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		<title>By: Andy</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2007/04/24/speak-no-truth/comment-page-3/#comment-89605</link>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>lukeNC @ #93: &quot;&lt;i&gt;I call abortion murder. Most of those murders occur at the hands of white women. Yet, conservatives say that that the â€œblack murderâ€ rate is higher, but when you include the abortions, whites have a much rate. &lt;/i&gt;&quot;

Please don&#039;t hang plausible propaganda out there to fester in the conscious.  It&#039;s like claiming, &quot;Yes it&#039;s bad, but they&#039;re worse, so I&#039;m off the hook&quot;.  Instead, methinks you need to look deeper.

The ugly truth: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blackelectorate.com/articles.asp?ID=657&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;BlackElectorate&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;The white population in America is in decline. The question for Black Americans is do they wish to accompany them? If the black abortion rate remains constant, it may be inevitable. &lt;b&gt;The Black population in America, according to the 2000 Census, comprised 12.3% of the population&lt;/b&gt; (12.9% if identified as black plus another race.) It is no longer the largest minority having been surpassed by Hispanics in 2000 (5 years sooner than anticipated.) &lt;b&gt;Black American women comprise 13.5% of the female population in the U.S. but have 34% of all the abortions&lt;/b&gt;. Black abortion rates are approximately 2.6 times higher than the white. Most of America&#039;s abortions take place in urban areas.

Planned Parenthood, the intellectual and philosophical stepchild of eugenicist and racist Margaret Sanger, has located 78% of their facilities in minority communities. No surprise there. Black pro-life organizations estimate that there have been 15 million fewer black births since Roe v. Wade. By 2038, if current population and immigration trends continue the black vote, a current source of political influence, will become insignificant. There are omens of this trend in the attention the Hispanics are getting from the dominant parties.

[SNIP]

The twin evils of unrestrained promiscuity and abortion are decimating a people on the eve of ever-greater achievements. Between the holocaust of AIDS in Africa and African-American abortion, the words &quot;black death&quot; once referring to the Bubonic Plague has taken on a new and horrifically modern definition. Of all the challenges faced by black people in America, abortion is among the greatest and most destructive. Nothing less than the future of Black Americans may be at stake.

Margaret Sanger must be smiling. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

Arguing that 66% of abortions are other than black is besides the point.  It also doesn&#039;t automatically mean whites did the rest.  For the sake of argument, what would the rate be if 55% of abortions were white and whites made up 80% of the population, vs making up 34% of the population?  Big difference, eh?

As noted by RedBeard, some conservatives lie.  So what?  Does it change truth?  No, it only means one needs to maintain diligence in finding truth.   A far cry from lying to hid the truth as is typical by socialist progressives. 

I wouldn&#039;t be so quick to judge one to be a liar based on use of stats.  Particularly if outdated stats had formed one&#039;s world view.  For them, it&#039;s just a matter of updating their references, but it doesn&#039;t make them a liar.  

Frankly, stats can only be absolute as a snapshot of a single point in time.  That same stat could change the very next minute, but it does not &quot;give lie&quot; to the original stat.  

In no sense is this as egregious as one who spouts fanciful stats that have no basis in reality.  Or stats that deliberately ignore or omit vital data.  Al Gored&#039;s inconvenient truth comes to mind.  Claiming that &quot;there is a consensus&quot; sounds airtight.  But peel the layers and you see that it&#039;s based on speculations, chicken-little-ism &amp; hyperbole, not to mention a large heaping of &quot;do a s I say &amp; not as I do&quot;.

&quot;&lt;i&gt;Be your own man or woman...&lt;/i&gt; Yeah right, it&#039;s good that you think abortion is murder. Seriously.  

However, for the uncritical thinking masses, it&#039;s kinda hard to do if one doesn&#039;t know truth when they see or hear it. And therin lies the rub.  Even if the total white murder rate, including abortion, were higher.  You&#039;re mixing apples and oranges.  One is still legally evil, the other a &quot;self-evident truth of the right to happiness via self-determination&quot;.

The black man/woman is being assaulted from all sides and the family ripped asunder by a thousand little lies like: &quot;keeping it real&quot;,  &quot;don&#039;t snitch&quot;, &quot;street cred&quot;, &quot;safe sex&quot;, &quot;it&#039;s all about you, girl&quot;, &quot;right to abortion&quot; ad nauseum.  But as sure as the Son will shine, we don&#039;t hold our breath waiting for the truth to out from the likes of the Justice Brothers and the socialist crusaders.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>lukeNC @ #93: &#8220;<i>I call abortion murder. Most of those murders occur at the hands of white women. Yet, conservatives say that that the â€œblack murderâ€ rate is higher, but when you include the abortions, whites have a much rate. </i>&#8221;</p>
<p>Please don&#8217;t hang plausible propaganda out there to fester in the conscious.  It&#8217;s like claiming, &#8220;Yes it&#8217;s bad, but they&#8217;re worse, so I&#8217;m off the hook&#8221;.  Instead, methinks you need to look deeper.</p>
<p>The ugly truth: <a href="http://www.blackelectorate.com/articles.asp?ID=657" rel="nofollow">BlackElectorate</a></p>
<blockquote><p>The white population in America is in decline. The question for Black Americans is do they wish to accompany them? If the black abortion rate remains constant, it may be inevitable. <b>The Black population in America, according to the 2000 Census, comprised 12.3% of the population</b> (12.9% if identified as black plus another race.) It is no longer the largest minority having been surpassed by Hispanics in 2000 (5 years sooner than anticipated.) <b>Black American women comprise 13.5% of the female population in the U.S. but have 34% of all the abortions</b>. Black abortion rates are approximately 2.6 times higher than the white. Most of America&#8217;s abortions take place in urban areas.</p>
<p>Planned Parenthood, the intellectual and philosophical stepchild of eugenicist and racist Margaret Sanger, has located 78% of their facilities in minority communities. No surprise there. Black pro-life organizations estimate that there have been 15 million fewer black births since Roe v. Wade. By 2038, if current population and immigration trends continue the black vote, a current source of political influence, will become insignificant. There are omens of this trend in the attention the Hispanics are getting from the dominant parties.</p>
<p>[SNIP]</p>
<p>The twin evils of unrestrained promiscuity and abortion are decimating a people on the eve of ever-greater achievements. Between the holocaust of AIDS in Africa and African-American abortion, the words &#8220;black death&#8221; once referring to the Bubonic Plague has taken on a new and horrifically modern definition. Of all the challenges faced by black people in America, abortion is among the greatest and most destructive. Nothing less than the future of Black Americans may be at stake.</p>
<p>Margaret Sanger must be smiling. </p></blockquote>
<p>Arguing that 66% of abortions are other than black is besides the point.  It also doesn&#8217;t automatically mean whites did the rest.  For the sake of argument, what would the rate be if 55% of abortions were white and whites made up 80% of the population, vs making up 34% of the population?  Big difference, eh?</p>
<p>As noted by RedBeard, some conservatives lie.  So what?  Does it change truth?  No, it only means one needs to maintain diligence in finding truth.   A far cry from lying to hid the truth as is typical by socialist progressives. </p>
<p>I wouldn&#8217;t be so quick to judge one to be a liar based on use of stats.  Particularly if outdated stats had formed one&#8217;s world view.  For them, it&#8217;s just a matter of updating their references, but it doesn&#8217;t make them a liar.  </p>
<p>Frankly, stats can only be absolute as a snapshot of a single point in time.  That same stat could change the very next minute, but it does not &#8220;give lie&#8221; to the original stat.  </p>
<p>In no sense is this as egregious as one who spouts fanciful stats that have no basis in reality.  Or stats that deliberately ignore or omit vital data.  Al Gored&#8217;s inconvenient truth comes to mind.  Claiming that &#8220;there is a consensus&#8221; sounds airtight.  But peel the layers and you see that it&#8217;s based on speculations, chicken-little-ism &amp; hyperbole, not to mention a large heaping of &#8220;do a s I say &amp; not as I do&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;<i>Be your own man or woman&#8230;</i> Yeah right, it&#8217;s good that you think abortion is murder. Seriously.  </p>
<p>However, for the uncritical thinking masses, it&#8217;s kinda hard to do if one doesn&#8217;t know truth when they see or hear it. And therin lies the rub.  Even if the total white murder rate, including abortion, were higher.  You&#8217;re mixing apples and oranges.  One is still legally evil, the other a &#8220;self-evident truth of the right to happiness via self-determination&#8221;.</p>
<p>The black man/woman is being assaulted from all sides and the family ripped asunder by a thousand little lies like: &#8220;keeping it real&#8221;,  &#8220;don&#8217;t snitch&#8221;, &#8220;street cred&#8221;, &#8220;safe sex&#8221;, &#8220;it&#8217;s all about you, girl&#8221;, &#8220;right to abortion&#8221; ad nauseum.  But as sure as the Son will shine, we don&#8217;t hold our breath waiting for the truth to out from the likes of the Justice Brothers and the socialist crusaders.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2007/04/24/speak-no-truth/comment-page-2/#comment-89584</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Machine, I think the original joke was that the number of NASCAR drunks ON THE TRACKS would be zero.  (They&#039;d be run over).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Machine, I think the original joke was that the number of NASCAR drunks ON THE TRACKS would be zero.  (They&#8217;d be run over).</p>
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		<title>By: The Machine</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2007/04/24/speak-no-truth/comment-page-2/#comment-89564</link>
		<dc:creator>The Machine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Got it.  The first time.  

Either way, stereotyping of people who enjoy NASCAR races is just as bad as any other stereotyping as far as The Machine is concerned.  

Which was the point.  

Take a minute or two and check this out: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McjjGlCWc3U</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Got it.  The first time.  </p>
<p>Either way, stereotyping of people who enjoy NASCAR races is just as bad as any other stereotyping as far as The Machine is concerned.  </p>
<p>Which was the point.  </p>
<p>Take a minute or two and check this out: </p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McjjGlCWc3U" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McjjGlCWc3U</a></p>
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		<title>By: Jim</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2007/04/24/speak-no-truth/comment-page-2/#comment-89536</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Machine and JohnD, Helitrope wrote in  #76 &quot;The Libertarian Party claims to be the third largest party in the United States. Well, drunks on the tracks during NASCAR races would be the fourth.&quot;

I was just saying that I think the the Libertarian Party would be beaten out by the NASCAR drunks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Machine and JohnD, Helitrope wrote in  #76 &#8220;The Libertarian Party claims to be the third largest party in the United States. Well, drunks on the tracks during NASCAR races would be the fourth.&#8221;</p>
<p>I was just saying that I think the the Libertarian Party would be beaten out by the NASCAR drunks.</p>
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		<title>By: suek</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2007/04/24/speak-no-truth/comment-page-2/#comment-89526</link>
		<dc:creator>suek</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;&gt;Adolph Hitler deserves no examination of his childhood to determine how he became a â€œvictim of corrupting influences combined with life experiences resulting in a sociopathic personality.â€ He was evil. 4 accurate letters, vs. a string of meaningless PC. gobbledegook.&gt;&gt;

Heh. If you believe in a God, and an afterlife, then you can see actions as black and white, and let God judge the shades of gray.  If you don&#039;t believe in a God, and you don&#039;t believe in an afterlife, then you have an obligation to seek the greatest justice possible in this world.  That means that there is no black and white, there is _only_ gray.

Libs(for the most part) don&#039;t believe in God.  Conservatives(for the most part) do.

I don&#039;t know if Hitler was &quot;evil&quot; - I consider evil to be a moral judgement.  Certainly his actions were evil - but I&#039;ll leave the moral judgement part up to God.  That&#039;s His job.

Likewise Cho.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;&gt;Adolph Hitler deserves no examination of his childhood to determine how he became a â€œvictim of corrupting influences combined with life experiences resulting in a sociopathic personality.â€ He was evil. 4 accurate letters, vs. a string of meaningless PC. gobbledegook.&gt;&gt;</p>
<p>Heh. If you believe in a God, and an afterlife, then you can see actions as black and white, and let God judge the shades of gray.  If you don&#8217;t believe in a God, and you don&#8217;t believe in an afterlife, then you have an obligation to seek the greatest justice possible in this world.  That means that there is no black and white, there is _only_ gray.</p>
<p>Libs(for the most part) don&#8217;t believe in God.  Conservatives(for the most part) do.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know if Hitler was &#8220;evil&#8221; &#8211; I consider evil to be a moral judgement.  Certainly his actions were evil &#8211; but I&#8217;ll leave the moral judgement part up to God.  That&#8217;s His job.</p>
<p>Likewise Cho.</p>
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		<title>By: The Machine</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2007/04/24/speak-no-truth/comment-page-2/#comment-89522</link>
		<dc:creator>The Machine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;&quot;Heliotrope, unfortunately for me, I think the drunks at NASCAR races are the third largest party in the US&quot;

Comment by Jim â€” 04.25.07 @ 6:05 pm&lt;/i&gt;


&lt;i&gt;&quot;What a large part of the blogging community seems afraid of is letting go of rhetorical victimhood/name-calling.&quot;

Comment by JohnD â€” 04.26.07 @ 4:10 am&lt;/i&gt;


Jim, meet JohnD.  

Listen to the man.  </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>&#8220;Heliotrope, unfortunately for me, I think the drunks at NASCAR races are the third largest party in the US&#8221;</p>
<p>Comment by Jim â€” 04.25.07 @ 6:05 pm</i></p>
<p><i>&#8220;What a large part of the blogging community seems afraid of is letting go of rhetorical victimhood/name-calling.&#8221;</p>
<p>Comment by JohnD â€” 04.26.07 @ 4:10 am</i></p>
<p>Jim, meet JohnD.  </p>
<p>Listen to the man.</p>
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		<title>By: circa bellum</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2007/04/24/speak-no-truth/comment-page-2/#comment-89511</link>
		<dc:creator>circa bellum</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>another great post, thanks.  So, your birthday is on May 5?  I was wondering what they were celebrating south of the border...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>another great post, thanks.  So, your birthday is on May 5?  I was wondering what they were celebrating south of the border&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: RedBeard</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2007/04/24/speak-no-truth/comment-page-2/#comment-89507</link>
		<dc:creator>RedBeard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Luke, a conservative who lies is like a backsliding Christian; not true to his principles.  

A leftist who lies is not violating any leftist principles.  George Orwell made quite a good case against totalitarian leftists for doing so as an integral part of their agenda.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Luke, a conservative who lies is like a backsliding Christian; not true to his principles.  </p>
<p>A leftist who lies is not violating any leftist principles.  George Orwell made quite a good case against totalitarian leftists for doing so as an integral part of their agenda.</p>
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		<title>By: lukeNC</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2007/04/24/speak-no-truth/comment-page-2/#comment-89503</link>
		<dc:creator>lukeNC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Of course conservatives dont HAVE to lie, but they still do...just like liberals.

I call abortion murder. Most of those murders occur at the hands of white women. Yet, conservatives say that that the &quot;black murder&quot; rate is higher, but when you include the abortions, whites have a much rate. But, it doesnt serve their purposes, basing crime on what color you are. Call a spade a spade...sure..whatever...

I say be your own man or woman. I&#039;m conservative on some things, liberal on others.

&lt;em&gt;Good advice. I am my own woman, and I&#039;m conservative on ALL things. - Admin&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course conservatives dont HAVE to lie, but they still do&#8230;just like liberals.</p>
<p>I call abortion murder. Most of those murders occur at the hands of white women. Yet, conservatives say that that the &#8220;black murder&#8221; rate is higher, but when you include the abortions, whites have a much rate. But, it doesnt serve their purposes, basing crime on what color you are. Call a spade a spade&#8230;sure..whatever&#8230;</p>
<p>I say be your own man or woman. I&#8217;m conservative on some things, liberal on others.</p>
<p><em>Good advice. I am my own woman, and I&#8217;m conservative on ALL things. &#8211; Admin</em></p>
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		<title>By: RedBeard</title>
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		<dc:creator>RedBeard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good
Bad
Evil
Up
Down
Day
Night
Yes
No

Examples of clear and accurate words.  Too bad the PC mongers find it necessary to obfuscate simple things to the point that there is no meaning left.

I didn&#039;t &quot;develop a meaningful long-term relationship of mutual trust and affection leading to a possible life partner situation.&quot;  I fell in love and got married.  The latter description is far more accurate.

One of my best friends is not &quot;differently abled&quot; nor is he &quot;handicapable.&quot;  He lost a leg, and therefore he is crippled.  He does not consider the word &quot;crippled&quot; to be a pejorative; it&#039;s simply a fact.

Adolph Hitler deserves no examination of his childhood to determine how he became a &quot;victim of corrupting influences combined with life experiences resulting in a sociopathic personality.&quot;  He was evil.  4 accurate letters, vs. a string of meaningless PC.   gobbledegook.

Btw, I had an egg for breakfast.  I did not have a high-protein albumen-filled ovum produced by a female domestic fowl.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good<br />
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<p>Examples of clear and accurate words.  Too bad the PC mongers find it necessary to obfuscate simple things to the point that there is no meaning left.</p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t &#8220;develop a meaningful long-term relationship of mutual trust and affection leading to a possible life partner situation.&#8221;  I fell in love and got married.  The latter description is far more accurate.</p>
<p>One of my best friends is not &#8220;differently abled&#8221; nor is he &#8220;handicapable.&#8221;  He lost a leg, and therefore he is crippled.  He does not consider the word &#8220;crippled&#8221; to be a pejorative; it&#8217;s simply a fact.</p>
<p>Adolph Hitler deserves no examination of his childhood to determine how he became a &#8220;victim of corrupting influences combined with life experiences resulting in a sociopathic personality.&#8221;  He was evil.  4 accurate letters, vs. a string of meaningless PC.   gobbledegook.</p>
<p>Btw, I had an egg for breakfast.  I did not have a high-protein albumen-filled ovum produced by a female domestic fowl.</p>
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		<title>By: JohnD</title>
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		<dc:creator>JohnD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;when a killer murders 32 people in cold-blood, why are we, as a society afraid to label that â€œevilâ€ ??&quot;

I contend that &#039;we&#039; are not &#039;as a society&#039; &#039;afraid&#039; to label a killing evil.

  Not that I have a horse in the race of &#039;evil&#039; vs &#039;mentalism&#039;, &#039;demons&#039; vs &#039;nutjobs&#039; etc.

What a large part of the blogging community seems afraid of is letting go of rhetorical victimhood/name-calling.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;when a killer murders 32 people in cold-blood, why are we, as a society afraid to label that â€œevilâ€ ??&#8221;</p>
<p>I contend that &#8216;we&#8217; are not &#8216;as a society&#8217; &#8216;afraid&#8217; to label a killing evil.</p>
<p>  Not that I have a horse in the race of &#8216;evil&#8217; vs &#8216;mentalism&#8217;, &#8216;demons&#8217; vs &#8216;nutjobs&#8217; etc.</p>
<p>What a large part of the blogging community seems afraid of is letting go of rhetorical victimhood/name-calling.</p>
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		<title>By: Cisco Kid</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cisco Kid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 06:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How refreshing La Shawn!!!  You hit it right on the head.  

Those of us that choose to live in the REAL WORLD do not have to lie.  We confront issues head-on, without the need to pretend, with a clear understanding of RIGHT and WRONG, and without hestitating to call a SPADE A SPADE--in other words, &quot;WE DON&#039;T TAKE ANY CRAP.&quot;  

I sleep like a baby at night.  I wonder if the the PC people do.  

Keep up the good work La Shawn--we need your voice in a world full of crap!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How refreshing La Shawn!!!  You hit it right on the head.  </p>
<p>Those of us that choose to live in the REAL WORLD do not have to lie.  We confront issues head-on, without the need to pretend, with a clear understanding of RIGHT and WRONG, and without hestitating to call a SPADE A SPADE&#8211;in other words, &#8220;WE DON&#8217;T TAKE ANY CRAP.&#8221;  </p>
<p>I sleep like a baby at night.  I wonder if the the PC people do.  </p>
<p>Keep up the good work La Shawn&#8211;we need your voice in a world full of crap!</p>
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		<title>By: Glamchild</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2007/04/24/speak-no-truth/comment-page-2/#comment-89495</link>
		<dc:creator>Glamchild</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m always very careful about what I label &quot;evil&quot;.  There are certain people who annoy me.  I don&#039;t like their attitude, or the way they dress.  That&#039;s my problem.

But when a killer murders 32 people in cold-blood, why are we, as a society afraid to label that &quot;evil&quot; ??

Most reasonable people would agree that the systematic murder of 32 people is evil, no matter what your religion or ideology.  

However, the Mental Health Community---the same people who let John Hinckley Jr. go free, tell us that such conduct is not &quot;evil&quot; at all.  It is simply the actions of &quot;troubled&quot;  Mentally ill individuals.

---Which waters down and excuses the whole thing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m always very careful about what I label &#8220;evil&#8221;.  There are certain people who annoy me.  I don&#8217;t like their attitude, or the way they dress.  That&#8217;s my problem.</p>
<p>But when a killer murders 32 people in cold-blood, why are we, as a society afraid to label that &#8220;evil&#8221; ??</p>
<p>Most reasonable people would agree that the systematic murder of 32 people is evil, no matter what your religion or ideology.  </p>
<p>However, the Mental Health Community&#8212;the same people who let John Hinckley Jr. go free, tell us that such conduct is not &#8220;evil&#8221; at all.  It is simply the actions of &#8220;troubled&#8221;  Mentally ill individuals.</p>
<p>&#8212;Which waters down and excuses the whole thing.</p>
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		<title>By: jim</title>
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		<dc:creator>jim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think being a libertarian is simple enough:  All but the most basic, collective choices are left up to an individual.  Otherwise, we end up paying more in taxes to fund a government that&#039;s doing more than we want it to do.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think being a libertarian is simple enough:  All but the most basic, collective choices are left up to an individual.  Otherwise, we end up paying more in taxes to fund a government that&#8217;s doing more than we want it to do.</p>
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		<title>By: heliotrope</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2007/04/24/speak-no-truth/comment-page-2/#comment-89489</link>
		<dc:creator>heliotrope</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Charlie, no disagreement here.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Charlie, no disagreement here.</p>
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