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Renquist didn't just challenge Latinos and Indians to prove their citizenship. He approached Blacks, Latinos, and Indians and administered literacy tests, using things like law books, dinging them if they they couldn't read all of the words or explain the meaning of what they read.
I was at the confirmation hearings to confirm Renquist as Chief Justice.Witness after witness testified about how he or she had been questioned by Renquist.
He personally and with great enthusiasm administered literacy tests to block non-whites from voting!
You bet this is aimed at no small part at suppressing non-Republican votes.
Important Recent Post
A week or two ago Robert S. posted the text of a 1999 article by William Blum by the title of "A Brief History of U.S. Interventions: 1945 to the Present. I think it is one of the most important things posted on this blog since I started reading it over a year ago.
The list was overwhelming and I'm sure there were omissions. I recall hearing Stephen Kinzer speaking about his book "Overthrow". He said that whenever he spoke about his book people would raise U.S. interventions that he'd omitted from his book. He always explained that he left out the particular incident raised because it didn't meet the criteria he set for the book; that the U.S. was the main force behind the "overthrow". After one talk an older gentleman approached him and said that he'd left out Portugal to which Kinzer responded that he wasn't aware that the U.S. was involved in that coup (1950s or 60s, I think). The man told him that he knew that we were because he occupied the number two desk at the CIA station that organized the coup.
This article is 12 pages long. I'm giving a link to it because the formatting is much better than in Robert's post. I think it's a must read because it exposes the true nature of U.Sl foreign policy. One warning though. If you read this artice (and you should) you might turn into Gerald.
Doh!
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/US_Interventions_WBlumZ.html
@Maxrot, you need a slogan that includes native americans
How about this for a t-shirt in AZ, I'm proud to be an Illegal Alien, I come from the United States of America.
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@Nels you oughta see Texas City. Looks like the ash pit in The Great Gatsby. Other-worldly, with gas flumes and orange sky.
"Whatever happens, the U.S. Navy is not going to be caught napping."
- Frank Knox, U.S. Secretary of the Navy, on December 4, 1941
point taken harry, I understood it when you wrote it. But I'm thinking that this oil slick isn't going to be so kind as to remain in the 'Dead Zone' only. Unless the whole Gulf is such a zone (I wouldn't know, never been there) wouldn't be surprised if it was though, corporate oil has had is way in the area from way back when by my understanding.
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@Maxrot, considering most of China is more toxic even than the gulf coast, "dead zone" chow would probably be less harmful than local food.
harry, there are starving kids in China that would love that... ummm uhhh that... I don't know, but they would love to have something deep fried like that, so you just eat it and be happy (remember if it doesn't come back up, its good for you).
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@Nelsmaxrot: I think my point was there's no living creatures in the "dead zone"., so how can the oil spill threaten "thousands of species" at the mouth of the Mississippi?
The whole gulf coast is a toxic dump to begin with, so, no, i dont think this oil spill is as big a deal as Exxon Valdiz.
@Maxrot: of course you're right and I stand corrected. Also, thanx for the generous donation!
Just don't ask me to eat any of the critters caught from the dead zone. They cant be of this earth.
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Well yes my name is Nels, and yes I throw the N at the bottom for those prefer to call me out by name on this blog. Its just my acknowledgement to them that I'm still the same ol' jackass they knew way back when. Want me to really blow your minds, my first and last name: Nels Nelsen perhaps I'll just put Nels(en) at the bottom of my messages.
harry, harry, harry, why must you persist with this issue about the oil rig? Come on now, its not getting that much press, it really isn't a big deal. If it was a big deal do you think the administration would be backing more off shore drilling? Now then, burning is quite a good idea, think of it as killing two birds with one stone, first the fish are marinated in oil then deep fried (this fits in well with Thom's food topic last week... what was it again? Fast Food Favorites of America... I'm pretty sure it was something like that). Water fowl will also be on the menu (tastes like chicken, mmm delicious). Really, I think you should be thanking BP and all the wonderful oil companies for this blessing they have bestowed upon the shores of the Gulf States. The summer season is getting kicked of with the worlds largest clam bake sponsored by the Oil Companies.
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@harry ashburn
I think maxrot use to go by "nels" before the website was changed and people lost their old identities.
Doh!
oh, and Maxrot..what does the "N" mean at the bottom of your note? If we're choosing letters, I'll take
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Another thing..If cell phones and texting causes so many auto accidents, how come we haven't heard anything in the news about sharp increases in auto insurance rates?
I just heard the news on KPOJ talk about the oil spill; burning the oil before it reaches the mouth of the Mississippi River, home of "thousands of species"?!? Thats not true..at the mouth of the Mississippi is a "dead zone" the size of New Hampshire. Does anybody else see a huge disconnect here?
We are NURTURING our precious youth to be enthusiastic killers.
I am very concerned for our young students. Their hatred and bullying tactics are starting to take hold within their psyche. They learn from adults, such as Limbaugh and Beck as well as their parents. We are losing our precious youngsters to hatred.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=why-soldiers-get-a-kick-out-of-kill-2010-04-23
I thought that I would share with you another of my favorite pastimes.
Rachel Maddow does a great job with the information she will share with her viewers.
Nice link, the bloggers on Rachels' site are quite vicious (seems the less intelligent, the more vicious too, but that just may be my point of view coloring my judgement).
Anyway, things don't start really to get going around here until about a 1/2 hour into the show, worthwhile to be here for it.
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Welcome to the blog USMCjock. Hope you have as much fun with this bunch as I do.
Hi Thom, just registered with your site. Brand new listener. Thom, this is FRIGHTENING --just pulled from talkingpoinsmemo.com
http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/04/27/4210613-racist-roots-of-arizonas-immigration-law
I was listening to Thom today and was very interested when he said a business could easily check for illegal immigrants by using the Social Security system verification process. I work as VP Operations for a small business, and while we do take photocopies of drivers licenses and social security cards, and have employees sign a document stating they are legally entitled to work in the US, we do not use this system. However, based on Thom's recommendation I thought I would check it out.
Good news! You can verify social security numbers over the internet. Bad news! The instruction manual on how to do this is 30 pages long and extremely complicated, and further, in the instructions on the proper use of the system it states:
- may only be used to verify SSN and names solely to ensure that the records of CURRENT or former employees are correct for for purposes of completing w-2s
- it is illegal to use the service to verify the SSNs of potential new hires.
So yes, you can verify SSNs, but not for new hires, so in effect you have to hire the person before you can verify their number. Further, if you use the system and find out a current employee does not have a valid SSN, there is a warning in the handbook that taking any adverse action against any employee who does not have a valid SSN (like terminating them or forcing them to produce a valid number) may be a violation of state and federal laws.
Come on Thom, don't suggest there is an easy out solution when there isn't. The SSN verify system cannot be used as a method of screening new hires eligibility to work in this country, and further, it cannot be used as a source of information to terminate people without proper SSNs who may be here illegally.
You've mislead your audience on this one. That's disappointing.