Unemployment and Racism

[RichD]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: johnnycakes</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
(BTW if you can come up with anything I posted that had me supporting the lesser of two evils, I'd like to both see that post and simultaneously retract it.)


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guess who said this:

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">On the good side, perhaps, and just perhaps he may inspire black voters in the United States to get out and vote which they have traditionally done at very low levels. A big turnout in the black population could change the country by providing Obama with the mandate, the necessary support to make some big changes.

I wouldn't bet on it though; neither on a large black voter turnout nor Obama making any serious changes in the domestic or foreign affairs areas.

Obama will be the lesser of two evils.
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so was that before you started to follow Brother Malcolm?

you should allow others time to arrive at their own enlightenment

[jah_yout]

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black unemployment &amp; misery is at all-time highs;

bvut you won't hear us blacks complaining .nnnnooo sirrr bosss

we have a black president- we can't bother him with such unpleasant things

[kia027]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah_yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body">black unemployment &amp; misery is at all-time highs;

bvut you won't hear us blacks complaining .nnnnooo sirrr bosss

we have a black president- we can't bother him with such unpleasant things </div></div>

why do you say that? Are they complaining less than with previous administrations?

[Blackstar*]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah_yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body">black unemployment &amp; misery is at all-time highs;

bvut <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 11pt">you won't hear us blacks complaining</span></span> .nnnnooo sirrr bosss

we have a black president- we can't bother him with such unpleasant things </div></div>
<span style="font-size: 11pt">Really?</span>
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Anacostia, [is] a mostly forgotten neighborhood in southeastern D.C. with one of the highest unemployment rates anywhere in America. ... if you happen to be jobless, upset about it, and living in that neighborhood, on a crisp morning in March you could have joined an angry band of protesters marching on the nearby 11th Street Bridge.

They weren't looking for trouble. They were looking for work.

Those protesters, most of them black, chanted and hoisted signs that read &quot;D.C. JOBS FOR D.C. RESIDENTS&quot; and &quot;JOBS OR ELSE.&quot; More... </div></div>


<span style="font-size: 8pt"><span style="font-style: italic">Unemployed Deanna Rice holds up a sign at a workers rally in San Francisco, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010.</span></span>

[Blackstar*]

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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: line-through">jah_yout &amp;</span> jc</span>: Stop taking black people for &quot;blind&quot; idiots already.

[Peasie]

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I think Jah_yout is being sarcastic

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[Gen]

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Surely you jest m'lady ???


<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Peasie</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I think Jah_yout is being sarcastic

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[jah_yout]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BlackStar</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: line-through">jah_yout &amp;</span> jc</span>: Stop taking black people for &quot;blind&quot; idiots already.
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[jah_yout]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Peasie</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I think Jah_yout is being sarcastic

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yes-- but not in the way most obama-ites would like

[jah_yout]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kia</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah_yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body">black unemployment &amp; misery is at all-time highs;

bvut you won't hear us blacks complaining .nnnnooo sirrr bosss

we have a black president- we can't bother him with such unpleasant things </div></div>

why do you say that? Are they complaining less than with previous administrations? </div></div>

only other previous administration with comparable black youth unemployment was king bush the 2nd;
so no other admins to compare it to;

black youth &amp; male unemployment are at all time highs...

but personally i don't blame the prez for this...he is only a part of the bigger system

[RichD]

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[johnnycakes]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: johnnycakes</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
(BTW if you can come up with anything I posted that had me supporting the lesser of two evils, I'd like to both see that post and simultaneously retract it.)


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guess who said this:

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">On the good side, perhaps, and just perhaps he may inspire black voters in the United States to get out and vote which they have traditionally done at very low levels. A big turnout in the black population could change the country by providing Obama with the mandate, the necessary support to make some big changes.

I wouldn't bet on it though; neither on a large black voter turnout nor Obama making any serious changes in the domestic or foreign affairs areas.

Obama will be the lesser of two evils.
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so was that before you started to follow Brother Malcolm?

you should allow others time to arrive at their own enlightenment </div></div>


Richd,


That was not in support of Obama. It was in hope that Obama would bring out the black vote which he did only to a small degree.

A huge turnout might have convinced him to do other than what he is doing/has done but as I said, he would turn out to be the lesser of two evils.

As for others taking time to reach enlightenment, it's just not likely given the efficient propaganda that gets better every year as psychologists and other behavioral experts work the crowds.

The people themselves have dropped to an average ninth grade educational level which is totally inadequate to either understand the issues, know how to research the issues or make a rational voting decision.

People are not getting smarter or more knowledgeable. They are dropping in their ability to read, comprehend, write understandably.

IMO this will continue until we get into the mid 2020s when for a variety of reasons related to technological advances things will change dramatically.

[RichD]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: johnnycakes</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
That was not in support of Obama. It was in hope that Obama would bring out the black vote which he did only to a small degree.

A huge turnout might have convinced him to do other than what he is doing/has done but as I said,<span style="font-weight: bold"> he would turn out to be the lesser of two evils.</span>


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so you could have that hope but anybody else who did was stupid and ignorant? so are you now saying that you were stupid and ignorant when you posted that? when you had those hopes?


the argument you are trying to make is confusing me.

[johnnycakes]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BlackStar</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: line-through">jah_yout &amp;</span> jc</span>: Stop taking black people for &quot;blind&quot; idiots already.
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Yes of course.

All the people who supported Obama, voted for him and will do so again regardless of his record in office are blind idiots except for the black folks.

Why is this better?

[johnnycakes]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: johnnycakes</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
That was not in support of Obama. It was in hope that Obama would bring out the black vote which he did only to a small degree.

A huge turnout might have convinced him to do other than what he is doing/has done but as I said,<span style="font-weight: bold"> he would turn out to be the lesser of two evils.</span>


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so you could have that hope but anybody else who did was stupid and ignorant? so are you now saying that you were stupid and ignorant when you posted that? when you had those hopes?


the argument you are trying to make is confusing me. </div></div>


RichD,

I was probably irrational to think that even a black man could get the black population out to the polls in greater numbers which would have shown the potential power they could have.

I never had any real hope that Obama would be anything other than what he is..

I don't understand how you can say that people need MORE time, MORE of Obama selling out to the oligarchy, MORE wars to prove that he is evil to see through the lies and nice speeches.

All I hear is that he is the best option which is the lesser of two evils argument all over again.

How many terms in office would he need to convince the Kool Aid drinkers that he is no more and no less than a Bush or a Reagan ?