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Obama - the president, has let black people down. ...

2013-05-21T12:18:54.011-04:00

Obama - the president, has let black people down. There are a lot of things he could have done instead of busying himself with being a utopian socialist that would have been of lasting value to black people. But he did none of them.

Michelle's speech, while on the right track, does not address the economic woes that have only been prolonged and in many cases, intensified, by her husband's scamming.

Obama Scandal Guidelines --Any journalist who loo...

2013-05-20T18:19:50.650-04:00

Obama Scandal Guidelines

--Any journalist who looks into things needs to be targeted for treason.

--Anyone who "takes the President's word for it" is granted special access...

2013-05-20T18:16:06.091-04:00

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I can also relate in a way. My mother a few years...

2013-05-17T19:04:18.776-04:00

I can also relate in a way. My mother a few years back made a comment in a letter about my oldest (adult) daughter and I still remember the wonder (hurt?)in her voice. I never forgave my mother and did not communicate with her again. You can say what you will about me, I can take care of myself, but don't attack my kids.

Good belly laugh. Excellent quote.

2013-05-16T01:04:18.791-04:00

Good belly laugh. Excellent quote.

LOL! Good one!

2013-05-14T18:29:25.207-04:00

LOL! Good one!

I can relate to this. Here's the thing I final...

2013-05-12T05:44:22.595-04:00

I can relate to this. Here's the thing I finally figured out: I'd never regret reaching out to my mom, but I'd always regret not doing so.

Don't know if this helps because it's hard to be in that situation.

Happy Mother's Day to YOU, though :)

I agree completely! I think better parenting can ...

2013-05-08T13:59:16.093-04:00

I agree completely! I think better parenting can solve almost all of our issues in today's society. Here's a data analysis that has come to a similar conclusion about parenting.

You might find some more food for thought at sideofreason.com.

Definitely food for thought.

2013-05-03T21:46:45.819-04:00

Definitely food for thought.

But just, There are also many, many, MANY openly ...

2013-04-30T19:25:11.504-04:00

But just,

There are also many, many, MANY openly Christian professional athletes -- LONG before Tebow. David Robinson and A.C. Green come to mind.

They weren't targeted like Tebow has been. Why is that?

I must also hasten to add that "coming out of the closet" in one of the four major American sports while you're still active IN that sport is a FAR bigger deal than what Martina or Louganis did. With all due respect, that's just too much of an apples and oranges comparison.

The pertinent question is "Why Tim Tebow?", not "Why Christians?" I say that because Christians in general (in modern-day America) have NOT been targeted like Tim Tebow. So why is that?

Well, my take: Tebow's haters don't hate Tebow. They hate the talking heads that use him -- CONSTANTLY -- as some kind of symbol/martyr for their political movement. After the 1000th time, it starts to get a skosh irritating, especially when we all know that Tim Tebow isn't all that special.

I suspect there are some who will predictably declare that David Robinson and A.C. Green got a pass because they're black, but that's also ridiculous as far as I'm concerned.

Case in point: I'm a HUGE fan of March Madness. At the end of every game this past season (or so it seemed), a young victorious player would immediately make a strong and obviously genuine Christian reference in his post-game interview. Black players, white players, it didn't matter.

Aaron Craft (Ohio State point guard and white guy) prayed in the middle of the court before EVERY game and he got along just fine.

So what makes Tebow different? Besides the fact he's been virtually fetishized by a political movement, he is also more demonstrative when he worships. So yeah, it makes him stand out. Not as a Christian, but as a particularly demonstrative Christian.

He gets TEASED for that -- not hated. There's a difference.

Whenever people behave unusually in public, they get teased for it. Heck, even Michael Jordan got teased for the way stuck out his TONGUE when he'd make a strong move on the court.

Trust me, if this Jason Collins guy does an interview looking like and sounding like RuPaul, he will catch FAR more hell than Tebow EVER did.

When will we see the first ATHEIST athlete "come out"? That's a more interesting question if you ask me.

Of course I won't hold my breath.

Crazy, BUT... If you observe, or just talk to, an...

2013-04-29T00:56:56.087-04:00

Crazy, BUT...

If you observe, or just talk to, any typical college-age American today, it's rather obvious that the very concept of individual privacy has been eroding for some time.

I think (based on a couple of anecdotes, nothing definitive) that relationships today between young females/males often incorporate pictures of some aspect of at least one of their sexual encounters; and when this happens, obviously, the guy is the one taking the pictures (and don't forget about video).

This is a turn-on for guys (no surprise there) and girls in love allow it because they want to please their man (no surprise there). Combine this with modern modes of communication, and yes, those pictures will ultimately end up somewhere, out there, in the cloud. Especially when a guy with limited scruples gets dumped.

I certainly don't want to live in a country wh...

2013-04-29T00:11:33.930-04:00

I certainly don't want to live in a country where I can't purchase a gun when/if I ever sense a need for one. But after a while, it all kinda begs the question:

Right now, we have as many guns as we do citizens. What if we had three times as many? Or 10 or 20 times as many?

At some point, maybe the problem is more about the violent bent of the society itself and less about its citizens securing their right to bear arms.

Or, maybe a society with a trillion guns is utopia.

I give the President the benefit of a doubt when h...

2013-04-25T23:04:41.490-04:00

I give the President the benefit of a doubt when he does or said the right thing.

And whether he likes it or not, Obama is part of the world of Reagan and Thatcher... they moved the "balance of power" away from the ruling elite and toward the average person.

Congratulations on four years! Keep up the good wo...

2013-04-23T01:18:41.588-04:00

Congratulations on four years! Keep up the good work!

On Friday morning, Republican Rep. Nate Bell poste...

2013-04-22T18:00:10.708-04:00

On Friday morning, Republican Rep. Nate Bell posted on Twitter: "I wonder how many Boston liberals spent the night cowering in their homes wishing they had an AR-15 with a hi-capacity magazine?"

Around the same time President Obama tweeted:
"The world has witnessed one sure and steadfast truth: Americans refuse to be terrorized." —

It's really easy to cherry pick tweets, (or letters).

Doing so does not lead to coherent arguments.

Happy Blogiversary, JACG! Love your work and am d...

2013-04-20T14:43:30.873-04:00

Happy Blogiversary, JACG! Love your work and am definitely looking forward to four more years of your writing and insight. :D

Ironic!

2013-04-19T14:38:29.119-04:00

Ironic!

Net: One major reason blacks vote Democrat is the ...

2013-04-18T21:02:45.244-04:00

Net: One major reason blacks vote Democrat is the corrupting influence of blatant racism. Democrats favor hiring quotas and similar policies specifically designed to tilt the playing field and give blacks special advantage. This "buys" a lot of black votes. The GOP takes the high road and insists on equal rights for all. It's the only honorable path, but it doesn't buy votes like the Dems' deliberately racist and divisive politics do.

It also has a lot to do with greed. Planned Parent...

2013-04-18T20:56:48.639-04:00

It also has a lot to do with greed. Planned Parenthood is a corporation that receives many billions in corporate welfare. Those running it at the top skim off millions for their own personal wealth. Abortion is Job One for this corporation, and they seek a situation in which Federal dollars encourage and fund abortions and fatten their personal bank accounts.

Looking at this, I miss having a President who cou...

2013-04-18T20:52:33.010-04:00

Looking at this, I miss having a President who could be counted to act in the public interest almost all the time, instead of one who only does show on occasion.

And who wouldn't want to go back to the much lower average unemployment we had under GWB, much lower black poverty, much lower average annual deficit... and the list goes on.

Well stated. I wish Paul would take a few months o...

2013-04-18T20:48:39.853-04:00

Well stated. I wish Paul would take a few months of intense education, though. He sounds illiterate and unintelligent the way he can't even pronounce "social security", to give just one example. When I read him, he seems like the best and brightest on the political scene. But when I listen to him, his "Goober barely graduated 8th grade" poor grasp of a lot of words make him seem as dumb as Joe "Y'all in Chains" Biden. Well.. no, this last bit goes too far.

Well-stated words, as usual. "I wouldn't...

2013-04-14T16:44:54.825-04:00

Well-stated words, as usual.

"I wouldn't have gone into the history of civil rights and the republican party..."

Thank you. Oddly, this is a tactic that a lot of GOP-ers/conservatives use consistently (esp. white GOP-ers/conservatives). Apparently it's their way of saying, "See? We're really on your side." But what it really says is "I thought you were too stupid to know this, even though this is a predominantly African-American college campus."

More importantly, as you stated, what WAS isn't nearly as important as what IS. Yes, blacks used to vote GOP 50 years ago. So what? Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority was mostly Democrats 30-plus years ago. What does any of that have to do with 2013?

The party of the Old White South segrationists is obviously not the same party that elected the country's first African-American president. Sure, technically it is. But technically, a lot of things are no longer what they used to be (like AMERICA 50 years ago!)

So why pretend otherwise? Imagine a Democrat approaching Ralph Reed and saying, "You should join us. Jerry Falwell did long time ago."

Maybe the GOP should ask different questions. Like WHY do blacks vote 90% Democrat? Or WHY do Asians, Jews and Latinos vote 70% Democrat?

But if the leaders of the GOP think it's all a simple case of naivete or stupidity, or that these people just want stuff, etc., then they might as well save us all a bunch of time and hang it up now.

In 2008 and 2012, we all heard right-leaning talk show hosts, and others, suggest rather casually and confidently that blacks would likely riot if Obama lost those elections. Their evidence? Who knows?

As a black man, and ex-GOP-er, I personally don't think your rank-and-file white GOP-er/conservative is a bigot -- I really don't. But to suggest that it's virtually unfathomable for an intelligent person to harbor suspicions of that sort is kind of bizarre.

Yet this is exactly what leading voices in the GOP and the conservative movement SEEM to believe. If not, they need to explain themselves, but honestly.

But having said all that, I agree with you. You gotta start somewhere. And for that, Rand Paul deserves encouragement.

JACG, big hugs from CA. There is something about...

2013-04-09T20:27:56.674-04:00

JACG, big hugs from CA.

There is something about you that also allows you a better-than-average ability to empathize with others. That is one of the things that I like most about being your internet buddy.

I like it when liberals expose how ignorant they r...

2013-04-08T16:51:53.624-04:00

I like it when liberals expose how ignorant they really are.

Whenever we broadly define a group of millions of ...

2013-04-04T15:53:46.456-04:00

Whenever we broadly define a group of millions of people, we tend to discover that our preconceptions aren't nearly as complex as the reality.

Unfortunately, we're living in a collective state of mind that refuses to recognize such, and I can't honestly blame one side more than the other.