Comments on: Rudy Giuliani Vs. Blacks http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/11/04/rudy-giuliani-vs-blacks/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:42:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: LL http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/11/04/rudy-giuliani-vs-blacks/#comment-59942 LL Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:00:41 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=4830#comment-59942 The comment about the 14th amendment is telling. Note that the amendment, along with the 13th and 15th amendments, were passed only after a horrific civil war. A civil war that, in many ways, was a fight between progressives and fascists. Oversimplification? Yes. But suggestive, nonetheless. The fact that corporate power was mostly on the northern side then, suggests a very interesting wrinkle for today, that's for sure. I suspect that the fascist right-wing in this country will never be defeated by peaceful means. We'll need another civil war to crush them again. And, of course, they'll never go away entirely. The grover norquists and Addingtons and Cheneys and their ilk never go away. They're like roaches. You have to declare war on them periodically. consider that the "disaffected white man" in the South is the direct descendent of the people the North crushed in 1865. They never gave up. They never gave in. They're the same as they ever were...and they are the source of the GOP's power. I'm thinking it's about time to fight the Civil War all over again. It's not a geographical war though...not this time. The crazies are embedded everywhere, now. The comment about the 14th amendment is telling. Note that the amendment, along with the 13th and 15th amendments, were passed only after a horrific civil war. A civil war that, in many ways, was a fight between progressives and fascists. Oversimplification? Yes. But suggestive, nonetheless.

The fact that corporate power was mostly on the northern side then, suggests a very interesting wrinkle for today, that’s for sure.

I suspect that the fascist right-wing in this country will never be defeated by peaceful means. We’ll need another civil war to crush them again. And, of course, they’ll never go away entirely. The grover norquists and Addingtons and Cheneys and their ilk never go away. They’re like roaches. You have to declare war on them periodically.

consider that the “disaffected white man” in the South is the direct descendent of the people the North crushed in 1865. They never gave up. They never gave in. They’re the same as they ever were…and they are the source of the GOP’s power.

I’m thinking it’s about time to fight the Civil War all over again. It’s not a geographical war though…not this time. The crazies are embedded everywhere, now.

]]> By: Diamond LeGrande http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/11/04/rudy-giuliani-vs-blacks/#comment-59941 Diamond LeGrande Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:18:40 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=4830#comment-59941 Nah, the 14th. The 14th Amendment has been a thorn in the sights of right-wingers ever since it was adopted. It ultimately bothers them more than income tax. Nah, the 14th. The 14th Amendment has been a thorn in the sights of right-wingers ever since it was adopted. It ultimately bothers them more than income tax.

]]> By: durablend http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/11/04/rudy-giuliani-vs-blacks/#comment-59940 durablend Sun, 04 Nov 2007 19:51:18 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=4830#comment-59940 So he's going to campaign on repealing the 13th amendment? Time to grab the popcorn! So he’s going to campaign on repealing the 13th amendment?

Time to grab the popcorn!

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