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To: SwinneySwitch

Probably attempting to have a hurricane named after MJ.


8 posted on 07/09/2009 4:14:47 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR....Monthly Donors Wanted. I Upped My Monthly....Now, Up Yours.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33896

Do devastating hurricanes need help from affirmative action?

A member of Congress apparently thinks so, and is demanding the storms be given names that sound “black.”

The congressional newspaper the Hill reported this week that Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, feels that the current names are too “lily white,” and is seeking to have better representation for names reflecting African-Americans and other ethnic groups.

“All racial groups should be represented,” Lee said, according to the Hill. She hoped federal weather officials “would try to be inclusive of African-American names.”

A sampling of popular names that could be used include Keisha, Jamal and Deshawn, according to the paper.


13 posted on 07/09/2009 4:23:00 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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