I myself marched during the Civil Rights Movement in 1963 to voice my insistence on achieving racial equality. Those were the days of Selma and Montgomery, the slain civil rights workers, Bull Connor and the water hoses and police dogs, Faubus, Wallace and Thurmond. At that time I lived on the Upper Upper West Side of Manhattan and in 1964 race riots broke out 1 mile north of where my family lived in our apartment. But that was a long time ago and today Black people go to the finest universities instead of a Governor blocking their way. They are professionals in law, medicine, professorship and become astronauts.

Race relations will never be perfect for anyone in America in our lifetime but before the emergence of Barack Obama in this Election 2008 we all, black and white were doing pretty good and getting along better than we have for many years. Suddenly I am looking at a 1964 election with racial divides popping up everywhere from all sides and the media bogged down with Obama's personal problems instead of concentrating on the issues that if not addressed in lieu of racial considerations and events in Obama's complicated lifestyle will only begin to ruin black and white families together. Of course race relations is an issue to contend with and attempt to improve at all times. The economic meltdown consisting of the spiraling stock market, the housing crisis, the sub-crime mortgage situation, universal health care, the war, rogue enemy nations, oil prices and education are all far more important at this time to deal with. Obama has maneuvered this country into an unnecessary and damaging discussion of race relations that while important were essentially launched by his personal involvements and may end up causing the media and voters to be mired in a quixotic and meandering trip down memory lane hurling this secondary discussion around and around possibly into the General Election which will be devastating, causing us to be enjoined from attacking the big problems at hand. Just remember, Obama's relationships (2) in Chicago, his lack of experience mostly walking out of the room on meetings and discussions, his slick and non-specific speeches, his unclear and super repetitive "change" word which deluded young and inexperienced voters, his wife's disrespectful remarks about our country and much more, originally caused justifiable criticism of him by voters and the media. That vetting of a Presidential Candidate angered his community who in their frenzy to win the Presidency even if it meant electing an ersatz  Black President initiated a feud that was unknown in 2007. The preacher screamed out an allegation that the US had created HIV in the Black community and supplied Black people with illegal material and then jailed them. He also simulated sexual events from the pulpit referring to President Clinton. In that old New York neighborhood I spoke about if this preacher screamed like that on 79th Street and Broadway it is very likely that a passerby would dial 911 and the preacher may have been taken by police to a famous hospital on second avenue called Bellevue. There are many  commentators on news programs who are legitamizing Obama's ties as a listener to what are actually truly psychotic statements and behavior. His preacher clearly said that America created the infusion of HIV Aids in Black people, meaning that in his estimation this country committed attempted murder against it's citizens. Bizarre statements from the preacher surrounded our greatest tradgedy as a nation in 2001. Obama denies that he knew any of these revelations during an intimate 20 year relationship with the preacher. The other 15 year relationship in Chicago is still under investigation by the press and media. I don't know what else is going to surface but perhaps the preacher should ask Obama to set him up with a good doctor who may possibly suggest an Abilify or Seoquel perscription.

 

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All across this nation American Drivers voluntarily attend defensive driving courses and as in the case of New York State receive various incentives to stimulate their attendance which happens to be impressive in numbers. I think Congress should legislate a similar deal for those willing to partake in political science seminars which also would address the inner workings of our government. Again, incentives such as tax credits, gift certificates or insurance points could be offered that would cause maybe a large number of American voters to learn how to decipher the implausable rhetoric we are hearing in this campaign. Candidates offering nebulous and unsupportable promises would be stopped in their tracks by the one thing that I am noticing in today's voting public that is now lacking-political knowledge and education. I firmly believe that our voters erroneously believe that everybody working in Washington can be cleaned out in the name of change. Did anybody listen to Rudy Guiliani (this is like reviving a dead body) when he said at one of the debates "what change". And that is exactly what I am referring to, an ignorance of the facts that is actually attracting voters to a "rock star" who even has his own Internet and media groupie (she is really stunning, I saw her on a late night program). So every time I see a 19 year old on a newsreel coming home feet first or people losing their jobs and their homes and children with no health care, I must remind everyone that a 2 hour seminar would transform these lemmings into informed voters who never in the future will fall for evasive Jim Morrisons (he also had groupies but he had no chance of being President). My belief, in summation is that all of us need to take more responsibility in how we vote because a wishy washy candidate, if elected on the backs of voters who are easily led by catch phrases that cannot be translated into reality can turn into a leopard with very different spots once securely in the Oval office.

 

commonsenseunlimited