How can one make such racist comments and not be run out of town. A call for republicains and democrates to act.
WHAT! maestrojed.com (formally High Five Friday) is still alive???? That’s right, I am back and all though this will be a shorter post, I promise many more and much more frequent.
So what brought the motivation for my first rant in months? How about this:
If you wanted to reduce crime, you could — if that were your sole purpose — you could abort every black baby in this country and your crime rate would go down.
Again I say WHAT!
That’s right this is the article that I woke to this morning
Now who said that? A drunk a the bar, a KKK grandmaster at a rally, Rush Limbaugh? Nope, It was our former Secretary of Education!
His defense “I was putting forward a hypothetical proposition. Put that forward. Examined it. And then said about it that it’s morally reprehensible. To recommend abortion of an entire group of people in order to lower your crime rate is morally reprehensible. But this is what happens when you argue that the ends can justify the means,” he told CNN.
Well Mister Bennett I put forward the notion that we abort every baby and watch the crime rate go to zero.
I hope democrats and republicans alike run this guy out on a poll. And this guy was head of education…
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30. September 2005 at 10:51
We, the collective people of my home, have read your comments, the article written by CNN and the interview recap on your website and
30. September 2005 at 13:57
Knowing my left wing college buddies and hearing of this disturbing quote, which they were all over. I tried to find out what not so slick Willie was really after minus any spin. I knew of this fellow when he was drug czar and his bizarre perceptions of the world. Is he really just another rich white conservative with disdain for people not white and not rich. I read the transcript of the radio show and part of a follow up interview with Alan Colmes. He repeated what he said and both times he mentioned it would be "impossible and morally reprehinsible." That did it for me, the fact that impossible keeps coming out of his mouth before morally reprehensible, an afterthought, gives all the insight that one needs to this man.
It is the same with his, on the fly, singling out of the black community instead of the impoverished in his fantasy plan. Racism can never be admitted in public these days because one is just dismissed as a racist and cannot be taken seriously. But by his own folly he has admitted to his racism, just as people who use the put down "fag or gay" in casual conversation admit by default homophobism.
These folks have been in charge of the most powerful government for almost thirty years, minus the bubba years, and we continue to see a backsliding in social, economic and environmental policy.
How can we change this. Easy, lets revamp our current polling regulations and criteria so we don’t see parts of the nation discounted or unable to vote. I would also like to see a national holiday for voting day, so the american people can have all day to get to the polls. These are the parts of the nation that make the difference in elections they are the folks who have the most to gain or lose. The republicans know this and concentrate their cheating efforts there. But we haven’t heard anything about this since shortly after the 2004 election and probably won’t until shortly after the next skewed election. So I call all of you who believe that majority should rule, not the majority of money, too contact your congress person and let them know that we want to see an international review of our polling process and change to ensure that it is as our forefathers intended one person one vote.
1. October 2005 at 09:56
I was absolutely sure that Bennet’s stupid comment would "hit your hot button". It’s hard to beleive this jerk was Secterary of Education!!
Fortunately he was only representing his own racist views and not anybody elses. This is one time I thoroughly agree with your comments!
I really liked Jess’ comments. He hit the nail on the head! I also liked his idea of a "voting day". We could switch one of our existing questionable holidays.
So it took a bombshell racist remark to "awaken" the Rant Czar. I look forward to more rants in the future!!
Best regards, DAD
23. November 2005 at 19:09
Don’t tell me the 30 hours a week you work has kept you too busy to write a rant since October the 7th.
Why don’t you ride the bus, take a laptop and compose your thoughts throughout a week. You little yuppie scum.
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone.