Tyra Banks, Maya Angelou, and Me

I wrote part of a book. Tyra Banks helped, too. Oh yeah, and so did Maya Angelou.

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• register

[man95000]

sell out

[EmergencyCheese]

yup, i sold out to a non-profit.

[KobyBrandt]

Congratulations Kotecki on your new celeb status!

Btw, speaking of books, did you hear that Ron Paul's new book:

The Revolution: A Manifesto

is #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List?

And just think, you were the first person ever to interview a Presidential candidate in your dorm room. You are a celebrity now, aren't ya. Again congrats on your success.

[bradhawk89]

Use your indoor voice...

[youflipmypancakes]

your fantastic

[RogerOnTheRight]

Oh no. Never was that way before. You could join at 18, vote at 21. Just bump the voting to 25, all will be better.

Though, for those who have served bravely, they probably have the education and judgment to vote.

[MrPyro321]

Yeah and then you lose alot of service members because they actually have gotten their lives together.

If you raise the age to vote then you must raise the age to join the army.

[RogerOnTheRight]

Excellent observation. It really is not a "black" problem, per se. We see functional illiteracy everywhere now.

That is, inner city whites are also illiterate. So, the discrimination is not against a race, but a culture of failure-- white, black, hispanic, whatever.

Certainly, poverty, illiteracy and race are correlated, but it hardly means black people are incapable of success.

Anyone care to solve the actual problem?

[RogerOnTheRight]

Sure, you can always rely on the predigested pap spewing forth from the television sets.

Literacy does not assure thoughtfulness, but mass illiteracy pretty much assures mass delusion.

[kuryamtl]

I am just jumping in right here, but while education is important and literacy is really important, I do not think that literacy equates to competency to make an informed opinion on matters that are important to the voter. If the source of information to judge candidates was in print only, then I can understand, but today there is a gluten of information that is available beyond the written word, ie television and radio.

[kewldude90]

any conservatives authors contribute to the book?

[MrPyro321]

You are right that literacy tests are racially discriminatory in application but I disagree with your reasoning.

I believe that they are discriminatory because inner-city minorities do not have the educational resources that white children may have. And thus white people are given an 'unfair' advantage on literacy tests.

[RogerOnTheRight]

Well, clearly we will not reinstitute literacy tests any time soon. However, your argument is specious.

That someone might toss out an application could happen at any time, regardless of the form involved. If I go to register to vote today, there is no assurance my registration will be properly recorded. Fraud can occur at any time, for any reason.

Nevertheless, there is an argument to be made in favor of higher standards: the one you made just now. That there are "mindless masses".