Blacks file slavery suits against U.S. firms

yahoo ^ | Tuesday September 3 | Bill Rigby

[DugwayDuke]

"In the unlikely event that they do win, they're going to regret ever filing that suit within hours."

These suites were not filed with the hope of winning. The strategy is to get the corporations to pressure congress to fund reparations. Those behind the suits know the real money is in Congress.

They might have some regrets but the billions going to attorneys and the non-profit organizations will more then assuage any regrets they will have. Besides, have you ever heard of a lawyer having regrets? One has to have a certain moral basis to experience regret. For example, Johnny Cochran is involved in these suits. Do you think he regrets one moment of the OJ trial? Or the verdict?

[DugwayDuke]

"The whole enterprise will be veiled in "law" and "justice," supported by taxpayers, and produce a vile and immensely corrupt quasi-public "reparations" organization."

There is much truth in what you say. I wish I could remember the program that was started in the 1970s to fund job training in the inner cities. Congress was shamed by the corruption that it cancelled the program. Most of the money went to various black leaders and politicians (I think Sharpton was big in it) in the inner cities. Some of this money was used to open massage parlors and various other illicit operations.

These black leaders and politicians loved this program since it was the basis of the power and wealth. The money from reparations is ear-marked to re-establish this kind of program.

[Dick Bachert]

I consider Alan Keyes, Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams possessed of three of the finest minds extant today. In case you don’t know them, all are black.

So far as I can tell, Keyes, Sowell and Williams oppose this idiotic call for reparations.

Those who are NOT descended from AMERICAN slaves need to sit down and shut up. Under even the most tortured, leftist, idiotic (redundant!) logic (oxymoron!), these people have no standing. And those who ARE descendants of slaves now calling for reparations need to remember a few things:

They should not only be glad to be in America, they should be glad to be ON THE PLANET! Had their forebears NOT been sold to the slave traders, the blood of their ancestors would have run into the earth over there several centuries ago. Their ancestors would have been killed outright or worked to death by the OTHER black who captured them in one of the interminable tribal wars still raging on that sad continent. These modern day would-be "plaintiffs" would not even exist.

And should the great-great-great grandchildren of the approximately 3,000 SLAVE OWNING BLACK plantation owners in this country also be subject to PAYING reparations?

If so, how do we find THEM?

Robert Hitt Neill tells of attending a Tennessee Mountain Writer’s Conference years ago with several other authors. Among them was Alex Hailey, celebrated author of “Roots.” Watching a TV news show, a group of them watched a demonstration in a Southern state against the “Rebel” flag incorporated into that state’s flag. The very next report covered a famine in Africa. Graphic images showed dead bodies, starving children with distended tummies and runny noses and dying people covered with flies, too weak to brush them away.

Mr. Hailey intoned in a low, serious voice:
“Every time an American black sees a story like that, they should find a Confederate flag and kiss it.” He then pointed to the TV screen and continued, “Because these would be me and my descendants, except for American slavery. I thank God that my family and I are here instead of there.”

What about the millions STILL living in slavery, held there by members of THEIR OWN RACE in Africa and elsewhere today?

Do you suppose THEY are NOT targets of these reparations whores because they have little or nothing of value for which they can be EXTORTED?

And how about the MILLIONS of WHITES and ASIANS who have slavery in their backgrounds?

Next problem!

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[mhking]

The plaintiffs in the suits are not looking for personal settlements, Farmer-Paellmann told Reuters. "We are asking for a humanitarian trust fund, to be used to deal with the vestiges of slavery that 35 million African Americans still suffer from, like housing, education, and economic development in our communities."

It's called extortion. Plain and simple.

The legal precedent that each of these suits is using is faulty law. It fails to recognize several points:

• that the sins of the father cannot legally be visited upon his descendants;
• that although no one will argue the moral wrong of the institution of slavery, it was the law of the land at that time, and once superceded, a law cannot be enforced retroactively;
• that none of the former slaves remain alive;
• that these "descendants" are seeking to directly rewrite law via litigation.

In any event, this is viewed by most rational people as yet another shakedown attempt by the race warlords who have nothing better to do than to find ways to bully the rest of America in order to fleece more money for their own lint-filled pockets.

[Jorge]

If I have to pay, do I get a slave?

Yes. I want one too!
If we're going to have to pay for slavery, then we should get something for our money.

[BigDaddyTX]

Taken from http://www.naacp.org/polls/results.php

Should the U.S. government study the need for reparations
or the descendants of African slaves?
No_________378____71.1%
Yes________140____26.3%
Not sure_____14_____2.6%


Will reparations help America address a long delayed moral obligation?
No__________91____56.2%
Yes_________55____34.0%
Not Sure_____16_____9.9%

[NMFXSTC]

And some "mother" (who was on the tube dressed like Aunt Jamaima in ahanky head wrap) filed suit because one of her kid's teachers used the word, "Niggardly" in context?

She best file suit against Webster's, Random House, etc, AND Microsoft!

Here you have it...right out of MS Word 2000:

[panther33]

The song that never ends...

[stimulate]

Where's the harm if the act was only to insure the slave?

[cupcakes]

THREE words: GET OVER IT!

[Major_Risktaker]

It's the GREEDY LAWYERS
who convinced them to go for the money!

Your right!
Tort Reform - Loser's Pay!

[Major_Risktaker]

"GREEDY LAWYER JOKE"

A lawyer opened the door of his BMW, when suddenly a car came along and hit the door, ripping it off completely.

When the police arrived at the scene, the lawyer was complaining bitterly about the damage to his precious BMW.

"Officer, look what they've done to my Beeeeemer!!!", he whined.

"You lawyers are so materialistic, you make me sick!!!", retorted the officer. "You're so worried about your stupid BMW, that you didn't even notice that your left arm was ripped off!"

"Oh no!", replied the lawyer, finally noticing the bloody left shoulder where his arm once was.

"Where's my Rolex???!!!"

[Toskrin]

A different generation already paid reparations

[Las Vegas Dave]

My great Grandfather was wounded in the Civil War, where do I get the money for his pain and suffering?

[FrankR]

"In the latest move in the campaign for reparations, descendants of black slaves filed lawsuits in New York and California on Tuesday, demanding corporations pay back profits reaped from the work of their enslaved ancestors. "

That's fine...

...and while they're at it, be sure and DEDUCT the total cost of ROOM and BOARD from those reparations...Oh...and don't forget to deduct all applicable local, state and federal taxes from those reparations...IN TODAY'S DOLLARS...as I'm sure they want to get paid in TODAY'S DOLLARS.

Then, send them all all thank-you note for contributing to the coffers of the US Government to support the wartime effort and boost the economy.

And then, finally, send them all a big, official, and legal notice, stating..."ACCOUNT PAID IN FULL, FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN.". (Nahhh, better drop the "Amen", some atheists (read: ACLU)will file a separation charge).

Ain't Americans getting ridiculous?

[freedom moose]

They are fronts for the Jesse Jackson
I am curious where Sharpton or Farrahkan stand on this issue. I'm going to look into it, but any help pointing me toward articles and interviews would be appreciated.

[freedom moose]

Perhaps we should also look into the blacks paying the Jews reperations for Slavery in Egypt. Farhakan says that blacks ruled Egypt. Since blacks ruled Egypt, they first need to pay the Jews for slavery for their bondage in Egypt. Once the blacks do this, than we can look into paying blacks for slavery in the USA. Until than the black community has not right to bring up this issue.
I used to think i was the only one who thought this....actually i probably knew i wasn't. anyway, i first came to this conclusion watching Farhakan speak during the million man march while i was living in Israel.

[Calvin Locke]

I think the statute of limitations has expired.

Uh, slavery was Constitutionally legal at that time.

What law or laws were broken that compensation is justified?