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[MADem]

180. Hey--you were the one who rolled in here with the condescending snark wagon, so don't even go there.

Again--you check your timelines, there, and then come on back and tell the entire class how long it took for the President to send those troops to Little Rock. Make sure you include a brief dissertation regarding the role of the FEDERAL COURTS in that action as well, because it's salient to the discussion.

And then check your context. You apparently are under the impression, based on your use of Little Rock as an example, that Obama, the POTUS, and Nixon, the governor, aren't on the same page. Do you realize that the governor of Arkansas had deployed troops to PREVENT the integration of schools? And THAT is why Ike, with court backing, intervened? And that Ike "federalized" the Guard in order to, in essence, force them to "switch sides?"

Your little newspaper sample is dramatic, but one thing has nothing to do with another. Your misguided attempt at a history lesson had to do with integration in an era of segregation; the issue that Governor Nixon and the people of greater St. Louis are dealing with is police brutality in a suburb of that city.

Every picture tells a story, but it doesn't tell the WHOLE story. You go do your homework, now, and come back with a full report. Or don't. I really don't care. Your example is a FAIL.