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To: American Spirit who wrote (281601)	3/24/2006 1:45:15 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1586434

and LBJ had his black strategy, with his war on poverty and his welfare give away

To: American Spirit who wrote (281601)	3/24/2006 1:57:27 PM
From: AK2004	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1586434

re: "Looters" is code language for "blacks". Just like "redneck" is code language for whites who come out of a racist background. I checked the dictionary and while redneck is a racial term looter is not red·neck ( P ) Pronunciation Key (rdnk) n. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a member of the white rural laboring class, especially in the southern United States. A white person regarded as having a provincial, conservative, often bigoted attitude. loot ( P ) Pronunciation Key (lt) n. Valuables pillaged in time of war; spoils. Stolen goods. Informal. Goods illicitly obtained, as by bribery. Informal. Things of value, such as gifts, received on one occasion. Slang. Money. v. loot·ed, loot·ing, loots v. tr. To pillage; spoil. To take as spoils; steal. v. intr. To engage in pillaging. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Hindi l, from Sanskrit loptram, lotram, plunder. See reup- in Indo-European Roots.] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- looter n. [Download Now or Buy the Book] Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. looter n : someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn: plunderer, pillager, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter]