We Have a Black President. Can We Stop Race Baiting Now?

What the hell is going on here?

The news is full of bullshit like: that asshole Reid making stupid “Negroe” remarks and the even bigger asshole; the questionable Rev. Al Sharpton calling out Slick Willie on his alleged conversation with the Lion during the ’08 campaign. A tete a tete in which Billie boy said the following:

“a few years ago this guy would have been getting us coffee.”

Kennedy took exception to this remark and correctly so, as it was the backbone of Bill Clinton’s failed sell job for Teddy to back his wife instead of Lord Falderal (Barack Obama) in the ’08 primary.

Well, ol’ Al Sharpton took exception too. This perennial piece of shit turned Slick’s words into something racially based instead of what it really was; a stab at Falderal’s experience. And, of course, since the Lion has since departed this life we will never really know what he thought the remark pertained to. However, we do know it helped Teddy make the decision to back Falderal and not Billary. How convenient for Sharpton, eh?

This jackass is so repulsive he makes even the worst of reality fame whores look legit. He can turn a burned hamburger into a victim if it gets him print or airtime. The worst part is guys like Sharpton take away from the actual problems of the Falderal administration by bringing attention to racial non-issues. Perhaps this is a defensive strategy to draw away from the fact that Falderal is indeed as Bill pointed out; grossly inexperienced. Something he has proven on a daily basis since January 21, 2009.

Whatever it is, it is dangerous stuff. Does anyone with a brain really care that the President is black besides being just a first to add to the history books? My emotions on election night were severely mixed. I have never been more proud of America in that it did elect a person of color, but at the same time they clearly elected the wrong black person.

I thought, finally, we are close to over this racial crap. But, jackasses like Sharpton and Jesse Jackson can’t seem to let it go. In my opinion they are no help to African Americans at all. In fact, they are an anachronism of the civil rights movement. They need to step aside and let a new generation take over. These guys have preyed on the poorest of the poor and disenfranchised for their own fame and fortune. Any advances African Americans have made have been in spite of these two incident instigating fame whores. Falderal may be a crappy President but he should be an inspiration, not these idiots.

While I am at it, let’s move from false heroes and onto the news media.

Fox News and oddly, some of the more liberal media have been after Reid over remarks brought to light by the book, “Game Change” over the weekend.

Reid stated Falderal had a chance to win the election because he was “light-skinned” and lacked a “negroe dialect unless he wanted to have one”. Yeah, ok maybe a bit racially insensitive, but this could have been any old white guy during a strategy session.

I am not sure there is officially a “negroe dialect”, but what Reid said was not inaccurate. Falderal does switch between a gentile manner of speaking and a harder “street” version when addressing a primarily black audience. So what? So does every other politician in office or seeking office, including yours truly. You adapt to the audience. That’s all it is. Falderal can do it because he is Black; let him do it and leave him alone.

I would love to see Reid taken down in any manner possible, but this is silly and can serve only to widen racial divides that were healing so well. The Republicans are demanding Reid step down and use Trent Lott as an example. Kudos to them for trying to get rid of this Demon of Hell, but I would prefer it be done on something a little less flimsy.

Yes, Trent Lott may have pulled the trigger a little too soon because of his racial insensitivity but R’s have to face it; they are always going to be seen as racist and thus held to a higher standard than D’s. R’s have never been more racist than D’s but that is what the media has successfully indoctrinated the public into thinking. But, when an R fucks up with a racial comment, they have to be ready to lose their head.

To use this argument against Reid is foolhardy. The D’s will forgive Reid for a number of reasons not the least of which is the very fact that he is a Democrat. Let it go, Republicans. Don’t go down that road of hype. This guy is toast in the 2010 elections anyway. Let’s watch him go down the old fashioned way; by letting the people decide they no longer want him. Being tossed out is much more painful than a scandal where he can claim the part of scapegoat. Don’t give this subhuman life form the satisfaction.

I have no tolerance for all the fools mentioned in this blog. With the exception of Teddy obviously, they all need to go away and the sooner the better. But, race as the catalyst to make them look bad? Ridiculous. Their records are all enough to toss them out on their useless asses.

Hillary Clinton & Foxy Knoxy? Really?

Following the lead of her fearless leader Lord Falderal, Hillary Clinton has decided it is good policy for the Secretary of State, of the United States of American to get involved in tabloid driven drama. Let’s face it; this administration hasn’t seen a headline it hasn’t wanted to grab a piece of.

Much to the dismay and wonder of Italian prosecutors, Hillary Clinton plans on looking into the supposed “miscarriage of justice” in the Amanda Knox case. Now to be fair, Clinton has so far only agreed to meet with a Washington State Senator petitioned to look into the case by “Foxy Knoxy’s” family. That seems to be a reasonable request, which should have been answered with a form letter by Clinton’s staff. And, that is as far as it should have gone.

For our Secretary of State to expend any energy and taxpayer money poking around into other people’s justice systems is foolhardy and shows the lack of experience this administration has in foreign relations. Amanda Knox’s murder case is none of our business.

There are Americans all over the world arrested and tried fairly and unfairly every single day. Should our Secretary of State go into the international criminal appeals business and prance all over the globe trying to spring Americans just because they are American? Methinks not.

Could you imagine Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell or Condoleezza Rice getting involved in such foolishness? Would Teddy Roosevelt, the Presidential bastion of Justice have sent John Hay, or Elihu Root to intervene in such a case? Once again, methinks not.

I am not suggesting the United States should forsake our countrymen when facing an unfair judicial system in which there are political underpinnings, but this is a case of a college aged kid engaging in dangerous and devious sexual behavior resulting in the death of a promising and innocent young woman.

“Foxy Knoxy” is not a political prisoner. Nor is she a sympathetic character. This woman had the unmitigated gall to enter and win, a creative writing contest in which the protagonist lays out the exact same scenario for murder as Knox herself was accused of committing. It doesn’t take a genius in jurisprudence to figure this one out.

Not to mention the mountains of for the most part, irrefutable physical and circumstantial evidence against her.

The Italian Prosecutors presented the evidence effectively; as did the Defense. What was lost in translation, or otherwise mucked up because of cultural differences are not our concern. Neither is scandalous and sensational news reports simply tossed into the media blender in order to keep the story hot until the next big thing happens, like Tiger Woods for instance.

Like our own justice system, the Italians have an appeals protocol, which Knox is within her rights to take advantage of. She is not just merely tossed into prison to rot. The tools exist for her to prove her innocence and she will certainly avail herself of them.

For Hillary Clinton to intervene now, or even at the end of the appeals process is ludicrous and shows just how low rent our administration has gone. Is it worth risking what already is a tenuous relationship with Italy over this tart gone bad? Of course not. And, for those who think that couldn’t possibly happen, wake the fuck up.

Politics is politics and if Italy thinks we are power playing this stupid little scenario, there will be repercussions on other fronts. The United States needs more allies right now. Lord Falderal along with Hillary and the other fools running the show have done nothing but endear us to dangerous dictators like Chavez and Qadaffi.

I have to think there are far more pressing issues for Hillary Clinton to pursue, although it would appear her husband seems to be much more effective at pursuing them in her stead. Perhaps Bill should take a trip over to Italy on his own time and give Foxy Knoxy a little help. No, wait…that’s probably a bad idea.

Healthcare; Keep it Simple Stupid

I have had very few discussions on Health Care Reform with my friends and family, which is really weird considering it is such a hot button issue right now. Normally, I would spend hours upon hours arguing with my liberal and conservative brethren about an issue this big.

The reason I haven’t gotten into it is the perceived complexity of the issue. It’s fucking confusing.

As always the government has done what government will do; make something so big and lugubrious that it wears down the public into their basic theologies and they end up supporting whatever plan is being touted by denizens of their particular political persuasion. In other words, the complexity of the issue breeds sycophantic behavior.

I fall victim to this as well. It becomes simple to me; the Democrats are wrong and the Republicans are right because I don’t want to grapple with something beyond my simplistic way of thinking.

I think on a macro level when it comes to the Government of the United States and truthfully, I believe that is all I have to do as a citizen of this country. The details are there for others to work out. In this case, the morons we have elected into office.

My main point here is that the Health Care Reform issue is a very simple one. It is a matter of staying true to the ideals of this country. We are a capitalistic society. Our whole foundation operates on supply and demand principles. It is all of our jobs to straighten out health care.

As a people we need to make the health care industry accountable and responsible for their business. All aspects of health care is commercial and that is what we do here in this country; commerce. Doctors, insurance companies, hospitals, all healthcare providers are in business to make money and there is nothing wrong with that.

What is wrong is the manner in which they do it. I hate business regulation, but this is the one industry where I believe in heavily regulating what is allowed to stand as general practice. You want health care reform? Fine. The answer is to make these scumbag insurance companies, hospitals, doctors, material providers, pharmaceutical companies, et al, more accountable to us their customers.

The health care industry will react. We as the general public wrongly believe these businesses to be in total control. That is simply not true. We are in control, unless Lord Falderal and his cadre of misfits turn health care over to the Government. Then we are completely screwed. There are no longer any chances for us to do what we do; exist as a democratic capitalist republic.

What Lord Falderal is doing is using the easiest possible route to dangerously play around with changing our basic foundation from one of capitalism to socialism. If you think I am being radical and part of that scary arm of the right, you need to take a breath, brush all the fat, happy, and stupid faces of our President and legislature out of your mind and really think about. Think about it not as a Democrat or Republican, but as an American.

The minutiae of this issue are huge. There are so many things to detract from the larger picture. The emotional factor alone drives many to distraction. You hear about XYZ with a child who needs an operation, but there is no money and on and on and on. Yes, these are sad situations, but that is life and our forefathers have developed a system we have all chosen to live by. This will sound harsh but it is appropriate, if you are frustrated with our system in this country…leave.

Strip this issue down to the basics and the answer becomes very clear.

This is not about our well-being as citizens. This is about a lethargic, do nothing, tax and spend government only interested in securing their places in the annals of history as some sort of harbingers of radical change. Well, this is radical change we do not need and it could be our downfall.