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  • The Beginning Of The End For Affirmative Action?

    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a Michigan voter initiative that banned racial preferences in admissions to the state’s public universities.
    http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/us...-ban.html?_r=0


    It's about time - right?
    Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

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    This seems to be the proper ruling insofar as I see no constitutional reason why that particular law could not be upheld.
    "I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill

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    • #3
      Originally posted by seer View Post
      Hey! Maybe people should "not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character". I think I must have "dreamed" that up, or something, but it sounds like a GREAT IDEA!!!!
      The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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      • #4
        Want to bet that the left will go crazy! Well more crazy than they already are...
        Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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        • #5
          Originally posted by seer View Post
          Want to bet that the left will go crazy! Well more crazy than they already are...
          Yeah, but it's fun to watch. I think you can count on JimL to put this all in perspective, though.
          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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          • #6
            The only way to rid this world of racial bigotry and inequality is to give some races preferential treatment over others.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by cmd View Post
              the only way to rid this world of racial bigotry and inequality is to give some races preferential treatment over others.
              lol...
              Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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              • #8
                Originally posted by CMD View Post
                The only way to rid this world of racial bigotry and inequality is to give some races preferential treatment over others.
                Yep. Institutionalized discrimination is the solution to the problem of institutionalized discrimination.
                I DENOUNCE DONALD J. TRUMP AND ALL HIS IMMORAL ACTS.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by seer View Post
                  You're late - the real 'beginning of the end' started when part of the CRA was struck down.
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by CMD View Post
                    The only way to rid this world of racial bigotry and inequality is to give some races preferential treatment over others.
                    Wasn't the last time they tried that it was called segregation?
                    Worked out pretty well.
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                    • #11
                      Um, guys, I think CMD was being sarcastic...
                      "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Teallaura View Post
                        Um, guys, I think CMD was being sarcastic...
                        Yeah, I got that this time.
                        I DENOUNCE DONALD J. TRUMP AND ALL HIS IMMORAL ACTS.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Teallaura View Post
                          You're late - the real 'beginning of the end' started when part of the CRA was struck down.
                          That was the FORERUNNER of the beginning of the end.
                          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                            That was the FORERUNNER of the beginning of the end.
                            No, that was the class action suit.
                            "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Teallaura View Post
                              No, that was the class action suit.
                              Like my momma would say* "you'd argue with the devil!"






                              *to my older brother, Rogue, that is
                              The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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