A Great Nation
Congratulations to every black person who has survived their history to get to this magnificent point in America's timeline.
Congratulations to all of America for stepping up and voting their conscious regardless of color.
May our past be behind us.
May just the beginnings of the greatness of this nation begin to unfold.
Congratulations to all of America for stepping up and voting their conscious regardless of color.
May our past be behind us.
May just the beginnings of the greatness of this nation begin to unfold.
posted by Mitch "Whiteboy McCoy" Sanders at Wednesday, November 05, 2008
8 Comments:
Well, you hit it right this time.
Put this behind us, right where it came from in the first place.I have heard of great thoughts like this before the eleection.
I recall Hitler had US support, even wall street was behind him.
It's about time America woke up.
to the anonymous person before me,
shut the hell up. you stay losing, that was supremely stupid. Godwin's law says you just failed your own argument.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law
I originally wanted to go on a long rant on how this election should be a decisive nail in the coffin to America bashing in general. At least we all can say now that American Rascim is essentially dead. I can not feel guilty for being white and I can look every black man in the eye with the same expectations and claims and honesty that I've always placed on those of my heritage.
Blacks are never again to be the oppressed. Whites are no longer oppressors. May the finger pointing and generalized excuses end forever. We've elected a black president. How well he does is irrelevent.
Let's see if people will dare treat him with the disdain they gave Bush once he finally falters. Which he most certainly will.
Then we'll know skin-color really doesn't make a difference.
Stay tuned.
Interesting. It sounds as if you're hoping that people will disdain Obama as they would a white President (and, of course, in turn, *not* be accused of racism). Maybe "hoping" is the wrong word. I do know what you mean. And I agree with you. This is slightly to my previous post/point of America becoming a nanny-state and us all reverting to whining two-year olds when we don't get our way (pension, health care, threats both foreign and internal, jobs, a stable economy, freedom from natural disasters :))
Government won't save us. It won't lift us out of the mire. It won't fix what truly troubles us. It won't build consensus where there isn't even literacy (see most of the comments on your site or even the two dipshits above) or communication.
I'm curious how all this will play out, as well. Obama will most certainly have a hard time with the press. They (and we) love to crucify the saviors they herald. He's run a successful campaign by quickly moving to shut down any drama when need be (notice how they shut up Biden real quick). But the White House can quickly become a game of payback where "press leaks" come from the people you put on your team who are dissatisfied. Hence every administration since probably Kennedy has become somewhat withdrawn and combative towards the press despite their initial triumphs.
Also, is it me or did Bush win by a greater amount of the popular vote than Obama? I don't know if this is true, but I seem to remember Bush beating Kerry (and bringing in his Republican majority to the Congress) by a much larger margin.
We change things. You and me. Day by day by day.
Bush did win by a wide popular vote.
It's not my hope that Obama be burned at the stake without accusing the mob of prejudice, but it is my prediction that they will turn on him just as easily.
For that I am glad. The fact that Americans are so fickle at all to turn on anybody is what bothers me.
I've been anxious for the country for a long time to get the Black man on socially percieved even ground. Like Obama said, It's been a long time coming.
I am genuinely happy and hopeful for American. The symbolism of Obama as president is the best thing for us in our history.
I'm just saying that now a man can be white or black and still be just a man - but the public doesn't want just a man for president.
They want a hero. A god.
And they'll turn on him when they find out he is less than that.
(note to self* is there a spell check on this thing? I'd hate to offend my more literary friends)
:)
It's ain't the spelling that's the problem. It's the lack of any consistent (or appealing or reasonable) thoughts [present company excluded :)] and the inabililty to articulate the simplest idea. Everything seems to be shorthand blather for some ill thought out position or a sort of "jump to instant conclusions" flaming/misinterpretation of the post or other comments.
Thoughts matter. Words matter.
When you type a thoughtful post about the pettiness of Americans (and the unstated degredation of public discourse) and somebody replies with the following post, I find it ironic and disturbing:
"shut the hell up. you stay losing, that was supremely stupid. Godwin's law says you just failed your own argument."
I want to put that on a t-shirt.
"you stay losing, that was supremely stupid"
I'd pay $9.99 for that shirt...Tone
so would I :)
LOL
I like "shorthand blather for some ill thought" as a band or country song too.
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