{"id":319,"date":"2008-01-08T16:45:39","date_gmt":"2008-01-08T21:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/index.php\/?p=319"},"modified":"2008-01-10T11:14:16","modified_gmt":"2008-01-10T16:14:16","slug":"the-state-of-nj-appologizes-for-slavery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/2008\/01\/08\/the-state-of-nj-appologizes-for-slavery\/","title":{"rendered":"The State of NJ apologizes for slavery."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By god this must have been the most <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=17925822&#038;ft=1&#038;f=1001\">pressing piece of legislation<\/a> decided in the US this week.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, the fact that a single tax payer dollar went into the passage of this &#8220;feel good&#8221; bill presented by Assemblyman William Payne, The Deputy Majority Conference Leader (who&#8217;s black) should be embarrassing to blacks and New Jersey.  There is not a person alive today directly responsible for the slavery of any black man or his ancestors so get over it.  Do you feel better now Mr. Payne?  Got that out of your system?  Good.  Sit down and shut up.<\/p>\n<p>Oh and by the way, the guilt is killing me so I apologize for the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII.  I wasn&#8217;t alive at the time but I&#8217;m sorry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By god this must have been the most pressing piece of legislation decided in the US this week. 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