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A Tangled Web

What's up with the sh-t stains on the front of you tighty whities is it from Obama, Barney Frank, Bernie Sanders, come on you can tell us. As you can tell it's hard to have a serious conversation with you or any of your butt buddies for the simple fact that liberal's like yourself (not all I might Add) think freedom of speech is free, can you tell me what you have done for our country?, or have experienced that makes you an expert on any and everything, and I'm being serious, Mario you sound like you have all the answers for the world problems and it always seems as though your answers are always the same on every issue it's those conservatives

While the recent Supreme Court decision in the New Haven firefighters' case will be welcome news to those who don't think that a gross injustice is O.K. when those on the receiving end are white, the reasoning behind the 5 to 4 decision is a painful reminder that the law is still tangled in a web of assumptions, evasions and contradictions when it comes to racial issues.

Nor have these problems been clarified with the passage of time. On the contrary, the growing complexity and murkiness of civil rights law over the years recalls the painful saying: "Oh, what a...