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Rep. John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon, Calls for ‘Martial Law’ in Ferguson, Mo.
Newsweek ^ | August 14, 2014 | Pema Levy

Posted on 08/14/2014 1:27:00 PM PDT by don-o

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To: oincobx

And he’s still no less a marxist scumbag who would enslave you at the drop of a hat given half a chance.


41 posted on 08/14/2014 2:22:29 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: ealgeone
He thinks he's still marching to selma.

It may well be that he DOES think that. I have always felt he's more to be pitied than scorned.

42 posted on 08/14/2014 2:24:06 PM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o

So is he calling for looters to be shot on sight?


43 posted on 08/14/2014 2:24:19 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: dfwgator
He’s also the moron who said that sharks still swim along the routes of ships that transported slaves

I think that was a popular New Yorker named Owens.

44 posted on 08/14/2014 2:26:43 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: don-o

MO people might steal Lewis from GA and make him their congressman.


45 posted on 08/14/2014 2:27:28 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: trisham

He may well be a far left loon. I was just responding to the question as to what made him a Civil Rights icon. His efforts should be noted, as opposed to the civil right “accomplishments” of Al Sharpton.


46 posted on 08/14/2014 2:30:07 PM PDT by oincobx
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To: don-o

Seriously, how far behind the curb is this congressman, rioting and destruction is already in progress. Harsh measures are currently needed. Peaceful measures after the rioting has calmed down would be good though, for the community as well as everyone else.


47 posted on 08/14/2014 2:33:45 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: greatvikingone

Same here. It’s like they have to do your undesirable work, and then the politicians spit in their faces.


48 posted on 08/14/2014 2:36:10 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: oincobx
What he's done since those days and what he's doing now are far more important.

"Reflections on the Obama presidency and race relations[edit] In an interview for the Grio, on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, Lewis told a reporter, "We have not yet created a truly multiracial democratic society in America. It's not post-racial." On an African American being elected president he said:[57]

"If you ask me whether the election ... is the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream, I say, 'No, it's just a down payment.' There's still too many people 50 years later, there's still too many people that are being left out and left behind."

Wikipedia: Carter, Lauren, "Rep. John Lewis reflects on the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, Our Time Press 18, no. 34, Aug. 22-28, 2013, p. 3."

He's a racist.

49 posted on 08/14/2014 2:45:12 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Post5203

Justice Brothers or rather JUST US BROTHERS


50 posted on 08/14/2014 3:21:16 PM PDT by Cats Pajamas (Wonder if Rush will mention cankles and her rent a dogs first thing?)
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To: don-o

bless his heart..LOL
This idiot thinks Martial Law is going to protect the demonstrators.
Martial Law declared and a curfew dawn to dusk is slapped on everyone. Arrests w/o cause. Detention w/o due process. Shoot to kill.

Yeah John be careful what you wish for.


51 posted on 08/14/2014 3:28:48 PM PDT by Vinnie
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To: don-o

Sounds like Rats want to get in a practice round of martial law before declaring it nationwide.


52 posted on 08/14/2014 3:58:54 PM PDT by Bigg Red (31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
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To: oldbrowser

Everyone is concerned about demilitarizing the local law enforcement.

Nobody seems concerned about the militarization the various domestic federal agencies. IRS, EPA, Postal Service, Social Security Administration, Department of Agriculture, are all buying weapons and ammo.
Homeland Security and FBI are buying hollow point for target practice.

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Shhh! You’re not supposed to notice that dichotomy.


53 posted on 08/14/2014 4:01:42 PM PDT by Bigg Red (31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
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To: oincobx

His efforts should be noted, as opposed to the civil right “accomplishments” of Al Sharpton.

(((
Yes, you are right about that. I respect what he did for the Civil Rights movement just as I respect what John McCain did in Viet Nam. But both of them have lived their political lives in recent times in shameful ways.


54 posted on 08/14/2014 4:06:47 PM PDT by Bigg Red (31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
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To: don-o

The looters are the perfect infiltrators and useful idiots for a government intent on creating division, repressing rights and imposing martial law. This is classic divide and conquer strategy: black vs white, police vs public, rich vs poor. Keep the stupid peasants fighting and distracted while the Feds pose as the cavalry and seize more control.
Never let a crisis go to waste.


55 posted on 08/14/2014 4:15:08 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est. New US economy: Fascism on top, Socialism on the bottom.)
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To: oincobx

I read some of what happened to him. He was brutally beaten for riding in a white only bus.... man hard to believe crap like that went on in the US. Shameful!!!
Yes i know he is a left wing loon today...


56 posted on 08/14/2014 4:15:13 PM PDT by wyowolf
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