Uhhhhhh, it was on all the major tv stations so I take it that it is true.
<br /><br />I don't have much to add here, Ray said it all!<br />Other than to say I am tired of being made out to be the bad guy. My Grandfather was an immigrant from Russia in the late 1800's he strove and worked is a$$ off the get evrything he got even though he suffered all sorts of discriminations. but the family did their utmost to become a part of main stream society. English became the only spoken language around the house.<br /><br />Now you have these biggoted Rev.'s driving a wedge between the blacks and the whites. How the white community owes them this and that. And these poor ignorant smucks are buying every word. (Insert sarcasm here.) It couldn't possibly be that they drop out of school, get caught up in gangs, become objects of the law. Naw! Has to be the white communities fault that they are not succeeding. <br /><br />This country owes you NOTHING. You have every tool at your disposal to succeed. What you choose to do with those tools are no ones fault but your own. So stop crying no fair. And make use of the opportunities that are available for everyone. And "gag" even more so for those that are considered needy, Which I believe the group in question is a part of.<br /><br />And for Plywoody... I get ticked off whenever I hear about corruption,lying, or stealing at any level. Whether your a ceo of a major company, the Finance Officer of a local government, or a politician. Your no better than the hood (black, white, green, yellow, alien,..etc)on the street that robs you. As a matter of fact your worse because you have betrayed the public trust given to you. And if you bothered to check you would see that a mainstream paper reported it.
This goes for all sides.<br /><br />Third goes to Plywoody and Spinner: Plywoody, Your statement
is my problem as well. I have seen TOO often that the media reports on information that is false.<br /><br />Fourth: Oddjob
All I Can say to your statement is I grade my students hard, work them even harder, and only have 3 out of 93 that are failing. Last year, had four students out of 150 fail. If you feel that you can do better, then please do so, Kids today deserve only the best!<br /><br />Fifth: Castaway, sorry pal, but this one comes back to you for two reasons. Reason "A" is that I feel obligated to set the record straight and reason "B" is that I need too (LOL)<br />
The Emancipation Proclimation freed NO slaves. It allowed the border states to keep their slaves. It also stated that the only slaves that were freed were in the states that were rebelling from the Union. The problem is that the President of the United States does not now, nor in the past, have the authority to remove a persons property according to the Constitution.<br />What finally did free all slaves was the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.<br /><br />It is my hope that this clears up any problems as I do honestly respect the opinions posted here, both about boats, and those that have nothing to so with boats. If it doesn't, there is nothing I can do except pay bribes and to that I refer you to my capitalist comment
<br /><br />tlands, I'm glad you came back to the discussion.<br /><br />I don't think that white people have a monopoly on racism and I don't think they have the greatest supplies of it anymore.<br />I think white people have made the greatest efforts to control and curtail racism.<br />Maybe wishful thinking here, but I believe it's true.
<br /><br />well pull some of those mothballed ships out of the philly yards and down in norfolk, get em shook down for a Round the World Tour, any peoples wanting reparations for ANY reason, get on board, and well drop you at the closest port to your place of origin<br /><br />furthermore, about these ragheads ....<br /><br />well ...<br /><br />nah, lets keep the post going!<br /><br /> Would you not call this diverting attention.<br />
Then you make the statement.<br />
You have got to be Kidding me.
<br />The Paper said
So lets see here $43,206 X 10=$432,060<br /> And you Plywoody call this simple fraud.
<br /><br />The Anger here while yes is being directed at a particular race. (duh, I think slavery is a black issue.) It's more about a group of people claiming they are owed something for an occurance that happened almost a 150 years ago. Neither you nor I is responsible for what our ancestors did. That's the Beauty of America. They stole $$ out of our pockets. Where do you think the Gov't got the money to pay the refund. <br /><br />Plywood take the blinders off. Not everything is about race, or democrat v republican, or liberal v conservative. In this case it is about simple right or wrong, and where the H to people get off thinking they are owed something they have never earned.
<br /><br />Seriously- Did you not know that white folks were slaves too? Have you heard of an indentered servent? Many of these people never gained there freedom, they worked till the day they died. 
