Alter: Bipartisanship Is All but Dead | Newsweek Voices - Jonathan Alter

You can't kill something that was already dead. the so called bi-particain is a figment of one's imagination. The majority has always rejected proposed amandment by the minority. the very fact that only a simpleone vote majority in committee or on the floor in almost all legislation shows this to be true. The majority holds the one vote and rarely needs a minority vote.

What the call biparticianship is merely allowing the other side their say and then imposing the majority rule.

How on earth could anyone expect anything less? We're talking about politicians who attach each other and their families in the most vicious way during campaigns. Do we expect that is all forgotten when the election is over?

The topic to discuss is your article related to Africcan American History Month and North Lawndale.. When Dr. Martin Luther Kind amde his historic stand in North Lawndale to publicize the "deplorable living conditions" in North Lawndale - the conditions here were not as deplorable as was reported in the major news outlets.

Most of the homes were owned by the people who lived in them and they were kept up and well maintianed. The vacant lots and abamdoned buildings were not nearly as prevalent then as now and most abandoned bnuildigs were abandonded synogues, left vacant and decaying by a Jewish population moving to the suburbs where the scost of living was cheaper. Actually, Dr King's actions were esented by many of the residents who knew the problem was being exaggerated but many suppoorted his efforts to better the residents where blacks live.
Moreover, North Lawndale was a vibrant area teeming with businesses owned by residnets, for example, in a four block radius, there were two black owned gas stations, it is nearly impossible to find a black owned gas staiton in the enitre city of Chicago presently for two reasons, more people of different cultures owing businesses in commmunities where most of the residents are black, and because of "black flight". Once again, black are fleeing in large numbers backjto the south and other parts of the country where there is less violence and better economic opportunities.

As for crime in North Lawndale, the biggest misconception is that blacks, who are 75% to 80% of the convicted criminals,are the culprits is wrong, wrong, wrong. When a crime is cpommitted in this area- everyone automatically thinks the suspect is black, but as seen recently, when a car was stopped with two white inhabitants - they were found to have large amounts of cocaine in their possession and ran tover he police officer who stopped them in an effort to escape arrest. Nothing was printed in the major news outlets, so far as I know about what their punishment was or the outcome of this crime, but the point is that it was unusual for these people to even have come under suspicion if not for the efforts of people like myself who have seen and reported the criminal acts being committed by interrracial gangs who are allowed to operate freely in our communities.

North Lawndale is currently experiencing a re-vitalizing effort, which for the most part is succeeding, but I wanted to clear up a few of the misconceptions that abound regard ing this vibrant, alive area.

Lastly, Unlike the south sections of the city, North Lawndale was always an integrated neighborhood too and that may be why there are so many misconceptions about the area.

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Posted By: I'm all in @ 06/20/2009 9:41:56 AM

You can't kill something that was already dead. the so called bi-particain is a figment of one's imagination. The majority has always rejected proposed amandment by the minority. the very fact that only a simpleone vote majority in committee or on the floor in almost all legislation shows this to be true. The majority holds the one vote and rarely needs a minority vote.

What the call biparticianship is merely allowing the other side their say and then imposing the majority rule.

How on earth could anyone expect anything less? We're talking about politicians who attach each other and their families in the most vicious way during campaigns. Do we expect that is all forgotten when the election is over?
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Posted By: Acalbert @ 02/26/2009 3:36:53 PM

The topic to discuss is your article related to Africcan American History Month and North Lawndale.. When Dr. Martin Luther Kind amde his historic stand in North Lawndale to publicize the "deplorable living conditions" in North Lawndale - the conditions here were not as deplorable as was reported in the major news outlets.

Most of the homes were owned by the people who lived in them and they were kept up and well maintianed. The vacant lots and abamdoned buildings were not nearly as prevalent then as now and most abandoned bnuildigs were abandonded synogues, left vacant and decaying by a Jewish population moving to the suburbs where the scost of living was cheaper. Actually, Dr King's actions were esented by many of the residents who knew the problem was being exaggerated but many suppoorted his efforts to better the residents where blacks live.
Moreover, North Lawndale was a vibrant area teeming with businesses owned by residnets, for example, in a four block radius, there were two black owned gas stations, it is nearly impossible to find a black owned gas staiton in the enitre city of Chicago presently for two reasons, more people of different cultures owing businesses in commmunities where most of the residents are black, and because of "black flight". Once again, black are fleeing in large numbers backjto the south and other parts of the country where there is less violence and better economic opportunities.

As for crime in North Lawndale, the biggest misconception is that blacks, who are 75% to 80% of the convicted criminals,are the culprits is wrong, wrong, wrong. When a crime is cpommitted in this area- everyone automatically thinks the suspect is black, but as seen recently, when a car was stopped with two white inhabitants - they were found to have large amounts of cocaine in their possession and ran tover he police officer who stopped them in an effort to escape arrest. Nothing was printed in the major news outlets, so far as I know about what their punishment was or the outcome of this crime, but the point is that it was unusual for these people to even have come under suspicion if not for the efforts of people like myself who have seen and reported the criminal acts being committed by interrracial gangs who are allowed to operate freely in our communities.

North Lawndale is currently experiencing a re-vitalizing effort, which for the most part is succeeding, but I wanted to clear up a few of the misconceptions that abound regard ing this vibrant, alive area.

Lastly, Unlike the south sections of the city, North Lawndale was always an integrated neighborhood too and that may be why there are so many misconceptions about the area.
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