"African American people should want jobs, not food stamps"

[RCG Trader]

Quote from Mercor:

Those Homestead programs was for land in untamed lawless,Indian country.

It forced "White" people to think , work and defend their very lives.
It was anything but free.


Here are more opportunities for rugged hard individualistic folks.
Pass this along to your friends who feel they missed their chance to live in the frontier.

http://www.cfra.org/renewrural/freeland
Free Land: Mini Homestead Acts

In the spirit of the 19th Century Homestead Act, an option that is gaining popularity is the mini Homestead Act—offering free land to those who are willing to locate in a rural community.

The main concept behind all of these opportunities is: we have a great town in which to live. We will provide you the land to build your own home, schools for your children, local amenities for you to enjoy. We will leave the job hunting to you.

Communities in Kansas have taken this concept and put it to good use. The Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska took a look at how successful these programs have been.

Ellsworth, KS – made 10 lots available, four were given away, and 20 families received down payment assistance to purchase existing housing.

Marquette, KS – made 80 lots available, all but a few were given away.

Minneapolis, KS – made 33 lots available, 27 were claimed.

Wilson, KS – gave away one lot and offered 5 new families with down payment assistance.

See also: www.kansasfreeland.com.

The cultural paradigm was entirely different between then and now. Had blacks been allowed to participate then, when America was largely an agrarian society, there would have been no need for such a paradigm shift such as it is today.

However, blacks did still head West, one of those places was Greenwood, Oklahoma.

http://www.timbooktu.com/spence/burning.htm

Racism was much less sophisticated then. Economic warfare was in it's infancy, so they had to resort to good ol' fashioned torches.

 

[Lucrum]

It occurred to me recently that if Africans in America worshiped Booker T. Washington with the same enthusiasm they worship MLK. Our country would be practically unrecognizable compared to what it is today.

 

[pspr]

Quote from Lucrum:

It occurred to me recently that if Africans in America worshiped Booker T. Washington with the same enthusiasm they worship MLK. Our country would be practically unrecognizable compared to what it is today.

But then we wouldn't have RCG here doing his daily race baiting. What would we do for entertainment?

 

[Eight]

The last thing Democrats want is for Blacks to be receiving paychecks for working. Blacks are social conservatives already, if they were getting paychecks and paying for all the handouts they would be Republicans. Without that 95% Black vote in their pockets Democrats would be a footnote in history...

 

[cgroupman]

Quote from denner:

Indeed. But there always has to be that "threat" that the evil "other party" will do away with all the free bennies from Uncle Sugar if "our party" isn't re-elected.

Exactly right, and then the partisan nonsense and hating starts, from both sides. Kumbaya? No, but some sense of civility might help in making better decisions. The 'us vs. them' mentality is just destroying America.


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