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From: Jack Hollis on 12 Apr 2010 13:57 On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:18:29 -0700 (PDT), "John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >Please cite some "left-wingers" who have said they'd like to kill the >president. http://www.zombietime.com/zomblog/?p=621
From: Dinosaur_Sr on 12 Apr 2010 14:35 On Apr 12, 11:18 am, "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 11, 12:43 pm, Dinosaur_Sr <frostb...(a)dukesofbiohazard.com> > wrote: > > > > > On Apr 11, 12:04 pm, kenpitts <ken.p...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Apr 11, 10:30 am, "vbowen" <vbo...(a)shaw.ca> wrote: > > > > > As always there is one who speaks up, one who is a good and decent man. If > > > > it were not for these good and decent people, slavery would not have been > > > > abolished, apartheid would never have ended, and much more. > > > > > Subject: Read what a White Reporter wrote about President Obama > > > > > AN INTERESTING READ > > > > Interesting, but read to the bottom. > > > > > Read what a White Reporter wrote in a Georgia Newspaper > > > > cid:7450ADE8-D7F5-4A63-B44C-101699BE2E67 > > > > Andrew M. Manis is associate professor of history at Macon State College in > > > > Georgia and wrote this for an editorial in the Macon Telegraph. > > > > > Andrew M. Manis: When Are WE Going to Get Over It? > > > > > For much of the last forty years, ever since America "fixed" its race > > > > problem in the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts, we white people have > > > > been impatient with African Americans who continued to blame race for their > > > > difficulties. Often we have heard whites ask, "When are African Americans > > > > finally going to get over it? > > > > Now I want to ask: > > > > "When are we White Americans going to get over our ridiculous obsession with > > > > skin color? > > > > Recent reports that "Election Spurs Hundreds' of Race Threats, Crimes" > > > > should frighten and infuriate every one of us. Having grown up in > > > > "Bombingham," Alabama in the 1960s, I remember overhearing an avalanche of > > > > comments about what many white classmates and their parents wanted to do to > > > > John and Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King. > > > > Eventually, as you may recall, in all three cases, someone decided to do > > > > more than "talk the talk." > > > > > Since our recent presidential election, to our eternal shame we are once > > > > again hearing the same reprehensible talk I remember from my boyhood. > > > > > We white people have controlled political life in the disunited colonies and > > > > United States for some 400 years on this continent. > > > > Conservative whites have been in power 28 of the last 40 years. Even during > > > > the eight Clinton years, conservatives in Congress blocked most of his > > > > agenda and pulled him to the right. Yet never in that period did I read any > > > > headlines suggesting that anyone was calling for the assassinations of > > > > presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, or either of the Bushes. Criticize them, > > > > yes. > > > > Call for their impeachment, perhaps. But there were no bounties on their > > > > heads. And even when someone did try to kill Ronald Reagan, the perpetrator > > > > was non-political mental case who wanted merely to impress Jody Foster. > > > > > But elect a liberal who happens to be Black and we're back in the sixties > > > > again. At this point in our history, we should be proud that we've proven > > > > what conservatives are always saying -- that in America anything is > > > > possible, EVEN electing a black man as president. > > > > But instead we now hear that school children from Maine to California are > > > > talking about wanting to "assassinate Obama." > > > > Fighting the urge to throw up, I can only ask, "How long?" > > > > How long before we white people realize we can't make our nation, much less > > > > the whole world, look like us? > > > > How long until we white people can - once and for all - get over this > > > > hell-conceived preoccupation with skin color? > > > > How long until we white people get over the demonic conviction that white > > > > skin makes us superior? > > > > How long before we white people get over our bitter resentments about being > > > > demoted to the status of equality with non-whites? > > > > > How long before we get over our expectations that we should be at the head > > > > of the line merely because of our white skin? > > > > How long until we white people end our silence and call out our peers when > > > > they share the latest racist jokes in the privacy of our white-only > > > > conversations? > > > > > I believe in free speech, but how long until we white people start making > > > > racist loudmouths as socially uncomfortable as we do flag burners? > > > > How long until we white people will stop insisting that blacks exercise > > > > personal responsibility, build strong families, educate themselves enough to > > > > edit the Harvard Law Review, and work hard enough to become President of the > > > > United States, only to threaten to assassinate them when they do? > > > > > How long before we start "living out the true meaning" of our creeds, both > > > > civil and religious, that all men and women are created equal and that "red > > > > and yellow, black and white" all are precious in God's sight? > > > > Until this past November 4, I didn't believe this country would ever elect > > > > an African American to the presidency. I still don't believe I'll live long > > > > enough to see us white people get over our racism problem. > > > > > But here's my three-point plan: > > > > > First, everyday that Barack Obama lives in the White House that Black Slaves > > > > Built, I'm going to pray that God (and the Secret Service) will protect him > > > > and his family from us white people. > > > > > Second, I'm going to report to the FBI any white person I overhear saying, > > > > in seriousness or in jest, anything of a threatening nature about President > > > > Obama. > > > > > Third, I'm going to pray to live long enough to see America surprise the > > > > world once again, when white people can "in spirit and in truth" sing of our > > > > damnable color prejudice, > > > > > "We HAVE overcome." > > > > ************************************** > > > > It takes a Village to protect our President!!! > > > > > because the President of these DisUnited States happens to be a Black Man, > > > > all you "Conswervatives" need to get off his case! He took over a job that > > > > White Men "screwed up royally", and he's merely trying to straighten things > > > > out. They took "years" to foul it up -- why is he expected to "fix" it > > > > overnight??? "All" will never be happy with all decisions of any political > > > > party, but I happen to be Proud of the fact that a Black Man achieved the > > > > success of becoming the first Black President of these DisUnited States. It > > > > took one "heckofa man" to want to take over a position where he knew going > > > > in, that he would be ridiculed, berated, dogged, and, could possibly get > > > > "assassinated"?? For a Country that is supposed to have been "built" (after > > > > being stolen) on God, why can't God be allowed to do His work for His > > > > Country, and cut out all the "tea-partying" (KKK activities) in the name of > > > > Christianity?? > > > > Respectfully, > > > > > George W. Garrett > > > > 214-497-8747 214-497-8747 214-497-8747 214-497-8747 Cell > > > > I think it is alarmist. I think it doesn't address the threats and > > > intimidation that are coming from Obama's own camp. I think Manis > > > didn't substantiate one single assassination threat. If he has heard > > > such a thing, it was probably from some Georgia cracker who couldn't > > > spell cat if you spotted him the "c" and the "a". And I think that he > > > would have us, as conservatives, roll over and play dead, allowing > > > Obama to implement anything he pleases. > > > > Also, I don't think it is fair to portray TEA party members as Klan > > > members. That is about on the same level as portraying all of > > > Hollywood or the ACLU as Communists, through and through. I work with > > > a number of people who attend these rallies. They are nothing like > > > that. They are demonstrating because they are Taxed Enough > > > Already. > > > > Here are some photos from the 912 rally last September in our capitol.. > > > Looks like a pretty diverse, well behaved crowd to me. > > > >http://www.lookingattheleft.com/2009/09/conservative-woodstock-rocks-.... > > > > Stand by for November. It's going to be great. > > > > Ken > > > The only people I hear talking about assassinating Obama are people > > like the author of the article in the OP and Lois Farrakhan. Never > > heard anyone else mention it but left wingers. JMHO, of course, but I > > don't see that most people care about the color of his skin. His > > policies, OTOH, are quite controversial, and should be discussed > > independent of such race bating, but apparently the left cannot resist > > it.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - > > Please cite some "left-wingers" who have said they'd like to kill the > president. I never said lefties said they wanted to kill the president, unless of course you mean GW Bush, in which case some wore signs around their necks saying there were out to kill GW Bush. However my reference was to Obama, and I never said lefties were out to kill him.
From: R&B on 12 Apr 2010 18:01 On 2010-04-12 10:51:12 -0400, MNMikeW said: > "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message > news:2010041122331717540-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom... >> >> >> In general, I would agree. However, a new study released last week >> does point to strong evidence that race is a strong motivation for >> about 60 percent of those in the tea party. >> > Let's see it. This should be good. > >> >>> I work with >>> a number of people who attend these rallies. They are nothing like >>> that. They are demonstrating because they are Taxed Enough >>> Already. >> >> >> And those who feel that way have a legitimate argument. >> >> But you have your thick head in the sand if you haven't seen all the >> racist signs. >> >> > Lets see some of them then. You won't see them on FOX NEWS. They don't show them there. Doesn't fit their narrative. Randy
From: The Bogeyman on 12 Apr 2010 18:14 On Apr 12, 6:01 pm, "R&B" <none_of_your_busin...(a)all.com> wrote: > On 2010-04-12 10:51:12 -0400, MNMikeW said: > > > > > > > "R&B" <none_of_your_busin...(a)all.com> wrote in message > >news:2010041122331717540-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom... > > >> In general, I would agree. However, a new study released last week > >> does point to strong evidence that race is a strong motivation for > >> about 60 percent of those in the tea party. > > > Let's see it. This should be good. > > >>> I work with > >>> a number of people who attend these rallies. They are nothing like > >>> that. They are demonstrating because they are Taxed Enough > >>> Already. > > >> And those who feel that way have a legitimate argument. > > >> Butyouhave your thick head in the sand ifyouhaven't seen all the > >> racist signs. > > > Lets see some of them then. > > Youwon't see them on FOX NEWS. They don't show them there. Doesn't > fit their narrative. > > Randy- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - I'd be willing to bet that anyone at a TEA party carrying a "racist" sign got their marching orders from these guys: http://www.crashtheteaparty.org/
From: MNMikeW on 12 Apr 2010 18:34
"R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message news:201004121801001867-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom... > On 2010-04-12 10:51:12 -0400, MNMikeW said: > >> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message >> news:2010041122331717540-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom... >>> >>> >>> In general, I would agree. However, a new study released last week does >>> point to strong evidence that race is a strong motivation for about 60 >>> percent of those in the tea party. >>> >> Let's see it. This should be good. >> >>> >>>> I work with >>>> a number of people who attend these rallies. They are nothing like >>>> that. They are demonstrating because they are Taxed Enough >>>> Already. >>> >>> >>> And those who feel that way have a legitimate argument. >>> >>> But you have your thick head in the sand if you haven't seen all the >>> racist signs. >>> >>> >> Lets see some of them then. > > > You won't see them on FOX NEWS. They don't show them there. Doesn't fit > their narrative. > > Randy > And I noticed you didn't post them here. Doesn't fit your narrative. |