The "answer" to all of that, by the Left, is to increase taxes on all of
us, rather than STOPPING the corruption and blatant mis-management.
That's a problem for me. <SHRUG>

Me also. Lately, the knee-jerk reaction to the corruption and
mis-management is to pull the plugs on the programs all together, which
still does nothing to the politicians who were abusing them while hurting
those that actually did benefit.


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Our current administration is actively removing tributes to
famous and successful African-Americans.

Haven't heard about this one. Any examples that you could provide?

Google "US renaming Tubman" to find something regarding the renaming of
naval ships. IMHO, it was a little odd to name ships after civil
rights leaders, social activists, and Supreme Court members who weren't in the Navy.

That isn't saying that some of them, like Tubman, don't have a very
significant place in our country's history, as they do, but I think it was
a little weird they named a ship after Ruth Bader Ginsberg to begin with.
That said, it was done and I don't really support spending the time,
effort, and money on changing these things.

They have also considered renaming a military base or two. Fort Cavazos,
the former Ft Hood, is one that has been floated as up for a possible
rename (back to Ft Hood). The person it was renamed after is a former
military man -- a four star general -- so the name makes more sense. But, since he's hispanic (and Hood was CSA), having his name on it is "DEI."

Also, is this like the previous administration removing all kinds of tributes/statues/memorials of famous and successful Southern-Americans
from the Civil War era, because of what they stood for? Oh, and also
like the renaming of military installations because they had
"offensive" names?

I didn't necessarily support the renaming of Ft. Hood but, now that it is
done and (IMHO) it was renamed after someone deserving, I don't support changing it again. It was wasteful then and would be wasteful now.

I'm not claiming reparations are the solution I'd choose, but the
problem persists.

What solution *would* you choose, pray tell? How, exactly, can this
problem be "fixed"?

I am not sure there is a solution, at least not one that the government
would come up with. IMHO, it would be best remedied if persons could stop looking at the color or sex of an individual and base everything on their merits but, in practice, I am not sure humans are capable of doing so.


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Dumas Walker wrote to GAMGEE <=-

Our current administration is actively removing tributes to
famous and successful African-Americans.

Haven't heard about this one. Any examples that you could provide?

Google "US renaming Tubman" to find something regarding the renaming of naval ships. IMHO, it was a little odd to name ships after civil
rights leaders, social activists, and Supreme Court members who weren't
in the Navy.

Agreed, very odd. Not acceptable, even.

That isn't saying that some of them, like Tubman, don't have a very significant place in our country's history, as they do, but I think it
was a little weird they named a ship after Ruth Bader Ginsberg to begin with. That said, it was done and I don't really support spending the
time, effort, and money on changing these things.

Fully agree on the significance of Tubman, just not on the chosen method
of recognition. No way that RBG gets that honor, other than DEI. I'm
for changing both of those ship names. There are others, too - I
recently saw something about the USS Harvey Milk being considered for re-naming also. Another 100% DEI thing, and should be un-done.

They have also considered renaming a military base or two. Fort
Cavazos, the former Ft Hood, is one that has been floated as up for a possible rename (back to Ft Hood). The person it was renamed after is
a former military man -- a four star general -- so the name makes more sense. But, since he's hispanic (and Hood was CSA), having his name on
it is "DEI."

Just another un-doing of a mistake by Biden and company. Like it or
not, the Civil War and the CSA are parts of our history.

Also, is this like the previous administration removing all kinds of tributes/statues/memorials of famous and successful Southern-Americans
from the Civil War era, because of what they stood for? Oh, and also
like the renaming of military installations because they had
"offensive" names?

I didn't necessarily support the renaming of Ft. Hood but, now that it
is done and (IMHO) it was renamed after someone deserving, I don't
support changing it again. It was wasteful then and would be wasteful now.

Send the bill to Biden.

I'm not claiming reparations are the solution I'd choose, but the
problem persists.

What solution *would* you choose, pray tell? How, exactly, can this
problem be "fixed"?

I am not sure there is a solution, at least not one that the government would come up with. IMHO, it would be best remedied if persons could
stop looking at the color or sex of an individual and base everything
on their merits but, in practice, I am not sure humans are capable of doing so.

Absolutely right, but I agree that it's likely not possible. What isn't
right is to have people/taxpayers pay money to people who are
generations removed from anybody who was mistreated. "Correcting" a
wrong by committing another wrong is not the way.



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I am not sure there is a solution, at least not one that the government would come up with. IMHO, it would be best remedied if persons could stop looking at the color or sex of an individual and base everything
on their merits but, in practice, I am not sure humans are capable of doing so.

Absolutely right, but I agree that it's likely not possible. What isn't right is to have people/taxpayers pay money to people who are
generations removed from anybody who was mistreated. "Correcting" a
wrong by committing another wrong is not the way.

Part of me feels that way, that they are generations removed. However,
there is some belief in this country that the "wrongs" continued far beyond
the Civil War. I would agree that they certainly continued until at least
the Civil Rights Era of the 1960s.

What has happened since then, until recently, I would place at the feet of
our politicians (Democrats, too) who've spent their time benefiting from
having a "downtrodden" class to manipulate... a class you cannot manipulate
if they do not remain downtrodden.

Recently, it seems that pre-1960s attitudes are being brought back into the mainstream. Not sure what has brought that on but it does need to stop.


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Dumas Walker wrote to GAMGEE <=-

I am not sure there is a solution, at least not one that the government would come up with. IMHO, it would be best remedied if persons could stop looking at the color or sex of an individual and base everything on their merits but, in practice, I am not sure humans are capable of doing so.

Absolutely right, but I agree that it's likely not possible. What isn't right is to have people/taxpayers pay money to people who are
generations removed from anybody who was mistreated. "Correcting" a
wrong by committing another wrong is not the way.

Part of me feels that way, that they are generations removed. However, there is some belief in this country that the "wrongs" continued far beyond the Civil War. I would agree that they certainly continued
until at least the Civil Rights Era of the 1960s.

Yes, it's true that discrimination continued long after the Civil War,
and to some extent is still happening today. But again it's a problem
of who is to blame, and how to "correct" it. Not something easy to
answer or solve.

What has happened since then, until recently, I would place at the feet
of our politicians (Democrats, too) who've spent their time benefiting from having a "downtrodden" class to manipulate... a class you cannot manipulate if they do not remain downtrodden.

100% correct. It's like many of the bad things going on today... This,
wars, tradewars, cold wars, more. There are always a small group of
people who benefit tremendously from these things, and although they say otherwise, they WANT them to continue. Race relations (as you said
above), and the RUS/UKR war are great examples. Lots of money being
made by a few on both of these issues, and those people will not *LET*
the issues end.

Recently, it seems that pre-1960s attitudes are being brought back into the mainstream. Not sure what has brought that on but it does need to stop.

I'm not so sure that I'm seeing this happen, at least around here.



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