December 15th............. sm
Posted By: m on 2008-11-29
In Reply to: lest you all forget.....sm - dnh
Which happens to be my birthday. Obama as POTUS would be one heck of a birthday present! ROFL
There are reports that the electorates are very nervous about the upcoming EC vote because of the possibility of putting someone into office that could possibly be a fraud and also because of what overturning the popular vote would bring. They are in a very precarious position and I would not like to be in their shoes. I'd rather be a trader on Wall Street right now. Probably a whole lot less stress.
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try the 15th amendment to the Constitution...sm
15th Amendment to the Constitution
The 15th Amendment to the Constitution granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." Although ratified on February 3, 1870, the promise of the 15th Amendment would not be fully realized for almost a century. Through the use of poll taxes, literacy tests and other means, Southern states were able to effectively disenfranchise African Americans. It would take the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 before the majority of African Americans in the South were registered to vote. 
Close, 22 in December
But you have to start somewhere right? I could be like the majority of "kids" my age, buying $200,000 dollar homes, brand new cars, having babies, and then going "OH CRAP, credit doesn't mean free??"
My point of the post was that it's not fair for those who make more to have to give to those of us who make less. We have to climb our way up the economic ladder just like everyone else. If someone LEGITIMATELY needs help, let's give it to them.
But it shouldn't take the government to do that.
Pretty stupid, because the 15th amendment was never revoked. And soon
after it was ratified, by the beginning of 1868, more than 700,000 blacks had registered to vote. Black voters gained majorities in South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, and Mississippi. The southern black voters elected many black politicians in the majority states and throughout the South: fourteen black politicians were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and two to the Mississippi State Senate.
The right for blacks to vote has NEVER been revoked. The KKK may have made it difficult for black Americans to vote for a time, but they always had the right!
None of this will matter after December 2012 anyway.
Only one problem. This happened in late December
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