TonyC:

I'm afraid I have to disagree with those who think you would be an excellent lawyer. Again, you've failed to read the post. Then you went on with a quite lengthy discussion of various civil rights laws that really became quite a bore.

For the second time, Please read and re-read posts before you write. It seems that you're so eager to make your point, that you leave out the opportunity to reflect on what the poster is saying. Certainly we will never come to agreement, or even closer to the middle if we behave in this way. And we won't have a Republic for long if we sanction this behavior.

So many on this thread have attempted to have a stimulating discussion of the topic without allowing it to turn into a slugfest. Please try to respect this by reading, considering, and then posting.

In a nutshell, I spoke about the elimination of programs I said nothing about eliminating Laws. The Legislative branch of our government is tasked with creating Laws. The Executive Branch has tasked the various adminsitrative divisions to carry out the Laws. Sometimes this is done by creating among other things various programs through their offices, if they believe that the program will enhance or further the intent (spirit) of the Law. These programs and Laws can be challenged and then reviewed by the Judicial Branch of government in case they are found to be illegal or unconstitutional, respectively.

Please forgive me for all the bolding, but I am trying to be perfectly clear.



Oh, by the way: I have to admit, I really butchered LBJs quote.

Lyndon B. Johnson June 4, 1965

"But freedom is not enough. You do not wipe away the scars of centuries by saying: Now you are free to go where you want, and do as you desire, and choose the leaders you please.

You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, "you are free to compete with all the others," and still justly believe that you have been completely fair.

Thus it is not enough just to open the gates of opportunity. All our citizens must have the ability to walk through those gates.

This is the next and the more profound stage of the battle for civil rights. We seek not just freedom but opportunity. We seek not just legal equity but human ability, not just equality as a right and a theory but equality as a fact and equality as a result."

In his commencement speech to Howard University.


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