Obama Administration Protecting the Black Panthers

[Varmit]

Actually Diane, what that black panther did was violate the Voter Intimidation law.  By the way, when was the last time the first lady or president spoke at an event hosted by an organization that supports the behavior of skinheads? 

You wanna talk about racial tension?  Who is it that is causing the tension, the folks that speak out against the current adminstrations policies or the people that accuse them of racism? 

[kshillbillys]

That dog will hunt, Varmit!

[frawin]

The High School our three kids attended and graduated from in Midland Texas was Robert E. Lee High School and the Flag was the Rebel Flag, and the Fight song is Dixie. The School had a great tradition in Football and the student body was fully integrated. It is the only Class 5A high School in the State of Texas to win the State Chanpionship in Football 3 times back-to-back. Blacks and Whites Stood to Dixie when the band played it and Blacks and whites waved their flags. Laura Bush graduated from Lee High School.

[frawin]

Also one of the Black Mothers of one of the star running backs wore a Rebel Flag Dress and yelled louder and danced harder than anyone in the crowd. General Tommy Franks also graduated from Midland Lee.

[frawin]

Diane, I know you are probably going to say that Joe Biden wore the Rebel Flag and danced to Dixie at his Delaware High School.

[Diane Amberg]

What,KS you are challenging my math? Good! I have no idea where that came from.That should have been a year and 7.5 months!  The description of the truck was as given in the paper. People were on the watch for it and the flag was a very obvious feature. ( I did not call him a white supremacist.) I'm not quite sure what "proof" you want. I can hunt for the newspaper article but I doubt I still have it. The man, young, probably mid to late 20's was scaring the kids! Why would I make up a story? I'm not running for office.
  This is exactly how trouble starts.  The generalizations get everyone into trouble. Not all of any group does everything good or bad or the same. I can't imagine how you would manage on a jury trial. If he's black he's guilty! If he's white, he must be innocent. Don't bother with the evidence.  Those PB you watched did no violence to anyone, as you saw. That was a downtown Philly black neighborhood. How could you possibly relate to that? As compared to where you are it might as well be Mars. (There are places in the Strawberry Mansion section I would never go near.) The police were right there. Nothing happened! They have the leeway to stop what's going on or not. They did ask them to move farther away and they did. It was a black neighborhood. No white people were likely to show up to vote there.  If the PB had showed up in a white neighborhood at a white polling place I could see a big deal being made of it  It didn't happen and I'm sure the media was very disappointed. No juicy stories.I'm sure we can find some nice foul mouthed white kid spewing insults too to even it all out. But why?
And you have no idea about what I might say about the deficit, nor are you really interested, so that's that. If the truth doesn't suit you, make up your own story.
Frank, What is your problem? Joe Biden went to a Catholic high school. He wore a coat and tie like everyone else did.

[Varmit]

  This is exactly how trouble starts.  The generalizations get everyone into trouble. Not all of any group does everything good or bad or the same. I can't imagine how you would manage on a jury trial. If he's black he's guilty! If he's white, he must be innocent. Don't bother with the evidence.  Those PB you watched did no violence to anyone, as you saw. That was a downtown Philly black neighborhood. How could you possibly relate to that?

No. Trouble starts when we began applying the law with a double standard according to race.  Its called Voter Intimidation look it up.  If we are going to say that it is okay for BP to stand outside a polling place while armed, then no one should have any problem with the Klan being there, right?  I mean, they have just as much right to be there as anyone else don't they?  If we are going to allow the BP hide behind Freedom of Speech then we have to apply it equally to all.  As for your jury trial comment, where do you come up with this crap?  Nobody said Black = Guilty.  How could I possibily relate to a black philly neighborhood...simple, I'm american as they are, our laws are supposed to apply equally...remember?

[frawin]

Frank, What is your problem? Joe Biden went to a Catholic high school. He wore a coat and tie like everyone else did.

I don't have a problem, Diane I bet everyone in that discussion knew what I was referring to but you.

[pamagain]

I do agree Pam there's not much room for racism and I do believe in the First Amendment that states we all have the freedom of speech, so why is it that i'd go to jail for saying the N word but yet he doesn't go to jail for saying he wants all the white people and their babies dead? Where's the hate crime people at there? I don't see the NAACP or the ACLU getting on this wanting this guy prosecuted. Answer me this....

askin me a question I can't answer Hillbilly. I do not have a clue. I have little use for the modern versions of those two entities. They took what was a good idea at the time and twisted it to suit whatever their pet purpose was at the time like happens to MOST good ideas.

[pamagain]

I have a Confederate flag. My great great great grandfather died in a federal prisoner of war camp in february 1865. He owned no slaves.......he just thought he was free.  It symbolizes rebellion and standin for what you belive in to me. I'm not apologizin for havin it and I don't flaunt it just to piss people off either.It MEANS somethin to me.  but that's just me.......