Just in: Obama supports Slave Reparations

[Hornet33]

I'll take that bet for $100. He's all about taking from the rich and giving to the poor, level the playing field and all.

[midnight Target]

I'll take that bet for $100. He's all about taking from the rich and giving to the poor, level the playing field and all.

You prove that Obama is ONLY interested in improving schools with over 50% minority enrollment, and you win. You fail at that one, and you will, I'll PM the address where to send my check.

[sluggish]

You will NEVER get him to come out and say he's for throwing money at schools with greater than 50% minorities.  You WILL get him to say he's for throwing money at inner-city schools that are failing.  You will also get him to say that he would like to cut back on funding to "over-privilaged" suburban and rural schools that are succeeding.

[CAP1]

You prove that Obama is ONLY interested in improving schools with over 50% minority enrollment, and you win. You fail at that one, and you will, I'll PM the address where to send my check.

see...the problem here, is he's too good at taking 15 minutes to answer a question that only required a 30 second answer. and when he's dopne, he still hasn't told anyone anything definite about the question.

soooo....we'll never be able to prove it either way.

[midnight Target]

sissies

[CAP1]

sissies

ok, then...you prove us wrong then

[Gunthr]

If Obama is against reparations, my common sense tells me that he would say so.  He has not made that statement as far as I know.  When asked a direct question whether he supports reparations or not, he refuses to answer plainly and directly.  

That is all the answer I need.

[Hornet33]

How about we see if he gets elected then hold the money for 4 years and see what the results are and settle up then.

I'll stick with the $100 bet about the schools.

I'll also toss in a $500 bet that he does NOTHING for 4 years just like his buddies in Congress. He'll talk alot but nothing will happen from it.

[Yeager]

You prove that Obama is ONLY interested in improving schools with over 50% minority enrollment, and you win. You fail at that one, and you will, I'll PM the address where to send my check.

Can it be proven that the schools with the most problems are those with more than 50% minority enrollment.   It would seem the greatest problems are inner city schools where the minority enrollment tends to be highest.  Why not spend the money where it is needed?

[Slamfire]

I think we need to clarify the difference between "Affirmative Action/Civil Rights" etc and "Reparations".

Affirmative Action etc is all about leveling the current playing field.  It's about addressing the supposed bias in American Society against African Americans.

Reparations is a completely different thing - Reparations, as I understand it, is compensating African Americans for unpaid work that their ancestors did (as slaves).   What kind of compensation ? Well, depending who you ask, it can mean anything from a check in the mailbox (lump sum), a break from Federal Income Tax, or communal money pulled from the tax base and spent on programs designed to benefit African Americans.

We all know Obama is for Affirmative Action/Civil Rights - that's not the question here. 

The question posed on that youtube link was NOT ABOUT Affirmative Action etc - it was about Reparations.

I liked Senator Edward's straightforward answer: "I'm not for Reparations" - but he added very quickly that he believed in Affirmative Action/Civil Rights.  Like it or not, you know where he stands on both issues.

Obama did not give a "yes" or "no" answer.

He stated :

"I think the reparations we need right here in South Carolina is investment, for example, in our schools...
that's the kind of reparations that are going to make a difference in America right now"

I took the above answer as he is for Reparations - not the check in the mailbox or tax exemption kind, but rather the put-some-taxpayer-money aside for "Reparation Payment" in the form of communal African American investment (for things such as African American Eduction etc).

BTW, the "Corridor of Shame" in Florence SC is a collection of schools where African Americans make up the majority of students.

I believe, Obama is for Reparations - not in the form of a check in every mailbox, but in the form of grabbing tax dollars are earmarking them for African American communal investment on things LIKE education.  I also believe that he's purposely vague about the subject - he carefully crafts his answers so that they're vaguely open ended - he makes people from BOTH sides of the issue think he's on their side.

That's why I say vote for him at your own peril.  Reparations means extra taxation for some, extra gravy for others.  All comes down to your
skin color.

[CAP1]

Can it be proven that the schools with the most problems are those with more than 50% minority enrollment.   It would seem the greatest problems are inner city schools where the minority enrollment tends to be highest.  Why not spend the money where it is needed?

they are doing that in camden. the parents don't like the kids comming home and actually having homework. the kids aren't getting any more than when they weren't trying.

 it's a shame really. they cry about not getting help. then someone tries to help them, and they squeak and moan.

[midnight Target]

ok, then...you prove us wrong then

In order to prove your statement wrong I would just have to show ONE non-minority school supported by an Obama led initiative. I'll take that bet in a heartbeat.

[mietla]

The only Democrat who says that he is for reparations is Dennis Kucinich.

I was going to ask who this loon is. Thanks.

[mietla]

I think we need to clarify the difference between "Affirmative Action/Civil Rights" etc and "Reparations".

I'd group it "Civil Rights" vs. "Reparations/Affirmative action"

Yes to the former, no to the latter.

[Mr No Name]

I say if they want reparations then offer those who insist on reparations an all expenses paid, permanent move to Liberia.  Free at last - Free at last.....!