For much of the last forty years, ever since America "fixed" its race problem in the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts, we white people have been impatient with African Americans who continued to blame race for their difficulties. Often we have heard whites ask, "When are African Americans finally going to get over it? Now I want to ask: "When are we White Americans going to get over our ridiculous obsession with skin color?
Recent reports that "Election Spurs Hundreds' of Race Threats, Crimes" should frighten and infuriate every one of us. Having grown up in "Bombingham," Alabama in the 1960s, I remember overhearing an avalanche of comments about what many white classmates and their parents wanted to do to John and Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King. Eventually, as you may recall, in all three cases, someone decided to do more than "talk the talk."
Since our recent presidential election, to our eternal shame we are once again hearing the same reprehensible talk I remember from my boyhood.
We white people have controlled political life in the disunited colonies and United States for some 400 years on this continent. Conservative whites have been in power 28 of the last 40 years. Even during the eight Clinton years, conservatives in Congress blocked most of his agenda and pulled him to the right. Yet never in that period did I read any headlines suggesting that anyone was calling for the assassinations of presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, or either of the Bushes. Criticize them, yes. Call for their impeachment, perhaps. But there were no bounties on their heads. And even when someone did try to kill Ronald Reagan, the perpetrator was non-political mental case who wanted merely to impress Jody Foster.
But elect a liberal who happens to be Black and we're back in the sixties again. At this point in our history, we should be proud that we've proven what conservatives are always saying -- that in America anything is possible, EVEN electing a black man as president. But instead we now hear that school children from Maine to California are talking about wanting to "assassinate Obama."
Fighting the urge to throw up, I can only ask, "How long?" How long before we white people realize we can't make our nation, much less the whole world, look like us? How long until we white people can - once and for all - get over this hell-conceived preoccupation with skin color? How long until we white people get over the demonic conviction that white skin makes us superior? How long before we white people get over our bitter resentments about being demoted to the status of equality with non-whites?
How long before we get over our expectations that we should be at the head of the line merely because of our white skin? How long until we white people end our silence and call out our peers when they share the latest racist jokes in the privacy of our white-only conversations?
I believe in free speech, but how long until we white people start making racist loudmouths as socially uncomfortable as we do flag burners? How long until we white people will stop insisting that blacks exercise personal responsibility, build strong families, educate themselves enough to edit the Harvard Law Review, and work hard enough to become President of the United States, only to threaten to assassinate them when they do?
How long before we starting "living out the true meaning" of our creeds, both civil and religious, that all men and women are created equal and that "red and yellow, black and white" all are precious in God's sight?
Until this past November 4, I didn't believe this country would ever elect an African American to the presidency. I still don't believe I'll live long enough to see us white people get over our racism problem. But here's my three-point plan: First, everyday that Barack Obama lives in the White House that Black Slaves Built, I'm going to pray that God (and the Secret Service) will protect him and his family from us white people. Second, I'm going to report to the FBI any white person I overhear saying, in seriousness or in jest, anything of a threatening nature about President Obama. Third, I'm going to pray to live long enough to see America surprise the world once again, when white people can "in spirit and in truth" sing of our damnable color prejudice, "We HAVE overcome."
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Andrew M. Manis is associate professor of history at Macon State College in Georgia and wrote this for an editorial in the Macon Telegraph. Bayoubuzz has requested permission to republish his opinion. Tell us below if you agree or disagree:
Well kpf, we'll never get to fix the mess we're in unless we try and we'll never try unless we think we have a chance of succeeding and we'll never think we have a chance of succeeding unless we have at least some degree of optimism. - - - - - - I agree that optimism that we can turn it around is a hopeful sign. …… but,
Written by Jacob Sulzbach, Lafayette, La. on 8/22/2009 there you go…….. For optimism to be a remote possibility there must be at least the remote chance of achieving optimal performance, and to achieve optimal performance one needs to have the freedom to do so…. Lacking in the ‘Modern’ Post sitcom rerun American equation is the Root cause and effect function ……….YOU KNOW; FREEDOM……….
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I disagree with the assumption that "we whites" are as prejudiced as this so-called "white "claims. I was raised in south Louisiana and in the midst of much prejudice: against yankees, white trash, hoodlums (white, black, or other, disrespect, etc., and most of us have grown to understand that the measure of a person is the PERSON and how he handles himself, not his color, height, education, or job. Most of the people of the type the writer described are few, and basically outcasts. Written by Disagree
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Well kpf, we'll never get to fix the mess we're in unless we try and we'll never try unless we think we have a chance of succeeding and we'll never think we have a chance of succeeding unless we have at least some degree of optimism. I agree, optimism that we can turn it around is a hopeful sign. Written by Jacob Sulzbach, Lafayette, La.
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What those blinded by their political issues and allegiances to their political parties seem to not envision is the possibility of our government's actions causing both huge debt and serious devaluation of our currency. However, there seems to be more and more citizens waking up and speaking out. I am heartened that many citizens are saving more, reducing debt and becoming more involved in matters politic. Perhaps it will be similar to "it is always darkest before the dawn" as the mess government has created, and the fact that their “fix” may do far more harm than good, may make enough citizen’s get involved in bringing back responsible governance to our country. I may be somewhat overly optimistic in this regard, but there have been some encouraging signs of late. Written by kpf
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Oops! My bad. In my previous post, lines 2-3, I have ". . . that the starting point for health care reform should be with new spending, but with cutting costs . . ." I am missing the all-important modifier "not," which should mean that the edited copy would read ". . . that the starting point for health care reform should NOT be with new spending, but with cutting costs . . ." My apoligies everyone. Written by Jacob Sulzbach, Lafayette, La.
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kpf, you wrote: ". . . Raise taxes AND cut programs, departments and government jobs. Anything else is irresponsible." Yes; the truth is so simple that it just leaps out at you, doesn't it? I would also like to add into that list, if I may, that the starting point for health care reform should be with new spending, but with cutting costs; such as volume purchasing of prescription drugs to get them at lower prices for government aid to seniors and real tort reform to lower costs for malpractice and liability insurance for doctors and hospitals. Once you get those two in place, you can then use regulatory authority to control some prices -- but only if both pre-conditions are achieved -- in much the same way that public service commissions contain prices all over this country. And AFTER all three of those cost controls are in effect you can begin to expand coverage to the most needy and at risk, but only if you pay for it with other budget cuts elsewhere. Trying to do it from the spending side of the equation risks fiscal disaster in our current situation. Start the expansion of coverage following real cost controls as a process, and you can just keep growing it to eventual universal coverage. But the madness we are facing instead with the Obama health care plan -- which only envisions the prescription drug cost controls -- will bankrupt us all, and that claim is neither paranoia nor a scare tactic. The most recent G8 summit in Italy spent a lot of time focusing on U.S. public debt when, for the first time ever, the leaders of the countries participating discussed what they would do for a standardized currency if the American dollar collapsed as a consequence of the rising interest rates the U.S. government is now being forced to pay on new bond issues. No scare tactic here -- FACT! They really did discuss it. Alexander Hamilton is rolling in his grave. Written by Jacob Sulzbach, Lafayette, La.
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oops sorry I'm on the phone ... The more people come to understand the consequences of this planned deficit spending, the more predictions will show the GOP gaining seats in both houses. Too bad (for them, that is) that the Democratic Party didn't try to make modest changes to our country. They are over-reaching, trying to do too much, all at once. They will come to regret it; I'm sure some already are. Written by Mr. Potatoe Head
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The more people come to understand the consequences of this outrageous debt. In fairness it was outrageous before Obama took office, but his policies - in terms of the debt - are exactly the wrong things to do, no matter what this money is being spent on. Government, like all of us, needs to learn within its means. Raise taxes AND cut programs, departments and government jobs. Anything else is irresponsible. Written by kpf, that is AND not OR doofus
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This is the news from today on the AP. "WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration expects the federal deficit over the next decade to be $2 trillion bigger than previously estimated, White House officials said Friday, a setback for a president already facing a Congress and public wary over spending. . . ." Remember that this figure is calculated WITHOUT factoring in the increased costs of the Obama health care plan. Add that into the mix and you will have ... well, ... lots more poor people. But don't worry, we will be a more just society, so it's okay.
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Whites, Blacks, Obama, And Obsession - - - Is that some new kind of aftershave or perfume or something??? Where can I buy a bottle of it!!!!! Written by
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OMG, KJ has probably turned us in to the realitycheck@whitehouse site as "we agree to disagree with this administration" but don't worry, they are not vindictive. They are nice and we should believe what they tell us...But it changes so much, I don;t know what to believe. But hey, Cash for Clunkers, the digital TV conversion, FEMA, et al are all great examples of governement at it's best! What, me worry? YBYA Written by CN
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Sort of like Bush and Quayle huh? Or how about Clinton/Gore? Or even Bush/Cheney? But you know something kind of ironic? It goes full circle doncha know, Reagan/Bush............. Hey, Kp, you ever get the feeling like someone is watching you????? This internet thing, spookie........ I hope no one is watching us type........ Written by
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As far as this idiot's white-guilt ridden article's concern over assassination attempts on Barak Obama, he must be unfamiliar with the insanity of Joe Biden. There is no one who has ever held either the presidency or vice-presidency that I would like to see with their finger on the nuclear trigger less than Joe Biden. I have seen this man literally frothing at the mouth on C-Span in the Senate. The dude has anger "issues." Obama knew he needed to pick out someone too dangerous to replace him - "stra-tee-ger-ree" - he's nothing if not clever. Written by kpf
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What the anti-capitalist liberals who think they can fix or control the economy do not understand is that debt - either public or private - is not a sign of a strong economy. People are starting to save more and pay off debt. That will do more to place our economy on sound footing than any government plan ever will. Written by kpf
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Heatlth care reform, auto bail outs, it all amounts to bolstering the insurance industry.... cash for clunkers; scenario: Paid for truck that gets 14 miles to the gallon. Maintenance costs aren't too bad, aquire a care for $189.00 a month, + FULL COVERAGE INSURANCE... Sure, Cash fer clonkers and dealer incentive "rebates" knocked around 6 or 7K off the car (causing it to cost what it was really worth in the first place) but on top of that the purchaser has to have full coverage insurance, and no, the price of the insurance being charged does not reflect the purchase price of the car, but rather it reflects the replacement cost of the car as if it were brand new and at full value.... But for the flip side of things, if anything does go wrong with the car (theft, wreck, etc., etc.,) the insurance industry is going to depreciate the car according to months of ownership and under consideration of the cars original purchase price (you know, the 6, 7, 8K off)....... Yup, round and round/................... Written by
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"Guilt by association" - how simplistic. How ironic from someone who is always calling others "stupid." Written by kpf
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Yes dear KJ, you only thought you heard "Healthcare Reform" but it's always been "Health Insurance Reform" you only thought you heard the other phrase. And with public opinion going against this partisan administration, get ready for more spin. Wheeeeeee! Written by CN
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KJ, The messiah's ways are not your ways, my child. You must trust in the messiah, that he will show you the way to the promised land. Written by
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What the hell is happening now? First we were talking about Single Payer, then it was Public Option... now it's neither?.. instead, it's a Co-op?... WTF?!?!... Now I'm confused... Will the uninsured have healthcare?... WTF?!... I’m not whipping myself into a frenzy to keep pre-existing conditions from being denied…... Democrats are pussies if they bow to this measly bill...They’ve got all the power—and why aren’t they using it?.... WTF, President Obama?.. You're going to be re-elected anyway... Stick your neck out a little bit-- Pass a substantial healthcare bill, Mr.President … Now everybody is p.o’d. Written by KJ
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kpf says, "That would be people such as Ron Paul and his supporters. "... speaking of::::::: Did you see Ron Paul's most famous supporter-- The cameras were all over him at the Obama TownHall meeting in New Hampshire-- this guy was packing...proudly displaying a big GUN strapped to his leg... <playing theme from Twilight Zone> Written by KJ
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Excuse me Mr. Sullivan, but there are people who decry both our overseas deployments AND deficits. That would be people such as Ron Paul and his supporters. However, Obama, the Bushes, the Clintons, Reagan and even your most admired politician FDR, are or were all "step and fetch-its" for the ruling cabal of big banking, big oil, and big industry. They want us to spend billions on foreign aid, overseas troop deployments, and yes, wars. If you really want "change" - you will have to look outside of either of the two major political parties. The way they control us is to have the two parties take polar opposite positions on issues ("issues" that do not actually concern them - abortion, gun control, gay rights, etc.). This way "we the people" are divided and are at each other's throats instead of united in insisting on accountable government that exists for the populace's benefit, not big money's benefit. Once a president said that "the business of America is business" - now we have a president who funnels billions of middle class wages to bail out Wall St. tycoons and many call him "socialist." I've read Marx and Engels, bailing out capitalist tycoons is not part of their solution to "the class struggle." Things are often not what they seem to be...... Written by kpf, the truth is rarely partisan
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yeah KJ. Since giving away billions in tax dollars is progress for you, let's have a government option for automobiles, too. We won't have to give up our employer-funded salaries to buy a car, but we can also choose the government option, where we just go pick out one paid for by other Americans. And if a worker can show that his paycheck isn't big enough to buy a new car, then tax the employer an amount equal to the car payment so democrats can operate the government option car program. If you think that $2 billion was well spent, hell, let's spent 2 trillion on it. Put everyone in a the car of their choice and scrap them all every year or two to keep the economy purring. So simple, like the jitterbug, it was plumb evading me. Written by
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"Successful cash for clunkers program" - was exactly that-- so successful, that Congress overwhelmingly approved an extra 2 billion before their summer break--- It was genius and Stimulated the economy in so many ways-= from the salesman to the customer-- to the factory... So easy to throw stones all the time (that's Rush's job.... made easier by not having a Republican in office).... I hate politics,and politicians more- but, my passion is HealthCare.... and it WILL HAPPEN... So buckle-up, Scaredy Cats... It's only just begun. Written by KJ
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"Successful cash for clunkers program" - oh make me gag. Of course, whenever government robs from Peter to pay Paul - Paul will label that a "success." Other than wealth redistribution (often from the middle class to the upper class), sowing division among the races and deficit spending, just what should one be thankful for with this bunch? Simply that they are not the last bunch? That's not saying much, IMHO. Written by kpf
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Maybe Sully copied and pasted the first article he googled. Perhaps the reference was to Pastor James David Manning? A little hint for you tunnel-vision liberals. Written by
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Well Robert Desmarais Sullivan on 8/15/2009 if you were half as astute as you claim to be you would have realized that the post about James Manning was the result of a demand/request posted earlier by someone anonymous (perhaps even you) that read; “If bayoubuzz is going to print ramblings from this kook, they need to give equal time to James Manning on 8/13/2009….. But then again, you are probably one of those types that just like to talk smack…. You remind me of a paradigm I once sumbled upon;;;; Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the state of Washington ? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow.. So Mr Sully boy, if you want to smack critique, at least look for the punch line…. You are a sour old person now aren’t you? Now when it comes to the BEEF, I saw something somewhere that says we spend 4.3 times more on healthcare than we do the national defense… I do not know whether to believe that number or not, just like I don’t know whether you understand the difference between a democratic government sanctioned socialism policy or a Marxist government sanctioned socialism policy when you try to put the word ‘socialism’ in a more rosey light…. And it is not my problem if you lack a sense of humor…. Or maybe you do… Perhaps you have a sarcastic wit I am not aware of.. I love it when you ask; “Shall we leave highway design and construction out of government hands as well, and all education, all FDA services, all certifications for doctors and teachers and lawyers, everything we comfortably expect government to do?” You know something RDS, to a certain extent those proposals you presented don’t sound half bad at all……………….. I know where the government would save the taxpayer multiple billions of dollars right off the bat if some of your lovely ‘government’ sanctioned type oddities and calamities were sequestered to the sidelines so I could get some of my work done…. HOW MUCH HEALTH CARE WOULD MULTIPLE BILLIIONS SAVED PROVIDE THERE Rds????? Wut a sour puss…. Oh, and as an afterthought, I agree with you on the expenditures on war, how about this for a solution; They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for
Iraq ... Why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it has worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore anyways. So tell us about the difference in socialistic views being presented there you rocket scientist you..
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The writer with no name has been well schooled in the Rush Limbaugh School of Journalism, consisting of hard-core smirks with nasty insults that fail to address the issues, covered with pseudo-erudition that evokes at best a yawn. After reading about Mr. Manning, I could not see what the relevance was.... Now are the riots occurring at the so-called Town Hall meetings racist? They certainly give that impression to an extent, but even more I judge them to be rabidly partisan. The word 'socialist' is thrown around, even though no one in the room really knows what the word means. One man in Florida even yelled, 'Keep your government hands off of my Medicare!' Shall we leave highway design and construction out of government hands as well, and all education, all FDA services, all certifications for doctors and teachers and lawyers, everything we comfortably expect government to do? Shall we call it all 'socialist'? Hell, let's also forget the media licensing and let people set up television stations on the same frequency, so the free market can let customers choose which frequency they want to watch, if they can see either one. Medicare-for-All is not socialism; it is intelligent policy, especially if we consider how costly insurance-company administration is. They ration service also by simply refusing to pay for a procedure.... LAST OF ALL, WHERE'S THE BEEF ABOUT OUR WARS AND OUR MILITARY? THAT'S WHERE ALL OUR MONEY IS GOING! NOT TO SOCIAL SERVICES OR INFRASTRUCTURE! WE ARE WILLINGLY ALLOWING OUR GOVERNMENT TO TURN US INTO THE MILITARY DESPOT OF THE WORLD, AND THEN WE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE DEFICIT! Written by Robert Desmarais Sullivan
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White people are obsessed with Obama, yeah right. How many Obama t-shirts and posters and plates and salt/pepper shakers and every other trinket have been sold to blacks in this nation? Of course, it's only racist to oppose Obama. Blacks can't be accused of obsession for declaring him the Messiah, cause he freed them from the cotton fields. Written by
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Hear! Hear!, Jacob Sulzbach, Lafayette, La. on 8/14/2009, that was a post with merit… And LMW 8-13-09………… I think perhaps you need a sedative. Now get back in the kitchen where you most likely belong and stir up some vittles instead of more racial sh^t stew….. Oh, and by the way KJ, by all means ram something through the Congress to later become law which is not perfectly defined nor clear to much of anyone at this time aside from nuances…… And for me, being as nuances seem to be the touchy feely way of making up a person’s mind these days I think I am going to go with my gut feeling and bleat; “naaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnn-oooo-ooooo----oo------ooooooo along with the rest of the good little sheep when the unbelievable nuances such as they currently exist are out in the air being as I do not see any sign of my Shepherd anywhere out there on that horizon that can show us the way in the light of day… Written by
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Yeah, just do it, and you won't have to wait till 2012. The tide will start turning back in 2010. Written by
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kpf--- You're right-- the liars are winning in the current polls...their fear tactics are working... America is so volatile right now- Up and Down... Last week's Gallup poll showed Obama's numbers UP to 58% - following the successful Cash for Clunkers program... Those popularity polls must be down again- after the TownHall Protestors gaining attention (somebody run get me those figures)... The point is (Even though half those people don't even know what they're screaming about) the loudmouths are winning... ON the other hand, President Obama has been batting a thousand.... one big honeymoon for all us Democrats... Everything has been going our way.... Well, I guess it's our turn to be disappointed... a little.... here's how I look at it... Just put a healthcare bill through now anyway-- (F the Rethugs- This "can't-we-all-get-along-sh*t" hasn't worked either- look at that Grasser-Judas-character)....Get the ball rolling--. We have the House the Senate and the White House -- JUST DO IT. I don't want to have to wait until 2012. Written by KJ
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Mr. Sulzbach, I am amazed at the debt we are accumulating, I am equally amazed at how few seem to care. I am also amazed at the dismissive attitude of the left - you would this that this 40% of the populace would realize they need to include the other 60% in their plans. Interesting times ahead. Written by kpf
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The answer to Prof. Manis's article is surely that the great majority of we white people here in the Confederate (read Slave) states will not give up our historical hold on privilege for generations. Hopefully our grandchildren, many of whom are already moving past their racist parents and grandparents, will bring about a more perfect Union. And, in the out-of-control mob scenes at the various town hall meetings, has anyone noticed the lack of diversity? In fact, has anyone seen anything other than angry middle-aged or older white people? Same for the TEA parties. Are the young, the black, the brown, the yellow so uninformed as to not share the same concerns? Just asking.. OK wingnuts, lob your ignorant bombs back at me. Written by CL
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AMEN! AMEN! The Man is still trying to keep us down! Written by Tyronne Washington
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Mark my words, there is a coming political meltdown in this country whose roots can be seen in the dismissive attitude to genuine dissent made clear in KJ's post, following that of the article. We do have a race problem in America, but it is nowhere nearly so threatening to our way of life as our debt problem and dismissing a massive public outcry over runaway spending as something that reflects simmering racial prejudice is nonsense. Just try to keep the American people quiet while you impoverish them, breaking them like eggs for an omelette whose recipe was conceived in the minds of theorists of political economy who are willing to endure job losses as part of the necessary readjustment to what they consider the achievement of a more just social order. I don't think you'll have much luck telling the American people it's for their own good. Nor do I think they'll let you ignore them when they protest their impoverishment either. This meltdown is coming, the hard realities are too threatening to be ignored or dismissed. Written by Jacob Sulzbach, Lafayette, La.
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President Obama has been trying to be bipartisan too long- and Republicans are stabbing him in the back.....Enough with being Mr.Nice Guy... “ It's time for Obama to use his political capital to whip the Democrats, including the nippy, yippy selfish and untested Blue Dogs, into shape. If he compromises with the likes of Chuck Grassley after Grassley betrayed him, he can give up the rest of his agenda -- and maybe even a second term. But I trust Obama to know that he's been punked by Grassley, and to act accordingly.” (Joan Walsh) ................... Time to bull-doze through ... Full steam ahead.... There will be many adjustments and concessions along the way...... Change is not easy… Taking care of each other is true HealthCare Reform, and that’s what we’re finally doing.……….(And- CN-anti-Obama rage in "these parts" is mainly the chant of anti-abortion activists waving bibles in hand... the "racists" have joined the chant, cuz, they can't wear their KKK hats anymore-- but, the cry of "Long live the Confederacy" is alive in our culture, and a BLACK man for a leader is not accepted.... THAT is the real discontent eating away at Suthun activists... Most of them can't even tell you what HR-3200 is) Written by KJ
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There is an element of hatred that lies underneath a refusal to recognize the legitimacy of dissent when it is dismissed for reasons of imagined prejudice rather than the real concerns of the impending impoverishment of a people for reasons of the fiscal insanity pursued by their lawmakers. Written by Jacob Sulzbach, Lafayette, La.
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Oh, and CN, that was brutal..... Would you mind running for Congress please? We probably need someone in there that has a brutal approach.... Written by
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What's the matter there Al, too much education posted below for your limited reading attention span or something? Written by
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But to say that the "mobs" that are expressing their displeasure with the health plan and lack of representation are "racist" is ridiculous. It's not Obama being half white or half black or anything like that, it's about a 1,000+ page document that is being forced down our throats. It's about elected public servants not giving a damn about us little people and our opinions. The people going to these meetings and getting fed up are not mobsters. When the liberals protest and damge property and curse the speakers it's patriotic but when conservatives voice their opposition it's racist, mob rule, tyranny, etc. What freaking BS! Their is no compromise with this administration, it's gotta be all or they keep trying until they get their way. Why isn't any news agency discussing the options that have been offered to reform health care without the government taking it over. if you think this is such a great plan then think FEMA, the postal service, Amtrack, etc., etc. Wake up. Written by CN
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I can not believe the garbage I just read on most of the blob responses to the professor's article. I am a white grandmother, raised in the South. I very well remember the 60's and many other things. We have a beautiful biracial grandchild that I dearly love. She and consequently, our family have definitely experienced racism simply by being in public with the child. I have heard the threats to Obama. It is chilling because I know it is possible. Please know that bias concerning race definitely exists and is practiced. LMW 8-13-09 Written by Linda Walker
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So let's see . there's a few kooks who oppose Obama's policies because they are racists, so the rest of us should shut up? Sorry, it won't be that easy. I know the Dems would like to stifle all debate on the issue by painting everyone who opposes their legislation as racist and intolerant, but that will not work. There are legitimate concerns about 1) government's veracity about the costs (well.. they have lied before with their estimates... "lied" or they simply cannot "estimate" the cost of something worth a crap, same concern actually) and 2) the rush to get this passed (why is everything a rush with this administration?). Really, KJ, the idea of "either you are for us or you are racist" sounds an awful like GWB's "either you are with us or against us" concerning Iraq. Really, is THAT the best that the Democratic party can do to answer the concerns of the opposition? Pathetic. Written by kpf
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I would have to think when Steve created this site, this was not the audience of fools he thought would gather here. The ignorance here is thick enough to slice it with a knife. Written by Al
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However, I am an equal opportunity type of person so yes, I will give you concern, James Manning honerable mention; James Manning (October 22, 1738 – July 29, 1791) was an American Baptist minister and educator from Providence, Rhode Island best known for being the first president of Brown University and one of its most involved founders. He was born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. At the age of 18 he attended the Hopewell Academy under the direction of Rev. Isaac Eaton in preparation for his religious studies. In 1762, he graduated from the College of New Jersey, which later became Princeton University. He married Margaret Sites in that year and a few weeks after the marriage he was publicly ordained. …… Along with Stephen Hopkins, Samuel Ward, John Brown, Nicholas Brown, Sr., Moses Brown and Ezra Stiles, Manning was one of the founders of the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (now Brown University) during the British colonial period. The university charter was drafted by Stiles with the help of James Manning, and it invoked the authority of King George III. Manning served as Brown's first president from 1765 to 1791 in conjunction with Stephen Hopkins as Brown's first chancellor…………………….. Across the Ivy League at the time Reverend Manning assumed the Brown presidency, The Reverend Myles Cooper was serving as President of King's College (predecessor of today's Columbia University), The Reverend Edward Holyoke was serving as President of Harvard College, The Reverend William Smith was serving as the first Provost of the College of Philadelphia (predecessor of today's University of Pennsylvania), The Reverend Samuel Finley was serving as President of the College of New Jersey (predecessor of today's Princeton University), and The Reverend Thomas Clap was serving as the first President of Yale College. Dartmouth College and Cornell University had not yet been established………. Reverend Manning gave the library of the College its first book, Valentin Schindler's Lexicon Pentaglotton Hebraicum, Chaldaicum, Syriacum, Talmudico-Rabbinicum & Arabicum, which was printed in Hanover, Germany in 1612…………. In February 1786, prominent Virginian Robert Carter III of the Nomony Hall plantation in Virginia, wrote to President Manning regarding his two sons George and John Tasker Carter who were to be enrolled at the college and board with Manning that: “they to be Sent from Boston immediately upon their Arrival there to your College in Providence. I beg leave to appoint you their Foster Father intimating that my desire is that both my Said Sons shd. be active Characters in Life ....”Manning presided over Brown's first commencement in 1769, at which time seven students received the degree of Bachelor of Arts and 21 honorary degrees were conferred. During his tenure, 165 men earned degrees from the college including 43 clergymen, 29 lawyers, 19 physicians, 19 teachers, 12 judges, 12 business men, 6 professors, 6 congressmen, 2 college presidents, 2 United States ministers, 1 United States consul, 1 governor, and 1 librarian…………. In 1774, Dr. Manning reportedly presented an argument in favor of religious freedom in an address at Carpenter's Hall to leading figures from Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and other colonies:…………. It has been said by a celebrated writer in politics, that but two things are worth contending for--Religion and Liberty. For the latter we are at present nobly exerting ourselves through all this extensive continent; and surely no one whose bosom feels the patriotic glow in behalf of civil liberty can remain torpid to the more ennobling flame of RELIGIOUS FREEDOM…….. In the course of the American Revolution, Manning was serving as president of Brown in 1780 when French troops under the command of the Comte de Rochambeau, who led troops sent by King Louis XVI of France, landed in Newport, Rhode Island to aid American troops under the command of General George Washington in the American Revolutionary War. These allied troops were based in Rhode Island for a year before they embarked on a 600-mile (970 km) march in 1781 from Rhode Island to Virginia, where they fought and defeated British forces sent by King George III of the United Kingdom on the Yorktown, Virginia peninsula in the Siege of Yorktown and the Battle of the Chesapeake. During the year of preparation in Rhode Island and under the tenure of James Manning, the Brown campus was turned into an encampment site for soldiers, and the College Edifice at Brown (later renamed University Hall) was converted into a military hospital………….. In 1786, the Rhode Island General Assembly unanimously elected James Manning to serve as its delegate in the 8th Congress of the Confederation……….. In A History of the Baptists, President Manning is reported to have played an inspirational role in persuading the Massachusetts ratifying convention to adopt the United States Constitution: When the Constitution of the United States was presented to the States for ratification it was doubtful whether it would pass. Massachusetts and Virginia were the pivotal States. Massachusetts was evenly divided and it was only through the labors of Manning, Stillman and Backus that the Constitution was adopted by that State. The majority was nineteen votes. There were 187 yeas and 168 nays on the last day of the session, and "before the final question was taken, Governor Hancock, the president, invited Dr. Manning to close the solemn invocation with prayer. The prayer was one of lofty patriotism and every heart was filled with reverence."............ISN'T IT SIMPLY WONDERFUL AND FUN TO BE FAIR AND CONSIDERATE OF THE DESIRES OF OTHERS????????????? Written by
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Oh, P.S........................ We would all be better off............ Every body likes a nut but................... The whole world loves a weirdoooooooo - Burl Ives... <the end> Ha!-ha_Ha-Ha_ha!!!!! (Hey do underscores denote some kind of racial overtones, or if the are UNDERscores, would that be the embodiment of racial UNDERtones?) TONE IT DOWN BUBBALOO!!!!!! Ha!-ha_Ha-Ha_ha!!!!! Written by
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If the kook that pronounced some misgivings about the bayou buzz printing the ramblings of some person that the kook has labled as some type of kook realized that it is in itself a kook to think that the bayoubuzz printed the afformentioned ramblings credited to the kook instead of it being the writtings of a person that actually posted those writtings itself so that the kook that just raised a kooky crock of kooky crockery could sit around and koo-koo-cachoo while koo-koo-kooing on the informational cyberspace byways....... Every body likes a nut but................... The whole world loves a weirdoooooooo - Burl Ives... Written by Smack back at ya.......
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KPF says.......<< to paint ALL opposition to ANY of Barak Obama's policies as "ignorant" and "racist." THAT only shows that it is THEY who are intolerant of "diversity" - in this case "diversity of opinions." No need to address the legitimate concerns of sane and sober citizens, just group them together with the unruly mob segments and so ignore the issues. That IS NOT "debate" - it is "evasion.">> ........ (smackin' kpf up side da head)............ Ignorance and racism is displayed at recent jungle-like townhall meetings..... Just cancel all the meetings, I say-- go straight to the Senate..... Rethugs have been very successful in lying and misinforming.. and the result is DELAY.......... May I remind you that "Young Adults" are the fastest growing group of uninsured-- currently making up the largest block of Americans w/out Health Insurance--- Let's see how they feel in a few years... Btw-- If you want entry into a Vitter-townhall meeting-- Get a "handicap" pass..... The first rows of the Yenni gathering were filled with walkers, canes, and wheelchairs-- all blue hairs... (Way-to-go-Diaper-Dave. Scaring those poor old people enough to make them get beauty parlor appointments... Looked like a "Golden Girls Convention.")-- organizing rides to the "Death-Panel" rally... and- YES, Kerry--- it is RACIAL-- especially HERE... If you do not see, or hear it, or feel it- you've been in a cave. (Oh no- here come the Feds-- we must protect the Confederacy-- Down with the Black Man- Let's take our country back!! (as she stuffs her medicare card into her purse). Written by KJ
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If bayoubuzz is going to print ramblings from this kook, they need to give equal time to James Manning. Written by
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But on the serious side; I was brought up and taught in school that America was the "Great Melting Pot", instead it seems to be headed towards being the "The Great Sh^t Pot" and I don't care how you slice it or dice it, the more you stir a 'sh^t pot' the more it stinks......... I don't even know why I commented on this article, I am so ashamed of myself - (Lou Costello talking to Bud Abbott) I'm a baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaddddd boy!.... <sigh> (sorry) Written by
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P.S.... Racism is non existent, it is only a manifestation of a delusional mind.... Oh, and when the author this article put down.... ""I am going to report to the FBI any white person I overhear saying, in seriousness or in jest, anything of a threatening nature about President Obama..."" All I have to say is put me on your list buddy...... Here is my threat for the world to see, President Barrack Obama, if you screw this economy up and turn out to be one of the final causes that puts America behind the 8 - ball I will never - never - never - ever - never even remotely CONSIDER voting for you in ANY type of future election process that you may be a candidate in..... and I hope that has you shaking in your boots... (ooooooooh,,,, could that last statement be ANOTHER threat?) aUHHHHHHHHHH Shake - shake,,, - - - SHAKE - SHAKE - SHAKE, - - - shake your booty, - - SHAKE YOUR BOOOOOOOOTY!!! <groan, there goes another threat, I am telling him to shake his boot!!!) Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!!!!!!!!!! Written by K.C. and the funshine stand
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I don't know who the "WE" is that the (boob) author of his article is referring to, he sounds like a 60's burnout that was born with a silver spoon planted in his anal orifice..... Either that or he was held up at gunpoint by a (ohhh, I am afraid to say the word because it is politically incorrect, ehhh,, what the heck why not?) criminal BLACK militant youth. (Oh no!!!! Now I have become age preferenced or prejudicial as well!!!!! Oh my gawd, and I also have been condenscending towards a persons political viewpoint or motivations when I said MILITANT!!! oH THE HORRORS OF IT!!! I AM SOOOOOOOO ASHAMED OF MYSELF!! Will this horrible cascade of illogical human emotions erupting in my mind never stop!!! Quick!!! I need the thought police and the social etiquet squad to come kick in my door and take me away and teach me the errors in the way of my independent thinking!!!!!!) and he keeps hearing Rodney Kings voice dance about his head saying "Why can't we all just get along" waaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh..... I don't know who the DUDE IS NUTS on 8/13/2009 is, but I can see his perspective as well.... Written by
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Too long a piece to say other than...............hey idiot, white people elected obama, there are not enough black people to elect him if whites were racists as you say. Secondly, blacks are the overwhelming racists in today's society, not whites. THIRDLY, our society has institutionalized racism like black mayors group, BET, NAACP. If white people were welcomed and encouraged to have white groups then fine, but they are labled racists for participating in 'white only' activities, while blacks are encouraged......THAT is institutional racism. So blacks are brought up to think if their steak is overcooked it's racism, when in fact, they are the racist.........HEY HOW ABOUT THIS IDEA???? BLACKS QUIT ENGAGING IN INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AND PERSONAL RACISM AND QUIT BLAMING RACISM FOR YOUR OVER COOKED STEAK, AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE HORRIFIC BLACK CRIME PROBLEM, EDUCATION PROBLEM, AND RUDENESS PROBLEM (yes, i consider murder rude).......and.......i don't mean blame someone, i mean actually do something productive!!! Written by DUDE IS NUTS
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Too long a piece to say other than...............hey idiot, white people elected obama, there are not enough black people to elect him if whites were racists as you say. Secondly, blacks are the overwhelming racists in today's society, not whites. THIRDLY, our society has institutionalized racism like black mayors group, BET, NAACP. If white people were welcomed and encouraged to have white groups then fine, but they are labled racists for participating in 'white only' activities, while blacks are encouraged......THAT is institutional racism. So blacks are brought up to think if their steak is overcooked it's racism, when in fact, they are the racist.........HEY HOW ABOUT THIS IDEA???? BLACKS QUIT ENGAGING IN INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AND PERSONAL RACISM AND QUIT BLAMING RACISM FOR YOUR OVER COOKED STEAK, AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE HORRIFIC BLACK CRIME PROBLEM, EDUCATION PROBLEM, AND RUDENESS PROBLEM (yes, i consider murder rude).......and.......i don't mean blame someone, i mean actually do something productive!!! Written by DUDE IS NUTS
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I think you (and the media and the Democratic Party) overrate the influence of the far right. This country is moving leftward - socially - the Christian Conservatives are losing influence - despite all the noise and media coverage. I do think Obama's record setting deficit spending (4 times the previous high of last year's budget) is creating a groundswell of opposition towards this irresponsible spending. The "young people" who you refer to as "needing healthcare" coverage are the ones most effected by deficit spending as they will have 800 billion dollars or so in interest to pay - ANNUALLY - for the deficit spending of the last 30 years. (what a tremendous waste!!!) How is it we were able to run our country for 200 years without running deficits but now we cannot manage to fund government programs without spending money we don't have? I think the GOP will become more socially moderate (they will have to in order to win elections) and the Democratic party will - when they lose seats in 2010 - become more fiscally conservative. Socially liberal, fiscally conservative, the only sane policies there are, IMHO. BOTH parties need to "change" - THAT'S what the GOP needs to learn from their defeats since 2004, THAT'S what the lesson will be for the Dems after 2010. The backlash the Dems are seeing at their townhall meetings is about being responsible with the people's money, it is NOT about "a black man in the White House" or "Christian values" or "influence by insurance companies" - despite attempts by the Dems to paint it as such. ADDED TEXT FOR THIS POST: The Dems are ignoring responsible sane objections to the irresponsible spending and attempting to paint ALL opposition to ANY of Barak Obama's policies as "ignorant" and "racist." THAT only shows that it is THEY who are intolerant of "diversity" - in this case "diversity of opinions." No need to address the legitimate concerns of sane and sober citizens, just group them together with the unruly mob segments and so ignore the issues. That IS NOT "debate" - it is "evasion."
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