Posted on Jul 18, 2016
Rep. Steve King wonders what ‘sub-groups’ besides whites made contributions to civilization
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WOW! I Guess Some People Really Can't Help Themselves.
Rep. Steve King wonders what ‘sub-groups’ besides whites made contributions to civilization
Posted from washingtonpost.com
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
That has got to be the most out and out Racist Comment that I have heard from a Politician in a very long time. I can't wait to see how someone tries to spin it so it doesn't sound Racist.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Northwestern Iowa, I don't think they have a lot of Cultural Diversity there.
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I was actually wondering the mindset of his constituents. The lack of diversity in his district explains everything. Next there will be a few RP members commenting he wasn't being racists.
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Wow so I guess he decided to exclude all civilizations and he forgot that the western civilization enslaved people to enrich themselves. This country was built on the backs of African slaves at the cost of Europeans and let's not forget that the cause of the industrial revolution in England was caused by people being enslaved. The North and the South both benefited from slavery.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
King attended Northwest Missouri State University from 1967 to 1970, and was a member of the Alpha Kappa Lambda Fraternity, majoring in math and biology. He did not graduate. Congressman King avoided the draft with "2S" deferments in 1967, 1968 and 1969. Nine days after receiving his third deferment, President Richard Nixon signed an amendment to the Military Service Act of 1967 that created the draft lottery. Under the new lottery system, draft deferments were still allowed. Because he had been receiving deferments under the old draft system, King was still shielded from being drafted in the lottery system as long as he maintained his deferments and stayed in school.
In the first lottery held on December 1st, 1969, 366 numbers were assigned, one for each possible birth date. The birth date of May 28, Steve King’s birth date, was assigned number 308. This was an extremely high number. The highest number drafted that year was, in fact, 195. Furthermore, King’s draft number was assigned to him permanently. It meant that he would be protected from the draft by his high number even if he allowed his draft deferment to expire by leaving school. King did leave school when he quit Northwest Missouri State University in 1970. No reason has ever been publicly offered as to why he chose to leave Northwest Missouri State three years into his college education without earning a degree. During those three years King spent in Maryville, the United States suffered its greatest losses in Vietnam with 39,721 soldiers killed.
In 1975, he founded King Construction, an earth moving company. King founded the Kiron Business Association in the 1980s. His involvement with the Iowa Land Improvement Contractors' Association led to regional and national offices in that organization and a growing interest in public policy.
In the first lottery held on December 1st, 1969, 366 numbers were assigned, one for each possible birth date. The birth date of May 28, Steve King’s birth date, was assigned number 308. This was an extremely high number. The highest number drafted that year was, in fact, 195. Furthermore, King’s draft number was assigned to him permanently. It meant that he would be protected from the draft by his high number even if he allowed his draft deferment to expire by leaving school. King did leave school when he quit Northwest Missouri State University in 1970. No reason has ever been publicly offered as to why he chose to leave Northwest Missouri State three years into his college education without earning a degree. During those three years King spent in Maryville, the United States suffered its greatest losses in Vietnam with 39,721 soldiers killed.
In 1975, he founded King Construction, an earth moving company. King founded the Kiron Business Association in the 1980s. His involvement with the Iowa Land Improvement Contractors' Association led to regional and national offices in that organization and a growing interest in public policy.
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