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	<title>Comments on: A Letter to Rep. Ron Paul</title>
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		<title>By: Estelle Edwards</title>
		<link>http://urbangrounds.com/2007/10/letter-to-ron-paul/#comment-118420</link>
		<dc:creator>Estelle Edwards</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt; Do you know who&#039;s killed more blacks than any other group in the United States?  Other blacks.

Yes, that too. However, I trying to point out the number of black Americans not involved in criminal activity but somehow became victims of excessive force by law enforcement. Notably, through the &#039;war on drugs&#039; and the no-knock raids carried out on the wrong addresses given by some informant. Or, you have police over-reacting in situations like the Sean Bell case.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt; Do you know who&#8217;s killed more blacks than any other group in the United States?  Other blacks.</p>
<p>Yes, that too. However, I trying to point out the number of black Americans not involved in criminal activity but somehow became victims of excessive force by law enforcement. Notably, through the &#8216;war on drugs&#8217; and the no-knock raids carried out on the wrong addresses given by some informant. Or, you have police over-reacting in situations like the Sean Bell case.</p>
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		<title>By: Robbie</title>
		<link>http://urbangrounds.com/2007/10/letter-to-ron-paul/#comment-118040</link>
		<dc:creator>Robbie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;The fact is law enforcement or government agents have killed more blacks and other minorities over the past 30 years than the klan, neo-Nazis and other hate groups.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Do you know who&#039;s killed more blacks than any other group in the United States?

Other blacks.

That&#039;s just a fact. A sad, sad fact.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>The fact is law enforcement or government agents have killed more blacks and other minorities over the past 30 years than the klan, neo-Nazis and other hate groups.</p></blockquote>
<p>Do you know who&#8217;s killed more blacks than any other group in the United States?</p>
<p>Other blacks.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s just a fact. A sad, sad fact.</p>
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		<title>By: Estelle Edwards</title>
		<link>http://urbangrounds.com/2007/10/letter-to-ron-paul/#comment-117964</link>
		<dc:creator>Estelle Edwards</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Michael Medved is one of those whiny limousine liberals who complains about even the most benign thing -- even a television show.  I used to watch him on various news networks complaining about the &#039;hidden meaning&#039; in some show&#039;s plot or some portrayal he didn&#039;t like.

So some white suppremacist groups donated to his campaign. Big hairy deal. Ron Paul can&#039;t stop anyone from donating to his campaign. And why should he?  The fact is a Ron Paul/libertarian-type government would allow everyone to thrive and associate with whomever they wish --- so long as they&#039;re willing to do so honestly and peacefully.  There wouldn&#039;t be any need to fear the klan if everyone was allowed their right to self-defense.  Most of the time, it wouldn&#039;t even have to go that far.  Groups that are polar opposites basically know well enough to leave each other alone.  It&#039;s the hard-headed do-gooders who sometimes cause more trouble by using government to force their vision of a &#039;utopian&#039; society. In the  meantime, the limousine liberals are very protective of their exclusive clubs, restaurants and shops. They are so eager to build shelters and other social services operations so long as they&#039;re not built by their nice homes out in Beverly Hills or the Hamptons. 
As John Stossel would say: &#039;Give me a break!&#039;

As an afro-American woman, I&#039;m sick and tired of white liberal hypocrisy.  The fact is law enforcement or government agents have killed more blacks and other minorities over the past 30 years than the klan, neo-Nazis and other hate groups.  The difference is when the state (government) breaks the laws or causes harm to people, it&#039;s not liable for any damages. They all have some level of immunity.

Perhaps some day other black Americans will wake up and smell the coffee. As for now, they are still under the spell of faulty  liberal &#039;group think&#039;, failed pro-socialist Democrat policy, and the illusion that big government is their friend and protector.

Ron Paul would make sure that the state has to follow the law just like the rest of us ordinary mortals. He would make sure that cops are not the only ones allowed to own guns or use deadly force in self-defense.
Let&#039;s put an end to certain Constitutional rights being limited according to whether you belong to some favored class of workers, ethnic group and so forth.  Constitutional rights for ALL CITIZENS or nobody at all!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michael Medved is one of those whiny limousine liberals who complains about even the most benign thing &#8212; even a television show.  I used to watch him on various news networks complaining about the &#8216;hidden meaning&#8217; in some show&#8217;s plot or some portrayal he didn&#8217;t like.</p>
<p>So some white suppremacist groups donated to his campaign. Big hairy deal. Ron Paul can&#8217;t stop anyone from donating to his campaign. And why should he?  The fact is a Ron Paul/libertarian-type government would allow everyone to thrive and associate with whomever they wish &#8212; so long as they&#8217;re willing to do so honestly and peacefully.  There wouldn&#8217;t be any need to fear the klan if everyone was allowed their right to self-defense.  Most of the time, it wouldn&#8217;t even have to go that far.  Groups that are polar opposites basically know well enough to leave each other alone.  It&#8217;s the hard-headed do-gooders who sometimes cause more trouble by using government to force their vision of a &#8216;utopian&#8217; society. In the  meantime, the limousine liberals are very protective of their exclusive clubs, restaurants and shops. They are so eager to build shelters and other social services operations so long as they&#8217;re not built by their nice homes out in Beverly Hills or the Hamptons.<br />
As John Stossel would say: &#8216;Give me a break!&#8217;</p>
<p>As an afro-American woman, I&#8217;m sick and tired of white liberal hypocrisy.  The fact is law enforcement or government agents have killed more blacks and other minorities over the past 30 years than the klan, neo-Nazis and other hate groups.  The difference is when the state (government) breaks the laws or causes harm to people, it&#8217;s not liable for any damages. They all have some level of immunity.</p>
<p>Perhaps some day other black Americans will wake up and smell the coffee. As for now, they are still under the spell of faulty  liberal &#8216;group think&#8217;, failed pro-socialist Democrat policy, and the illusion that big government is their friend and protector.</p>
<p>Ron Paul would make sure that the state has to follow the law just like the rest of us ordinary mortals. He would make sure that cops are not the only ones allowed to own guns or use deadly force in self-defense.<br />
Let&#8217;s put an end to certain Constitutional rights being limited according to whether you belong to some favored class of workers, ethnic group and so forth.  Constitutional rights for ALL CITIZENS or nobody at all!</p>
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		<title>By: Patrick Joubert Conlon</title>
		<link>http://urbangrounds.com/2007/10/letter-to-ron-paul/#comment-107637</link>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Joubert Conlon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the H/T.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the H/T.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim Howard</title>
		<link>http://urbangrounds.com/2007/10/letter-to-ron-paul/#comment-107064</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim Howard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I really wanted to like Ron Paul.  I sent him fifty bucks when he announced his run.

But he has snuggled up  too close to the 9/11 nutters to be considered.  The &#039;truthers&#039; make physically ill with their lies and hysterical rants.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really wanted to like Ron Paul.  I sent him fifty bucks when he announced his run.</p>
<p>But he has snuggled up  too close to the 9/11 nutters to be considered.  The &#8216;truthers&#8217; make physically ill with their lies and hysterical rants.</p>
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		<title>By: no2liberals</title>
		<link>http://urbangrounds.com/2007/10/letter-to-ron-paul/#comment-107046</link>
		<dc:creator>no2liberals</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don, well said, if all you said is true.
I know there are no perfect candidates, and never will be.
In the case of Ron Paul, though, he has pegged my &lt;em&gt;BS Detector&lt;/em&gt;, each and every time he has gone on one of his rants.
He&#039;s not my kind of guy, as his behavior is repellant, irrespective of his policy ideas.
I don&#039;t think Paul is a fool, I think he is a loon.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don, well said, if all you said is true.<br />
I know there are no perfect candidates, and never will be.<br />
In the case of Ron Paul, though, he has pegged my <em>BS Detector</em>, each and every time he has gone on one of his rants.<br />
He&#8217;s not my kind of guy, as his behavior is repellant, irrespective of his policy ideas.<br />
I don&#8217;t think Paul is a fool, I think he is a loon.</p>
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		<title>By: Don McCombs</title>
		<link>http://urbangrounds.com/2007/10/letter-to-ron-paul/#comment-107001</link>
		<dc:creator>Don McCombs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As a black man, I find the whole tone of this more than a little disturbing. I certainly don&#039;t like racism any more than anyone else. But we don&#039;t combat racism by dehumanizing the racist; we combat racism by demonstrating our own humanity. I have lots of rights, but being universally loved by all of my neighbors isn&#039;t among those rights. Whether I like it or not (and I don&#039;t), people do have the right to think evil of me, or even to wish evil on me; they just don&#039;t have the right to DO evil TO me. 

Did I mention that I&#039;m also an enthusiastic Paul supporter? Should I be disturbed that some people who don&#039;t think much of me and people who look like me have chosen to also support my candidate? Well, as much as I&#039;d love to believe that everyone who supports my candidate is as enlightened as I am, I want my candidate to WIN, which (unfortunately) involves persuading millions of idiots to vote for him. Afterall, no candidate EVER wins the Presidency whithout convincing MILLIONS of idiots to vote for him. Only losers demand ideological purity among their supporters, which is probably why Dr. Paul is ignoring your bait: the doc ain&#039;t no fool.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a black man, I find the whole tone of this more than a little disturbing. I certainly don&#8217;t like racism any more than anyone else. But we don&#8217;t combat racism by dehumanizing the racist; we combat racism by demonstrating our own humanity. I have lots of rights, but being universally loved by all of my neighbors isn&#8217;t among those rights. Whether I like it or not (and I don&#8217;t), people do have the right to think evil of me, or even to wish evil on me; they just don&#8217;t have the right to DO evil TO me. </p>
<p>Did I mention that I&#8217;m also an enthusiastic Paul supporter? Should I be disturbed that some people who don&#8217;t think much of me and people who look like me have chosen to also support my candidate? Well, as much as I&#8217;d love to believe that everyone who supports my candidate is as enlightened as I am, I want my candidate to WIN, which (unfortunately) involves persuading millions of idiots to vote for him. Afterall, no candidate EVER wins the Presidency whithout convincing MILLIONS of idiots to vote for him. Only losers demand ideological purity among their supporters, which is probably why Dr. Paul is ignoring your bait: the doc ain&#8217;t no fool.</p>
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		<title>By: no2liberals</title>
		<link>http://urbangrounds.com/2007/10/letter-to-ron-paul/#comment-106982</link>
		<dc:creator>no2liberals</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m glad someone actually listens to or reads what Paul has to say or think. 
His nuttiness is apparent in his eyes, and mannerisms, when he has appeared on the photo-op feaux debates.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m glad someone actually listens to or reads what Paul has to say or think.<br />
His nuttiness is apparent in his eyes, and mannerisms, when he has appeared on the photo-op feaux debates.</p>
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