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You kick ass.

However, can I present you my idea?

Each and every time someone mentions reparations, enthusiastically agree. Tell them each and every black person -- or even any person who is slighty tan from a little exposure to sun in June -- should get 40 acres.

Of FEDERAL land.

This does two things:

It pits the race hustlers against the greenie weenies, who want all land in government control. And any time we can split the Democrat party and encourage bloodletting within it, life is good.
If by some miracle it does pass, it frees federal land and puts it in private hands. Anytime this happens, capitalism increases and everyone profits. I don't care if the land goes to every drug dealer and crack whore in America -- they will sell the land, someone will use it wisely, and wealth will be created. Land rushes are followed each and every time by massive increases in prosperity.

I've already done the math -- it would free up less than 2% of the nations federal land.

So in a way, if reparations happened -- this way -- the left would be hamstrung and wounded in several ways, and we would flourish and wealth would be created. LONG LIVE (MY VERSION OF) REPARATIONS!!!! :o)

I've already done the math -- it would free up less than 2% of the nations federal land.

Don't know about your math, but here's my (ballpark) math for your proposal: There are about 280,000,000 U.S. citizens, about 15% of whom are black. That makes about 40,000,000 blacks. If each of black is to get 40 acres for reprations, then that would be 1,600,000,000 acres. There are 625 acres in a square mile so we're talking 2,700,000 square miles of land. If the lower 48 states occupy about 3,000 miles by 1,000 miles, or 3,000,000 square miles, then we're talking close to all of it.

Did I misplace a decimal or miss something?

That is a genius idea, Laz, but I have one question - Where will we get all the mules?

Each and every time someone mentions reparations, enthusiastically agree. Tell them each and every black person -- or even any person who is slighty tan from a little exposure to sun in June -- should get 40 acres.

Of FEDERAL land...

Son offa Gun! Laz, I think you might have cut the Gordian Knot with this one. I'll pass it on...

LONG LIVE (MY VERSION OF) REPARATIONS!!!! :o)

With a little work, I'll vote for it myself.
I'd rather Little Richard Penniman have that land than Little Richard Gephardt

..."should get 40 acres. Of FEDERAL land."

This is one of the most inspired ideas I've seen in quite a while!

I'll take mine -- from the North Slope. Once I've got clear deed, my first call is to Exxon|Mobil.

And no, I'm not selling the land to them. I'm leasing drilling rights to them -- for 10% of their gross take...per year...independently audited annually...by someone other than Arthur Andersen...

Great article, Mike !!!

Hey, Laz. . . looks like you've got the rep land issue all figured out. . . but what I'd like to request from you is some insider trading info regarding the company that's gonna be providing all those millions 'n millions of mules !!! ;-))