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Member Section => Politics & RKBA => Topic started by: Teresa Heilevang on January 24, 2009, 11:43:30 AM
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By Paul Proctor
January 21, 2009
NewsWithViews.com
One of my wife’s friends told her on Tuesday that someone she knew had been renting a house to a single African-American woman for several years. The lady had apparently never missed a payment or even been late with one.
But, for some strange reason, immediately after Barack Obama was elected to office last November, the woman reportedly stopped paying rent. When politely questioned about it, she told her landlord: “We have a new president now and some things are going to change.” He replied: “Well, that’s fine, but you still have to pay your rent,” to which she reiterated: “No, we have a new president now – and some things are going to change.”
From what I understand, the rent has yet to be paid.
Later that same day, while watching ABC News coverage of the inauguration with my wife over lunch, hosts Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer were joined by Donna Brazile, a Democratic African-American author, educator and political activist, who gave a humorous account of her snatching the complementary fleece blanket she found abandoned in Barack Obama’s chair after the swearing-in ceremony. Apparently she wanted a souvenir of the momentous occasion and when the opportunity arose, she took it.
As they all laughed about it, Gibson responded playfully to her candid admission by saying: “We’re going to check with the legal staff and find out if that’s a felony or a misdemeanor.”
Brazile then gave a stern look into the camera and said: “We have a black president – it’s neither.”
My wife and I quickly turned and looked at each other with our mouths open, remembering our friend’s story from earlier that day.
After a couple more light-hearted comments, Brazile realized she needed to revisit her offensive remark for the benefit of stunned viewers and backpedaled with a smile saying: “We have an American president and I believe this [blanket] was given to all of the platform guests…” to which Gibson wrapped up the segment by chuckling nervously: “Donna is backing off a little bit on that one.”
I’m curious though; is there an underlying belief among some African-Americans that since we now have a black president, Obama will be providing them special privileges that somehow supersede the laws of the land rendering them no longer accountable for illegal, immoral or unruly behavior because of their skin color or ethnicity?
Did Obama not call for “a new era of responsibility” in his address to the nation or did he mean a new era of entitlements for people of color?
Is Barack Obama America’s new president or just the new African-American president?
I guess only time will tell.
A man with one watch knows the time. A man with two watches is never sure what time it is.
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Day after the
inauguration coronation myself and my partner were coming out a door that swung out and a hispanic fella holding the door and coming in said, "Obama is president, you should be holding the door for me."
My partner said. "If I was on that side of the door I'd be holding it for you with a 'good morning' even if McCain was president."
Batten down the hatches, the 'entitled' have arrived. ::)
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When Harold Washington was elected mayor of Chicago, I remember seeing interviews with a number of on the street and political types, all African American, and all of whom were gleeful in their pronouncements that "Now, it's our turn!"
Some things never change, and classless is as classless does.
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For those of you who never lived in the South or grew up here, this is all something new. But the "You people owe me!" attitude has been here for some time. Now the rest of the nation is about to see what this is all about. I remember telling one A.A in college that I did not owe them a damn thing: I never was a slave owner, my ancestors were never slave owners, and frankly I have never seen a slave in this country. I told them it's time to start getting on with being an American and stop playing off of something that happened 40 - 140+ years ago.
Needless to say, I was called a racist because I presented them with hard facts....
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For the first 90 - 100 years after the Civil war Blacks did not have this sense of entitlement. The attitude was "Get educated and SHOW those folks what you can do". Then came the liberal dems with their "entitlement" programs, and affirmative action (which basically says "We know Blacks are to dumb and lazy to compete so we will lower the standards for them") After 40 years of this type of brain washing is it any wonder that we are seeing this attitude toward a Black President ?
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The video:
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=6691517 (http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=6691517)
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I was telling stunned people before the election that Barry was a racist and a bigot, I think that many minorities sense this also, however to them that is a good thing.
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I always tell people that think that I (whitey) owes them something that "My mom came here from England and my father's parents came from Russia." "My people didn't enslave their people...
We invaded their country killed their leaders, burned their villages, sold the survivors, stole all their resources and then took all those resources back home to build two of the largest empires the world has ever seen, and to make ammends, we created Israel, Iraq, Kuwait, the Balkins and invaded Poland. Are you sure you want to be pointing a finger at me and my people?" ;)
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tee hee hee (http://www.cascity.com/howard/animations/112.gif)
Ouch!
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Actually it was their own leaders who sold them as slaves, to Arab traders, like Ivory, Coffee and silk, we just bought what OBAMA's ancestors were selling.
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For the first 90 - 100 years after the Civil war Blacks did not have this sense of entitlement. The attitude was "Get educated and SHOW those folks what you can do". Then came the liberal dems with their "entitlement" programs, and affirmative action (which basically says "We know Blacks are to dumb and lazy to compete so we will lower the standards for them") After 40 years of this type of brain washing is it any wonder that we are seeing this attitude toward a Black President ?
Precisiously. All I can add to this is that the Democrat Plantation has produced all of the brain washing and will keep most of the blacks firming on the left for the foreseeable future.
Micheal Steele, Ken Blackwell, and especially Clareance Thomas must be continuously praised as an alternative way to think about Black issues, rather than as Uncle Toms. Remember, Clareance Thomas had a famous 1980's showdown with the person is now America's Big Duce, and was also specifically sited as a judge that Obama would not nominate during the Saddleback Forum.
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Seen this before. When David Dinkins was elected Mayor of NYC. Ask any Noo Yawker about that time. Worst period in the recent history of the city.
Dinkins lasted one term, voters could not wait to get rid of him, even in a city where WASPS are a minority. Bad thing is that Dinkins Begat Rudie Giuliani, who is the closest thing to a Fascist this country has ever seen. But Rudie did clean the city up after the Dinkins Fiasco.
I remember how family and friends in the NYPD were demoralized during Dinkin's reign and celebrated Giuliani.
"It's Giuliani time"was a common reply to whiny perps.
But Rudie took away carry permits from almost everyone, except influential folks.
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Precisiously. All I can add to this is that the Democrat Plantation has produced all of the brain washing and will keep most of the blacks firming on the left for the foreseeable future.
Micheal Steele, Ken Blackwell, and especially Clareance Thomas must be continuously praised as an alternative way to think about Black issues, rather than as Uncle Toms. Remember, Clareance Thomas had a famous 1980's showdown with the person is now America's Big Duce, and was also specifically sited as a judge that Obama would not nominate during the Saddleback Forum.
I think the opposite will be true.... Obama is going to be the biggest let down in American history. There is simply no way that he will be able to live up to the hype...... there will be countless people who were 1st time voters this election (people who voted just because of Obama) who will become very disgruntled at the election process because Obama was such a let down....... Hopefully there will be a direct correlation to the Dem party and the GOP will be able to crawl out of this pit that they have gotten themselves into........ if so you will see many Blacks and young voters either stop participating in the process or they will find their way across the isle and become very anti Dem.
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I think the opposite will be true.... Obama is going to be the biggest let down in American history. There is simply no way that he will be able to live up to the hype...... there will be countless people who were 1st time voters this election (people who voted just because of Obama) who will become very disgruntled at the election process because Obama was such a let down....... Hopefully there will be a direct correlation to the Dem party and the GOP will be able to crawl out of this pit that they have gotten themselves into........ if so you will see many Blacks and young voters either stop participating in the process or they will find their way across the isle and become very anti Dem.
Only if the Rep. party pulls it's head out and quits nominating RINO's.
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Saturday the media was falling all over itself to report the latest Gallop Poll ... Not sure what day is was taken, but let's give them credit for doing it on Friday. That would mean that with a whole two days in office the American people gave him a 68% approval record. Some things will never change ... we are a Nation of idiots that don't think beyond emotions and instant gratification >:( >:(
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For the first 90 - 100 years after the Civil war Blacks did not have this sense of entitlement. The attitude was "Get educated and SHOW those folks what you can do". Then came the liberal dems with their "entitlement" programs, and affirmative action (which basically says "We know Blacks are to dumb and lazy to compete so we will lower the standards for them") After 40 years of this type of brain washing is it any wonder that we are seeing this attitude toward a Black President ?
And the nail said "welcome" to the hammer.
I worked for years with a gentleman (who just happened to be Black) who said basically the same thing. He said 'affirmative action' set the Black community three steps back from where it needed to be. He said it was a 'slap in the face to an honest Black man'. His opinion was that it was 'just as bad to give a job to a man based on the color of his skin as it was to not give him a job based on the color of his skin'.
My niece was in D.C. for the big hoopla festival. She said after the inauguration, her group was approached by a few Black teenagers who taunted them saying "You white folks gonna see how it is now. We got The Obama and now WE in charge."
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My niece was in D.C. for the big hoopla festival. She said after the inauguration, her group was approached by a few Black teenagers who taunted them saying "You white folks gonna see how it is now. We got The Obama and now WE in charge."
Unfortunately the black community hasn't ever been in charge of anything, even themselves, so I find it amusing to think that the members of the black community could be elated that only now can they be in charge of anything. That they were somehow waiting for the perfect moment and take control of their lives, when electing a socialist government is completely opposite to that believe. But now that there is someone who is president that looks like me we can pull our lives, and culture together. When sadly they could have done this 40 years ago, its sad to think that the black community of of the 40's and 50's struggled so much for equality, to work for a right they should have had, not felling sorry for themselves, and current black culture has done everything to reverse that by becoming dependents of the government.
And I believe that Obama's rating the day of the election was %80, so a fall to %68 in just a few days isn't something I'd advertise if I was them.
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Unfortunately the black community hasn't ever been in charge of anything, even themselves, so I find it amusing to think that the members of the black community could be elated that only now can they be in charge of anything. That they were somehow waiting for the perfect moment and take control of their lives, when electing a socialist government is completely opposite to that believe. But now that there is someone who is president that looks like me we can pull our lives, and culture together. When sadly they could have done this 40 years ago, its sad to think that the black community of of the 40's and 50's struggled so much for equality, to work for a right they should have had, not felling sorry for themselves, and current black culture has done everything to reverse that by becoming dependents of the government.
And I believe that Obama's rating the day of the election was %80, so a fall to %68 in just a few days isn't something I'd advertise if I was them.
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I think the opposite will be true.... Obama is going to be the biggest let down in American history. There is simply no way that he will be able to live up to the hype...... there will be countless people who were 1st time voters this election (people who voted just because of Obama) who will become very disgruntled at the election process because Obama was such a let down....... Hopefully there will be a direct correlation to the Dem party and the GOP will be able to crawl out of this pit that they have gotten themselves into........ if so you will see many Blacks and young voters either stop participating in the process or they will find their way across the isle and become very anti Dem.
I don't think so............... I think he is going to be adored no matter what he does..
I guess time will tell.. but I think if he sprouted horns and tail.. people will find an excuse why he has them and eventually be wanting some of their own.
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Sad but true. :(
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I don't think so............... I think he is going to be adored no matter what he does..
I guess time will tell.. but I think if he sprouted horns and tail.. people will find an excuse why he has them and eventually be wanting some of their own.
Why did you say "if"? Haven't you read the news? ;D ;D ;D
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I don't think so............... I think he is going to be adored no matter what he does..
I guess time will tell.. but I think if he sprouted horns and tail.. people will find an excuse why he has them and eventually be wanting some of their own.
I agree. No matter how badly Barry screws the pooch, it's gonna be Bush's fault.
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There's going to be some partisan politics, even in the areas that aren't quite as partisan. He is the President now and even though he wasn't who I voted for, I hope that he does as well as possible and that God leads him. I wasn't to excited about any candidates this past election anyway. If he'd just leave guns alone, I'd be happy. He seems to be another one of the "rights of hunters" presidents and I don't believe that AR's were ever used for hunting more than right now, at least outside of California. I'll keep my fingers crossed and pray that we can make it through the next 4 years. I'm praying that God leads him anyway.
I know that the Obiden team says that they want to make the assault weapons ban permanent, but couldn't it always be repealed?
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There's going to be some partisan politics, even in the areas that aren't quite as partisan. He is the President now and even though he wasn't who I voted for, I hope that he does as well as possible and that God leads him. I wasn't to excited about any candidates this past election anyway. ... I'm praying that God leads him anyway.
Agree completely! However, they have already acted against my beliefs, and they are lined up to attack Christianity (not religion but Christians and Jews to a lesser extent) and guns. The only reason I raise guns to a level close to religion is that if they can eliminate something as clearly spoken in the Bill of Rights they can do whatever they want with the First Amendment.
I know that the Obiden team says that they want to make the assault weapons ban permanent, but couldn't it always be repealed?
Anything can be repealed, but it is better to never go there in the first place.
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How true it is. If Bush were to walk on water tomorrow, the MSM would say it was proof that he couldn't swim. ;D
And that is the GOSPEL truth! ;D
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How true it is. If Bush were to walk on water tomorrow, the MSM would say it was proof that he couldn't swim and his cronies polluted it so bad no one could sink. ;D
Yours wasn't evil enough to fit the MSM spin, so I fixed it.
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Agree completely! However, they have already acted against my beliefs, and they are lined up to attack Christianity (not religion but Christians and Jews to a lesser extent) and guns. The only reason I raise guns to a level close to religion is that if they can eliminate something as clearly spoken in the Bill of Rights they can do whatever they want with the First Amendment.
Anything can be repealed, but it is better to never go there in the first place.
I'm with you. I just assume that generally, when a Dem takes over, that they're automatically going to attack religion.
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I to, hope he is as great as he thinks he is. I have however noticed some unfortunate coincidences.
1) His economic policies are the same ones that did not work for FDR or carter.
2) His foreign policies are the same ones that did not work for Jefferson or carter.
3) He is surrounding himself with the people who caused most of the problems Bush suffered with.
You can complain all you want about his positions on abortion, religion, gays, Israel, etc. WITH OUT GUNS YOUR OPINION MEANS CRAP. with guns, they have to at least PRETEND to listen, which is why they want to get them away from us.
MOLON LABE
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I to, hope he is as great as he thinks he is. I have however noticed some unfortunate coincidences.
1) His economic policies are the same ones that did not work for FDR or carter.
2) His foreign policies are the same ones that did not work for Jefferson or carter.
3) He is surrounding himself with the people who caused most of the problems Bush suffered with.
You can complain all you want about his positions on abortion, religion, gays, Israel, etc. WITH OUT GUNS YOUR OPINION MEANS CRAP. with guns, they have to at least PRETEND to listen, which is why they want to get them away from us.
MOLON LABE
That might be the scariest part.
That and the Main Stream Morons along with the sheep don't want to realize that most of the current problems started years ago during the Billary administration.
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The fact that 52% of the voters have their heads in the sand indicates that they WANT the treatment he is going to give them, why else would they have their butts in the air ?
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OK, I give up. What's MOLON LABE? Is it like BOHICA?
During the Greek / Persian wars the Persian King told a Spartan army that there was no need to fight, if they would just surrender their weapons the Persians would just pass through and not harm them. Molon Labe was the Spartan Leaders answer, it doesn't translate exactly, but roughly means "they are here" or "come and get them". Similar to Gen. McCalloughs, "Nuts" at Bastogne.
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Washington is on the one, Lincoln is on the five, Hamilton is on the ten,
Jackson is on the twenty, Grant is on the fifty, and Franklin is on the
hundred..... we finally have someone to put on the foodstamp!!!
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Washington is on the one, Lincoln is on the five, Hamilton is on the ten,
Jackson is on the twenty, Grant is on the fifty, and Franklin is on the
hundred..... we finally have someone to put on the foodstamp!!!
NICE!
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OK, I give up. What's MOLON LABE? Is it like BOHICA?
During the Greek / Persian wars the Persian King told a Spartan army that there was no need to fight, if they would just surrender their weapons the Persians would just pass through and not harm them. Molon Labe was the Spartan Leaders answer, it doesn't translate exactly, but roughly means "they are here" or "come and get them". Similar to Gen. McCalloughs, "Nuts" at Bastogne.
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ!
Molon Labe
(mo-lone lah-veh)
http://www.thefiringline.com/HCI/molon_labe.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molon_labe
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Washington is on the one, Lincoln is on the five, Hamilton is on the ten,
Jackson is on the twenty, Grant is on the fifty, and Franklin is on the
hundred..... we finally have someone to put on the foodstamp!!!
The way the economy is going, there won't be money for food stamps. Let's put him on something with less worth. The IOU.
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The way the economy is going, there won't be money for food stamps. Let's put him on something with less worth. The IOU.
Can't, Arnie is on that one ;D
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The only good thing about the current economy is that my retirement account has been hit so hard that by the time Barry and the boyz get around to confiscating the funds to prop up Social Security there won't be anything left for them to
appropriate steal.