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NASCAR chairman France wants to eliminate Confederate flag at races
The Japan Times ^ | JUN 28, 2015

Posted on 06/28/2015 12:33:47 AM PDT by bob_denard

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To: riri
The reason I like 1984 more than Brave New World is that Orwell lived with the commies in Spain, he knew them well enough to project (very accurately) where they would take us and to describe what they were all about.

Huxley had some insights into the need to tranquilize the masses, but he had, in general, a more benign view of our rulers than they deserved, then or now.

41 posted on 06/29/2015 10:04:51 AM PDT by Jim Noble (If you can't discriminate, you are not free)
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To: Jim Noble
I think they both had insights.

Maybe it was that Huxley didn't take into account people like us and no need for the iron fist. He saw people as loving their slavery, so obsessed with hedonism they willingly went into bondage. A population distracted and incapable of critical thought. And THAT is a huge chunk of the American people.

42 posted on 06/29/2015 10:31:52 AM PDT by riri (Obama's Amerika--Not a fun place.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie
Wonderful idea, attack your base. Maybe the GOPe should try that. Oh wait, they are already doing that.

That!!!

I've been a NASCAR fan for decades and it has given me less and less as a fan, and more and more to folks who don't care about the traditions of the sport and now America. Being politically correct is wrong, stupid, and not for me. I've been watching it less and less as the France's latest generation gets more and more stupid. This is the latest insult and I ain't buying what NASCAR is selling.

43 posted on 06/29/2015 8:40:49 PM PDT by vox_freedom (America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
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To: ExCTCitizen

ditto’s


44 posted on 06/29/2015 8:42:05 PM PDT by vox_freedom (America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
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To: Jim Noble; riri

I always strongly recommend Homage to Catalonia whenever Orwell comes up, because it really shows the background that led directly to 1984 and Animal Farm. If you haven’t read it, pick it up, it’s a short but illuminating read.


45 posted on 06/29/2015 8:52:37 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster

Never read it. I am headed to the bookstore one day this week, I will look for it or order it from Amazon. Thanks!


46 posted on 06/30/2015 9:10:57 AM PDT by riri (Obama's Amerika--Not a fun place.)
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To: riri

Amazon hates freedom.


47 posted on 06/30/2015 9:11:44 AM PDT by The Toll
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To: aomagrat
Noticed the crowds at a NASCAR race lately?
Also, about 6-7 years ago all that hype about a proposed NASCAR track in NYC on Staten Island. That deal fell through in late 2013.
48 posted on 06/30/2015 9:38:12 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: bob_denard
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In light of Dale Jr renouncing the Confederate flag, supposedly out of respect for his Black housekeeper (his kid's "Mammy" Shades of Gone With the Wind?) Perhaps NASCAR should consider renumbering his racecars. According to, of all sources the SPLC the "**" is some kind of code used by skinheads and neo nazis, coincides with H being the 8th letter of the alphabet, HH, as in heil hitler. I could act like a hypersensitive little b*tch and scream anti-Semitism, but I won't, like political correctness in general that would be ludicrous.
49 posted on 06/30/2015 9:55:47 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: Impala64ssa

“88” damn keyboard!


50 posted on 06/30/2015 9:56:30 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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