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To: koan who wrote (768339)	2/7/2014 3:07:44 PM
From: joseffy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578787

Doesn't that sound exactly like Obama/Jarrett and Chicago politics? When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion - when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed." Ayn Rand

To: koan who wrote (768339)	2/7/2014 3:18:10 PM
From: joseffy	2 Recommendations Recommended By dave rose FJB Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578787

NAACP Asks Mass. House Not To Expel Congressman Convicted of Beating Girlfriend 2.7.2014 by Jeff Dunetz truthrevolt.org On Thursday afternoon, the Massachusetts House of Representatives will vote on whether or not to expel Rep. Carlos Henriquez (D-MA) who is currently serving a six-month sentence for holding down and beating his then girlfriend because she didn't want to have sex. Strangely, the NAACP is urging the House to allow Henriquez? to keep his seat. According to the Boston Herald: “The NAACP, New England Area Conference (NEAC), respectfully requests that the Massachusetts House of Representatives abstain from voting in the matter of the expulsion of Representative Carlos Henriquez, expected to come before the House today,” the organization said in a letter. “In the alternative, Members of the House are asked to vote against the expulsion of their colleague.” The NAACP notes that Henriquez’s criminal conviction for assaulting a woman is under appeal, and states that the Legislature currently has “no rule for expulsion that applies to misdemeanor convictions.” “Representative Henriquez was duly elected by the electorate and there is no legal basis upon which the House of Representatives can properly act,” the NAACP said in its statement. “Delaying any decision on the House Ethics Committee’s recommendation at this time would allow for a fair process to take place, as required under the law.” Being a civil rights organization the NAACP should be supporting the woman who was beaten, rather than the criminal.