The following was posted in another echo, by Vern Humphrey.
 Seems he says the same things I've been saying for years.

 Esp note his comment on the first message.

  Guess he must be another damned liberal.

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FORUM:   POLITICS                             HOST: DOCS
DATE:    July-6-04 8:07am                      MSG:  44896
FROM:    Vern Humphrey
TO:      Ed Connell
SUBJECT: Re: Bill Cosby

EC> FS>> Certainly his complaints also apply to whites.  However *any*
EC> FS>> white guy could -- and many do -- complain about the schooling
EC> FS>> situation, but they couldn't target the black community as Cosby
EC> FS>> can.

EC>He ought to make substandard schooling a Civil Rights issue (as it is.)
EC>Tell Blacks that the way to fight for Civil Rights is to get a good
EC>education.
EC>============
EC>On the money.  Why demand something and then not take advantage of it?

And we ought to make it clear, it isn't equal FUNDING, but equal outcome
that is the goal.

FORUM:   POLITICS                             HOST: DOCS
DATE:    July-6-04 8:11am                      MSG:  44897
FROM:    Vern Humphrey
TO:      Ed Connell
SUBJECT: Re: Bill Cosby

EC> EC>> Cosby's remarks are portrayed as antiblack by the paracites who
EC> EC>> promote themselves as black spokesmen but who are really poverty
EC> EC>> pimps.  Even the ambivalent Jesse Jackson spoke in
support of Cosby's
EC> EC>> views.

EC>The President ought to appoint Cosby Father-General, and let him go
EC>around and teach men to be real fathers.
EC>====================

EC>Vern, that is why you should be in congress and I will just support you.
EC>That is one of the best ideas I've seen in a long time.  SALUTE!

You know, that wouldn't be such a bad idea, after all -- appointing men
and women of character and values, and letting them teach the rest.


FORUM:   POLITICS                             HOST: DOCS
DATE:    July-6-04 8:12am                      MSG:  44899
FROM:    Vern Humphrey
TO:      Frank Scheidt
SUBJECT: Bill Cosby

FS> VH> He ought to make substandard schooling a Civil Rights issue (as it
FS> VH> is.) Tell Blacks that the way to fight for Civil Rights is to get a
FS> VH> good education.

FS>It's the *adults'* duty to insist on decent education for blacks.
FS>School-aged blacks are unlikely to fight for that; after all, they
FS>lack the adult knowldege of the *importance* of education.

It's everyone's duty to insist on decent education for all children, of
all races.  We cannot tolerate a system where some children are simply
thrown away.

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