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JEB

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3. My favorite.

Reply to Octafish (Original post)

Mon Aug 25, 2014, 02:50 PM

Aug 2014

On whether Detroit’s crime problem is related to it being a mostly black city:

“People who are hungry and unemployed commit crimes. People who have jobs and pride do not.”

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Pruneface [View all] Octafish Aug 2014 OP

Ronald Reagan and the Salvadoran Baby Skulls (R.Parry 1-30-07 Consortium News) bobthedrummer Aug 2014 #1

Pruneface did El Mozote Octafish Aug 2014 #2

We are very good at burying things, JEB Aug 2014 #4

...the past. Octafish Aug 2014 #5

Edwin Meese MinM Aug 2014 #7

You know the BFEE well enough to teach (thanks Octafish!) too, MinM, NGU. Kick n/t Meese... bobthedrummer Aug 2014 #10

My favorite. JEB Aug 2014 #3

His Honor was profound. Octafish Aug 2014 #6

The testimony at your link could have happened yesterday if a few words were changed hootinholler Aug 2014 #11

Coleman Young Would Be A Hero If He Hadn't Confronted White People About Their Racism MinM Aug 2014 #8

The Siege of Detroit: A War of Black Urban Removal Octafish Aug 2014 #9

Ronald Reagan thought "Roots" was biased because it made white people look bad MinM Sep 2014 #12

News as History: Lost in 1977... Octafish Sep 2014 #13