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First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.
Originally posted by Gorman91
The common decency of the American citizenry will right the wrong.
Originally posted by beijingyank
reply to post by xuenchen
Call the Anti Boycott Alliance?
F _ C K Y O _
You wanna buy a vowel?
Originally posted by Gorman91
reply to post by Sherlock Holmes
The civil rights act wouldn't have been needed if things took their course and elected officials favored equity and talked about it more. I don't really recall nearly as much commotion with woman's rights and the vote, and they have been oppressed for as long as mankind could think.
The civil rights act was the never-surprising pretend-we-care-but-don't response from government.
This country didn't need a civil rights act for the Irish, for the Italians, for the Germans, for the Chinese, for the Japanese, etc etc. Because the common decency of the citizenry accepted these people in due time.
The reason why it never happened for the blacks as it did with all the aforementioned is beyond me. I'm sure I could think of a few reasons, but overall, I don't care to waste time in such things.
You make a man dependent on the government for fetching his rights, and you destroy that man's rights. Make a man dependent on himself and his brothers for his rights, and the American citizenry will absorb him.
There was a time, shortly after the civil war, where blacks started becoming politicians, businessmen, etc etc. The same pattern for the Irish and Italians. What happened to stop this is beyond me. But I would ask you to ponder thins. In 1993 there was a TV show that showed a wealthy successful black family taking in a kid from the inner streets, and the show watched that young man grow up into the successful family and become just as awesome as they were. Why are such shows not on any more?
The equal time, or more accurately, the equal opportunity provision of the Communications Act requires radio and television stations and cable systems which originate their own programming to treat legally qualified political candidates equally when it comes to selling or giving away air time. Simply put, a station which sells or gives one minute to Candidate A must sell or give the same amount of time with the same audience potential to all other candidates for the particular office.
As a threshold matter, the Commission does not have authority to grant Kucinich’s request that the Commission order CNN to include him in the subject debate. As stated previously, the Commission is prohibited from engaging in activities that might be regarded as censorship of programming content. Requiring a particular candidate to be included in a debate would constitute such activity and, therefore, is prohibited.
the cable operator or broadcast station is only obligated to afford equal opportunities to the candidate; the candidate is not entitled to appear in the same program as his opponent.
Originally posted by Gorman91
reply to post by BRAVO949
That's a generalization. It's not like a tribe of people are unilaterally in agreement as to how to proceed.
There's a group of rich men who want more money.
God spoke of such men. They are called worshipers of Mammon.