This appeared on my Facebook page today

sorry to be a fly in the ointment.

Bombings of homes. Blacks had to step off the sidewalk so whites could pass. Blacks could not live in our town, go to school, or shop there. Blacks weren't allowed in town after dark, and ran the risk of harassment or arrest for merely driving through town. So yes it is a big fucking deal.


I got slapped for calling a black woman a lady. The lessons taught backfired.

is duly noted. At least now we know where you stand.

I am very fond of our President and still have tons of hope on what he can get done on our behalf ... but to put him on the same pedestal as MLK is stretching things a bit.

Pat Metheny might be greatest jazz musician ever to have when we look back a 100 years from now .. but I am not willing to put him right next to Louis Armstrong in terms of his overall cultural impact .. not yet.


Hope this clears things a bit

He was hated by many and they cheered his assassination.

If he were alive today, there are many who would regard him similar to the way they see Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.

Barack may or may not earn that pedestal. We will see. But, I'm sure that his place in History is part of the dreams of MLK.

in thoughts and attitudes. Is President Obama a perfect man? No. Is he a brave man, an inspirational man? Has he marked a significant point in the history of our country, one that many thought was never possible? Absolutely.

You do not have to like or agree with everything that he has done or will do, but you cannot take away from him the significance of what his becoming president has done and inspired in all minorities. And for those of us who are not minorities but believe we are all, in fact, equal.

But it's an easy correlation to make. Rosa Parks became the spark for the civil rights era, Martin Luther King had a dream and while the dumbfuckistan knuckle draggers are trying not to make it so, President Obama is something of a manifestation of Martin Luther King's dream, albeit not a perfect one. But that makes a lousy slogan so I think we can gloss over the caveat laden reality.

When I look at our President, I see his foibles and his successes, his failures and his hopes, dreams and political machinations. I see the content of his character and rarely, except when forced to slap the moronic racists, do I think about the color of his skin.

At least for the majority of Americans. I see him the same way you do. And when I do see the color of his skin I never, ever forget that he's half white.

Maybe we should mention that more often. Get people to be aware of that fact all the time. Because I think he represents and governs for me, as a white person too.

And it is as important as it ever was.

way cool

Truly a great message

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