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Challenge to the Voting Rights Act coming up
Posted: Nov 9, 2012
It's based on a states' rights power grab that would remove federal oversight of changes in voting laws. Sorry. After what we just witnessed, this doesn't sound like the best of ideas.
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That's EXACTLY what I was thinking. BAD timing. :) - nm
[ In Reply To ..]Not so much a states rights power grab as allowing them to go out play with the other children without special supervision.
election night racial tweets - bootstraps
[ In Reply To ..]The Voting Rights Act, as you stated, removes federal oversight in historically racial regions. I bet a nickel that many of the states from where racial tweets came from are these historically racial regions.
Not a good time at all.
What is it I'm missing - sm
[ In Reply To ..]Is there another part of the article I'm missing, like a page 2 or something. The article is about racial tweets, yet they don't give any examples. I'm sure there are hateful tweets, just like there were when Bush got in, so I'm not doubting it, but I'm just missing that part of the article. I didn't see a page 2. Unless I see the actual proof its just someone's word and we all know there's been a lot of false accusations regarding racism. Sorry, just would like to see some more proof.
Riot at a college campus in Mississippi - NM
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CA woman Denise Helms who was promptly - fired from her job after
[ In Reply To ..]posting the following message to her FB wall:
“Another 4 years of this (N-word). Maybe he will get assassinated this term.”
Being fired from her job is the least of her problems. She's now the subject of a Secret Service investigation. Her "not that big of a deal" response indicates her need to be schooled on the finer points of free speech versus felonious subversion, incitements to violence, assassination plots and the like, and the need for racial sensitivity intervention. This is an area of vigorous law enforcement WE ALL should get behind, regardless of party affiliation, every bit as enthusiastically as we all lend support to Gabby Gifford's speedy recovery. It's not just about what Ms Helms said, but claims she would never act upon. It's also about the loons lurking in the shadows of the web who would be more than happy to step up and carry out on behalf of the words she inadvertently put out there.
After crying foul (on the SS) and protesting the innocence of her remarks, Ms Helms added that should the president be assassinated, she would not be "the least bit" concerned.
A term for that is "trolling for assassins." Fox & Friends did - a lot until it was pointed out. Then shut up. nm
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