Affirmative action necessarily discriminates again someone.



LSAT has a voluntary question regarding the examinees' race. There are no questions if requesting from which neighborhood or if they are related to an alumni of a college. Race plays a large part on the LSAT as one can declare one's race on the exam itself. Invitations mailed out to potential candidates by the Law Schools themselves take this into account. The UofM law School boosted weight of the LSAT score of black candidates by 20%ile points for admission to the law school. When universities which receive public funds discriminate in such a manner, such discrimination is unconstitutional and unjust. If a private university were to conduct themselves in such a manner that is not our concern; only those which accept monies from the public purse.



Sorry, but racial quotas are issued by cities, universities, cities, towns, federal, local and municipal governments. They can be voted on by a city council, issued by a mayor, POTUS, governors, heads of departments etc. No JUDGE is required to mandate a racial quota. As for private companies' hiring practices I have no issue. They can do whatever they want with their own money as long as the are not being provided funds from the public purse. They should be allowed to pursue their own policies in the hiring of people they chose one way or another, of course most of the time any such "discrimination" perpetrated by such private companies are in favor of the "protected minority" however if that discrimination was to have any semblance of going the other way all the self-appointed maven Reverends would amass a bunch of goons from the hood to intimidate corporate execs and employees to submitting to their whims as has occurred on many an occasion.

Of course the "protected minorities" as you so aptly deigned to describe such groups is goes to speak of an attitude and mindset of entitlement visible in certain segments of society who believe that special quotas, entitlements and considerations should be bequeathed to members of the "protected minority".



Of course this is not about balance or reparations as there are should not be any group rights but only individual rights. Hence there is no reason for compensation to any group of people. If that was the case we should be suing each and every member of Anthony Johnson's race for bringing bring slavery to the American colonies, but this would just as absurd a proposition as "reparations" (for what????) and balance (??? why ???). Everyone should be considered on individual merit.

Of course beneficiaries of affirmative action never find it repugnant of have themselves place ahead of a more deserving individual in the same vein as a burglar has no repugnance when stealing the goods of another's labor.

Since you are unable to read and understand what the article said... let me quote from the article itself...
"But employment bounced back much more quickly. It took four years after the 1990 recession began for the labour market to recover; three years after the 1981 recession, and two years (for both GDP and jobs) to recuperate in the past recession. The downturn in the early 1990s was marked by a rare double-dip recession."

They are talking about the recession in 1990 NOT the the one in 2008. Trouble comprehending English after a remidial course in Ebonics???

While some areas particularly manufacturing was hit hard, the core value of the economy fell merely 3.3% in Canada. With little _actual_ bailout spending (as opposed to slated) Canada did indeed take q hard but quick hit during the recession. As your own article states. Of course Harper, who happened to teach economics at the University of Calgary which is known for its Miltonsque faculty did not pursue JMK policies which maintained the prolonged the great depression in the United States.

Rather I know such assertions were merely false claims excreted from the socialist rectum and flung in the hope that it would hit something and stick.

The rest of the assertions copied from a the radical socialist mouth piece for the extreme left was hacked off and not worthy of response. Communist dictatorships which instituted the dictatorship of the proletariat loved sticking democracy/democrat in the official name of the country. It was never about democracy but an agenda of subjugating and enslavement. Hmmm … Come to think of it the Democratic party favored slavery did they not?

It is noteworthy that it was the Republicans who fought for the freeing of the slaves and gave blacks the vote. When democrats voted 61% to 39% in favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 while the Republicans voted 80%-20% in favor. Conservative have defended the rights of blacks while the Democrats have not. Now I mean real right not assumed right.

In American politics, the Southern strategy refers to an alleged Republican Party strategy of winning elections in Southern states by exploiting anti-African American racism and fears of lawlessness among Southern white voters and appealing to fears of growing federal power in social and economic matters (generally lumped under the concept of states rights). Though the "Solid South" had been a longtime Democratic Party stronghold due to the Democratic Party's defense of slavery prior to the American Civil War and segregation for a century thereafter, many white Southern Democrats stopped supporting the party following the civil rights plank of the Democratic campaign in 1948 (triggering the Dixicrats), the African-American Civil Rights Movement, the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, and desegregation.
The strategy was first adopted under future Republican President Richard Nixon in the late 1960s and continued through the latter decades of the 20th century under presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.[1] The strategy was successful in some regards. It contributed to the electoral realignment of Southern states to the Republican Party, but at the expense of losing more than 90 percent of black voters to the Democratic Party. As the 20th century came to a close, the Republican Party began trying to appeal again to black voters, though with little success.[1] During the 2000s decade, Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman formally apologized for his party's use of the Southern Strategy in the previous century. Michael Steele served as the party's first African-American chairman from January 2009-January 2011.

Good riddance for the Democratic Party. Now the Republicans are saddled with them. It's a difficult taint to deodorize.

Though our labour market did not lose jobs for 27 long months as in the U.S., he reminds us we have one of the worst debt to income ratios in the world.

In fact Canadians have the worst debt to income ratio of 20 OECD nations.

He went on to deliver this shocker: today Canada’s household savings rate ($2.80 on every $100 dollars of household income) is less than half that of the U.S. ($6.40 on every $100). He said that’s the first time this has occurred since the 1970s

Interest rates are at historic lows, lower than even when the Bank of Canada was first put into place, in 1934. That means it is easier than ever to borrow and less attractive to save. But that ignores a bigger truth: it’s getting harder to save, and not just for the poorest among us.

Unremitting increases in the costs of housing, education and transportation while incomes are stagnant (or worse) means it may take a long time for savings rates to climb.

Rising debt levels since the crisis began is one obvious indication of how hard this is going to be: In the fall of 2008, before the crisis hit, Canadians owed $1.40 owed on every dollar of disposable income. That broke all previous records. At last count (1st quarter of 2010), the average Canadian household owed $1.47 on every dollar they took in.

Krugman reminds us of what we all know: interest rates have nowhere to go but up. Indeed, it’s a fine balancing act, leaving behind an era of easy money, and making ends meet.

Oh and the two of three factions of the Communist Party of the United States joined the Democratic party. Looks like the the Democrats threw out Pol Pot and recruited Hitler instead!!! lol

Oh and the Communist Party of the United States endorsed B0 and the Democrats for 2012.

Oh and the two of three factions of the Communist Party of the United States joined the Democratic party. Looks like the the Democrats threw out Pol Pot and recruited Hitler instead!!

I came across this fascinating article. While Canada was hardly touched by the Republican Depression of 2007, there is apparently another shoe to drop, Canada's Conservative Government doesn't seem to have posted a very impressive performance in recent times. Canada's household savings rate is credited with having spared the country from the ravages of our 2007 Depression, but now, Canada's household savings rate has plummeted to the lowest rate since 1938. Doesn't auger well for the future.


http://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/commentary/canadian-households-among-highest-debt-income-ratios-world



It's easy to forget Canada with the American preoccupation with its own problems. It will be fascinating to see what Canada's Conservative Government can do with it's grim future.

Founded in 1919, the Communist Party USA has championed the struggles for democracy, labor rights, women’s equality, racial justice and peace for ninety years. The Communist Party has an unparalleled history in the progressive movement of the United States, from the struggle against Jim Crow segregation, the organizing of the industrial unions, from the canneries of California, to the sweatshops



I feel ya, who would want to be endorsed by such people?,,,,lol

Yes all blacks should vote for the Communist Party of the United States after all. You certainly love their endorsement. Oh I forgot the progressive movement...

"The emergency problem of segregation and sterilization must be faced immediately. Every feeble-minded girl or woman of the hereditary type, especially of the moron class, should be segregated during the reproductive period. Otherwise, she is almost certain to bear imbecile children, who in turn are just as certain to breed other defectives. The male defectives are no less dangerous. Segregation carried out for one or two generations would give us only partial control of the problem. Moreover, when we realize that each feeble-minded person is a potential source of endless progeny of defect, we prefer the policy of immediate sterilization, of making sure that parenthood is absolutely prohibited to the feeble-minded"

or this

"Eugenists imply or insist that a woman's first duty is to the state; we contend that her duty to herself is her first duty to the state. We maintain that a woman possessing an adequate knowledge of her reproductive functions is the best judge of the time and conditions under which her child should be brought into the world. We further maintain that it is her right, regardless of all other considerations, to determine whether she shall bear children or not, and how many children she shall bear if she chooses to become a mother."

Positively great company from your point of view.

It’s really sad to me that a Canadian knows more about American economy and politics than most Americas. BTW...that is not a slight to anyone debating our Canadian friend in this thread, but was aimed at American citizens in general.

That being said, I’m not here to engage in the debate going on here, but just to make a general comment on the topic of the relation of jobs and Obamacare.

I’m in the same boat as most middle class, small business owners right now…maybe more so because I’m engaged in a business that is not as necessary as other services these days. Everyone on my staff has taken pay cuts over the last couple of years to ensure that none of our workers jobs are cut.

We already pay as much as $40 in liability and workman’s comp insurance per $100 in salary on our workforce. My accountant and I have crunched the numbers 20 different ways, but the bottom line of each spells the same failure…if I have to provide health insurance or pay fines for being unable, there will be 31 more people looking for jobs…32 including myself. I am not independently wealthy, so there is not a thing I'll be able to do about it.

As far as I can see, Herman Cain is the only one really giving much attention to the issues facing small businesses. People seem to forget that small businesses are an important part of our economy and could be a ready resource toward the creation of jobs. Forget about us and we will simply be swallowed up or fade away.

perhaps stick to canadian politics?

there is no 'vote' for a 'communist party', no communist party candidates, no registration or place on our ballots for communist party either,,,

and

what do eugenists have to do with the Communist Party of America?

Founded in 1919, the Communist Party of the United States of America has championed the struggles for democracy, labor rights, women’s equality, racial justice and peace for ninety years. The Communist Party has an unparalleled history in the progressive movement of the United States, from the struggle against Jim Crow segregation, the organizing of the industrial unions, from the canneries of California, to the sweatshops of New York City.

Oh I forgot the progressive movement... listing quotes from the progressive movement

if I have to provide health insurance or pay fines for being unable

QUOTE:
perhaps stick to canadian politics?

there is no 'vote' for a 'communist party', no communist party candidates, no registration or place on our ballots for communist party either,,,

and

what do eugenists have to do with the Communist Party of America?


I love the "stick to Canadian Politics" part... That would work IF your George Soros and the boost B0 crowd did not interfere in ours. But then again I would have every right to "interfere" since I moved here as a teenager from the US.

http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/09/01/15216861.html

You seem so good at copying and pasting that you should be able to track down your closest chapter of the CPUS from their website which I see you have visited or just perhaps contact one of your fellow travelers about their community organization.

Now on to the eugenics part...

A close and personal friend of mine who happened to be Al Gore's manager in San Francisco in 1992 relate this incident. Al Gore speaking a black gathering with the usual bombast explained to the black folk that Al Sr. championed civil right and lost his senate seat for voting for the CRA of 1964. All the black folk gave Hot Air Al a standing O for it. The reality is that Al was one of the senators who voted against the CRA 1964 and other major civil rights legislation. The audience was obviously made up of a bunch of imbeciles and morons.

Now to bring this together... You said
QUOTE:

Founded in 1919, the Communist Party of the United States of America has championed the struggles for democracy, labor rights, women’s equality, racial justice and peace for ninety years. The Communist Party has an unparalleled history in the progressive movement of the United States, from the struggle against Jim Crow segregation, the organizing of the industrial unions, from the canneries of California, to the sweatshops of New York City.
which was a copy and paste hack job from the Communist Party's website located at http://www.cpusa.org/communist-party-usa

to which I replied
QUOTE:

Oh I forgot the progressive movement... listing quotes from the progressive movement


Do you get it?

thats the divide in american politics, there are 'groups' which all feel a candidate represents them,, but few candidates represent all groups

I have a friend who is a business oner and he would disagree that health insurance causes him any problem whatsoever

I also dont see any 'small business' connections to herman cain

or evidence that our canadian friend is so terribly informed about the american economy or politics

I'm not promoting Herman Cain, I only said that there is only one I've heard address the issues with small businesses and how important they are in our ecomony...it just happened to be Herman Cain. This is how little small businesses are being thought of in this economy or as having a role in possible solutions.

If you are interested in seeing a video of what Herman Cain has to say about small businesses, I can try to find it...but like I said...not promoting him and don't necessarily believe he has any real answers.

Your friend is obviously in a business where he is not mandated to pay $40 on the $100 for insurance already. And he is probably not in the only business catagory that is going to be required to carry health insurance for as few as 5 employees.

For someone who hates big corporations so much due to their greed, an oportunistic ways,I'm a little surprised you are not a little more sympathetic to the smaller businesses who are not driven by greed, and care individually about their employees. I'm surprised to get such a cool reply from you of all people.

I dont hate corporation, I do hate greed and opportunism

I am sympathetic to small business, I just dont necessarily believe healthcare reform will cause them such hardship