It’s Complicated

 

Soon after finally getting racial segregation abolished, black activist groups have started demanding racial segregation – even demanding their own country, in some cases. Many blacks view America as irredeemably racist. Martin Luther King wanted blacks to become full-fledged Americans, but modern black activist groups have adopted distinctly anti-American messages, as evidenced by so many black athletes refusing to stand for the flag before games, and the flag-burning in the picture to the right, and so on.

I find this so very sad. But after seeing pictures from the funeral of famed black civil rights activist John Lewis, I was not only sad but also confused. See if you notice the same thing I did from the picture below:

The black lives matter activists must have been horrified at the pictures of their hero draped in a symbol of racism. Or perhaps they weren’t. If not, then why not? The world must be a very complicated place to such people. Although I suspect many of them haven’t given such things a whole lot of thought.

They like the security, wealth, and traditions of America. They just prefer to be seen as outsiders in a country that they would never leave, because they love it here despite hating it. Or something. Maybe all that makes sense to them. But to me, it seems complicated.

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  1. MISTER BITCOIN Inactive
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    As a congressman what was John Lewis’s signature achievement?

    An ex black panther said Lewis was a sellout (3 years ago on Tucker Carlson).

    He said Democrats + Blacks = Poverty

    I think the entire congressional black caucus represents districts that have higher rates of poverty than the national median.

     

    You’re probably right. And if so, then ending poverty would end their political tenure.

    And you’d be wrong. Prince Georges County, Maryland, was 64.5% black as of the 2010 census, with a median household income of $83,034 and ranks 208th out of 3143 counties in the United States for median income. Their representatives in the Congressional Black Caucus are Anthony G. Brown, a retired Army colonel, and Kweisi Mfume, a Freemason.

    Kweisi Mfume represents Maryland’s 7th district which covers Baltimore and Howard County.

    He succeeded Elijah Cummings.

     

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    As a congressman what was John Lewis’s signature achievement?

    An ex black panther said Lewis was a sellout (3 years ago on Tucker Carlson).

    He said Democrats + Blacks = Poverty

    I think the entire congressional black caucus represents districts that have higher rates of poverty than the national median.

     

    You’re probably right. And if so, then ending poverty would end their political tenure.

    And you’d be wrong. Prince Georges County, Maryland, was 64.5% black as of the 2010 census, with a median household income of $83,034 and ranks 208th out of 3143 counties in the United States for median income. Their representatives in the Congressional Black Caucus are Anthony G. Brown, a retired Army colonel, and Kweisi Mfume, a Freemason.

     

    Thank you for the correction.

    I should change ‘entire’ to ‘almost all’.

    Don’t most residents of PGC, Maryland work for the federal government or a lobbyist?

    It’s part of the swamp

    It is part of the swamp. And a lot of the residents work for the federal government, including a lot of military presence as well as civilian and contractor employees. In my personal experience, the highest proportion I encountered was in the military and military related business.

    As DC turned into a drug addled kleptocracy under the likes of Mayor Marion Barry, blacks found good jobs and affordable homes in PG. The crime was not as bad and fighting it was not as futile as in DC. PG has to compete with Montgomery County and Fairfax County with their better schools for the doctors and lawyers. Even under one party rule, PG is moving forward and is far more Cosby Show than Sanford and Son.

    Montgomery, Fairfax and Prince George’s = DC Potomac swamp

     

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    As a congressman what was John Lewis’s signature achievement?

    An ex black panther said Lewis was a sellout (3 years ago on Tucker Carlson).

    He said Democrats + Blacks = Poverty

    I think the entire congressional black caucus represents districts that have higher rates of poverty than the national median.

     

    You’re probably right. And if so, then ending poverty would end their political tenure.

    And you’d be wrong. Prince Georges County, Maryland, was 64.5% black as of the 2010 census, with a median household income of $83,034 and ranks 208th out of 3143 counties in the United States for median income. Their representatives in the Congressional Black Caucus are Anthony G. Brown, a retired Army colonel, and Kweisi Mfume, a Freemason.

    I think that Montgomery County is not representative of either low-income or black constituencies.

    I didn’t mention Montgomery County. Prince Georges County has far lower rates of poverty than the national median and is represented by two Black Caucus members, so the proposition fails on its face.

    PG County: 30.1% of all residents over the age of 25 had graduated from college and obtained a bachelor’s degree (17.8%) or professional degree (12.2%). 86.2% of all residents over the age of 25 were high school graduates or higher

    For a wealthy county, why is the number of college graduates only 30%?

    Fairfax and Montgomery Counties offer better schools. The University of Maryland has a huge footprint in PG but DC has Georgetown, American, Howard, George Washington, UDC, and Catholic. And professionals tend to integrate with professionals. These are the richest counties in the nation. 

    Arlington City – 2nd
    Falls Church City – 3rd
    Alexandria City – 5th
    Fairfax County – 8th
    Montgomery County – 11th
    Howard County (to the north, toward Baltimore) – 15th
    Loudoun (west of Fairfax County) – 19th
    Washington City – 23rd
    Fairfax City – 28th
    Prince Georges County – 208th

    And because these are the richest counties in the nation, the cost of living is very high. PG is relatively affordable.

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    As a congressman what was John Lewis’s signature achievement?

    An ex black panther said Lewis was a sellout (3 years ago on Tucker Carlson).

    He said Democrats + Blacks = Poverty

    I think the entire congressional black caucus represents districts that have higher rates of poverty than the national median.

     

    You’re probably right. And if so, then ending poverty would end their political tenure.

    And you’d be wrong. Prince Georges County, Maryland, was 64.5% black as of the 2010 census, with a median household income of $83,034 and ranks 208th out of 3143 counties in the United States for median income. Their representatives in the Congressional Black Caucus are Anthony G. Brown, a retired Army colonel, and Kweisi Mfume, a Freemason.

    Kweisi Mfume represents Maryland’s 7th district which covers Baltimore and Howard County.

    He succeeded Elijah Cummings.

     

    My bad. 

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    As a congressman what was John Lewis’s signature achievement?

    An ex black panther said Lewis was a sellout (3 years ago on Tucker Carlson).

    He said Democrats + Blacks = Poverty

    I think the entire congressional black caucus represents districts that have higher rates of poverty than the national median.

    You’re probably right. And if so, then ending poverty would end their political tenure.

    And you’d be wrong. Prince Georges County, Maryland, was 64.5% black as of the 2010 census, with a median household income of $83,034 and ranks 208th out of 3143 counties in the United States for median income. Their representatives in the Congressional Black Caucus are Anthony G. Brown, a retired Army colonel, and Kweisi Mfume, a Freemason.

    Thank you for the correction.

    I should change ‘entire’ to ‘almost all’.

    Don’t most residents of PGC, Maryland work for the federal government or a lobbyist?

    It’s part of the swamp

    It is part of the swamp. And a lot of the residents work for the federal government, including a lot of military presence as well as civilian and contractor employees. In my personal experience, the highest proportion I encountered was in the military and military related business.

    As DC turned into a drug addled kleptocracy under the likes of Mayor Marion Barry, blacks found good jobs and affordable homes in PG. The crime was not as bad and fighting it was not as futile as in DC. PG has to compete with Montgomery County and Fairfax County with their better schools for the doctors and lawyers. Even under one party rule, PG is moving forward and is far more Cosby Show than Sanford and Son.

    Montgomery, Fairfax and Prince George’s = DC Potomac swamp

    I already agreed.

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    I like the thought pieces that conjecture on the internal life of BLM rioters as if they weren’t paid mercenaries churning it out for a bit of drug and whore money. The sheer cognitive bankruptcy of an antifamily, antipolice, pro civil disorder policy stance is so transparently hateful and destructive that it is perfectly complimented by the two month rampage in areas where the civil leadership is too feeble to protect its taxpayers against the felony festivals.

    Xi is laughing. But he doesn’t need to fund the Insurrection on his own.

    Contributors to BLM antifamily, antipolice, pro civil disorder movement according to NBC:

    Airbnb
    Amazon
    Apple
    Away
    Coca-Cola
    Facebook
    Glossier
    Nike
    Uber
    Warby Parker
    YouTube

    So be sure to show your support for the dissolution of the greatest nation ever today by patronizing these businesses!

    it’s obviously blatant virtue signaling

    I’m sure all the shareholders of these companies want to dismantle capitalism and the nuclear family and defund the police

    Which brings us back to the question of, if it ain’t virtue, what are they actually signaling?

     

    “Please don’t hurt us.” 

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    As a congressman what was John Lewis’s signature achievement?

    An ex black panther said Lewis was a sellout (3 years ago on Tucker Carlson).

    He said Democrats + Blacks = Poverty

    I think the entire congressional black caucus represents districts that have higher rates of poverty than the national median.

     

    You’re probably right. And if so, then ending poverty would end their political tenure.

    And you’d be wrong. Prince Georges County, Maryland, was 64.5% black as of the 2010 census, with a median household income of $83,034 and ranks 208th out of 3143 counties in the United States for median income. Their representatives in the Congressional Black Caucus are Anthony G. Brown, a retired Army colonel, and Kweisi Mfume, a Freemason.

    I think that Montgomery County is not representative of either low-income or black constituencies.

    I didn’t mention Montgomery County. Prince Georges County has far lower rates of poverty than the national median and is represented by two Black Caucus members, so the proposition fails on its face.

    PG County: 30.1% of all residents over the age of 25 had graduated from college and obtained a bachelor’s degree (17.8%) or professional degree (12.2%). 86.2% of all residents over the age of 25 were high school graduates or higher

    For a wealthy county, why is the number of college graduates only 30%?

    Fairfax and Montgomery Counties offer better schools. The University of Maryland has a huge footprint in PG but DC has Georgetown, American, Howard, George Washington, UDC, and Catholic. And professionals tend to integrate with professionals. These are the richest counties in the nation.

    Arlington City – 2nd
    Falls Church City – 3rd
    Alexandria City – 5th
    Fairfax County – 8th
    Montgomery County – 11th
    Howard County (to the north, toward Baltimore) – 15th
    Loudoun (west of Fairfax County) – 19th
    Washington City – 23rd
    Fairfax City – 28th
    Prince Georges County – 208th

    And because these are the richest counties in the nation, the cost of living is very high. PG is relatively affordable.

    But the median home price is $320,500.  That’s pretty high.

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    As a congressman what was John Lewis’s signature achievement?

    An ex black panther said Lewis was a sellout (3 years ago on Tucker Carlson).

    He said Democrats + Blacks = Poverty

    I think the entire congressional black caucus represents districts that have higher rates of poverty than the national median.

     

    You’re probably right. And if so, then ending poverty would end their political tenure.

    And you’d be wrong. Prince Georges County, Maryland, was 64.5% black as of the 2010 census, with a median household income of $83,034 and ranks 208th out of 3143 counties in the United States for median income. Their representatives in the Congressional Black Caucus are Anthony G. Brown, a retired Army colonel, and Kweisi Mfume, a Freemason.

    I think that Montgomery County is not representative of either low-income or black constituencies.

    I didn’t mention Montgomery County. Prince Georges County has far lower rates of poverty than the national median and is represented by two Black Caucus members, so the proposition fails on its face.

    PG County: 30.1% of all residents over the age of 25 had graduated from college and obtained a bachelor’s degree (17.8%) or professional degree (12.2%). 86.2% of all residents over the age of 25 were high school graduates or higher

    For a wealthy county, why is the number of college graduates only 30%?

    Fairfax and Montgomery Counties offer better schools. The University of Maryland has a huge footprint in PG but DC has Georgetown, American, Howard, George Washington, UDC, and Catholic. And professionals tend to integrate with professionals. These are the richest counties in the nation.

    Arlington City – 2nd
    Falls Church City – 3rd
    Alexandria City – 5th
    Fairfax County – 8th
    Montgomery County – 11th
    Howard County (to the north, toward Baltimore) – 15th
    Loudoun (west of Fairfax County) – 19th
    Washington City – 23rd
    Fairfax City – 28th
    Prince Georges County – 208th

    And because these are the richest counties in the nation, the cost of living is very high. PG is relatively affordable.

    But the median home price is $320,500. That’s pretty high.

    Affordable compared to what is west and south of them.

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    As a congressman what was John Lewis’s signature achievement?

    An ex black panther said Lewis was a sellout (3 years ago on Tucker Carlson).

    He said Democrats + Blacks = Poverty

    I think the entire congressional black caucus represents districts that have higher rates of poverty than the national median.

     

    You’re probably right. And if so, then ending poverty would end their political tenure.

    And you’d be wrong. Prince Georges County, Maryland, was 64.5% black as of the 2010 census, with a median household income of $83,034 and ranks 208th out of 3143 counties in the United States for median income. Their representatives in the Congressional Black Caucus are Anthony G. Brown, a retired Army colonel, and Kweisi Mfume, a Freemason.

    I think that Montgomery County is not representative of either low-income or black constituencies.

    I didn’t mention Montgomery County. Prince Georges County has far lower rates of poverty than the national median and is represented by two Black Caucus members, so the proposition fails on its face.

    PG County: 30.1% of all residents over the age of 25 had graduated from college and obtained a bachelor’s degree (17.8%) or professional degree (12.2%). 86.2% of all residents over the age of 25 were high school graduates or higher

    For a wealthy county, why is the number of college graduates only 30%?

    Fairfax and Montgomery Counties offer better schools. The University of Maryland has a huge footprint in PG but DC has Georgetown, American, Howard, George Washington, UDC, and Catholic. And professionals tend to integrate with professionals. These are the richest counties in the nation.

    Arlington City – 2nd
    Falls Church City – 3rd
    Alexandria City – 5th
    Fairfax County – 8th
    Montgomery County – 11th
    Howard County (to the north, toward Baltimore) – 15th
    Loudoun (west of Fairfax County) – 19th
    Washington City – 23rd
    Fairfax City – 28th
    Prince Georges County – 208th

    And because these are the richest counties in the nation, the cost of living is very high. PG is relatively affordable.

    But the median home price is $320,500. That’s pretty high.

    Affordable compared to what is west and south of them.

    I’m still blown away that the median household income is $83k.

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    As a congressman what was John Lewis’s signature achievement?

    An ex black panther said Lewis was a sellout (3 years ago on Tucker Carlson).

    He said Democrats + Blacks = Poverty

    I think the entire congressional black caucus represents districts that have higher rates of poverty than the national median.

     

    You’re probably right. And if so, then ending poverty would end their political tenure.

    And you’d be wrong. Prince Georges County, Maryland, was 64.5% black as of the 2010 census, with a median household income of $83,034 and ranks 208th out of 3143 counties in the United States for median income. Their representatives in the Congressional Black Caucus are Anthony G. Brown, a retired Army colonel, and Kweisi Mfume, a Freemason.

    I think that Montgomery County is not representative of either low-income or black constituencies.

    I didn’t mention Montgomery County. Prince Georges County has far lower rates of poverty than the national median and is represented by two Black Caucus members, so the proposition fails on its face.

    PG County: 30.1% of all residents over the age of 25 had graduated from college and obtained a bachelor’s degree (17.8%) or professional degree (12.2%). 86.2% of all residents over the age of 25 were high school graduates or higher

    For a wealthy county, why is the number of college graduates only 30%?

    Fairfax and Montgomery Counties offer better schools. The University of Maryland has a huge footprint in PG but DC has Georgetown, American, Howard, George Washington, UDC, and Catholic. And professionals tend to integrate with professionals. These are the richest counties in the nation.

    Arlington City – 2nd
    Falls Church City – 3rd
    Alexandria City – 5th
    Fairfax County – 8th
    Montgomery County – 11th
    Howard County (to the north, toward Baltimore) – 15th
    Loudoun (west of Fairfax County) – 19th
    Washington City – 23rd
    Fairfax City – 28th
    Prince Georges County – 208th

    And because these are the richest counties in the nation, the cost of living is very high. PG is relatively affordable.

    But the median home price is $320,500. That’s pretty high.

    Affordable compared to what is west and south of them.

    I’m still blown away that the median household income is $83k.

    If you do a table of household incomes and property values by jurisdiction on the counties and cities I listed, it will make sense. Then imagine 1st generation immigrants living 3 to a room or more to clean those houses and work construction. 

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    As a congressman what was John Lewis’s signature achievement?

    An ex black panther said Lewis was a sellout (3 years ago on Tucker Carlson).

    He said Democrats + Blacks = Poverty

    I think the entire congressional black caucus represents districts that have higher rates of poverty than the national median.

     

    You’re probably right. And if so, then ending poverty would end their political tenure.

    And you’d be wrong. Prince Georges County, Maryland, was 64.5% black as of the 2010 census, with a median household income of $83,034 and ranks 208th out of 3143 counties in the United States for median income. Their representatives in the Congressional Black Caucus are Anthony G. Brown, a retired Army colonel, and Kweisi Mfume, a Freemason.

    I think that Montgomery County is not representative of either low-income or black constituencies.

    I didn’t mention Montgomery County. Prince Georges County has far lower rates of poverty than the national median and is represented by two Black Caucus members, so the proposition fails on its face.

    PG County: 30.1% of all residents over the age of 25 had graduated from college and obtained a bachelor’s degree (17.8%) or professional degree (12.2%). 86.2% of all residents over the age of 25 were high school graduates or higher

    For a wealthy county, why is the number of college graduates only 30%?

    Fairfax and Montgomery Counties offer better schools. The University of Maryland has a huge footprint in PG but DC has Georgetown, American, Howard, George Washington, UDC, and Catholic. And professionals tend to integrate with professionals. These are the richest counties in the nation.

    Arlington City – 2nd
    Falls Church City – 3rd
    Alexandria City – 5th
    Fairfax County – 8th
    Montgomery County – 11th
    Howard County (to the north, toward Baltimore) – 15th
    Loudoun (west of Fairfax County) – 19th
    Washington City – 23rd
    Fairfax City – 28th
    Prince Georges County – 208th

    And because these are the richest counties in the nation, the cost of living is very high. PG is relatively affordable.

    But the median home price is $320,500. That’s pretty high.

    Affordable compared to what is west and south of them.

    I’m still blown away that the median household income is $83k.

    If you do a table of household incomes and property values by jurisdiction on the counties and cities I listed, it will make sense. Then imagine 1st generation immigrants living 3 to a room or more to clean those houses and work construction.

    Well, it makes sense because of it’s location, I suppose.  But it’s way above the national mean isn’t it?  According to the American Community Survey, the U.S. median household income in 2018 was $61,937.  But on the other hand it’s still not up in the ballpark with it’s neighbors.

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    I like the thought pieces that conjecture on the internal life of BLM rioters as if they weren’t paid mercenaries churning it out for a bit of drug and whore money. The sheer cognitive bankruptcy of an antifamily, antipolice, pro civil disorder policy stance is so transparently hateful and destructive that it is perfectly complimented by the two month rampage in areas where the civil leadership is too feeble to protect its taxpayers against the felony festivals.

    Xi is laughing. But he doesn’t need to fund the Insurrection on his own.

    Contributors to BLM antifamily, antipolice, pro civil disorder movement according to NBC:

    Airbnb
    Amazon
    Apple
    Away
    Coca-Cola
    Facebook
    Glossier
    Nike
    Uber
    Warby Parker
    YouTube

    So be sure to show your support for the dissolution of the greatest nation ever today by patronizing these businesses!

    it’s obviously blatant virtue signaling

    I’m sure all the shareholders of these companies want to dismantle capitalism and the nuclear family and defund the police

    Which brings us back to the question of, if it ain’t virtue, what are they actually signaling?

     

    hypocrisy and lies

     

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    As a congressman what was John Lewis’s signature achievement?

    An ex black panther said Lewis was a sellout (3 years ago on Tucker Carlson).

    He said Democrats + Blacks = Poverty

    I think the entire congressional black caucus represents districts that have higher rates of poverty than the national median.

     

    You’re probably right. And if so, then ending poverty would end their political tenure.

    And you’d be wrong. Prince Georges County, Maryland, was 64.5% black as of the 2010 census, with a median household income of $83,034 and ranks 208th out of 3143 counties in the United States for median income. Their representatives in the Congressional Black Caucus are Anthony G. Brown, a retired Army colonel, and Kweisi Mfume, a Freemason.

     

    Thank you for the correction.

    I should change ‘entire’ to ‘almost all’.

    Don’t most residents of PGC, Maryland work for the federal government or a lobbyist?

    It’s part of the swamp

    It is part of the swamp. And a lot of the residents work for the federal government, including a lot of military presence as well as civilian and contractor employees. In my personal experience, the highest proportion I encountered was in the military and military related business.

    As DC turned into a drug addled kleptocracy under the likes of Mayor Marion Barry, blacks found good jobs and affordable homes in PG. The crime was not as bad and fighting it was not as futile as in DC. PG has to compete with Montgomery County and Fairfax County with their better schools for the doctors and lawyers. Even under one party rule, PG is moving forward and is far more Cosby Show than Sanford and Son.

    Sanford and Son was a better, more funny, cutting edge show.

     

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    As a congressman what was John Lewis’s signature achievement?

    An ex black panther said Lewis was a sellout (3 years ago on Tucker Carlson).

    He said Democrats + Blacks = Poverty

    I think the entire congressional black caucus represents districts that have higher rates of poverty than the national median.

     

    You’re probably right. And if so, then ending poverty would end their political tenure.

    And you’d be wrong. Prince Georges County, Maryland, was 64.5% black as of the 2010 census, with a median household income of $83,034 and ranks 208th out of 3143 counties in the United States for median income. Their representatives in the Congressional Black Caucus are Anthony G. Brown, a retired Army colonel, and Kweisi Mfume, a Freemason.

    I think that Montgomery County is not representative of either low-income or black constituencies.

    I didn’t mention Montgomery County. Prince Georges County has far lower rates of poverty than the national median and is represented by two Black Caucus members, so the proposition fails on its face.

    PG County: 30.1% of all residents over the age of 25 had graduated from college and obtained a bachelor’s degree (17.8%) or professional degree (12.2%). 86.2% of all residents over the age of 25 were high school graduates or higher

    For a wealthy county, why is the number of college graduates only 30%?

    Fairfax and Montgomery Counties offer better schools. The University of Maryland has a huge footprint in PG but DC has Georgetown, American, Howard, George Washington, UDC, and Catholic. And professionals tend to integrate with professionals. These are the richest counties in the nation.

    Arlington City – 2nd
    Falls Church City – 3rd
    Alexandria City – 5th
    Fairfax County – 8th
    Montgomery County – 11th
    Howard County (to the north, toward Baltimore) – 15th
    Loudoun (west of Fairfax County) – 19th
    Washington City – 23rd
    Fairfax City – 28th
    Prince Georges County – 208th

    And because these are the richest counties in the nation, the cost of living is very high. PG is relatively affordable.

    why do so many DC workers live in wealthy cities or counties?

    Maybe ‘permanent’ federal employees are overpaid?

     

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    As a congressman what was John Lewis’s signature achievement?

    An ex black panther said Lewis was a sellout (3 years ago on Tucker Carlson).

    He said Democrats + Blacks = Poverty

    I think the entire congressional black caucus represents districts that have higher rates of poverty than the national median.

     

    You’re probably right. And if so, then ending poverty would end their political tenure.

    And you’d be wrong. Prince Georges County, Maryland, was 64.5% black as of the 2010 census, with a median household income of $83,034 and ranks 208th out of 3143 counties in the United States for median income. Their representatives in the Congressional Black Caucus are Anthony G. Brown, a retired Army colonel, and Kweisi Mfume, a Freemason.

    Kweisi Mfume represents Maryland’s 7th district which covers Baltimore and Howard County.

    He succeeded Elijah Cummings.

     

    My bad.

    thank you for correcting me about Anthony Brown.  He looks impressive on paper.

     

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    I like the thought pieces that conjecture on the internal life of BLM rioters as if they weren’t paid mercenaries churning it out for a bit of drug and whore money. The sheer cognitive bankruptcy of an antifamily, antipolice, pro civil disorder policy stance is so transparently hateful and destructive that it is perfectly complimented by the two month rampage in areas where the civil leadership is too feeble to protect its taxpayers against the felony festivals.

    Xi is laughing. But he doesn’t need to fund the Insurrection on his own.

    Contributors to BLM antifamily, antipolice, pro civil disorder movement according to NBC:

    Airbnb
    Amazon
    Apple
    Away
    Coca-Cola
    Facebook
    Glossier
    Nike
    Uber
    Warby Parker
    YouTube

    So be sure to show your support for the dissolution of the greatest nation ever today by patronizing these businesses!

    it’s obviously blatant virtue signaling

    I’m sure all the shareholders of these companies want to dismantle capitalism and the nuclear family and defund the police

    Which brings us back to the question of, if it ain’t virtue, what are they actually signaling?

     

    “Please don’t hurt us.”

    please don’t loot our stores

     

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    As a congressman what was John Lewis’s signature achievement?

    An ex black panther said Lewis was a sellout (3 years ago on Tucker Carlson).

    He said Democrats + Blacks = Poverty

    I think the entire congressional black caucus represents districts that have higher rates of poverty than the national median.

     

    You’re probably right. And if so, then ending poverty would end their political tenure.

    And you’d be wrong. Prince Georges County, Maryland, was 64.5% black as of the 2010 census, with a median household income of $83,034 and ranks 208th out of 3143 counties in the United States for median income. Their representatives in the Congressional Black Caucus are Anthony G. Brown, a retired Army colonel, and Kweisi Mfume, a Freemason.

    I think that Montgomery County is not representative of either low-income or black constituencies.

    I didn’t mention Montgomery County. Prince Georges County has far lower rates of poverty than the national median and is represented by two Black Caucus members, so the proposition fails on its face.

    PG County: 30.1% of all residents over the age of 25 had graduated from college and obtained a bachelor’s degree (17.8%) or professional degree (12.2%). 86.2% of all residents over the age of 25 were high school graduates or higher

    For a wealthy county, why is the number of college graduates only 30%?

    Fairfax and Montgomery Counties offer better schools. The University of Maryland has a huge footprint in PG but DC has Georgetown, American, Howard, George Washington, UDC, and Catholic. And professionals tend to integrate with professionals. These are the richest counties in the nation.

    Arlington City – 2nd
    Falls Church City – 3rd
    Alexandria City – 5th
    Fairfax County – 8th
    Montgomery County – 11th
    Howard County (to the north, toward Baltimore) – 15th
    Loudoun (west of Fairfax County) – 19th
    Washington City – 23rd
    Fairfax City – 28th
    Prince Georges County – 208th

    And because these are the richest counties in the nation, the cost of living is very high. PG is relatively affordable.

    But the median home price is $320,500. That’s pretty high.

    For Los Angeles, that figure was high in 1975

     

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    As a congressman what was John Lewis’s signature achievement?

    An ex black panther said Lewis was a sellout (3 years ago on Tucker Carlson).

    He said Democrats + Blacks = Poverty

    I think the entire congressional black caucus represents districts that have higher rates of poverty than the national median.

     

    You’re probably right. And if so, then ending poverty would end their political tenure.

    And you’d be wrong. Prince Georges County, Maryland, was 64.5% black as of the 2010 census, with a median household income of $83,034 and ranks 208th out of 3143 counties in the United States for median income. Their representatives in the Congressional Black Caucus are Anthony G. Brown, a retired Army colonel, and Kweisi Mfume, a Freemason.

    I think that Montgomery County is not representative of either low-income or black constituencies.

    I didn’t mention Montgomery County. Prince Georges County has far lower rates of poverty than the national median and is represented by two Black Caucus members, so the proposition fails on its face.

    PG County: 30.1% of all residents over the age of 25 had graduated from college and obtained a bachelor’s degree (17.8%) or professional degree (12.2%). 86.2% of all residents over the age of 25 were high school graduates or higher

    For a wealthy county, why is the number of college graduates only 30%?

    Fairfax and Montgomery Counties offer better schools. The University of Maryland has a huge footprint in PG but DC has Georgetown, American, Howard, George Washington, UDC, and Catholic. And professionals tend to integrate with professionals. These are the richest counties in the nation.

    Arlington City – 2nd
    Falls Church City – 3rd
    Alexandria City – 5th
    Fairfax County – 8th
    Montgomery County – 11th
    Howard County (to the north, toward Baltimore) – 15th
    Loudoun (west of Fairfax County) – 19th
    Washington City – 23rd
    Fairfax City – 28th
    Prince Georges County – 208th

    And because these are the richest counties in the nation, the cost of living is very high. PG is relatively affordable.

    But the median home price is $320,500. That’s pretty high.

    Affordable compared to what is west and south of them.

    I’m still blown away that the median household income is $83k.

    which is why it’s better to look at median household income by state or region but even that is flawed

    urban areas generally have higher incomes than rural areas but the cost of living in a city is higher unless it’s delivery, etc

     

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    As a congressman what was John Lewis’s signature achievement?

    An ex black panther said Lewis was a sellout (3 years ago on Tucker Carlson).

    He said Democrats + Blacks = Poverty

    I think the entire congressional black caucus represents districts that have higher rates of poverty than the national median.

     

    You’re probably right. And if so, then ending poverty would end their political tenure.

    And you’d be wrong. Prince Georges County, Maryland, was 64.5% black as of the 2010 census, with a median household income of $83,034 and ranks 208th out of 3143 counties in the United States for median income. Their representatives in the Congressional Black Caucus are Anthony G. Brown, a retired Army colonel, and Kweisi Mfume, a Freemason.

    I think that Montgomery County is not representative of either low-income or black constituencies.

    I didn’t mention Montgomery County. Prince Georges County has far lower rates of poverty than the national median and is represented by two Black Caucus members, so the proposition fails on its face.

    PG County: 30.1% of all residents over the age of 25 had graduated from college and obtained a bachelor’s degree (17.8%) or professional degree (12.2%). 86.2% of all residents over the age of 25 were high school graduates or higher

    For a wealthy county, why is the number of college graduates only 30%?

    Fairfax and Montgomery Counties offer better schools. The University of Maryland has a huge footprint in PG but DC has Georgetown, American, Howard, George Washington, UDC, and Catholic. And professionals tend to integrate with professionals. These are the richest counties in the nation.

    Arlington City – 2nd
    Falls Church City – 3rd
    Alexandria City – 5th
    Fairfax County – 8th
    Montgomery County – 11th
    Howard County (to the north, toward Baltimore) – 15th
    Loudoun (west of Fairfax County) – 19th
    Washington City – 23rd
    Fairfax City – 28th
    Prince Georges County – 208th

    And because these are the richest counties in the nation, the cost of living is very high. PG is relatively affordable.

    But the median home price is $320,500. That’s pretty high.

    Affordable compared to what is west and south of them.

    I’m still blown away that the median household income is $83k.

    If you do a table of household incomes and property values by jurisdiction on the counties and cities I listed, it will make sense. Then imagine 1st generation immigrants living 3 to a room or more to clean those houses and work construction.

    compare that to median college tuition is 36k?

     

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    I didn’t mention Montgomery County. Prince Georges County has far lower rates of poverty than the national median and is represented by two Black Caucus members, so the proposition fails on its face.

    PG County: 30.1% of all residents over the age of 25 had graduated from college and obtained a bachelor’s degree (17.8%) or professional degree (12.2%). 86.2% of all residents over the age of 25 were high school graduates or higher

    For a wealthy county, why is the number of college graduates only 30%?

    Fairfax and Montgomery Counties offer better schools. The University of Maryland has a huge footprint in PG but DC has Georgetown, American, Howard, George Washington, UDC, and Catholic. And professionals tend to integrate with professionals. These are the richest counties in the nation.

    Arlington City – 2nd
    Falls Church City – 3rd
    Alexandria City – 5th
    Fairfax County – 8th
    Montgomery County – 11th
    Howard County (to the north, toward Baltimore) – 15th
    Loudoun (west of Fairfax County) – 19th
    Washington City – 23rd
    Fairfax City – 28th
    Prince Georges County – 208th

    And because these are the richest counties in the nation, the cost of living is very high. PG is relatively affordable.

    But the median home price is $320,500. That’s pretty high.

    Affordable compared to what is west and south of them.

    I’m still blown away that the median household income is $83k.

    If you do a table of household incomes and property values by jurisdiction on the counties and cities I listed, it will make sense. Then imagine 1st generation immigrants living 3 to a room or more to clean those houses and work construction.

    Well, it makes sense because of it’s location, I suppose. But it’s way above the national mean isn’t it? According to the American Community Survey, the U.S. median household income in 2018 was $61,937. But on the other hand it’s still not up in the ballpark with it’s neighbors.

    the problem with househould income is that households vary in size

    Also in calculating income, do we include or exclude welfare?  

    AFDC + section 8 subsidy + medicaid + food stamps = ?

     

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    If you do a table of household incomes and property values by jurisdiction on the counties and cities I listed, it will make sense. Then imagine 1st generation immigrants living 3 to a room or more to clean those houses and work construction.

    Well, it makes sense because of it’s location, I suppose. But it’s way above the national mean isn’t it? According to the American Community Survey, the U.S. median household income in 2018 was $61,937. But on the other hand it’s still not up in the ballpark with it’s neighbors.

    That being my point, but also it is telling just how far out of kilter it all is.

    Fairfax County median household income is $121,000, twice what it is in PG, for example. People retiring from Fairfax typically buy twice the home for half the price when they return to the world. 

    PG is the county where someone on a normal income can get by if they have work in the area, and so they do. It is a place where enlightened DC inner city residents can transition to a place that is safe but still affordable where a middle class culture mostly prevails over underclass culture. Military pay adjustments for the DC area have never kept up with the DC area cost of living, so a lot of military either sleep on friends coaches, including a Lieutenant Colonel of my acquaintance who slept for a year in a friend’s living room and help his family with expenses rather than establishing a bachelor pad. And that often happens in PG.

    There is nowhere in the DC area where incomes are as depressed as, say, AOC’s Bronx, where median household income is around 27,000. 

    Still, I think there is a subtext to this discussion that I am missing. Fairfax County is 9% black, and include a very high proportion of lawyers, doctors, judges, nurses, and other professionals. I guess the question becomes, if one adjusted all the numbers for cost of living, how would DC area black communities compare with other communities across the nation. For me, having lived in PG and Montgomery and Fairfax County over decades, the issue is that, like the military, there is a culture in the DC area that allows people traditionally considered disadvantaged and labeled as lacking the raw materials to rise socially and economically to rise socially and economically. As the first college graduate in my family, I identify with people who are overachieving while recognizing that all levels of human achievement deserve respect and dignity. I have met heroes of all colors and surnames and achievement levels. Opportunity matters. I have sat with a Charter school teacher who escaped the inner city and was passionately working to pay that back to a new generation and heard his disappointment that the first black president, shutting it down.

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    the problem with househould income is that households vary in size

    Also in calculating income, do we include or exclude welfare?

    AFDC + section 8 subsidy + medicaid + food stamps = ?

    We may need a second thread to solve all of these problems. ;-)

    I have watched Charles Murray and Thomas Sowell and many others try to get closer to truth by wrestling those issues, and every study makes its own peace with them depending on the question at hand. 

     

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    Fairfax and Montgomery Counties offer better schools. The University of Maryland has a huge footprint in PG but DC has Georgetown, American, Howard, George Washington, UDC, and Catholic. And professionals tend to integrate with professionals. These are the richest counties in the nation.

    Arlington City – 2nd
    Falls Church City – 3rd
    Alexandria City – 5th
    Fairfax County – 8th
    Montgomery County – 11th
    Howard County (to the north, toward Baltimore) – 15th
    Loudoun (west of Fairfax County) – 19th
    Washington City – 23rd
    Fairfax City – 28th
    Prince Georges County – 208th

    And because these are the richest counties in the nation, the cost of living is very high. PG is relatively affordable.

    why do so many DC workers live in wealthy cities or counties?

    Maybe ‘permanent’ federal employees are overpaid?

    The ecosystem is way more toxic than that. Lawyers (way more than you can imagine), lobbyists, a few thousand generals, every company that wants to do business with the federal government, SEIU and every other union that has or wants to have clout, most of the country’s think tanks, the Smithsonian museums, federal Department and Agency headquarters, the Pentagon, Fort Belvoir, Andrews Air Force Base, the Navy Yard, Fort Meade, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Langley, Goddard Space Flight Center, many major universities, and, most important of all, Kilroy’s, host of many Ricochet Meetups.

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    Fairfax and Montgomery Counties offer better schools. The University of Maryland has a huge footprint in PG but DC has Georgetown, American, Howard, George Washington, UDC, and Catholic. And professionals tend to integrate with professionals. These are the richest counties in the nation.

    Arlington City – 2nd
    Falls Church City – 3rd
    Alexandria City – 5th
    Fairfax County – 8th
    Montgomery County – 11th
    Howard County (to the north, toward Baltimore) – 15th
    Loudoun (west of Fairfax County) – 19th
    Washington City – 23rd
    Fairfax City – 28th
    Prince Georges County – 208th

    And because these are the richest counties in the nation, the cost of living is very high. PG is relatively affordable.

    why do so many DC workers live in wealthy cities or counties?

    Maybe ‘permanent’ federal employees are overpaid?

    The ecosystem is way more toxic than that. Lawyers (way more than you can imagine), lobbyists, a few thousand generals, every company that wants to do business with the federal government, SEIU and every other union that has or wants to have clout, most of the country’s think tanks, the Smithsonian museums, federal Department and Agency headquarters, the Pentagon, Fort Belvoir, Andrews Air Force Base, the Navy Yard, Fort Meade, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Langley, Goddard Space Flight Center, many major universities, and, most important of all, Kilroy’s, host of many Ricochet Meetups.

    You forgot the NSA.  They have their own exit off 495.  [Or is it the BW Pkwy?]

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    Fairfax and Montgomery Counties offer better schools. The University of Maryland has a huge footprint in PG but DC has Georgetown, American, Howard, George Washington, UDC, and Catholic. And professionals tend to integrate with professionals. These are the richest counties in the nation.

    Arlington City – 2nd
    Falls Church City – 3rd
    Alexandria City – 5th
    Fairfax County – 8th
    Montgomery County – 11th
    Howard County (to the north, toward Baltimore) – 15th
    Loudoun (west of Fairfax County) – 19th
    Washington City – 23rd
    Fairfax City – 28th
    Prince Georges County – 208th

    And because these are the richest counties in the nation, the cost of living is very high. PG is relatively affordable.

    why do so many DC workers live in wealthy cities or counties?

    Maybe ‘permanent’ federal employees are overpaid?

    The ecosystem is way more toxic than that. Lawyers (way more than you can imagine), lobbyists, a few thousand generals, every company that wants to do business with the federal government, SEIU and every other union that has or wants to have clout, most of the country’s think tanks, the Smithsonian museums, federal Department and Agency headquarters, the Pentagon, Fort Belvoir, Andrews Air Force Base, the Navy Yard, Fort Meade, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Langley, Goddard Space Flight Center, many major universities, and, most important of all, Kilroy’s, host of many Ricochet Meetups.

    You forgot the NSA. They have their own exit off 495. [Or is it the BW Pkwy?]

    No Such Agency. 

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    I saw a BBC video or two on black Americans who have decided to move back to Africa. Well, I think they are exaggerating their problems here but then I haven’t walked in their shoes and maybe they do prefer being where they don’t have to identify as ”black” because everybody else is, too. And some of Africa has growing economies to start businesses in and are free of violence. But then they PICK the best spots and away from war zones, as well as going there with more money so they can enter the higher income levels. Well, much luck and I wish they could take all the ”malconented” with them. It might help both continents.

    And as for graffi sprayed on park property (which is happening to the bases of knocked down statues)….no WAY should they be “preserved” which has been suggested somewhere. Tear the whole thing down,not just the easy part. The rest of us don’t want to look at sloppy multicolor barely legible kindergarten quality paint just like you didn’t like the statues. And no, they weren’t “tall” to make you look “up,” they were mounted like that for a wider view from further out. Like how flags etc. are raised. It has to do with optics.

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    Dr. Bastiat: black activist groups have started demanding racial segregation – even demanding their own country

    I suspect that’s the last thing they want. If they got their own country the gravy train would stop. No more white guilt to squeeze for tribute.

    Jim Crow was a political problem that could be ended only through political means. Because of its success, the Civil Rights movement became the paradigm for further African American progress.

    But politics is not a good path to economic advancement. As Thomas Sowell observed, ethnic groups that attempt to rise through political means are typically much less economically successful than those that largely stayed out of politics. Irish Americans, for example, who were politically active, advanced more slowly than did Jewish and Chinese Americans, who, because of bigotry, were largely excluded from public office.

    Government can do little more than redistribute the economic pie; a process limited by the size of the pie. But as someone once said, the market isn’t a pie, it’s a bakery. And there’s no limit to the number of pies a bakery can produce. Anyone can get ahead in America by identifying and supplying others’ needs and wants. Since these are unlimited, there are no limits to the number of people can improve their lives by going into business. No limits, that is, as long as government doesn’t restrict competition with minimum wage laws, occupational licensing, housing restrictions, etc., etc., etc.

    Black “leaders” would not remain leaders if African Americans shifted their focus from government to the market. The leaders, then, need a permanent black underclass dependent upon government entitlements – rather than on their own initiative – for survival. The surest path to such entitlements is white guilt. But the white people who were responsible for slavery and Jim Crow are dead. How do you keep white guilt alive when the only legal, systemic discrimination most people have experienced is Affirmative Action?

    They’ve chosen to zero in on the (declining) number of black people killed by white police officers and blame all police officers and all white people for the deaths. So far, their technique is working extremely well.

    Brilliant analysis, as well as congent and concise!  Well done!

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