The more things change...

xoxoxoBruce · 06-20-2014, 05:21 PM

A French proverb, which we totally ripped off and sent them home Sacrebleuing, paraphrases, The more things change, the more they stay the same.
After a 60 or 70 year respite from the 1% beating us with our own limbs, we've allowed them to regain control again.

They had control in 1863 when they tried to draft the beaten down NYC tenement denizens, while the 1% just paid $300 for a substitute. The riot that followed was the biggest insurrection in US history, other than the civil war itself.

In 1890, Jacob A. Riis published a book about it called, "How the Other Half Lives".

A sample.

DanaC · 06-20-2014, 05:59 PM

Awesome find Bruce.

Big Sarge · 06-23-2014, 01:00 PM

During the riots, the New Yorkers lynched blacks.

Here's an interesting fact:

When the levees were being built along the Mississippi River (pre-insurrection), plantation owners hired Irish immigrants because the work was too dangerous to risk a slave

Gravdigr · 06-23-2014, 04:44 PM

[OlsonJohnson] All right... we'll give some land to the niggers and the chinks. But we don't want the Irish! [/OlsonJohnson]

06-20-2014, 05:21 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The more things change... A French proverb, which we totally ripped off and sent them home Sacrebleuing, paraphrases, The more things change, the more they stay the same. After a 60 or 70 year respite from the 1% beating us with our own limbs, we've allowed them to regain control again. They had control in 1863 when they tried to draft the beaten down NYC tenement denizens, while the 1% just paid $300 for a substitute. The riot that followed was the biggest insurrection in US history, other than the civil war itself. In 1890, Jacob A. Riis published a book about it called, "How the Other Half Lives". A sample. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-23-2014, 01:00 PM	#3
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	During the riots, the New Yorkers lynched blacks. Here's an interesting fact: When the levees were being built along the Mississippi River (pre-insurrection), plantation owners hired Irish immigrants because the work was too dangerous to risk a slave __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

06-23-2014, 04:44 PM	#4
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	[OlsonJohnson] All right... we'll give some land to the niggers and the chinks. But we don't want the Irish! [/OlsonJohnson] __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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