In an interview with blogger Mike Stark, Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) appeared to say that African-Americans are worse off today because of legalized abortion, than they were compared to slavery.“It seems like humanity is very gifted at hiding from something that’s obviously true. I mean in this country we had slavery for God knows how long. And now we look back on it and we say, ‘Well how blind were they, what was the matter with them, you know, I can’t believe, I mean four million, this is incredible,'” said Franks. “And we’re right. We’re right, we should look back on that with criticism. It is a crushing mark on America’s soul. And yet today, half of all black children are aborted. Half of all black children are aborted. Far more black children, far more of the African-American community is being devastated by the policies of today, than were being devastated by the policies of slavery.
“And I think, what does it take to get us to
wake up? Sometimes we’re a little bit emphatic and sometimes we get angry and say things that we shouldn’t say. And I apologize right here in front of everybody by saying things, especially if they’re not true, that are intemperate. But I don’t want to hide from the truth, I don’t want to hide from being able to speak the truth intensely, with the hope that somehow it will resonate in the hearts of people who have the power to make a difference for the suffering of the innocent that are the victims of these bad policies.”
This article appears in Feb 25 – Mar 3, 2010.
Really? This guy is one of our Congress Persons? Well I guess this explains alot.
We Arizonans now rank 56th among our fellow states in per capita spending on education; and the one thing that I am most proud of is the fact that we chose to sell and lease back our capitol building: and my city council persons in Tucson thought that this was such an excellent idea that they have proposed the same solution for the City of Tucson. Hell Yes! Let’s cut taxes, and cut spending! SCREW CIVILIZATION! YEEHAW!
The most disturbing thing I have heard recently is congressman Frank Antenori’s bill HB 2770; choosing to target the most vulnerable of our society needing AHCCCS.
Hey Frank, you coward, how about we force anyone needing AHCCCS to submit to sterilization? It’ll take a generation but we’ll be rid of “them” if we stop “them” from breeding. It’ll be much less costly than building camps and exterminating “them”.
Robert Alexander Dumas
“We Arizonans now rank 56th among our fellow states in per capita spending on education”…
Apparently on your education. There are 50 states, not 56.
I sincerely apologize warreno. I’ll attempt to keep my jibes less subtle in the future, just for you.
Hey while we’re on the subject; how about those huge tuition increases to our “as nearly free as practicable” land grant universities? This should stand us in good stead for the future.