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Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: Jubal Early ()
Date: July 20, 2014 05:16PM

The ferry is named after Jubal Early, a confederate general from the Civil War. From Wikipedia:

Early was an outspoken believer in white supremacy and despised the abolitionists. In the preface to his memoirs, Early wrote about former slaves as "barbarous natives of Africa", whom he believed were "in a civilized and Christianized condition" as a result of their enslavement. He continued:


The Creator of the Universe had stamped them, indelibly, with a different color and an inferior physical and mental organization. He had not done this from mere caprice or whim, but for wise purposes. An amalgamation of the races was in contravention of His designs or He would not have made them so different. This immense number of people could not have been transported back to the wilds from which their ancestors were taken, or, if they could have been, it would have resulted in their relapse into barbarism. Reason, common sense, true humanity to the black, as well as the safety of the white race, required that the inferior race should be kept in a state of subordination. The conditions of domestic slavery, as it existed in the South, had not only resulted in a great improvement in the moral and physical condition of the negro race, but had furnished a class of laborers as happy and contented as any in the world.[
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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: ULtpN ()
Date: July 20, 2014 05:22PM

Seems like a good guy, I'll have to take it more often.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: but everyone wants to know ()
Date: July 20, 2014 05:58PM

We know Hispanics don't. They just swim across.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: No no no no ()
Date: July 20, 2014 06:08PM

There is a no nig policy unless they are attractive

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: Right on ()
Date: July 20, 2014 06:17PM

ULtpN Wrote:
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> Seems like a good guy, I'll have to take it more
> often.


+ 1000

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: July 20, 2014 06:17PM

Why is there a ferry for such a short crossing? You could build a bridge there easily.

Blessed are the murderous.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: Cracker's Ferry ()
Date: July 20, 2014 06:34PM

I love Whites Ferry. And it's like a cheap amusement park ride for my little kids. And best thing, no blacks are allowed, so it's very safe.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: Sim City ()
Date: July 20, 2014 06:42PM

eesh Wrote:
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> Why is there a ferry for such a short crossing?
> You could build a bridge there easily.


C'mon goober, haven't you ever played Sim City. You should know that bridges can't be built on every terrain.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: July 20, 2014 06:52PM

Sim City Wrote:
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> eesh Wrote:
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> -----
> > Why is there a ferry for such a short crossing?
> > You could build a bridge there easily.
>
>
> C'mon goober, haven't you ever played Sim City.
> You should know that bridges can't be built on
> every terrain.





I understand that you think playing SimCity makes you a civil engineer, but let's wait until someone that knows what they are talking about comes along.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: Pey7F ()
Date: July 20, 2014 07:26PM

eesh Wrote:
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> Why is there a ferry for such a short crossing?
> You could build a bridge there easily.


Massive flooding and the extremely wealthy locals with their horsy farms don't want a bridge that would attract commoners in large volumes seeking to cut 20 miles or 40 minutes off of their daily peasant commute to their blue collar jobs.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: CVYGF ()
Date: July 20, 2014 07:32PM

Pey7F Wrote:
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> eesh Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Why is there a ferry for such a short crossing?
> > You could build a bridge there easily.
>
>
> Massive flooding and the extremely wealthy locals
> with their horsy farms don't want a bridge that
> would attract commoners in large volumes seeking
> to cut 20 miles or 40 minutes off of their daily
> peasant commute to their blue collar jobs.

Or the morons could move closer to their jobs instead of driving 100 plus miles a day clogging up the roads. They always argue they can afford it but eliminating a $1000 a month on commuting costs could get you a place much closer to work.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: July 20, 2014 07:44PM

Pey7F Wrote:
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> eesh Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Why is there a ferry for such a short crossing?
> > You could build a bridge there easily.
>
>
> Massive flooding and the extremely wealthy locals
> with their horsy farms don't want a bridge that
> would attract commoners in large volumes seeking
> to cut 20 miles or 40 minutes off of their daily
> peasant commute to their blue collar jobs.


Thanks!

Blessed are the murderous.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: Ferry? ()
Date: July 20, 2014 07:54PM

Ferry is another word for gay.....
Just sayen

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: July 20, 2014 07:55PM

Ferry? Wrote:
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> Ferry is another word for gay.....
> Just sayen




That's fairy, not ferry.

Blessed are the murderous.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: PWcLv ()
Date: July 20, 2014 07:58PM

CVYGF Wrote:
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$1000 a month on commuting
> costs could get you a place much closer to work.

Where is your proof that 1000 dollars a month could move you closer in? Where is your proof living 50 miles out cost 1000 dollars a month in commuting cost? Oh thats right, you just made all of that up.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: cHvUp ()
Date: July 20, 2014 08:21PM

PWcLv Wrote:
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> CVYGF Wrote:
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>
> >
> $1000 a month on commuting
> > costs could get you a place much closer to
> work.
>
> Where is your proof that 1000 dollars a month
> could move you closer in? Where is your proof
> living 50 miles out cost 1000 dollars a month in
> commuting cost? Oh thats right, you just made all
> of that up.

If you live close enough to work that you don't need a car, that's probably about a thousand dollars a month.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: CH3NO2 ()
Date: July 20, 2014 08:25PM

CVYGF Wrote:
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> > Or the morons could move closer to their jobs
> instead of driving 100 plus miles a day clogging
> up the roads. They always argue they can afford it
> but eliminating a $1000 a month on commuting
> costs could get you a place much closer to work.

Most intelligent people don't want to live in the city with the savages and don't want to live in the burbs with the locust. Id rather drive than be stuck with the other two options.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: The Chemist ()
Date: July 20, 2014 08:30PM

CH3NO2 Wrote:
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> Most intelligent people don't want to live in the
> city with the savages and don't want to live in
> the burbs with the locust. Id rather drive than be
> stuck with the other two options.

Sez the largest CH4 polluter on FFXU.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: CH3NO2 ()
Date: July 20, 2014 08:33PM

The Chemist Wrote:
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> CH3NO2 Wrote:
> ==================================================
> ==
> > Most intelligent people don't want to live in
> the
> > city with the savages and don't want to live in
> > the burbs with the locust. Id rather drive than
> be
> > stuck with the other two options.
>
> Sez the largest CH4 polluter on FFXU.

Incorrectamundo! I commute from the bedroom to my office in the basement.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: libs hate America. ()
Date: July 20, 2014 08:37PM

CH3NO2 Wrote:
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> The Chemist Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > CH3NO2 Wrote:
> >
> ==================================================
>
> > ==
> > > Most intelligent people don't want to live in
> > the
> > > city with the savages and don't want to live
> in
> > > the burbs with the locust. Id rather drive
> than
> > be
> > > stuck with the other two options.
> >
> > Sez the largest CH4 polluter on FFXU.
>
> Incorrectamundo! I commute from the bedroom to my
> office in the basement.

Liar. We all know you never leave granny's basement.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: The Chemist ()
Date: July 20, 2014 08:38PM

The high volume of CH4 you pollute doesn't have anything to do with your commute bro. It's all in your keystrokes.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: pcVpx ()
Date: July 20, 2014 08:55PM

100 miles a day x 20 days a month equals 2000 miles. IRS says .56 a mile for operating costs for a typical car. $1120 a month. Thats about 200K in mortgage 30 years 4.5 percent

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: Nuther dummy ()
Date: July 20, 2014 09:12PM

pcVpx Wrote:
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> 100 miles a day x 20 days a month equals 2000
> miles. IRS says .56 a mile for operating costs for
> a typical car. $1120 a month. Thats about 200K in
> mortgage 30 years 4.5 percent


If you are driving a dump truck you dumb shit. That code was designed for people in the trades business. Ie- Pick up trucks, vans and heavy equipment.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: CH3NO2 ()
Date: July 20, 2014 09:15PM

Nuther dummy Wrote:
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> pcVpx Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > 100 miles a day x 20 days a month equals 2000
> > miles. IRS says .56 a mile for operating costs
> for
> > a typical car. $1120 a month. Thats about 200K
> in
> > mortgage 30 years 4.5 percent
>
>
> If you are driving a dump truck you dumb shit.
> That code was designed for people in the trades
> business. Ie- Pick up trucks, vans and heavy
> equipment.

Actually, I bill my clients that exact figure when I have to travel using my own car and its not a dump truck. That's the current gov reimbursement rate.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: Bill.N. ()
Date: July 20, 2014 09:16PM

eesh Wrote:
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> Why is there a ferry for such a short crossing?
> You could build a bridge there easily.

It is a hold over from long ago when bridges were expensive and the amount of traffic was relatively low. Traffic on US15 which crossed the river a few miles upstream was still relatively light into the 1970s. Under the circumstances the ferry was adequate for the needs, especially given the quality of the road network leading to it. Now there is sufficient demand and road connections to justify a bridge, but my guess is that the locals don't want it.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: July 20, 2014 09:58PM

Bill.N. Wrote:
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> eesh Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Why is there a ferry for such a short crossing?
> > You could build a bridge there easily.
>
> It is a hold over from long ago when bridges were
> expensive and the amount of traffic was relatively
> low. Traffic on US15 which crossed the river a
> few miles upstream was still relatively light into
> the 1970s. Under the circumstances the ferry was
> adequate for the needs, especially given the
> quality of the road network leading to it. Now
> there is sufficient demand and road connections to
> justify a bridge, but my guess is that the locals
> don't want it.


Thanks.

Blessed are the murderous.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: Gdyj4 ()
Date: July 20, 2014 10:26PM


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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: ykDMF ()
Date: July 21, 2014 05:07AM

Nuther dummy Wrote:
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> pcVpx Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > 100 miles a day x 20 days a month equals 2000
> > miles. IRS says .56 a mile for operating costs
> for
> > a typical car. $1120 a month. Thats about 200K
> in
> > mortgage 30 years 4.5 percent
>
>
> If you are driving a dump truck you dumb shit.
> That code was designed for people in the trades
> business. Ie- Pick up trucks, vans and heavy
> equipment.

Learn how to read TeaTARD. $ .56 is the rate for cars/SUVs/Pickup trucks.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: Blooming Onion ()
Date: July 21, 2014 07:53AM

Is there a bathroom on this?

I might take the grandchildren.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: libs hate America. ()
Date: July 21, 2014 08:03AM

Let's be clear. African Americans are people born in Africa and became American citizens. Anybody born in America is an American. Now, libs won't accept that fact because they want to keep racism alive and do not believe in acceptance, unity or tolerance.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: JpvXE ()
Date: December 04, 2015 05:37PM

The ferry broke free today.


http://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2015/12/whites-ferry-breaks-free-from-cable-floats-down-river-with-cars-on-board/slide/1/

WASHINGTON — A Montgomery County ferry broke free from its cable Friday afternoon with a dozen cars and passengers on board.

The White’s Ferry car carrier broke loose from its cable at about 3 p.m. Friday, and the current carried the boat down the Potomac River. There were 12 cars on the ferry at the time, says Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer.

Other boats came to the rescue and pulled the boat — named after the confederate Civil War leader Gen. Jubal A. Early — to shore, where it was secured.

All passengers and pedestrians were removed from the boat and there were no injuries, Piringer says. The ferry stopped running Friday following the incident so that cable could be fixed.

It’s still unclear what caused the ferry to break off the cable, which the boat follows across the Potomac.

White’s Ferry carries passengers from Whites Ferry Road in Montgomery County, Maryland, to Whites Ferry Road in Loudoun County, Virginia. It costs cars $5 to go one way or $8 for a round trip. It is one of the last of 100 ferries that used to operate on the Potomac River, according to Poolesville, Maryland’s website.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: muDYt ()
Date: December 04, 2015 05:58PM

Terrorism?

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: The Outlaw Josie Wales ()
Date: December 04, 2015 06:12PM

So they took a Missouri boat ride?

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: abelard ()
Date: December 04, 2015 06:26PM

> Now there is sufficient demand and road connections to
> justify a bridge, but my guess is that the locals
> don't want it.

The ferry also does brisk business - been on it many times and there's always a line of cars waiting. It's a decent way to sneak around the invariable traffic problems with 495 (especially getting across the potomac), especially if you have business in that part of southern Maryland.

Word to the wise, however - there's basically only one road that'll get you north and virtually every little town you'll drive through makes a fair living with their speed cameras.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: 3vVuJ ()
Date: December 04, 2015 06:41PM

Montgomery County is famous for them -- at least they give you a head's up warning sign -- 30 MPH ahead -- Photo enforced.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: White wash ()
Date: February 15, 2021 06:59PM

The ferry boat is no longer named after Jubal Early. Now it just has a sign that says “Historic Whites Ferry”. Not surprising.

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Re: Do African Americans use White's Ferry?
Posted by: Homo says what ()
Date: February 15, 2021 07:46PM

Who is using White's fairy?

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