African-Americans take their case for reparations to the steps of City Hall (Houston)

Channel 11 News Houston ^ | 7/30/02 | Wendell Edwards

[GOPcapitalist]

HOUSTON (KHOU) -- Slavery was outlawed in America 137 years ago. But some African-Americans now want monetary compensation for years of slavery endured by their ancestors. A united group asked the Houston City Council for support.

They carried signs, waved flags and chanted loudly, "We are not here asking for anything," the group said. "We are demanding reparations."

This group of descendants of slaves is fighting for compensation that they say their ancestors never got.

"We are a people that have lost our culture," said activist Quannell X. "We have lost our religion. We have lost our mores and forays. We are a people that have been robbed."

"Reparations now" is their battle cry. It was aimed at the Houston City Council. They were asking members for their help, and reminded them symbolically just why they should. "Mothers and fathers, men and women, children hung from these ropes," said Quannell X. "How could you not support reparations?"

Mayor Lee Brown said that a resolution might be in order. "And that's what it's all about," he said. "To look at the issue and then come up with some determination as to what this country should do in respect to slavery."

But councilman Bruce Tatro disagreed. "I just believe it's inappropriate for the city to be weighing in on," he said. "A vote by the city means we support the entire reparations."

For the next generation it's a lesson for future legacies. African historian Alafia Gaidi explained, "There's a reason why millions of Africans who've come to this country before us was never able to leave any kind of inheritance for their children, they were never paid."

This local push is part of a national effort to support a Slave Reparations Bill recently introduced in Congress. Thousands plan to march on Washington on August 17 to lobby for the bill's passage.

[GOPcapitalist]

"We are a people that have lost our culture"

It's funny how a taxpayer funded handout check will make it all better.

And for those of you who do not know Mayor Lee P. "Speaking Lessings" Brown's ally Quannel X, he's a black supremacist who heads up a neo-Black Panther movement. He has publicly expressed his blind hatred of white people and one time directed his followers to go into the River Oaks section of Houston and mug whites at random in retaliation for the execution of convicted murderer Gary Graham. Despite his bigotry, Quannel is also a darling of the local left wing dominated media.

[InvisibleChurch]

Quannell X

Where can I get a name like that?

[patton]

Um, make one up? How about Mgabe II?

[Texaggie79]

I got dibs on Pootie Tang

[Vidalia]

OK, you asked for it....

Here You Are!

[Conagher]

The government has oppressed my family for generations through the income tax. When do I get my handout?

Conagher XIV

[patton]

Raheem Shuakhwe? Well, that explains the prohibition against translating proper nouns.

[InvisibleChurch]

Thankx! My name is now Shekwan . Is there anything FreeRepublic can't do?

[TexConfederate1861]

How about from a toilet...hehe!

[Dengar01]

Thankx! My name is now Shekwan . Is there anything FreeRepublic can't do?

My new name is Shebelle. I am so happy that I am going to go down and immediatley change my name, and then I am going to join the Chicago division of the Nation of Islam. And then I'll join brother Louie in defecating on the Consitution.

[gaffin]

Like Steve Martin in the "Jerk" I too am the child of po black share croppers. Where do I get the check?

[Howlin]

Er......ur......I hate to tell you this, but I, too, am Skekwan. :-)

[Vidalia]

That's your name this time.

Go back and type in "Wormburner", or TudFloater...

[InvisibleChurch]

I blame white conservative males for oppressing this name-generator. I'm going to attend the Million Skekwan March in Washington DC later this summer.

[razorback-bert]

I have always been partial to the latin of my name....Biggus Dickus!

[Arleigh]

They carried signs, waved flags and chanted loudly, "We are not here asking for anything," the group said. "We are demanding reparations."

Civil War II - coming soon to a neighborhood near you!

[Howlin]

Well, I guess you've forced my hand -- I'll have to come, too. I'll bring my "X". Jhoffa and I got ours during the election, I believe.

[APBaer]

Was the great grandfather of Quannel X named Quannel VII?

[Texaggie79]

Is there anything FreeRepublic can't do?

A few things. But Zombo.com can do them ALL!!!!

[Arleigh]

I have always been partial to the latin of my name....Biggus Dickus!

I think that would be Phallus Maximus in Latin.

[BJClinton]

Huggy Bear? Seriously, I'm now Huggy Bear. How's that gonna look on a tombstone?

[APBaer]

"There's a reason why millions of Africans who've come to this country before us was never able to leave any kind of inheritance for their children, they were never paid."

Yes, Ripple and Night Train?

[Arleigh]

This local push is part of a national effort to support a Slave Reparations Bill recently introduced in Congress. Thousands plan to march on Washington on August 17 to lobby for the bill's passage.

And watch Karl Rove and Jorge Bush support something like it in 2004 to get black votes. They'll call it something like "The Marshal Plan for Black America" and it will involve paying BILLIONS for reparations in the form of grants to historically black universities, small business loans, urban employment and training programs, subsidized home mortgages, and - of course - big bucks for Jesse and Al and Kwase and all the other black "leadership."

[Chad Fairbanks]

I got the name "Shaft"...

:0)

[Lazamataz]

They carried signs, waved flags and chanted loudly, "We are not here asking for anything," the group said. "We are demanding.....

.......that the white landowners get off their farms. We Zimbabweans have been oppressed too long!!!"

Everything old is new again.

[Arleigh]

There's a reason why millions of Africans who've come to this country before us was never able to leave any kind of inheritance for their children...

Of course, when trying to collect one's inheritance, it also helps to know who one's daddy was.

[The Duke]

I read a claim the other day that whites were also slaves here in the America - so I'm thinking that I'm entitled
too!

[Lazamataz]

LOL! Cold, brother.

[Ditter]

You said I could be Pootie Tang this time. WWWAAAAAAAA!

[wardaddy]

Hope you guys can get rid of this nut in the future.

[Vidalia]

Wasn't that from Starsky and Hutch?

[Howlin]

We have lost our religion. We have lost our mores and forays.

What WAS the official religion of Africa when the left?

And what mores and forays (forays?????) did they lose?

[Ditter]

I know how these folks feel, my ancestors worked themselves to death & I didn't inherit anything from them either. Darn it!

[Diddle E. Squat]

Now THAT is funny!

[Moose4]

Word. I'm now "Shaft".

That means I'm a bad mutha...(shut yo' mouf!)

Lee Brown is...ugh. Words can't describe. I have a friend in Houston I regularly correspond with, and she waxes long and loud about him, none of it good.

}:-)4

[BJClinton]

Wasn't that from Starsky and Hutch?

Isn't that a TV show? I've never seen it.

[hellinahandcart]

Pleased to meet you. My new name is Malcom J. And I'm not a guy. That's what I got when I typed in my real, FEMALE name.

When I typed in "hellinahandcart" I was renamed Shausha.

[Vidalia]

Yes, along with the likes of Mod Squad, Charlie's Angels and BJ and the Bear...

You missed nothing, they're not even worth watching on cable outlets, if you can even find them.

[Ditter]

I was going to make a suggestion but it sounded too racist, so I will sit down & shut up. ;9+

[deport]

Quannell X ...... Some of the Houston Freepers prolly can help here with more details... But Quannell X and his band marched on the 2000 Texas State GOP meeting in Houston with their weapons, humvees, etc. They shoved an elderly man down if I remember correctly. He lead a march at Hunstville prison the night of the execution of Gary Graham with his troops, combat uniforms and weapons..... He was in Jasper Texas during the Byrd events .....

He's with the New Black Panthers, NOI minister, etc. I looked and couldn't find anything on the net with just a quick search...

[BJClinton]

I have nothing better to do, so...
Jesse Jackson should be Shawasha...
Al Sharpton should be Shuakhwe...
Lee Brown should be Kwennoir.

What a bunch of sell-outs.

[Disgusted in Texas]

Way to go Mayor Brown. You have embarassed Houston yet again!

[Arleigh]

He lead a march at Hunstville prison the night of the execution of Gary Graham with his troops, combat uniforms and weapons.....

I remember that incident. And I remember wondering how many of the New Black Panthers were convicted felons and could have been arrested for even TOUCHING a firearm. You can bet that if the Aryan Nation or some other white group marched in public carrying guns, the BATF would have been videotaping the whole thing and would have swooped down on every firearm violation they could think of.

[Lord Basil]

Billy Jeff promised me a tax cut. I demand it be enacted.

Ffejyllib II

[Vidalia]

For more fun...

THE NAME GAME

The name game!

Shirley!  
Shirley, Shirley bo Birley Bonana fanna fo Firley 
Fee fy mo Mirley, Shirley!

Lincoln!  
Lincoln,  Lincoln bo Bincoln Bonana fanna fo Fincoln 
Fee fy mo Mincoln, Lincoln!

Come on everybody!
I say now let's play a game
I betcha I can make a rhyme out of anybody's name
The first letter of the name, I treat it like it wasn't there
But a B or an F or an M will appear
And then I say bo add a B then I say the name and Bonana fanna and a
fo
And then I say the name again with an F very plain 
and a fee fy and a mo
And then I say the name again with an M this time 
and there isn't any name that I can't rhyme

Arnold!  
Arnold, Arnold bo Barnold Bonana fanna fo Farnold 
Fee fy mo Marnold Arnold!

But if the first two letters are ever the same, 
I drop them both and say the name like 
Bob, Bob drop the B's Bo  ob  
For Fred, Fred drop the F's Fo red  
For Mary, Mary drop the M's Mo ary   
That's the only rule that is contrary.

Okay?  Now say Bo:  Bo 
Now Tony with a B:  Bony
Then Bonana fanna fo:  bonana fanna fo
Then you say the name again with an F very plain: Fony
Then a fee fy and a mo:  fee fy mo
Then you say the name again with an M this time: Mony
And there isn't any name that you can't rhyme

Every body do Tony!
Pretty good, let's do Billy!
Very good, let's do Marsha!
A little trick with Nick!
The name game

[Diddle E. Squat]

Meanwhile, outside city hall...

"Free My Mummy" droned Stu Pidyup E
"We've been taken for a ride" squealed Chicago L
"We're an army of one," claimed Bea Alldatucann B
"Reparations are in arrears" opined Kizma S
"Down with the SAT" voiced Ai Q
"40 acres and a pink cadillac" blushed Marie K
"Pay up the dough, or 'dis go inferno" threatened Dee J
"We're gonna march on Gary, Indiana" declared Oeh P
"I'm not down with that" countered Opie P
"Yeah, you know me" rapped Heavy D
"Phat the Power" chanted Eazy E
"Static in the attic" yelled Quannel Z
"I know what love is" shouted Whatzittu U
"I don't whistle a happy tune" barked Dakingin I
"Tobacco Road rules no more" beamed Empty V
"Power to the juicy fruit" roared Vita Man C
"We are oppressed by DeBeers" cried Whyask Y
"I'm no raisin in the sun" exclaimed Retin A

"Don't forget Tibet" reminded Dedgerb L.

[Itzlzha]

Huggy Bear? Seriously, I'm now Huggy Bear. How's that gonna look on a tombstone

I typed in Louis Farrakhan, and HE came up as "Huggy Bear"

LOL!!!

I am now Shaleesh...or Bizzleburp (puppish)...I like the puppish name better...

[Diddle E. Squat]

YES!

Diddle E Squat gets the much coveted name of "Buckwheat"!

Ha, some of us are just born lucky.

[BJClinton]

I typed in Louis Farrakhan, and HE came up as "Huggy Bear"

Dang! Busted! I'll go slither back to Democrat Underground now.