1. advancement -
   A forward step; an improvement.
   Development; progress: the advancement of knowledge.
   A promotion, as in rank.
   The act of moving forward.
   
   
2. equality-a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best"

Legislation signed by Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue

Wednesday would require residents to show up at the

polls with a driver's license, military ID or state-issued

identification card with a photo. The bill has set off some

emotional and racial debates with critics who argue that

the measure deprives the poor, the elderly and minorities

less likely to have driver's licenses. They charged that

it's an effort by majority Republicans to make voting

more difficult for Blacks, who tend to vote Democratic.

While lawmakers say the bill is designed to prevent

voter fraud, the NAACP believes it’s a ploy to keep the

Democratic base of the poor and elderly Blacks from

"So we still think that this is an infringement," said

Richard Shinhoster of the Savannah NAACP.

"We're aware that Secretary of State Cathy Cox

testified that this was not fraud. We have more errors

occurring with absentee ballots in this area. So we

question the need to fix something that's not broken.

"Supporters said it would help fight voter fraud.

Critics argued it would disenfranchise the poor, minorities or elderly _

people who are less likely to have driver's licenses.

Those who helped pass the new bill do not believe that

a utility bill pulled out of a trash should enable someone to cast

a ballot," Perdue said. "It's a great step forward for the integrity

of our voting process." Similar legislation last year was blocked

by a federal judge because a state ID fee would have amounted

to an unconstitutional poll tax. This year's bill waives that fee.

1. Did this article not state plainly that there were various options ID options available? The only one they seem to recognize is a driver's license. A state-identification card is available also and the cost is ZERO. So, that kind of throws the whole "can't afford to get one," out the window, huh?
   
   
2. EQUALITY - the NAACP would piss me the hell off if I were black. How are you going to stand up in front of a crowd, tell them about the poor unfortunate souls in this world. The whole equality thing is blown out of the water in the first few sentences of his rhetoric. Nonetheless, making exceptions for any group due to skin color, education, religion, etc. is not a symbol of equality. Refusing to go and get an ID because "the racist government got me again. No, you got yourself. If a person isn't capable of taking care of this simple task, perhaps voting may not be a great idea. I have a hunch though that sometime before an election, someone from some organization will come out and pick up a whole neighborhood and take them to get their ID. Hell, when the polls are open, those same groups do everything short of roping people and throwing them in whatever mode of transportation is available.
3. The NAACP was formed for the "Advancement" of Colored People. When the NAACP whines and moans about unfair treatment toward other races, they do nothing in the way of healing the divide (that pretty much lives in this groups brain.) So, you're not advancing, you're retreating.

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From this:

To this???

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****WARNING, MAY CAUSE TOES TO FALL OFF****

posted by MOM IS NUTZ  # 10:43 PM,

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Charlie Daniels

The Legend Of Wooly Swamp

If you ever go back into Wooly Swamp son you better not go at night
There's things out there in the middle of them woods
That'd make a strong man die from fright
There's things that crawl and things that fly
And things that creep around on the ground
And they say the ghost of Lucias Clay gets up and it walks around

But I couldn't believe it, I just had to find out for myself
And I couldn't conceive it, I never would listen to nobody else
No I couldn't believe it, I just had to find out for myself
That there's some things in this world you just can't explain

The old man lived in the Wooly Swamp way back in the gurgling woods
And he never did do a lot of harm in the world
But he never did do no good
People didn't think too much of him
They all thought he acted funny
The old man didn't care about people anyway
All he cared about was his money
He'd stuff it all down in Mason jars and bury it all around
But on certain nights if the moon was right
He'd dig it up out of the ground
He'd pour it all out on the floor of his shack
And run his fingers through it
Old Lucias Clay was a greedy old man
And that's all there ever was to it

The Crayton boys were white trash they lived over on Parvis Creek
They were a real snake and sneaky as a cat
And belligerent when they'd speak
One night the oldest brother said ya'll meet in the Wooly Swamp later
We'll get old Lucias' money and we'll pitch him to the alligators
They found the old man out in the back with a shovel in his hand
And thirteen rusty Mason jars he just dug up out of the sand
And they all went crazy and they beat the old man
Then they picked him up off the ground
Then they threw him in the swamp and they stood there and laughed
Till the black water sucked him down
Then they turned around and went back to the shack
And they picked up the money and ran
But they hadn't gone nowhere when they realized
They were running in quicksand
And they struggled and screamed but they couldn't get away
Then just before they were gone
They could hear that old man laughing
In a voice that was loud and strong

Now that's been fifty years ago an' if you go back by there again
There's a spot in the yard in back of that shack
Where the ground is always wet
And on certain nights if the moon is right
And you're down by the dark footpath
You can hear three young men screaming
And you can hear that old man laugh

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