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Wahington Post I think.............my bad

The Obama administration ignores voter intimidation Imagine if Ku Klux Klan members had stood menacingly in military uniforms, with nightsticks, in front of a polling place. Add to it that they had hurled racial threats and insults at voters who tried to enter. Now suppose that the government, backed by a nationally televised video of the event, had won a court case against the Klansmen except for the perfunctory filing of a single, simple document - but that an incoming Republican administration had moved to voluntarily dismiss the already-won case. Surely that would have been front-page news, with a number of firings at the Justice Department. The flip side of this scenario is occurring right now. The culprits weren't Klansmen; they belonged to the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. One of the defendants, Jerry Jackson, is an elected member of Philadelphia's 14th Ward Democratic Committee and was a credentialed poll watcher for Barack Obama and the Democratic Party when the violations occurred. Rather conveniently, the Obama administration has asked that the cases against Mr. Jackson, two other defendants and the party be dropped. The Voting Rights Act is very clear. It prohibits any "attempt to intimidate, threaten or coerce" any voter or those aiding voters. The explanation for moving to dismiss the case is shocking. According to the Department of Justice: "These same Defendants have made no appearance and have filed no pleadings with the Court. Nor have they otherwise raised any other defenses to this action. Therefore, the United States has the right ... to dismiss voluntarily this action against the Defendants." In other words, because the defendants haven't tried to defend themselves, the Justice Department won't punish them. By that logic, if a murderer doesn't respond to the charges, he should be let free. That's crazy. The Obama Justice Department did take one action against one of the four defendants: It forbade him from again "displaying a weapon within 100 feet of any open polling location" in Philadelphia. Given that it already was illegal to display a weapon at a polling place and that he was not even enjoined from carrying a weapon at polling places outside of Philadelphia, it is hard to see what this order accomplished. We asked the Justice Department if it was unable to provide any explanation for dropping the case. Justice press aide Alejandro Miyar merely said: "That is correct." Multiple times we asked both the department and the White House to comment on charges that the dismissals represented political bias. We received no substantive response. Hans Von Spakovsky, a legal scholar at the Heritage Foundation and a former commissioner at the Federal Election Commission, tells us, "In my experience, I have never heard of the department refusing to take a default judgment... . If a Republican administration had done this, it would be front-page news and every civil rights group in the country would be screaming about it." Consider that the behavior of the defendants was so bad that witness Bartle Bull, a former Robert F. Kennedy organizer who did extensive legal work on behalf of black voters in Mississippi, testified it was "the most blatant form of voter discrimination I have encountered in my life." Eric Eversole, a former litigation attorney with the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, told us: "It is truly unprecedented for the Voting Section to voluntarily dismiss a case of such blatant intimidation. The video speaks for itself." We couldn't agree more. After the 2000 Presidential election, Democrats complained about voter intimidation in Florida by pointing to a police car that had been two miles away from a polling place. The police didn't do anything to anyone, but their presence was deemed sufficient to vaguely intimidate people en route to the polls. In this case, the New Black Panther Party actually blocked access to a poll. Unlike the Florida incident, this case involving the New Black Panthers screams out for tough justice. Instead, the Obama administration looks the other way. This all but invites racial violence at future elections!

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Modified first message of this thread...........please read

Wait till you see it. I have rigged it like a bass boat. ;D

I need to take a break just after reading that!

JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE STILL ON FOR SATURDAY!! I'm going to ask TVC to make a large sign to hold up at the boat ramp. ;D ;D Actually, everyone look for my boat. It's a white BayHawk center console with a 200HP Evinrude.

I agree with you 100%. He will grow up fast enough......heck, he's 8 and I can't get a hug before I drop him off for school. :'(

Wow....thanks for all the input. I will check it out myself. To be honest, I try to keep it real with my kid. I want him to know certain things so I can explain why they are stupid or inappropriate. My thought process is to get him all the knowledge he can. But from some of these post, I don't want him to think that a strip club is in his future for High School. Hell, when I was in school, we went to the Pelican Club in Louisiana, never a strip bar. :'(

I say we do it.........already made the plans

I will go with my first response that apparently got deleted....... ??? ??? ???

Its ok, things come up. We all know the real reason is you didnt want to get beat by me and tvc ;D

I'm actually glad we have a black president. I think it shows a lot of progress in the way we think now. I just wish he was a republican.

Because now, I almost agree with your post. That is something I never thought was possible.

If you would take the "good ole boy statements out of there, it would have been an excellent post.

I couldn't resist: 1. Just because someone takes that wrong path, should not make their life any less valuable than mine or yours. I agree, UNTIL that person starts putting other people in danger.......DUI 2. PCP or alcohol...one is as bad as the other...they are both substances that alter ones behaviors, thought processes and reactions. One is a Schedule II / Class A, the other is not. One can be taken in moderation, the other cannot. 3. I have been equally disturbed by some of the cold-hearted comments aimed at a dead man and his mother. I have been disturbed of the allegations of the LPD with no facts to back them up. Why have you not shown Disgust in the way Lumberton was portrayed as a racist community? 4. To those of you who have speculated on my previous little acronym...you are just too funny. I did that because I knew that many of you would interject your own little words into it...the power of assumption. I'm sure it was a thought out plan :.........then tell us, what did it mean?

I'm not sure.........who is jordan?

I wonder if I said that about a certian race or a group how offened you'd be. I don't know...say it and I will tell you. You would just resort to name calling.

Are you talking about the FBI sting with the fake explosives and missile that were intended to be used to blow up 2 synagogues and shoot a plane outta the sky ? That's quite scary...fortunately they were able to apprehend the 4 idiots involved...I say...waterboard them right in Central Park. : They say the FBI have been watching these guys for a year now, so that really puts it back under the last presidents watch. That can't be right. That would mean Bush had something positive going on..........Besides, it's a fact, who would believe that! 8) 8) I just hope they didnt hurt their feelings when they were arrested. I hear they are going to enroll them in Therapy. Thats FUNNY!

Are you talking about the FBI sting with the fake explosives and missile that were intended to be used to blow up 2 synagogues and shoot a plane outta the sky ? That's quite scary...fortunately they were able to apprehend the 4 idiots involved...I say...waterboard them right in Central Park. : They say the FBI have been watching these guys for a year now, so that really puts it back under the last presidents watch. That can't be right. That would mean Bush had something positive going on..........Besides, it's a fact, who would believe that! 8) 8) I just hope they didnt hurt their feelings when they were arrested. I hear they are going to enroll them in Therapy.

There not.......besides a police officer can use reasonable force to secure a suspect. What is reasonable force to a guy on PCP?

Go figure........I doubt the Republicans will let that go. If SHE wants an investigation, she should get one.........Funny how things change when it backfires

Are you talking about the FBI sting with the fake explosives and missile that were intended to be used to blow up 2 synagogues and shoot a plane outta the sky ? That's quite scary...fortunately they were able to apprehend the 4 idiots involved...I say...waterboard them right in Central Park. : They say the FBI have been watching these guys for a year now, so that really puts it back under the last presidents watch. That can't be right. That would mean Bush had something positive going on..........Besides, it's a fact, who would believe that! 8) 8)

Hows the rating on this? Would it be ok for an 8 yo into football?