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While some are calling the recent election in Virginia and New Jersey, where Republicans won major elections to high offices, as a setback for the Obama Administration, I call it a return to status quo, a return to business as usual. People call for change but the average person is afraid of change and this election proves that point, if nothing else.

Others are saying these elections are a statement directed solely at Obama and the concept of how people want their country back; that they want a better economy as well as a stop to government spending.

My question becomes “back” from whom? It seems obvious to me that one election changes nothing when it comes to how far down we have fallen and though Obama in no way caused the fall – it was in fact the Republicans that were in office for the previous eight years, through government spending – I’m not sure if that reality makes much difference to those who voted to put Republicans back in charge.

Clearly, Republicans have run this country for the previous eight years. They have run this country to the brink of financial ruin yet, Republicans are what the people are accustomed to and in spite of the efforts made by Obama to institute change, these elections are indicative of the fear Americans have of change.

More than anything these elections demonstrate that unless people get out and vote in the masses that took place during the presidential election, things will easily revert back to what it was. This election demonstrates that change is a scary thing and that most will stick with the devil they know as opposed to knowing another way. This election could even demonstrate that of the candidates being voted on, those who voted chose “the best man for the job.”

This election could demonstrate, as well, that we the people are still looking to politicians to change our lot in life; to lead us, individually to prosperity; to ease the burden that unemployment has caused. The economy is on the upswing, as predicted by Obama. When he originally said that things would get worse before they got better this too has occurred. Getting back on solid ground will take a while because the process is a process which hinges on layers of success.

As sad as it is, big business is the foundation and once they get on solid ground to the point they feel comfortable with sharing the wealth with “we the people” rather than their business partners, by once again hiring and in the case of financial institutions, lending, then we the people begin to have confidence in the system and we begin to spend more.

Once we begin to spend small businesses begin to prosper, as small businesses begin to prosper more jobs become available and the cycle begins in earnest leading to a stronger economy. Patience is the key to waiting, something Americans are proving they do not have a lot of; as is being demonstrated by the unrealistic belief that Obama had a magic wand that would instantly be waved and all things would magically go back to the way things were. Since that did not happen in the ten months allowed we have seen a shift in alliances as this elections may have even demonstrated.

Obama is not a dictator and therefore can not change major policies, such as health care or the closing of Gitmo or anything else of major importance, without the aid of Congress. Congress has proven they are nothing more than the proverbial cement block attached to the purposed progress, which holds down transformation in the tide waters of change sweeping the coast lines of financial security of this country.

Ten months is not enough time to have accomplished much when you have opposition holding back policy changes on the levels that have occurred since Obama has been in office and even those things that have been accomplished are not without criticism and skepticism as to whether they have played a critical part in the slow turnaround of the economy.

Ten months is not enough time to have given people back jobs that have been lost through mismanagement, excesses, greed, corruption, self-interests and bad business policies, however with all of the bonuses that have been given out, salaries for a number of employees could have instead been paid, but that is not how it works and although the ball has been pushed and is rolling in the direction of improvement, jobs are the last in a list of steps that must be taken before the economy’s improvement is felt by those who need it most.

The recovery will take time and the past ten months have shown that the implementations set in motion by Obama have at least a chance of stabilizing the shaky economy. Ten months is not long when compared to eight years of Republican rule which lead us to where we are today. I’m just saying, don’t read too much into the politics that just occurred with the 2009 elections because possibilities still exist to the contrary of how this election is being “analyzed.”

And that’s the way I see it.

While Republicans use people like Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Fox News to spread the hate filled fear against the President of the United States that has gripped the nation, they are now criticizing Hollywood for “doing Obama’s bidding” to promote giving back to your community through volunteerism.

Glenn Beck is no better than Osama Bin Laden with his propaganda spreading agenda. How ridiculous is this. I never thought I would live to see the first black president nor did I believe some people could get more ignorant than racism. I was wrong on both levels.

I briefly watched a tirade Glenn Beck went on, calling this, supposedly, Obama/Hollywood connection a level of communism by stating “Well, this is fantastic. It’s almost like we’re living in Mao’s China right now.”

Schools refusing to air a conversation Obama had on the first day of school requesting that children stay in school, irrational people hating the message because they hate the messenger, regardless of whether the message is relevant or not. The more people like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh talk, the more they seem out of control, straight crazy to me and I question the media that allows this fanatical rampage to continue.

With all the people who are unemployed, doing something positive with their time could help their mental and emotional perceptions of self as they look for work. This is, in fact, the perfect time for people to get out and volunteer with nothing but time on their hands. It beats sitting around doing nothing or sitting around listening to the madness that is allowed to parade as news coming out of the mouths of people like Rush and Glenn.

What the hell is wrong with people? Beck jumps around in his seat, uses sarcasm, acts overly animated as though he is a child as he delivers his childish rant. Does he not realize how foolish he looks as he attempts to make volunteerism seem like a bad thing, a form of propaganda on the same level as communism?

Beck rants that celebrities are coming together to make it ‘cool’ to volunteer and even Disney is getting into the act by giving a free day at the park. While Beck claims this is all fine, the thing that irritates him is that he feels the call for volunteering comes from Obama and nothing Obama says or does is relevant or worth acting on.

This is way too irrational to me, and that’s putting it mildly. This says more about who Glenn Beck is than who Obama is.

While the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), a Hollywood charitable organization, who is behind the push for volunteerism states that this was a thought of theirs, to promote volunteering, as early as last year, I say it does not matter whose idea it was because the idea is a good one.

With some neighborhoods mimicking war zones, kids running wild, teenage violence at a high, people should be volunteering just on this level, with kids. People should want to volunteer in their communities because only you can change where you live.

You have a choice to make, follow Glenn Beck and his irrational, hate filled rants while sitting around complaining about the economy, health care reform, the neighborhood you live in, the violence that is taking over that neighborhood, children today or take a stand and volunteer, make a difference in someone’s life, build stronger, safer communities. It’s up to you. Take the first step by visiting iParticipate to find volunteer opportunities near you.

And that’s the way I see it!!!!

Passion by Elizabeth Taylor Dusting Powder 2.6 Oz

How many terrorist plots are brewing here in America and when will the time come that one slips below the radar and is hatched before our very eyes leaving hundreds dead and millions living in the aftermath of destruction, both emotional and physical. More importantly is our involvement in the Middle East helping or hurting our chances at peace in our own lands. Is our involvement in the Middle East truly preventing the violence of terrorism?

While Obama may have promised bi-partisanship on the floor of Congress, which was and is truly his hope, he failed to realize he had no real control over people and their idiosyncrasies. As he puts his best foot forward to accomplish all he needs to accomplish, in the hearts and minds of those around him it is business as usual, which involves, to a large degree, political games.

Having not been able to pass a health care/insurance reform through the brick walls of Congress, allowing him to move on to other crisis issues with a clear mind and with the political games played by both Democrats and Republicans, he is now being criticized for his thoughtful hesitation for not acting on McChrystal’s request for more troops.

A house divided can not stand, a house divided falls short of its goals and a house divided is the United States of America. How this house can be in favor of sending youngsters off to die without hesitation but be so totally against something as basic as health care, both costing the United States billions of dollars but one being more of a choice while the other being a necessity for the stability of our financial future, I will never comprehend.

It is obvious that fighting the war in Afghanistan is creating more problems than it is solving, both financially as well as adding a new divide amongst the people of the United States. Logically speaking if we do not have enough money to finance health care for the people of the United States how do we have money to support the war in Afghanistan, donate money for reconstruction and to support a counterinsurgency in Pakistan.

While people are using the fact that the health care reform is too costly, so too are the wars we are knee deep in. While people use the excuse that the war is necessary to stop violence on our soil, there have been two plots to wreak havoc on American soil in two months.

The most recent was a “home grown” terrorist by the name of Tarek Mehanna who grew up in an upscale Boston suburb and had plotted to kill shoppers in U.S. malls and kill U.S. troops in Iraq, an area the United States is holding up as the poster child for a military surge in Afghanistan even though the violence has not really stopped in Iraq.

The thought process of the American public, as well as those in charge of protecting and serving the American public worries me. As far as I can see, Obama is the only one that is showing a true concern for the American people in all he attempts to do yet with every step he attempts to make there are those who are placing concrete slabs on his ankles in an attempt to hold him back at a time in the history of America where decisive action is not only necessary but not without grave consequences if left unattended.

Recognizing the need for decisive action has not limited the games that are being played and I am left wondering how, supposedly, grown rational people can be so childish as I ask myself why these obvious games are being played.

I am left wondering how long this absurd, pretentious, ego driven, money hungry health care debate will go on. I am left wondering will mankind ever be capable of living in the world in peace and harmony as my senses tell me that we are moving in a dangerous direction with no one willing to stop the madness.

I say violence begets violence and as we live in subtle fear of not knowing when the next terrorist attack will occur, it should be teaching us that lesson and that the war in Afghanistan does nothing to prevent a terrorist attack here in America.

And that’s the way I see it!!!!

Essentials of Abnormal Psychology (with CD-ROM)

As I read this article this morning regarding Bank of America CEO, Kenneth D. Lewis who received close to $100,000 more last year for personal use of a corporate jet and all the other perks and benefits these bailed out business men received and are still receiving, all I could do is shake my head in disgust. These people don’t care about you, the very people that bailed them out.

This morning I listened to a news report of how Americans are becoming depressed over unemployment. The commentator related a story of one of her friends who had a very high level position, lost their job with no hope of that job being returned to them. Basically she stated that the job defined her friend and now that the job was gone so too was the friend’s image of themselves. This has caused many to become mentally confused, caused a psychological breakdown of sorts.

As I listened to this analogy, for some reason the rage filled faces of the recent town hall meetings flashed in front of my eyes. I came to realize that psychologically, because they fooled themselves into believing they are what they do, people have lost their identities. They are essentially lost souls floating into an abyss with no direction. Most feel they are too old to “start over” and are stuck in the feeling that someone has to be blamed for snatching their identities.

Survival is not for the weak of heart or spirit. Survival is about adapting to the situation whether you caused it or it was forced on you. Survival is about re-inventing yourself. Blaming others for the situation is counter productive and a bit irrational. Blaming others leads to rage and to me, as I listened to this news commentator, I realized how Obama is being blamed for the loss of identity these people are experiencing.

All my life I have known that there are those with money who basically control the rest of us and those with money will always have money. For a brief time the trickle down effect was in play however, now that the crisis has hit the gap between those who have and those who have been fooled into believing they have has become the abyss and many who thought they had, are floating in this abyss, lost, confused and suffering the consequences of the allusion.

But is Obama truly the blame for all these lost souls? Obama can not give you back “self” that is something you have to find on your own. The tides have turned and you no longer see yourselves through the eyes of your position, your job. What you should be realizing is that the position never truly defined who you are. Who you really are is defined by your will to survive in spite of your temporary loss of identity and by recognizing truths.

One truth that should be beating you over the head is that you are more than the position you held. Along with that truth should be that it may be time to re-invent you. Take some classes in a field that is growing. Use the skills you have perfected over the years of employment that you have had. Reassess your financial situation and determine just how much it would take to hold on to what you have and if holding on is not an option, let it go because material things come back around if you work for them.

Sitting around waiting on a Politician to change your lot in life is giving up your power – it is also not what a survivor does. Blaming others for things you yourself were gullible enough to believe is emotionally draining and it shifts accountability for your life which is your responsibility.

Jobs come and go for some this is a constant reality. There are jobs out there to be had. You may not start off at the top but if your skills are what you think they are you will begin to rise to the top but it may take a few additional college credits that will broaden your scope and make you more diverse in your perceptions of self. Those that have will initially watch out for themselves and their cronies as is being demonstrated by large corporations that have been “bailed out” with taxpayers’ money.

Bailed out banks are doing business as usual with this money they begged for but they are not, thus far, including you the consumer instead perks keep rolling for them – this should tell you another truth about who is really to blame about your loss of identity.

Recognize truths, stop sitting around waiting for someone else to hand you back your identity, reinvent yourself, take responsibility for your station in life, loose the anger and accept what is, for only through positive movement will a new you emerge and in the end the new you will be stronger, wiser and more adaptable.

And that’s the way I see it!!!!!!

Give Praise To God

Let’s get one thing straight. Obama is not a dictator. He does not have the only word on any proposal. If it were like that we would not be living in a “Democracy”. Now the question has been posed – What has Obama done since he has been in office. The real question should be who has been behind Obama since he has been in office.

The answer to that question would determine what he has been able to do relying on the people he has had to rely on to get the job done. The answer to that question is that without the support of those he relies on nothing can be accomplished and that is exactly what has been accomplished – nothing. However, this is not because of Obama yet you want him to carry that weight.

This lack of achievement is thanks to the people who have chosen to put lies out there; those who are happy with the division and in fact are encouraging the division. Even in all of the madness I have witnessed over the past nine months, I can see clearly that the goal of the President is bi-partisanship, peace and cooperation amongst the peoples of the world as well as the people of America, keeping promises he made while running for president, but those who are against the President are responsible for his lack of achievements because they are fighting every step he attempts to make in the direction of change.

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to him and already jealous hearted, hate filled, questioning attitudes have attempted to tarnish the intention of the award. The award was not necessarily given for accomplishments but for intentions and Obama’s intentions have been clear when it comes to world peace.

I refuse to let you petty, small minded, jealous hearted, irresponsible, bully mentality Americans tarnish my excitement and pride at the PEACE prize awarded Obama. While I recognize the fact that your concept of peace is force feeding violence down the throats of other nations while you scream at them to obey your concepts of peace and the democratic way - that has not worked and it is time for a change.

That is what has been recognized by the Nobel Peace Prize. American’s new stance on world peace; a stance that has never been taken by Americans, with their bully mentality, has been recognized throughout the world and the person behind the concept has been awarded. Instead of standing behind Obama and taking pride in this honor you sit scratching your heads and wondering “with two wars on the table how can this be?”

Obama did not start either one of these wars. Obama has not jumped on the bandwagon of sending more McChrystal requested troops (although he may in the end do that). Obama has stated to the world that America has not always been diplomatic in there response to crisis situations. Obama has held out a hand of peace, even to those who do not want peace both here in America and abroad. I say just with the division and dissention, the disrespect and the political posturing he has had to endure since being in office here in America he deserves that award.

On another level, a conspiracy theory level, this award could all be a game played by the world on America; a way to increase the division that they have witnessed our country going through over the election of a black man for the position of Presidency.

Divide and conquer could be the game and recognizing that to build a black man up in the eyes of white America could have devastating consequences they, in a conspiracy to see America fall apart, have decided to stir the pot of division within America by awarding the first black president this award nine months into his presidency.

The dollar is falling, we are over extended in two wars, we can not decide on health care for our people, we are in debt to foreign nations, we are racially divided as well as divided by party ideology, it would seem we are playing right into the hands of those who may wish to see America fail – and there are those in the world who would get pleasure out of seeing this happen to America - yet we continue to air our dirty laundry over national television. “Can’t we all just get along?” Can we get behind a man that has peace in his heart and good will for the people of this country? Can we grow and change?

And that’s the way I see it!!!!

Geez as hard as I try, I can not seem to stay away from the news. I get angry at the extent of the hate I see. I get angry at the irrational comments made by those who are supposed to be in office working for the good of the people. I get angry at the media and the way they lead into certain stories (with bias and intent) but like a drug, lately I can not ignore the news.

My recent anger is going out to Governor Tim Pawlenty, a Republican from Minnesota. His irrational comments at the Mackinac Island, Michigan Republican Leadership Conference left me shaking my head in disgust.

Pawlenty, playing ugly Republican politics stated “President Obama said in his joint session of Congress he’s going to call people out, so we want to call him out back and say ‘Quit bankrupting the country. Stop spending money we don’t have. Stop taxing us into oblivion and the next time you speak to the young people apologize and explain to them why you are leaving them such a huge debt to pay off.’”

While those may not be his exact words they are close enough to get the intent. Now I’m not for sure but I would be willing to bet that he is one of those same Republicans that are so concerned about the national debt when it comes to health care/insurance reform but are anxious to continue the war in Afghanistan. A war that has been going on for eight years – with no end in sight; a war that is taking more American lives monthly; a war that is “deteriorating” swiftly.

While health care/insurance reform is for the betterment of “we the people,” Republicans and their arrogant attitudes want to continue the war in a country which has home court advantage, which is winning the battle, which has an exhaustive supply of warriors and who refuses to give up the battle, costing the American people billions of dollars and spiking up the national debt.

So we send our kids off to fight, forever changing their lives and who they are, spend extreme amounts of money in a war that goes on and on and on like the ever ready bunny, troops come back home, no jobs available and no medical coverage to support their mental and physical wounds but you fight tooth and nail to prevent health coverage for the people you are supposed to be looking out for.

I don’t understand the thought process of those people who are for the war but against health care/insurance reform based on cost. I don’t understand the righteous indignation regarding too much government involvement after where big business has taken us. I don’t understand the concept/rant that government is becoming too involved in medical care but let’s expand Medicare/Medicaid to cover more people.

I don’t understand the lies, the hate, the twisting of words to make the same thing seem like a different thing. I don’t understand Republicans or Democrats that are dressing things up to seem like something other than what they are to make themselves seem smarter or make it seem like their idea is better when basically they are the same ideas with different packaging and the debt is going to continue to grow either way.

See this is why I hate to watch the news these days. Nobody is making sense, hate is strong and arrogance is obvious. Rational thought does not exist only egotistical political games are relevant and I feel this is going to be the tone of any debate as long as Obama is President. Those who are against the President will always be against him regardless to what he says or does.

People wanted change but the changes are being irrationally criticized. With the world view of Obama in office being very positive, Americans sit back and criticize every move he makes. The other day on the Cafferty Report, Cafferty asked is it better for the American President to be feared or liked. This comment was a direct put down because the view from some Americans is that Obama is showing weakness in his international dealings.

I say fear does not gain respect. I say fear involves a bully mentality. I say while people may fear you, they are not respecting you and though the people you get to fear you may walk the line, you can not control what they think or feel and you better believe that in the long run they are thinking of ways to get back at you because of the fear you instill in them.

I say slavery should have shown you that but lessons not learned are situations that you will continue to experience. I say eight years of Afghanistan and six years of Iraq should be showing you how true this is but you can not see past your arrogance and your need to win even when losing is smacking you in the face. I say only ignorant people and fools do not learn from experience – which one of those categories do Americans fit into.

And that’s the way I see it!!!!

Beloved Enemy/Shadowed Memories (Battles of Destiny, Vol. 2)

While former President Carter may have hit the nail squarely on the head, most people are denying his words like they have been denying racism even exists in the forms manifested on a daily basis.

You lie, if you think racism has no bearing on the current debates on health care. You lie if you believe racism is a “fringe” element of the demonstrations. You lie if you feel that this behavior will not persist regarding any issue Obama brings to the table.

You lie to the American public when you discount racism as a key element in the dissention regarding Obama being president but more importantly, you give those responsible for the racist attitudes reason to deny this attitude to themselves.

It is one thing to disagree with a person’s point of view however, the comments being made, the signs being carried during protests such as the Tea Parties, the chants all are symbolic of the underlying racial message – to deny this is to deny racism exists in America and to deny racism exist and is the cause of the dissention regarding the health care/insurance reform is a lie.

Denial will not make the issue of racism disappear it will however encourage the growth of the attitude cloaking it in “other reasons” without rooting it out in honesty. Some have said it does no good to bring racism into the conversation of health care reform, that it takes away from the legitimacy of the health care/insurance reform debate however it is because of racism that the debate has intensified into the irrational conversation it has become.

Although we may be in agreement that racism does exist in America, when it comes to the manifestations of racism there is no agreement and it would seem that the only racism that does exist in today’s America is the “racism” that exists in reverse discrimination because when it comes to things blacks perceive to be racism then it is all in our minds.

Racism does not, according to the news media and their panels of “experts,” exist in racial profiling. Racism does not exist in the work environment; racism does not exist on the police force or in educations, housing, acquiring credit or in simple daily living.

Racism is irrational and that irrationality is carrying over into the discussions of health care/insurance reform, with lies and fear being motivated by racially charged comments made by main stream media people like Limbaugh and Beck. Racism is personal thereby the attacks on Obama have become personal because they are motivated not by his policy but because of who he is – an African American.

When you close your eyes to truth it has a tendency to resurface stronger than before because truth always rises to the surface as has the true racial climate that has been just below the surface here in America. While many say they welcome a debate on racism in America whenever the conversation comes up it is plagued by denials and therefore never truly discussed or examined.

While there are bigger issues to tackle, such as the war in Afghanistan, health care/insurance reform, education and the economy among other things, the race issue will continue to force a wedge between effective problem solving regarding these issues because race is an issue that has never been effectively dealt with here in America.

Unless this debate on racism is dealt with head on, the consequences will be more dissention, more “disagreement,” harsher words more personal attacks and more lies. I admire former President Carter for denouncing the actions of those who are insisting on making this presidency an undercover campaign for racism and hate. I admire him for speaking what I consider to be a truth that has been denied for too long.

Consequently, the attack on Acorn has even demonstrated a level of racism and stereotyping that is offensive to me. The pimp and the prostitute are symbolic of what white America has always considered a prime occupation of blacks in America.

Although Acorn may have some problems, they did not bring down the American economy. Acorn is neither taking taxpayers’ money to “restore” their business and pay out large bonuses to their “top achievers,” nor are they the first Americans to have offered up ways to beat the IRS.

This attack on Acorn is a direct attack on the “legitimacy” of the President of the United States of America with the allegations of voter fraud looming and President Obama’s minor affiliation with Acorn making him guilty by association.

You people need to get a grip and face some serious truths that have nothing to do with Acorn but instead with the hate you hold in your heart and the belief, as former President Carter has said in a nicer way, that an African American is not capable or worthy enough to head this nation – which is a lie!!

And that’s the way I see it!!!!

As I was reading some of the comments left on Yahoo News regarding Serena Williams’ meltdown, I realized just how some whites refuse to allow blacks the freedom of just being “people” they will always be blacks, animals even to some.

One comment stated “another case of an angry black person thinking they are owed something.” Another comment called her “ghetto girl” and still another made the comment “you can take the monkey out of the jungle but you can’t take the jungle out of the monkey.”

The flood gates of racism have opened wide for Americans on a rampage against blacks. It does not matter what blacks do in this land of equal opportunity, to a large portion of white Americans they will always be less than human, “jungle bunnies” or in the minds of those stuck in the past “niggers.”

I have seen white ball players in the faces of referees cursing, arguing, violent and angry because a foul was called on them but let a black person express attitude and immediately the color of that athlete becomes the issue. Yet whites are so quick to make statements to the affect that it is blacks who keep the color biases alive and well.

My question becomes what the hell is wrong with white America. On any and every level possible you show just how ignorant and racist you are. While no one, besides Congressman Charles Rangel has been outspoken enough to call this opposition on health care/insurance reform what it really is, racism, I have known almost since Obama has been in office that the real cause for all of the rudeness, name calling, protests, is simply because Obama is black – it is simply motivated by hate and racism.

While Obama may have won the election, a large portion of his votes undoubtedly came from minorities and young whites who have a better handle on reality because they have been exposed to blacks more than their parents or grand parents. What I see when I scan the crowds at the “Tea Parties” and the Town Hall meetings is a sea of white faces.

A sea of white faces angry at the way things turned out in the election; a sea of white faces who are running scared at the prospect of having to give up the privilege they have enjoyed for too long and no way does that sea of faces represent the true political makeup of America at this juncture.

The real reason the health care reform is causing so much dissention is because white Americans truly feel this legislation is nothing more than reparations for “past” sins and to allow for this to pass would be like admitting guilt. Those who are against this legislation will continue to be against the legislation because it is not about the legislation it is more about race.

Never mind that this legislation has been discussed many times over the last 50 years, never mind that everyone agrees that it needs to be reformed, never mind that if it is not taken care of soon it will create a financial burden that can take America to a new level of financial ruin, the real battle is the battle against “black America” and that is the only battle that makes any sense to the irrational, hate filled masses of white America.

Racism is an irrational manifestation of the superiority racist whites feel. That irrational state of mind propels racist to act out in irrational ways and to believe the lies that have been used to dissuade the gullible minds and confuse the issues regarding the health care legislation.

Even when the lies are unveiled, the irrational minds refuse to consider truth because truth would show how truly ridiculous they have been so they cling to the lies as justification for their outrage and continue on the path of ignorance and denial.

A prime example of the ignorance and disrespect was South Carolina Republican Joe Wilson’s rude behavior at the speech Obama gave on Wednesday night when he called out that Obama was a lie for saying this health care/insurance reform would not offer health care to illegal immigrants.

This rude comment comes in spite of the reality that illegal immigrants are currently receiving health care through emergency rooms and will continue to receive this type of care regardless of any bill being passed; this rude comment comes with no “punishment” and yet accountability is a word that is overused on the stage of politics today. “I’m sorry” does not take the words or the effects of the words away.

This rude comment comes out of the mouth of Representative Joe Wilson even with the knowledge that as a result of these visits to the emergency room, by illegal immigrants, medical costs are driven up; this, in spite of the reality that while the bill may not offer a means to distinguish between an illegal immigrant and a true citizen, immigrants will be taken care of one way or the other with or without this legislation.

White people need to give up the racism that is entrenched in the fiber of their very souls because they are showing their ignorance, to the world, in a very profound manner and while you are sending our troops out to fight wars in foreign lands, you need to clean up your own back yard in order to be perceived as a nation that practices what it preaches.

And that’s the way I see it!!!!

Just like the health care/insurance reform debate crisis, there are two sides to every story as details are released concerning the man who got his finger bitten off at a health care demonstration recently in California.

Though I laughed at this ridiculous display of intimidation, on another level I could not help but to side with the pro-reform guy. Anti-reform demonstrators, town hall participants have shown repeatedly just how out of control and disrespectful they can be.

While the Los Angeles Times has reported the incident as the pro-reform demonstrator walking away minus a finger, an eyewitness report (a link provided through the Los Angeles Times report under updates) from a pro-reform demonstrator has a different version of exactly what happened and leaves the anti-reform demonstrator with a bully mentality, walking away minus a finger.

Either way, someone walked away from the demonstration, minus a finger and it is an excellent example of how rage, left unchecked, leads to uncontrolled violence and someone, ultimately, ends up hurt.

I have watched how these anti-reform protestors have shown so much disrespect for anyone who does not think as they think, by means of much yelling, finger pointing, rudeness and down right ugliness, as they attempt to dissuade people from getting on board with the health care reform.

Repeating the lies they have been told even after the lies have been shown for what they are. I have seen them screaming and finger pointing in others’ faces. I have even witnessed one man grab a woman’s poster and rip it up yet the woman whose poster he tore up was escorted out of the town hall.

I’m sorry, after reading the eyewitnesses’ report, somewhere deep inside, I felt a momentary feeling of triumph for the man who bit the finger off. Although I immediately felt bad for feeling this way, I have been disturbed by the shear irrational rage and total disrespect I have seen displayed by the mob mentality of the anti-reform protestors.

What I have found to be even more disturbing was, that these people where allowed to act out, without being checked, and ultimately being supported as demonstrating their fundamental right of “freedom of speech.” More than that even was the assumption portrayed by news media that these people represented the views of most “Americans” in this “debate” over health care reform.

Violence begets violence or so the saying goes, in war so it is in life and the longer this rage simmers, the stronger the boil becomes until someone gets hurt beyond a bitten off finger.

As two unlikely Republican partners, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican Senator John McCain, hit the road with an itinerary of three events in two days to spout the message of a “slow approach to health care reform” nothing seems to dissuade those against health care reform and the tensions remain, ready to boil over into violence.

While Obama, in an effort to salvage his idea of health care reform, schedules a State of the Union style message next Wednesday, speculation mounts as to whether “public option” is in or out and whether the hope for bi-partisanship has been given up on.

I have never seen a clearer picture of how easily people are manipulated in masses, nor seen the mob mentality being demonstrated in such irrational, extreme behaviors being demonstrated by so many.

And that’s the way I see it!!!!

When a black person tells the truth about white American they are called race-baiters but it is the racist whites who repeatedly give blacks the words of truth to say. This word was used against Rep. Diane Watson as she spoke truth about things being said about Obama by people like Rush Limbaugh and as she spoke about medical coverage in Cuba.

As threats against the President’s life grow, supposedly over policy issues, anyone with any common sense would see that there is much more behind the threats than policy. Yesterday as I watched Rick Sanchez, I heard the harsh, un-Christian words of a pastor as he told his congregation that he would pray for Obama to die and go to hell.

This “pastor” said he would pray for Michelle to be a widow and their kids to be fatherless simply because he believes Obama to be for abortions. Ignorant comments from a “man of God” who is suppose to preach love and forgiveness. Abortions are a personal situation and you have no right to infringe on my rights, in any way, in America supposedly.

You have ignorant people threatening the late term abortion doctor with death or bodily harm in the name of pro-life; you have people threatening the life of the President of the United States of America; you have hate being so thick in the protesters of health care reform that it is visible and tangible enough to cut with a knife yet when a black person speaks out about the madness, they are race-baiters.

You have people showing up to town halls armed and ready to kill if provoked, and yes some were black as well; you have radio and news media willing to stir the pot of hatred and racism with ignorant comments made by people like Rush Limbaugh verbalizing his desire to see Obama fail and keeping the birthers issue alive as had Lou Dobbs.

You have people like Glenn Beck accusing Obama of being a racist, something I find offensive for I have been called that at this site but I would never stoop to the level of white America and become as they are, full of hatred and racism and simply sharing MY experiences or MY perspectives does not make me a racist.

It seems that’s the first thing a white racist says about a black person when a black person shares their individual experiences of living in America. The truth of the matter on that level is that from the start white America had no reason to hate blacks, but they did; white people had no reason to treat blacks as inhumane as they did, but they did; whites had no reason to discriminate, but they did and they do.

For these reasons whites feel blacks should hate them, that there is reason for blacks to hate whites and that is why they are so quick to call a black person a racist or a race-baiter because the guilt of their white forefathers and the guilt of their own racist views are eating them up inside and causing irrational thought processing just in order to justify the irrational, unjustified, hate they feel inside, to replace reality.

Yet you have a Republican gubernatorial hopeful willing to buy “Obama tags” to hunt and murder President Obama, at the Idaho state wolf hunt, as was the “joke” made by Rex Rammell; you have people like Rep. Lynn Jenkins a Republican from Kansas who commented in her speech that “Republicans are struggling right now to find the ‘great white hope’ a phrase that is associated with pre-civil rights era racism and boxing, to possibly lead the Republican party to victory in 2012.

As the “debate” and I use that word lightly, goes on regarding health care/insurance reform so too does the racial rhetoric become more intense as some states are attempting to initiate nullification, which allows individual states to nullify laws passed on the federal level, that states may feel do not serve their states, their people or in some way is “unconstitutional.”

Nullification is an act most recognized during slavery times as South Carolina originally protested tariffs but eventually tariffs, issues of slavery and territorial expansion all became intertwined in the case of nullification.

Calling Democratic Rep. Diane Watson a raise-baiter, a word created by racist white Americans demonstrates to me every time I hear the word the total lack of reality with which racists Americans view the race issue.

Even I have been called a race-baiter but the reality is, if it were not for people like Rush Limbaugh, Beck, KKK, white supremacist groups, militia groups, hate filled whites turning out in droves with signs depicting Obama as Hitler, birthers who are still attempting to press the issue of “citizenship” these truths spoken by blacks such as Diane Watson would not be part of the conversation.

Another reality is that Watson was simply making a comparison to health care in Cuba. Even in Russia all people have health care. In industrialized nations all over the world the people have health care but here in America the issue of covering all under health care is an issue that has become infected with the hatred, lies and brutality that has been just under the surface; that has been demonstrated time and again in the history of America.

Truth be told, if I were Obama and I could pass the health care reform with the least amount of votes, I would push it through on the strength of the very real possibility that I may not live long enough to continue the “debate” the way the racists are showing their hand.

I am disgusted at American truly, truly disgusted and you can dress it up anyway you want to, in your own mind, but what I see is hatred, fear, racism and ignorance being displayed more than anything regarding health care reform.

And that’s the way I see it!!!!