[RippleFire]

Time for a little PC extortion.

[weikel]

Thing is most big corporations in the US didn't exist till after the civil war when slavery was abolished and they were mostly loyal Union companies who became big off war contracts so not only is this punishing the sons for the sins of the fathers but the fathers never really did anything either.

[Bikers4Bush]

Shouldn't take long to get this thrown out. The statute of limitations fro BS like this has to have run out long, long ago.

[drone]

I wonder if the Union Soldiers' families can get some money from the slave families for freeing them from slavery?

[bibarnes]

Under "normal" circumstances I would say this suit has no chance. If I were the defendants attorney I would show that, if all "slave decendants" were to be expatriated and made a sovereign nation they would be the 9th richest nation on earth. There isn't a single country on the African continent that comes that high.

I am not saying that slavery was good or beneficial, I am saying that reparations to decendants is wrong.

There is no one alive in this country that owned or was a slave. But, there are slave owners in the world today. I know that it will come as a surprise to know that the Sudan still has large pockets of Slavery. I can't remember where Sudan is though. Could someone tell me.

[mn12]

I'm sure that within the past 200 years or so, one or more of my ancestors had a really crappy life. Which of course is the reason I'm not a millionaire now. So, where so I collect my reparations check?

[Constitutional Patriot]

"...whose descendents continue to suffer the effects of enslavement."

Oh really?!?! Looks to me that any suffering being experienced by "descendents" is the result of 3 generations of welfareand the destruction of the family that these left wing social experiments caused.

[Clara Lou]

i don't know all of the details, but these companies would have been engaged in what were legal activites back then. My urge is to say that "This is the stupidest thing I ever heard of," but it's just so inadequate! I hope this yutz will have to pay court costs when she/he/it gets tossed out of court.

[Brute_Force]

These crybabies deserve nothing but our contempt regardless of what color they are. Everybody's been a victim of injustice --- that's life; get over it! This lawsuit deserves to be thrown out of court just as these losers don't deserve the benefits of living in the U.S.A. The only people who would benefit from such a lawsuit are the lawyers anyway.

[goldstategop]

This lawsuit is without any legal merit. But that may not matter if the plaintiffs can create the perception the insurance company defendants are hiding something. The rule of law is going going gone in America. Why would the President for example, sign a law he well knows is unconstitutional? The fact that slavery ended over 150 years ago isn't going to deter the plaintiffs. If they think they can pull a Toyota on the firms just sued, they've hit the jackpot. Its all about money, folks.

[aomagrat]

[Slip18]

Okay, we pay them reparations, then subract the cost of the housing, food, travel expenses, et cetera. I think it would break even.

I'm wondering why this group isn't asking for reparations from the Africaners who sold them in the first place.

[da_toolman]

[Seeking the truth]

Wonder if Je$$e is behind this one?

[jpsb]

"This nation has pay it's debt, in the blood of the millions killed to rid itself of the eveil of slavery. No further payment is required."

[conserve-it]

I wouldn't put it past these companies to settle. Cowardice reigns supreme these days.

[DoctorMichael]

.........and so it begins...........

[Destructor]

It has begun!

[Walkin Man]

I bet Je$$ie Jack$on and Al $harpton have their hands out for this shakedown scam.

By the way people in my family fought in the Civil War and this is no doubt the reason that I am not rich. I believe the NAACP owes me some money!

[Redbob]

Good, good!
I'd guess this means they've given up on extorting money from the firearms manufacturers.

[Post Toasties]

Since Democrats and their immediate predecessors were pretty much the only ones who owned slaves, registered Democrats are the ones who should pay any reparations. Just add it to their income taxes.