Then you pay them A$$ Hole.

Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.

Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.

And this right after Chris Tingle accused McCain (and others) of pressing the idiot button!

Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat.

I have changed my mind on this. I say reparations should be paid. The descendants of those responsible have sufficient wealth to aid those other descendants that suffered under the yoke while receiving the lash. The Arab slavers and the black tribesmen who captured those poor folks and then sold them into slavery should pay through the nose. The oil rich Arabs can afford it and we can find others in the oil producing countries in Africa. Perhaps we can take 10% of the dollars we pay for oil! It is a good thing we in the American South have already paid our reparations for the deed. The blood lost and fortune wasted during the War Between the States was only a part of our penance. The utter destruction of great swaths of country and the complete and permanent dismantling of a society is payment enough. Especially if that payment was made by those closest to the evils, is it not? Go after the present chief of some African village and Sheik Ali Ali in Dah Bai, not Jubal Early VII, reenactor.

This is insane.... There is no one alive today that had anything to do with slavery. But hey...great effort on the apology.

Reparations are just pure idiocy. dont we already have public schools, welfare and other social assistance programs to help those who have squandered the "free" education being offered? Once freed I thought we were all equal, with the same opportunities to achieve the American dream. Those demanding and those with their hands out looking for the freebie in the form of reparations for something that (I strongly disagree with and should never have happened) in the end has landed the ancestors of those who were slaves, in the greatest country in the world with more opportunities than ever would have been afforded them had they not been here, are willing to set back race relations decades with their greed.

I come from a proud line of Cro-Magnons, and I hereby apologize for that Saturday in April of 75,000 BC when my ancestors clubbed the crap out of, and then ate, that annoying Neanderthal troop who lived down by the river.

I am prepared to offer three shell necklaces and one clovis spearpoint to anyone who can prove they are a descendant of that unlucky troop. (Except for Al Sharpton).

Does anyone seriously think that if we end up with nationalized health care, Clyburn will shut up about reparations?

A new energy policy?  What the H does that have to do with discrimination and reparations?

You know, I think a whole bunch of Americans would be OK with "reparations" if they thought it would be the end of all this  B as in B, S as in S, from Clyburn and his ilk.

But nothing will ever be enough for them.

I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows.  -Bart Simpson

A movement Tingles could really "get behind."

Just curious: has the Congressional White Caucus weighed in on this yet?

Can you imagine how long it would take to interview an individual, examine their evidence, and investigate their ancestry to determine if their family was here pre-1865, and did in fact have members that lived as slaves South of Mason-Dixon? What if only one side of your family met the qualifications?  Only one quarter, or one eighth? How many people, er, unionized civil servants would that much clerical work take? Maybe ACORN can just take care of that for us?

On the other hand, why doesn't someone calculate the value of goods and services, wages, salaries and degrees, and political offices and appointments awarded as a function of Affirmative Action programs, and call it even? 

Is this the 'redistribution. Obama had in mind?

"I would look at ways that we can programatically and with new
policy, address these inequities and make concerted efforts to do
things that would make up for them and eliminate the disparities."

You want to address inequities and disparities?  Shoot Affirmative Action, cremate the body, and quit telling minorities they don't have to work as hard as whites.  Then we'll be headed in the right track.

More of my thoughts

"With your mind as high as Mt. Fuji you can see all things clearly. And you can see all the forces that shape events; not just the things near to you." - Miyamoto Musashi

Seeing that I had no blood or kin in this country until after slavery was abolished, why do I have to pay?

How about those african chiefs who sold blacks into slavery to europeans? Can we get them to pay up, too?

Some of my ancestors were slaves of the Moors. Can I get some muslims to pay me?

Everyone conquered everyone, let it go!

Heard an interesting statistic yesterday: over half of the blacks in this country are descended from folks who came here AFTER slavery ended, have no ties to slavery. Will these folks get reparations too?

"Yeah, I think reparations make sense."

Does that mean the Egyptians should give reparations to the Jews for their centuries of slavery?  Should the Italians (Rome wasn't built in a day, you know) give reparations to the Northern Europeans for their centuries of slavery as well?  Should the Africans give reparations to their fellow Africans for their slavery too? Should the Asians, South Americans, Hawaiians, Polynesians, and every other nationality and/or race know to man (with the possible exception of the Inuit.  I never heard of them keeping slaves) give reparations to the peoples they enslaved over the majority of Mankind's history, or is that something only Americans must do?

The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution

Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court

I wasn't there 200 years ago, it is NOT my fault. Don't punish me with the stupid mistakes our country did before your grandfather was even born, Chris.

The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy

Want to watch me stop paying taxes?  Impose reparations.

Most(*) of the common arguments against reparations have been thrown out in this thread:

- Several hundred thousand whites died to abolish slavery (apparently white lives don't amount to much money)

- Arabs and black tribes in Africa captured most slaves initially

- Not all blacks are descended from slaves

- Not all whites are descended from slaveowners

- No one should be held responsible for the actions of their ancestors

*About the only one I see missing is that the vast majority of southern whites didn't even own slaves.   

Are the descendants of Tutsis residing in the US going to pay reparations to the Hutu survivors?

Anybody who thinks it makes sense can start shelling out the money themselves.  You first, Chrissy.

Most Roman slaves were European...wonder how many of us in this country are descended from those slaves?  Any way they can sue Italy for reparations? 

Matter of fact, what about the millions of those whose ethnic classification is 'Slavic'?  Sounds like enough proof right there.

Perhaps they can be paid off in Fiat stock shares?

Another possibility is that African-Americans can sue those tribes in Africa that put them into slavery in the first place. Alex Haley was able to trace that back a few hundred years-shouldn't be too difficult.

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).