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To: Joe Btfsplk who wrote (224027)	10/13/2007 10:42:19 PM
From: Bearcatbob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793600

koan is stuck in the '60s. He considers his protests at the time as one of the great accomplishments of his life. He is in many ways the ultimate conservative. He simply cannot recognize the need for change - or the fact that change has occurred.

To: Joe Btfsplk who wrote (224027)	10/14/2007 3:33:57 AM
From: John Carragher	Respond to of 793600

i grew up in a city of about 130,000, yet never met a black person until two years after i graduated. He was the one who encouraged me to get my degree. he had an associate degree from the accounting college i thought of attending from hs but cost too much ($800yr). talk about life in retirement another friend who retired when i did only he was age 50, started on his second career, he devoted his life to the church, became a minister and goes back to nyc three days aweek to help in his old neighborhood church. I have so much respect for choice and unselfish dedication to others.

To: Joe Btfsplk who wrote (224027)	10/14/2007 10:33:58 AM
From: koan	Read Replies (7) \| Respond to of 793600

I understand Clarence Thomase's positions very well. I also understand racism very well. The African American communty hates Clarence Thomas. And they are angry he was given their one "black seat' on the supremem court. Thurgood Marshall was a black man, African Americans were very proud of. Clarence Thomas was put on the court by conservative white group, over the vociferous objections of the black community and as a way to get a conservative vote, but still be able to say, see we put a black man on we are not racists. And if th eleft said anything the republicans could jsut say see you are the racist. Dirty trick! It was a very dirty trick the republicans pulled. It seems to me the black community should have had the right to pick whom they wanted to represent them on the supreme court, not have CT thrust upon them. Clarence Thomas as done nothing to help the black community. He just rubber stamps whatever Scalia wants to do, seldom speaks and does not have the respect of his peers which refelects on blacks and makes them ashamed of him. Thurgood Marshall, on the other hand, was also a lion and the black community was very proud of him and rightly so.