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Colorado state Sen. Vicki Marble (R-Fort Collins) caused a stir on Wednesday when she said high poverty rates among blacks and Hispanics are connected to diets that include fried chicken and barbecue.
"When you look at life expectancy, there are problems in the black race," Marble said during a meeting of the legislature's Economic Opportunity Poverty Reduction Task Force. "Sickle-cell anemia is something that comes up. Diabetes is something that's prevalent in the genetic makeup, and you just can't help it. Although I've got to say, I've never had better barbecue and better chicken and ate better in my life than when you go down South and you, I mean, I love it. Everybody loves it."
Marble continued, "The Mexican diet in Mexico with all of the fresh vegetables, and you go down there and they are much thinner than they are up here. They?ve changed their diet. I?ve read studies on that."
Listen to audio of Marble's remarks below, courtesy of The Denver Post.
Marble's remarks drew immediate rebuke from her colleagues, who chided the state senator for reinforcing stereotypes about blacks and Hispanics. State Rep. Rhonda Fields (D-Aurora) called the comments "racist" and "insensitive."
"I was highly offended by your remarks,? Fields said to Marble during the committee hearing, according to Denver's ABC 7 News. "I will not engage in a dialogue where I am in the company you are using these stereotype references about African Americans and chicken and food. I will just not tolerate that. This is not what this committee is all about. What we are trying to do is come up with meaningful solutions. It?s not about chicken."
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I have noticed that the neo cons have gotten much more sensitive and empathetic to other races.
The watermelon are good this year for the blacks.
I think they could have a chance in 2014:142smilie
"When you look at life expectancy, there are problems in the black race," Marble said during a meeting of the legislature's Economic Opportunity Poverty Reduction Task Force. "Sickle-cell anemia is something that comes up. Diabetes is something that's prevalent in the genetic makeup, and you just can't help it. Although I've got to say, I've never had better barbecue and better chicken and ate better in my life than when you go down South and you, I mean, I love it. Everybody loves it."
Marble continued, "The Mexican diet in Mexico with all of the fresh vegetables, and you go down there and they are much thinner than they are up here. They?ve changed their diet. I?ve read studies on that."
Listen to audio of Marble's remarks below, courtesy of The Denver Post.
Marble's remarks drew immediate rebuke from her colleagues, who chided the state senator for reinforcing stereotypes about blacks and Hispanics. State Rep. Rhonda Fields (D-Aurora) called the comments "racist" and "insensitive."
"I was highly offended by your remarks,? Fields said to Marble during the committee hearing, according to Denver's ABC 7 News. "I will not engage in a dialogue where I am in the company you are using these stereotype references about African Americans and chicken and food. I will just not tolerate that. This is not what this committee is all about. What we are trying to do is come up with meaningful solutions. It?s not about chicken."
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I have noticed that the neo cons have gotten much more sensitive and empathetic to other races.
The watermelon are good this year for the blacks.
I think they could have a chance in 2014:142smilie
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WASHINGTON -- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell warned Republicans on Sunday that the strict voter identification laws they're pursuing around the country will damage the party's standing with growing blocs of voters.
"[H]ere's what I say to my Republican friends: The country is becoming more diverse," Powell told Bob Schieffer on CBS' "Face the Nation." "You say you want to reach out, you say you want to have a new message. You say you want to see if you can bring some of these voters to the Republican side. This is not the way to do it."
"The way to do it is to make it easier for them to vote and then give them something to vote for that they can believe in," Powell added.:142smilie
In the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling that struck down a key portion of the Voting Rights Act, Republicans in states like North Carolina, Florida and Texas have sought voter restrictions that critics, including Powell, say will disproportionately hurt minorities at the polls. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) signed legislation earlier this month that requires voter identification, rolls back early voting hours and ends a state-supported voter registration drive. Powell condemned that particular law at an event in Raleigh last week.
Powell pointed out that there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud, the very premise of the identification statutes.
"You need a photo ID. Well, you didn't need a photo ID for decades before," Powell said. "Is it really necessary now? And they claim that there's widespread abuse and voter fraud, but nothing documents, nothing substantiates that. There isn't widespread abuse."
Powell predicted that such measures will blow up in Republicans' faces.
"These kind of procedures that are being put in place to slow the process down and make it likely that fewer Hispanics and African Americans might vote, I think, are going to backfire, because these people are going to come out and do what they have to do in order to vote, and I encourage that,"
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if the neo cons had their way no one except white males making over 1 million a yr would be allowed to vote.
then they might win a election
"[H]ere's what I say to my Republican friends: The country is becoming more diverse," Powell told Bob Schieffer on CBS' "Face the Nation." "You say you want to reach out, you say you want to have a new message. You say you want to see if you can bring some of these voters to the Republican side. This is not the way to do it."
"The way to do it is to make it easier for them to vote and then give them something to vote for that they can believe in," Powell added.:142smilie
In the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling that struck down a key portion of the Voting Rights Act, Republicans in states like North Carolina, Florida and Texas have sought voter restrictions that critics, including Powell, say will disproportionately hurt minorities at the polls. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) signed legislation earlier this month that requires voter identification, rolls back early voting hours and ends a state-supported voter registration drive. Powell condemned that particular law at an event in Raleigh last week.
Powell pointed out that there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud, the very premise of the identification statutes.
"You need a photo ID. Well, you didn't need a photo ID for decades before," Powell said. "Is it really necessary now? And they claim that there's widespread abuse and voter fraud, but nothing documents, nothing substantiates that. There isn't widespread abuse."
Powell predicted that such measures will blow up in Republicans' faces.
"These kind of procedures that are being put in place to slow the process down and make it likely that fewer Hispanics and African Americans might vote, I think, are going to backfire, because these people are going to come out and do what they have to do in order to vote, and I encourage that,"
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if the neo cons had their way no one except white males making over 1 million a yr would be allowed to vote.
then they might win a election
Scott finished at 11-under 273 and moved to a career-best No. 2 in the world.
Woods suffered a back spasm on the par-5 13th hole and hooked a fairway metal so far left that it landed in a swamp on the other side of the 15th fairway. Woods dropped to all fours in pain before slowly getting up. He also dropped a shot on the 15th and then gamely fought back with birdies on the 16th and 17th holes to get within one.
His birdie putt from off the 18th green was one short turn of falling.
''Thought I made it,'' Woods said after his 69.
Woods had all four rounds in the 60s for the first time in a year on the PGA Tour, though it wasn't enough. He battled stiffness in his lower back all week, which he attributed to a soft bed in his hotel room -- the second straight year he has had back issues from a mattress at this event.
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hotel mattresses play hell on Tigers golf game
:142smilie
if the shot had been on the fairway no way he falls like that.
havnt seen that in golf ever! another first for Tiger
no way Jack or Arnie ever show that on the golf course.
Woods suffered a back spasm on the par-5 13th hole and hooked a fairway metal so far left that it landed in a swamp on the other side of the 15th fairway. Woods dropped to all fours in pain before slowly getting up. He also dropped a shot on the 15th and then gamely fought back with birdies on the 16th and 17th holes to get within one.
His birdie putt from off the 18th green was one short turn of falling.
''Thought I made it,'' Woods said after his 69.
Woods had all four rounds in the 60s for the first time in a year on the PGA Tour, though it wasn't enough. He battled stiffness in his lower back all week, which he attributed to a soft bed in his hotel room -- the second straight year he has had back issues from a mattress at this event.
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hotel mattresses play hell on Tigers golf game
:142smilie
if the shot had been on the fairway no way he falls like that.
havnt seen that in golf ever! another first for Tiger
no way Jack or Arnie ever show that on the golf course.
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Scott-Atlanta ? you are getting a little senile in your old age posting random political stuff in this thread.
Not surprising that your lack the awareness to know what that ?riding the broom? is in reference to.
Not surprising that your lack the awareness to know what that ?riding the broom? is in reference to.
You get signed up for the contest pal? Of course not, Mr. Big Shot can?t bring himself to deposit $250 to sign up for a contest put on by a sponsor of the website. Perhaps its rigged. Perhaps Scott-Atlanta is all talk. Who really knows.
It obviously didn?t happen, but it would have been pretty easy for it to happen. And considering the gambling prowess Scott-Atlanta has, he could have entered both contests, tanked in both and left me owing a bunch. Such a shame.
-3, tough start but it's a long season.
Mr Poonpal
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its a good thing you don't bet on sports
you would be broke
oh wait a minute you declared bankruptcy already
:142smilie :142smilie
Mr Poonpal
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its a good thing you don't bet on sports
you would be broke
oh wait a minute you declared bankruptcy already
:142smilie :142smilie
Oh, looks like the senile old dolt is lacking reading comprehension as well as blatant sarcasm.
It?s a good thing you don?t take on credit card debt to gamble, oh wait a minute, you do.
And I?m sorry I hurt your feelings so much you felt the need to leave me a red card. Such a shame pal that we can?t get along.
I really want this season to be a profitable one, or at least bearable, for all involved at MadJacks. Given this I?ve run some quick numbers for Scott-Atlanta that should help him.
Thus far weeks in which he starts a thread but doesn?t make a pick are considerably better off than those in which he does make a pick. So Scott, if you stick with the former, I think things will go pretty nicely here on out.
But whatever you do, make sure to continue to put your name in the thread title. It would be terrible not to self promote, even when there is no pick inside. Plus I?m sure there are other schmucks out there reading that need it in the title to realize who the thread is about, errr I mean started by. It is often hard to find the user name of the thread originator right underneath the title.
Thus far weeks in which he starts a thread but doesn?t make a pick are considerably better off than those in which he does make a pick. So Scott, if you stick with the former, I think things will go pretty nicely here on out.
But whatever you do, make sure to continue to put your name in the thread title. It would be terrible not to self promote, even when there is no pick inside. Plus I?m sure there are other schmucks out there reading that need it in the title to realize who the thread is about, errr I mean started by. It is often hard to find the user name of the thread originator right underneath the title.
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I don't play the first games in college or NFL
I thought you knew that
hmmmmmm now why would someone that don't wager not bet when the season started ?
meanwhile you go 0-4 right out of the gate
:142smilie
Pooner thanks for keeping this thread alive that I started with over 17 thousand posts.
you have over 10 thousand posts of agitation only as you don't bet sports and seldom even originate a thread.
so who is the ho , look in the mirror broomstick rider
self promote :142smilie
