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Do you remember a few days ago, someone wrote on the blog site about the game "find the American flag" at the dnc? we all saw pictures of those flags in the trash. You know, the trash that looked like it had been swept up and collected out of the stands. Now the dems are saying it is a tactic lol and someone "removed them unlawfully" before they were finished.  Hmmm, several days later, they have decided they miss those flags? lol...how funny.   i think they only miss them because they are in trouble...ya know, just like obamas racist, hateful, disgusting so called preacher....he had no problem with him UNTIL the media came after him about it! 

anyways, i'm too busy to search all of these blogs for that pic...but if you have the pic, please post!

thanks

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I wanted to say "HAPPY EARLY LABOR DAY" to all.

Thanks for the work you do, and especially thanks to those men & women who do jobs that none of us would like.  I'd like to list a few just off the top of my head!

First, I'd like to thank our men & women serving our country in Iraq and all over the world, and to their families.  THAT'S THE TOUGHEST JOB!

Thanks to our community servers.  Our teachers, policeman, firefighters, 911 operators, doctors and nurses, animal control, sanitation workers etc,.  They all have a tough job and every day they can change someone's life or save one.  WOW! how great is that?

Thanks to all the farmers who grow the food we eat and even to those who pick that food.

Thanks to all of the Moms and Dads!

Thanks to all the rest of the people who get up and go to work on a regular basis to keep our country strong.  The Starbucks employees ( mocha frap no whip yummy) the blockbuster store employees, the dj's on the radio, road construction etc...all of them! THANKS

Thanks to George W. for having a really tough job and not giving up.  I think he has not been as bad of a president as many say. Alot has happened to our country at no mistake of his doings.

Lastly and most importantly, I'd like to say thank you to God for allowing me to live in such a great country to where I can get up and go to work and be paid a decent wage to support my family and I actually enjoy going.  I don't have to slave in a field for a few pennies a week.  I know that if I lost my job today, I could find one tomorrow, and I am grateful for that.  Thanks to God for constantly working in my life, and never, ever, ever taking a day off from me!

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Proud_Mexicana
Aug 30, 2008 | 1:28 PM

McCain will the election so don't even worry about that. Obama lost his chances with out Hillary to help him as VP.

the above is a cut/paste from a posting from Pround Mexicana.

this is the first intelligent(well kind of) thing i have EVER heard/read come out of his/her mouth!!!  i'm guessing pm means "McCain will WIN the election"

OMG!!!!!!   CALL THE PARAMEDICS, I THINK I'M HAVING A HEART ATTACK!!!!!!

 

 

So, people are saying how terrible it is John picked Sarah.  Why, because she is a woman?  

Sarah has as much experience as Obama.

Sarah is running for VP, not President like Obama is.

I wonder if she were a man, would we be hearing all of this?  I hear rude remarks because she was runner up Miss Alaska.  Big Deal! She's an attractive woman. 

Then I heard remarks about her education...her college being second class.  WHAT? how crazy is that.  Perhaps she didn't have the funds to go to Yale or Harvard.  Maybe if she were black she could have had more financial aid.  I don't know.  Perhaps when she was 18 years old, her life was on a different path.  I know many HUGE CEOs, execs etc. who did not attend over priced snooty colleges.  

Obama stands for change.  Well, I think Sarah does to.  She already has bucked the system by telling the big boys she did not want their bridge to no where that the government was pushing. 

She is for drilling.  She made it very clear that people honestly do not even know what ANWAR is.  She sees a way to make our country less dependant on foreign oil.  What's wrong with that?  Isn't that what Obama wants?

Change can be brought by anybody. A republican, democrat, independant etc.  Anyone can bring change. 

Obama says change in Washington.  No more of the same old bull.  well, ins't Sarah change?  She is new to Washington.  I remember when my employer hired me, for a very technical position, in a very very large company, known nationwide, they told me we hire for the person, train for the skills.  WHAT?  wow, they like me and my work ethics and attitude.  They knew they could teach me, and train me the way they wanted me to work.  What a fabulous concept.  We are known nationwide for our Employees!  I could not see someone from the competition coming to my company and easily adapting.  They are set in their ways already.

I do find it funny that Biden was saying Obama was not fit to be Pres. He lacked the experience needed for the job.  Now he has taken a job under him lol...I find it funny.  So what he criticized Obama for, he is now criticizing Sarah for...but she is running for #2.

I do believe the #2 person should be ready to assume #1's role at any moment in time.  I also believe that if Sarah as #2 can be #1 just as easily, and better, than Obama at #1. 

Anyways, I don't think Sarah has been given a chance yet.  Lets see more.  I did enjoy watching her speak earlier.  She spoke clearly, and was educated on the issues she was addressing. I did not hear 20 ummm ummm ummms which by the way i counted one night in one speaking engagement of Obamas. He was asked a question, and before he answered that question entirely it was a minimum of 10 umms.  For 3 questions straight, no less than 3 umm umms.  I was laying in bed and found it hillarious.  The "umms" were getting on my nerves so I decided to count them so I could blog about it someday lol.  

GO JOHN!

once i got over the initial shock of it...i think i am pleased too. 
Wasn't it just a few weeks ago many many people were saying the V.P. didn't really matter?  People voted on the Pres. not VP? 

I do think alot of Hillary supporters will be upset and see it as a cheap tactic. But i don't think that was the reason.  I think they would be upset no matter who it was honestly.

As far as experience, how many presidents became pres. after being a governor?  As far as Obama goes and experience, voting present is not experience, and he has not spent much time in the senate.  So he can't say he has experience either.  Plus, she's not running to be the president..HE IS.
It's been a joke around my house, but I've said for a long time, put a woman in The White House, and watch her put family first, stretch a dollar to feed and clothe many, and take care of everything the men screwed up.  Women are fabulous at multi-tasking and prioritizing and budgeting.  Remember "honey where are my keys? Mom where is my shoe"? Moms are great organizers, motivators etc. Sarah happens to have all that, and more experience then Obama.  To me, it sounds almost like the dream ticket & the change ticket

Either way, history will be made! I just hope its for the benefit of our country.
Obama I think is a racist, anti-American man who listened to that hatred spew from his so called preacher's mouth for too many years.  He has repeatedly mocked the Bible...look at the "carp" our soldiers got for the way they talked about and handled the Koran. The uproar that brought! Did anyone mention anything about Obama's mocking of the Bible? I think I found one blog on here about it. People truly are drinking the Obama kool-aid...and it's scary.  Remember all of those people who died from drinking the poisoned kool-aid? Seems like that's where we are headed if obama is elected.  We don't need any more government running things.  It is bad enough now.

  How could you not be for him after reading this....I think this is a realistic approach to our problems....hmmm, i wonder what pm thinks about it lol...actually, i couldn't care less what he/she/it thinks lol. I only wish John would be tougher on those criminals! John McCain on Border Security
and Immigration

"As you know, I and many other colleagues twice attempted to pass comprehensive immigration legislation to fix our broken borders; ensure respect for the laws of this country; recognize the important economic contribution of immigrant laborers; apprehend those who came here illegally to commit crimes; and deal practically and humanely with those who came here, as my distant ancestors did, to build a better, safer life for their families, without excusing the fact they came here illegally or granting them privileges before those who have been waiting their turn outside the country. Many Americans did not believe us when we said we would secure our borders, and so we failed in our efforts. I don't want to fail again to achieve comprehensive immigration reform. We must prove we have the resources to secure our borders and use them, while respecting the dignity and rights of citizens and legal residents of the United States. When we have achieved our border security goal, we must enact and implement the other parts of practical, fair and necessary immigration policy. We have economic and humanitarian responsibilities as well, and they require no less dedication from us in meeting them."

- John McCain

John McCain believes America's immigration system is broken. He is committed to a two-step process to reform.

Securing Our Borders First. John McCain's top immigration priority is to finish securing our borders in an expedited manner. Governors of border states will be required to certify that the border is secure. Steps to border security include:

• Setting clear guidelines and objectives for securing the border through physical and virtual barriers.
  
  
• Ensuring that adequate funding is provided for resources on the ground, but also training facilities, support staff and the deployment of technologies.
  
  
• Dedicating funding to US Attorney’s offices in border states.
  
  
• Implementing sound policies for contracting Department of Homeland Security software and infrastructure. 
  
  
• Deploy Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and other aircraft where needed and appropriate in the border region. 
  
  
• Continue implementation of the US-VISIT comprehensive visitor security program.
  

Comprehensive Immigration Initiatives for a Secure Nation.  Once the borders are secure, John McCain will:

Prosecute “Bad-Actor” Employers.  John McCain will implement a secure, accurate, and reliable electronic employment verification system to ensure that individuals are screened for work eligibility in a real-time fashion.  John McCain will use this new system in conjunction with other Department of Homeland Security resources to identify and aggressively prosecute employers that continue to hire illegal immigrants.  The Electronic Employment Verification System will:

• Establish a user-friendly system employing a limited set of secure documents that contain biometric data and are electronically verifiable to check a worker’s identity.
  
  
• Provide responses to employer inquiries in a prompt and timely manner to provide both the employer and employee security in their hiring decisions.
  
  
• Update and ensure the accuracy of current databases of government agencies that play a role in employment verification.    
  
  
• Protect the identities of each employee being screened and allow both employer and employee adequate time and opportunity to correct possible errors with any information in the system. 
  
  
• Institute targeted auditing by Department of Labor in order to weed out employers abusing the system.

Meet America’s Labor Needs.  John McCain will implement temporary worker programs that will reflect the labor needs of the United States in both the high-tech and low skilled sectors while protecting the employment opportunities for US workers:

• Highly Skilled workers:
  
  
  • Ensure high skilled workers trained and educated in the United States have the opportunity to stay and work in the United States upon graduation.
    
    
  • Reform caps for H-1B visa program to rise and fall in response to market conditions.  Reduce bureaucracy and waiting times for workers to arrive in the United States.
    
    
  • Increase available green card numbers to reflect employer and employee demand.
    
    
  • Extend the ability for H-1B visa holders to renew their H-1B status while waiting for their green card number to become available. 
    
    
  • Ensure available and qualified American workers are given adequate and fair opportunities to apply for available positions. 

• Low-skilled non-agricultural workers:
  
  
  • Implement a usable, market based system for low-skilled workers to enter the United States in an orderly fashion.
    
    
  • Ensure that the cap rises and falls with market demand to meet the changing needs of the economy. 
    
    
  • Provide for adequate worker protection to guard against employer abuses of temporary workers.   
    
    
  • Protect American workers by designing a program that allows willing and eligible United States workers adequate opportunity to apply for available positions.
    
    
  • Ensure that workers return to their home countries after their temporary period in the United States.
    
    
  • Allow for appropriate visa renewals to assure that both the employer and employee have stability in the workforce. 
    
    
  • Offer a limited number of green cards to reflect the small number of workers that may wish to remain in the United States permanently.
    

• Low-skilled agricultural workers:
  
  
  • Reform the H-2A visa program to provide a non-bureaucratic, adaptable, useable program that is reflective of market needs and protects both the immigrant and US workers. 

Address the Undocumented.  John McCain will address the fact that we have a large number undocumented individuals living in the United States and working in our economy:

• All undocumented individuals will be required to enroll in a program to resolve their status.

• This program will use background checks to identify criminal aliens for prosecution and deportation.
  
  
  • Assure that the remaining undocumented immigrants learn English, pay back taxes and fines, and pass a citizenship course as part of a path to legal status.
    
    
  • Guarantee that no person here illegally receives a green card before those that have been legally waiting outside the country.  
    
    
  • Do a proper accounting of all social security numbers used and attained illegally, rectifying the accounts and alerting those whose identity had been compromised. 
    

• The program will also ensure that all undocumented aliens either leave or follow the path to legal residence.  America cannot permit a permanent category of individuals that do not have recognized status – a permanent second class. 

• In addition, the program will provide a system that is fair, humane, realistic, and ensures the rights of the individual and families will be protected.
  
  
  • Ensure that families are reunited.
    
    
  • Address in an expedited manner the status of individuals brought here illegally as minors through no will or intention of their own. 

Eliminate the Family Backlog.  John McCain will commit to clearing out the backlog of individuals that are waiting legally outside of the country, some for up to 20 years, for their green card number to become available. 

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So I am a bit confused....Is Obama black? If elected, is he really the first "African American" president? I don't think so. I mean, isn't he "half white?" so if you just assume, or think, or "choose" to become whatever race you want to be that makes it so? According to an article I read, he's not even technically a 1/4 black.

So forgive me for being a little confused. Does this mean someday when a person, man or woman, comes from both black parents...does that mean they will not be the "first black American President" ?

Anyone else confused by this? White, Black, Muslim etc....

Heck, I personally don't care what color you are. But if we are "leaving race" out of the race, then do that! leave race out. How can it be both ways?

Barry? Barack? You choose whatever is good for you at that time it seems like. I'm guessing you'll be Muslim again soon too. When it's convenient.

I was on the fox4 website, reading news articles.  I found so many articles on the front page regarding child abuse!  I AM OUTRAGED over this!!!!  5 articles regarding abuse.  I'm including the GGW bus too because they often use underage girls and alcohol.

I swear, there should be a parenting class everyone must take in high school.  During health class perhaps, they could discuss other options such as surrendering your child to proper authorities, no questions asked.  Perhaps drug testing during/after delivery in the hospital.  If  you test positive, you are automatically on the "list" of people to watch and check on.  Or perhaps that's too easy-you just lose you child then.  Heck, if you can't be drug free while pregnant, I certainly doubt you can be after the baby is born. There are too many idiots out there having children.  There are so many places to go to get free birth control.  If you don't want a child, don't have sex or  take precautions if you do!!!  If you are still too stupid to do that, than give that child a loving home!

I have said it before, I believe it takes a village to raise a child...just not the village idiot.  Where are family members of thses mothers and fathers? 

This is why we as parents, must always be in contact with our kids.  Just because they are older does not mean they don't need us.  I'm not saying butting in their business all the time.  For example, the little Kaylee missing in Florida.  A MONTH!!! This child lived in their home.  They should have been more diligent in getting info from the child's mother.  I understand if you don't live in the same house...but geesh!  A month goes by...it's not like the mother has been a saint.

I am sick and tired of people abandoning newborn babies!  I am sick and tired of people who physically and emotionally abuse children!  I am sick and tired of people who sexually abuse children!  I AM SICK AND TIRED OF IT!!!!!! 

As long as our laws and punishments are a slap on the hand, it will continue to happen.  I don't care if you are 14 years old.  You know right from wrong!  Make the penalties for commiting crimes against children way tougher than any "hate crime". 

I want our country to do something about it!  The criminals sitting in jail have more rights and more protection than our most sweetest innocent people! OUR CHILDREN DESERVE NO LESS!!!!!!

I AM SO ANGRY I AM SEEING RED!!!!!!!!

Most of you know I have bragged on my kids.  I am so proud of them and their accomplisments.  My daughter in particular is who I am speaking of now.

We have been having issues trying to get her college paid for.  She makes good grades just not well enough for a full ride.  She took advanced classes through high school and jr high.  she was in Jr. natl honor society and also in high school. she won numerous awards all while having somewhat of a life that a high school student should have. she was the captain of her drill team. she volunteered to tutor her girls so all of them would/could pass to participate. they were the only extra curricular group to go the whole year without one kid failing! pretty amazing. they are the only ones to have ever done that in school history.

My daughter graduated in the top 20% of her class of almost 400.  It's not as high as we would have liked it, but none the less, we are proud and she did very well.  It is way better than I ever could have done.  My daughter wants to become a nurse practitioner. She wants to work in Pediatric Oncology (children's cancer). She will be awesome!  She has taken several years of spanish so she can help all.

We found out today that money we were hoping would come through for her college will not be there.  So now I have less than 2 weeks to come up with the remaining tuition payment and buy her books...ya know, the ones we were told not to purchase because money would be there in a grant.

It is no secret to any of you my story that I have shared on here.  I was married at 16, had my daughter at 18 and then 4 years later my son.  I left my abusive husband after 10 years of hell with him.  He was later arrested for sexual assault on my daughter-his child. We have had no contact with him since...and we are grateful about that.  When we seperated, I had no job, no car, and no money for he took it all and  I had my2 kids an 8 year old and a 4 year old. That was all that mattered to me anyway.  Through years of struggle as a single parent, having to move in with my parents, watching my Mom become a widow, and tirelessly trying to claw my way out of debt we came out on the bright side.  We spent a couple of years in counseling...trying to get over everything that had happened. 

My children have been through hell and back! And now, because I have been responsible, don't have debt up to me ears, my child does not quailify as "needy" and is placed on the bottom of list for help for school money.  It does not seem to matter that I cannot afford to pay for her school.  I live paycheck to paycheck.  We do not own a big fancy home.  We have a nice little home. We have car payments and insurance and utilities just like everyone else.  We do not live beyond our means.  We buy only what we have the money to pay for.  It's nice not being in debt up to your ears! 

My daughter's best friend is hispanic.  Her schooling has all been paid for.  It did not matter that her parents live in a HUGE beautiful custom built home walking distance from the lake.  It does not matter that this child has every Dooney & Bourke purse and Chanel bag she wants.  My daughter carries a purse I bought for her at wal mart. 

 While my daughter was at the financial aid office today, a lady walked out and was talking to a hispanic girl. The woman said "congratulations, you have a free ride-a full scholarship."  The girl turned to her parents and translated into spanish what was said.  The parents in spanish then asked their daughter "does that mean even though we are here illegally, you still get to go to school for free"  Remember, my daughter was an AP spanish student for 3 years.  I am OUTRAGED!!!!!!!  So because my daughter is not a minority, or we do not live on food stamps and welfare, we are at the bottom of the list for any financial aid for school.   

I am now scrambling to try to find out what to do here at the last minute.  I was the first in my family to graduate high school....my daughter the second...yes, i know it's horrible but it's the truth.  My father quit school to farm in the 3rd grade.  My mother married him when she was 16...and the cycle continued until I graduated.  Now my daughter will for sure end this stupid cycle....if the discrimination against the whites would stop! 

How can illegals or anchor babies be given money ahead of legals?  ANYONE ELSE OUTRAGED OVER THIS?  We must take our country back or just give it to them and go to Mexico!

 

I am a registered voter.  I do not know who I should vote for.  Can you please give me the top reason(s) you feel I should give your candidate my vote?  My first choice candidate is no longer in the running. 

Please, help persuade me in which way to go?  Let me hear the best "selling" idea your candidate has, in your opinion.  What will make YOUR candidate the best for the job of President of the United States of America-the greatest country in the world!

I have been watching Black in America on CNN when I get the chance to. 

 

 

I am a white woman who is interested in black culture, and history, and life.  I don't know why really, but I find it very interesting.  Watching this program over the last several days has amazed me how we are the same, and yet so different. 

 

 

I have a couple of really close friends of mine that are black.  We can talk about alot of things including racial topics.  I love that about them.  I have taken vacations, served as a bridesmaid in one of their weddings, and spent a few nights at their family's home.  We are friends.  Our kids can hang out and take trips together too.  Sometimes their answers to my questions just amaze me.  I learn something new all the time.

For all of you who thought I was racist, you can see you are wrong.  People think of me of racist because I question alot about race and issues and I speak my mind.  (I have hispanic friends too but that is not the subject here.)

 

 

I was watching the show as mentioned above, and the statistics about the unwed birth rate, teens not graduating high school, unemployment, black  men in jail, and lack of parenting by the fathers JUST BLEW ME AWAY!!!!!!!!!  I could not believe the numbers!  I wish I had written down the numbers just so I could share them with you.  It was something close to 3/4ths of the black women will be raising their children alone.  Many of them have children by different men.  Personally, I don't care what color you are, WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU CONTINUE TO DO IT!?  I do mean it!  Why continue to sleep around with different men and having babies that you cannot take care of.  Perhaps you can feed them, with or without government help.  But it's not a good life.  Struggling constantly for the next meal or rent payment makes me wonder why the women think so low of themselves. 

 

 

 It makes me wonder where in the heck are all of these men?  Why are they allowed to roam the streets, impregnating more young females, and having no responsibility at all?  I realize it takes two to tango.   The series I was watching followed a young man, who was very late, showing up to his daughter’s 1st birthday party.  The mother and father of the baby were unmarried. 
The father has other children, and does not see them often either.  The whole family was upset with him for showing up very late.  The baby was so cute.  The father had gone months in between visits and cried when he picked her up.

 

 

 I'm not saying that this is a problem only in the black community, because it's not.  It's a horrible situation for children in every race, rich or poor, it does not matter.  Most of these "baby daddies" were products of a single mom themselves.  So I don't understand how they can just ignore their children, and keep having more.  The young black men, more than anyone, should understand the stress on a child, and on the mom of trying to raise kid(s) alone. 

 

 

It is a vicious cycle that continues to repeat itself.  These young girls get pregnant, because they are out searching for love and attention of a male.  Love and attention they SHOULD have received from a caring and loving father.  Instead, they meet a boy who gives them attention and affection and next thing she knows, she is pregnant and he is gone.  He does not know how to be a father or a husband because he did not have a father around to show him.  A lack of sex education and abstinence is to blame as well. 

 

 

CNN mentioned during this broadcast, that many of the young blacks thought it was not "cool" to get an education.  It was "too white" to have an education. (their quotes,not mine)  I am not sure how that thought comes across anyone's mind.  I would think it would not be "cool" to be an idiot in prison, or pregnant at 16, about to give birth to your 2nd child.  Apparently that is cool.   How are we so different? 

 

 

I believe our welfare system has created this monster cycle that keeps repeating.   Just think about it for a minute.  If the government(federal, state, county and local) all said that ALL welfare would end by the year 2010 and actually stuck to it, I wonder how many generations it would take to get out of that cycle.  Let's say, you are a parent of a 9 year old and 12 year old.  You have been a parent on welfare your entire life.  You have your rent paid for by public housing, medicaid pays your medical bills, and you receive food stamps for groceries.  You also receive TANF (cash for needy families) you now have a clock ticking.  You have 2 years to get your act together.  You have 2 years to find a job, a place to live or prepare to start paying your own bills. You have only 5 or so years to get your 12 year old prepared for life to take care of him/herself.  You get your GED, while working at whatever job you can.  Flip burgers if you must while the kids are in school.  You set an example BY DOING!  You show your kids there is a reward for being smart, getting to school so they won't have to struggle.  Go to night school, or go to school during the daytime while you still have 2 years of assistance left.  Get a friend to help you out.  You go to night school while she goes to day school and take care of each other’s children.  Get a good education and a degree.  Start something somewhere.  Then your kids will see that the government WILL NOT BE THERE to bail them out and allow them to continue to "look cool".  These kids will then either live by example, or not.  They will get an education, start a career and have the ability to be a good parent.  They can fall in love, get married and hopefully have a happy successful marriage.  Because they have a career now, hopefully some of the struggles of marriage will not be tainted with financial troubles like many are.  They will have a family out of love and respect for each other not from a one night stand baby daddy booty call .  Then each parent sets a great example for their children and gives the children some guidelines for life.  The bad cycle has been broken!  The good cycle can now begin

 

 

 If the child decides to take the other option, to look cool, I’m sure they will be receiving handouts from the government still, but behind bars in a cell.

 

 

  At some point we all need to say enough is enough!  Quit paying people to get pregnant and have more kids.  It only creates more of the same.  Just the same as we say now if we would punish the companies who hire illegals.  If we take away the jobs and freebies they will stop coming here.  It's the same thing.  Stop the handouts!  Just think of the education and job training these people could get if the money from the welfare and charities were redirected to education.  Eventually, there would be no need for all of that money and it could be sent to pay our teachers, our military, police and fireman more and improve our communities.

 

 

When kids are given the tools to succeed, they can and will.  They just have to be taught that when they are young and continue to reinforce that belief throughout the years as they grow.   They have to see examples.  If they are not taught how to be good man and a good father they will not be.  Just as the young moms who repeat what their young moms did.  Ignorance and stupidity is not cool.  No matter how you look at it.  These parents fail their children by not teaching them there is a better life out there.  No one should be dropping out of high school, raising children alone as teen moms, on welfare as way to support your family.  Welfare should be used only as a temporary means to survive until one can get on their feet, not a career.    Those are the wrong messages sent to these kids, and they accept it as okay! 

 

 

I do feel sorry and yet, a part of me does not.  I feel sorry for the children caught in this cycle.  But at some point, they become adults and should be taking responsibility for themselves along with the choices they made.   I think only in America is being ignorant considered cool.  I think only in America, does a black person talk like they have no language skills and have no desire to use the ones they were taught and think that it is cool, and that it is acceptable to be viewed as ignorant.  

 

 

 

 

 

I applaud CNN for airing this series.  It really has opened my eyes up to a lot of things. CNN showed me how one can beat that cycle and jump off of that crazy ride and rise above and change your life.   Now if they would only run this series for these young black boys and girls they were showing and help them see the light! 

 

 

Oh, and one other thing….there is a project going on in New York I believe it was…“Marry Your Baby Daddy Day”  where one can be rewarded by being an unwed Mom and Dad with a free wedding.  That is the actual title, I did not make that up.  It seems like another handout to encourage poor judgment.   I am not sure what my thoughts are on this subject.  But CNN covered a couple that had a child/ren out of wedlock.  They seem to be doing fine now they are married.  It just makes me wonder are we again rewarding bad behavior and bad choices?  Or does marrying a man and woman who already have children, and apparently had a lack of commitment issues beforehand make it better for the children?  Does that ceremony and piece of paper keep that baby daddy around longer?  I sure do hope it does. 

Interesting stuff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I wonder did/do black women feel like voting for Obama because he is half black or Clinton because she was woman?  I wonder where the black women feel like they fall more into which category.   Does she feel more discriminated against because she is female, or because she is black.  Does she think of herself as a woman first, or a black person first?

Will black people vote for Obama because he is half black, regardless of the issues at hand?  Will black people vote for Obama just because they want to see a half black or black (whichever you prefer) man as President?  Would you put aside your beliefs, views, and stances, vote against party lines etc for your race?

this can be posed to men, and any other ethnic group as well....

It's a sincere question,  I'm looking for sincere answers.

DISCRIMINATION & RACISM IN AMERICA ***STIRRING THE POT***

 

 

I thought I might put some ideas out there to think about.  Who really are discriminated against the most?  These are random thoughts scattered about on this page.  I typed as they popped into my little brain.  No harm was intended while typing this mess out.  But fair warning, these ideas and thoughts are all over the place!

 

 

Lately, I have noticed that almost (notice I said “almost”) all female reporters are “minorities”.  They are black (I don’t believe in the term African-American) or they are Hispanic…or at least have Hispanic sounding last names.  Yes, there are a few white women out there.

 

 

That got me thinking, where have the white women reporters gone?  Usually in the past, the news stations seemed to fill the minority gap by having a black female reporter…Then they not only hired a female, but they hired a “minority” also.  They may have one or two female reporters that are white.  But for the most part, it’s a male dominated field it seems to me. 

 

 

So the white woman had a double whammy against her.  The networks wanted to fill two quotas…woman...check...hispanic or black…check.  Double points.  The white woman who was already a minority for being female, but was considered the majority, may in fact be the minority -minority.  Get it?

 

 

Then I got to thinking if approximately half of the nation’s population is female, and the other half (minus the few that do not know which they are or choose to be the other gender) are male, then half of our population right there has been discriminated against, just for being female and is considered a minority.  It does not matter if you are white, black, brown, red, yellow…or green. BOOM! 50% RIGHT OFF THE BAT in the minority.

 

 

Then I got to thinking about all of the benefits that might come my way because I am a minority.  Maybe it’s not so bad after all being a minority.  If I think about this like many hypocritical black people do then this is what I’m thinking….

 

 

The black man was given the right to vote before ANY woman.  Does that mean that the white woman was kept down, and is owed something? Does the black man owe anything to women?   Is the black woman owed more than a black man is owed?  Is the black woman owed more than the white woman?  Should all women be screaming about all of our rights, and everything that is due to us?  Should we be holding the country accountable for keeping us down all of these years?  Should we be forcing our states to issue an apology to us?  Should we be given special enrollment status and free money for college because we were held down?  Should the women, regardless of the colors of her skin or nationality, be given a job just because of being a minority?  Women being a minority, should we demand special treatments such as free scholarships, low interest rates on businesses, streets named after us and special groups to cater to our needs?  What about a national holiday for Susan B. Anthony?  We should demand more respect for our gender.  We should lobby and speak about more rights for all of us.  If businesses and schools do not accept us, hire us and promote us, they must be bigots!  And even if we are not as strong as the men, we should have ALL the same rights as a man in any branch of the military.  We should be able to do any job that we want, regardless of us not having the same upper body strength to physically do the job. It does not matter that we do not quite have the proper requirements for the job it is unfair not to give it to us.  We have been kept down long enough! Certain words of the English language should be removed if I find offense or any female finds offense to it.  But we still have the right to use those words referring to each other.  No man is allowed to use them.  I am a woman; I have the right to change my mind.  What is good today may not be good tomorrow.  You can call me woman or female today.  Tomorrow, I may prefer to be called Female American.  I require a female in good standing, and in good taste (not trashy scenes), be placed in every commercial and tv show.  It does not matter if it’s a football game, boxing match, or soccer match.  Females should be represented.  You probably should get used to walking on eggshells at work for I might find any hand gestures or language offensive.  You will be required to take sensitivity training classes as well so that you can learn what might offend me, for today anyway.  Just remember, do as I say, not as I do.  I can act like a ho, but you cannot refer to me as one.  

 

 

 

I was thinking about how so many people claim racism, and prejudice, discrimination etc against them.   There are people being victimized still, not just in our country but all over the world…and for being a woman.  Then I looked a little harder, and I wondered, is the white woman being victimized more than any?  Is her job going away, to reach those quotas?  Are Mexican/Latin women replacing white women and black women?  And if so, is this because of the illegals here in our country?

 

 

I know my thoughts are scattered.  So many ideas as I thought about this subject popped into my head.  I have noticed the white woman becoming less and less.  Then that made me think about racism in America and how a lot of black people feel they are “owed” something. Then I wanted to show how silly it is to believe a person is “owed something” because of history.  I wanted people to know women have suffered too.  But I do not see women stirring the pot like I see black people.  I do not see women throwing out the “gender card” on every issue.  I wonder why that is?  Women were viewed as second class citizens for a long time.  And yet, women have learned to let go, forgive, move on and learn from it.  It makes me wonder why others cannot. 

 

 

 

Any thoughts?

 

 

 

Why do so many people dislike George W. Bush?  I mean honestly, what has he personally done, personally been responsible for that has messed up your life so badly?

I would like to hear from people who disapprove of him and why.  I would like exact examples...not stupid genrealizations like he's an idiot, or he did nothing for Katrina....which by the way, he did more than the mayor of that town did, and more than some of the people themselves effected by Katrina did.

So go ahead, let me here 'em!

Why do you hate Bush?

I was driving in to work today, When a large dumptruck changed into my lane.  Without using his turn signal, I might add.  I noticed a sign on the back of his truck

"Stay Back 200 Feet Not Responsible for Broken Windshields"

I thought to myself...is that a joke?  Does that really dismiss this company from liability of a broken windshield?  And if so, what about the fact that this truck moved into my lane, not respecting that 200 feet?  Also, how close does one have to be to read that sign that is maybe an 8x10 or 11x14 at most.  I would think one would have to be closer than 200 feet to read it.

I have decided, if this in fact releases these companies of responsibility, who by the way, do cause broken windshields, I am going to get those stickers and place on all four sides of my car.  That way, if I'm involved in an accident, it is obviously the other driver's fault because they came within 200 feet of me.

I did have a broken windshield once from a gravel hauler.  I was driving down the road and as this truck passed me, a rock flew out and cracked my windshield.  I immediately turned around to follow the truck to find a number on it, or the name of the company to call it.  It took about 2 months of hounding this company...a very large trucking company that is seen all over North Texas.  They gave me the run around about fixing my windshield but eventually did. 

I would love to hear from anyone who is in law to let me know about this.  It rattles my brain to just think placing a sticker on your vehicle dismisses you from responsibility. (i'm guessing that the truckers are responsible when gravel flies out of their trucks...more input on that too?)