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Good advertising, or Tokenism?

Fri Oct 7, 2011 3:54 PM EDT

I saw one of the new Honda commericals on TV the other day and it made me wonder what others thought about it. To be honest MY impression was that the advertising exec's at Honda, while trying desperately to avoid any issues really didn't get (at least in MY opinion) how insulti …

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white, honda, advertising, black, tokenism

Texas Senate passes bill on cities aiding illegal immigrants - Yahoo! News

Seeded on Wed Jun 15, 2011 3:46 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

Seeded by kazutam

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The Texas Senate early on Wednesday passed a measure pushed by Governor Rick Perry aimed at cracking down on cities that provide sanctuary to illegal immigrants. "Drug traffickers and transnational gangs should think twice before they step foot in …

texas, immigration, us-news, new-laws, sanctuary-cities

What happened to the interracial crime statistics from the FBI?

Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:21 PM EDT

By kazutam

I have recently had a discussion about crimes here in the US here on the vine. One of the posters in the discussion threw up the "hate crimes" stats from the FBI, and my question is WHY is the offender data skewed that way ONLY in the case of "hate crimes" while in all other cate …

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fbi, opinion, not-news, ucr, crime-stats

2nd Student Leaves Oklahoma City School After Racism, Assault

Seeded on Wed Oct 20, 2010 12:37 PM EDT (news channel 9)

Seeded by kazutam (Clipped by kazutam)

OKLAHOMA CITY -- A second student this week said a bullying incident involving racism forced him to drop out of his Oklahoma City Public School. The student from China was taken to a hospital after he said black students attacked and taunted him on his school bus.

racism, oklahoma-city, us-news, bullying, school-violence

Basic life saving techniques that WILL work for this country.

Tue Sep 21, 2010 11:46 AM EDT

By kazutam (Clipped by kazutam)

Anyone who has been trained in basic life saving techniques will recognize these steps. Now while it is a small stretch to apply these to some of the issues confronting this country, the basic principals DO apply.

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us, economy, immigration, government, opinion

So it IS really ALL about politics

Seeded on Thu Sep 16, 2010 11:17 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

Seeded by kazutam (Clipped by kazutam)

Many have said so in the past, myself among them. The ONLY reason that "comprehensive immigration reform"(or in other words amnesty) is wanted is to bolster the number of voters for the Dems. Well the president has NOW come right out and stated as much.

immigration, hispanics, obama, vote-buying, political-corruption

White House backed release of Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi

Seeded on Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:56 PM EDT (The Australian | The Australian Homepage | TheAustralian)

Seeded by amazedtexan

The document, acquired by a well-placed US source, threatens to undermine US President Barack Obama's claim last week that all Americans were "surprised, disappointed and angry" to learn of Megrahi's release.

politics