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Choices Lyrics
Choices, it's always what you make it
But then you and I're the same
Choices, peculiar how you throw them in my face
while you abstain
This is all about equality
I'm sure you've heard of the term somewhere
No less, youve made your own reality
No need to deal with me, oh
Why dont you shout out my name?
Show my face so theres someone to aim for
And I wont even try to disclaim,
Though I shat on the fan
I did what I had to
Why dont you shout out my name?
Why wont you look me in the eye, no more
Its just gonna be yourself looking back
at you
Choices, you say I made a bad one,
But how about yourself?
Voices, its a cheap independence
If you drift like a snow flake
You try to hide behind absurdities
Take a break and then walk on water
Princess, wake up and smell the coffee
Now Ill just stay awake.
Why dont you shout out my name?
Show my face so theres someone to aim for
And I wont even try to disclaim,
Though I shat on the fan
I did what I had to
Why dont you shout out my name?
Why wont you look me in the eye no more?
Its just gonna be yourself looking back
at you
Over the hills
And then even further away
In this Norwegian style
Send me your bills
I will pay them with interest
And all the best, all the best, all the best
Why dont you shout out my name?
Show my face so theres someone to aim for
And I wont even try to disclaim,
Though I shat on the fan
I did what I had to
Why dont you shout out my name? (...... shout my name?)
Why wont you look me in the eye no more?
Its just gonna be yourself looking back
at you....
Read more: Jarle Bernhoft - Choices Lyrics | MetroLyrics
Choices, it's always what you make it
But then you and I're the same
Choices, peculiar how you throw them in my face
while you abstain
This is all about equality
I'm sure you've heard of the term somewhere
No less, youve made your own reality
No need to deal with me, oh
Why dont you shout out my name?
Show my face so theres someone to aim for
And I wont even try to disclaim,
Though I shat on the fan
I did what I had to
Why dont you shout out my name?
Why wont you look me in the eye, no more
Its just gonna be yourself looking back
at you
Choices, you say I made a bad one,
But how about yourself?
Voices, its a cheap independence
If you drift like a snow flake
You try to hide behind absurdities
Take a break and then walk on water
Princess, wake up and smell the coffee
Now Ill just stay awake.
Why dont you shout out my name?
Show my face so theres someone to aim for
And I wont even try to disclaim,
Though I shat on the fan
I did what I had to
Why dont you shout out my name?
Why wont you look me in the eye no more?
Its just gonna be yourself looking back
at you
Over the hills
And then even further away
In this Norwegian style
Send me your bills
I will pay them with interest
And all the best, all the best, all the best
Why dont you shout out my name?
Show my face so theres someone to aim for
And I wont even try to disclaim,
Though I shat on the fan
I did what I had to
Why dont you shout out my name? (...... shout my name?)
Why wont you look me in the eye no more?
Its just gonna be yourself looking back
at you....
Read more: Jarle Bernhoft - Choices Lyrics | MetroLyrics
What would be better is if those making bad choices would accept responsibility for them instead of expecting others to pay for the results.
I already provide for myself and people like you. When are you going to do for yourself?
Why don't you tell us why you won't support yourself and why you expect the rest of us to do it for you?
The argument is that blacks will be disenfranchised with voter ID laws and limiting early voting. Why can't black people do like the rest of us when it comes to getting what's required and showing up when the rest of us do?
I'm going on the claims that voter ID laws disenfranchise blacks. Are blacks incapable of doing what white people can do? Your argument seems to say so.
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Truthmatters
http://articles.latimes.com/1986-10-25/news/mn-7435_1_republican-national-committee
GOP Memo Admits Plan Could 'Keep Black Vote Down'
October 25, 1986|From the Washington Post
NEWARK, N.J. — A Republican National Committee official calculated that a so-called ballot security program in Louisiana "could keep the black vote down considerably," according to documents released in federal court Friday.
The documents and court hearing were the latest developments in a controversy over the GOP's ballot program that Democrats maintain is aimed at reducing minority turnout. The Republicans say the program's sole purpose is to purge ineligible voters from voting roles.
In an Aug. 13 memo the court made public Friday, Kris Wolfe, the Republican National Committee Midwest political director, wrote Lanny Griffith, the committee's Southern political director, and said of the Louisiana campaigning:
"I know this race is really important to you. I would guess that this program will eliminate at least 60-80,000 folks from the rolls. . . . If it's a close race . . . which I'm assuming it is, this could keep the black vote down considerably."
Unseals Document
She said in the memorandum that the program had been approved by Gregory Graves, deputy political director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
The document, called Exhibit 13, was unsealed by U.S. District Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise when lawyers for the Democratic National Committee said it was needed to question Wolfe.
Wolfe testified that she wrote about the possibility of keeping the black vote down to remind Griffith that there "might be a political situation he might want to consider. . . . I wanted him to be aware of the political considerations."
The Democrats are suing the Republican Party for $10 million, charging that the Republican National Committee ballot security programs--a method of assuring that voters reside at their listed addresses--violated a 1981 consent agreement signed by both parties.
Under the agreement, the Republican committee would "refrain from undertaking any ballot security activities in polling places or election districts where the racial composition of such districts is a factor."
Debevoise refused to issue a restraining order requiring the GOP to stop all similar activity.
Accepts Lawyers' Word
The judge said he accepted the word of Republican lawyers who told him all ballot security programs have been stopped, including an effort the Democrats say singled out predominantly black and Latino precincts in Pontiac, Mich.
In testimony Friday, Mark Braden, the Republican National Committee's chief counsel and the organizer of the ballot security program, said he repeatedly sought to make it clear to subordinates that "race was a factor that could not be used. I would instill the fear of God in them. . . . I'm not an idiot, this is a big press issue, and it's a big legal issue."
The committee's ballot security program was conducted in Louisiana, Indiana and Missouri. Before it became controversial, GOP political strategists said they planned to use it in other states.
'Insidious Scheme'
Louisiana state District Court Judge Richard E. Lee issued an injunction against the program on Oct. 14. In his order, Lee said: "This was an insidious scheme by the Republican Party to remove blacks from the voting roles."
GOP Memo Admits Plan Could 'Keep Black Vote Down'
October 25, 1986|From the Washington Post
NEWARK, N.J. — A Republican National Committee official calculated that a so-called ballot security program in Louisiana "could keep the black vote down considerably," according to documents released in federal court Friday.
The documents and court hearing were the latest developments in a controversy over the GOP's ballot program that Democrats maintain is aimed at reducing minority turnout. The Republicans say the program's sole purpose is to purge ineligible voters from voting roles.
In an Aug. 13 memo the court made public Friday, Kris Wolfe, the Republican National Committee Midwest political director, wrote Lanny Griffith, the committee's Southern political director, and said of the Louisiana campaigning:
"I know this race is really important to you. I would guess that this program will eliminate at least 60-80,000 folks from the rolls. . . . If it's a close race . . . which I'm assuming it is, this could keep the black vote down considerably."
Unseals Document
She said in the memorandum that the program had been approved by Gregory Graves, deputy political director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
The document, called Exhibit 13, was unsealed by U.S. District Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise when lawyers for the Democratic National Committee said it was needed to question Wolfe.
Wolfe testified that she wrote about the possibility of keeping the black vote down to remind Griffith that there "might be a political situation he might want to consider. . . . I wanted him to be aware of the political considerations."
The Democrats are suing the Republican Party for $10 million, charging that the Republican National Committee ballot security programs--a method of assuring that voters reside at their listed addresses--violated a 1981 consent agreement signed by both parties.
Under the agreement, the Republican committee would "refrain from undertaking any ballot security activities in polling places or election districts where the racial composition of such districts is a factor."
Debevoise refused to issue a restraining order requiring the GOP to stop all similar activity.
Accepts Lawyers' Word
The judge said he accepted the word of Republican lawyers who told him all ballot security programs have been stopped, including an effort the Democrats say singled out predominantly black and Latino precincts in Pontiac, Mich.
In testimony Friday, Mark Braden, the Republican National Committee's chief counsel and the organizer of the ballot security program, said he repeatedly sought to make it clear to subordinates that "race was a factor that could not be used. I would instill the fear of God in them. . . . I'm not an idiot, this is a big press issue, and it's a big legal issue."
The committee's ballot security program was conducted in Louisiana, Indiana and Missouri. Before it became controversial, GOP political strategists said they planned to use it in other states.
'Insidious Scheme'
Louisiana state District Court Judge Richard E. Lee issued an injunction against the program on Oct. 14. In his order, Lee said: "This was an insidious scheme by the Republican Party to remove blacks from the voting roles."
LBJ was nothing but another Liberal piece of shit that supports a system where those unwilling to do for themselves are enable to be freeloaders supported by the rest of us.
Why should someone unwilling to do for themselves or whose own choices cause their situation expect the rest of us to pay for their choices?
salon.com as a source. Now, that's funny.