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From: kenpitts on 11 Apr 2010 14:49 On Apr 11, 11:43 am, Dinosaur_Sr <frostb...(a)dukesofbiohazard.com> wrote: > On Apr 11, 12:04 pm, kenpitts <ken.p...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Apr 11, 10:30 am, "vbowen" <vbo...(a)shaw.ca> wrote: > > > > As always there is one who speaks up, one who is a good and decent man. If > > > it were not for these good and decent people, slavery would not have been > > > abolished, apartheid would never have ended, and much more. > > > > Subject: Read what a White Reporter wrote about President Obama > > > > AN INTERESTING READ > > > Interesting, but read to the bottom. > > > > Read what a White Reporter wrote in a Georgia Newspaper > > > cid:7450ADE8-D7F5-4A63-B44C-101699BE2E67 > > > Andrew M. Manis is associate professor of history at Macon State College in > > > Georgia and wrote this for an editorial in the Macon Telegraph. > > > > Andrew M. Manis: When Are WE Going to Get Over It? > > > > For much of the last forty years, ever since America "fixed" its race > > > problem in the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts, we white people have > > > been impatient with African Americans who continued to blame race for their > > > difficulties. Often we have heard whites ask, "When are African Americans > > > finally going to get over it? > > > Now I want to ask: > > > "When are we White Americans going to get over our ridiculous obsession with > > > skin color? > > > Recent reports that "Election Spurs Hundreds' of Race Threats, Crimes" > > > should frighten and infuriate every one of us. Having grown up in > > > "Bombingham," Alabama in the 1960s, I remember overhearing an avalanche of > > > comments about what many white classmates and their parents wanted to do to > > > John and Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King. > > > Eventually, as you may recall, in all three cases, someone decided to do > > > more than "talk the talk." > > > > Since our recent presidential election, to our eternal shame we are once > > > again hearing the same reprehensible talk I remember from my boyhood. > > > > We white people have controlled political life in the disunited colonies and > > > United States for some 400 years on this continent. > > > Conservative whites have been in power 28 of the last 40 years. Even during > > > the eight Clinton years, conservatives in Congress blocked most of his > > > agenda and pulled him to the right. Yet never in that period did I read any > > > headlines suggesting that anyone was calling for the assassinations of > > > presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, or either of the Bushes. Criticize them, > > > yes. > > > Call for their impeachment, perhaps. But there were no bounties on their > > > heads. And even when someone did try to kill Ronald Reagan, the perpetrator > > > was non-political mental case who wanted merely to impress Jody Foster. > > > > But elect a liberal who happens to be Black and we're back in the sixties > > > again. At this point in our history, we should be proud that we've proven > > > what conservatives are always saying -- that in America anything is > > > possible, EVEN electing a black man as president. > > > But instead we now hear that school children from Maine to California are > > > talking about wanting to "assassinate Obama." > > > Fighting the urge to throw up, I can only ask, "How long?" > > > How long before we white people realize we can't make our nation, much less > > > the whole world, look like us? > > > How long until we white people can - once and for all - get over this > > > hell-conceived preoccupation with skin color? > > > How long until we white people get over the demonic conviction that white > > > skin makes us superior? > > > How long before we white people get over our bitter resentments about being > > > demoted to the status of equality with non-whites? > > > > How long before we get over our expectations that we should be at the head > > > of the line merely because of our white skin? > > > How long until we white people end our silence and call out our peers when > > > they share the latest racist jokes in the privacy of our white-only > > > conversations? > > > > I believe in free speech, but how long until we white people start making > > > racist loudmouths as socially uncomfortable as we do flag burners? > > > How long until we white people will stop insisting that blacks exercise > > > personal responsibility, build strong families, educate themselves enough to > > > edit the Harvard Law Review, and work hard enough to become President of the > > > United States, only to threaten to assassinate them when they do? > > > > How long before we start "living out the true meaning" of our creeds, both > > > civil and religious, that all men and women are created equal and that "red > > > and yellow, black and white" all are precious in God's sight? > > > Until this past November 4, I didn't believe this country would ever elect > > > an African American to the presidency. I still don't believe I'll live long > > > enough to see us white people get over our racism problem. > > > > But here's my three-point plan: > > > > First, everyday that Barack Obama lives in the White House that Black Slaves > > > Built, I'm going to pray that God (and the Secret Service) will protect him > > > and his family from us white people. > > > > Second, I'm going to report to the FBI any white person I overhear saying, > > > in seriousness or in jest, anything of a threatening nature about President > > > Obama. > > > > Third, I'm going to pray to live long enough to see America surprise the > > > world once again, when white people can "in spirit and in truth" sing of our > > > damnable color prejudice, > > > > "We HAVE overcome." > > > ************************************** > > > It takes a Village to protect our President!!! > > > > because the President of these DisUnited States happens to be a Black Man, > > > all you "Conswervatives" need to get off his case! He took over a job that > > > White Men "screwed up royally", and he's merely trying to straighten things > > > out. They took "years" to foul it up -- why is he expected to "fix" it > > > overnight??? "All" will never be happy with all decisions of any political > > > party, but I happen to be Proud of the fact that a Black Man achieved the > > > success of becoming the first Black President of these DisUnited States. It > > > took one "heckofa man" to want to take over a position where he knew going > > > in, that he would be ridiculed, berated, dogged, and, could possibly get > > > "assassinated"?? For a Country that is supposed to have been "built" (after > > > being stolen) on God, why can't God be allowed to do His work for His > > > Country, and cut out all the "tea-partying" (KKK activities) in the name of > > > Christianity?? > > > Respectfully, > > > > George W. Garrett > > > 214-497-8747 214-497-8747 214-497-8747 214-497-8747 Cell > > > I think it is alarmist. I think it doesn't address the threats and > > intimidation that are coming from Obama's own camp. I think Manis > > didn't substantiate one single assassination threat. If he has heard > > such a thing, it was probably from some Georgia cracker who couldn't > > spell cat if you spotted him the "c" and the "a". And I think that he > > would have us, as conservatives, roll over and play dead, allowing > > Obama to implement anything he pleases. > > > Also, I don't think it is fair to portray TEA party members as Klan > > members. That is about on the same level as portraying all of > > Hollywood or the ACLU as Communists, through and through. I work with > > a number of people who attend these rallies. They are nothing like > > that. They are demonstrating because they are Taxed Enough > > Already. > > > Here are some photos from the 912 rally last September in our capitol. > > Looks like a pretty diverse, well behaved crowd to me. > > >http://www.lookingattheleft.com/2009/09/conservative-woodstock-rocks-... > > > Stand by for November. It's going to be great. > > > Ken > > The only people I hear talking about assassinating Obama are people > like the author of the article in the OP and Lois Farrakhan. Never > heard anyone else mention it but left wingers. JMHO, of course, but I > don't see that most people care about the color of his skin. His > policies, OTOH, are quite controversial, and should be discussed > independent of such race bating, but apparently the left cannot resist > it.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Thanks Rob. All the best to you and your family. Ken
From: Fred K. Gringioni on 11 Apr 2010 15:36 "Dinosaur_Sr" <frostback(a)dukesofbiohazard.com> wrote in message news:38c95666-1c8e-4ab4-9e95- > The only people I hear talking about assassinating Obama are people > like the author of the article in the OP and Lois Farrakhan. I guess that's why the Secret Service saw fit to put him behind bulletproof glass on Election night eh?
From: R&B on 11 Apr 2010 22:33 On 2010-04-11 12:04:17 -0400, kenpitts said: > On Apr 11, 10:30�am, "vbowen" <vbo...(a)shaw.ca> wrote: >> As always there is one who speaks up, one who is a good and decent man.�If >> it were not for these good and decent people, slavery would not have been >> abolished, apartheid would never have ended, and much more. >> >> Subject: �Read what a White Reporter wrote about President Obama >> >> AN INTERESTING READ >> Interesting, but read to the bottom. >> >> Read what a White Reporter wrote in a Georgia Newspaper >> cid:7450ADE8-D7F5-4A63-B44C-101699BE2E67 >> Andrew M. Manis is associate professor of history at Macon State Collegein >> Georgia and wrote this for an editorial in the Macon Telegraph. >> >> Andrew M. Manis: When Are WE Going to Get Over It? >> >> For much of the last forty years, ever since America "fixed" its race >> problem in the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts, we white people have >> been impatient with African Americans who continued to blame race for their >> difficulties. Often we have heard whites ask, "When are African Americans >> finally going to get over it? >> Now I want to ask: >> "When are we White Americans going to get over our ridiculous obsession with >> skin color? >> Recent reports that "Election Spurs Hundreds' of Race Threats, Crimes" >> should frighten and infuriate every one of us. Having grown up in >> "Bombingham," Alabama in the 1960s, I remember overhearing an avalanche of >> comments about what many white classmates and their parents wanted to doto >> John and Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King. >> Eventually, as you may recall, in all three cases, someone decided to do >> more than "talk the talk." >> >> Since our recent presidential election, to our eternal shame we are once >> again hearing the same reprehensible talk I remember from my boyhood. >> >> We white people have controlled political life in the disunited coloniesand >> United States for some 400 years on this continent. >> Conservative whites have been in power 28 of the last 40 years. Even during >> the eight Clinton years, conservatives in Congress blocked most of his >> agenda and pulled him to the right. Yet never in that period did I read any >> headlines suggesting that anyone was calling for the assassinations of >> presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, or either of the Bushes. Criticize them, >> yes. >> Call for their impeachment, perhaps. But there were no bounties on their >> heads. And even when someone did try to kill Ronald Reagan, the perpetrator >> was non-political mental case who wanted merely to impress Jody Foster. >> >> But elect a liberal who happens to be Black and we're back in the sixties >> again. At this point in our history, we should be proud that we've proven >> what conservatives are always saying -- that in America anything is >> possible, EVEN electing a black man as president. >> But instead we now hear that school children from Maine to California are >> talking about wanting to "assassinate Obama." >> Fighting the urge to throw up, I can only ask, "How long?" >> How long before we white people realize we can't make our nation, much less >> the whole world, look like us? >> How long until we white people can - once and for all - get over this >> hell-conceived preoccupation with skin color? >> How long until we white people get over the demonic conviction that white >> skin makes us superior? >> How long before we white people get over our bitter resentments about being >> demoted to the status of equality with non-whites? >> >> How long before we get over our expectations that we should be at the head >> of the line merely because of our white skin? >> How long until we white people end our silence and call out our peers when >> they share the latest racist jokes in the privacy of our white-only >> conversations? >> >> I believe in free speech, but how long until we white people start making >> racist loudmouths as socially uncomfortable as we do flag burners? >> How long until we white people will stop insisting that blacks exercise >> personal responsibility, build strong families, educate themselves enough to >> edit the Harvard Law Review, and work hard enough to become President ofthe >> United States, only to threaten to assassinate them when they do? >> >> How long before we start "living out the true meaning" of our creeds, both >> civil and religious, that all men and women are created equal and that "red >> and yellow, black and white" all are precious in God's sight? >> Until this past November 4, I didn't believe this country would ever elect >> an African American to the presidency. I still don't believe I'll live long >> enough to see us white people get over our racism problem. >> >> But here's my three-point plan: >> >> First, everyday that Barack Obama lives in the White House that Black Slaves >> Built, I'm going to pray that God (and the Secret Service) will protect him >> and his family from us white people. >> >> Second, I'm going to report to the FBI any white person I overhear saying, >> in seriousness or in jest, anything of a threatening nature about President >> Obama. >> >> �Third, I'm going to pray to live long enough to see America surprise the >> world once again, when white people can "in spirit and in truth" sing ofour >> damnable color prejudice, >> >> � "We HAVE overcome." >> ************************************** >> It takes a Village to protect our President!!! >> >> �because the President of these DisUnited States happens to be a BlackMan, >> all you "Conswervatives" need to get off his case! �He took over a jobthat >> White Men "screwed up royally", and he's merely trying to straighten things >> out. �They took "years" to foul it up -- why is he expected to "fix" it >> overnight??? "All" will never be happy with all decisions of any political >> party, but I happen to be Proud of the fact that a Black Man achieved the >> success of becoming the first Black President of these DisUnited States.�It >> took one "heckofa man" to want to take over a position where he knew going >> in, that he would be ridiculed, berated, dogged, and, could possibly get >> "assassinated"?? �For a Country that is supposed to have been "built" (after >> being stolen) on God, why can't God be allowed to do His work for His >> Country, and cut out all the "tea-partying" (KKK activities) in the nameof >> Christianity?? >> Respectfully, >> >> George W. Garrett >> � 214-497-8747 �214-497-8747 � �214-497-8747 �214-497-8747 Cell > > I think it is alarmist. I think it doesn't address the threats and > intimidation that are coming from Obama's own camp. I think Manis > didn't substantiate one single assassination threat. If he has heard > such a thing, it was probably from some Georgia cracker who couldn't > spell cat if you spotted him the "c" and the "a". And I think that he > would have us, as conservatives, roll over and play dead, allowing > Obama to implement anything he pleases. As usual, you've got your thick head in the sand. There have been numerous reports that the Secret Service has confirmed a record number of threats to this president. > Also, I don't think it is fair to portray TEA party members as Klan > members. That is about on the same level as portraying all of > Hollywood or the ACLU as Communists, through and through. In general, I would agree. However, a new study released last week does point to strong evidence that race is a strong motivation for about 60 percent of those in the tea party. > I work with > a number of people who attend these rallies. They are nothing like > that. They are demonstrating because they are Taxed Enough > Already. And those who feel that way have a legitimate argument. But you have your thick head in the sand if you haven't seen all the racist signs. > Here are some photos from the 912 rally last September in our capitol. > Looks like a pretty diverse, well behaved crowd to me. Diverse? You mean like ten black people in a crowd of five thousand? You call that diverse? How 'bout the pictures of the convention hall floor at the 2008 Republican National Convention. It looked like a goddamn white supremacist rally. Not a black, hispanic or Asian face in the room (not counting the people working at the concession stands, of course). > http://www.lookingattheleft.com/2009/09/conservative-woodstock-rocks-the-capital/ Stand > > by for November. It's going to be great. Gee, that's really going out on a limb, there, Ken. Historically, the party out of power ALWAYS picks up seats in the off-year election. No big surprise there. And I, for one, will be rooting on the tea partiers, as they should do exactly what Dan Quayle has warned -- split the Republican vote. Randy > Ken
From: MNMikeW on 12 Apr 2010 10:51 "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message news:2010041122331717540-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom... > > > In general, I would agree. However, a new study released last week does > point to strong evidence that race is a strong motivation for about 60 > percent of those in the tea party. > Let's see it. This should be good. > >> I work with >> a number of people who attend these rallies. They are nothing like >> that. They are demonstrating because they are Taxed Enough >> Already. > > > And those who feel that way have a legitimate argument. > > But you have your thick head in the sand if you haven't seen all the > racist signs. > > Lets see some of them then.
From: John B. on 12 Apr 2010 11:18
On Apr 11, 12:43 pm, Dinosaur_Sr <frostb...(a)dukesofbiohazard.com> wrote: > On Apr 11, 12:04 pm, kenpitts <ken.p...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Apr 11, 10:30 am, "vbowen" <vbo...(a)shaw.ca> wrote: > > > > As always there is one who speaks up, one who is a good and decent man. If > > > it were not for these good and decent people, slavery would not have been > > > abolished, apartheid would never have ended, and much more. > > > > Subject: Read what a White Reporter wrote about President Obama > > > > AN INTERESTING READ > > > Interesting, but read to the bottom. > > > > Read what a White Reporter wrote in a Georgia Newspaper > > > cid:7450ADE8-D7F5-4A63-B44C-101699BE2E67 > > > Andrew M. Manis is associate professor of history at Macon State College in > > > Georgia and wrote this for an editorial in the Macon Telegraph. > > > > Andrew M. Manis: When Are WE Going to Get Over It? > > > > For much of the last forty years, ever since America "fixed" its race > > > problem in the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts, we white people have > > > been impatient with African Americans who continued to blame race for their > > > difficulties. Often we have heard whites ask, "When are African Americans > > > finally going to get over it? > > > Now I want to ask: > > > "When are we White Americans going to get over our ridiculous obsession with > > > skin color? > > > Recent reports that "Election Spurs Hundreds' of Race Threats, Crimes" > > > should frighten and infuriate every one of us. Having grown up in > > > "Bombingham," Alabama in the 1960s, I remember overhearing an avalanche of > > > comments about what many white classmates and their parents wanted to do to > > > John and Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King. > > > Eventually, as you may recall, in all three cases, someone decided to do > > > more than "talk the talk." > > > > Since our recent presidential election, to our eternal shame we are once > > > again hearing the same reprehensible talk I remember from my boyhood. > > > > We white people have controlled political life in the disunited colonies and > > > United States for some 400 years on this continent. > > > Conservative whites have been in power 28 of the last 40 years. Even during > > > the eight Clinton years, conservatives in Congress blocked most of his > > > agenda and pulled him to the right. Yet never in that period did I read any > > > headlines suggesting that anyone was calling for the assassinations of > > > presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, or either of the Bushes. Criticize them, > > > yes. > > > Call for their impeachment, perhaps. But there were no bounties on their > > > heads. And even when someone did try to kill Ronald Reagan, the perpetrator > > > was non-political mental case who wanted merely to impress Jody Foster. > > > > But elect a liberal who happens to be Black and we're back in the sixties > > > again. At this point in our history, we should be proud that we've proven > > > what conservatives are always saying -- that in America anything is > > > possible, EVEN electing a black man as president. > > > But instead we now hear that school children from Maine to California are > > > talking about wanting to "assassinate Obama." > > > Fighting the urge to throw up, I can only ask, "How long?" > > > How long before we white people realize we can't make our nation, much less > > > the whole world, look like us? > > > How long until we white people can - once and for all - get over this > > > hell-conceived preoccupation with skin color? > > > How long until we white people get over the demonic conviction that white > > > skin makes us superior? > > > How long before we white people get over our bitter resentments about being > > > demoted to the status of equality with non-whites? > > > > How long before we get over our expectations that we should be at the head > > > of the line merely because of our white skin? > > > How long until we white people end our silence and call out our peers when > > > they share the latest racist jokes in the privacy of our white-only > > > conversations? > > > > I believe in free speech, but how long until we white people start making > > > racist loudmouths as socially uncomfortable as we do flag burners? > > > How long until we white people will stop insisting that blacks exercise > > > personal responsibility, build strong families, educate themselves enough to > > > edit the Harvard Law Review, and work hard enough to become President of the > > > United States, only to threaten to assassinate them when they do? > > > > How long before we start "living out the true meaning" of our creeds, both > > > civil and religious, that all men and women are created equal and that "red > > > and yellow, black and white" all are precious in God's sight? > > > Until this past November 4, I didn't believe this country would ever elect > > > an African American to the presidency. I still don't believe I'll live long > > > enough to see us white people get over our racism problem. > > > > But here's my three-point plan: > > > > First, everyday that Barack Obama lives in the White House that Black Slaves > > > Built, I'm going to pray that God (and the Secret Service) will protect him > > > and his family from us white people. > > > > Second, I'm going to report to the FBI any white person I overhear saying, > > > in seriousness or in jest, anything of a threatening nature about President > > > Obama. > > > > Third, I'm going to pray to live long enough to see America surprise the > > > world once again, when white people can "in spirit and in truth" sing of our > > > damnable color prejudice, > > > > "We HAVE overcome." > > > ************************************** > > > It takes a Village to protect our President!!! > > > > because the President of these DisUnited States happens to be a Black Man, > > > all you "Conswervatives" need to get off his case! He took over a job that > > > White Men "screwed up royally", and he's merely trying to straighten things > > > out. They took "years" to foul it up -- why is he expected to "fix" it > > > overnight??? "All" will never be happy with all decisions of any political > > > party, but I happen to be Proud of the fact that a Black Man achieved the > > > success of becoming the first Black President of these DisUnited States. It > > > took one "heckofa man" to want to take over a position where he knew going > > > in, that he would be ridiculed, berated, dogged, and, could possibly get > > > "assassinated"?? For a Country that is supposed to have been "built" (after > > > being stolen) on God, why can't God be allowed to do His work for His > > > Country, and cut out all the "tea-partying" (KKK activities) in the name of > > > Christianity?? > > > Respectfully, > > > > George W. Garrett > > > 214-497-8747 214-497-8747 214-497-8747 214-497-8747 Cell > > > I think it is alarmist. I think it doesn't address the threats and > > intimidation that are coming from Obama's own camp. I think Manis > > didn't substantiate one single assassination threat. If he has heard > > such a thing, it was probably from some Georgia cracker who couldn't > > spell cat if you spotted him the "c" and the "a". And I think that he > > would have us, as conservatives, roll over and play dead, allowing > > Obama to implement anything he pleases. > > > Also, I don't think it is fair to portray TEA party members as Klan > > members. That is about on the same level as portraying all of > > Hollywood or the ACLU as Communists, through and through. I work with > > a number of people who attend these rallies. They are nothing like > > that. They are demonstrating because they are Taxed Enough > > Already. > > > Here are some photos from the 912 rally last September in our capitol. > > Looks like a pretty diverse, well behaved crowd to me. > > >http://www.lookingattheleft.com/2009/09/conservative-woodstock-rocks-... > > > Stand by for November. It's going to be great. > > > Ken > > The only people I hear talking about assassinating Obama are people > like the author of the article in the OP and Lois Farrakhan. Never > heard anyone else mention it but left wingers. JMHO, of course, but I > don't see that most people care about the color of his skin. His > policies, OTOH, are quite controversial, and should be discussed > independent of such race bating, but apparently the left cannot resist > it.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Please cite some "left-wingers" who have said they'd like to kill the president. |