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Tue Sep-06-05 04:17 PM
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Is Obama saying that he doesn't believe that this was about race |
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so the country doesn't explode in mass riots? Other than that...I don't get it. Not at all.
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:18 PM
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1. "The ineptitude was color-blind" |
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or he just said something like that....
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:18 PM
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2. class or race or political affiliation? |
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:19 PM
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3. Listen to him until the end |
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He says it is about class and the fact that nobody cares about the very poor, that nothing was planned to evacuate them.
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:20 PM
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4. RW white middle class ex-bush loving in-laws believe it is |
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Edited on Tue Sep-06-05 04:21 PM by cynatnite
They said if these people hadn't been black and poor, this wouldn't have happened.
If they believe it, you can bet most of the country believes it.
I knew racism was alive and well in this country, but I'm a believer now. All that's missing from bush and minions is the white sheets. They hide it with denial and pretense.
Having Condi up there saying it wasn't race sure isn't changing any minds.
edited cause I mess up.
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:21 PM
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5. C'mon he want to be prez someday. Can't go around pissing off whitey |
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if you want to be the ruling class.
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:22 PM
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6. It's so sad to read what you just posted. |
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:23 PM
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9. C'mon he want to be prez someday. Can't go around pissing off whitey |
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:24 PM
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10. Absolutely no need for this |
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:31 PM
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20. There was no need for Obama to vote to confirm Imelda Rice, either..... nt |
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:38 PM
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26. It is sad, but it is also absolutely necessary. |
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If you believe that simply voting in another politician is going to make any difference. I'm just trying to point out the differences are cosmetic only. Our "representatives" don't represent us and haven't for a long time.
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:23 PM
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7. Obama may not understand Southern politics. |
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Racism and classism are inextricably intertwined in the South.
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:23 PM
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8. it's about war on the poor |
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yes, many African-Americans were involved but also poor and elderly whites.
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:24 PM
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11. I suspect it has more to do with poverty |
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Edited on Tue Sep-06-05 04:25 PM by dmordue
In this country it takes money to have political clout. Bush has made it clear that his interests are in corporations and large republican donors.
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:24 PM
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12. how surprising, not. eom. |
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:24 PM
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13. You cannot talk about class without talking about race |
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24% of African Americans are in poverty, nearly HALF of African American children live in poverty while only 8% of whites live in poverty.
Poverty and race are inextricably linked.
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:25 PM
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in the big picture I think he's right, it's more about class and the royal screw job on anyone who needs assistance in the US, the poor, disabled, elderly.
But, in the incidence level...I think race is huge, the fact that they stopped rescue because of the "looters" and "violence" and some of the many stories imply there is racism looking at blacks as a bunch of violent criminals...
But big picture is more $$$$$ and lack thereof.
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:25 PM
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15. ALL the Senate Dems have been VERY mild mannered today which |
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is NOT what I was hoping for. WE NEED PEOPLE TO STAND UP AND SCREAM ABOUT THIS REGIME! Who is ever going to do that? I'm sick and tired of this "diplomatic" behavior. SCREAM! Please! SOMEONE! ANYONE!
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:30 PM
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19. Take a good look. They will not be representing us for much longer! |
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I am beyond disappointed. I am enraged.
Peace.
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:26 PM
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16. Actually it was about land |
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it was just that the black people happened to be the ones living on it.
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:30 PM
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18. Yes. That, too. They wanted the land because they wanted control |
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of the ports. :cry: It just makes me sick inside.
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:32 PM
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22. And Bush wants to build fancy houses |
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:28 PM
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17. I think it was predominantly about class, too. However... |
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For one solid week the only pics we saw were pics of African Americans. If it was about class...where were the caucasians? Where were they? The first pics I saw of caucasians being rescued was last evening on KO!
Worthless. Undesirable. Disposable. That's what I saw. That was the message. Ask Babs. She'll tell you!
Peace.
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:32 PM
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what we thought he'd be. He's an opportunist and will run with the pukes! Bet cha!
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:33 PM
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23. And Germany wasn't about the Jews |
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:35 PM
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24. He's in denial, plain and simple. It's called a coping mechanism |
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I refuse to believe he has entered Condi Land...
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:36 PM
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25. Was the "it's too dangerous in there, we are suspending evac..." |
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Also colorblind?
C'mon, the "crazy looting niggers on a wild rampage" excuse would have been hard to pull off with white folks. Especially with live pictures of white children and their mothers dying in the heat while waiting for help that never came.
This isn't to say there wasn't some violence and that white people, especially the poor, weren't hurt just as badly.
But there are elements to this narrative that make no sense when divorced from race in this country.
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Tue Sep-06-05 08:59 PM
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27. A journalist friend of mine interviewed him during his campaign |
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Said he was very rude and did not want to talk to him. And this is a black journalist!
Also the people on his campaign staff at least at that event were pretty much lily white.
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Tue Sep-06-05 09:22 PM
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28. Obama lost me by voting with Repubs at LONG time ago. He's just another |
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