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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.

With all the debate swirling around the “public option” in the health care reform sometimes I wonder if this is being used to cover up something more sinister than giving the public an option.

Yesterday, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced a public option, which would allow states to “opt out” if this option was not something their state would need. My first thoughts on this “opt out” feature, was that states with a large population of minorities, lead by Republicans, could suffer the consequences of no public option.

Yet, on another level, this could bring into play accountability and influence political votes by the people. According to the “polls” there is a high percentage of the American public that is for the public option. If Governor’s refuse/opt out of the public option and the overwhelming percent of the public, in that state, prefers the public option this could affect re-election of the Governor making those who lead the state more accountable.

This is a tricky trigger because obviously the insurance industry has money which has fueled the opposition to the public option in the first place. Money wins elections especially when it is “freely” given and it is obvious, as well, that politicians will accept money when offered with no moral compass involved.

Secondly, I wondered if the public option, opt out, was final, that is, if a state chose to opt out, could they, at a later date choose to engage the public option under different leadership? Still another question is if a state preferred to choose a plan of co-ops would the same rules of “pre-existing” medical conditions hinder people from joining these co-ops.

The public option, with the “opt out” clause is shaky at best, however the important question is will it prove to be a legitimate way to include the controversial public option into the health care/insurance reform on the table? Already, the lone Republican who was on board, Senator Olympia Snowe, sates her disappointment in the inclusion of the public option.

As far as my limited knowledge but common sense tells me, the public option is the only option, I have seen on the table that has the potential to reduce insurance costs and add competition to the insurance industry, something most will agree is a necessary component of any health care/insurance reform legislation.

Some are suggesting calling the “public option” by another name and both House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz have indeed come up with different names for the policy as a means to alleviate opposition. Pelosi suggested “the consumer option” where Representative Schultz has suggested “competitive option” as the name for the legislation.

Called by whatever name, the intent and the function would still be the same so what’s the point? I say it is time for Americans to stop allowing politicians and big business to tell us what is right for us, in a manner that hides the fact that it is more right as well as profitable for them, something that has been proven time and time again.

I say it is time to stop debating the public option and begin debating the means to make this option workable since one basis for rejection seems to be the poorly run government system of Medicaid/Medicare that is now used by millions today.

The debate, regarding the public option, as well as a number of other provisions, are expected to be under way for weeks to come even after the debates that have been going on for years regarding health care/insurance reform.

What the outcome of these pretentious debates will be is anyone’s guess. Though we are closer than we have ever been in making a decision on this important issue, the saying “close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades” seems to be relevant here.

And that’s the way I see it!!!!!

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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!!!!

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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

Recently Morehouse College, an all-male college in the Atlanta, Georgia area, has instituted a new dress code for its students. According to the new dress code, things like sagging pants, clothes with derogatory language, do-rags, jeans, hats/caps or hoods and sunglasses are not to be worn to class or to school sponsored events and some of these articles are not to be worn on campus at all. The penalty can be as strong as academic suspension.

I say, it’s about time!!!! I say this style of dress should be prohibited in public schools as well (K-12). I say part of education is to teach children that there is a time and place for everything, that boundaries are important, in most situations. Once you start crossing boundaries, things sometimes become chaotic as has happened in schools across America.

Along with the dress code should be a restriction on foul language. Some high school teachers allow kids to curse in front of them with no consequence to the foul language. I have seen it happen too many times. Those children feel that if they can curse in school, they can come on the school bus and curse. Their whole conversation consists of f*** this, f*** that, you motherf***in’ b****.

When you write a child up for cursing on the school bus, after repeated warnings, nothing happens to that child and the child feels it is ok to use this language. The bus driver loses some control if they do not know how to force the issue without involving the school.

Teaching a child respect is a community thing because a parent is not always around. You teach a child to respect themselves as well as others and foul mouthed conversations do not show respect. Children today use dress as a form of disrespect. I have seen children on the way to school with pants sagging way below their behind. Is this a subtle message telling the world to kiss their a**?

While everybody runs around screaming about their freedom to say this or do that, I feel I have freedoms that you infringe upon by showing me your underwear, by cursing in my presence, by acting out with violence, by using the language Rush Limbaugh uses in his divisive rants, by demanding that I can not hang the Christmas decorations of my religious choice in my mall windows, as well as any number of other acts that are permitted in our society today.

In fact, back to Morehouse, they have prohibited the wearing of female clothing, high heel shoes, tank tops etc. and the few openly gay students there are taking offense. These are the things that trouble me about gay guys especially and to some extent gay women as well. Gay guys can not have it both ways either you are a boy or a girl. If you feel so womanly that you are compelled to dress in female clothing, then you do not need to be going to an all-male school.

Boundaries again come into play here. This is what concerns me about the “don’t ask, don’t tell” concept in the military. Will the breakdown of don’t ask, don’t tell create more openly gay men in the military? Will they be allowed to dress in female clothing on their down time while attempting to act out in womanly ways? Will your young son be caught in a life or death situation, laying in a ditch with an openly gay man who proposes a “blow job” to your son prior to possible death?

While all gay guys/females are not on this level there are those that are and I have known enough gay guys to understand that they are constantly on the prowl and that they have been known to pull in a “newbie” every now and then if only for the experience.

I say boundaries are useful in the real world. Dress codes teach lessons and it takes a community to raise a child – we are all failing our children when we abuse the freedoms that have been granted, sending a clear message to our children that rules are made to be broken, that boundaries interfere with freedoms.

And that’s the way I see it!!!!

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Iraq is proof that winning in Afghanistan is nothing more than a pipedream. There is still an insurgency in Iraq and they are attempting to undermine the government prior to what may prove to be an important election in Iraq.

Nineteen people died on Sunday as a result of a car bomb that went off in an area that had become a symbol of restored peace in Baghdad. This is a strong indication that while the insurgency has declined in their actions, the intent as well as their capability to pick up where they left off is still of grave concern.

Last week eight people lost their lives at an open-air market which was attacked by a car bomb. While the Iraqi officials are saying that these attacks are isolated and not an indication that the insurgency is regaining its footing, I say that these are warnings made by the insurgency that they have not been defeated, that their presence is still strong and that their intent has not changed.

Is America deluding itself into believing that they have disrupted the insurgency to a point that they are no longer a viable threat to Iraq? Are the insurgents sending a message to America as well as to the Iraqi people that they are still around, that they will not be defeated, that they will not simply go away?

Are we fighting a losing battle in both Iraq and Afghanistan? It would seem that the message is clear in Iraq that as American’s begin to pull out, the insurgency will increase. They are demonstrating that although they have pulled back to some extent, they are regrouping and even though their attacks have been sporadic, they still have the potential to inflict terrorism with the unexpected bombing of busy areas whenever they feel like it.

With this in mind, what was really accomplished in Iraq besides the capture and murder of Saddam Hussein? Why is Iraq such a perfect example of America’s accomplishments in the war against terrorism and proof of what a surge in American troops can do for the Afghan war?

More importantly, Pakistan had a crisis situation over the week-end in an eighteen hour stand off at a military site, while bombs went off in India as well. This is further indication that the American presence in these lands, have no real affect on the mentality of terrorist; that a surge of troops only postpones the inevitable violence that the terrorist seem to enjoy and that the American presence seems to encourage.

Recruitment for the insurgency takes place on campuses, at markets and mosques and probably on line via the internet. Recruitment never stops nor does the number of people willing to die for the cause decrease along with those who are forced to participate in the madness.

America is even considering the possibility of paying Afghans, directly or indirectly, not to fight by appealing to the economics of their poor economy. How ridiculous is this idea. This, to me would encourage others to join the fight in order to get paid by the American government who refuses to pass legislation for medical coverage of its own people yet are only too willing to pay for an economy where so many of their own troops are dying and the fighting never stops.

As the confusion continues, indecision is rising and opinions are raging in both directions as to whether or not to send more troops off to die or not to send more troops. How long do we fight this war and encumber our economy with the cost of the war alone, not to include the money donated to get people in Afghanistan not to take up arms against us. What purpose are we really serving and how do we get to a point where we can just walk away?

While the consensus seems to be leaving is not an option, after eight years what has the reward been for staying? More violence, more death, more expenses, more grief and a never ending supply of hate, anger and Taliban. – Something is not right about this picture. I say this area of the world, the same area of the world that took his life, needs Jesus and until they accept the concept of Jesus, turmoil will be their daily bread, hate will be their motivating force and peace will never happen.

As this seems to be a proven fact over many years of violence and corruption in these areas, why did America allow itself to be drawn in with no exit strategy? Why must we continue to babysit these foreign countries where the “enemy” is not truly known to us and the people themselves are not really decisive enough to take more than a half-hearted stand against their oppressors?

How are these rational efforts by a nation as great as America and would our participation have been so intense if our dependency on oil had not been as great. We gave them the key to our weakness and they are controlling our existence both in our own land and in theirs – did we not see this coming?

And that’s the way I see it!!!!!

Rooted - New Testament

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)

Is money the root of all evil or does evil naturally reside in the heart of mankind. As I view the Bernie Madoff’s of the world in the form of Insurance Companies, Banks, Mortgage Lenders, Car Manufactures and all those who took part in the material greed that eventually brought us to our knees financially, as well as witnessing how money seems to be the key element in the discussions on health care/insurance reform, I began to recognize how material gain has been such a motivating negativity throughout history.

Senator Baucus, best know for the new insurance reform legislation he has brought to the table in recent days, has essentially outlined a better way for insurance companies to continue on their road of making more money off “we the people” by making health care insurance mandatory for every individual.

While in theory, this idea is a good idea, technically, by making insurance “mandatory” is this not more government control over your individual lives, something the protesters seem to be totally against. Also, because of his affiliations with the health care industry, his motivations have to stand in question.

Is this proposal Baucus has submitted guided by the fact that over recent years, Baucus has received over $4 million dollars from the health care/insurance fields? How can you trust his proposals based on this large amount of money he has received from the very people the health care/insurance reform is attempting to pull in the reins on?

While he is promoting co-ops, how effective would co-ops be on a large scale and how would these co-ops react to a person who has a pre-determined illness of any type? He is also promoting the expansion of Medicare/Medicaid to be more inclusive to a larger portion of society. Medicare is run by the government, thus making government involved more with your medical coverage – is this a play on words/concepts, or am I the one that is confused.

Power, greed, material gains, land ownership, control seem to be what motivates people to act out in uncaring, egotistical, in the moment ways that always seems to lead to madness on one level or another.

Corrupt governments, in other countries, which keep most of its people living way under the poverty level while government officials are “living large” in plush, comfortable surroundings all indicate that money and power have a tendency to corrupt a man’s soul but I say that man’s soul is corrupt and he sees more power in the money.

Recently, I have been avoiding politics in my personal life. I had begun to feel dirty as though I was actually rolling in the mud with the “pigs” that run this country. I had begun to feel angry at the sight of the protesters’ signs and the talk of racism that still has the capacity to, literally, turn my stomach with the extent of the denials and the irrational acts of racially conscious Americans.

Instead I have been taking the journey into the future with Nostradamus, his predictions of 2012 and scientist who are full of scenarios of what the end could be like. Secretly, I am beginning to hope that it will be as bad as the predictions have outlined for out of the tragedies predicted, maybe, just maybe mankind will become aware that united we have so much more to gain than divided. Something serious needs to shake up mankind to make him see the errors of his ways because those ways are becoming more and more destructive.

It seems that in horrific times, people seem ready to stand besides each other, regardless of race, religion, or anything else that has a tendency to divide, and work for the common good, but only until the crisis is over.

How long does a crisis have to last before people recognize the true meaning of life on earth? Truth be told, as I look around the world as it is today, I see a crisis that is ready to explode and bring the predictions of Nostradamus, the Mayan Indians and Revelations to our doorsteps – how will you respond? How will you survive when money is not the ultimate goal but true survival is all that matters?

Some have predicted a spiritual awakening based on the line up of the planets in 2012. If your God were to meet you face to face and look you squarely in the eyes, would he/she be able to witness a soul that has been true to the concepts of peace, love, forgiveness or would they see the ugliness that has been corrupting your very being and the deeds you have committed tainted by this ugliness in you soul.

While no one really knows the soul of another, what that person thinks or truly feels, your actions, in any given situation, tells a great deal about who you are on the inside. While you may be able to deny with your lips what you really feel, your actions are the road map to your heart – you better recognize before it’s too late.

And that’s the way I see it!!!!

Fatal Flaw

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!!!!