<The Civil Rights taken for granted today have been shoved down the throats of political conservatives.

History rewritten yet again...

Although Bowser did not specifically say this, it's amazing how the Democratic party has torn the mantle of civil rights away from the Republicans, who were instrumental in passing civil rights legislation over the dead bodies of southern Democrats. Every damn school-door-blocking, axe-handle-wielding, Southern redneck politician that would die before they would see any nigras in their schools and neighborhoods, was a Democrat.

From this source:

Congressional Quarterly reported that, in the House of Representatives, 61% of Democrats (152 for, 96 against) voted for the Civil Rights Act as opposed to 80% of Republicans (138 for, 38 against). In the Senate, 69% of Democrats (46 for, 21 against) voted for the Act while 82% of Republicans did (27 for, 6 against). All southern Democrats voted against the Act.



In his remarks upon signing the Civil Rights Act, President Lyndon Johnson praised Republicans for their "overwhelming majority." He did not offer similar praise to his own Democratic Party. Moreover, Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, an Illinois Republican, collaborated with the White House and the Senate leadership of both parties to draft acceptable compromise amendments to end the southern Democrats' filibuster of the Act. It was Dirksen who often took to the Senate floor to declare, "This is an idea whose time has come. It will not be denied." Dirksen's greatest triumph earned him the Leadership Conference of Civil Rights Award, presented by then-NAACP Chairman Roy Wilkins, for his remarkable civil rights leadership.



And that doesn't even count the Republicans responsible for the post-Civil-War civil rights legislation to help and support ex-slaves.

There's a damned good reason that most Southerners spent decades where they would rather eat broken glass than vote for a Republican.

Sorry for the rant--getting a bit tired of the lies from the Left.

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Environment: sure, the businesses will wail about expense when asked to clean up, even if the cleanup mandate is reasonable. Some of this is, to be sure, crocodile tears. Some of it is real--sometimes a business honestly can't afford to do it all at once, especially a small business. Environmentalists don't care one way or the other. In their eyes, all business is evil, and any protestations they make must certainly be lies.

One thing I know for sure: the environmentalist never has to pay for any of his mistakes. He has no responsibility if later on, it turns out the demands were meaningless. He is not liable for businesses he has destroyed. Being an environmentalist carries no risk, so there is no limit to their reach.

When this is pointed out, they say that if they were held legally or financially responsible for their erroneous mandates and policies, that it would make it difficult for them to do their jobs. "Cramp their style," as it were.

Well, heck, I'm sure that businesses being held liable for all of their mistakes tends to cramp their style too, but that doesn't seem to bother anyone.