Yesterday President Obama showed his birth certificate trying to prove to the Birthers that he is an American citizen. Let me first say that there is nothing that he can do that would make this group of people believe that he is legit. They will never accept a black man as their President. It upsets me that he would even respond to their idiotic claims that he is an illegitimate President.
This reminds me of the times when free black men had to carry their papers on them to prove that they were free. This is not those times. The President of the United States should not have to answer crazy questions from a bunch of knuckle draggers. It is like trying to explain quantum physics to kindergarten children. Truth be told, I think they understand but refuse to accept it.
A friend tried to compare the Birthers to the people that would call President W. Bush dumb. I disagree with her only because those people did that because of things Bush did and said. Like making up words and pushing doors that he should have pulled. The comments were based on his actions. There is no foundation for the illegitimate claims cast on President Obama other than the color of his skin.
I am happy that I’m not the President because the television stations would have to beep me if I had gotten the question about my birth certificate. Never in the history of this country has a President had to endure this level of disrespect. I don’t think I could smile and put up with it. I don’t agree with the President most of the time. He doesn’t fight enough for me. I believe in compromise but he seems to cave in and give the Republicans what they want far too soon.
I support the President but I don’t like the way the Republicans are treating him. He is allowing them to treat him like some “House Nigger”. I know I’m not supposed to use that word but no other word seems to fit. My mother sometimes reads my blog and because of that I can’t write some of the things I’m thinking right now. This really has me pissed off. He needs to stand up to these people. I know it is not all Republicans but until some Republicans denounce the Tea Baggers and Birthers, they are one.
Let me end by saying that if I could talk to President Obama I would tell him that he does not have enough papers to satisfy the knuckle draggers. There is no point in going down that road and he does not have to. He is the President of the United States of America so grow a spine and act like it. The Birthers are a bunch of F-ing racist and he can’t please them, so just plow thru them.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Friday, October 1, 2010
IS IT RACIST?
It’s been a long time since I posted anything. It has been on my mind to do so but I have not been inspired to write anything. After seeing and hearing all the attacks from the Right Wing people aimed at President O’bama I felt the need to get some stuff off my chest.
I don’t know if it I racist or just plain hate for the opposition. What I do know is that it is not fair.
Let’s go back to before O’bama was elected. The Right Wing of the Republican Party said that O’bama was hanging out with terrorist because he was at a dinner that William Ayers also attended. Ayers is a man that was a 60s war protester that was involved with a group that wanted to bomb government buildings. What that has to do with O’bama is beyond me. Unless they are saying that being at a dinner that someone who once had violent or unpatriotic ideas about the government also attended makes you unelectable. If that is indeed what they are saying then I don’t understand why they didn’t complain when George H.W. Bush ran for public office. Why didn’t they complain about George W. Bush when he ran for office? They had dinner with Prescott Sheldon Bush. He is the father of H.W. Bush and grandfather of W. Bush.
I found out about Prescott when I was reading about Medal of Honor recipients. I was reading about Smedley Darlington Butler. This man had one hell of a life and you should Google him. To make a very long story short, In 1934 General Butler testified before Congress that he had been recruited to head a military coup. It was called The Business Plot. The intent was to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Prescott Bush was among those involved in this coup. This is all documented on congressional papers. The level of development was disputed but the fact that it was going on and talked about was not. Had they not chosen General Butler, more likely than not, this would be a very different country today. The Right Wing never complained about all those dinners Bush 41 and 43 had with Prescott.
On 9 Sep. 2010 during an address to joint sessions of Congress, Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina shouted “You Lie” from his congressional seat to President O’bama. This is something that is beyond unheard of. Never before had something like that been done. I don’t want to call it racist but it is defiantly highly disrespectful. This reaction is questionable because it is coming from the Republican Party that during the Bush administration touted patriotism above all else especially during war time. We are still at war. You have to wonder, would this had happened if O’bama were white? Or is it because he is a Democrat?
There is no way to know but it is something to think about. I don’t think the Republicans want to work with O’bama because they don’t respect him. It’s hard to work with and for someone that you don’t respect. There are any number reasons for not respecting someone besides their race. I wonder what their reason is. There was a time when you didn’t have to respect the person but you respected the office.
Let me also say that I don’t agree with everything President O’bama has done. He has not done enough. I voted for President O’bama partly because he said he wanted Health Care for all. I thought he would push for it and I believe what we got was far short of that. When you are working with people that don’t want to compromise you have to go your own way. There is nothing that President O’bama can do that the Republicans will not criticize. If he agrees with them they will criticize that. He should understand that and do what he said he would do when the people elected him.
I could go on and on about the things being said about this man, our President. These crazy Birthers and Tea Baggers are a whole story within itself. One has to wonder where they were during the Bush administration. They sat by silently while he spent money like a drunken sailor and they said nothing. Now President O’bama is spending money trying to get the country back on its feet and they are screaming bloody murder. You have to ask, what is their motivation? Is it race?
Some of these people are just bat sh*t crazy. I know a Tea Bagger and let me tell you a little bit about this person. This person works for the state. Our Governor said on TV that he was doing a 6% pay cut to all state workers so that he would not have to do any layoffs. The following Monday this person found out they were being laid off. Some of the local bosses got together and moved this person into another position and saved this state workers job. A few months later the Governor announced another round of 6% pay cuts across the board for all state workers. Then it was found out that this same Governor had given his own staff pay raises. This Tea Bagger still supports this Governor. This is the only person that I know who admits to being a Tea Bagger. I wish I knew more. They are fascinating.
I say all this to say you have to wonder if all or some of this backlash that President O’bama is getting is because of his race. Are those who are obstructing his path racist or are they just bat sh*t crazy? You tell me.
I don’t know if it I racist or just plain hate for the opposition. What I do know is that it is not fair.
Let’s go back to before O’bama was elected. The Right Wing of the Republican Party said that O’bama was hanging out with terrorist because he was at a dinner that William Ayers also attended. Ayers is a man that was a 60s war protester that was involved with a group that wanted to bomb government buildings. What that has to do with O’bama is beyond me. Unless they are saying that being at a dinner that someone who once had violent or unpatriotic ideas about the government also attended makes you unelectable. If that is indeed what they are saying then I don’t understand why they didn’t complain when George H.W. Bush ran for public office. Why didn’t they complain about George W. Bush when he ran for office? They had dinner with Prescott Sheldon Bush. He is the father of H.W. Bush and grandfather of W. Bush.
I found out about Prescott when I was reading about Medal of Honor recipients. I was reading about Smedley Darlington Butler. This man had one hell of a life and you should Google him. To make a very long story short, In 1934 General Butler testified before Congress that he had been recruited to head a military coup. It was called The Business Plot. The intent was to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Prescott Bush was among those involved in this coup. This is all documented on congressional papers. The level of development was disputed but the fact that it was going on and talked about was not. Had they not chosen General Butler, more likely than not, this would be a very different country today. The Right Wing never complained about all those dinners Bush 41 and 43 had with Prescott.
On 9 Sep. 2010 during an address to joint sessions of Congress, Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina shouted “You Lie” from his congressional seat to President O’bama. This is something that is beyond unheard of. Never before had something like that been done. I don’t want to call it racist but it is defiantly highly disrespectful. This reaction is questionable because it is coming from the Republican Party that during the Bush administration touted patriotism above all else especially during war time. We are still at war. You have to wonder, would this had happened if O’bama were white? Or is it because he is a Democrat?
There is no way to know but it is something to think about. I don’t think the Republicans want to work with O’bama because they don’t respect him. It’s hard to work with and for someone that you don’t respect. There are any number reasons for not respecting someone besides their race. I wonder what their reason is. There was a time when you didn’t have to respect the person but you respected the office.
Let me also say that I don’t agree with everything President O’bama has done. He has not done enough. I voted for President O’bama partly because he said he wanted Health Care for all. I thought he would push for it and I believe what we got was far short of that. When you are working with people that don’t want to compromise you have to go your own way. There is nothing that President O’bama can do that the Republicans will not criticize. If he agrees with them they will criticize that. He should understand that and do what he said he would do when the people elected him.
I could go on and on about the things being said about this man, our President. These crazy Birthers and Tea Baggers are a whole story within itself. One has to wonder where they were during the Bush administration. They sat by silently while he spent money like a drunken sailor and they said nothing. Now President O’bama is spending money trying to get the country back on its feet and they are screaming bloody murder. You have to ask, what is their motivation? Is it race?
Some of these people are just bat sh*t crazy. I know a Tea Bagger and let me tell you a little bit about this person. This person works for the state. Our Governor said on TV that he was doing a 6% pay cut to all state workers so that he would not have to do any layoffs. The following Monday this person found out they were being laid off. Some of the local bosses got together and moved this person into another position and saved this state workers job. A few months later the Governor announced another round of 6% pay cuts across the board for all state workers. Then it was found out that this same Governor had given his own staff pay raises. This Tea Bagger still supports this Governor. This is the only person that I know who admits to being a Tea Bagger. I wish I knew more. They are fascinating.
I say all this to say you have to wonder if all or some of this backlash that President O’bama is getting is because of his race. Are those who are obstructing his path racist or are they just bat sh*t crazy? You tell me.
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