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Native Africans have made it clear time after time that African-Americans are not welcome to their countries. To them, African-Americans are "coloreds", that is, they are of mixed ancestry, and not genuine African at all. They would be far more severely persecuted that they falsely believe they are in the Americas. Ironic, isn't it? A few years ago, under Black rule, Stevie Wonder had attempted to play his music in South Africa and was refused entry into the country. Peter Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Why not back to Africa, from whence they came? > > OK, I'll say it........ > It's time to license people to have children, for two reasons: > 1/ The world is not underpopulated. > 2/ The abysmal level of care shown to children by many parents. > > In the good old days 'marriage' was such a license because of the three > things necessary for the raising of children, vis: > > 1/ Money, > 2/ More money, > 3/ Still more money. > > Every hardworking taxpayer has a right to demand his money is spent > efficiently, and also... > Marriage is a business - not a love-fest. > > > > > "Cereoid-UR12-" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Maybe we should send them all to Australia? > > > > They should feel at home there. > > > > BTW, its not that "One out of four African-Americans between about 15 and > 45 > > is involved with the criminal justice system", its that number of > > African-American males of that age have a criminal record involving > violent > > crime and have made themselves unhirable for life because they mistakenly > > thought it would be cool to be "gangastas". Who's fault is that? > > > > > > Iris Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > << All he needs is a pair of rose-colored glasses. >> > > > > > > I don't know about Australia, but the problems he mentioned are > extremely > > > serious in this country. One out of four African-Americans between about > > 15 and > > > 45 is involved with the criminal justice system. Bush's much-touted No > > Child > > > Left Behind law is only half funded. > > > About 30 years ago there was a tremendous push to get mental patients > out > > of > > > the large state hospitals and back into the community. The only trouble > > was > > > that nowhere near enough money or authority was put into seeing that the > > > patients received adequate care and supervision. The result is that our > > > homeless shelters and prisons are full of mentally ill people who are > not > > > receiving proper care. > > > What has that to do with botany or AHTA? I will never forget 20 years > ago > > when > > > I was involved in a prison literacy program, I worked with some young > men > > who > > > were learning disabled, most of them from the slums. One day I brought > in > > some > > > spring flowers, and labeled them in English and Spanish. One of the men, > > about > > > 21, told me he had NEVER BEFORE SEEN A REAL FLOWER. Some of the state > > prison > > > systems, notably in Florida, have had some very successful horticulture > > > programs. > > > Iris, > > > Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 > > > "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the > oncoming > > > train." > > > Robert Lowell (1917-1977) > > > > > >
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