Via Gothamist Watch Stephen Colbert Learn About Slavery In Brooklyn (Facts Not Included)
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Come November 6th we are going to have two choices for our Representative to the house.
(Democrat) Yvette Clarke
(Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Prospect Heights, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and Park Slope. )
Yvette Diane Clarke (born November 21, 1964) is the U.S. Representative for New York’s 11th congressional district, serving since 2007, and the former chair of the United States House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, Science and Technology. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
(Republican)(Conservative) Daniel Cavanagh
Via SheepsheadBites
Cavanagh is running in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing New York’s 9th District. He sought the nomination on the Republican and Conservative Party tickets. He was unopposed in the primary. Served as a special assistant to New York State Senator Marty Golden since 2002. He has been involved in the local community from the age of 13, with the Gerritsen Beach Teen Organization. Cavanagh is the father of GerritsenBeach.net blogger Daniel Cavanagh, III.
Funny video and very enlightening regarding Ms. Clarke’s understanding of American History.
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She only missed slavery in new York by about 61 years. She missed the Dutch being in control of New York by about 230 years. What an idiot. Sad part is that she will probably win because she’s a Democrat in New York and the unions will back her.
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@ Anonymous, congress passed the abolition of slavery on January 31, 1865, Although most in the south and a few in the north did not acknowledge the abolition, so she actually missed it by 99 years. The Dutch ceded permanent control of New York to the English in 1674, so she actually missed that by 290 years. Anyway, how her knowledge of slavery in Brooklyn will be beneficial with today’s modern issues is beyond me. We all know what happened way back when. It’s time to move on and get on with life.
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Since she is talking about New York, it is New York that matters. New York abolished slavery in 1827 but nice try. The Dutch gave up New York in 1664 and regained it very briefly in 1673. Since she is talking about 1898, that’s 61 years for slavery and 220 or 230 years for the Dutch to be out of New York. Either you suck at math, didn’t watch the video or have your head in the sand so deep just trying to defend someone who doesn’t deserve to be defended because you are blinded by following party lines. I’m figuring it’s all three but that’s just an educated guess.
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How embarrassing. I though Sarah Palin was bad. This is probably worse.
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Wow – “She was chair of the United States House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, Science and Technology.”
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I’m trying to figure out which ones she was the knowledgeable one on the committee but I don’t think any of them fall under her wide education in bull****.
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You spelled wrongminded wrong. She’s an idiot, get over it.
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It’s funny. The same person writes in lowercase and then writes in uppercase to make it seem like a different person.
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