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    Didn't see this posted yet:



    Addressing a caller's suggestion that the "lost revenue from the people who have been aborted in the last 30 years" would be enough to preserve Social Security's solvency, radio host and former Reagan administration Secretary of Education Bill Bennett dismissed such "far-reaching, extensive extrapolations" by declaring that if "you wanted to reduce crime ... if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down." Bennett conceded that aborting all African-American babies "would be an impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible thing to do," then added again, "but the crime rate would go down."

    Bennett's remark was apparently inspired by the claim that legalized abortion has reduced crime rates, which was posited in the book Freakonomics (William Morrow, May 2005) by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. But Levitt and Dubner argued that aborted fetuses would have been more likely to grow up poor and in single-parent or teenage-parent households and therefore more likely to commit crimes; they did not put forth Bennett's race-based argument.
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    Senator Demands Bennett Apology for Remark

    WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and other Democrats on Thursday demanded that former Education Secretary William Bennett apologize for remarks on his radio program linking the crime rate and the abortion of black babies.

    Bennett responded that the comments, made Wednesday on his "Morning in America" show, had been mischaracterized and that his point was that the idea of supporting abortion to reduce crime was "morally reprehensible."

    Reid, D-Nev., said he was "appalled by Mr. Bennett's remarks" and called on him "to issue an immediate apology not only to African Americans but to the nation."

    Rep. Raum Emanuel, D-Ill., said in a statement, "At the very time our country yearns for national unity in the wake of hurricane Katrina, these comments reflect a spirit of hate and division."
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    Can't resist the taste of ethnic cleansing. Mmmm...
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    who appointed this idiot?
    edit: Reagan... I should have guessed
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    Bush most likly wounders why he did not think of this but on a more sirius note any political leader that does not denonce this should be lynchid or at least kicked out of office (which most should be anyway). He was apponted by reagan.
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    The best part if that they try to make a partisan issue out of it.. "demand an immediate appology" fuck these people [democrats] trying to look like some 'defenders' of Blacks and other minorities when their party was forged by pro-slavery southerners.
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    Well he is republican a party founded by anti slavery activists sow looks like were screwed both ways
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    I hope you didn't just figure that out now.
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    Originally posted by CompaneroDeLibertad@Sep 30 2005, 12:39 AM
    I hope you didn't just figure that out now.
    No, just pointing out a crul irony.
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    Yeah, because white babies never grow up to be criminals
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    This kind of shit is all over the net these days, sick. Check out what they're saying at this forum.
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    I guess we can clearly see with that statement, why school segregation has made such a big comeback over the last 10+ years. Of course they mask it's true nature by calling it "neighborhood school program" (at least here in Boston) but it's the same racist bullshit.

    That a former Secretary of Education would make such a flagrant admission exposes the agenda of the ruling class.


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    That's what we get for having a Klansman as President.
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    We all know Dr. Bennett's "moral compass" is the roulette wheel. The guy is one of the most notorious gamblers ever in the history of politics!!!!

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    would be an impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible thing to do," then added again, "but the crime rate would go down.
    Well the statement is true but he doesn't address factors which spur people on to crime
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    The White House called the comments, made by William J. Bennett, the former Republican secretary of education, off base. The White House spokesman, Scott McClellan, said that President George W. Bush "believes the comments were not appropriate."
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    I don't get it...why can't they just come and sya the comments were wrong? Were they just not appropriate at that time and should be saved for another? I mean you would think with Bush's record as well as the Republican's record with African Americans they would try to say something more along the lines of it being completely wrong to say and and disgusting.

    But that'd be to much to expect.
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    How do these conservative radio guys stay this anti-black for so long. The civil rights movement was in the 60/70's how long will it take them to learn?
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    I could wrong, but it seems to me that all he's saying is that it's wrong to make laws regarding personal liberty or morality based on social trends.

    He's not saying that black babies should be aborted
    Bennett conceded that aborting all African-American babies "would be an impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible thing to do
    He's using an example to state that if you want to manipulate social trends, such as crime rates, tax revenues, etc., there are laws you can make such as legalizing/banning/mandating abortion to do so, however this is not ethical.
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    He's just stating the beliefs of the majority of these racist fools, difference is that he makes his beliefs public, and simpletons like Delay and Lott don't

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    How bout we abort all tha babies in his fam?
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    Originally posted by BuyOurEverything@Sep 30 2005, 04:31 PM
    He&#39;s not saying that black babies should be aborted
    No. But he is saying the existence of Black people causes crime. Josh, I&#39;m curious why you think this is true?

    He&#39;s using an example to state that if you want to manipulate social trends, such as crime rates, tax revenues, etc., there are laws you can make such as legalizing/banning/mandating abortion to do so, however this is not ethical.
    No. He&#39;s saying revenue is not the best argument to use in order to try to ban abortion.
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    The stats are so very clear on why the US continues to have problems interracially. Humm....lets see, could it be that the problem was created by Government policies? Stereotyping? Lack of resources used to combat racism in educational institutions?
    Yep... and the issue go all the way into the heart of American life. Somethings got to change&#33;&#33;
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