Hello Bob,

 LL>> On MSNBC, Chris Matthews made a statement that no
 LL>> Republicans were invited.  Michael Steel then corrected
 LL>> him, explaining how the organizers of the event ran the
 LL>> show.  Steel's explanation was, in effect, the same as what
 LL>> you wrote.

BK>Scott notified the organizers ahead of time he would not be
BK>there.

The point is, many Republicans could have spoken at the event,
had they chosen to do so.

 LL>> Because no Republicans spoke at the event, it gave the
 LL>> appearance that Republicans do not care about black folks,
 LL>> or about MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech.  Of course,
 LL>> appearances can be deceiving, as it is silly to think that
 LL>> all/many/most Republicans are racist.

BK>Strom Thurmond had a black daughter he saw to it was well taken
BK>care of,

Strom Thurmond was a very loving man, having a love child to prove
it.  Not only that, but unlike many black men, Strom Thurmond was not
a deadbeat dad.  So don't you go around telling anybody that Strom
Thurmond was a racist who did not care about black folks.  He loved
them.  He loved them very much ...

BK>George Wallace said it was all politics, yet Thurmond was surely
BK>a racist and Wallace played one so well it looks like he really was.

In his autobiography, George C. Wallace claims he never used the
N-word in public.  It was probably a true statement, although
impossible to verify.  Some of his speeches were written by racists,
but does that mean Wallace was a racist himself?  In his first run
for public office, he ran as a liberal, losing the election.  From
that point on, he told the people what they wanted to hear, winning
several terms as governor of Alabama, and had it not been for a
would-be assassin's bullet hitting his spine, would have sent George
McGovern back to South Dakota and Richard Nixon back to California.
As things turned out, Wallace paved the way for another Southerner
to become President - Jimmy Carter.  And what a great President he was!

 BM>> between the elite and the serfs.  They speak of the Dems creating BM>the
 BK> rift but if you look at the entire picture, the reason most BM>people
think
 BK> this icountry  s turning towards socialism/communism BM>is very simply
 BK> explained, AKorporate  merika wants it that way.

 LL>> I was using affirmative action as an example.  For a deeper
 LL>> understanding of how corporations interact among national
 LL>> security and social welfare policy, you might want to read
 LL>> "Thinking Through the Cold War", by David Jardin, free
 LL>> download from smashwords.com

BK>Nah... I don't really.

And I thought you were a glutton for punishment ...

 BM>> happened many years ago.  When the Irish immigrated here they were
 BM>> considered a lower species than the blacks.  Every race (and yes,
 BM>> nationality is considered a race, not just color) has had that issue.

BK>As the signs said, no colored or Irish need apply.

What about Cajuns?  Cajuns have been here even before Americans
arrived.  Maybe we should decide who is the lower species rather
than them.  But please.  Do not tell that to Native Americans.

 LL>> Sure.  Discrimination exists among all races, both within
 LL>> and between. Andrew Young once said, "We are all racists
 LL>> and bigots."  I tend to agree with that view, with the
 LL>> caveat it is what we do (as individuals and a people) to
 LL>> overcome that racism and bigotry that is important. That
 LL>> was Andrew Young's real message, or what he was trying to
 LL>> convey to others.

BK>Sounds about right.

Affirmative action is a form of discrimination.  A kind of
discrimination many people are in favor of.  Especially black
Americans.  Should we do away with affirmative action?  If
we do, blacks will accuse us of being racists.  And lets not
forget about those who claim reverse discrimination.  Funny
that black folks claim discrimination and white folks claim
reverse discrimination.  Even though Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. said there is no difference between black racists and
white racists.  I guess The Good Doctor didn't know what he
was talking about ...

 BM>> LOL.... irony as it's best... vote for the man who doesn't give a
 BM>> rat's ass about you.

 LL>> You have to remember - we boil our crawfish LIVE.  :)

 BM>> When is Jindal on the menu?

BK>He's on the republican's menu.

When we pick up our crawfish, they are brown.  We heat up the water
to the point of boiling, put them in a pot, and cook them live until
they turn bright red.  And then we eat 'em, in true Cajun fashion -
we pinch da tails and suck da heads.

After we eat the crawfish, we save the shells.  But only the shells
of the heads.  The other shells are discarded.  After cleaning the
head shells, we use them to make crawfish bisque.  This is a most
excellent dish, but takes a lot of time and patience to make.  It
also takes more boiled crawfish to obtain the meat to put into the
shells.  Which is why it always takes at least two crawfish boils
to make a crawfish bisque.

 LL>> In the latest poll, Les Miles and Nick Saban are rated
 LL>> higher than Bobby Jindal.  Les Miles I can understand.  But
 LL>> Nick Saban is hated in these parts, pretty much on the same
 LL>> level as the devil himself.  Jindal should consider himself
 LL>> blessed that he cannot run for a third consecutive term for
 LL>> governor.  :)

BK>To lose to someone hated so much would be bad. OTOH, you said
BK>Saban is hated on the same level as the devil. Since we are
BK>talking about republicans, isn't that a high rating?

Look at it this way.  Alabama has the devil for a football coach,
whose favorite color is red.  Louisiana (LSU) has the mad hatter for
a football coach, whose favorite food is munching on grass.  Jindal
claims his favorite food is chocolate chip cookies.  However, being
a conservative Republican, Jindal does not know what he is missing,
never having topped those chocolate chip cookies with a liberal
squirt of cheese whiz ...

--Lee

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