I've never cared very much
For bumper sticker preachers
And even less for Bible thumpers
Or agenda-pushing liberal teachers.
But every once in a while
I just have to speak my mind
When the fools are digging hard
And my home is being undermined.
Democrats are killing America
With lunacy we can't condone.
So here are a few catchy phrases.
Some annoying slogans of my own!
It would be absolutely insane
If you didn't vote for McCain!
Don't go shamin' your mama
By castin' a vote for Obama!
As Christians, we'll be failin'
If we don't vote for Palin!
From terrorists we'll be hidin'
If we elect that chump, Biden!
Hey, if you still don't believe me
And you vote for Obama - oh, well,
I hope you enjoy your "tax credit"
While we all go broke in a Socialist hell.
(I'm Mark Rickerby and I approved this message.)
Obama is "biden" his time but he's "palin" in comparison.
Put simply, Socialism is "spreading the wealth." Obama said it, not me. And the bottom figure has fluctuated wildly. First it was 250K or more, then 200K or more, then 125K or more. Even he doesn't know what he's going to do. I'd love to see a black president if he is an honorable, patriotic, honest man. But I have grave doubts about Obama on each count because he:
* spent 20+ years nodding in agreement with a racist preacher and expects us to believe he didn't. If my preacher said "God damn America", that would be the last time I attended that church.
* accomplished almost nothing so far in his short career (voting "present" on just about everything that passed his desk) yet has the nerve to talk about how much he's going to "change" America;
* hung out with a guy who bombed the Pentagon;
* who thinks he is so charming and brilliant that he can sit down with terrorists and rogue dictators and make them see the error of their ways and end their lifetimes of religious brainwashing and fanaticism with his winning smile;
* doesn't see anything wrong with killing abortions that accidentally live (literally) while calling himself a Christian. Even though the millions of abortions in America every year are a national disgrace, abortion should stay legal so women don't kill themselves trying to inflict it in on themselves, but we have to have SOME morality in regard to this issue, don't we? Can't we at least give abortions that accidentally live like human beings and give them a decent burial? Obama the Christian doesn't think so.
* called his own grandmother (the one who just died) a "typical white person, accidentally revealing yet again his racist mindset.
* uses his "down home" accent with poor people and his posh accent with rich people. Can anyone say "phony"?
* is an egomaniac who wrote two autobiographies before he was 50 years old. Believe me - he cares more about elevating himself than elevating America.
* his wife was never proud of America in her adult life until her husband won the nomination. Typical, type-A, all-about-me thinking. It's disgusting, particularly from a woman who became successful here despite all the horrible white oppression.
* never uses the word "victory" and still says the war in Iraq is "misguided", which is a slap in the face of every soldier who has died fighting there, and the 25,000 children a year who were starving to death while Saddam Hussein (remember him) built 9 palaces for himself by diverting money for food during the sanctions.
Of course, Obama never served in the military so why would he know how good it feels and how good it is to free people from oppressive, brutal regimes? He has spent his life sitting in the white sands of Hawaii being raised by "typical white people" while his black father abandoned him, yet Obama identifies with his black father and calls himself black fearing the condemnation of black people, while having nothing to fear from white people for not calling himself white. Yet whites are the only ones who are racist, right? Riiiiiight. That's why 97% of blacks are voting for Obama. It has nothing to do with color. They'd vote in Blackula if he was running because many or most of them have a racist, "team" mentality, yet they (blacks) would condemn any white who votes based on a color rather than the issues. The double standard is alive and well.
I've never been a Howard Stern fan but this is a perfect example of what I'm talking about -
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCipmnYCKB0&feature=related
This just in - black panthers are harassing voters at polling places because they're "tired of white supremacy." I guess they don't see all those white people cheering behind Obama at every one of his speeches. Amazing.
Personally, I want a president who stands for something godly and doesn't pander to the lowest element of our society - i.e., women who use abortion as birth control, welfare abusers, unemployed bums wanting the government to solve all their problems for them, and racist blacks. I want a president the terrorists are afraid of because that's the only thing those crazy bastards respect. Check out a few of the beheadings at www.michaelsavage.com and you'll see what I mean. But Obama wants to talk to them. Yeah. I'm sure his minty fresh breath and irresistible charisma will make them bust out crying and apologize for hating America all their lives.
FINALLY, DESPITE HER TYPICAL LIBERAL FLIP FLOP, HILARY CLINTON STATED IN MARCH OF 2008 THAT JOHN MCCAIN WOULD BE A BETTER PRESIDENT THAN OBAMA. HERE'S THE VIDEO -
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=112KQfOuOcc&feature=related
I could say more but I don't have any more time. I'm a Republican so I have to get back to work. lol
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right on brother. Too bad Osama's going to the white house.
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All I can say is...
Obama won! Whoo hoo!
I see everything good about a man who did much more work than you are giving him credit for. Way before he "voted present for just about everything that passed his desk" (paraphrased for tense) he was doing charitable work in the inner cities and trying to use his abilities for change. You did not mention that his career actually began in 1985! Also, I see everything good about a man who wants everyone to have health care, and doesn't want to just appear to care about it by giving everyone a $5,000 check toward health care like McCain! A $5000 check doesn't buy much health care, especially when a person has health issues!
As far as "spreading the wealth" this is nothing new. People already pay income taxes based on how much money they make! And no one has a problem with the fact that a very small portion of the population makes a huge pecentage of the wealth! Why not even things out a litte, when it will do much good and it won't hurt the rich a bit! I believe you are a Christian, correct me if I am wrong, but I think Jesus was pretty big on rich people giving their riches to the poor and "forsaking all and following him". Obama isn't asking for all of their riches, just a small percentage!
Anyway I could go on but I have class to go to. I will say though that while Sarah Palin is a nice woman, she is not ready to be President, which could have easily happened, as McCain, if he had been voted for, would be the oldest president to be voted for yet! -
You don't like Obama then?
Luv Ya :-)
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This is an interesting discourse and the soap box speeches made by all the usual suspects also make for good reading. I find Blacknight’s reaction most interesting as it would seem that he has shifted his political allegiances of four years ago away from Bush and even more noticeably away from the war that has been a drain on both life and finance. And you can’t really blame him for like most Americans and indeed citizens of the world, only the most ardent devotee of Bush would still be clinging to the ideal that these past eight years have been anything but fucked! The way Obama’s victory has been universally greeted there may be a slender hope that the US really do want to be a beacon of hope once more. Not this rabid dog barking at shadows and effectively becoming the bully and invader. Quite frankly I find your this article ludicrous on many levels. Like all empires the level of greatness of that empire is not just in what it has conquered and accumulated but how it distributes its wealth and raises a standard of living of its overall citizenry not just those fortunate few. This in many respects is what makes the British empire such a disgrace. At the height of its powers it not only preached a pious Christianity it had created some of the worst slums and living conditions imaginable. Children died the most awful deaths in unsafe industrial machines, up chimneys, down mine shafts, women treated appallingly by both sexist laws and poverty and the disparity between rich and poor a blight on that country’s supposed greatness.
To attack Obama as a socialist is quite frankly ignorant when a third of your nation cannot afford health care and can be bankrupted by ill health in the wealthiest country in the world. A country that will spend trillions on a war but deny proper spending on education, urban infrastructure and long lasting community projects that break this cycle of poverty and despair in so many inner cities; these are socialist policies that need to be implemented without fending off liberal and socialist tags. Not everybody works hard and is paid well in America. Many people work very hard and still can’t make ends meet after an honest day’s work. It is agreed that getting this presidency could well be a poison chalice after the appalling state of affairs the Bush administration have left it in. However that speech that was heard worldwide will still be heard for generations to come as one of the really great speeches of all time that at least fired up the hopes and imagination of those he is about to serve. I think this piece shows more about whom you are than what you could imagine – this was an historic win that needed to happen. How it could even be contemplated that a person vote republican after these last 8 years just beggars belief. But hey, ain’t democracy grand, even if you have to wait in line for most of day to put it into practice. Maybe not you but certainly those in an impoverished black neighbourhood where most of the men are either in prison or in gangs or thinking the army may be a way out, I dare say they love democracy just as much as you.
ps and what the fuck is that background - do you think you could have got more jingoistic if you tried?
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Hey DP,
Just re-reading some old comments and was amused by the one you left on this. Odd that you would mention health care when I hadn't mentioned it in the piece or my comments below it. Of course, you're right that a opinion column says a lot about me, thus the term "opinion." Likewise, I think your support, and others, of Obama reveals a lot about you/them. To ignore so much immorality and hypocrisy in the name of wealth-spreading is very telling about the level of one's character.
So far, all Obama has done is sink America into another 14 trillion dollars of debt, almost as much as the U.S. gross domestic product for a year, which is a debt my children will be paying. If he would have left it alone long enough, the free market would have fixed everything. Now we're deeper in the doo-doo than ever.
Re. the background, you're confusing patriotism with jingoism because of your deep and constant hatred of and obsession with America. As I've always said to you, I don't share your proctologist's view of America and I consider myself a much better authority on the subject. You know, actually living here and all.
Mark
P.S. Don't be such a dickhead this year. Consider it a resolution. haha
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"you're confusing patriotism with jingoism because of your deep and constant hatred of and obsession with America."
That is an out and out falsehood. I have had over the past 9 years grave concerns based upon the Bush administration. Never had I had a hatred for America nor for its people. I have had a deep hatred of the republican politics that has shamed most citizens of the world and greatly shamed the average american by their lack of compassion and apparent crime and corruption.
My obsession for American does actually share a place with many other obsessions that I have. Being observant of America and its ways is a very good obsession for the rest of the world to have when they strip the rights of global citizens, set up torture camps that fly in the face of their own constitution and generally create a police state out of a democracy with such things as the Patriot Act; one would be foolish not to be obsessed.
As for Obama - things could go so completely tits up but one can hardly have the leading economy going down the gurgler, taking everyone else with them and not do something. Remember what he inherited and then work out how you would do it. Letting the market just right itself may not be the answer.
David
PS at the heart of this it does not make your piece any less immune to a bloody good thrashing for its right wing crapolla
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I don't agree with your ideas but I must commend you on the work you put into your position regarding this situation.
We live in a country where we are able to speak this way and I do respect that fact that you took this opportunity to speak to the people who need to hear this to enable them to make up their minds.
Unfortunately, my mind is made up and I have voted for Obama and happy that I did.
I have many reasons and many ideas that certainly differ from yours but truly do not have the time to get in to each one...
Our country would be in a lot of trouble if something should happen to McCain and we had Palin running the country. I have lots to say regarding her experience and such.
Anyway, I wish you the best and let's hope for the sake of the country that the best man wins...
Either your guy or mine..
Take care
Soulful Woman
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Soulful Woman,
Thanks for your response and congratulations on "your guy" winning. I'm also hoping for the best. Of course, it's also hard not to get emotional about the first African American president in history, even if I don't care much for him. It's been a long time coming. I hope he is worth the wait. Thanks again for your respectful comments. The country is so fractured, that has become a rare thing, on both sides, and something I have been guilty of myself when emotions run high. It will be an interesting four years, that's for sure, and I'll be the first to admit if I was wrong. I hope I am.
Take care,
Mark
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Everyone has a right.
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Well said Mark Well Said I wrote alot of this same stuff below the poem on a live blog last night lol.
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very interesting!
I was determined to vote for Obama. Now I's a thinkin'!
Oy, what to do Mark?! McCain bothered me with his hot temper, now I'm remembering everything about Obama -
(thanks to this "poem"). Man, what a wreck! Did you see him on that Democratic Presidential debate? At one point he raised his arms (think Jesus) and gave off a vibe that seemed to say, "Don't worry! The savior is here!" Freaky!!
I'm gonna consider what you say here and try to find stuff about McCain/Palin, too. What a mess this election, huh? Ouch!! Take care buddy - and read "Daddy and Billy" by yours truly (of course!
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- ocerus
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Thank God, Ocer. Our ability to change our minds and think clearly is what separates us from the animals. (And liberals.) lol I don't think the election is a mess at all. Obama is wrong in about 50 different ways. Only whites riddled with white guilt and blacks riddled with ethnocentricity can't see it. I'm not a racist. My wife is from Guatemala for cryin' out loud. But I'll be damned if I'll vote for a dishonorable, racist black man. I wish Bill Cosby or Larry Elder would have ran instead of Obama. The good guys choose to finish last while the type-A, social climbing, egomaniacal con men clammer for the limelight. Always was, always will be. Choose wisely, grasshopper.
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Ok, but...
The truth is the greatest danger is not Obama taking office, its the crowd he brings in with him and the way they will be infulencing our government for decades. With the election of Supreme Court Judges up for grabs.... a clear majority... we face new laws all slanted towards the socialist side of things and new power positions in our government where political appointee's will be socialist minded. Now the hard part of this is the changes in the infrastructure that has kept us so well in our lifetimes to something else..... what that will be no one knows. But, to give access to the brief case of nuclear weapons to someone who has never served a day in the military, nor ever wants to, and does not know the price we pay at war, only pretends to understand... now thats scary.
The motto of the USAF is "Peace is our profession". People don't understand that its the military that wants the LEAST to go to war. Yet, they sacrifice themselves so you have the right to vote, your choice of religion, your freedom of speach, and your personal freedoms we all cherish so much.
Where will we be in 4 years? Certainly, we may be a second rate country if we continue to send our trillions to oil countries, continue to spend money at Walmart, and if we ignore the dangers of our enemies.
Think Obama will help any of that? If you do, your wrong. God Help America as it bows to the infulence of foreign affairs and loses its self identity in the waterfall of political self interest.
I'm voting for a man who has shown clear understanding of our situation, a certain dedication to keeping us strong, a willingness to lead when so many are against us, and a love of his country so strong he is willing to die for it...
McCain for me!
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So where is the "but", Chuck? I was waiting for you to lower the boom and say you were okay with Obama. What a relief.
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Hi Mark
I'm not as worried about Obama as everyone else is. Not that I would ever vote for him. But.... His helpers, appointee's, officials, judges, administrators, etc, etc, etc... now therein lies the real problem.
Are we now seeing the switch from conservative values to libralism? Yes. Are we seeing a minority created in one election...probably... Are we seeing the change of command from traditional to self interest... surely.
The overall position on this is huge. From a CEO's perspective, this is a disaster at this point in our economy. Do you think higher taxes are the real problem? No. Do you think larger goverment is the problem? No
The real problem.... is the decreasing value of the US Dollar in the world market and the loss of money overseas. Confidence in our economy and the free market has taken huge losses in the last year.
Even if the economy turns around, the problem is it will only encourage people to think it was Obama who turned it around. That will lead to more time in office.
So, the future with Obama is not just uncertain, its a future of unknowns and no experience. Mistakes now may cost us our position as the world leader in our economy, military, production, etc.
Once we lose this position, our imigration will lessen, unfortunately that includes the Best of the Best from overseas. Those brilliant scientists who would have moved here, will seek their wages elsewhere.
NOW THAT is a HUGE problem! Our strength comes from within and from without. We are the SUM of our collective intelligence. To lose the Best of the Best would be a disaster without limitation.
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lol........oh dear.....we're screwed no matter which way we vote. It doesn't matter who gets in office, either one has to walk through those doors with a mop and broom. I would give anything to be a fly on the wall when they discover just how much of a mess they have to clean. What the public knows, what they've been told or think it is and what the reality is are three very different things. Either way, i wouldn't want to be either one of them.
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You are ready to lick that Bush (and that Shame and Pain ticket) who socialized the toxins of the financial behemoths, of course without a bit of knowledge what is socialism.
If Shame or what ever is his name comes to power the world will be crushed under a mentally challenged infant with golden shoe with bloody diamond spikes!
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"Suck that Bush?" That doesn't even make sense. Put simply, Socialism is "spreading the wealth." Your candidate said it, not me. And the bottom figure has fluctuated wildly. First it was 250K or more, then 200K or more, then 125K or more. Even he doesn't know what he's going to do. You're about to vote for someone who:
* spent 20+ years nodding in agreement with a racist preacher
* accomplished almost nothing so far in his short career (voting "present" on just about everything that passed his desk) yet has the nerve to talk about how much he's going to "change" America;
* hung out with a guy who bombed the Pentagon;
* who thinks he is so charming and brilliant that he can sit down with terrorists and rogue dictators and make them see the error of their ways and end their lifetimes of conditioning with his winning smile;
* doesn't see anything wrong with killing abortions that accidentally live (literally) while calling himself a Christian;
* called his own grandmother (the one who just died) a "typical white person, accidentally revealing yet again his racist mind.
* uses his "down home" accent with poor people and his posh accent with rich people. Can anyone say "phony"?
* never uses the word "victory" and still says the war in Iraq is "misguided", which is a slap in the face of every soldier who has died fighting there, and the 25,000 children a year who were starving to death while Saddam Hussein (remember him) built 9 palaces for himself by diverting money for food during the sanctions.
Of course, Obama never served in the military so why would he know how good it feels to free people from oppressive, brutal regimes? He has spent his life sitting in the white sands of Hawaii being raised by "typical white people" while his black father abandoned him, yet Obama identifies with his black father and calls himself black fearing the condemnation of black people, while having nothing to fear from white people for not calling himself white. Yet whites are the only ones who are racist, right? Riiiiiight.
Check back with me in 4 years if he wins. I promise I won't rub it in. I'd love to see a black man become president if he's an honorable man, but I have serious doubts about Obama's honor, obviously.
I could say more but I don't have any more time. I'm a Republican so I have to get to work. lol
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Have fun voting for a nutcase that sees no problem with staying in Iraq for, what did he say? Decades or something.
Oh, and his running mate is a terrifyingly-bad choice. But hey, I guess America needs someone who considers this war in Iraq as Jiha--I mean, "God's will". -
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I don't know where you were on 9/11 but just a reminder - the Jihadist's declared war on US and still want us all dead. You've got things a little backwards. And I already did vote. If McCain is a nutcase, he's a nutcase in a good way, unlike the Socialist egomaniac who has never put his ass on the line like McCain has. Check out my author's notes for more tidbits on your hero.
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I was in school at the time. I remember 9/11 quite well.
I'm well-aware that the far-radical Muslims, the Jihadists, want us dead. I don't see what the point is, though, in blowing each other away. Perhaps I'm just naive, but that seems pointless. But hey, clearly the whole knee-jerk-reaction thing is working just fine, since the U.S. has only been stuck in Iraq and wasted billions of dollars on a pointless war since, what, 2003? Oh, and we still haven't found the guy who masterminded the whole thing, because we've diverted so many resources to dealing with Iraq.
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There have been over 8000 Islamic terror attacks since 9/11. The Islamo-Nazi groups' stated intention is to convert or kill every non-Muslim. I would love to take every would-be suicide bomber to Disneyland to show them how wrong they are to hate blindly but unfortunately, the brainwashing is so deep, they would probably push me off the Matterhorn just when I thought we were getting along great. Sometimes you have to fight in this world. There is moral violence and immoral violence. The Jihadist's violence is immoral (even if they don't think so) and ours (fighting them to prevent their random acts of terrorism) is moral. If that makes me as fanatical as they are in some people's minds, bummer. If you have any suggestions about how they can be deprogrammed - other than ignoring them and letting them regroup long enough to get a nuclear bomb - please let me know. I'd love to hear it. (I know Obama doesn't.)
Re. Iraq being a "pointless war" - check out the video link under the red, white and blue eagle on my author page. There are quite a few Iraqi's who don't think it was pointless at all, and I tend to believe them more than non-Iraqi liberals who can't stand people who think in moral absolutes and are more interested in feeling good about themselves than fighting evil in the world. 25,000 children a year were starving to death because Hussein (Saddam, not Obama) was diverting food funding from the U.N. so he could build nine (9!) palaces for himself. There would have been another 150,000 or so dead children if we didn't liberate Iraq, not to mention the tens of thousands of Iraqi's that would have been murdered for other various offences (whatever Saddam felt like from moment to moment) if he were still in power. When I hear someone say taking his psychotic ass out was "pointless", I know we're from different planets. It also makes me wonder why Democrats continue to delude themselves by thinking they're the more compassionate party. They can't save millions of babies from the butcher's knife. They don't give a shit about freeing oppressed people. They spit more venom at Republicans than they do at Islamic terrorists. But they're more compassionate.
Right.
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I'm curious, how many people have been killed or maimed in this nearly-six-year war in Iraq now? I'm speaking, of course, of Iraqi civilians...we already know about the thousands of mostly-American casaulties. Getting rid of Saddam was all well and good, and I admit that yes, I supported it when the invasion was made. But the war has gone on for a long time, mainly due to Bush and his war-mongering buddies being morons (no WMD's, no exit plan before going in, etc.). I wonder if Iraq has been left in an even worse state now than it was before the invasion.
Don't get me wrong, regarding the Jihadists, I'm not an idiot. I know they'd love to see me, you, everyone we know dead. But how does that old saying go? "An eye for an eye leaves the world blind"? That seems to sum up pretty well what you're advocating.
The problem with thinking in moral absolutes is that both sides (because, in this case, there *are* only two sides...well, from your perspective, anyway) think they're completely, absolutely right. Those Jihadists think they're right. Those who fight against them think they're right. I don't think either side is, because I think it goes deeper than that. It's silly to think we're completely, utterly innocent in this whole affair, because we're not. But, again, that whole knee-jerk-reaction thing is totally working.
None of this matters, of course, because as I'm sure you already know (and are very disappointed by), Obama has won. I'm positive this will turn out to be a great decision for America. I can only hope his actions will cause you to think the same in time.
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The main reason there have been so many Iraqi civilian deaths and casualties is not "Bush and his war-mongering buddies" - It is the activities of the terrorists. IED's, car bombs, suicide bombers, indiscriminate fighting (while our soldiers have to account for every bullet), etc. One thing that has always annoyed me is the liberal mantra of how many Iraqi civilians have been hurt or killed while always leaving out the real reasons for it. It is the terrorists who blow up their own people indiscriminately, not us. There may be isolated incidents where U.S. soldiers went nuts and shot a few civilians by mistake or on purpose. The difference is we try not to, and prosecute those who violate the Geneva Convention rules of warfare while our enemies do whatever they want without regard to anyone. Why is that always conveniently left out in leftist arguments about Iraqi deaths?
Mine is not a "knee-jerk reaction". It's a calculated response to the maniacal ideologies threatening the civilized world. Naked aggression must be fought. If nobody fought the Nazi's and the Japanese fascists, they would have killed many more millions and taken over the world, which was their intention, and which is the Jihadists intention. Again, non-pacifists must protect pacifists and squash the tyrants of the world. Since madmen bent on world domination is and always has been an unpleasant reality, no matter how much liberals want to ignore them. And because of the maniacs of the world, war will always be an unpleasant reality and necessity, no matter how much liberals want to wish it away. If only all the terrorist groups of the world could see the "war is not the answer" bumper stickers, I'm sure everything would be fine.
William Lloyd Garrison said, "With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost."
For balance's sake, I should say that there are some things I like about him. They are:
1. His beautiful use of the English language after 8 years of horrific abuse by GWB. Even those who respected him cringed at some of his tongue-twisting nonsense.
2. Obama will give troubled black youths a great role model instead of some of the role models they're currently trying to emulate. i.e., gangster rappers, et al. Hopefully, he'll help do away with Ebonics and the damage that does to the future of anyone who speaks it.
3. It will give me a great arguing point when any black person who hasn't accomplished anything tries to avoid responsibility by saying America is racist. Obama won Montana! Land of the Marlboro man. If you see a black person there, he's probably passing through! I don't ever want to hear another black person say America is racist. Ever.
4. America can finally say with authority that it lives up to its stated ideals of equal opportunity. Oh, glorious day. (I just wish it would have been a black man or woman who isn't a radical left-winger. Someone like Bill Cosby or Larry Elder.)
I don't like the reverse racism demonstrated by the fact that 97% of all blacks voted for Obama. It was time to win one for their team, just like when O.J. was acquitted. They would have voted in Blackula just to see the first black president. That's a team mentality, the exact thing blacks and liberals rightly condemn racist whites about. Many of them had no clue, or cared to, about who Obama is and what he's about. But only white people can be racist, so I know that complaint is a useless cry in the wilderness.
All the above aside, you've always been a good friend to me here and I've come to know you as a decent person over the years so I respect you and your opinions. I also hope I'm dead wrong and Obama's future actions will counteract his past ones and change my mind about him. Maybe now that the world is watching, he'll stop being such a dickhead and choose his friends and preachers more carefully. But more likely, he'll just get even more arrogant and rub everyone's nose in it.
Awaiting your next volley.
Mark
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Sorry I didn't respond earlier...AP didn't bother notifying me of your response and I didn't realize you'd replied until I just happened to come by the page.
But anyway...
My point about all those Iraqi casaulties is that they would've never occurred in such huge numbers (numbers far greater than Saddam was causing, if I'm not mistaken) if America hadn't bothered invaded with reasons that included, among others, intelligence that was dead wrong. Bush and company should've done their homework.
"The important thing is that we talk
without wanting to kill each other."
You have that on your author page...yes, you were talking about politics then, but I feel it's worth using here as well.
All this fighting going on between the Western world and the Middle East cannot seriously go on forever, and I don't think it would if both sides actually bothered to listen to one another. Sure, many Jihadist folks are pretty well brainwashed, and their leaders are psychopaths...but responding with force (read: obliterating everything in the area) simply adds fuel to the fire. I'm not saying we should totally ignore the violence (that turn-the-other-cheek shit gets old after a while), but there's got to be a way to use diplomacy here.
Part of it has been our choice of presidents lately...Reagan and the Bushes were not popular in the Middle East, and Jihadist leaders took advantage of this. It's easy to get angry at a guy that's just itchin' to fire right back at you, and to make him look like the bad guy.
Guys like Clinton and Obama, though, are a bit different--they're not as trigger-happy as the others above. Especially in Obama's case, they're difficult to stir hatred against because they don't always fight using several thousand more troops or half-ton conventional bombs.
Anyway, yes, I love Obama's use of the English language...he's far more eloquent and well-spoken than the guy we've been stuck with the last eight years.
As for the reverse racism you perceive, sure, there were some blacks that voted for Obama simply because of his race...there are always bound to be some. I seriously doubt, that the majority of them did just that.
Scott Adelmann, a regular poster on the Adult Board (The Pub ), put it best:
"It is easy to draw the wrong conclusion from the statistics. For instance, I keep hearing people complaining that black people only voted for Obama because of his race, but that ignores the fact that about 80% of all blacks registered to vote are Democrats. Of course they voted for Obama - his platform most closely matched their view of life. Somewhere around 95% of all Blacks voted for Obama - which really means that all we can say is that about 14% of the black voters MAY have voted for him based upon race."
http://allpoetry.com/board/topic/268618533/3?limit=50
I imagine you and him could spend hours debating back and forth, since you seem to be polar opposites.
Also, there's nothing wrong with having a left-wing president. Considering how much the GOP has screwed things up in the last eight years, it was only inevitable that something major would happen.
If this country had nothing but right-wing presidents, we'd be in serious trouble.
Also, Bill Cosby as president scares the shit outta me.
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I'm about to leave to go vote for Obama now!
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Agreed
It's almost scary to think that he would get in the big house. I personaly think we're all screwed if he does. I am voting with a thought of the future.....
Enjoyed reading this one. I agree whole heartedly!
Loved your 'slogans' , they made ma laugh
Great job as always, Mark! Thanks for sharing
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Thanks, Aimee. Whoever wins, it will be an interesting four years. I'm kind of looking forward to seeing him flounder around if he wins. There are some things I like about him, like having a Prez who uses the English language well after eight years of abuse by George W. Let's face it - the guy wasn't exactly an English teacher. Good role models for troubled black youths is always a good thing, too. (I already heard him on MTV telling young people (black and white) who are wearing their pants around their knees to pull them up and have some respect for others who don't want to see their underwear. Hallelujah.) Hopefully, he'll be able to do convince some blacks that they don't need ebonics to be proud of their heritage, too. Lord knows human beings are too race and blood oriented in their thinking to take advice from someone of a different race. What could they know?
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good one! whatever it is mark, I hope the best person wins! cos its not just America but the whole world.
Hope you are well, what up your side?
Take care, and you look different! lol!
Love and light,
Lencio
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I have to say I disagree, but I can't fault your poem
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LOL...
"I'm Mark Rickerby and I approved this message"
That was the best part!
This is great Sunshine! I know we dont agree, but I have to admit this made me smile!!!
GET OUT AND VOTE!!!
love,
Criss
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