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		<title>By: Liberals Demise</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/powell-target-of-profiling-many-times#comment-156437</link>
		<dc:creator>Liberals Demise</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not to worry..... There&#039;s gonna be more lawyers there than there are in hell!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not to worry&#8230;.. There&#8217;s gonna be more lawyers there than there are in hell!</p>
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		<title>By: canary</title>
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		<dc:creator>canary</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am concerned that the Officer threatened will meet with two powerful individuals, who want to sue the police department. No good can come from it. He could be in for a set-up, for the law suit, the least is he will be bullied, will be on enemy territory. 
Gates plane fare should not be paid, nor should he be allowed to declare it as business expenses. 

I guess Gate&#039;s mafia natured threats have always worked : &quot;I haven’t even come close to being arrested. I would have said it was impossible.&quot; …

Not paying your taxes is just something all the liberals get away with.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am concerned that the Officer threatened will meet with two powerful individuals, who want to sue the police department. No good can come from it. He could be in for a set-up, for the law suit, the least is he will be bullied, will be on enemy territory.<br />
Gates plane fare should not be paid, nor should he be allowed to declare it as business expenses. </p>
<p>I guess Gate&#8217;s mafia natured threats have always worked : &#8220;I haven’t even come close to being arrested. I would have said it was impossible.&#8221; …</p>
<p>Not paying your taxes is just something all the liberals get away with.</p>
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		<title>By: proreason</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>it was a long time ago</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>it was a long time ago</p>
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		<title>By: Rusty Shackleford</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/powell-target-of-profiling-many-times#comment-156373</link>
		<dc:creator>Rusty Shackleford</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Chin, the short answer to your question as to why we can&#039;t just be &quot;Americans&quot; is that it destroys the perceived &quot;struggle&quot; that all the other races/nationalities/religions/sexual oreintations face.  

The fact that those struggles are really now just a perception on the part of the offended is immaterial.

Recalling one conversation I had years ago with a black man who was asserting his being black and was quite offended, I simply responded, &quot;Hell, I don&#039;t care WHAT color you are, I thought we were friends and that was enough for me&quot;.  But his own insecurity took that to mean that I didn&#039;t care about &quot;the struggle&quot;.  Yet, he was an officer of equal rank and had the exact same job that I did. 

So...where does the problem lie, I ask you. 

Of course, you, and everyone here knows the answer.  Ann Coulter&#039;s piece today really spells it out.  

http://www.anncoulter.com/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chin, the short answer to your question as to why we can&#8217;t just be &#8220;Americans&#8221; is that it destroys the perceived &#8220;struggle&#8221; that all the other races/nationalities/religions/sexual oreintations face.  </p>
<p>The fact that those struggles are really now just a perception on the part of the offended is immaterial.</p>
<p>Recalling one conversation I had years ago with a black man who was asserting his being black and was quite offended, I simply responded, &#8220;Hell, I don&#8217;t care WHAT color you are, I thought we were friends and that was enough for me&#8221;.  But his own insecurity took that to mean that I didn&#8217;t care about &#8220;the struggle&#8221;.  Yet, he was an officer of equal rank and had the exact same job that I did. </p>
<p>So&#8230;where does the problem lie, I ask you. </p>
<p>Of course, you, and everyone here knows the answer.  Ann Coulter&#8217;s piece today really spells it out.  </p>
<p><a href="http://www.anncoulter.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.anncoulter.com/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Consilience</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/powell-target-of-profiling-many-times#comment-156371</link>
		<dc:creator>Consilience</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well said, Rusty!

I&#039;m feeling the pain for Ol&#039; Po&#039; Colin; he&#039;s a pathetic excuse for a retired general officer---but he get&#039;s paid around $75K per speech...damn, must be tough.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well said, Rusty!</p>
<p>I&#8217;m feeling the pain for Ol&#8217; Po&#8217; Colin; he&#8217;s a pathetic excuse for a retired general officer&#8212;but he get&#8217;s paid around $75K per speech&#8230;damn, must be tough.</p>
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		<title>By: Chinnubie</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/powell-target-of-profiling-many-times#comment-156369</link>
		<dc:creator>Chinnubie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Has anyone ever heard of African Canadians, African Englishman, African Mexican, how about Caucasian Mexican, or Mexican Irishman, Caucasian South African?? The point obviously is that the liberal establishment feels the need to label people in a country in order to divide them and turn these groups on one another. Why can&#039;t we just be Americans, regardless of status? 
Rich, middle class, poor, whatever, we are all Americans!!!! I am so sick and tired of the Political Correctness. 
If Gates wants to look into race inside of the criminal justice system in this country he should begin with fathers remaining in the home of low income families. Crime would be cut in half if the welfare state in this country did not exist. This is why &quot;Yo Mama&quot; jokes are so offensive to blacks, their mothers are the only ones in their lives to give them morality, stability, &amp; discipline. The government does a miserable job in instilling discipline in young minority children. The only thing the government does is show them how they can run around and shirk the responsibility of fatherhood, because they know the government will step in and help &quot;Mama&quot; raise their children.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Has anyone ever heard of African Canadians, African Englishman, African Mexican, how about Caucasian Mexican, or Mexican Irishman, Caucasian South African?? The point obviously is that the liberal establishment feels the need to label people in a country in order to divide them and turn these groups on one another. Why can&#8217;t we just be Americans, regardless of status?<br />
Rich, middle class, poor, whatever, we are all Americans!!!! I am so sick and tired of the Political Correctness.<br />
If Gates wants to look into race inside of the criminal justice system in this country he should begin with fathers remaining in the home of low income families. Crime would be cut in half if the welfare state in this country did not exist. This is why &#8220;Yo Mama&#8221; jokes are so offensive to blacks, their mothers are the only ones in their lives to give them morality, stability, &amp; discipline. The government does a miserable job in instilling discipline in young minority children. The only thing the government does is show them how they can run around and shirk the responsibility of fatherhood, because they know the government will step in and help &#8220;Mama&#8221; raise their children.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Powell has been running around bashing Bush, Cheney, the Republican Party and Rush.  This is why liberals/the media love him.  Has anyone of his buddies in the press ever asked why the good General did not go to President or Fitzgerald and say &quot; It was Richy Armitage that mentioned Plame to Novak (he told Powell within a day)?  He knew the whole time and sat back watched the frenzy. Libby went through hell for nothing.  This guy has zero credibility or character.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Powell has been running around bashing Bush, Cheney, the Republican Party and Rush.  This is why liberals/the media love him.  Has anyone of his buddies in the press ever asked why the good General did not go to President or Fitzgerald and say &#8221; It was Richy Armitage that mentioned Plame to Novak (he told Powell within a day)?  He knew the whole time and sat back watched the frenzy. Libby went through hell for nothing.  This guy has zero credibility or character.</p>
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		<title>By: Liberals Demise</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/powell-target-of-profiling-many-times#comment-156351</link>
		<dc:creator>Liberals Demise</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>YIKES!!
All this time I thought it was me.........being me!

A white kid at the age of 17 (1971) ..... looking for a rung to reach for, just like everyone before me. 
I grew up during a war that had no end but I followed like those that went before me. Asking nothing more than to be an American because it was the right thing to do. I&#039;ve asked nothing for my service but to be acknowledged. 
I too was labeled and spit on but continued to strive for nothing more but to me ..... an AMERICAN!!

We Americans are at a precipitous.........
Do we follow are tried and true leg of law that says, &quot;We hold the truths to be self evident .......&quot; 
........ or do we follow the soon to be law of, &quot;We shall be constitutes who hold Government to be our beholders?&quot; 

This is a sad day indeed!! 

Can and will a true American hold our truths to be self evident?

WHY COLOR? 

AMERICA ....................  BLEEDS .......... RED!
(Amen)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>YIKES!!<br />
All this time I thought it was me&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;being me!</p>
<p>A white kid at the age of 17 (1971) &#8230;.. looking for a rung to reach for, just like everyone before me.<br />
I grew up during a war that had no end but I followed like those that went before me. Asking nothing more than to be an American because it was the right thing to do. I&#8217;ve asked nothing for my service but to be acknowledged.<br />
I too was labeled and spit on but continued to strive for nothing more but to me &#8230;.. an AMERICAN!!</p>
<p>We Americans are at a precipitous&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<br />
Do we follow are tried and true leg of law that says, &#8220;We hold the truths to be self evident &#8230;&#8230;.&#8221;<br />
&#8230;&#8230;.. or do we follow the soon to be law of, &#8220;We shall be constitutes who hold Government to be our beholders?&#8221; </p>
<p>This is a sad day indeed!! </p>
<p>Can and will a true American hold our truths to be self evident?</p>
<p>WHY COLOR? </p>
<p>AMERICA &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..  BLEEDS &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. RED!<br />
(Amen)</p>
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		<title>By: Colonel1961</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/powell-target-of-profiling-many-times#comment-156347</link>
		<dc:creator>Colonel1961</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You had a nice car? ;-)</description>
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		<title>By: Rusty Shackleford</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/powell-target-of-profiling-many-times#comment-156344</link>
		<dc:creator>Rusty Shackleford</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I feel sorry for poor Colin.  

Having to be a general and all.

And the damned white people who paid him ridiculous sums of money to be in their presidential cabinet.  

Bloody shame, that.  Especially when it turns out he was unqualified for the jobs and was just a &quot;house negro&quot; to them.  

It&#039;s really quite sad....how they profiled him when he would go to his office in DC, by letting him in...but....giving him &quot;that look&quot; all the time.  (You know.  The look they give when they think you&#039;re gonna steal their television or something)

Poor Poor Colin.   Perhaps he and Mitchell Obama and Barry too should all get together with Gates and write a book about how hard it is to be a rich colored person in today&#039;s society without also being either a rap artist, sports star or thug-movie actor.  

(that is dripping sarcasm, if you were at all wondering)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I feel sorry for poor Colin.  </p>
<p>Having to be a general and all.</p>
<p>And the damned white people who paid him ridiculous sums of money to be in their presidential cabinet.  </p>
<p>Bloody shame, that.  Especially when it turns out he was unqualified for the jobs and was just a &#8220;house negro&#8221; to them.  </p>
<p>It&#8217;s really quite sad&#8230;.how they profiled him when he would go to his office in DC, by letting him in&#8230;but&#8230;.giving him &#8220;that look&#8221; all the time.  (You know.  The look they give when they think you&#8217;re gonna steal their television or something)</p>
<p>Poor Poor Colin.   Perhaps he and Mitchell Obama and Barry too should all get together with Gates and write a book about how hard it is to be a rich colored person in today&#8217;s society without also being either a rap artist, sports star or thug-movie actor.  </p>
<p>(that is dripping sarcasm, if you were at all wondering)</p>
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		<title>By: proreason</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/powell-target-of-profiling-many-times#comment-156332</link>
		<dc:creator>proreason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good point.

I was once threatened with jail because I politely asked a cop whether he was really going to give me a ticket for an inspection sticker 2 weeks out of date for a car that was 1 year and 2 weeks old.

And he stopped me in pouring rain to do it.

Guess i was profiled as a lippy white kid with a nice car.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good point.</p>
<p>I was once threatened with jail because I politely asked a cop whether he was really going to give me a ticket for an inspection sticker 2 weeks out of date for a car that was 1 year and 2 weeks old.</p>
<p>And he stopped me in pouring rain to do it.</p>
<p>Guess i was profiled as a lippy white kid with a nice car.</p>
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		<title>By: 4USA</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/powell-target-of-profiling-many-times#comment-156325</link>
		<dc:creator>4USA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So, when I got stopped and harrassed by a cop, jailed for complaining, charged for disorderly conduct which was ultimately dismissed after paying a lawyer more than the fine, I was being profiled?  Who&#039;d a thunk it?  The only difference is, I&#039;m white!

My point is obvious.  Everyone gets popped like this if they run their mouth.  Powell is an idiot if he thinks he&#039;s the only one that gets second-guessed by the police.  Afterall, that&#039;s their job, to make certain.  When you&#039;re paid to make certain, that requires second-guessing.  That sometimes requires the arrest of an innocent person.  Believe it or not, alot of those arrests involve whitey.  The difference is, we don&#039;t usually scream like we&#039;ve been raped.  We usually accept the shame, realize we screwed up and try not to do it again.  

This kind of thing happens to EVERYONE!!!!!  Stop acting like nobody gets arrested inappropriately except blacks!  I&#039;m so sick of this crap.  Why don&#039;t you &quot;victims&quot; just grow up?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, when I got stopped and harrassed by a cop, jailed for complaining, charged for disorderly conduct which was ultimately dismissed after paying a lawyer more than the fine, I was being profiled?  Who&#8217;d a thunk it?  The only difference is, I&#8217;m white!</p>
<p>My point is obvious.  Everyone gets popped like this if they run their mouth.  Powell is an idiot if he thinks he&#8217;s the only one that gets second-guessed by the police.  Afterall, that&#8217;s their job, to make certain.  When you&#8217;re paid to make certain, that requires second-guessing.  That sometimes requires the arrest of an innocent person.  Believe it or not, alot of those arrests involve whitey.  The difference is, we don&#8217;t usually scream like we&#8217;ve been raped.  We usually accept the shame, realize we screwed up and try not to do it again.  </p>
<p>This kind of thing happens to EVERYONE!!!!!  Stop acting like nobody gets arrested inappropriately except blacks!  I&#8217;m so sick of this crap.  Why don&#8217;t you &#8220;victims&#8221; just grow up?</p>
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		<title>By: GetBackJack</title>
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		<dc:creator>GetBackJack</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Race Wars coming. We&#039;re really and truly starting to fracture along racial lines.

As directly stated by Christ when asked how will we know when the end of this Time (era) will be?

Matthew 24:7 “For nation will rise against nation - 

Nation; Greek, ethnos. 

You don&#039;t have to be Fellini to understand that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Race Wars coming. We&#8217;re really and truly starting to fracture along racial lines.</p>
<p>As directly stated by Christ when asked how will we know when the end of this Time (era) will be?</p>
<p>Matthew 24:7 “For nation will rise against nation &#8211; </p>
<p>Nation; Greek, ethnos. </p>
<p>You don&#8217;t have to be Fellini to understand that.</p>
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		<title>By: neocon mom</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/powell-target-of-profiling-many-times#comment-156291</link>
		<dc:creator>neocon mom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why does Powell assume that someone&#039;s not letting him through because they can&#039;t believe &quot;some black guy&quot; could be the National Security Advisor to the Pres.? Could we not chalk it up to mere ignorance (&quot;Jaywalking&quot;, anyone?) and caution or zeal on the part of those who work at Reagan? Seems to be the same problem from which Gates suffered, caused by his own overinflated ego, refusal to believe that someone doesn&#039;t know who the illustrious Robert Louis Gates Jr. is. I see no evidence of racial profiling in either instance.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why does Powell assume that someone&#8217;s not letting him through because they can&#8217;t believe &#8220;some black guy&#8221; could be the National Security Advisor to the Pres.? Could we not chalk it up to mere ignorance (&#8220;Jaywalking&#8221;, anyone?) and caution or zeal on the part of those who work at Reagan? Seems to be the same problem from which Gates suffered, caused by his own overinflated ego, refusal to believe that someone doesn&#8217;t know who the illustrious Robert Louis Gates Jr. is. I see no evidence of racial profiling in either instance.</p>
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		<title>By: proreason</title>
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		<dc:creator>proreason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>General Powell used to be highly regarded by a high percentage of the American public.

I always thought it was because of his service and calm authoritative disposition.

Now I know it was because he never really expressed any of his personal opinions.

Kind of like Walter Cronkite.

Hiding in plain sight.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>General Powell used to be highly regarded by a high percentage of the American public.</p>
<p>I always thought it was because of his service and calm authoritative disposition.</p>
<p>Now I know it was because he never really expressed any of his personal opinions.</p>
<p>Kind of like Walter Cronkite.</p>
<p>Hiding in plain sight.</p>
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		<title>By: beautyofreason</title>
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		<dc:creator>beautyofreason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;[Yates] now wants to create a documentary on the criminal justice system, informed by the experience of being arrested not as a famous academic but as an unrecognized black man.&quot;

A noble thought, but perhaps his time would be better spent analyzing the arrest rates of men who yell and threaten the police, vs. men who comply with officer requests.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;[Yates] now wants to create a documentary on the criminal justice system, informed by the experience of being arrested not as a famous academic but as an unrecognized black man.&#8221;</p>
<p>A noble thought, but perhaps his time would be better spent analyzing the arrest rates of men who yell and threaten the police, vs. men who comply with officer requests.</p>
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