Obama is a Race Card Shark
Mar 6, 2007 Political
Barack Obama was in Selma Alabama this past week commemorating the the civil rights movement. He made an impassioned speech and in it he talked about equality and the enforcement of anti-discrimination laws. He talked about how the black schools have less money and more problems. I thought that desegregation took away “black” schools. I know that there are likely to be more black people in schools that are located in areas where the population is predominantly black but that is not because someone is forcing black kids to go to a segregated school. I read the speech and i will admit that it was a good one and very passionate. I also have to admit that Obama did a little double speak in which he said that we needed to end discrimination but then asked that we have more of it:
I had a school in southern Illinois that set up a program for PhD’s in math and science for African Americans. And the reason they had set it up is because we only had less than 1% of the PhD’s in science and math go to African Americans. At a time when we are competing in a global economy, when we’re not competing just against folks in North Carolina or Florida or California, we’re competing against folks in China and India and we need math and science majors, this university thought this might be a nice thing to do. And the justice department wrote them a letter saying we are going to threaten to sue you for reverse discrimination unless you cease this program.
And it reminds us that we still got a lot of work to do, and that the basic enforcement of anti-discrimination laws, the injustice that still exists within our criminal justice system, the disparity in terms of how people are treated in this country continues. It has gotten better. And we should never deny that it’s gotten better. But we shouldn’t forget that better is not good enough. That until we have absolute equality in this country in terms of people being treated on the basis of their color or their gender, that that is something that we’ve got to continue to work on and the Joshua generation has a significant task in making that happen. [emphasis mine]
I want someone to look at this and honestly tell me that Obama is not saying that we need the justice department to enforce anti-discrimination laws right after he chastised them for enforcing anti-discrimination laws. Only a moonbat can think that discrimination is bad except when the moonbat is enjoying the benefits of discrimination. Just before this in the speech Obama indicates that people are upset because a small number of blacks and Latinos get a break, or an advantage when it comes to education. He then goes on to utter the words above. Obama said that it has gotten better but will not be satisfactory until we have absolute equality in terms of how people are treated with regard to skin color or gender. I guess to Obama giving someone an advantage based on skin color is the idea of equality. I guess Obama thinks blacks are being treated equally only so long as they get advantages that whites do not get when it comes to education and job selection. As soon as the justice department tries to enforce the law regarding discrimination he gets upset because the people getting the unfair advantage are black.
How can any group of people expect to be treated as equals when they constantly demand advantages that are not afforded to others? How can Obama expect the black community not to be looked at as inferior if they insist on help that is not available to others? If you need special treatment to get where others are, then you are not equal to those people. The idea for affirmative action was to give a boost to those adversely affected by slavery and the years of oppression that followed. The whole idea was inherently discriminatory and many qualified white people did not get to college so that less qualified blacks could. The time is long past for these discriminatory practices. No one alive today has been held as a slave and there are opportunities for everyone. If people want to go to college then they need to apply themselves in school and get good grades. Regardless, blacks today need to stop depending on programs that do nothing more than give the impression that they are unable to compete on a level playing field.
There is one other item that is a bit off my original subject but I could not let it go without comment. Obama indicated that part of the problem in the black community is that men are not taking responsibility when they father children:
We have too many children in poverty in this country and everybody should be ashamed, but don’t tell me it doesn’t have a little to do with the fact that we got too many daddies not acting like daddies. Don’t think that fatherhood ends at conception. I know something about that because my father wasn’t around when I was young and I struggled.
He said that fatherhood does not end at conception. Given that sentiment does that not indicate that fatherhood begins at conception and that is because life begins at conception? He could have said that fatherhood does not end at the birth of your child but he specifically used the word conception. This will be interesting to look at as he more clearly defines his position on abortion. As it stands right now, fatherhood begins at conception and, for some, ends with abortion.
As I indicated this was a passionate speech but it was full of contradictions and it was designed to pander to a certain audience. I will be happy on the day we have a person running for office who says that people of all color can make it on their own and do not need special help from the government. This will take a while because we have bred a generation of people who think that the government is there to provide for them. In this speech Obama points out Katrina and the way that the 10% funding requirement for disaster was waived for New York and Florida but not for New Orleans. I suppose this is supposed to indicate that it is because most of the folks were black. Obama indicates that this was the worst natural disaster and the federal government did not waive the fee. I will remind Obama that the government gave the most amount of money ever awarded for a natural disaster to new Orleans. 250 BILLION dollars came from taxpayers to rebuild this place. Obama laments that it is not done yet. There are people in Florida who still have not been able to rebuild the damage caused years ago by Hurricane Andrew.
Perhaps Obama can stop playing the race card and start acting like a politician.
Source (for all quotes):
Lynn Sweet, Sun Times
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WWJD (What Would John Do?)
Mar 5, 2007 Political
John Edwards is an ambulance chaser who made millions of dollars by filing lawsuits that were excessive and based on junk science. This is a man who claimed that dead children spoke to him from the grave and told him what they were feeling. I am not sure which is worse, this carnival act or the idiots on the jury who believed it. Since John can hear the dead it should come as no surprise that Edwards is now telling us what Jesus would think and how he would feel.
Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards says Jesus would be appalled at how the United States has ignored the plight of the suffering, and that he believes children should have private time to pray at school.
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“I think that Jesus would be disappointed in our ignoring the plight of those around us who are suffering and our focus on our own selfish short-term needs,” Edwards told the site. “I think he would be appalled, actually.” Breitbart
John Edwards is hitting on some serious stuff here about greed and war so let us see WWJD. This past Christmas Edwards, who has been bashing Wal Mart, had a staffer attempt to get one of the new video games (I think it was Play Station 3) ahead of others. Each Wal Mart had a small number to sell and most had a contest or a first come first served policy in order to get one. People stood in line all night and others were hurt trying to win contests in order to be able to buy one. Edwards had his staffer call and see if Wal Mart could hold one for the former Senator. Edwards used his greed to try and go ahead of others in a store chain that he has publicly railed against. He then said it was all a misunderstanding, which is what the left always says when they get caught.
John Edwards has milked millions of dollars from insurance companies and businesses in order to fatten his wallet. John Edwards has the biggest house in his county and it cost millions of dollars. In addition to all this “greed” Edwards voted for the war resolution when he was a Senator but of course now says he made a mistake. I guess that Jesus would only be upset with wars if we did not say we were sorry like John did. Of course, I have no way of knowing because the only things I can speak for Jesus are what he said in the Bible. I can not just tell you what else he is thinking like John Edwards can. The power to speak for Jesus must come to you when you are a charlatan lawyer who can hear dead kids talk.
John Edwards is probably a decent father and husband and I can not fault him for making real good money to take care of his family. I never fault anyone for making a living (an honest one) whether it is a minimum wage job or high priced lawyer. What I do object to is someone urinating in my face and telling me it is raining. Like Al Gore, Edwards talks the talk but he does not walk the walk and that might be because he really does not understand that he is in that America (of his two Americas theme) that involves a bunch of rich people. I think he actually does not know he is nowhere near like the rest of us in the other America (though I feel I am somewhere in between).
Edwards would do well to drop the act of pandering to poor people, anti-war zealots, and Christians and just run on what he really is. Oh wait, Democrats lose when they act like who they really are.
When Edwards tells us what Jesus would do he is pandering for votes because we already know what John would do.
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Dean Wants Coulter to Apologize?
Mar 3, 2007 Political
This is pretty much the kettle calling the pot black. In case you missed it, Ann Coulter referred to John Edwards by using the word faggot. She did not directly call him one but anyone can understand that is what she was doing. Here is what Coulter said:
“I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word “faggot,” so I — so kind of an impasse, can’t really talk about Edwards.” Fox News
I will not defend Coulter’s comments because that is for her to do. The reference to rehab was about some actor who used the word about a gay co-star and had to attend some kind of diversity training. In any event, Coulter is certainly entitled to have her say though I think these kinds of statements give ammunition to the so called Free Speech advocates on the left. What irritates me is that Howard Dean is demanding the apology. I could see it if Edwards was making the demand, but Dean? He is the guy who said that the Republican Party was pretty much a “white Christian” party and that Republicans have “never held a real job.”
All this coming from a man who is licensed as a doctor but has been a politician for a long time and now heads the DNC. If there ever was a person who is not holding a real job it would be a politician. Dean lives off other people’s money to push political causes and will say anything to advance the lunatic Democratic agenda and surely, no one thins this guy has a real job. The question is, where were the demands for an apology when Dean was saying these things?
Howard, how about you do us a favor and shut the hell up. No one needs a putz like you (and yes I called you a putz) demanding anything, especially an apology. If the Breck Girl wants an apology, let her ask for it herself.
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The Gorey Details
Feb 27, 2007 Political
Al Gore has made a name for himself by touting pseudo-science involving global warming and along the way his “documentary” picked up an Oscar. It has been pointed out in the past that Al Gore pollutes more than the average person he is targeting. Al jets all over the world, he rides in lots and lots of cars all over the place and the Academy Award ceremony that he applauded for being green had limousines lined up to ferry stars all over. After his two appearances in the Kodak Theatre, where he begged everyone to join the fight against global warming, it has been learned that Al Gore’s mansion uses more electricity in a month than most houses use in a year.
A counter to that was released today that points out that Gore has purchased a little over $400 a month in “green” energy. He also drives a hybrid car so, the article points out, we should not be focusing our sights on him:
Rather than attacking one man — Gore — Johnson and his group should be taking a larger view and trying to make a difference to reduce global warming, Krider [Gore spokeswoman] said. Tennessean
Ms. Krider informs us that Gore’s 10,000 square foot home is going to have a larger carbon footprint than the average home. I guess what she means is, rich people live in big houses (called mansions) and they are going to use more than everyone else but they are rich so we should do what they say and not what they do. I have to disagree with this woman and her assertion that we should not be attacking one person but should be looking at the larger picture. We have every right to attack that one person because he is the one who is preaching to everyone.
No one would mention that Al Gore uses more electricity or heating fuel than most people if he had not run around the country giving speeches about global warming. no one would pay attention to him if he had not drawn attention to himself. Now that his film won an award it makes it even more appropriate that we investigate him deeper than most. You see, most Americans are not running around telling others how to live their lives and how to consume goods. Gore is and that means that his own habits are open to scrutiny. The irony is that the people who are out supporting this whole global warming myth are those who use the most resources.
This is typical for the elitist among us. John Edwards discusses his two Americas where the wealthiest live one kind of life and all the rest of us live a lesser existence. What he fails to mention and what probably never occurs to him, is that he lives in that very wealthy America. When he makes the claims he does people are going to become skeptical when he buys a home that is the largest and most expensive in his county. Likewise, people will be skeptical of Gore when he tells us all how to reduce what we use when he uses twenty times as much as the average family.
Do as I say and not as I do is common among the elitists in America. We see it from the Hollywood crowd and we see it from our elected officials who make laws that they are exempted from following. There are few in the so called ruling class who follow their own words. Whether they own stock in companies they portray as evil or employ non-union workers while pandering to unions, they thumb their collective noses every step of the way.
It is time we got rid of them and replaced them with people who want to make America better. As for Gore, we can ignore him. He might not go away but it will be more peaceful. I would recommend to him though, that if he wants to convince people he is serious he should sell his mansion and buy a small place that is very energy efficient. Maybe Dicaprio can move in with him and shut down his mansion as well.
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Clintons Are Loyal, to Money
Feb 25, 2007 Political
Hillary Clinton took her tour to Liberal San Francisco where supporters swooned all over her. Five people were removed from the event for protesting US involvement in Iraq (a shot at Hillary’s war vote). Funny how no one will make a big deal about that and say she only lets in people who agree with her, like they did when Bush ran for his second term. There was some discussion about the recent fracas. Here is what one kool aid drinker said:
“(Geffen) sucked up every benefit he could when Bill Clinton was president. He spent the night in the White House, and he had private briefings with the president,” said attorney Martha Whetstone, a longtime friend of the Clintons from Arkansas. “The values of loyalty are important, and the Clintons have that in spades … and to try to go after them on a national scale to settle a personal vendetta is unconscionable.” SF Gate
How is it that Geffen sucked up every benefit? Geffen raised 18 million dollars for Bill Clinton. So he got a few private audiences with the president and he slept in the Lincoln bedroom twice. Seems like he did not get too much for the amount of money he raised for Bill. The truth is, the Clintons were very loyal when Geffen was bringing money in for them. Hell, Bill pardoned people in exchange for cash. They only care about the almighty dollar and if you can’t or won’t raise it for them then they do not want to have anything to do with you. They are not loyal to anyone except themselves. Look how Geffen was treated for endorsing Obama. You want to see how they value loyalty, wait until the first friend of theirs becomes a liability. She will distance herself and make sure that person is never a part of anything.
Geffen has every right, as a private citizen, to say what he wants. He has every right to donate his money and to raise money for whomever he sees fit. If this guy was in Clinton’s camp and raising money for her she would be praising him for his work.
Just ask Vince Foster about loyalty. Remember, if Foster really had a gun he would still be alive today.
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