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To: Wayners who wrote (803114)	8/21/2014 1:52:35 AM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579723

>Stuyvesant High School in New York Stuyvesant is a public school. He just had to pass tests to get in. No money involved. -Z

To: Wayners who wrote (803114)	8/21/2014 1:53:42 AM
From: tejek	1 Recommendation Recommended By Don Hurst Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1579723

Believing that the police today are the same as they were 40 years ago is the same as believing that families in the U.S. don't need the wife to work because the man is bringing in all the income the family needs. Times change. Given the reports coming out of Ferguson, some things don't seem to have changed at all. Holder is still living in the past. By the way, as a poor man growing up from Barbados with no African slave heritage, how exactly did he pay for Stuyvesant High School in New York, Columbia University and Columbia Law School? How did Obummer pay for Occidental, Columbia and Harvard working at Baskin Robbins? Both were smart men. They did it on scholarships and student loans. They certainly are smarter and more competent than anything the right can produce.

To: Wayners who wrote (803114)	8/21/2014 11:28:16 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579723

Believing that the police today are the same as they were 40 years ago is the same as believing that families in the U.S. don't need the wife to work because the man is bringing in all the income the family needs. Times change. Holder is still living in the past. By the way, as a poor man growing up from Barbados with no African slave heritage, how exactly did he pay for Stuyvesant High School in New York, Columbia University and Columbia Law School? Barbados? He was born in the US. As for his education, the man is fairly brilliant. In addition to his august and long legal career, this man also is responsible for raising billions of dollars during the worse recession since WW II, a recession caused in part by the GW Bush presidency. Here is his bio.....read up and learn about this impressive man: Eric Holder Biography Legal Professional (1951–) Synopsis Eric Holder was born on January 21st, 1951 in New York City. He attended Columbia Law School. Holder was an associate judge of the D.C. Superior Court under Reagan; U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., then deputy attorney general under Clinton; and for Obama, Holder was senior legal advisor to his presidential campaign, and is now the first African-American Attorney General in history. Early Education and Career: Judge, lawyer, political advisor. Born Eric Himpton Holder, Jr. on January 21st, 1951, to parents Eric and Miriam Holder in New York City. His mother was a telephone operator, and his father was a real estate broker. His parents both held strong ties to Barbados; his father emigrated from Saint Joseph, and his mother's family emigrated from Saint Philip. The eldest of two brothers, Holder grew up in the predominantly black neighborhood of East Elmhurst, Queens. Holder attended a public school in his neighborhood until the fourth grade, when he was selected to participate in a program for intellectually gifted children. The school consisted of predominantly white students, which Holder says forced him to keep his "foot in both worlds." This only became more apparent when it came time to attend high school. While his friends at home chose to attend public schools in Queens, Holder's white schoolmates were taking an exam to enter the city's most elite institutions. Holder got into the prestigious Stuyvesant High School, an hour-and-a-half commute from his home, which pulled him even farther away from his neighborhood friends and community. Holder says he concentrated mainly on his studies in high school, and felt overwhelmed by the rigorous academic demands placed on him at Stuyvesant. But the young man stayed well rounded; he was selected as the captain of the basketball team, and in 1969 he earned his high school diploma, as well as a Regents Scholarship. That same year, Holder entered college at Columbia University. He played freshman basketball, attended shows at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, spent Saturdays mentoring local kids, and became active in civil rights. He received his bachelor's degree in American history from Columbia University in 1973. In 1974, he began attending Columbia Law School while also clerking for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the Department of Justice's Criminal Division. In 1976, Holder earned his law degree, and The Department of Justice gave him a job as part of the attorney general's honors program. He was assigned to the newly formed Public Integrity Section, which investigated and prosecuted official corruption on the local, state and federal levels. Appointments Under Reagan, Clinton and Bush In 1988, Holder was nominated by former President Reagan to become an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. During this time he presided over hundreds of civil and criminal trials. Holder was then nominated by President Clinton to serve as the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C. in 1993. He was the first African-American to serve in the position. During his four-year term, he created a domestic violence unit, a community prosecution project, and a program for restricting gun laws. In 1997, Holder made history yet again when President Clinton nominated him to be the deputy attorney general. Holder was quickly confirmed several months later by a unanimous vote in the Senate. He was the first African- read more........... biography.com