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Gay Marriage and the Race Analogy
The racism analogy isn't perfect or exact and probably should not be the only one used. However, until a better analogy can be made, and I don't see the writer of this article offering any suggestions, it's going to stick! A complicating factor will be the many bigots of all races and creeds who refuse to accept the growing body of evidence that ...
Posted to Jurisprudence by Chaordic on November 14, 2008
My Samoan Mother Does Not Need Affirmative Action
An AA surgeon, who got into medical school with lower aptitude, grades, test scores and abilities, should operate on my Samoan mother, even though there are better-qualified physicians! Besides your Native grandmother makes you a bigger victim than me with a Mexican (Aztec) mother, so you need AA more. However, I am especially needy, because my ...
Posted to XX Factor by Ralph7 on June 28, 2008
Obama's sermon in Atlanta
Here are Obama's words today, before an all-black congregation in Atlanta. Can anyone honestly imagine Hillary Clinton -- or Bill, for that matter -- saying something like this? For most of this country’s history, we in the African-American community have been at the receiving end of man’s inhumanity to man. And all of us understand ...
Posted to Politics by mhkidd on January 20, 2008