Friday, July 10th, 2009
Iowa Congressman Votes Against Plaque Honoring Slaves
Posted by Bossip Staff
GOP Representative of Iowa, Steve King, was the only congressman to vote “no” against a plaque, to be placed in the Capitol, recognizing the history of slave labor. His vote of opposition stood alone against a cause that was, otherwise, overwhelmingly easily approved. The House of Representatives voted 399-1 for the Capitol Visitor’s Center to house a plaque acknowledging the slave labor that went into the actual construction of the Capitol building. Continue…
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***** you
I hate rednecks thats why iowa sucks *****
Okay. It’s his right not to sign it. As you’ve stated, he was the only one.
Crazy eyes doesn’t deserve attention.
Hmmmm…this get the official KKK stamp on it…LMAO
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f*ck ‘em…
A stinkin plaque!!!!!!
whatev!! its a step in the right direction!!
they had to have at least one vote agianst it to show that there was opposition.. now thats wack but boo to the man that was ok with being THAT ONE. SMDH
Mr. King has shown in the last couple of days his apparent undercover racist mentality. He was the same congressman who made those distasteful comments about Michael Jackson. Obviously he has issues with anything that is *****ociated with African Americans…and before some idiot gets on here and starts talking about..” is he racist only because he has a different point of view”?..yada, yada, yada…why hasn’t he spoke out about any issues which involve whites such as the Mark Sanford affair, or Ensign affair and how they used taxpayer money to support their mistresses??? Maybe he is not a racist, maybe he is just your everyday Repubican a*&hole!!
More reason to never move to Iowa… besides the fact that it’s boring as hell.
THERE IS ANOTHER DUKE RAPE CASE INVOLVING FRANK LOMBARD WHO IS THE *****OCIATE DIRECTOR OF DUKE’S CENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY AND HIS ADOPTED SON WHO HAPPENS TO BE A BLACK 5YR OLD. OH HE IS ALSO GAY.
@ ms leo
steve king pretty much sucks for his position but it was peter king that spoke about MJ.. i almost thought that as well.. same menacing eyes with that holier than thou satire.. boo!
I understand everyone’s frustration and ok he voted against something that we all think should happen but read the whole story and his reasonings behind it. He’s not racist he was just trying to make a point really. To all my Christians, or to anyone who believes in God…the librals or lets call them what they are people who dont believe in God are trying to take “In God We Trust” off money, “Under God” out of the pledge..come on now inspite of everyone’s differences we all turn to God in the bad times that’s what this nation was built on and thats who everyone knows to turn to when they really need help. This white man was only trying to take a stand for what he believed in. Do I agree with him…yeah I do, but I’m sure he could have found another way to take that stand.
@ bmore chick
Get that GOP ish outta here! Who the F!@# are you to say what another person believes your a wack job
@ bmore chic
u absolutely have a point there. however, the “slaves” plaque should not be where he starts to separate church and state. they should have began many places like.. idk… “legalization” of marriage between two consenting adults.. lets not be that hypocritical. hot topic, i know but truth is truth even when its not what they want to hear.
CAN I GET A PLAQUE DEDICATED TO ME FOR DEALING WITH ALL THE *****HOLES IN THE WORLD?!!!
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huh…Mr. C Barrel said wha???
There are a lot of plaques all over DC commemorating many things. I don’t see how anyone can find a reason not to ok this one.
@ smoovee sayz
i miss your old gravy pic…
that is lamar from revenge of the nerds…a old school cl*****ic…
I can’t wait til all these old ***** white folks die off. They are sucking the air out of the system. Please hurry and die! DIE!!!
it should p***** the house anyway…one vote dosen’t stop anything…
They just refuse to recognize the importance of slaves in regards to the creation of this country.
@ john hope franklin
I know thats right. Love that movie!!
He was also in “Low Down Dirty Shame”
Loved the scenes where he was making those “sausages”/and woke up with Shame. That dude is hilarious/Corwin Hawkins-always wanted to see him in more movies
@ bmore chick–As a liberal I believe in God, and I believe being a christian requires actions, not just lip service. Christ said to help the poor, the widows, the orphans. He also said not to judge, and to love thy neighbor as thyself. It seems to me that liberals have figured out what it means to really be a christian. The conservatives speak of being christians, but they are against everything and everyone. They are against helping the poor, but are for capitalism and corporate agendas. They judge the homosexuals, they look down on people on welfare, and speak against raising the minimum wage. What, I ask, is Christain about the conservative agenda? The bible speaks of false prophets. I really think people like bmore and other conservative “christians”, that have the audacity to judge other’s beliefs in God should take a look at themselves. They need to ask themselves just how many people have they helped that were in need. You can fool man, but you can’t fool God. “Faith without WORKS is dead.” Never forget the parable of the “Good Samaritan.” Never forget that “It will be easier for a camel to get through a needle’s eye, than for a rich person to enter the kingdom.” Never forget that Jesus said “If you love me then feed my little sheep.” Yes I am a liberal, and I try to understand what Christ was really about. No I don’t go to church every Sunday, but what I do is try to live a morally clean life, I pray for forgiveness of my sins, and I pray that all people get fair treatment in this corrupt world. I let God judge those that sin, and I disdain self righteous people. Perhaps you and your conservative friends should try to do the same.
***** a plaque. How about you give us the monetary equivalent of everything our ancestors contributed plus the interest accrued.
Pink people…always scared to acknowledge the ***** their ancestors did because it kills them to take responsibility for their actions. They want to ***** and whine, “Oh..well I never owned any slaves and my family didn’t either”(funny how no white people seem to have any family that owned slaves back in the day.I mean…SOMEONE had to enslave those people. Quit bull*****ting) but they steady stay reaping the socio-economic and political benefits of slavery.
These people will never pay or understand JUST who it is they were *****ing with until Yah comes back. THEN we will see what Revelation 2:9 REALLY means.
I almost feel sorry for the *****s. Almost.
He didn’t say no because of racist reasons. He was trying to object to the mechanism used for the p*****age of the bill. His problem is that he picked the wrong forum to do this. By posting this on the Bossip in this manner, it’s clear that the people who run this site don’t read the entire content of the articles they post. It seems that they are more interested in upsetting people.
The story was written horribly. I felt like I was reading an article in the Source magazine.
Is the plaque honoring the work of slaves? the history? I think the plaque should be honoring the african americans leave the term ’slaves ‘out.
***** that plaque. We know of our greatness. we dont need a piece of wood to tell us the fact that WE BUILT THIS COUNTRY AND PROVIDED HER WITH ITS CURRENCY.
LMBAO @ CoCo
“crazy eyes don’t deserve attenttion”
@ TOXICITY
I think your right ” we’d like to honor and give thanks to the slaves” does sound a little uuuuumm….
that fellas a fool he’s as ignorant as bill hoe’riley how can one be so educated and be so dumb my theory is proven having a good education does not make you a smart nor good person.
Wow, Steve. Some people with superior positions in life, disagree with logical things just because they have the authority to. That’s called a controll freak. But something like this????? How can you even close your mind against it, and yet open your mouth to disagree with honoring Slave labor??? This countries foundation was built on slaves. The recongintion shouldve been in affect years ago. But as we see it alot of things are being brought to realiztion now since we have Barack Obama as our President. I wonder why that is??? This man is miserable and his true colors our showing brightly for the world to see. I would love to hear his reasoning as to why the most opressed, disrespected, hated, brutalized people to ever grace the U.S do not deserve honorable recognition. We are not asking for reparation anymore, because lets face it, that would be a never-ending debate….but recogintion,are you serious, Steve King??
I’m black and don’t agree with a plaque honoring slave labor.
***** A PLAQUE I WANT A ***** AND RIMS.
They were doing their damn jobs….***** a plaque