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To: Arthur Radley who wrote (70926)	4/7/2009 10:59:04 PM
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1857 MINNESOTA CONSTITUTION WRITTEN Let's begin at the beginning -- of Minnesota's entry into the Union. Minnesota became part of the United States as the Minnesota Territory in 1849, and eight years later, Minnesotans drafted a Constitution. Well, actually, two constitutions, one written by Republicans and one by Democrats. A major point of contention: whether black males should have the right to vote. Republicans argued yes, but Democrats strongly disagreed, and the only way to break this deadlock and allow Minnesota to become a state was a compromise. So Republicans and Democrats agreed that the constitution would prohibit slavery and guarantee religious freedom, but while everyone could worship as they chose, only white males would be allowed to vote. But, as part of the compromise, the Constitution would be easy to change -- allowing Republicans to come back and amend it in the future. That they did, coming back time and again to raise the issue of non white suffrage. In 1868, ten years after Minnesota became a state and three years after the end of the Civil War, they finally succeeded ing passing an Amendment to Minnesota's Constitution. Minnesota thus became one of the few states to voluntarily extend voting rights to blacks -- two years before the 15th amendment to the U.S. Constitution would mandate non-white suffrage. humanrights.state.mn.us

To: Arthur Radley who wrote (70926)	4/7/2009 11:39:48 PM
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MoveOn.org once asked this question: Who will pay for the deficit? I wonder if they still care? PopModal - The Conservative alternative to YouTube popmodal.com

To: Arthur Radley who wrote (70926)	4/8/2009 12:04:37 AM
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Hope and Change Meets Reality By Mark Noonan on Signals Intelligence Blogs For Victory Now what were you liberals saying about wiretaps? <<< The Obama administration is again invoking government secrecy in defending the Bush administration’s wiretapping program, this time against a lawsuit by AT&T customers who claim federal agents illegally intercepted their phone calls and gained access to their records. Disclosure of the information sought by the customers, “which concerns how the United States seeks to detect and prevent terrorist attacks, would cause exceptionally grave harm to national security,” Justice Department lawyers said in papers filed Friday in San Francisco. Kevin Bankston of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a lawyer for the customers, said Monday the filing was disappointing in light of the Obama presidential campaign’s “unceasing criticism of Bush-era secrecy and promise for more transparency.” >>> Yeah. No kidding. Kudos to President Obama for having at least some sense of national security - but minus a million points for irresponsibly buying into the kook left talking points about signals intelligence during the campaign. Naturally, you liberals out there are going to call for Obama’s impeachment. Right? blogsforvictory.com