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Old 11-05-2010, 06:35 PM
 
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"My theory is more primitive: a critical mass of white Americans would rather not have something than see black and Latino Americans get it too."

It's Better Over There | The Nation
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Old 11-05-2010, 06:39 PM
 
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"My theory is more primitive: a critical mass of white Americans would rather not have something than see black and Latino Americans get it too."

It's Better Over There | The Nation
Um.. flaw with your racist assumption.. A very large percentage of blacks and latinos already have insurance.. its called Medicaid...

The vast majority of those uninsured are white..

You just discredited the link you posted and the thread all in the first sentence...
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Old 11-05-2010, 06:42 PM
 
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"My theory is more primitive: a critical mass of white Americans would rather not have something than see black and Latino Americans get it too."

It's Better Over There | The Nation

I just have to ask....is something seriously off with you that you would post this? Are you trying to be funny??
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Old 11-05-2010, 06:44 PM
 
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I just have to ask....is something seriously off with you that you would post this? Are you trying to be funny??
They just mistook cd for another liberal crazed forum site and didnt expect people here to have facts to dispute them...
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Old 11-05-2010, 06:46 PM
 
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They just mistook cd for another liberal crazed forum site and didnt expect people here to have facts to dispute them...
Oh, I see....whew...I was getting really worried.
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Old 11-05-2010, 06:49 PM
 
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Another opinion piece fit for lining the birdcage.
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Old 11-05-2010, 07:03 PM
 
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I just have to ask....is something seriously off with you that you would post this? Are you trying to be funny??
No, there is nothing funny about this. This is what I been thinking for a long time and I found it expressed in that article better than I could do it myself.
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Old 11-05-2010, 07:25 PM
 
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Holy Crap. It's astounding. Pretty much anything you don't agree with, blame it on the white guy. I would like to say it's unbelievable but sadly I see it more and more and mostly from trust fund wonder bread babies. Have you ever seen a people hate themselves and people like them so much?
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Old 11-05-2010, 07:32 PM
 
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No, there is nothing funny about this. This is what I been thinking for a long time and I found it expressed in that article better than I could do it myself.
You should have clicked that little "About the author" link.
Katha Pollitt is well known for her wit and her keen sense of both the ridiculous and the sublime.

I dont think her story was intended to be taken seriously...
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Old 11-05-2010, 07:58 PM
 
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You should have clicked that little "About the author" link.
Katha Pollitt is well known for her wit and her keen sense of both the ridiculous and the sublime.

I dont think her story was intended to be taken seriously...
I went back to the article. There is nothing I don't agree with, including this:

"My friend David Abraham, a historian and legal scholar, gave a fascinating talk at the American Academy in Berlin in which he suggested that the European welfare state is linked to ethnic homogeneity: people are more willing to share with those who seem like themselves."
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