Apparently, Laboratory SD is open for business again.
The Argus is reporting tonight that another California group is looking at South Dakota to be it's ballot initiative laboratory:
Unlike the J.A.I.L. lunatics who preceded them, ending affirmative action type programs might not necessarily be a bad thing. But by the same token, I don't know if I could support it without (#1) reviewing it in depth, and (#2) it was actually initiated by South Dakotans because of abuses of the system we were having here.
I mean, when was the last time this was a problem in South Dakota? Is this going to affect anyone's employment practices? Is it going to affect University enrollment preferences? Who knows?
And until the time they can give us some real world South Dakota examples, I think they can keep "the initiated measure chemistry set" home in California.
A national group that spearheaded successful ballot initiatives in three states to end racial preferences in hiring and other areas may soon target South Dakota.Read it here. And read about the organization here.
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“South Dakota has been on our list since day one,” said Diane Schachterle, a spokeswoman for the group.
Unlike the J.A.I.L. lunatics who preceded them, ending affirmative action type programs might not necessarily be a bad thing. But by the same token, I don't know if I could support it without (#1) reviewing it in depth, and (#2) it was actually initiated by South Dakotans because of abuses of the system we were having here.
I mean, when was the last time this was a problem in South Dakota? Is this going to affect anyone's employment practices? Is it going to affect University enrollment preferences? Who knows?
And until the time they can give us some real world South Dakota examples, I think they can keep "the initiated measure chemistry set" home in California.
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I would think the best society would be color-blind, and each person or company should be judged on their own character. Affirmative Action type programs would actually seem to promote racial discrimination.
His latest triumph over multi-cultural institutionalized racism was this last November in Michigan. A great article about the Mich. success, by John Miller, appeared in the (no, not the rapid city journal, no, not in the Mitchell daily republic and no, not the Argus or Watertown public opinion) Jan. 7th 07 edition of National Review. Or look it up and read it at nro.com.
pp, I cannot believe you are this uninformed, especially for a pol. Or is this one of those pp-tongue-in-cheek tricks to tweek the blogging public and get a reaction.
Quite frankly, I think the initiated measure process should be left alone. It is the closest thing we have to a statewide town hall meeting. The more debate and free speech, the better.
We don't need weirdos from California telling us how to run our judicial system, trial lawyers from New Jersey to draft our abortion laws, or affirmative action activists from California to create solutions for problems that don't exist in our state.
Ward Connerly was a regent - and he gave $70,000 to Pete Wilson's campaigns for that appointment. He told Wolf Blitzer on CNN that he supports segregation. And this is what he had to say about the Klu Klux Klan - “If the Ku Klux Klan thinks that equality is right, God bless them!" He makes Bill Steigmeier seem pretty mainstream.
shaky jake, I guess we know where the adjective in front of your name comes from...
My friends are white, of course, but lot's of blacks only want to live around other blacks (look at the innercities for example), and lots of mexicans like to live near each other where they can speak the same language and eat the same food. They even want to be near the mexican border because the weather and geography are like their home in mexico. And look at all the indians that live on the reservations even though theres no jobs there. Why wouldn't they move to somewhere where they can get a job? Because they want to be segregated. So blacks and mexicans and indians are infavor of segregation, so what?
Also, I'm a big fan of Ward Connerly. And I'll bet Jack and the other liberals here don't realize that Ward Connerly is a black. That's right, he's in favor of segregation and he's a black. If the blacks want segregation, why is it the white liberals that want to stand in the way?
Anon 10:35, Interesting how white liberals think they know what's best for minorities isn't it. They apparently would still support busing. They're the biggest racists of all and they don't even know it.
OOOOOOOO...their all shookup!!