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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:52 pm
by EastStang
George Bush doesn't care about black people.? He had the first black Secretary of State, the second black Secretary of State, more black general officers in the history of U.S. Military, more black small businesses getting government contracts than ever before, no he doesn't give a hoot about black people.
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:53 pm
by Stallion
"Stay out of the Bushes!!!!!!!!!!"
--Black Man circa 2000
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:54 pm
by SMUMan02
jtstang wrote:I think in order to have a meaningful discussion about the library, we have to differentiate between the library whcih would have some SMU control, and the "policy institute" which would not. Speaking as something of a naysayer, I object not to the library, but to the policy institute, as it will be a Dubya cheerleading camp controlled by Dubya people, on the campus of a private university whose mission ought to be unrestrained political discourse.
Since when has this been the mission of SMU?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:55 pm
by jtstang
SMUMan02 wrote:jtstang wrote:I think in order to have a meaningful discussion about the library, we have to differentiate between the library whcih would have some SMU control, and the "policy institute" which would not. Speaking as something of a naysayer, I object not to the library, but to the policy institute, as it will be a Dubya cheerleading camp controlled by Dubya people, on the campus of a private university whose mission ought to be unrestrained political discourse.
Since when has this been the mission of SMU?
Where did I ever say it was?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:56 pm
by SMUMan02
EastStang wrote:George Bush doesn't care about black people.? He had the first black Secretary of State, the second black Secretary of State, more black general officers in the history of U.S. Military, more black small businesses getting government contracts than ever before, no he doesn't give a hoot about black people.
Calm down EastStang. I don't want to speak for anyone, but I'm pretty sure the quote was in reference to the perception in some circles of the black community
See Kanye West.
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:57 pm
by dcpony
EastStang wrote:George Bush doesn't care about black people.? He had the first black Secretary of State, the second black Secretary of State, more black general officers in the history of U.S. Military, more black small businesses getting government contracts than ever before, no he doesn't give a hoot about black people.
That's all true.
But Katrina will be his legacy in the African-American community for as long as he lives.
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:03 pm
by mrydel
dcpony wrote:EastStang wrote:George Bush doesn't care about black people.? He had the first black Secretary of State, the second black Secretary of State, more black general officers in the history of U.S. Military, more black small businesses getting government contracts than ever before, no he doesn't give a hoot about black people.
That's all true.
But Katrina will be his legacy in the African-American community for as long as he lives.
Will you state the same for Nagin?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:06 pm
by dcpony
mrydel wrote:dcpony wrote:EastStang wrote:George Bush doesn't care about black people.? He had the first black Secretary of State, the second black Secretary of State, more black general officers in the history of U.S. Military, more black small businesses getting government contracts than ever before, no he doesn't give a hoot about black people.
That's all true.
But Katrina will be his legacy in the African-American community for as long as he lives.
Will you state the same for Nagin?
Oh yeah and Blanco deserves blame too. But Dubbya will have this stain on his legacy.
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:34 pm
by SMU89
dcpony wrote:mrydel wrote:dcpony wrote:EastStang wrote:George Bush doesn't care about black people.? He had the first black Secretary of State, the second black Secretary of State, more black general officers in the history of U.S. Military, more black small businesses getting government contracts than ever before, no he doesn't give a hoot about black people.
That's all true.
But Katrina will be his legacy in the African-American community for as long as he lives.
Will you state the same for Nagin?
Oh yeah and Blanco deserves blame too. But Dubbya will have this stain on his legacy.
Now which one of the above three people (Bush, Nagin, Blano) are you guys saying created the hurricane and directed it to a city that someone decided to build below sea level and someone else decided it would be good to live below sea level?
Sorry I brought the Library up.
Regardless of your feelings towards the library, the fact is it will be some $400million facility right on our campus that WILL bring NATIONAL attention to SMU. The last time SMU had national attention was Harriot Myers (for going to such a non-prestigious law school as SMUs and the DP)
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:35 pm
by LonghornFan68
SMU89 wrote:dcpony wrote:mrydel wrote:dcpony wrote:EastStang wrote:George Bush doesn't care about black people.? He had the first black Secretary of State, the second black Secretary of State, more black general officers in the history of U.S. Military, more black small businesses getting government contracts than ever before, no he doesn't give a hoot about black people.
That's all true.
But Katrina will be his legacy in the African-American community for as long as he lives.
Will you state the same for Nagin?
Oh yeah and Blanco deserves blame too. But Dubbya will have this stain on his legacy.
Now which one of the above three people (Bush, Nagin, Blano) are you guys saying created the hurricane and directed it to a city that someone decided to build below sea level and someone else decided it would be good to live below sea level?
Sorry I brought the Library up.
Regardless of your feelings towards the library, the fact is it will be some $400million facility right on our campus that WILL bring NATIONAL attention to SMU. The last time SMU had national attention was Harriot Myers (for going to such a non-prestigious law school as SMUs and the DP)
what if that national attention is in the form of pointing and laughing?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:37 pm
by SMU89
To clarify the Myers / law school comment -- I am not knocking our law school or anyone who attended -- my statement was what was expressed by some who were not for Myers.
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:40 pm
by Samurai Stang
SMU89 wrote:To clarify the Myers / law school comment -- I am not knocking our law school or anyone who attended -- my statement was what was expressed by some who were not for Myers.
There have been Japanese Supreme Court Justices that attended this school of law.
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:46 pm
by SMU89
LonghornFan68 wrote:SMU89 wrote:dcpony wrote:mrydel wrote:dcpony wrote:EastStang wrote:George Bush doesn't care about black people.? He had the first black Secretary of State, the second black Secretary of State, more black general officers in the history of U.S. Military, more black small businesses getting government contracts than ever before, no he doesn't give a hoot about black people.
That's all true.
But Katrina will be his legacy in the African-American community for as long as he lives.
Will you state the same for Nagin?
Oh yeah and Blanco deserves blame too. But Dubbya will have this stain on his legacy.
Now which one of the above three people (Bush, Nagin, Blano) are you guys saying created the hurricane and directed it to a city that someone decided to build below sea level and someone else decided it would be good to live below sea level?
Sorry I brought the Library up.
Regardless of your feelings towards the library, the fact is it will be some $400million facility right on our campus that WILL bring NATIONAL attention to SMU. The last time SMU had national attention was Harriot Myers (for going to such a non-prestigious law school as SMUs and the DP)
what if that national attention is in the form of pointing and laughing?
We have the last laugh as there are a lot of schools who spent time and money trying to get the library and it is going to be on our campus.
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:52 pm
by jtstang
SMU89 wrote:We have the last laugh as there are a lot of schools who spent time and money trying to get the library and it is going to be on our campus.
Yes, we beat out Baylor and University of Dallas!! They can kiss our @ss!
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 6:15 pm
by SMU89
jtstang wrote:SMU89 wrote:We have the last laugh as there are a lot of schools who spent time and money trying to get the library and it is going to be on our campus.
Yes, we beat out Baylor and University of Dallas!! They can kiss our @ss!
Along with A&M and Texas Tech