9. How much money was awarded to Mexico by the U.S. after the treaty was signed at Guadalupe-Hidalgo, February 2, 1848, when Mexico was required to cede California and New Mexico to the United States and to recognize the Rio Grande as the southern and western boundary of Texas?

a. $15 million cash

b. $ 1 million cash

c. Nothing – why should we give them money when we won a war they started?

d. No money, just forty acres and a mule to each Mexican family who lost a loved one in the war


The answer is....

A. $15 million!

(If anyone knows differently, let me know.  Here's my source:

Which of the following statements is racially offensive and who said them?

a. Referring to Supreme Court judge Clarence Thomas: "A handkerchief-head, chicken-and-biscuit-eating Uncle Tom." (Spike Lee)

b. “The white man is our mortal enemy, and we cannot accept him. I will fight to see that vicious beast go down into the lake of fire prepared for him from the beginning, that he never rise again to give any innocent black man, woman or child the hell that he has delighted in pouring on us for 400 years." (Louis Farrakhan)

c. “I say to Jewish America: Get ready...knuckle up, put your boots on, because we're ready and the war is going down... The real deal is this: Black youth do not want a relationship with the Jewish community or the mainstream white community or the foot shuffling, head-bowing, knee bobbing black community... All you Jews can go straight to hell.” (Quannell X, National Youth minister for the Nation Of Islam, New York Daily News, October 17, 1995)

d. “White folks was in caves while we was building empires... We taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.” (Rev. Al Sharpton)

e. “The Zionist regime is a rotten, dried tree that will be eliminated by one storm.” (Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)

f. "Chicano and Chicana students of Aztlan must take upon themselves the responsibilities to promote Chicanismo within the community, politicizing our Raza (i.e. “race”) with an emphasis on indigenous consciousness to continue the struggle for the self-determination of the Chicano people for the purpose of liberating Aztlan (i.e. all non-Hispanics OUT).” (MeChas constitution)

g. "We have an aging white America. They are not making babies. They are dying. The explosion is in our population... I love it. They are sh-tting in their pants with fear. I love it.... We have got to eliminate the gringo, and what I mean by that is if the worst comes to the worst, we have got to kill him." (Jose Angel Gutierrez, professor, University of Texas)

1. A Neo-Nazi is:

a. Someone who voted for George Bush and believes that Muslim terrorists were responsible for the 9-11 attacks.

b. A Palestinian mother who straps explosives onto her child and sends them to explode in a crowd of Jews.

c. Anyone who thinks the world is better off without Saddam Hussein.

d. Any white Christian male, especially if he’s a Republican.

e. None of the above

MY ANSWER IS B.

Any of you conservatives out there been called a Neo-Nazi like a thousand times? Maybe I ain't so bright, but isn't a Nazi someone kinda like Hitler? I'd need to see the following clues in a person to call them a Nazi: hates Jews, wants to destroy Jews, thinks Jews are less than human, reads Mein Kampf and believes in it.

Now, how can George Bush rightfully be called a Nazi? What do Liberals mean when they call us Nazis??? Anyone know? I look at Palestinians and other rabid, violent Islamic groups and see all of the above criteria in their character and practices.



2. A Bigot is:

a. Someone who believes only their own religion to be true and that all others are false.

b. Someone who makes the observation that a particular group of people is consistently doing some really bad, harmful things.

c. Anyone who thinks Ronald Reagan was one of the greatest U.S. presidents.

d. A Muslim cleric teaching that Jews are sub-human and that it is your Muslim duty to kill them.

e. Both a and d

YOU COULD ARGUE FOR EITHER D or E on this one.

If all it takes to be labeled a 'bigot' is to believe that your religion is the true one, then maybe I am a bigot. Personally, I would assume that anyone who holds to a particular religion is a member because they believe it to be the correct one. Of course they will choose the one they deem best. Why embrace a religion if your belief is only as consequential as your belief that strawberry ice cream is nice?

So yes, I believe my church/religion to be more accurate or true than the others, but doesn't everyone? I mean, why join a church or religion if you're like, well, it's kinda good, but not necessarily the true way? 

I think that the line crosses into true bigotry when you actively persecute another who does not subscribe to your faith (or political persuasion or other distinguishing factor). That is why D is an example of bigotry. 


3. A Racist is:

a. A person who thinks that blacks are so dumb, they need a lower set of standards to get into college.

b. Someone who thinks Mexicans are too stupid to learn English, so we’d better accommodate their need for all written materials to be in Spanish.

c. Any member of the Minutemen monitoring the Mexico/Arizona border in order to curb illegal entry into our country for national security as well as economic reasons.

d. None of the above

e. Both a and b


MY ANSWER IS E. We discussed this already, but I think those who 'mean well' and want to help the disadvantaged should look in the mirror and decide whether it really is racist to expect less from another race just because of genetic makeup. It's condescending to think others are less capable, less smart, so we need to baby them as a victimized class.