Second (as mentioned earlier) the ‘blacks’ of today weren’t/aren’t slaves – not a one – so what are they being reparationed for? Something that happened 7.25 generations ago? And I have never owned a slave – so why should I pay for something that happened 7.25 generations ago?

And lastly – I am mixed – do I present the same situation as The One ™ – no because I’m not halfican. My father’s people arrived in America at the turn of the century (or slightly before) – oops – no slave owners there. My mom -well most of it was so pasty white – and northern and un-educated – that they did not even know what a slave was. [There is much speculation and questions - and of course the 'family secret' as to when and who the color was added to the family line- but it is settled/known that it is Native American] And the woman who raised me – her father sold himself into bondage to get to America – as he knew he’d have a better chance – Swedish/English white – and he did advance of his own education and labor (also arrived in America after the turn of the century) – nope not a slave owner there.

Which ends up being the issue – America is not about success, winning, and getting rich it is about the right to pursue freely life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness – the success or failure in such pursuit – is one’s own responsibility not the taxpayers nor the governments.

Might they want to refer to the Bible – ‘You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly enough to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.’ (Matthew 7:5) All people’s have conquered and been conquered – by the reparations scammers stance – we all owe each other a living in some way or form. And yes some peoples do seem to have taken the brunt of ‘historical’ nastiness – but – take a look at history and current events – there are no winners or losers if you start the victim and one-upmanship game. ‘And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.’ (Mark 3:25)
Shame on the reparations pushers – they are intentionaly trying to destroy America from within.

How much more perfect can the scamming from the City with the Broad Scammers get, from that Great Scummy state of Illinois get?
First you’ve got Daly I and Daly II.
You’ve got decades of corrupt unions and organized crime. Al Capone must be a true hero around those parts.
Then you’ve got Blaggy and Bambi and Rezko and Wright and so on and so on.
And then you’ve got those who would actually ACCEPT an apointment under these circumstances from the type of creep that Blaggy is….Whom we must see as the lowest of the bottom-feeders who are willing to wallow in the pusillanimous just to get a taste.,..
The last is what Burris appears to be.
Will there be no end to all of this.
Now Burris is revealing some of his grand schemes…….
Will the “Fund” require proof that one is descended from slave blood…..or will Bambi’s kids qualify? Would Bambi?

Well, I shall enlighten you then. Mr. Obama isn’t for reparations; he feels that they don’t go far enough. He had a speech upon the subject not too long ago, you should look it up.

Also, a amusing antidocte:

My family fought in the Civil War for the Confederacy. I’m quite proud of them, but I note that not one of them owned a slave. My family history, which traces back to John Adams (I’m a direct relative of his), has kept his belief that slavery is wrong and immoral

I mention this because when I mentioned this to my black co-workers, they scoffed at me for being so “blind to the truth.” Then we got into discussions about this very subject. They…weren’t quite happy at me when I told them that they already had plenty of reperations (see video I post’d on here in another post).

Good times.

No they voted race and MONEY.

Maybe there Slave GGGgrand parents had no choice but they do now and they vote DEATH.

They have already been given reparations worth many trillions of dollars. Affirmative action alone is nearly priceless. After all, look at Obamy, who never worked a day in his life, and whose only skill is triple talking.

In the workplace, blacks are treated like little china dolls. Everyone has seen work groups of untouchable, incompetant, but well paid blacks. Where are the similar groups of Hispanics, Asians, handicapped people, fat people, short people, ugly people. They don’t exist, of course.

Despite it all, 25% of black males are incarcerated in their lifetimes. If it wasn’t for the kid gloves treatment, the % would be higher. The out of wedlock birthrate is 70%. The drop-out rate is astonishing. The culture is a cesspool. Their leaders are imbeciles.

And as someone in this thread has said, every other ethnic group in this country has faced barriers here and in the country’s of their origins. Slavery has existed since mankind emerged from caves. It still exists today. Ironically, the United States should be praised to the heavens for abolishing it at a cost of over 2% of the male population at the time….equivalent to over 3 million deaths today (6 times greater than the U.S. fatalities in WWII).

If 40 years of kid gloves treatment yields the results obvious to anywone who cares to look, what IS enough?

And there is no way I’ll ever pay a cent of direct reparations. I’ll be manning a machine-gun nest before that happens.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi9gj2z4FVc

Here’s the episode of BS they dedicated to the subject. (Oh, and it’s NSFW)

IMO, There lies the problem. The black culture is different from the white culture. I know this from working and socializing with numerous blacks folks over the years. I am not saying the black folks are wrong and the white folks are right, but they are different. I really dont think you can argue with that.

I’m not sure anyone is particularly worked up.

But…

1) the Chicago Defender is not an obscure Communist rag. (FWIW, I don’t believe Frank Davis ever wrote for it. It’s not listed in any of the bios of him I have read.)

The Chicago Defender is one of the oldest black newspapers in the country and it is now owned by the largest black newspaper chain in the country.

2) The article is from 8 years ago, but as noted above, Mr. Burris still wants reparations to happen.

3) Mr. Burris is not alone. The NAACP, and (probably) the CBC, as well as John Conyers, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are for reparations. BTW, Mr. Burris had a top position at PUSH at one point in his brilliant career.

4) We don’t even know if Mr. Obama is for or against reparations. AFAIK, he has never been asked by our watchdog media.