Are the people in the town Council not Southerners??? http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/08/20/florida-town-votes-to-rename-old-dixie-highway-barack-obama-highway/
On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 8:28 AM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > [[ I'd Nickname it "Flat Tire Road". ]] > > > > http://usherald.com/southerners-outraged-old-dixie-highways-name-changed-barack-obama/ > > > > *Southerners Are OUTRAGED After ‘Old Dixie’ Highway’s Name Changed to > BARACK OBAMA!* > > *Posted by Arthur Browne <http://usherald.com/author/abrowne/> / December > 26, 2015 * > > Shakespeare may have had it right when he said, "What's in a name?" But > names are also a way to preserve a legacy and heritage, whether it be a > person's name, a city's name, or the name of a road. > > One historic name, however, is under attack from liberals and other > progressives who are seeking to overwrite history simply by changing the > name of a historic highway in Riviera Beach, Florida. > > Old Dixie Highway is officially being renamed as the "President Barack > Obama Highway." The change comes after city officials determined that the > old name carried too much racial baggage. They hope that the change will > erase all of that. > > "(The street is) symbolic of racism, symbolic of the clan, symbolic of > cross burnings and today we are stepping up to a new day, a new era," said > the mayor of Riviera Beach. > > While some of Riviera Beach's citizens are overjoyed with the name change, > it's obviously a PR stunt instead of something designed to actually bring > the city together. The street was the sight of some crosses being burnt in > association with the Ku Klux Klan, and it's obvious that any city would > want to distance itself from that terrible past. > > But to rename the street, almost arbitrarily, after President Obama seems > ridiculous. There is no evidence that President Obama has had any special > relationship with Riviera Beach, and, aside from a publicity event that > will feature Martin Luther King Jr.'s son shaking hands with President > Obama, it's not a true sign of any advancement in racial equality and > justice. > > It's time that people stopped trying to use publicity events like this to > mend racial divide and foster unity. A real sense of community only comes > from a unified purpose and a combined desire to improve a situation or > place. Renaming a street after one of the worst presidents in American > history is not going to fix anything. > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected]> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmMWVkbzhnBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NjM0MzcwNzA-> > > > [image: Yahoo! Groups] > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlbnVuMnIyBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTQ2MzQzNzA3MA--> > • Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> • > Unsubscribe > <[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe> • Terms > of Use <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> > > __,_._,___ > > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- brine http://brineb.blogspot.com/ -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
