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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 09:21 PM
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This country was founded on the principle
that all men are created equal. ...

I can't wait until the CEOs on Wall Street and their ilk are on the streets, learning to panhandle from those who have had to live on them for years. That kind of "equality" is one I can live with, even if it's nasty to the bone.

No more monstrous payoffs to corporate plunderers while their "minions" collect minmum wage. From now on, they will have to earn their money honestly.
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kirby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 09:29 PM
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1. I thought blacks were 3/5 equal? n/t
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alexandria Donating Member (175 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 09:52 PM
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2. Actually the bill of rights consists of more than six words.
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-09 03:54 AM
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3. That might be true
but the origin of the principle I was paraphrasing is from the Declaration of Independence. a full 13 years earlier.

A sign of the times is that the equality is only offered to men, and white men at that. Since then, of course both blacks and women have been given the vote, too, so presumably they are supposed to be as "equal" as white men.

The leaders who helped bring us our new nation weren't as prescient as some of us would like, but at the very least, we inherited an awesome legacy regardless.
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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-09 05:51 AM
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4. If only it would come to pass. n/t
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-09 07:21 AM
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5. Actually, only white, land owning, protestant men were considered equal.
Everyone else had to fight their way in.
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