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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:58:52 GMT, PMDavis <pmdlandarch@earthlink.net>
wrote:

>On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 06:18:14 GMT, "Lou P. Garrew" <howling@moon.com>
>wrote:
>
>>Trailer Pork Resident Schmucky wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 06:33:50 GMT, "Lou P. Garrew" <howling@moon.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> >Trailer Pork Resident Schmucky wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 07:40:57 GMT, "Lou P. Garrew" <howling@moon.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> > It ultimately insures a dingwally of a case of inflation,
>>> >> > which wipes out people on low or fixed incomes.
>>> >>
>>> >> Of course you liberals prefer the specter of deflation, exacerbated by
>>> >> pissant trade alliances like nafta and gatt, coupled with NO form of
>>> >> livable safe fixed income return...
>>> >
>>> >Hey, Schmucky, thanks for describing what the Republicans did to the
>>> >USA in the Twenties!
>>> 
>>> Which party was pro-slavery in the 1860s?
>>> 
>>Once again, by changing the subject you concede that I am right and you
>>are wrong. Why don't you just tattoo that on your forehead, Schmucky,
>>to match the KICK ME tattoo on your back?
>>
>>Now, Schmucky, maybe you've noticed how the Democrats have changed
>>since the days of slavery. Certainly many Americans of color have
>>noticed.
>
>Rather than say "Work our fields, and we will keep you clothed,
>sheltered, and fed as terms of servitude", the Democrats now say "Vote
>for us, and we will keep you clothed, sheltered and fed as terms of
>servitude."  One can argue that the change is less substitive than the
>Republican alternative, which is to, "Plan ahead, apply yourself, and
>you will be able to cloth, shelter, and feed yourself through your own
>efforts."

Don't worry Lou with annoying factual commentary please...


>>But let's discuss the Republicans. Which party pretty
>>much ran the USA in the post-bellum era? The REPUBLICANS! So, who
>>didn't fight Jim Crow & the Black Codes? Who didn't support
>>Union troops when they were occupying the South & battling
>>the Klan in a guerrila war? Who left colored men to hang,
>>literally & figuratively, while they loyally voted Republican
>>for DECADES? Which party GLADLY tolerated grandfather clauses
>>& poll taxes & literacy tests which were DESIGNED to keep
>>Negro men from voting? Hint: it was the REPUBLICANS! The same
>>party that sent militia to shoot honest workmen during strikes,
>>gave the 7th Cav. outdated single-shot weapons to use against
>>Indians with repeaters, & took bribes from rail barons for
>>favorable legislation.
>>
>>Got any more ignorance you need cured, Schmucky? Keep talking
>>& I'll help!
>>
>>Lou P. Garrew, at your service!
>
>
>What history book have you not read?  

Or more accurately what history book (singular) has he ever read?

> Republicans helped blacks hold
>office and adminster public affairs during reconstruction.  The Jim
>Crow laws and the Black Codes went into place after the Republicans
>pulled out at the end of reconstruction.  One could NOT be a
>Republican and a member of the KKK at the same time.  The KKK would
>only allow Democrats to join.  The southern political machines that
>kept blacks from voting through poll taxes and literary tests were
>exclusively Democratic.  After Reconstruction the Republican Party
>wasn't even viable in much of  the south up until the Reagan
>Revolution.

Factual.

>(Honest workman work for the their employer, they don't go on strike,
>by definition.)