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Originally posted by justjoe:

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
For one party to have near 100% support of one race can only be described as enslavement. Instead of shackles and chains, the Democrats bind them with dependency and false promises. It's a true American tragedy.

Tragicomedy maybe. The majority who fall for this are very happy with the EBT cards, the govt housing and payouts of all sorts. If you choose your shackles, you are not enslaved.

Many blacks reject the whole scheme and go ahead and succeed on their own.

The slothful choose sloth. I have no pity.

When you're born into it, though, and educated to understand that this is the way it's supposed to be, it becomes difficult for the majority to escape. Government dependency--when born into it--is like the pull of earth's gravity. One can escape it and reach beyond the sky, but it takes a massive amount of will power and energy to do it. The Democrats don't release their grip easily.

I know about the pull of what you are born into. When I was, say, 10, if a panel of sociologists made a prediction of what would become of me, most if not all of them would have said I'd be in the Rhode Island ACI, or maybe a Federal penn, by my twenties. Or strung out on heroin. Many of the guys I grew up with ended up just that way.

I know that the pull of what "everybody" around you is doing is strong. And there is a price to pay for not following the herd. And blacks growing up in, say, Baltimore projects have it harder than I did.

But I think it's a mistake to say, "They are so trapped, there's nothing they can do."

It is possible to rise above the circumstances you are born into. It's hard, but people are capable of doing hard things.

I wrote a poem once about the Civil War and it had the line in it, "And you, reader? Haven't you been marched toward what you could not bear?" I read the poem to a class of mine, and when I read that line I happened to look up at a particular student. When he was 9, he had to have his eyes surgically removed. Imagine waking up on that morning. Imagine his parents, who would drive him to the hospital.

My voice cracked and I had to take a deep breath. Not because I "felt bad" for him. At all. The poem was about the heroism of ordinary people. This student would not be awarded a Congressional Medal, but he was a straight A student. He had a beautiful voice and sang in the college choir. First day in my class, I thought someone would come to lead him to his next class. Nobody came. I asked him about it. He said, "It's okay. I can get around." "How do you find your next class?" "I count steps." "Count steps?" "Yeah. From the front door here it's 58 steps to a left on the path that takes me to the next building in 45 steps. Like that."

Every day.

Feeling bad for people is a mistake, and it dishonors them, what they are really capable of. Having people pity you makes it easier to go get the EBT card, get high, sling dope.

Rise up. You can do it. Stop whining. You are strong. Be a man. Those are the messages, in my opinion.

I don't believe that Trump has only 1% support from black Americans.

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Originally posted by justjoe:
I know about the pull of what you are born into. When I was, say, 10, if a panel of sociologists made a prediction of what would become of me, most if not all of them would have said I'd be in the Rhode Island ACI, or maybe a Federal penn, by my twenties. Or strung out on heroin. Many of the guys I grew up with ended up just that way.

I know that the pull of what "everybody" around you is doing is strong. And there is a price to pay for not following the herd. And blacks growing up in, say, Baltimore projects have it harder than I did.

But I think it's a mistake to say, "They are so trapped, there's nothing they can do."

It is possible to rise above the circumstances you are born into. It's hard, but people are capable of doing hard things.

I wrote a poem once about the Civil War and it had the line in it, "And you, reader? Haven't you been marched toward what you could not bear?" I read the poem to a class of mine, and when I read that line I happened to look up at a particular student. When he was 9, he had to have his eyes surgically removed. Imagine waking up on that morning. Imagine his parents, who would drive him to the hospital.

My voice cracked and I had to take a deep breath. Not because I "felt bad" for him. At all. The poem was about the heroism of ordinary people. This student would not be awarded a Congressional Medal, but he was a straight A student. He had a beautiful voice and sang in the college choir. First day in my class, I thought someone would come to lead him to his next class. Nobody came. I asked him about it. He said, "It's okay. I can get around." "How do you find your next class?" "I count steps." "Count steps?" "Yeah. From the front door here it's 58 steps to a left on the path that takes me to the next building in 45 steps. Like that."

Every day.

Feeling bad for people is a mistake, and it dishonors them, what they are really capable of. Having people pity you makes it easier to go get the EBT card, get high, sling dope.

Rise up. You can do it. Stop whining. You are strong. Be a man. Those are the messages, in my opinion.

That was a nice read. Thanks!

A reminder of the motto of Trump's new campaign CEO (Stephen K Bannon):

“Honey badger don’t give a shit.”

http://www.breitbart.com/video...er-dont-give-a-sh-t/

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Originally posted by justjoe:

But I think it's a mistake to say, "They are so trapped, there's nothing they can do."

Not what I'm saying at all. Everyone has the ability to make himself better; he only requires the will to do it. We agree on that.

No, the gist of my post was directed at the Democrats and at how truly evil their ideology is that they would purposefully weigh down those that they pretend to care about.

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No, the gist of my post was directed at the Democrats and at how truly evil their ideology is that they would purposefully weigh down those that they pretend to care about.

Not really a shocker;

LBJ, “I’ll Have Those N*ggers Voting Democratic for the Next 200 Years”

http://clashdaily.com/2014/03/...atic-next-200-years/

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Feeling bad for people is a mistake, and it dishonors them, what they are really capable of.

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Originally posted by wcb6092:

LBJ, “I’ll Have Those N*ggers Voting Democratic for the Next 200 Years”

President Johnson aka LBJ was not an honorable man by any means.
From what I understand, the quote is real.
So disgusting.

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LBJ, “I’ll Have Those N*ggers Voting Democratic for the Next 200 Years”

Naggers?

People like Diamond and Silk have it right and are swaying some at the margins.

Here is Trump's speech from West Bend, WI on Tuesday.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/a...m-the-presidency.php

The Trump Speech that will win him the Presidency

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reaction from Black Lives Matter DeRay McKesson:

"Saying that immigrants are gonna take the jobs of black people is racist. That is a problematic and racist statement.”

Trump believes that most black people aren't so stupid to think like McKesson.

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Rasmussen has the race at 2 points for Clinton.
http://www.rasmussenreports.co...16/white_house_watch

Zogby has the race at 2 points also and the LA Times shows a tie.

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Here is Trump's speech from West Bend, WI on Tuesday.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/a...m-the-presidency.php

The Trump Speech that will win him the Presidency

I noticed our local Philly media has been pretty quiet about Trump the past couple days and it dawned on me that they are ignoring him when he's making great speeches but are on him like white on rice the second he says something they think is "controversial".


I CANNOT WAIT to hear these bitches crying on Election night after Trump sweeps it.

I see this election as the most important election in my memory due to the very untimely death of Justice Scalia. If Hillary gets in, there'll be hell to pay for the next decade.

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If Hillary gets in, there'll be hell to pay for the next decade.

Next decade?

Try a generation or longer if she packs the SCOTUS with young, leftist judges.

God help us all.

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Originally posted by PASig:

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Originally posted by saigonsmuggler:
If Hillary gets in, there'll be hell to pay for the next decade.

Next decade?

Try a generation or longer if she packs the SCOTUS with young, leftist judges.

God help us all.

Yeah, try forever.

http://www.wlsam.com/2016/08/1...th-comfortable-lead/

2016 Vote: Trump up 11 points in Indiana, Bayh with comfortable lead
Aug 17, 2016 | WLS-AM Staff
By Gregory Krieg, CNN
New presidential battleground state polling out Wednesday shows Hillary Clinton with double-digit leads in Colorado and Virginia and effectively tied with Donald Trump in Iowa.
But it’s not all bad news for Trump, who enjoys an 11-point edge over Clinton in Indiana, a state that went narrowly for President Barack Obama in 2008 before swinging to Mitt Romney, who won there by 10 points in 2012.
The Monmouth University poll of Indiana — home to Trump’s running mate, Mike Pence — found Trump with 47% support to Clinton’s 36% among likely Indiana voters. Libertarian Gary Johnson garnered 10%, while 5% said they were undecided.
A Quinnipiac University swing state poll, meanwhile, found him trailing Clinton by 10 points, 49% to 39%, in a head-to-head matchup in Colorado. With Johnson and the Green Party’s Jill Stein thrown into the mix, that margin narrows to 8 points, with Johnson scoring 16% backing.
Virginia breaks down similarly, with Clinton losing only a single point off her 12-point (50% to 38%) head-to-head advantage over Trump when Johnson and Stein are added as options. (Clinton leads with 45%, compared to 34% for Trump, 11% for Johnson and 5% for Stein.)
The race in Iowa is effectively a toss-up, according to Quinnipiac, which gives Clinton a 2-point lead, 41% to 39%, in a four-way race, within the poll’s margin of error. Trump is 18 points off Clinton’s pace with women voters, and 97% of Democrats in The Hawkeye State are poised to vote for the former secretary of state, while Trump is winning only 85% of Republicans.
Bayh with comfortable lead
Clinton’s hopes of entering the White House with a Democratic majority in the Senate also got a boost from the Monmouth poll.
Democratic Senate candidate Evan Bayh has a 7-point advantage (48% to 41%) over Rep. Todd Young in their race to replace retiring Republican Sen. Dan Coats.
Bayh, who once represented Indiana in the upper chamber and is seeking to return after choosing not to seek re-election in 2010, could supplement his support among Democrats with Trump voters — 16% of whom said they would split their ballots, according to the Monmouth survey.
Still, he faces many voters who are skeptical of his reasons for returning to politics after years away, with only 31% believing his decision to enter the race comes from “a desire to serve the public.”
The Monmouth poll, which reached 403 likely Indiana voters, was conducted from Aug. 13-16. Its margin of error is +/- 4.9%.
Quinnipiac carried out its survey from Aug. 9-17, conducting interviews with 830 likely voters in Colorado, 846 in Iowa and 808 in Virginia. The margin of error in Colorado and Iowa was +/- 3.4% and +/- 3.5% in Virginia.

A page or two ago I posted about the lack of Hillary signs in northern lower Michigan. I picked up a shift last night.Going into Harrison there was a hillside where someone had written TRUMP in Christmas lights. I'm thinking that person is sure to vote. How many people say they are for Hillary but will stay home?

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Originally posted by PASig:

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Originally posted by saigonsmuggler:
If Hillary gets in, there'll be hell to pay for the next decade.

Next decade?

Try a generation or longer if she packs the SCOTUS with young, leftist judges.

God help us all.

Yeah, try forever.

I don't think many people in our country truly understand the difference in this election compared to those of the past. They see it as "just another presidential election." The presidential election of 2016 is arguably the most important in our nation's history. It certainly has the potential to do the most damage since 1964.

The person who assumes the office will decide the direction of the Supreme Court for the next 30+ years. Regaining the White House in 2020 or beyond would mean very little. The damage would be done. Frankly, 2A concerns would have to fight for attention. So very much in our lives will change if Hitlery wins. There is a major push underway to "globalize" the world's leadership and the Democrats are fully on board. The completely false "environmental" nonsense that is killing our manufacturing base and way of life will be expanded greatly. The military will be completely opened to social experiments. Our ability to defend ourselves, let alone others, will be gone. "Weirdness" will be enshrined in our culture/laws and they will be there to stay. The concept of free markets will end. We will truly become a version of what has happened to the powers of Europe and it will happen very quickly.

Once done, these changes will never be reversed. Yeah, it's forever. The libs have been quietly building a world for the past 50 years in which their disgusting version of what should be considered "normal" could become reality. The elections of 2008 and 2012 should have awakened all of us to the fact that their seeds planted in the 1960-80's are now bearing fruit. It's working. The election of 2016 is the culmination of all of that hard work for the past 1/2 century. Electing Trump would set them back for decades. The variables have never come together quite like this before. There's too much at stake this time. It's an election we cannot lose.

Fortunately, we're not going to lose. Hitlery is a weak candidate and the Dems know it (without superdelegates, Sanders would have won the Dem nomination easily.) There is no fire in the belly for her. She can't get more than 800-900 to her rallies, while Trump is averaging over 7000. He drew 13,000 in Erie, PA, a heavily Democratic area. The political cycle favors the GOP for the White House. Trump has turned out to be a surprisingly strong candidate. He is statistically tied with her in all credible polls and has not yet even advertised (Hitlery has spent millions in battleground states and Trump either leads or is tied with her in them.) Trump may well win several states that normally go Dem, like Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, etc. When the dust settles on November 8th, I suspect he will have won in a small landslide. Behind closed doors, the Democrats (the politicians and the media) must be absolutely livid that they are stuck with her at such a crucial moment in history. They were so close to seeing their dream realized.