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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 951587" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/74063.html" target="_blank">OBAMA: GOP ‘FLAT&nbsp; EARTH SOCIETY’</a>&nbsp;Obama&nbsp; called&nbsp; GOP “a flat Earth society”. Oh really?&nbsp;I have 2 doctors degrees, while Diane Feinstein and Nancy Pelosi have&nbsp; only one minimum bachelor’s degree. And let’s not forget Obama’s&nbsp; Columbia records, showing him attending Columbia for 9 months only.&nbsp; Maybe this genius and scholar can enlighten us, how did he get his&nbsp; Columbia degree with 9 months of schooling only.<a href="http://www.orlytaitzesq.com/" target="_blank">Dr. Orly Taitz, Esquire</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [h=1]Civil Rights Act of 1964[/h]<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_W._Smith" target="_blank">Howard W. Smith</a>, a Democrat and avid segregationist from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia" target="_blank">Virginia</a>, indicated his intention to keep the bill bottled up indefinitely.&nbsp;Given Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_O._Eastland" target="_blank">James O. Eastland</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29" target="_blank">Democrat</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi" target="_blank">Mississippi</a> firm opposition, it seemed impossible that the bill would reach the Senate floor. The bill came before the full Senate for debate on March 30, 1964 and&nbsp; the &quot;Southern Bloc&quot; of 18 southern Democratic Senators and one&nbsp; Republican Senator led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Russell,_Jr." target="_blank">Richard Russell</a> (D-GA) launched a filibuster to prevent its passage.[SUP][/SUP] Said Russell: &quot;We will resist to the bitter end any measure or any movement which would have a tendency to bring about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_equality" target="_blank">social equality</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscegenation" target="_blank">intermingling and amalgamation of the races</a> in our (Southern) states.&quot;[SUP]<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964#cite_note-7" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964#cite_note-7" target="_blank"></a>[/SUP]The most fervent opposition to the bill came from Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strom_Thurmond" target="_blank">Strom Thurmond</a>&nbsp; (D-SC): &quot;This so-called Civil Rights Proposals, which the President has&nbsp; sent to Capitol Hill for enactment into law, are unconstitutional,&nbsp; unnecessary, unwise and extend beyond the realm of reason. This is the&nbsp; worst civil-rights package ever presented to the Congress and is&nbsp; reminiscent of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_era_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">Reconstruction</a> proposals and actions of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_Republicans" target="_blank">radical Republican</a> Congress.&quot;On the morning of June 10, 1964, Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd" target="_blank">Robert Byrd</a> (D-W.Va.) completed a filibustering address that he had begun 14 hours and 13 minutes earlier opposing the legislation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 951587, member: 12952"] [URL="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/74063.html"]OBAMA: GOP ‘FLAT EARTH SOCIETY’[/URL] Obama called GOP “a flat Earth society”. Oh really? I have 2 doctors degrees, while Diane Feinstein and Nancy Pelosi have only one minimum bachelor’s degree. And let’s not forget Obama’s Columbia records, showing him attending Columbia for 9 months only. Maybe this genius and scholar can enlighten us, how did he get his Columbia degree with 9 months of schooling only. [url=http://www.orlytaitzesq.com/]Dr. Orly Taitz, Esquire[/url] [h=1]Civil Rights Act of 1964[/h][URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_W._Smith"]Howard W. Smith[/URL], a Democrat and avid segregationist from [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia"]Virginia[/URL], indicated his intention to keep the bill bottled up indefinitely. Given Senator [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_O._Eastland"]James O. Eastland[/URL], [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29"]Democrat[/URL] from [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi"]Mississippi[/URL] firm opposition, it seemed impossible that the bill would reach the Senate floor. The bill came before the full Senate for debate on March 30, 1964 and the "Southern Bloc" of 18 southern Democratic Senators and one Republican Senator led by [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Russell,_Jr."]Richard Russell[/URL] (D-GA) launched a filibuster to prevent its passage.[SUP][/SUP] Said Russell: "We will resist to the bitter end any measure or any movement which would have a tendency to bring about [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_equality"]social equality[/URL] and [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscegenation"]intermingling and amalgamation of the races[/URL] in our (Southern) states."[SUP][URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964#cite_note-7"] [/URL][/SUP]The most fervent opposition to the bill came from Senator [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strom_Thurmond"]Strom Thurmond[/URL] (D-SC): "This so-called Civil Rights Proposals, which the President has sent to Capitol Hill for enactment into law, are unconstitutional, unnecessary, unwise and extend beyond the realm of reason. This is the worst civil-rights package ever presented to the Congress and is reminiscent of the [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_era_of_the_United_States"]Reconstruction[/URL] proposals and actions of the [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_Republicans"]radical Republican[/URL] Congress." On the morning of June 10, 1964, Senator [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd"]Robert Byrd[/URL] (D-W.Va.) completed a filibustering address that he had begun 14 hours and 13 minutes earlier opposing the legislation. [/QUOTE]

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