Anti-Government Militia = Terrorists?

[Sirrus_Asura]

I don't know anyone personally that did this but hypothetically if they did then they are just as stupid and fucking dumb as the people that voted against him because he is black.

Mind you, I am a black male so I am speaking from experience.

As a black male, could you explain Obama's thought process to the rest of us? I'm a white male, so I'm not really sure how it all works out up there.

[Mizango]

As a black male, could you explain Obama's thought process to the rest of us? I'm a white male, so I'm not really sure how it all works out up there.

BRB let me use my Nigga esp.

Perhaps you can let me in on why white people like you are so apt to twist and contort shit to fit their narrow minded reasoning? You're just being fucking stupid and you of all people should know that you are on an extremely short leash as is. :D

[Sirrus_Asura]

BRB let me use my Nigga esp.

Perhaps you can let me in on why white people like you are so apt to twist and contort shit to fit their narrow minded reasoning? You're just being fucking stupid and you of all people should know that you are on an extremely short leash as is. :D

It was a joke nig. Relax.

[eunhye]

Oh I saw a lot of it here. One of my good friends is a lawyer. He's very smart. But he just turned "Oh he's gonna do it. No one's stopping him. He's gonna win." He's a tort lawyer for nurses.

[Mizango]

Ahhh I got you.

[Mizango]

Oh I saw a lot of it here. One of my good friends is a lawyer. He's very smart. But he just turned "Oh he's gonna do it. No one's stopping him. He's gonna win." He's a tort lawyer for nurses.

Ouch. See people like that are stupid.

[Sirrus_Asura]

Ahhh I got you.

[Zosi]

Why do conservatives seem to think that some huge number of people voted for Obama because he was black*? Black voters have tended to heavily vote Democratic for decades - it doesn't matter whether the candidate is black or white. The vast majority of them wouldn't have voted Republican even if McCain had been black and Obama had been white. I'm sure that there were some number of people who voted for Obama because he was black, and for McCain because he was white (or not black) - but as a deciding factor? Total bullshit, the numbers are tiny either way and there are dozens of other factors that are much more influential.

* - Rhetorical question, I know why. It's simple rationalization, they want to understand why they got smashed in the last election and reach for the reason which puts the least fault on their own actions and choices.

[Mizango]

Exactly Zosi lol. Lets see how well logic plays out from this point on.

[Snprphnx]

I voted for Bush, twice. First time was due to my dislike of the Clintons, and since Gore was, at the time, so closely connected to them, he was guilty by association. Second time was because Kerry seemed like a fake ass punk, trying to do "hip and cool" things to get the young vote, like snowboarding, lol.

At the time, I really hadn't gotten to deep into the whole "what do they stand for" shit, and i basically voted blindly, just like some people did with Obama.

People dislike Bush because in his quest to protect the country from outside threats, he not only put a choke hold on fellow US citizens, he also either directly abused his authority, or turned a blind eye while others did it. What gets me is that all presidents at some point, over step their boundaries for some reason.

Change won't come until everyone in congress is voted out who's been in office for 15+ years.

i wholehearted second this motion. how can we claim to have a progressive and modern country, when we still have people serving who were elected as far back as 1959 (Robert Byrd), or allow someone who was over 100 years old (Strom Thurman) and couldn't place his own votes to serve

[Plow]

The main issue I have is people thinking "Oh Obama is gonna save me" "Oh Obama's cool" "Oh I have to vote for him because he's black and I'm black".

Yeah, those rather rare occurrences are way worse than all the crazy asses voting for McCain because "Oh Obama is gonna kill me" "Oh Obama's a Muslim" "Oh I can't vote for Obama, he's black."

[Headspace]

We'll never see the "Change" America needs until there's new terms put on everything.

Career politicians are what fucks up the system.

[Snprphnx]

face it people, we no longer live in a democracy, rather an elected oligarchy.

[aru]

What was the turnout and percentage of blacks that voted for Obama? How were the last election numbers different from previously elections when it concerns the black community?

[Snprphnx]

about 2 million new black voters. however, he won the popular vote by approx 10 million

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/us...cs/21vote.html

2008 Surge in Black Voters Nearly Erased Racial Gap

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In last year’s presidential election, younger blacks voted in greater proportions than whites for the first time and black women turned out at a higher rate than any other racial, ethnic and gender group, a census analysis released Monday confirmed.
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As a result, in the election that produced the nation’s first black president, the historic gap between black and white voter participation rates over all virtually evaporated.

The Census Bureau’s survey also found striking contrasts in why people said they did not vote. More than three times as many whites as blacks said they did not like the candidates or campaign issues.

Over all, 18 percent of nonvoters said they were too busy, 15 percent said they were prevented because of an illness or disability and 13 percent each said they were not interested or did not like the candidates or issues.

Total turnout in 2008 was about the same as it was in 2004, about 64 percent of voting age citizens.

But with Barack Obama on the ballot, the makeup of the 131 million who voted last year was markedly different. While the number of non-Hispanic white voters remained roughly the same, 2 million more blacks, 2 million more Latinos and 600,000 more Asians turned out. Compared with 2004, the voting rate for black, Asian and Hispanic voters increased by about four percentage points. The rate for whites declined by one percentage point.

As a result, according to an analysis by William H. Frey, a demographer with the Brookings Institution, whites declined to 76 percent of all voters in 2008, from 79 percent in 2004.

Turnout varied widely by state, from a high of 75 percent in Minnesota to 52 percent in Utah.

In a number of states, including Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio and South Carolina, turnout among blacks surpassed 70 percent.

In 2004, according to the census, barely 60 percent of eligible blacks voted. In 2008, nearly 65 percent did (as did 66 percent of white voting-age citizens).

But one of the biggest changes was the gap between black and white participation. In 2004, the rate of black voter registration was 10 percentage points below that of whites. Last year, it narrowed to four percentage points.

Of the 206 million citizens 18 and older, 71 percent were registered to vote. Among those who were registered, 90 percent voted in 2008.

Thom File, a voting analyst with the Census Bureau, said the turnout among blacks ages 18 to 24 increased 8 percent from 2004, to 55 percent. That helped drive the overall turnout in that group to 49 percent, still lower than among older eligible voters.

Among voters 18 to 24 and 25 to 44, blacks voted at a higher rate than whites in 2008.

Like an analysis earlier this year by the Pew Research Center, the latest findings were drawn from census surveys and interviews.

“In 2008 we obviously had a historic candidacy,” said Paul Taylor, executive vice president of the Pew center. “That’s certainly a plausible explanation for the spike in African-American turnout. The question was, Would other minorities vote for this minority? Not only did he get a big vote, but he got a big turnout.”

[Sirrus_Asura]

Probably my last post before I get perma'ed.

Our country has a shitty government. So the obvious solution is to give them more power to fix it.

Yes, lets be progressive and emulate England, cause they're totally our benchmark for where we stand in the big scheme of things.


PS: Fuck you all, I enjoyed trolling you idiots.


~Love Sirrus

[Kuya]

I wonder what's going on that is different now. The stability of the US has always depended on the fact that its people are ignorant of what its government does, electoral apathy, and political parties that aren't easily distinguishable. Perhaps what i'm seeing is not instability.

[Mizango]

stuff

Delusions of grandeur. Clearly you're mistaken, we don't care whether you stay or go tbh.

Nice though.

[Rhinox]

Probably my last post before I get perma'ed.

Our country has a shitty government. So the obvious solution is to give them more power to fix it.

Yes, lets be progressive and emulate England, cause they're totally our benchmark for where we stand in the big scheme of things.


PS: Fuck you all, I enjoyed trolling you idiots.


~Love Sirrus

People usually say goodbye when they're gonna be missed. Obviously you know very little about anything and won't be.

Also. Trolling because you mad is not really trolling and not really funny either

[Melena]

Probably my last post before I get perma'ed.

Our country has a shitty government. So the obvious solution is to give them more power to fix it.

Yes, lets be progressive and emulate England, cause they're totally our benchmark for where we stand in the big scheme of things.


PS: Fuck you all, I enjoyed trolling you idiots.


~Love Sirrus

All I see here is QQ