1. “there is no way we can not increase revenues”
The problem with increasing revenues is that any increase in revenues, up to confiscating 100% of the wealth of the “rich” will not make a dent in the debt or the deficits. When you increase revenues, it only encourages them to spend even more, if that’s even possible. The problem is they SPEND way too much. If there are things the government is currently doing that they can’t afford, they need to stop. Tax increases are proven over and over again to stifle economic growth, while revenues to the government consistently prove to INCREASE when taxes are cut, due to robust economic growth and a wider tax base.

2. Conservatives do not argue that no weapons should be illegal, at least I have not heard it. I have heard some arguing that we should be able to own tanks and such, but I don’t believe that is a widely held veiw. The whole “huge ammo clips” argument is bunk also, as mentioned in a previous post of mine. A sheriff did an experiment to challenge this notion, which can be found recorded on video, and shows that an individual can fire off just basically just as many rounds with several smaller magazines of ammo in the same amount of time as a high capacity magazine, including the time to change magazines. The difference was negligible. The point is, we already have a background check system in place, and expanding it will not prevent massacres like Sandy Hook. The evil among us do not need to pass background checks, as they don’t feel the need to obey laws. These things only serve to stifle law abiding citizens from excercising their 2nd Amendment rights.

3. I applaud your not wanting to infringe on other Adult Females rights, however, you neglect to mention the rights of the unborn child. That is, unless you don’t consider the unborn human beings. I think we should talk of women’s responsibilities instead of “rights”. A human being is responsible for their actions, including their sexuality. Just because someone acts in an irresponsible manner, does not mean they gain the “right” to extinguish another life. I can see rare instances of rape and incest as exceptions, but too often this argument is used by “pro-choice” advocates to push for abortion on demand type policies.

So I really think that these ideas, while clothed in “moderation” only serve to enable the left to purchase more and more ground in these debates. They may seem “moderate” in terms of the current state of the debate, but I believe the “debate” has become somewhat muddled, and there are greater, universal truths that often aren’t even considered, because they are talked about as “extreme”.

There are acceptible positions in the middle that have provided the model for democracy for years. Not until lately has the far fringes become the controlling parties and we see what has happened to the USA over the past 2 decades.

My mother, who is 50% East Indian and 50% black and my father is mixed with chinese, black, and spanish. My parents sound very exotic to some but the end result was a child (me) who looks black but with more defined features like the stereotypical chinky eyes and “mixed” looking hair.

My maternal grandmother, who was black, glorified all her biracial children because she, my grandmother, was the outcast amongst her siblings, who had a different father from her and they were biracial (creole chinese). So she in return married my grandfather, a 3rd generation East Indian who ironically considered himself “black” because he was not raised as a traditional hindu so he can not identify with the Indian culture……he just looks it.

Anyhow, I recall when i was a teenager or so asking my grandmother about her family history and background. She told me her mother was a French Creole…….my grandmother’s maiden name was Piaget and she spoke creole. So here we go…..I’m like well who was 100% African and black in your family cuz you look black for a reason…..OMG….she frumpled up her face and said the word “African” in such disdain that I couldn’t believe what I was hearing or seeing. All she said was no we dont have Africans in my family. Ignorance. But she was born in 1924 and raised during a time where to be fear-skinned was doted upon and to be dark-skinned was inferior and shunned. And within the black race it is still regarded as such in these modern day times. But it just goes to show you how the mindset can be infiltrated generation to generation.

So how do I self-identify? I do not tick African-American on those forms that ask me to choose from the list of options. I check other and identify myself as Trinidadian-American. How can I deny all of these wonderful races that are a part of me just because I look more like one race than the other? Why not have European-American as an option also? I was born American but raised Trini. I recall resenting my parents when I was younger because they were determined to raise me “their” way, they refused to have me become like the American kids I was friends with….idle, no respect and manners, not taking their school work seriously……

I grew up in the Wash., DC area, attended Syracuse University, got a good job (money wise) and moved to Philly, where as the gentleman somewhere above mentioned that a lot of blacks in Philly are Muslim……Yes they are and it irritates me for a different reason. In my opinion it’s a monkey see, monkey do thing and an insult to the “real” practicing Muslims/Islamic culture.

So…..are the Egyptians black? So based on what I have read and gathered from Egyptian friends who are near and dear…….Present day Egypt is more or less Arab which makes sense considering the vast majority of North Africa was taken over by the Arabs. I think the rest is self-explanatory as to who the Arabs ran out and conquered. And yes they too along with Black Africans sold many Africans into slavery for profit. Its a shame on both ends as far as the mindset of the European in those times to want enslave folks to do their labor, the torture alone is sickening and those in Africa who sold their own into it. 2 wrongs don’t make a right. But that was history and we’re supposed to learn from it. I would just like to say from my own personal experiences from college on up to my everyday work life~physically its gone but mentality wise it is not. And I’ve never heard Black American claiming Egypt as part of their ancestry, maybe in the context of being “African” and not black.

And Black America is so lost when it comes to their identity. And the reason I glorify mine for being a first generation American. And I think this is why they patronize Africans…..it is the one bond that is lost but not forgotten…..

I recall visiting Nigeria with a few close friends (asian, nigerian, and american) back in 2006. One of my friends was going to try and start a business there after visiting Nigeria before and falling in love with the country. We went to a business seminar to support her which was run by a caucasian American and everything sounded great until he said “Africa has a lot of problems. We want to forget about the problems and take their money” which in my opinion has always been the case……What other continent has so many natural resources from oil to minerals to precious metals……And a pity that the govt is so corrupt in Africa. Money is the root of all evil.
And yes Jesus was middle-eastern and looked probably like a stereotypical Israeli. Today, you see people not fitting the stereotypical look of certain geographical areas due to the mixing of races and ethnicities. Such is life and so are the times we live in.

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