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It’s going to be a lot harder for Tea Baggers to claim they’re not racists now that a photo has emerged of Dale Robertson, who calls himself the “president and founder of the Tea Party,” holding a sign that reads,”Congress = Slave Owner; Taxpayer = Niggar.”
Actually “lead” is wrong, it should be “led.”
On a side note…5 kids! Jesus doesn’t anyone believe in population control?
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@someguy
Exactly. The right thinks that any kind of behavior or protest can be called “satire” and therefore be excused.
However, just as you intend to offend with the obscene term “Teabagger” I believe that he also meant the word “nigger” to be offensive. It only takes average intelligence to understand the he was equating the term “nigger” with “slave”. Being a under the control (or slave) to a tyrannical federal government is very offensive to we who love freedom and the protections from the federal government that the framers of the constitution tried to give us in the form of the first 10 amendments. The 10th amendment which reserved most of right to govern to the states is especially ignored by the congress.
Unfortunately, most of the readers to this post have never read the constitution and most certainly were not taught it in the government (union controlled) schools.
Right now as 60% of the American people oppose the healthcare legislation (which is unconstitutional on so many levels) our congress is going to pass it anyway. This defines taxation without representation which is where the “Tea Party” movement comes from.
You can choose to agree or disagree with the analogy, but any way you take it, it isn’t racist.
I’m more pissed that he has my state flag strapped around that beef-filled belly of his.
The Republicans are trying to defend this moron?
Take Texas, please, take it. Let the Chinese invade, please.
Dont reform Healthcare, allow the big insurers to run rampant, fine.
Unconstitutional? Is it not within our rights to modify a program that is intended to make profits over the health of the nation it resides?
You people are as ignorant as the dick with the sign.
And no, this sign did not work. It does anything but work positively, it fails.
This person, and the people who support him are what is truly wrong with America.
Can you or I ever expect politicians to enact laws to protect our freedoms and respect the rights of breathing individuals when they are corrupted by corporate influence?
It is easy to take the mob mentality and make accusations. This comment was taken from Webster Dictionary, http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nigger, from Ron Dellums a Liberal/Socialist Democrat. It means politically unrepresented. However, we are so interested in hating that we can’t see this is not referring to a person, but Americans in general. In particularly, myself.
I adhere to Dr. Martin Luther King quote, “Do not judge a man by the depth of his skin, but by the depth of his character.” I abhor racism. However, the political elite will use any method to divide to gain power. Go ahead call me racist, but that is a lie. I expect that my daughter who dates black men, will marry one. I do not look at his color, but his character.
The misspelling was intentional for the Educational Elite, who are vexed and gladly jump into the face of the less fortunate to proclaim we are idiots. Need I say more. We can continue to be manipulated by hate and lose our moral compass or rise above it and begin to listen to one another. We must stop hating and start listening to provide real solutions to our problems.
Few American’s do because corporations are adept at controlling “the message” and do not want “regular” Americans coming to the realization that the founding fathers’ core democratic principle “of the people by the people” has been replaced by “of the corporation and by the corporation”.
The results of the corporate take over of our political system is no where more evident that their SHARE of income taxes PAID. In the early 70’s corporate income taxes accounted for over 20% of federal tax receipts. Thanks to favorable legislation, often sold under the guise of job creation, that rate has declined to 8% when has shifted nearly ALL of the cost of running this country on to your and my backs.
The TEA Party has more in common with the liberal and progressive movements than either realize. We both want more jobs that pay a wage that can sustain a family without having to work two jobs or 60+ hours a week. We both want our local governments to deliver quality services without demanding we give them the balance of our paychecks to keep the roads smooth.
However, until voters restore their control over HOW we elect OUR representatives neither side will be able to get what they want! The answer is publicly financed elections for federal office. Until you and I can walk in to our Congress person’s office and get the same respect as a lobbyists we are both screwed!
The sign would’ve read (past tense of read lol) much easier if it said “Congress = Slave Owner, Tax Payer = Slave” which leads me to suspect he simply wanted to get that word in there, although whether for effect or attention I can’t say.
We the people must take control back through the ballet box. No one should be allowed to remain in office that cannot show that they could support themselves in the private market place without an undeserved government pension.
You say “that a MAJORITY of the cases processed in our legal system each year are to protect business and property”. I say that is one of the few constitutional purposes of the federal government. Without property rights (businesses are property) there is NO FREEDOM. I know this will be controversial but fact I would go so far as to say that when a man can lose his property for not paying taxes assessed against that property that he never really owned it and doesn’t have true freedom. Criminal cases should be more a matter for state and local governments. It is only because of out of control law making by the federal government that there are so many federal crimes. I stand on the 10th amendment.
You also expressed a great deal of concern about the percentage of taxes paid by corporations. I would think a better measure is the total revenue collected, not who pays it. One of the facts that is almost always ignored in the debate over taxation is that it is always true that when you cut taxes you increase revenues. This was understood and proved by the Kennedy administration (Democrat) in the early 1960’s and the Reagan administration (Republican) in the 1980’s. Both cut taxes and saw the revenues to the federal government skyrocket. Tax cuts is only thing that has been shown time and again to “stimulate” the economy and yes create jobs, yet it is the one thing that the Obama administration will not even discuss. And your 8% number is a bit misleading. Here are some numbers from the Tax Foundation from March of 2008. I doubt taxes changed downward since then with the Democrat controlled congress.
When compared to other OECD countries:
- 24 U.S. states have a combined corporate tax rate higher than top-ranked Japan.
- 32 states have a combined corporate tax rate higher than third-ranked Germany.
- 46 states have a combined corporate tax rate higher than fourth-ranked Canada.
- All 50 states have a combined corporate tax rate higher than fifth-ranked France.
The fact is that corporate taxes are making harder for our businesses who give people jobs to compete in the global market place. It is this lack of corporate profits due to excessive taxation that is reducing the percentage of taxes paid by corporations.
So, if you want corporations to pay more taxes, make it easier for them to make profits to pay taxes from. If you want more people to pay more taxes make it easier for them to make more money to pay taxes on. You do this by lowering rates and incentivizing higher incomes and profits. 10% of %300,000 ($30,000) is more than 20% of 100,000% ($20,000).
Why is the word niggers/niggars offensive to me? Because it is a derogatory term historically meant to mean something ugly, worthless, shiftless, not entirely human, and bad among other things, all negative. Plus, the term has always been used to refer to African Americans. Make of my post whatever you will, but unless and until you have had to live in a country where many consider you a lesser child of God simply because of the amount of melanin in your skin, you’d never acknowledge/understand the negative meanings underlying the use of certain words and why someone would find them hurtful and offensive. Nigger/niggar is one of these words.
If one doesn’t want to be identified as being a member of a certain group, racists in this instance, one should restrain one’s self from embracing the terminology associated with the group/practice. Embracing the terminology/practice clearly places one soundly in the camp of the racists.
I am tired of Americans dancing around the issue of race and pretending that racism in America is dead. I was born and raised in this country, and I can say without a doubt that racism is alive, well, and thriving in America, maybe attracting even more adherents recently.
Rayvyn
This is just the beginning. Time to take back the country.
Brian, I think I know who you are, brother. Greetings.
be a man among men
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For someone who hates socialism, you seem to be proud of your education at government-run socialist schools. Both Southwestern Community College in San Diego and the University of Washington are under the jackboot control of the gubmint.
And you’re one to talk about a mob mentality. Last month, you sent an email blast to your half-wit followers encouraging them to arm themselves, presumably to fight the United States government. You call yourself a patriot, and yet what you do is incite violence, treason and sedition.
Racism is an expression of ignorance and fear. Based on your sign, and what you have said here, you, sir, are a bona fide racist.
Firstly…what person would choose to substitute a racially offensive word for something else…as though this were ‘clearly a better choice’ in their mind that something they had originally thought of? It’s as though Dale Robertson thought, “I know…lets make it racist. That’s a better idea.”
Secondly…does this show that as soon as a camera was nearby it became necessary to put something on the sign more offensive as to guarantee interest from the cameraman and perhaps get that bit of an interview?
What did the sign say before?
Finally, to Mr. Robertson…the fact that your daughter dates black men and that you will likely see her marry one is in no way a sign of you not being racist. Tell you what…show your daughter’s someday fiance this picture and see what he says.
Pronunciation: \’r?-,si-zem also -,shi-\
Function: noun
Date: 1933
1 : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
2 : racial prejudice or discrimination
The word racist doesn’t necessarily mean you hate black people, according to this definition, anybody of any race could be considered a racist.
Something I’ve wondered about for some time now; if the “N” word is so offensive to blacks, why do you/they call each other the “N” word? It’s all over ‘rap’ or ‘hip-hop’ or what ever it’s called these days. I work for a company that is 90% black, most of them are good friends, they call each other derogatory words and phrases all the time…I just don’t get it. Another thing, why do we have BET or the Miss BLACK America pageant or the Congressional BLACK Caucus, etc, etc.? Try replacing the word BLACK with the word WHITE and see what happens. Can we say double standard? If we are all to be treated as equals, which we SHOULD be, than let’s be equals, let’s have a united CAUCASION collage fund…etc, etc. Oh wait…that would be considered racist, sorry, my bad.
Another thing that aggravates me, as long as I’m venting, why is it; republicans or conservatives are automatically considered racist? We are not the ones slapping labels on everybody. We see people as people not this race or that race, what difference does ancestry make? I and all the conservatives I know actually agree with the good Reverend Dr. King. A person SHOULD be judged on their character and NOT on the color of their skin. No greater words were ever spoken.
Oh ya, as for the sign, it could have been worded differently. All it does is make all of us look bad.
I think we can have separation and still be equally treated. I dont see why they have to be bused into neighborhoods they dont live in. We have really nice neighborhoods and we work hard to keep it that way. They should go to shcool where they live.
We need to have a revival of our Christian rights to direct this country. Its time that we follow the bible and remove the filth and whats wrong in this country from this country. Send all the illegals back, convert the gays, and return God to the white house.
I look froward to Sara Palin becoming the nominee and next president. She has spoken honestly and accepts God’s guidance to help her succeed.
Amen
It’s kind of hard to revive something that never existed… christians thankfully have ZERO right to direct this country… read the constitution, moron… show us where that right is spelled out…. it’s ok, i’ll wait…
meanwhile, i extend to all readers of every political and religious stripe: please try to understand that America is a unique nation precisely BECAUSE no single religious group “directs” the country… that is EXACTLY why we HAVE our freedoms… please review European history to see the disastrous effects of hundreds of years of religious wars and inquisitions… we were right in our revolutionary act of abandoning the corrupt and corrosive European models of governance in order to create a better paradigm based on enlightened notions of equality and not on archaic and superstitious notions of spiritual superiority claimed by institutions who for centuries have raped and pillaged and slaughtered cultures across the globe in their gold-frenzied bid to control the entire world… good riddance to those monsters… long live the founding fathers brilliant American vision… if you aren’t familair with their ideas, try reading the declaration of independence for a start… you may be shocked to discover that you just might be wrong about your silly jug-head notions of the “truth”…
god, i get so tired of trying to remind these yokels about what i thought we all learned in grade school history class…
George