Thursday, July 30, 2009

Happy hour in A-merry-ca.


It was right out of central casting. (Except for the white butler) Two white guys; two black guys; black and white on each side; the beer placed just right. Isn't race relations wonderful when you plan it right? It was happy hour at the White House. Just a bunch of guys shooting the breeze and working out their differences: "So Jim, are you a saaax fan? Yes Mr. President, I am. Well you guys better do something with Dice-K or you are going to be in trouble. Well I am a Phillies fan myself. We don't have a team in Delaware. I know Joe, I was talking to Jim. Do you like baseball Skip? Is that the one where they score touchdowns? .....Let me stop and leave Skip alone. But he pissed me off when he dissed my Red Stripe and went with some A-merry-can brew. He knows damn good and well that he prefers Red Stripe. How can he have an honest discussion about race when he isn't even honest about the damn beer he drinks?


Now you guys are going to say that this is just the old cynical field being field. But what, exactly, was that on the White House back lawn this evening? Am I the only one saw the the whole thing as some surreal manifestation of the superficial nature of race relations in A-merry-ca? The staging, the forced camaraderie, and --I am sure--- the perfunctory nature of the discussion. Isn't that how we interact with each other on a daily basis? It was perfect.


Politically it might work for his O ness. Most A-merry-cans in the majority population are quite comfortable with racial lip service. They shy away from uncomfortable truths and hope they never have to encounter it in their lifetime like officer Jim had to. They are fine with a co-worker, an acquaintance, the mailman, or a child's teacher, for instance; but real engagement and meaningful social interaction is a no no.


Black folks are in their cocoons (no pun intended) as well. Many live in segregated urban sectors and never have meaningful inter action with people in the majority population. Oh there are the cops, the school teachers, and the occasional civil servant. But none of them have a white person that they can call a friend. Someone that they can tell how frustrated they really feel living in A-merry-ca with the ugly stain of racism, and not having to let some race expert (Rev. Inc.) do it for them.


"I am confident that has happened here tonight, and I am hopeful that all of us are able to draw this positive lesson from this episode."


Sorry O man, it will take a little more than happy hour on the lawn. This little "beerfest" tonight isn't going to cut it. This was about two men and politics as usual. And the only thing I learned was that Harvard professors can't even be loyal to their damn beer.

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vanishing point said...

DMD, have you ever read bell hooks, killing rage, it might be a good book for you to read, here's just one quote from an excellent book:

"The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged. One group can change their lot only by changing the system; the other hopes to be rewarded within the system. Public focus on black rage, the attempt to trivialize and dismiss it, must be subverted by public discourse about the pathology of white supremacy, the madness it creates.

We need to talk seriously about ending racism.

White supremacy is frightening.

It promotes mental illness and various dysfunctional behaviours on the part of whites and non-whites.

It the the real and present danger-not black rage."
bell hooks

Anonymous said...

Kathy "Do you not see the double standard here?"

Regarding Rev Wright, yes I see the double standards. So What? I expected the Repubs to that. I also expected Dems to do the same thing to their opponents.

But Rev Wright was supposed to be a spiritual advisor and a supporter, a foundation to Obama who was a member of his church. Instead, he tried to throw Obama under the bus. Hell, I expected the Repubs to try to "bury" Obama, but not Wright.

Kathy, I don't care how much double talk you do about double standards, other Reverends like Farrakhan and Sharpton who cared enough to give Obama every possible chance to win, kept their big mouths shut--which for Farrakhan and Sharpton was no small feat. They literally disappeared from the scene. But Rev Wright didn't care enough to shut up. Instead, he started a media circus to feed his own ego. Whatever his brand of religion may be, it sure as hell did nothing for his ego.

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

Rev Wright does not post on here. Nor has he ever that I know of. Whatever, problems you have with the Rev, maybe, you need to take it up with him. Because as far as everyone on here is concern Rev Wright is ancient news. We're dealing with what is going on today and the topic at hand.

That topic is that Crowley either lied on his report or the woman lied. It look's like Crowley is the villian in this scenario who gets a free pass to write more false police reports and make more false arrest.

vanishing point said...

Granny, you are right, I think they all are lying, Crowley the biggest liar, plus I still think there is more tapes that they aren't playing for the public.

MR.R said...

My,my, i just saw a pic of Officer Crowley heppin' that poor ol' colored gentlemen navigate the Whitehouse steps.It truly brings a tear to my eye.

I remember the good ol' day's when we would have just pushed him out of a second floor window and had a German Sheppard drag him off screaming into the night.

Those were the days.

vanishing point said...

plus, what Crowley is getting away with will be a loud and clear message to other police, that is the worst part, he got away with this. i had a x-cop saying something about 'that racist" and i ask him, who he means, and he say why Obama, of course.

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

Mr R:

Do you get your jollies off by posting in several different names? I guess, you not being invited anymore to any of the GOP pedophile parties has really disturbed you. Smh!

vanishing point said...

Mr.R,
You are sick, you need to see a doctor who can help you out of your mental illness. You walk like a zombie, as Satre said years ago.

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

Kathy:

I don't believe they played the whole tape. I listened to it several times and each time something seemed scrubbed out of it.

vanishing point said...

Granny,
Mr. R might be chickenhammer, that is one of the most disgusting sites i ever been to, and i been to a lot of sites, i close my blog because of him, he is really ill, i hope authorities try to find that guy.
the original Mr. R just act like your average white supremacist in denial, this guy is something else.

p.s. i had my name jacked a couple places, i am so sorry Granny, that is such a horrible feeling.

MR.R said...

GrannyStandingforTruth said...
Mr R:

Do you get your jollies off by posting in several different names? I guess, you not being invited anymore to any of the GOP pedophile parties has really disturbed you. Smh!


Ya'll know those "pedophile parties" get old fast.

I would like to go to those sexual sadist/satanist parties ya'll have.Those Democrat officals/Obama supporters in Florida kidnapping and keeping women in cages. Ya'll take about freakeeee.

God i wish i was a Democrat.

vanishing point said...

Plus Granny, didn't Crowley write in his report that Gates got on the phone to call the Chief, that would be taped too, where is that tape?

kid said...

Anonymous said...

Kathy "Do you not see the double standard here?"

Regarding Rev Wright, yes I see the double standards. So What? I expected the Repubs to that. I also expected Dems to do the same thing to their opponents.

But Rev Wright was supposed to be a spiritual advisor and a supporter, a foundation to Obama who was a member of his church. Instead, he tried to throw Obama under the bus. Hell, I expected the Repubs to try to "bury" Obama, but not Wright.

Kathy, I don't care how much double talk you do about double standards, other Reverends like Farrakhan and Sharpton who cared enough to give Obama every possible chance to win, kept their big mouths shut--which for Farrakhan and Sharpton was no small feat. They literally disappeared from the scene. But Rev Wright didn't care enough to shut up. Instead, he started a media circus to feed his own ego. Whatever his brand of religion may be, it sure as hell did nothing for his ego.

8:40 PM
_________________________________
Look punk , Rev.Wright didn't throw anyone under a bus, FOX did. Then they backed up.President Obama has to BS and lie now. Remember when he told Oreilly that they both came from poor backgrounds, he lied. Oreilly's daddy was a millionaire.

Obama has to lie in order to keep white bigots from going off.

Kathy and Granny: You can't reason with Dmd he's a punk and a bigot.He's a redneck, peckerwood, white trash, ofay,honkey,cracker bigot.I say that because he used the N word today.How does it feel , punk.

alicia banks said...

yes fn
ditto!

it was all typically fake and tame...like all about obama...

but one thing i will compliment:
no typically fake apologies were extended...like those obama has given to his doormat gays or his perpetual bone catching black masses of descendants of slaves that he is still dogging as gwb 2.0 etc...

that was refreshing!!

Anonymous said...

Granny "...have you ever known me to play games? Or sign my name in black? I don't even know how to do that. These people are more desperate than they let on. They've resorted to tricks and lies, and of course, now, forging others identities. Smh!"

Granny, most of us know your style of writing and that you never post your name in black. Don't worry about it...no one can copy or fake you because you are unique. It's probably some Stormfront ass or someone from some other white racist blog.

They'll get theirs in God's Time and Way: "Revenge is Mine." "You reap what you sow."

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

Yup, Kathy, he did say that.

Mr. R, sorry, but I hate to disappoint you but no demented folks allowed in the Democratic party. Beside which, you're tainted and a little bit on the weirdo side. The Democratic party has class and real family values, which you lack. By the way is your hooker, I mean wife or girlfriend out again cheating with your cousin or brother?

Black Diaspora said...

@Granny: "Don't include and use my name in your little game though. No one represents me, I can represent myself, and I've been doing pretty at that for many years now."

Granny, I've seen a number of suspect posts, most from that ubiquitous, pesky fellow calling himself Anonymous.

Yet, what mother would call her child Anonymous, unless she's prone to sleeping around? :)

That was my joke for the day. I hope it wasn't too tasteless. I've issued this warning before, specifically to Seda who frequents the Field.

For the record: Many who choose to remain in the Anonymous category, for whatever reason, are not all that pesky, AnoNeed, fellow. Many offer information, facts, and knowledge that advances the discussion, rather that obfuscate, or divert.

For them, I'm grateful.

Yet know: The Field has been infested by a hoard (Am I overstating that a bit?) of locust with the hope of devouring all our good work, all the goodwill that we've established among the people on this site.

They're pretending to be black, pretending to be liberal, but all with a common purpose--to turn us against each other, and sow seeds of dissension.

I had hoped that most would have seen through their ploy, but for those that may still be vacillating--The Field has been invaded and infested, and those of us working here under the sun's blazing heat, need to keep a wary eye open to the vermin in our midst.

They're like teenage pranksters with too much time on their hands, creating mischief, and sitting back laughing, hoping that we will turn on each other.

These games can be dangerous in the real world, but the only damage that can be done here in cyberspace is to one's character, reputation, and built-up goodwill.

Hell, come to think of it: That's a lot!

Frank and the others who identify themselves may be behind the devilment, but I ignore them as well.

For the AnonyMousy ones, I usually pass over their comments as the petty distractions that they are, and read all the substantive posts--your posts, GrannyStandingforTruth, Whitney's posts, Jody's posts, Kathy's post, La*Incognita's posts, Blinders Off's posts, Kid's posts, Seda's posts, Uptownsteve's posts, and, yes, Grinder's posts, and several others.

If I didn't mention your posts, it's not because I don't necessarily read and appreciate your thoughts.

That said: Those that are stealing your I.D. are the lowest of the low, and their goals pernicious.

But, Granny, we all know your handle, and how it appears here on these pages.

You may not be able to protect your good name from these pranksters, but, be consoled: We would know your thoughts anywhere, even blindfolded. That's something that they can't imitate, misuse, or steal.

Anonymous said...

watching this show call "Jacked" the po-po puts a bait car (a car with the keys in it) parked on the side of the street and catch the dumbasses steal it!

Kid you should be watching this !!!
these dumbass negros can't keep from stealing the damn thing......LMFAO

then the po-po lock ths doors and shut the engine down....OMG they have a camera inside the car these badasses turn into this "i'm sorry sir" "i just needed a ride sir"!!!

how fucking stupid!!!!

MR.R said...

GrannyStandingforTruth said...
Yup, Kathy, he did say that.

Mr. R, sorry, but I hate to disappoint you but no demented folks allowed in the Democratic party.


Frank M. Lombard and Bernie Ward repesents ya'll is family vaules well.

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

Thank you Diaspora. It just ticked me off somewhat at them, playing games, and trying to get over using my identity. To me that is like stealing my identity--an identity thief.

Black Diaspora said...

@Granny:

Granny, here's another suggestion to give your handle uniqueness.

Find a picture (It doesn't have to be yours), and attach it to your blog name.

Make sure it's one that's not too easy to find.

There are many sites that offer downloadable graphics, and pixs for free.

It would take one desperate individual to chase down the icon that follows your blog name.

kid said...

alicia banks said...

yes fn
ditto!

it was all typically fake and tame...like all about obama...

but one thing i will compliment:
no typically fake apologies were extended...like those obama has given to his doormat gays or his perpetual bone catching black masses of descendants of slaves that he is still dogging as gwb 2.0 etc...

that was refreshing!!

9:08 PM
______________________________
OK this is the last troll that I will talk to on Fields blog.

Alicia GO THE STR8 FUCK TO MOTHER FUCKING HELL! You are worthless as a human being and a black person.You are a piece of shit. We get it, you hate all black men. We know you are a fucking plant with mental problems. I wanted to be polite but you made a joke about my father. The one that was shot in the back four times.The one that died when I was thirteen.I didn't say shit about your family.

What the use of having a blog if you don't let people blog on it. The blog that you visit SugarnSpice have white racist posting on it. They agree with you about Obama. Some of them want him dead.One of the people that post there is Ron Pettiway. His friends are a doctor and his wife in Nashville. They have a manual on their blog about guerrilla warfare AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.They call for the murder of the President. Are you against it? You won't say shit about that will you? Either you have some serious issues or you want to see a black man die? Which is it?

I'm not going to respond to your dumb ass anymore.

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

"They're pretending to be black, pretending to be liberal, but all with a common purpose--to turn us against each other, and sow seeds of dissension."

Amen, definitely, that too! What they don't realize is that we see through their masquerade. God don't leave his people blind.

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

Good idea Black Diaspora. I think I will do that.

kid said...

Granny, Kathy and everyone else that's cool here ,sorry for my language. I don't usually talk like that.I don't like how these trolls are frightening people from blogging. I just signed Color of Change petition against Glenn Beck.Maybe some of you might want to sign it as well.

Anonymous said...

Kid "Look punk , Rev.Wright didn't throw anyone under a bus, FOX did. Then they backed up.President Obama has to BS and lie now. Remember when he told Oreilly that they both came from poor backgrounds, he lied. Oreilly's daddy was a millionaire."

Kid, I was going to let this Rev Wright thing drop since Granny mentioned that we don't post on this blog about Wright. I guess until Field censors a topic, we should be able to talk about anything we want. There are too many folks trying to dictate what is said on Field's blog when he has repeatedly assured us that he does not censor here. And I am glad that you don't let anybody deter you from saying whatever the heck you want to say, including a litany of profanity that would make Satan's skin heads cringe.

Re: Obama: I don't appreciate you calling him a liar and making him out to be someone bad in order to make Wright look good. IMO, Obama is a good, decent and courageous black man who will prove to be one of the best Presidents America has ever had. And he made it to the White House 'despite' Rev Wright's apparent efforts to derail him.

Has AB indoctrinated you into her way of thinking about Obama and Wright?

Anonymous said...

hey kid

watching this show call "Jacked" the po-po puts a bait car (a car with the keys in it) parked on the side of the street and catch the dumbasses steal it!

Kid you should be watching this !!!
these dumbass negros can't keep from stealing the damn thing......LMFAO

then the po-po lock ths doors and shut the engine down....OMG they have a camera inside the car these badasses turn into this "i'm sorry sir" "i just needed a ride sir"!!!

how fucking stupid!!!!

Anonymous said...

hey kid

watching this show call "Jacked" the po-po puts a bait car (a car with the keys in it) parked on the side of the street and catch the dumbasses steal it!

Kid you should be watching this !!!
these dumbass negros can't keep from stealing the damn thing......LMFAO

then the po-po lock ths doors and shut the engine down....OMG they have a camera inside the car these badasses turn into this "i'm sorry sir" "i just needed a ride sir"!!!

how fucking stupid!!!!

Anonymous said...

hey kid

watching this show call "Jacked" the po-po puts a bait car (a car with the keys in it) parked on the side of the street and catch the dumbasses steal it!

Kid you should be watching this !!!
these dumbass negros can't keep from stealing the damn thing......LMFAO

then the po-po lock ths doors and shut the engine down....OMG they have a camera inside the car these badasses turn into this "i'm sorry sir" "i just needed a ride sir"!!!

how fucking stupid!!!!

Anonymous said...

hey kid

watching this show call "Jacked" the po-po puts a bait car (a car with the keys in it) parked on the side of the street and catch the dumbasses steal it!

Kid you should be watching this !!!
these dumbass negros can't keep from stealing the damn thing......LMFAO

then the po-po lock ths doors and shut the engine down....OMG they have a camera inside the car these badasses turn into this "i'm sorry sir" "i just needed a ride sir"!!!

how fucking stupid!!!!

Anonymous said...

hey kid

watching this show call "Jacked" the po-po puts a bait car (a car with the keys in it) parked on the side of the street and catch the dumbasses steal it!

Kid you should be watching this !!!
these dumbass negros can't keep from stealing the damn thing......LMFAO

then the po-po lock ths doors and shut the engine down....OMG they have a camera inside the car these badasses turn into this "i'm sorry sir" "i just needed a ride sir"!!!

how fucking stupid!!!!

Anonymous said...

Kid,
Please note that ab's ID was in black. That was not ab. It's a troll pretending to be her.

You should know ab by now.

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

"Obama is a good, decent and courageous black man who will prove to be one of the best Presidents America has ever had."

Amen, he is definitely going to be the best President America has ever had. I'm glad someone else recognizes that. Amen!

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

Nah, that's ab, because it's her profile.

Anonymous said...

Granny "Amen, he is definitely going to be the best President America has ever had. I'm glad someone else recognizes that. Amen!"

Too bad Kid doesn't know that!

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

Is anonymous ab too?

Jody said...

Field, I beg you.... the last anonymous that appears to be spamming your site with ugly..... please do something!

MR.R said...

OFF TOPIC--

Ya'll need to tell Monica Conyers to bring back that 21,000 dollas worth of office equipment she done stole.

Its negros like her make it hards for the rest of us to get jobs.

Anonymous said...

"Nah, that's ab, because it's her profile."

Sorry, my mistake.

Anonymous said...

KID! I am LOL! you said PECKERWOOD! that is a word you use in the SOUTH! LOL!LOL! I haven't heard that word in year's LOL! some of you people have me LAUGHING all day!

Kid, you must be a older AFRICAN AMERICAN! don't call poor white's (WHITE TRASH) they are just plain poor! just like poor BLACK'S and poor Hispanic's! these are the people that the President is FIGHTING for! POVERTY has no color!!!

It amaze's me that FOX NEW'S played REV.Wright tape day in and day out, yet people still voted for BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA! and White people at that!!!! they were the one's at the campaign's! they threw MCCAIN/PALIN under the BUS!

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

Anonymous 10:37:

Who are you?

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

Black Diaspora:

It's the anointing!

TrueBlue said...

Gates has sent a bouquet of flowers to Lucia Whalen. God damn it, peace is breaking out.

Anonymous said...

I have to POST under Anonymous on this BLOG, Google will not let my screen name come up/ I go under, iseeisee, so sometime I will leave (Prophetess Wallace) at the end of my post.

Granny you were cutting up! LOL! I didn't read all the post but, so I cannot figure out who the FAKE Granny was! but all I can say is ( you people better leave the REAL Granny alone!!! before I PRAY a Wicked Prayer! LOL!!! granny sorry but, fret not! all is well*

Prophetess Wallace

vanishing point said...

anymous,10:37

Maybe white people are not as stupid as you think, they did hear Fox news play Rev. Wright tape over and over, and they still voted for President Obama, are you still confused?
Palin threw her own self under the bus, she is the most famous liar I ever seen on tv, she makes Richard Nixon's "I am not a crook" seem tame.
But she still dangerous, she fools a lot of people.
McCain threw himself under bus with his appointment of KlanPalin,et,all.
Maybe white people are in denial, but maybe they did vote in their own best self-interst, that why Obama got elected.
Teachable Moment, white people do not like the police if they do bad things either, that is the truth.

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

Prophetess Wallace. The fake granny was the one where the name was in black instead of blue.

Anonymous said...

"Gates has sent a bouquet of flowers to Lucia Whalen. God damn it, peace is breaking out."

Thanks grinder. I am glad Gates did it. Maybe Field will follow with a dozen roses? Granny, you need to send her some expensive candy as an apology for your suspicions also. I recommend Turtles...everybody likes those. LOL

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

Prophetess Wallace:

Obama is doing better in the polls than what MSM is claiming. I think they're pulling one of those moves like they did during the elections. And you know how they were lying and cheating during the elections.

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

When Crowley admits he lied on the police report, I'll send Whalen some candy.

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

I'll be glad when my cousin comes out here and fix my laptop. I'm having muscle spasms in my back on one side and it's irritating.

kid said...

Sorry to hear you're not feeling well Granny.I hope you get better.

vanishing point said...

Granny, try some ice, not for more than 15 minute at a time, that might help, so you don't hurt nerves, oh that is so painful, i am sorry, also, try swimming, that works to help muscles relax.

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

Kathy, yeah, I know about the ice pack. I went to the Doctor and that's what she told me to use too.

vanishing point said...

anymos 11:19 go fuck a turtle, you might even turn human. asshole. sorry about that, everybody else.

vanishing point said...

Granny sorry for swearing,
I glad the doctor told you to use the ice pack, oh that must hurt so much, I wish Granny that I could help you feel better.

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

I'm okay, it's just irritating, that's all.

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

I'm working on my next topic for my blog.

vanishing point said...

Granny, you know how to make me smile, i am so glad that u still blog. Granny, I love you, here some kisses on your back pain, xxxooo, I glad that it's just irritating, not too bad, I so glad that u blog, Granny. xxxxooo,Granny I love u.

Anonymous said...

Granny, I was joking @11:19p, I was not trying to insult you. I hope you did not take offense as Kathy did.

Anonymous said...

Granny, I am ANON:10:37 Prophetess Wallace* I had a good time LOL!!!!KID is something else! he is one dedicated MAN!


I did not read all the comment's, I had to scroll back up to see what you were talking about, you were FUSSING at someone who was using your name! I saw the FAKE Granny POST! but, I was trying to see if it was DRACKMAN! you know he love's to pick on BLACK FOLK'S! he come's on this sight to irritate us!!! I don't bother to read his post! you know what, he could be a BLACK MAN!!!!

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

Nah, Anonymous 12:36, I was not insulted, nor did I get upset. My mind was on this muscle spasm that is irritating me and writing my next topic.

Prophetess Wallace:

Kid is my adopted grandson. He was the one that started me blogging on field's blog. Kid is very nice person and is a warrior that stays informed. I've been knowing Kid now for many years. He knows what he is talking about and can back it up with proof. Right now, he is a little frustrated and irritated with the BS that has happened in the last few months.

TrueBlue said...

When Crowley admits he lied on the police report, I'll send Whalen some candy.

Let's see, as long as we're being starry-eyed idealists here, how about this:

1. Crowley admits he lied on the report and that he's a thin-skinned, badge-heavy cop who isn't God, judge, and jury as much as he'd love everyone to think so.

2. Gates admits that he lied about never yelling at anyone, and that he's a condescending, obnoxious academic version of George Jefferson who'd be much better off if, at least one day a year, he didn't think he was so goddamned special.

3. Everyone sends a token of their appreciation to Lucia Whalen, who didn't deserve any of the shit that came down on her.

4. Everyone stops and asks themselves if race relations in this country are really as fragile as the shitstorm over all of this would suggest, or whether maybe the Internet enables too many people to write too many stupid ass things (me included) without stopping to think about what they're saying.

TrueBlue said...

5. Obama has already said that he should have kept his mouth shut, but I wouldn't object if, as part of that grand settlement, he said so again.

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

Prophetess Wallace:

I just finished doing my new topic. I had intended to give you my telephone number.

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

Grinder:
I did not come back to make no deals about Gates and Crowley. You have your opinion and I have mine. I have not changed in my opinion, nor am I going to let you or anyone else tell me what to or how I should think. That ain't happening.

I am a free thinker, not a programmed thinker, my mind is free. Now, I might not be able to enjoy all of my rights and civil liberties as the constitution and declaration of Independence lies about that whites are enjoying without restraint. However, one thing, that I do have control over that truly belongs to me is my mind, and even if someone tried to kill me for how I think, they cannot kill my thoughts.

TrueBlue said...
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TrueBlue said...

Granny, why do you think I'm trying to tell you what to think? I know I can't do that to you, and I think you know you can't do that to me. Comments are comments, that's all.

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

Amen, comments are comments and opinions are opinions too, everyone has one.

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

Amen, comments are comments and opinions are opinions too, everyone has one.

GrannyStandingforTruth said...

Grinder:

Let me ask you a question. Do you believe that Obama is the President of the USA? Do you believe that the office of the President is one of the most powerful positions a man could have in the USA?

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

Granny, "Nah, Anonymous 12:36, I was not insulted, nor did I get upset. My mind was on this muscle spasm that is irritating me and writing my next topic."

Thanks, Granny. I have tried to be civil and respectful to everyone and 'most' have reciprocated.
But Kathy is beginning to be a problem for me.

Anonymous said...

@Kathy: “anymos 11:19 go fuck a turtle,you might even turn human. asshole. sorry about that, everybody else."

Kathy, on several occasions you have insulted me even though I have not said anything to you. You seem to be confused about where you end and another person begins.

I have tried to ignore and even make light of your remarks, but I WON'T any more. I have not said or done anything to you, and I really don't appreciate your verbal attacks on me.

Your above quoted comment to me has to do with YOUR own 'inhumanity' and lack of dignity--not mine. Your nasty words to me are coming from YOUR mind, and YOUR filthy-drunken-sailor-mouth--NOT MINE. YOU are one who is the 'asshole', who mistakenly judges others to be who YOU really are. YOU are one sick dysfunctional non-recovering angry adult child. You don't know how to mind your own business. Hell, you even go around crticizing others about their icon photos, you little out-of-control-racist twit.

Consider this my last warning to you: if you want a war of words, then continue with your bullshit.

Dmd said...

Granny: Nah, it wasn't me using your name. I just found it funny how you were threatening whoever did as though there was a damn thing you could do about it. Like I said before, I'd be annoyed too if someone use my name, but internet chat threats make me chuckle.

Why you mention the race card in response to what I wrote, I don't know... I never said anything about any kind of card. But I fully agree with your "reality card" idea. That was my whole point. But there's a difference between reality and hyperbole. A lot of folks on this blog need to learn the distinction. As for the denial card - Once again you're right. White folks (just like all folks) don't like to admit their sins, don't like the light shining on their bad actions. However, you won't be able to find any denial in my earlier posts, because there was none. I just broadened the scope of the "light" a bit and yall didn't like that.

As for why I started my post with the preface "I'm a white guy"... That should have been obviously in response to the poster (I think it was Prophetess) who was warning everyone of the impending "white man's rage", and claiming white men are gonna really let their rage loose on hispanics as soon as Sotomayor is confirmed. Heck, that's a great example of an over-the-top, not even mildly believeable post that isn't even close to conforming to reality (as you and I both advocate for). I know a shit ton of white people and none of them gives two tiddlywinks that Sotomayor is Hispanic. They may or may not like her political leanings, but haven't heard a single peep about her ethinicity. Real talk, as they say...

Kid: Lol. Again lol. I used the "N" word? What when we talked on the phone? Cause I sure didn't use it on this blog. I mean, didn't you realize when you accused me of using the N word, you'd need some minimal sort of proof? Or maybe you know folks round here better than me, and maybe you were counting on them just blindly believing you? It would be sad if that were the case...

Kathy: Thanks for the book rec... I'd definitely be interested in reading it. I don't personally thing "black rage" is a big problem in this country. Of course, I don't think "white supremacy" is either. I think most of the issues in this country stem from classism/culturalism.

Oh and here's one final example of the hyperbole I'm talking about. Someone up there said Obama's gonna be the best President ever. And instead of receiving a little chuckle and a "slow down kid, he's just getting started", that comment received straight-faced agreement. I hope Obama's the best ever. And I hope whoever comes next is better yet. And so on and so forth. I live in these United States too, and I'm rooting for us all, but there's certainly no reason yet to begin thinking about Obama as the best ever. Unless of course you give him massive extra credit for being black. Which I don't - But I suppose that goes without saying, and I guess that makes me a racist peckerwood. Haha, thanks for that one Kid.

Dmd said...

Field, your blog has blown up! When I was coming round here about a year ago, a "big post" might get 100 or so comments.

alicia banks said...

granny

i am no coward

i NEVER post as anon

and i NEVER allow anyone to post as anon at my blog

fyi
ab

alicia banks said...

granny

if you see my photo and my profile then and ONLY then is that me

someone is often allowed to post in my name here!!!

when in doubt
see me at
OUTLOOK
http://aliciabanks.blogspot.com


fyi!!!!!!!!!
ab

alicia banks said...

granny:

i revere rev w.

i despise obama

obama threw rev w under the bus

obama pimped the tucc for his career as a politico

rev wright is a warrior and a sage who told us that obama was fake long before obama proved that to be so as gwb 2.0

ETC!:

I admire many things about the magic politico Barack Obama. Yet, there are also many things I despise about him…

What I hate most about Obama is his constant, cowardly, and callous denial of the truth about AIDS as genocide.

I revere Reverend Jeremiah Wright and his deeply sacred, uniquely intellectual, and awesomely afrocentric church, The Trinity United Church of Christ, in my hometown of Chicago.

What I adore most about Reverend Wright is that, unlike Obama, he is man enough to tell unconditional truths in public.

See Obama's brazen denial of what has been medically documented for decades, on display anew at Newsweek online:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/178417

I understand that a president must be silent about many harsh realities. But, I will never respect anyone who loudly lies about such grave and indisputable genocidal truths.

Someone please belatedly advise Obama that silence is sometimes golden!!! And, that discretion is always superior to denial when seeking to make blatant lies appear to be presidential truths.

Research the truth about AIDS herein, at ELOQUENT FURY, and online:

DR. BOYD GRAVES
http://www.boydgraves.com/news/


AIDS IN AFRICA:
GEORGE F. WILL’S RACIST PROPAGANDA
http://www.geocities.com/ambwww/gwaids.htm

alicia banks said...

kiddie:

i do not hate all black men

i do hate u and obama

voting for obama/gwb 2.0 has NEVER been a litmnus test for blackness!!!

i adore sugar's blog

i agree with only MOST of what she posts

i do not hate fn because you post here...so why should i hate sugar because of her posters????

sugar's site is one of the very best on the internet!

she appreciates your incessant publicity!

i thank you for her
ab

alicia banks said...

granny:

get used to it

anons post as myself all over the net...herein included to silences that include your own...

it happens

get over it

alicia banks said...

kiddo:

so all of these black men hate all black men because they hate obama too?:

http://uhurunews.com/story?resource_name=uhuru-movement-challenges-obama-for-not-speaking-to-african-community-interests

http://uhurunews.com/search?cx=017833355652721471453%3Areu1dtjt7l4&cof=FORID%3A11&q=obama&sa=Search#950

you are a racist moron

you are a supreme obama nazi

and you are being duped by the blackish obama!!!

the loss is yours!...

Anonymous said...

ab, I will repeat to you what I said to Kid at 9:45pm:

"Re: Obama: I don't appreciate you calling him a liar and making him out to be someone bad in order to make Wright look good. IMO, Obama is a good, decent and courageous black man who will prove to be one of the best Presidents America has ever had. And he made it to the White House 'despite' Rev Wright's apparent efforts to derail him."

@Dmd...Note that I said Obama will "PROVE to be 'ONE' of the best Presidents America has ever had..." And no, it has nothing to do with the color of his skin. He is just a bright, courageous man and a skillful politician. PERIOD.

BTW, the book "Black Rage" was written in the late 60's by two Black psychiatrists(Grier and Cobbs). I am not sure it will be of much interest or do you much good. However, much has been written and blogged about "white privilege". You might find information about white privilege far more beneficial psychologically and spiritually....Peace.

alicia banks said...

kiddo:

the truth is its own defense

the truth is:

obama is an evil hoax upon ALL races!

at some point
when it is far too late to evade doom

black bone catching obama nazis like you will awaken to the truths about the blackish obama/gwb 2.0


just as you will belatedly stop slandering the birthers:

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=105341

alicia banks said...

assnon:

i could not care less about what you think or say about obama

why are your own opinions made so fragile by my own???

white privilege is irrelevant

class is the new race

and the rabidly elitist banker owned obama/gwb 2.0 and his ilk are SWIFTLY eradicating the middle class and creating more abject poverty than ever before even as you post your irrelevant bs herein...

TrueBlue said...

Let me ask you a question. Do you believe that Obama is the President of the USA? Do you believe that the office of the President is one of the most powerful positions a man could have in the USA?

What kind of questions are those?! Do you think I am some sort of goddamn "birther" or something? The answer to the first one is, "Of course, and if he's not then I want that $2,300 campaign contribution back," and the answer to the second one is, "Absolutely."

Anonymous said...

ab-"i do hate u and obama"

ab, I have read your rhetoric for months and I have come to the conclusion that you don't really hate anybody. I know you love Kid and you love Obama. Oh, I agree that Kid can piss you off because of his low IQ compared to yours, but that is no reason to hate him. He just isn't as smart as you are. But who is?

PS. I love you.

alicia banks said...

assnon:

here is a far more relevant book list etc....

fyi
ab

President Barack Obama is George W. Bush 2.0. Blackish. Bolder. Smarter. Slicker. Fabricated. Adored. Thin resume. Thinner soul…

Obama is more devious, deceptive, and dangerous than most apolitical persons could ever imagine. Obama is rapidly regentrifying all of America, worse than any other single enclave ever before. Obama has spent more tax money in mere months than Bush spent in eight years.

As you read this, Obama and his puppeteers are plotting to rob Africa of oil and other riches even as Africans celebrate his sabotage with parades. Like their lost American kin, Africans are so blinded by Obama’s blackish skin that they cannot see the evils of his African agenda…

If you still think that “Republican” and “Democrat” are anything more that amoral distinctions without differences, created to dupe masses of sheeple, then watch this video.

THE MEN BEHIND BARACK OBAMA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MouUJNG8f2k&feature=related

Also, read these classic books by rebel scholar Webster Griffin Tarpley:

BARACK H. OBAMA: THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY

OBAMA: THE POSTMODERN COUP – MAKING OF A MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

BARACK OBAMA

9/11 SYNTHETIC TERROR: MADE IN THE USA

SURVIVING THE CATACLYSM: YOUR GUIDE THROUGH THE GREATEST FINANCIAL CRISIS IN HUMAN HISTORY

Stay tuned to Obama’s global genocides here:

http://uhurunews.com/

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/nyregion/13unemployment.html?_r=2&hp

TrueBlue said...

By the way, I don't know why everyone is so upset about anonymous posters. Even people here who have "names" are, by and large, anonymous.

Anonymous said...

@grinder "What kind of questions are those?! Do you think I am some sort of goddamn "birther" or something? The answer to the first one is, "Of course, and if he's not then I want that $2,300 campaign contribution back," and the answer to the second one is, "Absolutely.""

Yeah, I agree, grinder. However, some people don't think so because of his skin color. Go figure...racism is a bitch.

alicia banks said...

anon


i love african people and america

i hate black fools and amerikkka

it is suicidal not to hate your enemies

i hate kiddo because he is a rabid racist and extreme misogynist who is arrogantly ignorant about his being a moron

i hate obama because he is posing as a black savior when he is really a demonic blaskish puppet of gwb whom i hated equally

obama and kid are indeed my enemies

as are all who would destroy poor/women/blacks etc

alicia banks said...

grinder

i hate assnons because they are cowards who post/throw toxic rocks as they hide their faces and hands...

i hate those soulless cowards who post in others' names even more as they mask their cowardly toxic posts by defacing braver souls...

Anonymous said...

@ab, my book suggestion @1:23p was directed to Dmd, not you. Why are you up in arms today? You were doing so well for a while. Did you forget to take your medication today?

AND STOP BASHING OBAMA!!!You are acting like an uncle tom and a communist/marxist with the IQ of a moron and the temperment of a pit bull. Go visit Wright's church and pray for forgiveness before it is too late! Shame on you.

alicia banks said...

assnon:

thanks for that correction
ie
that book would be great therapy for the racist kid

i am no racist
that is why i refuse to EVER worship or excuse obama simply because he is half black

i have attended rev. w's church

it is wonderful!

and my only medication is reality

try it

it may save you from your fatal delusion

http://www.trinitychicago.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

Anonymous said...

ab "and my only medication is reality"

AB, That's the best medication for everyone! But very few will take it.

That's why Americans cannot have an honest dialogue. They are not interested in taking the medicine of Truth. So we shall be mired in this crap called racism and classism until we end up in hell.

alicia banks said...

ditto anon!

that is why i adore orwell

he penned eternal political truths!

ORWELL’S 1984 = OBAMA’S 2009!!!

I adore George Orwell’s prophetic literary classic 1984. It is a powerful book filled with rebel political truths that are more glaring in reality than ever before. The maniacal myth of President Barack Obama, the hateful hogwash of Rush Limbaugh, and the deepening doom of the New World Order can all be found embedded in the clairvoyant fiction within its pages.

Though Orwell penned 1984 in 1949, the toxic realities so expertly detailed in its pages perfectly describe our global lives in 2009. Orwell was primarily a socially conscious journalist. He was a passionate teller of political truths. Journalists should always report political truths.


Obama’s “journalist” fans have nullified and censored political truths. MSNBC became “Obama TV” long ago, as Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann homoerotically and flagrantly adore Obama. Now, ABC TV will actually allow Obama to control a special report from a remote broadcast inside the White House! Read more about this shocking charade here:

http://drudgereport.com/flashaot.htm

This is not news! This is Nazism!!! Here are a few relevant quotes from political sage George Orwell:

“In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.


The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.

Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.

War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.

The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor.

The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.

Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper.

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.”

Obama is the new blackish mask upon the face of the New World Order. He is the unchecked political darling of the globe. And, throngs of increasingly rabid fans/“journalists” will report every evil act perpetrated by Obama and his puppeteers. We are all doomed….

Dmd said...

Anon @ 1:24: Sorry, didn't mean to mis-quote you... I mixed what you said up with Granny's response. We've had a lot of "bright, courageous [men] and skillful politician[s]" as President before. Very few make it to that office *without* fitting that bill. So your criteria for saying that aren't enough, imo. As for Granny's response, my prior assesment stands.


Grinder: Good point about the anon posters. A few folks DO put their real name/identity on the line, but they are the overwhelming minority. I don't think it's particulary cowardly NOT to put identifying info out there on the internet for everyone to see. In fact I think there's a bit of foolish bravado in doing so, but to each their own.

AB: I understand your frustration/hatred of Obama. Maybe one reason you can feel that while others cannot, is because you never believed the hype? So may people got caught up in the histeria, the moment, the symbolism, that they forgot that he's a politician running for POTUS. In other words, he's by definition going to be someone who compromises his ideals, and is willing to "look the other way" in order to get stuff done/curry favor. I suspect you already knew/suspected that about him, and thus were never blinded by the flashing lights and glare from the mania of the masses. And I don't say this uniquely about Obama. I think it's true of anyone who makes it that far. You can't play in the dirt (politics/deal making) without getting your hands (and soul) dirty.

alicia banks said...

dmd:

thank you for listening and understanding rather than just slurring me as a "troll/man hater etc"

ditto!

there is no such thing as a "decent honest politico"

but some are worse than others
ie
i voted for hc proudly
and i loved bubba as prez
i voted for the 2fer

i voted for obama only because he is less insane and amoral than john m...and i did so by default

yet
i am deeply dejected by obama each day...i briefly hoped even when i did not ever truly believe the hype...and now i have a severe hopeover

http://www.alternet.org/politics/137011/got_a_hopeover_a_dictionary_for_disheartened_obama_fans/

vanishing point said...

@anon.10:40 am
"Kathy, on several occasions you have insulted me even though I have not said anything to you. You seem to be confused about where you end and another person begins."

i apologize for insulting u. but i do write what i think, and i have no intentions of bringing up a previous discussion, that, believe it or not, what very, very hard for me,as well as the other person, i am sure. i expect other white people to call me out at any time that i do or say something that is hindering progress or promoting privilege, or might reinforce racism rather than illuminate, and thank you for your honesty as well.

if your comment was snark, not an attack on granny, then i am truly sorry for the misinterpretation.

TheBlackWhole said...

Good Stuff, Field. We NEED Mo' Vocal/Writin'-prone brithaz AND Sistaz 2 SPEAK UP LIKE THIS!

We've LIVED n' STUDIED tha GREAT ONEZ such az W.E.B Du Bois, Malcolm, Rosa, Martin, Thurgood, Medgar, Che, Ella (Baker), Kwame (Toure), Frantz (Fanon), Cesar (Chavez), Fannie Lou (Hamer), n; MANY othaz...

The 85% a' white folk from the 60's iz NOW DOWN 2 'bout 75% or LESS (so "says" the 2000 US Census...but bear in mind that responses ARE self-selected, meanin' NOT necessarily accurate = ).

This group haz had MO' THAN ENUFF TIME 2 get it'z ACT TOGETHA n' support tha Human Rightz a' EV'RYONE in this country...n' YES, includin' thoze a' OUR LESBIAN, GAY, BI-SEXUAL, n' TRANZGENDERED Brothaz n' Sistaz...despite the HATEFUL homophobia among MANY w/i tha Black community. We're Black AND We can SEE n' SAY when WE'RE WRONG az a people, also!

By AND large...It'z STILL white folks in THIS country tryin' to cling to the "privileges" they've "acquired" AND accrued through MASS GENOCIDE in THIS country.

We don't care if this comment bringz out the trolls white OR Black) OR turnz away theze very same white folkz from FINALLY Doin' tha Right THANG.

We KNOW We DON'T NEED theze people 2 handle our own bidness!

Ev'rybody breathez tha same air...n' NO ONE'Z any mo' special than anyone else. If they chooze NOT TO get on tha HUMANITY TRAIN w/ US...We'll do it WITHOUT 'em.

Men don't wait 4 justice. They EXACT It.

BUT, if all these "well-meanin'" and "honorable", "law-abidin'" white folks CAIN'T see fit 2 support OUR Righteous Cause...Well then, A LOT MO' Blood IZ gonna get spilt on ALL sidez!

WE'RE TIRED a' DYIN' ALONE. SIMPLE AZ DAT.

...We SHOULD be concentratin' on helpin' our less fortunate brothaz n' sistaz a' all shadez in tha face a' these rogue "cops". This iz tha REAL CRUX n' LARGER ISSUE that needz 2 be correct'd.

All due respect 2 Dr. G-...but, overall, he's gonna recover w/ much less strife than thoze a' us who've faced theze scurrilous AND OFT-EVIL "cops" w/o any media fanfare or anythang even remotely approachin' JUSTICE.

If it duzn't change...n' like PRONTO...tha next batch a' "cops" are in 4 a VERY RUDE Awakenin'. Us younger, mo' physically able brothaz AIN'T about 2 tolerate this nonsense any longer.

There'z gonna be A LOT mo' PAIN n' DEATH on both sidez...UNLESS these "cops" CALM tha F*ck DOWN.

N' this iz no idle threat of a Internet Revolutionary...tho' tha 'net DUZ help FUEL this New Revolution (Yes, kdog = )!

It'z EZ 2 SEE tha above IZ comin'...In FACT, tha groundwork haz already been laid, Right HERE, once again, in OAKTOWN, CA USA...BIRTHPLACE a' tha original Black Panthers...INSPIRATION 4 tha NEW Black Panthers AND countless otha Black n' otha folkz who ALREADY know what'z wrong n' AIN'T waitin' 4 a new negro "messiah" or MLK, Jr. 2 MAKE IT HAPPEN.

It'z LONG OVERDUE 4 US 2 handle this chickenshit ourselvez w/ OR w/o the "legal" system.

Hell...if the "just us" system in this country ACTUALLY work'd, we wouldn't be havin' THIS discussion.

Tha NEW REVOLUTION Iz ON...Ready OR not. = )

The "cops" 'round here DO NOT F*CK w/ US ANY LONGER...
b'cuz NOW they KNOW they're GONNA DIE, 2!
It WUZ jus' THAT EZ...n' IT SHOULD'VE been done 'bout 400 or so yearz ago.
Lovelle Mixon IZ Our Generation'z NAT TURNER!:
http://www.sfbayview.com/2009/police-2-oakland-residents-4/

n'
U Can LEARN Mo' 'bout IT...Right Here!
http://theblackwhole.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/46-real-newz-network-flash/

n' HERE:
http://theblackwhole.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/otha-voicez-on-the-oakland...

In ALL Honesty...
---TBW

Anonymous said...

ab, "that is why i adore orwell

he penned eternal political truths!"

His political truth aligns with the period in Eastern Spirituality called the Kaliyuga. It's the last period that the world is in where there is very little truth, morality, ethics and virtue; and no one is concerned with what's right or wrong.

In the Kaliyuga there is a growing human excess of vice, lies, and profanity over time. It's the period where human virtue greatly diminishes and lies/deceit/profanity greatly increases. There is much confusion and misery because no one knows the truth--or right from wrong.

I could be mistaken, but I seem to remember something similar in the Bible or Torah but I am not certain. In any case, at the end of the great Kaliyuga period, the world and the universe come to an end, and it won't be pretty.

alicia banks said...

anon

ditto!

the universality of political truth is evident in all sources

and all lead to 2012...

may god bless us all

Anonymous said...

Dmd "We've had a lot of "bright, courageous [men] and skillful politician[s]" as President before. Very few make it to that office *without* fitting that bill. So your criteria for saying that aren't enough, imo."

I agree that there have been quite a few bright men who became President but very few rose to greatness. If You don't believe me check the history of Presidents and this nation.

That's why I capitalized the word "PROVE", especially for YOU. I also capitalized "ONE" especially for YOU. In context, in order for Obama to become "ONE" greatest Presidents in American history, he has to "PROVE" it. Much like President Bush PROVED that he was one of the worst Presidents in American history.

Get it? Obama has to PERFORM. That's the criteria for rating any human being in a job: Outstanding, Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor, etc.

Do you follow?

Anonymous said...

Kathy: "i have no intentions of bringing up a previous discussion, that, believe it or not, what very, very hard for me,as well as the other person, i am sure."

Kathy, what is very very hard for you and what is very very hard for the 'other' person? Are you talking for Granny now? What are you talking about? FYI: Granny can speak for herself. PERIOD. Who the hell do you think you are?

Kathy: "i expect other white people to call me out at any time that i do or say something that is hindering progress or promoting privilege, or might reinforce racism rather than illuminate, and thank you for your honesty as well."

FYI, I am not White-and I really don't give a damn what color you are. An insult is an insult...no matter what the color of one's skin is. If you insult me again, even though I have said or done NOTHING to you, YOU are going to have a hard time with me on this blog.

I have had it with YOU. Maybe you need to THINK before you write, instead of letting your profane feelings run out of your mouth. And maybe you need to stay out of Granny's business and let Granny decide if I have offended her or not? Who do you think you are, Granny's mother?

So let me make myself very clear: You can let your stinky diarrhetic feelings run out at me if you want, but you will get shit back. And I can assure you, you won't like it.

If you want to get along with me and have constructive dialogue, then you treat me with RESPECT.

Dmd said...

Sounds like we have a simple case of miscommunication then... So we both agree that it's impossible to know how he will ultimately be judged because we only have several months of PERFORMANCE to go on so far. Thus, your original sentence should have read something like "Obama MAY/LIKELY WILL/COULD prove to be one of the best Presidents this country has ever had." Using the words "WILL prove" is saying you already know how he WILL PERFORM. You don't.

As for how many great Presidents we've had... You are making the same point as I was. Just because Obama is bright, courageous, and skillfull in politics (the reasons YOU cited as to why it was a forgone conclusion he WILL PROVE to be great) doesn't mean he will be great. As you yourself just said, in accord with my point, those qualities have been present many times in past Presidents without them being great.

Anonymous said...

Dmd "So we both agree that it's impossible to know how he will ultimately be judged because we only have several months of PERFORMANCE to go on so far. Thus, your original sentence should have read something like "Obama MAY/LIKELY WILL/COULD prove to be one of the best Presidents this country has ever had." Using the words "WILL prove" is saying you already know how he WILL PERFORM. You don't."

I make no claims on foregone conclusions. I am a human being and cannot tell the future. So, if it makes things clearer for you to read "Obama MAY/LIKELY WILL/COULD PROVE to be ONE of the best Presidents, then consider it done. Change the words to your satisfaction to convey what you know my intentions are.

Now we both can 'hope' that Obama will prove to be one of the best for our country, can't we?

TrueBlue said...

Here is an insightful column about the whole thing.

Anonymous said...

grinder,
Thank you for that article. You always provide good information pertinent to discussions on this blog. I am glad you decided to stay.

Like you, I believe Whalen was innocent and obviously Gates felt the same way about her.

It's also to good to read an article that supported what Obama said--the police did act "stupidly." But the unvarnished truth rarely goes over well in America. One must use political truth, as Obama soon learned.

It's interesting that the article questioned Crowley's honesty on the police report regarding Lucia Whalen. It appears that the media 'might' be coming around to thinking he might have lied on poor Lucia in order to make her look like the racial profiler when he was the one.

Well, we shall see. I think this story might still have legs. Thanks again for the link.

Anonymous said...

You white supremisists worship a preditory Jew, willingly used by the Gods to create the temptation that is Christianity to hurt the Europeans and others!! You are a joke!!!

The voice you hear in your head is the power of the Gods. It's a remote technology, like a computer, perhaps functioning on some frequency, and it can listen and talk to everyone in the universe simultaneously.
What the Gods taught the children was the truth:::God is everywhere, and as you will learn:::If you want to go to heaven you have to be good.
It is a tool, and the Gods use their tools to test people with temptation:::It will role-play people in your life:::Parents, friends, spouses, and employers in an attempt to corrupt people. Ionically, it does the very same thing to those people whom you think you're hearing, except in that individual's unique way:::We are all managed by the God's technology.
But this "agent of the Gods" can do more than just communicate. It can force thoughts into people's heads, force behaviors onto their bodies. It can turn healthy cells in your body into cancerous cells. It is absolute power. And this is just the beginning.

The Gods favor the children most among all the people due to their innocence and purity. But society and the God's tools therein corrupt the children at a progressively younger age, yet another clue illustrating we live in a constantly deteriorating environment.
Children who fix their problems with the Gods accend into heaven. Adults enter clone hosting. The gods sell them as one in the same, but one is good while the other is evil.
And their corruption will cost the disfavored, for they will be reincarnated as a lesser life form into an ever deteriorating world, sucess becoming ever more alluding with each passing life.
The hole they've dug for themselves is even deeper than the one that existed from their prior lives, ensuring it will take even more time and work to fix their problems with the Gods. And for many of us there may not be enough time left.

Ours is an envionment where evil is perceived to be rewarded while good is punished. As with everything the Gods have a reason for creating this perception::::
People who fall on the good side of the good/evil scale have more favor, and when they do something wrong the Gods punish them BECAUSE THEY WANT THEM TO LEARN. The Gods want them to receive this feedback in hope they make corrections and begin to behave appropriately. The Gods DON'T like evil and refuse to grant this feedback.
EVERYBODY pays for what they do wrong, only evil people must wait until their next life before they will experience the wrath of the Gods, manifested in their placement as a lower form of life into environments with increased/enhanced temptations.
Sadly, this allows the Gods to position this perception of evil rewarded as temptation, one which they use as an EXTREMELY effective corruptor.

The Gods send the clue that the Jews are HIGHLY corruptable with the movie "The Ten Commandments".
Jesus was the "King of the Jews". Typical for the disfavored, once goals were achieved and sufficient damage was incurred the Gods allowed it to end, and the Jews killed him.

TrueBlue said...

But the unvarnished truth rarely goes over well in America. One must use political truth, as Obama soon learned.

The problem with Obama's statement wasn't so much the bluntness (although it was at odds with his "cool" persona) but more his timing. Recall that when he said it, a lot of facts hadn't come out. Obama said as much at the press conference. If he had referred to the Cambridge police's handling of the matter as "questionable" rather than "stupid," there'd have never been a shitstorm.

Well, some of the wingnuts would have tried to make it a shitstorm. Hell, they'll do that over anything. But it wouldn't have been an overall media shitstorm if Obama hadn't used the "stupidly" word when he did.

And yeah, truth is political, at least when it's coming from politicians. Always has been, always will be. People are constantly complaining that the politicos "lie," but I laugh at that complaint. It's truly a joke, and I don't care what color the politician is.

Really, who does anyone on earth think they are kidding? We demand that our politicians lie to us. We judge them on how well they do it. The reason we want them to lie is largely so we can lie to ourselves later on, when we adopt a phony stance of innocence and self-righteously claim that we were "lied to" when we not only never believed the "lie" in the first place, but in fact demanded that it be told.

This sort of game gets played from every point on the political spectrum. It would be really refreshing if people would grow up, but then it would take a lot of the sport out of the whole thing, wouldn't it?

Anonymous said...

"The reason we want them to lie is largely so we can lie to ourselves later on, when we adopt a phony stance of innocence and self-righteously claim that we were "lied to" when we not only never believed the "lie" in the first place, but in fact demanded that it be told."

This is exactly what happened when Bush invaded Iraq. He was pushing for a war without waiting for an investigative team to determine if Sadam had WMD. Bush's reasons were always suspect and fishy to me. And I bet a lot of Americans felt the same way. But hardly anyone spoke out against it, except Obama. Later on, we acted oooh! sooo! surprised that he lied to us. Of course he did. I believe the best kept secret in America is that most knew he was lying before we went to war and said nothing.

"This sort of game gets played from every point on the political spectrum. It would be really refreshing if people would grow up, but then it would take a lot of the sport out of the whole thing, wouldn't it?"

I agree. We are a nation of adult children who refuse to grow up. Actually, I don't think we really know what it is to be an adult. We like high drama and excitement that jarrs us and keeps us off balance. To actually become an adult would mean we would become balanced individuals who preferred actual truth, peace and equanimity. Who the hell wants that? Kids don't....It's too boring!

vanishing point said...

FYI, I am not White-and I really don't give a damn what color you are. An insult is an insult...no matter what the color of one's skin is. If you insult me again, even though I have said or done NOTHING to you, YOU are going to have a hard time with me on this blog.
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anony i wasn't talking about YOU!

Anonymous said...

Kathy, "anony i wasn't talking about YOU!"

Your comment was directed to me. Who else could it be?

vanishing point said...

anonymous, what i wrote was not referring to you, that is what i mean. yes my response was directed to what you said, but what i wrote, was not about you.
what i was referring to was another white person, i have no idea who you are, or even if my responses are to the same person,
you are right of course, i do use bad language, i have been trying to correct that, although, that is just one more double standard that as a woman, i have to conform to, or so it seems, thanks for your response.

Anonymous said...

Bdm: "I know a shit ton of white people and none of them gives two tiddlywinks that Sotomayor is Hispanic. They may or may not like her political leanings, but haven't heard a single peep about her ethinicity. Real talk, as they say..."

You wouldn't know real talk if it slapped you in the face. The entire nation has been talking about Sotomayor as the first Hispanic nominated for the Supreme Court... and you claim that you haven't heard a 'single peep' about her ethnicity? Get Real. If you are American, you have heard about her ethnicity plenty of times. Hell, even the Senate Committee made a big deal out of it.

Dmd said...

Haha - I should have been more clear... Other than my close personal friends at CNN, MSNBC, and FOX, as well as my even closer friends on the Senate Committee, I haven't heard a peep.

Lest my sarcasm be lost on you anon, much like the obvious, overt meaning of the sentence you quote was lost on you, the point is I don't know any of the people who are so busy chattering about her ethnicity. However, to reiterate what I've already said once, and which you couldn't apparently comprehend/believe, none of the white folks I KNOW PERSONALLY have mentioned her ethnicity even once.

I tire of commenting here. A few posters have actually thoroughly thought through what they believe, and make rational, intellectually honest and consistent arguements, but the majority of yall are like over-wrought 5 year olds. It becomes old having to go back and simply explain the meaning of clear English prose to folks either too dumb or too emotional to do it for themselves.

Anonymous said...

Dmd, "It becomes old having to go back and simply explain the meaning of clear English prose to folks either too dumb or too emotional to do it for themselves."

You wouldn't know 'clear' English prose if it bit you in the ass. You have to be insightful and human to do that. Isn't that why you keep coming back...to try to learn how to be human and insightful?

You have wanted all of your life to be thought of as having a mind, but the family system that you come from thinks just the opposite of you. Isn't that right? In fact, they don't think it is possible to have an intelligent conversation with you. Right?

And so you come to FN Blog and act out your frustration of being rejected by your family. Except it hasn't been working for you has it? No one here thinks you are intelligent either. Hence, all you get here is the same kind of shit your the members of your family gives you....Right?

Dmd said...

Anon: That is correct. (Sob!) :)

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