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Resolved Question: Prominent democrats believe republicans are racist against black people, are they right?
Republicans ended slavery and had the majority votes of civil rights because they are racist?

And so does that mean all of these african americans are racist against african americans?

* Martin Luther King Jr.
* Ken Blackwell, former Secretary of State of Ohio, former Ohio gubernatorial candidate
* Keith Butler, minister, former Detroit councilman, former candidate for U.S. Senate from Michigan
* Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, senior fellow at the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution
* Rod Paige, former Secretary of Education
* Colin Powell, former United States Secretary of State
* Michael Powell, former FCC chairman
* Condoleezza Rice, United States Secretary of State, former National Security Advisor
* Winsome Sears, former member of Virginia House of Delegates, former candidate for U.S. House
* Michael S. Steele, former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, former candidate for U.S. Senate from Maryland
* Thomas Stith, town councilman of Durham, NC, former candidate for Lt. Gov. of NC
* J.C. Watts, former U.S. Representative from Oklahoma
* Wallace Jefferson, chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court
* Janice Rogers Brown, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
* Clarence Thomas, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, former Equal Employment Opportunity Commission chairman
* Larry Elder, author of 10 Things You Can’t Say in America, radio show host
* Alan Keyes, radio host, U.N. Ambassador, presidential candidate, author
* Angela McGlowan, Republican political analyst for Fox News Network who has been nicknamed the “Black Ann Coulter”
* Jesse Lee Peterson, president of The Brotherhood Organization, television and radio host
* Armstrong Williams, author of Beyond Blame, TV host of On Point
* Erik Rush, columnist, author
* La Shawn Barber, columnist, blogger
* Loo Oates, social commentator, columnist, blogger
* Stephen L. Carter, Christianity Today columnist, author of The Culture of Disbelief
* Ken Hamblin, Denver Post columnist
* Deroy Murdock, National Review columnist
* Star Parker, president of the Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education, columnist, author
* Thomas Sowell, Hoover Institute fellow, economist, author of Basic Economics
* Walter E. Williams, economist, columnist, author of More Liberty Means Less Government
* Sophia A. Nelson, columnist, blogger, commentator, GOP political strategist, Chairman of PoliticalIntersection.com
* Lionel Hampton, musician and bandleader
* Yaphet Kotto, actor
* Karl Malone, basketball player, two-time Olympic gold medalist
* Joseph C. Phillips, actor, commentator
* Lynn Swann, football player, Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate
* Jimmie Walker, actor, comedian
* Akindele Akinyemi,CEO of One Network and conservative educator
* Calvin Butts, anti-gangsta rap activist
* Herman Cain, President of Godfather’s Pizza
* Ward Connerly, University of California regent, activist and businessman
* Ezola Foster, president of Americans for Family Values, author of What’s Right For All Americans
* Samuel B. Fuller, 20th century entrepreneur
* Robert A. George, journalist, pundit and blogger.
* Niger Innis, director of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
* Roy Innis, Hudson Institute fellow, chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality
* T.D Jakes, televangelist
* Don King, boxing promoter
* Michael King, National Advisory Board Member of Project 21, former radio talk show host
* John McWhorter, author of Losing the Race and Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute
* James Meredith, former civil rights activist
* Eric Motley, former State Department official, now vice-president of the Aspen Institute
* Deroy Murdock, Wall Street Journal opinion contributor, Cato Institute Scholar
* Gerald A. Reynolds, president of the Center for New Black Leadership, member of Project 21
* Vernon Robinson, Air Force intelligence officer, business professor
* George Schuyler, journalist, novelist
* Shelby Steele, Hoover Institute fellow, author of The Content of Our Character
* Stanley Crouch, author of In Defence of Taboos
* Lee Walker, president of the New Coalition for Economic and Social Change, Heartland Institute
Oscar J. Dunn first black Lieutenant Governor in Louisiana 1868
P.B.S Pinchback and James J. Harris become the first African-American delegates to the Republican National Convention, held in Chicago
1870 Hiram R. Revels is elected to fill U.S. Senate seat formerly held by Jefferson Davis
Joseph H. Rainey, South Carolina, becomes the first African-American Congressman
Alonzo J. Ransier is elected Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina before being elected to the U.S. Congress in ‘72
1871 Robert B. Elliot chairs South Carolina delegation to the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia
1875 Blanche K. Bruce of Mississippi becomes the first African-American elected to a full term in US Senate
Booker T. Washington
J. Ernest Wilkins as Assistant Secretary of

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Resolved Question: THE REPUBLICAN DICTIONARY?
ACTIVIST JUDGE, n. A judge who attempts to protect the rights of
minorities–most especially homosexuals–against the tyranny of the
majority. (Contributed by Amy Mashberg, Austin, Texas)

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES, n. New locations to drill for oil and gas.
(Peter Scholz, Fort Collins, Colorado)

CIVIL LIBERTIES, n. Unnecessary privileges that you aren’t afraid of
losing unless you are a God-hating, baby-killing, elitist liberal who
loves Saddam Hussein more than your own safety. (Megan Ellis,
Bellingham, Washington)

CLIMATE CHANGE, n. Global warming, without that annoying suggestion that
something is wrong. (Robert Shanafelt, Statesboro, Georgia)

DEATH TAX, n. A term invented by anti-tax zealots and referring to a tax
used to prevent the very wealthy from establishing a dominating
aristocracy in this country. (David McNeely, Lutz, Florida)

DEMOCRATIC ALLY, n. Any democracy, monarchy, plutocracy, oligarchy or
dictatorship–no matter how ruthless–that verbally supports American
diplomatic and economic goals. (L.J. Klass, Concord, New Hampshire)

DEREGULATE, v. To pursue greed and exploitation. (Nathan Taylor, Long
Beach, California)

DETAIN, v. Hold in a secret place without recourse to law and treat in
any manner one wishes. (Jeannine Bettis, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

ECONOMIC PROGRESS, n. 1. Recession; 2. Rising unemployment; 3.
Minimum-wage freeze. (Terry McGarry, East Rockaway, New York)

FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE, n. Christian Right Payoff. (Michael Gendelman ,
Fair Haven, New Jersey)

FAMILY VALUES, n. Oppression of women. (Nancy Matsunaga, Brooklyn, New York)

FOX NEWS, n. White House Press Office. (Donnalyn Murphy, San Francisco,
California)

HARD WORK, n. What Republicans say when they can’t think of anything
better. (Brain McDowell), Durham, North Carolina)

INSURGENT, n. Armed or unarmed, violent or non-violent Iraqi on the
receiving end of an American rocket blast or bullet spray, regardless of
age, gender or political affiliation. (Joey Flores, Marina del Ray,
California)

MODERNIZE, v. To do away with, as in modernizing Social Security, labor
laws, etc. (Robert Sean Roarty, Atlanta, Georgia)

OBSTRUCTIONIST, n. Any elected representative who dares to question
Republican radicals on the issue of the day. (Terry Levine, Toronto,
Ontario)

OWNERSHIP SOCIETY, n. A society in which Republican donors own the rest
of us. (Adrianne Stevens, Seattle, Washington)

PRIVATIZE, v. To steal the resources of the national community and give
them to private business. (Susan Dyer, Ottsville, Pennsylvania)

REFORM, v. To eliminate, as in tort reform (to eliminate all lawsuits
against businesses and corporations) or Social Security and Medicare
reform (to eliminate these programs altogether). (Darren Staley, Millers
Creek, North Carolina)

STRICT CONSTRUCTIONIST, n. A judge with extremely conservative beliefs,
who interprets laws in a manner that fits his/rarely-her own belief
systems, while maintaining that this was the original intent of the law.
(Floyd Doney, Athens, Ohio)

SUPPORT THE MILITARY, v. To praise Bush when he sends our young men and
women off to die for no reason and without proper body armor. (Marc
Goldberg, Vancouver, Washington)

TAX REFORM, n. The shifting of the tax burden from unearned income to
earned income, or rather, from the wealthy elite to the working class.
(Eric Evans, Gregory, Michigan)

TORT REFORM, n. Corporate immunity and impunity. (Sue Bazy,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

UNITER, n. A Leader who brings together his followers by fomenting
hatred for anyone who disagrees with him. (Larry Allred, Las Cruces, New
Mexico)

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Resolved Question: How do people feel about this news editorial over illegals? A sad day for Utah?
A sad day for Utah
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/70531…

Deseret News editorial
Published: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 12:04 a.m. MDT

Immigration law is a federal matter. All sides seem to agree on that. But when it comes to whether Utah needs to make up for a lack of will in Washington to deal with it, a lot of folks let emotion and hearsay rule the day.

Which is why Utah’s notorious SB81, an immigration bill that promises to harm everyone in the state and that may, to a large extent, be found to be unconstitutional before it gets too old, becomes law today.

This law is not compassionate. It promises to pull apart families of undocumented workers who came here seeking a better life and who contribute to the tax base. It turns anyone with brown skin into a suspect and is sure to breed racism.

It is costly. It calls for local police agencies to enforce federal law (although many Utah police agencies have said they will decline to do so), and it provides no money to help with such enforcement. It requires public agencies to screen employees, contractors and the recipients of benefits and yet, again, it provides no funding for this. Local governments already are reeling from a loss of revenue due to the recession. Now comes this burden.

The law will make it harder for U.S. Census officials to get an accurate count of Utahns next year. It will make illegal residents unduly suspicious of government officials, even though census workers are forbidden by law to investigate or report crimes. Illegal aliens should be counted along with legal residents. A complete head count will ensure that Utah receives the federal funding it needs to handle its population and that sales-tax receipts are distributed fairly. Ten years ago, the census undercounted Utah Hispanics by an estimated 50,000, which would have been more than enough to give the state a fourth congressional representative.

The law places extra burdens on business owners, requiring them to use an E-verify system for which many of them lack training. Elsewhere, this system has been shown to reject legal residents by mistake. The result will be yet another drag on a struggling economy.

It will make Utah less safe. Illegal immigrants will be afraid to report crimes because doing so might mean they will be deported.

Most importantly, the law seeks to correct problems that don’t exist. A recent Sutherland Institute study found that only 3.9 percent of inmates in county jails in Utah are undocumented, as are less than 5 percent of inmates in state prisons. Illegal immigrants do not commit crimes to a larger degree than others. Most are as law abiding as other Utahns. Crossing the border illegally is a minor offense, on the order of a speeding ticket.

A much better approach would have been to set up some sort of system by which these workers could enter and leave the state legally. That is the approach the federal government needs to take. We are astounded that all sides in this debate cannot see the wisdom of a system that would control and monitor the influx of workers across the border, eliminating the crimes committed by immigration traffickers and making it easier to spot and punish the genuine criminals.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals may soon strike down part of an Oklahoma law that mirrors Utah’s new law. Other lawsuits are in the planning stages. Utah could end up paying a heavy toll economically, and in other ways, for passing this law. The best idea would be for lawmakers to begin laying plans to repeal it as soon as possible.

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