Huumm. I didn't find that in the wiki about these two me, and I don't agree with their position provided by you, that progress achieved over the past 50 to 75 years has hurt, rather than helped, minorities. LOL I'm sure almost all members of a minority in America would agree with me in feeling the progress made over this period was badly needed and greatly appreciated.
Perhaps the conservative positions of these two me aided them in their careers, (eg working within very conservative universities, etc). Chief Justice Clarence Thomas is very conservative, thus his nomination, and eventual confirmation to the supreme count was by the hand of President George H W Bush, an ultra-conservative; although, to my knowledge, not a neo-conservative like two of his sons. Perhaps these two blacks have adopted to their conservative environments, so as to survive and even prosper. Remember the blacks were brought to America and forced into slavery, after being kidnapped from there native homes. The slaves were considered property rather than people, thus they had no legal rights, and were at the complete mercy of their white masters, who owned them. A white owner could cut off the head of one of his slaves, if he wanted to without any threat of punishment from the law. LOL I can't imagine anyone wanting to go back to that, but at the end of the war between the states, and emancipation proclamation, many freed salves felt they were better off being salves than being free men, but such is the nature of progress. It involves change, and change is almost always painful. Regards, LelandJ On 04/23/2011 09:43 PM, Carl Lindner wrote: > They are both conservative blacks. > > One common theme is the difference in their world when they were growing up > as compared to today's. They believe their youth was better and their > community was more productive. They believe the government has hindered not > helped. They describe the details.... > > It is a shame you had to Google them. They are awfully bright people. > > Carl > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of lelandj > Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 10:13 PM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: Re: [OT] Obama's America > > On 04/23/2011 08:30 PM, Carl Lindner wrote: >> Leland there is the old joke about the three greatest lies... >> >> 1. I won't come.. >> 2. The check is in the mail. >> 3. I am from the government and I am here to help. >> >> I believe the third is the most significant. Tom Sowell or Walter > Williams >> - do you know they exist? >> >> Carl >> >> > Only to the extent I found them on Google. What can you tell me about them. > > Regards, > > LelandJ > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
