Sarah Palin and Barack Obama

Nothing seems to arouse passions like the mention of Sarah Palin or Barack Obama. They either love them or hate them. There seems to be no middle ground.

Maybe I’m just one of those individuals that doesn’t stand for anything. I wouldn’t vote for either one of them. I’m not an idol worshipper which seems to be what the Palin Obama crowd is.

Allow me to explain. I took a debating class in college and I elected one of the most explosive issues: gun control. Let me tell you, I Love Guns.

Anyhow, each debating team was made up of three individuals. One hardly showed up and the other was pro-guns is all the way. When it came time to debate pro gun control issue, he bailed out. To me it was just a grade. So, I singlehandedly had to debate the merits of gun control. We won both sides of the debate.

What I learned is that you don’t have to believe something as long as whomever you are trying to persuade believes in it.

Which brings me back to Palin Obama. Way too many folks are persuaded by bull shit.

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This Is America

I got “Mao’s Last Dancer” from Netflix on recommendation from daughter number one. This is a great story even if you don’t like ballet.

Chinese dancer Li Cunxi is an exchange student to the Houston Ballet. He is in for cultural shock. At a disco, one of the ballet company makes a statment that he doesn’t like the President (Ronald Reagan). Li immediately becomes apprehensive that a government agent might over hear him but is told, “This is America”.

It’s an America we are fast losing where freedom of speech means you can’t say anything I may find offensive. The movie clearly shows two different worlds. Those that believe in an egalitarian state will be in for a shock if only they will open their eyes and minds.

Freedom is living in peace and without fear. There can be no fair and equal, but that’s for another post.

Racism, Prejudice and Stereotyping

It seems we are losing the freedom to speak freely. If someone speaks ill of President Obama, he’s labeled a “racist”. If someone is against illegal immigration, he’s a racist. If someone is against same sex marriage, he’s a homophobe.

What short memories we have. Lynching was racist. Burning colored town was racist. Police beating up blacks and using fire hoses on them was racist. Sending six million Jews to the gas chamber was racist.

I am getting through? Racism is much more than words. Racism is direct action against someone or a group.

Prejudice? Prejudice can sometimes be a good thing. Prejudice comes from pre judge. Prejudging someone or some situation may save your live. If I’m gassing up and I see some skinheads talking and laughing and looking at me, I better get the hell out of there. That’s not being racist to white people, that’s having some common sense.

Stereotyping is having a blanket opinion about a group of people. Southerners eat grits, black folks eat chicken and watermelon and Mexicans eat tacos.

So, next time you hear someone call someone a racist, ask them to clarify things for you. The world is full of dumb asses. We don’t need one more.

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Confused Conservatives

I’ve been listening to conservative radio for quite a while now. Some hosts are real whackos. Most are reasonable people 60-70% of the time.

So, what prompted today’s post? Seems a local talk host was in a huff because Hank Williams, Jr. was singing something in Spanish during Monday Night Football.

Let me see. Aren’t they the guys all for the “Free Market” and letting the “Free Market” decide? Seems to me the “Free Market” wants some of those Mexican dollars.

Isn’t the “Free Market” is saying, “Hey, amigo, we want some of your dinero.”?

Poor conservatives. They are so confused they can’t remember what they are for.

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I Am an American

I am not a Mexican-American or a Latino-American or an Hispanic-American. I am an American whose ancestors were run out of the country by revolution. I thank god for the courage and hope my ancestors had that their progeny would someday reap the rewards this great country freely offers us all.

This is not an indictment on the Mexican people but on their corrupt government which is the cause of so much misery for so many. It seems everyone down there has his hand out: from the cop on the street to the presidency itself.

I just wish all those millions demonstrating in OUR streets would return to THEIR native country and demonstrate there. But No; they might get shot. It’s much easier to make demands in the land where you are an uninvited guest knowing that a bunch of no nothing lunatics will come out and root for you.

It seems to me that the more letters a person has after his/her name the dumber they are.

I never got quite close enough to get my BA. When I quit attending college, I determined that I would not be another college dropout. So, I began to self educate myself. History is one subject that has always fascinated me.

So, in my quest for knowledge I found out that no one was immune from being discriminated against. It didn’t matter if you were Irish, German, Italian, Jewish, Catholic, Pole, Chinese, etc, etc, etc.

So, instead of felling sorry for your sorry ass, stop whining, dig in and keep going. And, don’t look back.

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