT! Who'd you have before this latest swaggering ding-dong of yours, george w. war criminal?)
"As I said - I'm from CALIFORNIA. And I'll mess with Texas ANYTIME I DAMN WELL FEEL LIKE IT!!!!!!"
I still like mine better.
From the ship of fools~ 
She's regarded as one of the greatest politicos to ever roam the state of Texas by many liberals here, from what I've heard.
Detail, details. However, being a centrist Democrat who won clear majorities in two consecutive national elections should be grounds enough!
But seriously, do these imbeciles even remotely understand the concept of "backlash"? My apologies if my reference is seen as being offensive to legitimate but otherwise well-meaning imbeciles.
THIS JUST IN ! 
