So now we know the cost---$112 Billion

[midnight Target]

Nah, nice try though.

[Toad]

I just thank cod you're here to protect us from errors in generalized statements that may <gasp> exceed 7%

and that you're not wound so tight that you think a generalized error of that huge magnitude must immediately be rectified by someone owing you an apology for correcting such a disaster.

Bless you, my son!

[midnight Target]

Well just to get you all in even more of a dither...

I think JBA's post was a load of racist crap. He uses questionable numbers to justify generalized attacks on races of people. I simply pointed out one of his errors. Maybe someone else will look into the rest of the stuff he posted to check out the validity.

But how about this... He said the HIGHEST graduation rate for an all black college was 50%. Actual HIGHEST numbers are above 70%. But the real statistic that seems to be more relevent is the overall graduation rate in the entire Country for all college students. Any guesses?

Anyone?

Bueller?

The SIX YEAR graduation rate for the Country is 56%. Now, doesn't it seem a little silly to attack an entire race using a number that is no better than that for all students combined? Wouldn't you agree that the statistic might be considered contrived or even.... downright underhanded?

Oh, wait... here's a link to a chart.

http://www.higheredinfo.org/dbrowser/index.php?level=nation&mode=graph&state=0&submeasure=27

[SOB]

That's a shame.  Oh well, back to Hillary; she is, after all, an easy target.  (I hear she will stoop to lying to get elected!  )

[JBA]

I thank you sir for putting me in the company of these great learned men. For they to have been accused of being racist for pointing out the self inflected poverty that pelages the black community.  It is the likes of the reverends (lower case intentional) Jackson, Sharpton, and their enablers, that has created generational  poverty and  will cost the country hundreds of billions of dollars every year.

Walter E. Williams

http://www.creators.com/opinion/walter-williams/black-colleges-2008-01-09.html

Thomas Sowell
http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?id=1635

http://www.tsowell.com/spracecu.html

Bill Cosby
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7681419/
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/billcosbypoundcakespeech.htm


http://www.nola.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/national-102/1208234948211330.xml&storylist=national
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-05-16-cosby-main_x.htm

[midnight Target]

No one is saying there are no problems in the black community. There are many. What we need to understand is that they are not caused by the color of the person's skin, except for those issues that stem from the treatment of those people by others due to that color.

[Maverick]

No one is saying there are no problems in the black community. There are many. What we need to understand is that they are not caused by the color of the person's skin, except for those issues that stem from the treatment of those people by others due to that color.

That avenue is a very 2 way street as well. The bias isn't only one way and often is expressed very vocally in the opposite direction.

[Toad]

Good post MT. Much more on topic, substantive and to the point than your quibbling about the magnitude of the error in the numbers he used.   

[Airhead]

It is the likes of the reverends (lower case intentional) Jackson, Sharpton, and their enablers, that has created generational  poverty and  will cost the country hundreds of billions of dollars every year.

LOL.This is THE dumbest thing I've read here so far today. 


But it's still early. 

[Yknurd]

I vote this thread five stars!