facepalm of the day

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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

You need to understand- their objection to government handouts is that any of said handouts might go to "those people." Seriously, if the government would announce it was restricting welfare to Caucasians only, you'd see most of those folks do a 180 on how they felt about it. Heck, it's the only way Social Security was able to be passed initially; they worded everything so that basically whites were the only ones eligible. South wouldn't have voted for it otherwise.

holy crap, had no idea about that. i've not read history passed ww2, and that's been mostly history on the war itself, not domestic policies here at home.
i did some searching after reading your post. shocking stuff.
here's a book review--a book you've read maybe?

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/28/bo...ghts.html?_r=0

At the time, most blacks in the labor force were employed in agriculture or as domestic household workers. Members of Congress from the Deep South demanded that those occupations be excluded from the minimum wage, Social Security, unemployment insurance and workmen's compensation. When labor unions scored initial victories in organizing poor factory workers in the South after World War II, the Southern Congressional leaders spearheaded legislation to cripple those efforts. The Southerners' principal objective, Katznelson contends, was to safeguard the racist economic and social order known as the Southern "way of life."

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Danzig

holy crap, had no idea about that. i've not read history passed ww2, and that's been mostly history on the war itself, not domestic policies here at home.
i did some searching after reading your post. shocking stuff.
here's a book review--a book you've read maybe?

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/28/bo...ghts.html?_r=0

At the time, most blacks in the labor force were employed in agriculture or as domestic household workers. Members of Congress from the Deep South demanded that those occupations be excluded from the minimum wage, Social Security, unemployment insurance and workmen's compensation. When labor unions scored initial victories in organizing poor factory workers in the South after World War II, the Southern Congressional leaders spearheaded legislation to cripple those efforts. The Southerners' principal objective, Katznelson contends, was to safeguard the racist economic and social order known as the Southern "way of life."

I haven't read that book, but I'm totally going to check it out now. Thanks for the link! Really depressing to read about how black veterans were cut out of the opportunities provided via the GI Bill, and what a sneaky way to do it- have state gov'ts administer them, rather than the federal. Ugh.

(I did a fair amount of reading on the history of Social Security thanks to an argument I had with a guy who was defending Ayn Rand's collection of Social Security. I actually don't see it as the massive act of hypocrisy it's accused of being, but I did disagree with the amounts of money he assumed she'd paid into it.)

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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

I haven't read that book, but I'm totally going to check it out now. Thanks for the link! Really depressing to read about how black veterans were cut out of the opportunities provided via the GI Bill, and what a sneaky way to do it- have state gov'ts administer them, rather than the federal. Ugh.

(I did a fair amount of reading on the history of Social Security thanks to an argument I had with a guy who was defending Ayn Rand's collection of Social Security. I actually don't see it as the massive act of hypocrisy it's accused of being, but I did disagree with the amounts of money he assumed she'd paid into it.)

it's appalling how veterans have been treated since day one in this country.
from shay's rebellion back when Washington was still around, to ww1 and and the 'bonus' army, to now when the wait for benefits can take well over a year. it's a disgrace.

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http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/supreme-c...marriage-fight

Do your tax payer funded job, or resign.
Funny tho.....She's on her fourth marriage.

http://news.yahoo.com/kentucky-clerk...123123745.html

still refuses. betch

what part of govt separation of church and state does she not understand? as a govt official, she can not impose her beliefs, and is supposed to follow the laws of the govt she serves.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-10476581.html

disgusting, reprehensible, and unconscionable.

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Saw this on eve news...

Texas police 'shoot man with hands up'.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34122204


And this..


Cops hunt 3 suspects in shooting of Illinois police officer identified as 30-year vet.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/09/01...ed-in-chicago/

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@GovMikeHuckabee compares the jailing of #KimDavis to the slavery ruling in Dred Scott http://cnn.it/1OnKl52