"I'm 76 and I'm Tired" by Bill Cosby

 
 I'm 76. Except for brief period in the 50's when I was doing my National
 Service, I've worked hard since I was 17. Except for some serious
 health challenges, I put in 50-hour weeks, and didn't call in sick in
 nearly 40 years. I made a reasonable salary, but I didn't inherit my job or my
 income, and I worked to get where I am. Given the economy, it looks as
 though retirement was a bad idea, and I'm tired. Very tired.
 
 I'm tired of being told that I have to "spread the wealth" to people who
 don't have my work ethic. I'm tired of being told the government will
 take the money I earned, by force if necessary, and give it to people too lazy
 to earn it.
 
 I'm tired of being told that Islam is a "Religion of Peace," when every
 day I can read dozens of stories of Muslim men killing their sisters, wives and
 daughters for their family "honor"; of Muslims rioting over some slight
 offense; of Muslims murdering Christian and Jews because they aren't
 "believers"; of Muslims burning schools for girls; of Muslims stoning
 teenage rape victims to death for "adultery"; of Muslims mutilating the
 genitals of little girls; all in the name of Allah, because the Qur'an
 and Shari'a law tells them to.
 
 I'm tired of being told that out of "tolerance for other cultures" we
 must let Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries use our oil money to fund mosques
 and madrassa Islamic schools to preach hate in Australia , New Zealand ,
UK, America and Canada , while no one from these countries are allowed to
 fund a church, synagogue or religious school in Saudi Arabia or any other
 Arab country to teach love and tolerance..
 
 I'm tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global
warming, which no one is allowed to debate.
 
 I'm tired of being told that drug addicts have a disease, and I must help
 support and treat them, and pay for the damage they do. Did a giant germ
 rush out of a dark alley, grab them, and stuff white powder up their
 noses or stick a needle in their arm while they tried to fight it off?
 
 I'm tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and politicians of
 all parties talking about innocent mistakes, stupid mistakes or youthful
 mistakes, when we all know they think their only mistake was getting
 caught. I'm tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or poor.
 
 I'm really tired of people who don't take responsibility for their lives
 and actions. I'm tired of hearing them blame the government, or
 discrimination or big-whatever for their problems.
 
 I'm also tired and fed up with seeing young men and women in their teens
 and early 20's be-deck them selves in tattoos and face studs, thereby making
themselves un-employable and claiming money from the Government.
 
 Yes, I'm damn tired. But I'm also glad to be 76.. Because, mostly, I'm
 not going to have to see the world these people are making. I'm just sorry
 for my granddaughter and her children. Thank God I'm on the way out and not
 on the way in.
 
 There is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us
sends it on!

 This is your chance to make a difference.

 " I'm 76 and I'm tired. If you don't forward this you
 are part of the problem".

Have You Ever Seen This?

I for one, am thankful for the power of the Internet. I would never see this in or on any of this country's main media outlets.....Shame on them...!!! DO YOU  KNOW WHAT THIS IS?  OR WHERE THIS IS?  This statue currently stands outside the Iraqi palace, now home to the 4th Infantry division.   It will eventually be shipped home and put in the memorial museum in Fort Hood,  Texas The statue was created by an Iraqi artist named  Kalat, who for years was forced by Saddam Hussein to make the many hundreds of bronze busts of Saddam that dotted Baghdad   Kalat was so grateful for the America's liberation of his country; he melted 3 of the heads of the fallen Saddam and made the statue as a memorial to the American soldiers and their fallen warriors  Kalat worked on this memorial night and day for several months.    To the left of the kneeling soldier is a small Iraqi girl giving the soldier comfort as he mourns the loss of his comrade in arms.  Do you know why we don't hear about this in the news?  The media avoids it because it does not have the shock effect.  But we can do something about it.    We can pass this along to as many people as we can in honor of all our brave military who are making a difference. And please pass this on!

CATCHING PIGS

There was a chemistry professor in a large college that had some exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab, the Prof noticed one

young man, an exchange student, who kept rubbing his back and stretching as if his back hurt.

The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country's government and install a new communist regime.

In the midst of his story, he looked at the professor and asked a strange question He asked: "Do you know how to catch wild pigs?"

The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young man said that it was no joke.

"You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming.

When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence.

They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side.

The pigs, which are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat that free corn again.

You then slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd. Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom.

They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught.

Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity."

The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees happening in America ..... The government keeps pushing us toward Communism/Socialism and keeps  spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tax exemptions, tobacco subsidies,

dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc. while we continually lose our freedoms, just a little at a time.

One should always remember two truths:

1) There is no such thing as a free lunch, someone is paying for it;

2) and when you begin to think that having your government provide for you and make your decisions is ok, realize that you’ve also given up the freedom that goes with making your own choices.

If you see that all of this wonderful government 'help' is a problem confronting the future of democracy in America, you might want to send this on to your friends.

If you think the free ride is essential to your way of life, then you will probably delete this email.

But heaven help you when the gate slams shut.

Four Worms in Church

Four Worms in Church (Four worms and a lesson to be learned !!!)     A Minister decided that a visual demonstration would add emphasis to his Sunday sermon. Four worms were placed into four separate jars. The first worm was put into a container of alcohol. The second worm was put into a container of cigarette smoke. The third worm was put into a container of chocolate syrup. The fourth worm was put into a container of good, clean soil. At the conclusion of the sermon, the Minister reported the following results: The first worm in alcohol .. Dead. The second worm in cigarette smoke .. Dead. The third worm in chocolate syrup .. Dead. The fourth worm in good, clean soil .. Alive . So the Minister asked the congregation, "What did you learn from this demonstration?" Maxine was sitting in the back and quickly raised her hand and said, "As long as you drink, smoke, and eat chocolate, you won't have worms!" That pretty much ended the service !! Today is International Disturbed People's Day. Please send an encouraging message to a disturbed friend .. Just as I have done. GO GREEN - Recycle Congress in 2012 !

"I've Learned..." The insigths of life

If  you will take the time to read these. I promise you'll come away with
an enlightened perspective. The subjects covered affect us all on a daily basis:

They were  written by Andy Rooney, a man who had the gift of saying so
much with so few words. Enjoy.......

 I've  learned..... That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person. 

 I've learned..... That when you're in love, it shows. 

 I've learned..... That just one person saying to me, "You've made my day!" makes my day.

 I've  learned..... That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the
 most peaceful feelings in the world.

 I've learned..... That being kind is more important than being right.

 I've  learned..... That you should never say no to a gift from a child. 

 I've learned..... That I can always pray for someone when I don't
have the strength to help him in some other way. 

 I've learned..... That no matter how serious your life requires you
to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with. 

 I've learned..... That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to
hold and a heart to understand. 

 I've learned..... That simple walks with my father around the block
on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.

 I've learned..... That life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets
to the end, the faster it goes.

 I've learned..... That we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.

 I've  learned..... That money doesn't buy class.

 I've learned..... That it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular. 

  I've  learned..... That under everyone's hard shell is someone who
wants to be appreciated and loved.

 I've learned..... That to ignore the facts does not change the facts.

 I 've learned..... That when you plan to get even with someone,
you are only letting that person continue  to hurt you.

 I've learned..... That love, not time, heals all wounds.

 I've learned..... That the easiest way for me to grow as a person
 is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.

 I've learned..... That everyone you meet deserves to be
greeted with a smile.

 I've  learned..... That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them. 

I've learned.... That life is tough, but I'm tougher. 

 I've learned..... That opportunities are never lost;  someone will
take the ones you miss.

 I've  learned..... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness
will dock elsewhere. 

 I've learned..... That I wish I could have told my Mom that
I love her one more time before she passed away. 

 I've learned..... That one should keep his words both soft
and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them. 

 I've learned...... That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.

 I've learned...... That when your newly born grandchild holds
your little finger in his little fist,  you're hooked for life.

 I've  learned..... That everyone wants to live on top of the
mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it. 

I've learned..... That the less time I have to work with,  the more things I get done.

To all of you.... Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence.

The Laws of ....

1Law of Mechanical Repair - After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee.

2.Law of Gravity - Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible place in the universe.


3.Law of Probability - The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.


4.Law of Random Numbers - If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal - and someone always answers.
6.Variation Law - If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now (works every time).


7.Law of the Bath - When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings.


8.Law of Close Encounters - The probability of meeting someone you know INCREASES dramatically when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.


9.Law of the Result - When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, IT WILL!!!


10.Law of Biomechanics - The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.


11..Law of the Theater & Hockey Arena - At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle, always arrive last.  They are the ones who will leave their seats several times to go for food, beer, or the toilet and who leave early before the end of the performance or the game is over. The folks in the aisle seats come early, never move once, have long gangly legs or big bellies and stay to the bitter end of the performance. The aisle people also are very surly folk.


12.The Coffee Law - As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.


13.Murphy's Law of Lockers - If there are only 2 people in a locker room, they will have adjacent  lockers.


14.Law of Physical Surfaces - The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor, are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet or rug.


15.Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible IF you don't know what you are talking about.


16.Brown's Law of Physical Appearance - If the clothes fit, they're ugly.

17.Oliver's Law of Public Speaking --A CLOSED MOUTH GATHERS NO FEET!!!


18.Wilson's Law of Commercial Marketing Strategy - As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it.


19.Doctors' Law - If you don't feel well, make an appointment to go to the doctor, by the time you get there you'll feel better.. But don't make an appointment, and you'll stay sick.

Socialism by Dr. Thomas Sowell

I think that you're gonna love what Dr. Sowell has the say. If not the Truth hurts, and I know how that works.

Thomas Sowell (born June 30, 1930) is an American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author. A National Humanities Medal winner, he advocates laissez-faire economics and writes from a libertarian perspective. He is currently a Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

Sowell was born in North Carolina, but grew up in Harlem, New York. He dropped out of high school, and served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War. He had received a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1958 and a master's degree from Columbia University in 1959. In 1968, he earned his doctorate degree in economics from the University of Chicago.

Dr. Sowell has served on the faculties of several universities, including Cornell and University of California, Los Angeles, and worked for "think tanks" such as the Urban Institute. Since 1980 he has worked at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of more than 30 books.

By Dr. Sowell

The current Occupy Wall Street movement is the best illustration to date of what President Barack Obama's America looks like. It is an America where the lawless, unaccomplished, ignorant and incompetent rule.

It is an America where those who have sacrificed nothing pillage and destroy the lives of those who have sacrificed greatly.

It is an America where history is rewritten to honor dictators, murderers and thieves. It is an America where violence, racism, hatred, class warfare and murder are all promoted as acceptable means of overturning the American Civil society.

It is an America where humans have been degraded to the level of animals: defecating in public, having sex in public, devoid of basic hygiene. It is an America where the basic tenets of a civil society, including faith, family, a free press and individual rights, have been rejected. It is an America where our founding documents have been shredded and, with them, every person's guaranteed liberties.

It is an America where, ultimately, great suffering will come to the American People, but the rulers like Obama, Michelle Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Joe Biden, Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan, liberal College professors, union bosses and other loyal liberal/Communist Party members Will live in opulent splendor.

It is the America that Obama and the Democratic Party have created with the willing assistance of the American media, Hollywood , unions, universities, the Communist Party of America, the Black Panthers and numerous anti-American Foreign entities.

Barack Obama has brought more destruction upon this country in four years than Any other event in the history of our nation, but it is just the beginning of what he And his comrades are capable of.

The Occupy Wall Street movement is just another step in their plan for the Annihilation of America.

"Socialism, in general, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it."

Thomas Sowell

1913-21 Woodrow Wilson-establishes criminal banker control in USA

War is a Racket......I wouldn't go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the bankers. There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket. - Major General Smedley Butler, USMC

What is war really about?...Let's ask one of the most decorated US Marines hero's of all time....U.S. Marine Major General Smedley D. Butler.......

"War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small 'inside' group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes."...


..."I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents."

Smedley Butler excerpt from the movie "The Corporation"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQoBAc95tnw

Smedley Butler on Interventionism

-- Excerpt from a speech delivered in 1933, by Major General Smedley Butler, USMC.

War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.

I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we'll fight. The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100 percent. Then the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag.

I wouldn't go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the bankers. There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket.

There isn't a trick in the racketeering bag that the military gang is blind to. It has its "finger men" to point out enemies, its "muscle men" to destroy enemies, its "brain men" to plan war preparations, and a "Big Boss" Super-Nationalistic-Capitalism.

It may seem odd for me, a military man to adopt such a comparison. Truthfulness compels me to. I spent thirty- three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle- man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.

I suspected I was just part of a racket at the time. Now I am sure of it. Like all the members of the military profession, I never had a thought of my own until I left the service. My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military service.

I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912 (where have I heard that name before?). I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.

During those years, I had, as the boys in the back room would say, a swell racket. Looking back on it, I feel that I could have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.


Another highly decorated general and former Commander In Chief warned us....Ike.....have we listened? Have we learned? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y06NSBBRtY

Occupy Wall Street Crowd Blind to Benefits of Capitalism

By Gary Wolfram
William Simon Professor of Economics and Public Policy
Hillsdale College

Whenever I watch media coverage of another Occupy Wall Street event I am reminded of an exchange between Jewish protesters in the 1979 Monte Python movie Life of Brian. One of the protesters asks another what the Romans have brought to the area and the conversation goes like this:

Question: All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
Answer: Brought peace?
Response: Oh, peace - shut up!

The point is that the Roman institutions brought a good deal to the area that was being overlooked by the protesters. The Wall Street protesters, in their hatred of capitalism, overlook things including the fact that over the last 100 years capitalism has reduced poverty more and increased life expectancy more than in the 100,000 years prior.

Every semester I ask my students: "What would you rather be? King of England in 1263 or you?" Turns out, students would rather be themselves. They enjoy using their iPhone, indoor plumbing, central heating, refrigerators and electric lighting. All of these things are available to the average person in America today and none of them were available to the aristocracy when the West operated under the feudal system.

How is it that for thousands of years mankind made very little progress in increasing the standard of living and yet today half of the goods and services you use in the next week did not exist when I was born? It wasn't that there was some change in the DNA such that we got smarter. The Greeks knew how to make a steam engine 3,000 years ago and never made one. The difference is in how we organize our economic system. The advent of market capitalism in the mid 18th century made all of the difference.

We need not just rely on historical data. Look at cross-section evidence. I try another experiment with my students. I tell them they are about to be born and they can choose whatever country in the world they would like to be born in. The only caveat is they will be the poorest person in that country. Every student picks a country that is primarily organized in a market capitalist system. No one picks a centrally planned state. No one says, "I want to be the poorest person in North Korea, Cuba, or Zimbabwe," countries which are at the bottom of the Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom.

What does it mean to be poor in our capitalist society that the Occupy Wall Street crowd so hates? Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation has several studies of those classified as poor by the U.S. Census Bureau. He found that 80 percent of poor persons in the United States in 2010 had air conditioning, nearly three quarters of them had a car or truck, nearly two-thirds had satellite or cable television, half had a personal computer and more than two-thirds had at least two rooms per person.

Contrast this with what it means to be poor in Mumbai, India, a country that is moving rapidly towards market capitalism but was burdened for decades with a socialist system. A recent story in The Economist described Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, where for many families half of the family members must sleep on their sides in order for the entire family to squeeze into its living space.

The Occupy Wall Street movement has shown a lack of understanding of how the market capitalist system works. They appear to think that the cell phones they use, food they eat, hotels they stay in, cars they drive, gasoline that powers the cars they drive and all the myriad goods and services they consume every day would be there under a different system, perhaps in more abundance.

But there is no evidence this could be or ever has been the case. The reason is that only market capitalism solves the two major problems that face any economy-how to provide an incentive to innovate and how to solve the problem of decentralized information. The reason there is so much innovation in a market system compared to socialism or other forms of central planning is that profit provides the incentive for innovators to take the risk needed to come up with new products.

My mother never once complained that we did not have access to the latest Soviet washing machine. We never desired a new Soviet car. The socialist system relies on what Adam Smith referred to as the benevolent butcher and while there will undoubtedly be benevolent butchers out there, clearly a system that provides monetary rewards for innovators is much more dynamic and successful. The profit that the Occupy Wall Street protesters decry is the reason the world has access to clean water and anti-viral drugs.

The other major problem that must be solved by any economic system is how to deal with the fact that information is so decentralized. There is no way for a central planner to know how many hot dogs 300 million Americans are going to want at every moment in time. A central planner cannot know the relative value of resources in the production of various goods and services. Market capitalism solves that problem through the price system. If there are too few hot dogs, the price of hot dogs will rise and more hot dogs will be produced. If too many hot dogs are produced, the price of hot dogs will fall and fewer will be produced.

Market capitalism is the key to the wealth of the masses. As Ludwig von Mises wrote in his 1920 book, Socialism, only market capitalism can make the poor wealthy. Nobel Laureate Friedrich Hayek in his famous 1945 paper, The Use of Knowledge in Society, showed that only the price system in capitalism can create the spontaneous order that ensures that goods will be allocated in a way that ensures consumers determine the use of resources. The Occupy Wall Street movement would make best use of its time and energy in protesting the encroachment of the centrally planned state that led to the disaster of the Soviet Union, fascist Germany, and dictatorial North Korea.
This article was originally posted at the Media Research Center's Business and Media Institute blog.

The most racist political party on earth

Thanks to my Friends Three percenters III%'s these Historical Facts are presented here for you to view and see WHO defies the Words of the Greatest Patriot of ALL TIMES and gave HIS life for YOU and me, Jesus called the Christ said, "So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."
-- John 8:7.

Who is the most racist political party on earth and REFUSES to admit it, because they think that THEY are ABOVE the law:

DEMOCRATIC PARTY ELITES (And this does not mean I am defending the Republican party elites, or blaming the everyday American who considers themselves a Democrat or Republican, but hey, the truth is the truth!)

Therefore, read and weep, and if you don't believe these statements, start with the latest date and work backwards, since they are the most recent in history. If you want a book to read regarding the HATE of the Democratic Party, read the book "Unfounded Loyalty" by author Wayne Perryman, an African-American. He also had notes for the simplest of the uneducated.

So let's start:

 "Democrats are unwavering in our support of equal opportunity for all Americans. That’s why we’ve worked to pass every one of our nation’s Civil Rights laws, and every law that protects workers. Most recently, Democrats stood together to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act."

 -- Democratic Party website in 2010

 On every civil rights issue, Democrats have led the fight. We support vigorous enforcement of existing laws, and remain committed to protecting fundamental civil rights in America.

 This is the kind of BS spewed by Congressional Democrats on a daily basis, and unfortunately the media and other so-called watchdogs are so apparently ignorant of American history, Congressional Democrats continue to LIE through their teeth to their constituents, and via academia, to our kids. Despite the truth being out there for years, it’s probably not going to explode until some big shot news anchor gives us an “explosive expose” bringing us all those facts first, so he/she can proudly receive a Pulitzer…

 While I have only scratched the surface of civil rights history, here’s an except from yet another list of historical bullet points that dispute Democrat claims of civil rights support. As you read through it, remember, Congressional Democrats claim they “are unwavering in our support of equal opportunity for all Americans.

That’s why we’ve worked to pass every one of our nation’s Civil Rights laws”…

  

October 13, 1858

 During Lincoln-Douglas debates, U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas (D-IL) states: “I do not regard the Negro as my equal, and positively deny that he is my brother, or any kin to me whatever”; Douglas became Democratic Party’s 1860 presidential nominee

 April 16, 1862

 President Lincoln signs bill abolishing slavery in District of Columbia; in Congress, 99% of Republicans vote yes, 83% of Democrats vote no

 “Democrats are unwavering in our support of equal opportunity for all Americans. That’s why we’ve worked to pass every one of our nation’s Civil Rights laws… On every civil rights issue, Democrats have led the fight.”

 July 17, 1862

 Over unanimous Democrat opposition, Republican Congress passes Confiscation Act stating that slaves of the Confederacy “shall be forever free”

 January 31, 1865

 13th Amendment banning slavery passed by U.S. House with unanimous Republican support, intense Democrat opposition

 April 8, 1865

 13th Amendment banning slavery passed by U.S. Senate with 100% Republican support, 63% Democrat opposition

 November 22, 1865

 Republicans denounce Democrat legislature of Mississippi for enacting “black codes,” which institutionalized racial discrimination

 February 5, 1866

 U.S. Rep. Thaddeus Stevens (R-PA) introduces legislation, successfully opposed by Democrat President Andrew Johnson, to implement “40 acres and a mule” relief by distributing land to former slaves

 April 9, 1866

 Republican Congress overrides Democrat President Johnson’s veto; Civil Rights Act of 1866, conferring rights of citizenship on African-Americans, becomes law

May 10, 1866

 U.S. House passes Republicans’ 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the laws to all citizens; 100% of Democrats vote no

 June 8, 1866

 U.S. Senate passes Republicans’ 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the law to all citizens; 94% of Republicans vote yes and 100% of Democrats vote no

 January 8, 1867

 Republicans override Democrat President Andrew Johnson’s veto of law granting voting rights to African-Americans in D.C.

 July 19, 1867

 Republican Congress overrides Democrat President Andrew Johnson’s veto of legislation protecting voting rights of African-Americans

 March 30, 1868

 Republicans begin impeachment trial of Democrat President Andrew Johnson, who declared: “This is a country for white men, and by God, as long as I am President, it shall be a government of white men”

 September 12, 1868

 Civil rights activist Tunis Campbell and 24 other African-Americans in Georgia Senate, everyone a Republican, expelled by Democrat majority; would later be reinstated by Republican Congress

 October 7, 1868

 Republicans denounce Democratic Party’s national campaign theme: “This is a white man’s country: Let white men rule”

 October 22, 1868

 While campaigning for re-election, Republican U.S. Rep. James Hinds (R-AR) is assassinated by Democrat terrorists who organized as the Ku Klux Klan

 December 10, 1869

 Republican Gov. John Campbell of Wyoming Territory signs FIRST-in-nation law granting women right to vote and to hold public office

 February 3, 1870

 After passing House with 98% Republican support and 97% Democrat opposition, Republicans’ 15th Amendment is ratified, granting vote to all Americans regardless of race

 May 31, 1870

 President U.S. Grant signs Republicans’ Enforcement Act, providing stiff penalties for depriving any American’s civil rights

 June 22, 1870

 Republican Congress creates U.S. Department of Justice, to safeguard the civil rights of African-Americans against Democrats in the South

 September 6, 1870

 Women vote in Wyoming, in FIRST election after women’s suffrage signed into law by Republican Gov. John Campbell

 February 28, 1871

 Republican Congress passes Enforcement Act providing federal protection for African-American voters

 April 20, 1871

 Republican Congress enacts the Ku Klux Klan Act, outlawing Democratic Party-affiliated terrorist groups which oppressed African-Americans

 October 10, 1871

 Following warnings by Philadelphia Democrats against black voting, African-American Republican civil rights activist Octavius Catto murdered by Democratic Party operative; his military funeral was attended by thousands

 October 18, 1871

 After violence against Republicans in South Carolina, President Ulysses Grant deploys U.S. troops to combat Democrat terrorists who formed the Ku Klux Klan

 November 18, 1872

 Susan B. Anthony arrested for voting, after boasting to Elizabeth Cady Stanton that she voted for “the Republican ticket, straight”

 January 17, 1874

 Armed Democrats seize Texas state government, ending Republican efforts to racially integrate government

 September 14, 1874

 Democrat white supremacists seize Louisiana statehouse in attempt to overthrow racially-integrated administration of Republican Governor William Kellogg; 27 killed

 March 1, 1875

 Civil Rights Act of 1875, guaranteeing access to public accommodations without regard to race, signed by Republican President U.S. Grant; passed with 92% Republican support over 100% Democrat opposition

 January 10, 1878

 U.S. Senator Aaron Sargent (R-CA) introduces Susan B. Anthony amendment for women’s suffrage; Democrat-controlled Senate defeated it 4 times before election of Republican House and Senate guaranteed its approval in 1919. Republicans foil Democratic efforts to keep women in the kitchen, where they belong

 February 8, 1894

 Democrat Congress and Democrat President Grover Cleveland join to repeal Republicans’ Enforcement Act, which had enabled African-Americans to vote

 January 15, 1901

 Republican Booker T. Washington protests Alabama Democratic Party’s refusal to permit voting by African-Americans

 May 29, 1902

 Virginia Democrats implement new state constitution, condemned by Republicans as illegal, reducing African-American voter registration by 86%

February 12, 1909
On 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, African-American Republicans and women’s suffragists Ida Wells and Mary Terrell co-found the NAACP

May 21, 1919

 Republican House passes constitutional amendment granting women the vote with 85% of Republicans in favor, but only 54% of Democrats; in Senate, 80% of Republicans would vote yes, but almost half of Democrats no

 August 18, 1920

 Republican-authored 19th Amendment, giving women the vote, becomes part of Constitution; 26 of the 36 states to ratify had Republican-controlled legislatures

 January 26, 1922
 House passes bill authored by U.S. Rep. Leonidas Dyer (R-MO) making lynching a federal crime; Senate Democrats block it with filibuster

 June 2, 1924

 Republican President Calvin Coolidge signs bill passed by Republican Congress granting U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans

 October 3, 1924

 Republicans denounce three-time Democrat presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan for defending the Ku Klux Klan at 1924 Democratic National Convention

 June 12, 1929

 First Lady Lou Hoover invites wife of U.S. Rep. Oscar De Priest (R-IL), an African-American, to tea at the White House, sparking protests by Democrats across the country

 August 17, 1937

 Republicans organize opposition to former Ku Klux Klansman and Democrat U.S. Senator Hugo Black, appointed to U.S. Supreme Court by FDR; his Klan background was hidden until after confirmation

 June 24, 1940

 Republican Party platform calls for integration of the armed forces; for the balance of his terms in office, FDR refuses to order it

August 8, 1945

Republicans condemn Harry Truman’s surprise use of the atomic bomb in Japan. The whining and criticism goes on for years. It begins two days after the Hiroshima bombing, when former Republican President Herbert Hoover writes to a friend that “The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul.”

 September 30, 1953

 Earl Warren, California’s three-term Republican Governor and 1948 Republican vice presidential nominee, nominated to be Chief Justice; wrote landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education

 November 25, 1955

 Eisenhower administration bans racial segregation of interstate bus travel

 March 12, 1956

 Ninety-seven Democrats in Congress condemn Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education, and pledge to continue segregation

 June 5, 1956

 Republican federal judge Frank Johnson rules in favor of Rosa Parks in decision striking down “blacks in the back of the bus” law

 November 6, 1956

 African-American civil rights leaders Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy vote for Republican Dwight Eisenhower for President

 September 9, 1957

 President Dwight Eisenhower signs Republican Party’s 1957 Civil Rights Act

 September 24, 1957

 Sparking criticism from Democrats such as Senators John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, President Dwight Eisenhower deploys the 82nd Airborne Division to Little Rock, AR to force Democrat Governor Orval Faubus to integrate public schools

May 6, 1960

 President Dwight Eisenhower signs Republicans’ Civil Rights Act of 1960, overcoming 125-hour, around-the-clock filibuster by 18 Senate Democrats

May 2, 1963

 Republicans condemn Democrat sheriff of Birmingham, AL for arresting over 2,000 African-American school children marching for their civil rights

 September 29, 1963

 Gov. George Wallace (D-AL) defies order by U.S. District Judge Frank Johnson, appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower, to integrate Tuskegee High School

 June 9, 1964

 Republicans condemn 14-hour filibuster against 1964 Civil Rights Act by U.S. Senator and former Ku Klux Klansman Robert Byrd (D-WV), who still served in the Senate at this time

 June 10, 1964

 Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) criticizes Democrat filibuster against 1964 Civil Rights Act, calls on Democrats to stop opposing racial equality. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was introduced and approved by a staggering majority of Republicans in the Senate. The Act was opposed by most southern Democrat senators, several of whom were proud segregationists—one of them being Al Gore Sr. Democrat President Lyndon B. Johnson relied on Illinois Senator Everett Dirksen, the Republican leader from Illinois, to get the Act passed.

 August 4, 1965

 Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) overcomes Democrat attempts to block 1965 Voting Rights Act; 94% of Senate Republicans vote for landmark civil right legislation, while 27% of Democrats oppose. Voting Rights Act of 1965, abolishing literacy tests and other measures devised by Democrats to prevent African-Americans from voting, signed into law; higher percentage of Republicans than Democrats vote in favor

February 19, 1976

President Gerald Ford formally rescinds President Franklin Roosevelt’s notorious Executive Order authorizing internment of over 120,000 Japanese-Americans during WWII

 September 15, 1981

 President Ronald Reagan establishes the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, to increase African-American participation in federal education programs

 June 29, 1982

 President Ronald Reagan signs 25-year extension of 1965 Voting Rights Act

 August 10, 1988

 President Ronald Reagan signs Civil Liberties Act of 1988, compensating Japanese-Americans for deprivation of civil rights and property during World War II internment ordered by FDR

 November 21, 1991

 President George H. W. Bush signs Civil Rights Act of 1991 to strengthen federal civil rights legislation

 August 20, 1996

 Bill authored by U.S. Rep. Susan Molinari (R-NY) to prohibit racial discrimination in adoptions, part of Republicans’ Contract With America, becomes law

 And let’s not forget the words of liberal icon Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood…

 "We should hire three or four colored ministers, preferably with social-service backgrounds, and with engaging personalities. The most successful educational approach to the Negro is through a religious appeal. We don’t want the word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population…."

 -- Margaret Sanger

So the next time any Democrat Congressional claims they’ve been supportive of civil rights in America (and been so all along), ask them to explain their past. “We’ve grown” is not gonna cut it, considering they continue to lie about their past to this day, and only someone lacking in common sense would believe two distinct political parties could juxtaposition their stances on civil rights seemingly overnight.