tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post2192724885775794274..comments2024-03-28T10:05:08.122-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: When Corpse Revived at the Funeral, the Outraged Mourners Killed ItUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-39198628886970126992014-08-18T16:39:55.745-04:002014-08-18T16:39:55.745-04:00speaking of what harry truman said, i read the let...speaking of what harry truman said, i read the letter to his sweetheart, proposing marriage, linked at rob payne's place - i am in general agreement with him with respect to<br /><br /><b>Don't you abhor snobs? Think of such men as Morgan paying to be allowed to dance with royalty. You know there isn't a royal family in Europe that wouldn't disgrace any good citizen to belong to.</b><br /><br />he then goes on to express racist sentiments - however, at least with regard to our fellow citizens of african descent, his actions while president are not in accord with the views he expressed in 1911 - wikipedia tell us<br /><br /><i>A 1947 report by the Truman administration titled To Secure These Rights presented a detailed ten-point agenda of civil rights reforms. In February 1948, the president submitted a civil rights agenda to Congress that proposed creating several federal offices devoted to issues such as voting rights and fair employment practices. This provoked a storm of criticism from Southern Democrats in the runup to the national nominating convention, but Truman refused to compromise, saying: "My forebears were Confederates ... but my very stomach turned over when I had learned that Negro soldiers, just back from overseas, were being dumped out of Army trucks in Mississippi and beaten." Tales of the abuse, violence, and persecution suffered by many African American veterans upon their return from World War II infuriated Truman, and were a major factor in his decision to issue Executive Order 9981, in July 1948, desegregating and requiring equal opportunity in the Armed Forces. </i>mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-27223648618186379692014-08-18T14:06:06.463-04:002014-08-18T14:06:06.463-04:00James Risen calls Obama 'greatest enemy of pre...<i>James Risen calls Obama 'greatest enemy of press freedom in a generation'</i><br /><br />HOPE AND/OR CHANGE, MY FIENDS!<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com