@cj7
21 Years1,000+ Posts
im italian by the way......my family has never profited from slave labor....
no one ever gave me a single thing except the right to work 70 hours a week to achieve this so called american dream........🙂
and what of the italian or irish or other immigrants who have been forced into sweat shops or paid nothing to help build the north eastern cities of this country...it was no picnic for these people either, i have heard plenty of stories from my grandparents of the things that my great grandparents had to endure when they first came to this country, some of which almost bordered on slave labor.
im just sick of hearing the media's implications of things.....
what makes u the guru...oh let me guess, u have a college degree and are an enlightened white person?? 🙂
i actually deleted my myspace along time ago and just recently in febuary started one again.....
u know....i am not society nor have i made the blunders that society has made so i dont even know why im arguing this stuff with anyone.......*sigh*
february
we all have a differnt perspective.......
Only if my prayers are answered. *PRAYS FOR RICE*
OR OR OR...RUMSFELD! lmao.
Come on, cj. The GOP is not THAT stupid.
LMFAO!!!!! I want them to be that stupid 🙂 If Ms.Rice was involved, it would be so easy for Obama/ Edwards (wink, wink) to win this 😄 The can go on vacation until November and still win the election.
You know what? The word racist or even racism are the most over-used words in the first half of the 21st century lol.
It's amazing how just the mension of the word "race" can create such a sit in some people, yet this is suppose to be 2008. Both sides of the spectrum who still have trouble understanding really need to "A More Perfect Union".
It doesn't matter where you fall -- blue, red, yellow, white, black, if you are not closed-minded, then you should get something out of it.
The answer is clear for any thinking human being. Obama stayed with the church for 20 years and considered Rev. Wright as a friend and mentor. It's obvious he shares his views but he chooses to lie to get into office. He's a liar and a racist.
I know this is late but I really have to respond to this......
1. Who cares if the man goes to church at the United Methodist Muslim Episcopalian Scientology Hare Krishna Center for Sanctified Baptist Catholic Church.....gas is $ 4.00/gallon why are we focusing on how the man prays and where he chooses to get his message of inspiration....I am sure you have heard the saying don't shoot the messenger....
2. I have known Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. for years and he is NOT RACIST. Now I cannot defend his speech in NY by any means it was simply ridiculous and vindictive against Sen. Obama, IMO. However what I can defend is that the media and particularly the Clintons extracted 30 seconds from his sermons. The first sermon regarding America's Chickens was actually him quoting what someone else said......but that was deleted or not included. The second saying GD America was saying how every single minority/ethnic that has been discriminated against must feel. He included, Asian descent, Jewish descent, Korean descent, Hispanic descent, Arab descent, and lastly African American descent. But, what part do you think was included in the campaign commercials...you guessed it! Therefore I find it extremely reckless for those who have not bothered pre-ny press club, to take the time to listen to one of Rev. Wrights sermons whether it be at Trinity Baptist Church in Chicago, Hartford Memorial Baptist Church in Detroit during revival, Friendship West Baptist Church in Dallas, or the many other churches he visits.
3. The man is retired.......why is a moot issue being made ripe
4. He was Bill Clinton's confidant during the Monica Lewinski scandal. Surely President Clinton didn't simply open his phone book to spiritual leaders, write down 20 names, put them in a black hat, shake it up, and pick Rev. Wright's name out, did he? If he did then I think we need to turn the tables here!
5. Why is this issue deflecting from the more important issue of the eradication of the middle class, the thousands of jobs that are being eliminated, and the rising cost of necessities.
and sorry but Obama and racism is like saying Obama is an elitist! He is a Black man meaning he STILL CAN'T CATCH A CAB IN NYC! He JUST paid off his student loans. His name is Barack....come on ppl before he became a senator how do you think that was received—??
Meanwhile the candidate who took out her checkbook and wrote a 7 figure check called him an Elitist! LMAO and I have finally perfected the machine that turns a yardstick into a magic wand.....
I agree with libragurl completely 🙂
so is he black or white .....its funny how when it suits your arguement he's a black man, but when its suits another point your trying to make he's white and black.lol
Who two?
Did I miss something?
so is he black or white .....its funny how when it suits your arguement he's a black man, but when its suits another point your trying to make he's white and black.lol
hmmmmm did you ask that question so I would scratch my head or because you are using it as an intro to whatever speech you have prepared. I hope it is one of the aforementioned questions because if you are just asking straight out.........the question in and of itself makes not a lick of sense. No offense to you I'm not trying to knock your effort or anything....
no it makes sense ....is that in half of your speechers or long winded answers u refer to him as a black man but then keep reminding us at other times that he is half white and half black, that makes me scratch my head.
i dont have a speech prepared because i really dont care.....we all know what happened with slavery and that it was a horrible thing......but ill be damn if im going to be persecuted and have people think its ok to be racist towards white people because of it. im not going to argue with black people about it because u obviously think it lets u go after white people forever. do u know how many people actually owned slaves?? do u know how many white people immigrated to this country after slavery was abolished and had nothing to do with it...that shit doesnt matter to u guys does it. or how many white appearing people came to this country to escape thier own injustices in thier homelands, we arent all former rebel soliders ya know. if u want racism to stop....which it never truely will....then u have to take part in that also and know its no ok either way. no matter what......since u think its so easy to be white and that we suffer no injustices in our lives and its all roses and smooth sailing shows that u are so one-sided in your views. im not going to post on this any more, i know how i have lived my life and all though u would like to think that anyone that doesnt think exactly like u or has the exact same opinion is ignorant. it just shows that racism is totally alive and well...in the black community as well as any other.
lol
being president is a privlege not for people who disrespect its customs are advised by people who damn it and who's wife is only proud of it because her husband has a chance to run it. thats the funny part.
i dont have a speech prepared because i really dont care.....we all know what happened with slavery and that it was a horrible thing......but ill be damn if im going to be persecuted and have people think its ok to be racist towards white people because of it. im not going to argue with black people about it because u obviously think it lets u go after white people forever. do u know how many people actually owned slaves?? do u know how many white people immigrated to this country after slavery was abolished and had nothing to do with it...that butter doesnt matter to u guys does it. or how many white appearing people came to this country to escape thier own injustices in thier homelands, we arent all former rebel soliders ya know. if u want racism to stop....which it never truely will....then u have to take part in that also and know its no ok either way. no matter what......since u think its so easy to be white and that we suffer no injustices in our lives and its all roses and smooth sailing shows that u are so one-sided in your views. im not going to post on this any more, i know how i have lived my life and all though u would like to think that anyone that doesnt think exactly like u or has the exact same opinion is ignorant. it just shows that racism is totally alive and well...in the black community as well as any other.
Dude if you were responding to me...What are you talking about—? Did you even read what I wrote—? And why this preoccupation with slavery? Are you hiding some in your basement— My posts didn't even mention slavery, confederacy, or anything else pre-civil war...this ain't a history thread. The point of my post is why is there a preoccupation with Senator Obama's race in this election with the country being in the state that it is—? My point was, unless everyone besides me is a millionaire on this board, why aren't we focusing on which candidate can reverse what has been done to this country and the economy instead of where the man goes to pray on the Lord's day, a day in which no work is supposed to be done——? Thanks for the history lesson from your point of view, however, may I suggest starting a thread about so the next time you deliver it it can be on point with the topic........
umm and i would hope you would not apply what I wrote about one individual to yourself, unless you are a woman and you write yourself 7 figure checks.......no one said that your life was easy I dont even know you to talk about your life in any comparison......
""And why this preoccupation with slavery? Are you hiding some in your basement— ""
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no it makes sense ....is that in half of your speechers or long winded answers u refer to him as a black man but then keep reminding us at other times that he is half white and half black, that makes me scratch my head.
ummm i didnt write that........
being president is a privlege not for people who disrespect its customs are advised by people who damn it and who's wife is only proud of it because her husband has a chance to run it. thats the funny part.
That's the most overused reason why 'Obama shouldn't be president'. It's going to be in the history books.
I'm sorry, but this country has some serious issues to work through and I'm not going to say the greatest things about my country because I know that we have problems like everybody else.
All the "Whose more patrioitic" stuff is all propaganda LOL!!!
just FYI y'all, a direct quote from your "brilliant leader":
"America is the greatest country in the world. I hope you will join me in trying to change it" - Barack Obama
enough said.
yes ms pisces......we are dummies because we don't agree with you.......
ust FYI y'all, a direct quote from your "brilliant leader":
"America is the greatest country in the world. I hope you will join me in trying to change it" - Barack Obama
enough said.
I see so you like paying 4.00/gallon for your gas—?? You like working in a restaurant or the service industry— hmmm how about those taxes? You must be the only one that forks over that 30% week after week with a huge ronald mcdonald smile! How about contributing to your social security knowing that you will never see it— That must be because you have everything you could ever want and need. How about the tens of billions of dollars being spent on this war that has no exit plan—? what about school....Hey who needs to pay for an education when we can just keep increasing the price of necessities! You know I always dreamed that food for one night's meal would cost the equivalent of my car payment...dreams really do come true!!!! And you know I wished upon a star that healthcare would become a luxury instead of a given....man my wishes come true.
Glad you are satisfied with the state of our country!!!!!! However, I believe that it is time for a CHANGE!!!!!!!!!!!
OOh and you know what's really sexy...OUTSOURCING! Whoa baby nothing turns me on more than to have my computer crash in the middle of updating my outlines, calling Dell and trying to translate what Arif is saying........whew you are right everything should just stay exactly as it is!!!!!
my only point liberalgyrl was racism was wrong against white people also as well as african americans but that was argued by u worldly people to not be true because of what black people have been put through by white people....thats the reason DUDE for the history lesson. so when your computer breaks your going to call barack and he's going to help u fix it? he's going to saudi and he's going to pump more gas himself.......he's going to china and tell them to stop growing and using up all our fuel?? wow he truley is the choosen one?🙂 and i am truley done....this is redundant.
either u eat way too much or u got royally screwed on your car when u bought it🙂
All of us are polarized racists. The measure of the degree of which is the angle by which we lean towards left or right when the light of rationality which we allow to pass through our thought-prisms.
Racism is strange though - for some use it to victimize and some use it to sympathize.
sb...thats suppossedly one of the factors of the high gas prices because of the increased usage by the rest of the world is using up more of the supply thats available, its no secret that by far we use more oil than anyone else.
well im all for drilling on our land.....more self- sufficient from the middle east we are the better i think we would be
my only point liberalgyrl was racism was wrong against white people also as well as african americans but that was argued by u worldly people to not be true because of what black people have been put through by white people....thats the reason DUDE for the history lesson. so when your computer breaks your going to call barack and he's going to help u fix it? he's going to saudi and he's going to pump more gas himself.......he's going to china and tell them to stop growing and using up all our fuel?? wow he truley is the choosen one? and i am truley done....this is redundant.
either u eat way too much or u got royally screwed on your car when u bought it
No I'm done because you read not ONE WORD of what I wrote....this is ridiculous......really ridiculous. No actually it's called you already had what you wanted to say and you were going to make it fit regardless if it did or not!!! I cant even respond to something that simple and ignorant!
well ....no drilling here wont solve everything but it will help until we can put an alternative in place, hopefully hydrogen eventually. id drive a more efficient car but i install flooring and ceramic tile which comes on pallets wieghing 1500 pounds or more at times so i have to have a heavy duty truck to do my job which only gets 12.5 miles to the gallon....trust me im feeling it big time. if i could just drive to work and not have to use it to haul stuff id get 4cyl toyota truck or something better.
AQUA DUCK WHAT THE FU*** ARE U TALKING ABOUT? JUST BECAUSE OBAMA IS CULTURALLY INTUNED, HE'S RACIST AND JUST BECAUSE HE KNOWS HIS FACTS, HE MILITANT. AND SO WHAT? WHITEE HAS BEEN OUT FOR WHITEE ALL THESE YEARS, WHAT'S THE DIFFERNCE. THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE. THE DIFFERENCE IS THIS, WHITEE HAS CONVINCED BLACKS THAT THEY ARE RACIST THE MINUTE WE LOVE OURSELVES AND EMBRACE WHO WE ARE AS A PEOPLE. SEE WHITEEE IS SCARED OF THAT UNITY, BECAUSE KNOWLEDGE IS POWER AND IF THEY CAN KEEP YOU DOWN, YOU WILL HAVE NO SOURCE OF GAIN. THEREFORE, AFRICANS SOMETIMES, ALL THE TIME, FEEL THE NEED TO EMBRACE OTHER RACES AND LOOK OUT FOR OTHERS , BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID OF BEING CALLED RACIST. WELL LOOKY HERE, I'M NOT AFRAID BECAUSE I KNOW THIS, BLACKS CANNOT BE RACIST , IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. WE HAVE BEEN OPPRESSED, WE AREN'T THE OPPRESSORS. I'M NOT FALLING FOR YOUR COOKED UP GIMICS AND SUBTLE TYRANNY. I LOVE ME , MY CUTLURAL AND LIFE GOES ON. JUST BECAUSE BARACK IS AFRICAN, MAKES HIM JUST AS CAPABLE IF NOT MORE CAPABLE. SHIET , IT'S OKAY FOR ME TO TRUST A WHITE PRESIDENT , AND THAT HE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN MY CULTURE, BUT WE CAN'T TRUST A BLACK PRESIDENT AND OR ANY OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS TO DO THE SAME. THAT'S A CROCK OF B.S. WHO'S THE RACIST NOW? YOU ARE!!! WHITES ARE BEFORE BLACKS COULD EVER BE..
F*** THAT
OBAMA ALL THE WAY.. A CHANE OF NEW BLACK PRESIDENCY. IT'S TIME WE TAKE THE F**** BACK OVER ANYWAY. SHEIIT LIFE BEGAIN IN AFRICA ANYWAY!
did u have a bad day? 😢
u know its all whiteeeeeeeees fault. 🙂
flygurllchi ....
Do us all a favor and put a HUGE sock in it!!! LOL, good grief ...
I'm glad you are an Obama supporter 😄 *thumps WAYYYY up*
LOL, I'm so glad I'm a female LOL!!! Seriously, I'm glad I'm a female because I don't have to deal with any of this male stuff.
When see responses like the last two above (not my on, the two above me), all I see is a failure to understand whats going on around them in every area in America, besides their own familiar environment.
I'm not sure, but the way they respond to things, its my take on it 🙂 Maybe its a guy thing, I don't know, but I know some men who are just like this, but I know some that aren't too.
Hmmm ... this is interesting.
whats going on, oh please............im not allowed to comment on ignorant remarks?? is that only a black right??
No cj7,
No ones talking color here 🙂 Its about mentality. Why must everything involve race specificially. I think we are all mature to know that its more then just that ... or are you matrue enough, just curious?
Plus,
Its really hard for me to take flygurllchi seriously. LOL!!!!! Yeah, if you read other things she has wrote, then you'd understand 😄
I pray Obama doesn't win the election!! I'm not being racist... however when I look at him, I can see through him, his duplicity and lies.. He's a fucking terrorist pretending, while in real he's a muslim who came to destroy U.S. I can't believe how many people get so easily manipulated and believe in his crap. Do they want something more terrible to happen than 911?
One word for you girl .... dumb 😉 LOL, seriously do you really believe what you are saying. Even if he was Muslim, does that make him unqualified to be president? WOW, that's a new type of discrimination. Uh oh, oh boy here we go 😄
I feel like Barack Obama is like the Eminem of politics LOL, I swear! -- the dude has to prove himself because of his physical dispostion.
He should come out with a movie or something, about his rise to politics. I wonder how McCain would look 'free-styling' LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! That's too funny 😆 😆 😆!!!!!!!! Hahaha, the debates would be those MC contests the like to have when discovering someone.
LOL, that would be great and funny!!!!!!!!!
How could you prove he's not muslim?
Sweetie-Pie 🙂
The fact that you think its wrong to have a Muslim president is offensive.
He isn't Muslim, but even if he was, so what?
i dont think he is a terrorist ...but he is full of crap.
I am voting for Barack Obama this fall. In fact, I am going to the Secretary of State tomorrow to make sure I am registered to vote this Fall. I am NOT GOING TO MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THIS COUNTRY IS HEADED.
Obama is neither a terrorist nor is he a racist. The motivation for this post is grounded on a white man being afraid of being governed by a black man.
The Republicans are doing and will continue to try to twist and spin to make him look like he's not worthy to be President. I'll tell you what, just judging from McSame's reaction this past week, I'm getting a peak into his character or lack thereof. People, sometimes you just have to be strong enough to follow your own principles even if it may be unpopular.
OBAMA 08!!!
I called this WAAAAAAYYYYYY before February's SuperTuesday.
I KNEW he was "the one."
(He looked pretty damn good in Europe didn't he? - elegant, intelligent and well spoken.)
aqi
i think i might actually cry.
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and dont forget that black people sold other black people to white people. black people arent the only ones who have sweat equity in this country u know.........