At 100 degree temperatures, Lucy (Purplegimp) and her gang of Kiryat Shmonah gimps blasted off on their scooters and wheelies to join the Gathering of Gimps who were protesting about their benefits for the disabled not being raised for ten years now.

 The other groups were not getting the attention they needed from the press, so an SOS was sent out to Lucy to get on her scooter to help raise some hell.

 

Here’s a picture of Lucy leading her group of gimps to the Jerusalem march, all decked out in purple of course, blue tooth in her ear, and water bottle in her stricken arm.

 

They met up in town at 0730 to organize ourselves before the trailer got there to take the scooters to the official starting place. There were two scooters, two regular wheelies, and a power chair who came with his van.

The Gathering of Gimps

Lucy’s group did not make it all the way because an order on high stopped them dead in their tracks and a police tow for the scooters and wheelies to take them back.

Purplegimp is waiting on a call from Bibi Netanyahu who is a personal friend of hers and he will listen and take under consideration the disabled gimps cause. Olmert wants them nowhere in sight and does not want any publicity over the plight of the disabled in Israel.

 Here’s a breakdown of the disabled and their benefits:

Let's do a little maths and see what we get.
Minimal monthly expenses:
130 average rent in housing authority flats
75 average water
80 property tax
400 electric
150 phone
199 cable
75 cooking gas
300 meds

 That's a grand monthly total of 1409 and we haven't even had a bite to eat or left the house. A basic monthy benefit is just under 2000 which leaves us the whopping sum of just under 600 to eat and leave the house.

 Personally, she is OK, but she is just on the borderline of OK. It's for the ones who have to decided if they want to eat or take their meds that she is up in arms about.

For more on Lucy’s story here is a link you can go to:  http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3560605,00.html  and here Lucy speaking herself

Lucy did get the press coverage the gimps needed due to her notorious reputation and they are on their way to getting the changes needed. Their next plan of attack to march on Jerusalem is being planned today.

When Lucy has her mind set, nothing gets in her way or stops her. Lucy is a true inspiration and to be admired. With all of her own disabilities she risks everything to help out others and march for the cause. Lucy is one of today’s real heroines.

 

Last night I heard BO tell people that if he is President there will be no drilling for oil.  According to him, we can't drill our way out of this problem.  Duh!  Listen up BO, we can't get out of this right away either with alternative fuels, windmills, solar panels, and other ideas you might have.

If we had started drilling for our own oil when we had the oil crisis during the Jimmah Carter days, we would now be independent of these Islamic con men. But, no, we did nothing as usual. The liberals and their adherence to the Greenies would not allow us to drill in our own country, off our own shores, in Anwar and here we are years later in a worse crisis than ever.  The whole world must find us laughable and stupid to say the least.

Well, BO, if you don't want drilling, you might just get a drilling at the polls. Most of the American people want the oil drilling to start and start right now.

Last night, I was just about ready to shoot the TV listening to Alan Colmes talk about how drilling for our own oil would only save us a penny on a gallon of gas. How the hey does he know?  Besides that, has he ever considered the fact that we are paying all this money to OPEC who only uses our money for terrorist attacks against us.  So, we virtually pay for ourselves to be attacked. How attractive is that?

Like a usual liberal, Alan Colmes is an idiot.

The next thing was the segment how Israel flew a trial run over the Persian Gulf to give Ahmedinejad a little taste of what to expect if he keeps talking and threatening to wipe Israel off the map.  Of course the liberal talking point guest had to say that that was one of the worst things Israel could do is threaten Iran. OMG!  Another stooge, numbscull, idiot, moron. I'm running out of words for these liberal "LET'S HAVE DIPLOMACY INSTEAD".   Yeah, sure, I can't wait to see BO talk to Ahmedinejad and tell him not to threaten anyone or he will whip Ahmedinejad with a wet noodle. No balls Obama with the bigmouth of Iran. The scene makes me laugh out loud.

I can see BO sitting there telling this maniac that we need to diplomatically settle this problem. Like how will that work when the man wants Israel off the map and he can't wait to do it?  Sure, I guess the Messiah, BO, thinks he will just speak in his slathering, slobbering rhetoric to Ahmedinejad and all will be well.  And, I'm sure Governor Richardson is telling BO that it worked with N. Korea so why shouldn't it work with Iran.  Richardson kept telling people during the debates he solved the problem of nukes with N. Korea during the Clinton administration. Oh, my stomach hurts from laughing so hard. Particularly when I recall N. Korea several years ago trying to launch nukes on the 4th of July. They were duds but he's still at it, the little cheater. I guess Richardson didn't know you can't trust a Communist.

And, who did I see sitting around a table with BO like they were his advisors?  Madeline Dimbulb!  Now there ya go, BO. That should be a real winner for you.  So basically I see BO surrounding himself with tired old leftovers from the Clinton years and pre 9/11.  That tells me all I need to know.  As if I didn't know already.

And, Michelle, she's getting a new makeover.  She has a whole new boatload of people who are redoing her image so she can be tolerated by the American people who are so mean. 

Well, we bitter Americans who cling to our religion and guns aren't buying this crap. So, hey BO why don't you jump onto one of those oil rigs and start drilling for our oil right now. Roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty.  You should be used to it considering you come from the dirtiest political place in the country, Chicago.

Reprint from my old blog, Peppermints Place

Friday, January 26, 2007 1:56 AM

Interviewer: Joe Smith

Interviewee: Barack Obama

Brought to you by the average man on the street series

 

Joe: Mr. Obama, it’s a pleasure to meet you.

Obama: Likewise, Joe. I love talking to the people, unlike
Mrs. Clinton, I am a natural at this. The people love me
when I speak.

Joe:  That’s good to hear, sir. Now I hope during this
conversation we can get into some meaty matters. I
found it difficult with Mrs. Clinton.

Obama: Oh, that won’t be a problem Joe. You see I’ve
been where you’ve been, down among the masses,
speaking in crowds, people swarming over me, wanting
to touch me, talk to me. It’s amazing really. I never
thought I would become such an icon in so little time.

Joe:  Yes, Mr. Obama. I see that is happening. But,
today I would like to ask you some questions that
will help me make my decision for 2008.

Obama:  By the way, Joe, did you see that picture of
me in my swim suit walking in the water towards the
beach? Man hell of a picture! I didn’t think my
handlers could do such a good job of making me
look like the black John Kennedy, but youzza man,
that blew me away. I think like John Kennedy. I’m
thinking of that speech where he said, “Ask not what
your country can do for you, but ask what can I
do for my country”. Great speech. And, to think
I come from Illinois where Jack won the election,
in the normal democratic way, stealing votes.  Oh,
Joe, that was just a joke now. Don’t take that
seriously. I just like to add a dash of humor, helps
break the ice.

Joe:  Well, Mr. Obama, how do you think you are
so like John Kennedy? He was from a different era when
the democratic party was….

Obama: Oh, not so different. We still steal votes. Ha!Ha! 
Now remember Joe, just a joke. Ha! I so love
my jokes. Everything about me seems to sparkle.

Joe:  I would much prefer to talk about your ideas
and plans if you become president.

Obama:  I’m a thinking man, Joe. I think long and
hard before I make a decision. I would never have
rushed into war like Bush. No, never fight a war if
you can’t win it.

Joe:  But, Bush didn’t rush Mr. Obama, he…..

Obama:  Forget it Joe. It’s over and done now. The
Democrats will not fight a war. We don’t believe in
it. It just wastes time and money. Money needs to be
spent on more important things, such as setting up
more abortion clinics for those women who have to
make a choice. We’re planning on some very nice
institutions that will provide after care beyond what
any private hospital could ever offer these poor
women.

Joe: Did I hear you correctly, more abortion clinics
with government money?

Obama: Of course. Our government owes the people
of this great nation everything we can give them. As
I was saying, after care will include several days of
recovery with a special dietitian on hand who will
prepare special meals made particularly to suit the’
needs of a grieving mother.

Joe:  Wait a minute, Mr. Obama, grieving mother?

Obama: Of course Joe, you don’t think these women
are happy to give up their children do you? And
after the trauma, particularly of those partial birth abortions,
that I support by the way, no mother in
her right mind would be happy. So, we need a special
government program to help them during their
grieving processes. We need counselors, special
accommodations and after care.

Joe:  Mr. Obama I’m not seeing how this likens you
to John Kennedy actually, I thought…

Obama:  Well, Joe, you see I took John Kennedy’s
words and I have my own slogan. I say, “Ask not
what you can do for your country, but what can I
get out of my country”. That’s the real question we
need to ask ourselves. We are living in a different
age and we need to change policies to fit the times
in which we live, Joe. Get with the program, most
or a lot of people already understand this idea.

Joe:  I would like to ask you about the axis
of evil. Now to make myself clear since Mrs. Clinton
got confused, I’m talking about Iran, North Korea,
Syria, those countries which are causing a grave threat
to our national security.

Obama:  Those countries just need a good talking to
Joe. Nothing to sweat over. Once I get on the road, I
will whip things into shape, make a pact with all parties
involved, one in which we can all live with and abide by.
You see how well our conversation is going right now?
I’ll present them with options and opportunities that
will engender the greatest peace of our time.

Joe:  What do you plan to offer?

Obama:  Myself!  Ha! Ha! Just joking, Joe. You know
most of the women are just drooling over me, my good
looks, buff body, seeing me in those swim trunks…

Joe: EXCUSE me, Mr. Obama, could we get back to what
you plan to offer these countries so they don’t nuke
us?

Obama:  Joe, settle down now. Don’t get so vehement
about it. You’d think the danger was imminent the way
you talk.

Joe:  I do think the danger is imminent Mr. Obama and
don’t tell me to settle down.

Obama:  Joe, Joe, it’s all a matter of diplomacy. You’ve
heard that word right? I know it’s been a long time since
you’ve seen anyone practice it. With Bush just rushing
off like a mad cowboy running roughshod over every
world leader telling them what to do, when to do it,
how to do it. Where was the d-i-p-l-o-m-a-c-y?

Joe:  What about you attending a madrassa Mr. Obama?
I hear from the Clinton campaign that you were…

Obama:  Don’t believe that silly Mrs. Clinton. I just
don’t know how that woman thinks anyone will believe
what she says. She didn’t even know her own husband
was getting a head job in the oval office. What a schmuck!
I wonder how it will be for me in the Oval office? Hmm,
could be interesting. I’ll make sure I have better looking
interns though. Bill has no taste.

Joe: PLEASE, Mr. Obama, let’s get back to the topic!

Obama:  Yes, yes, that’s right. The threat. Actually, Joe
I am not so sure there is a threat. I mean I see a small
sort of problem with some very primitive backwards
countries who don’t allow freedom to flourish.
Oh, I like the sound of that word, flourish. Don’t you
Joe? I think I need to use that more often. Let diplomacy
flourish. Forget about that let freedom ring bull.

Joe:  Mr. Obama I need to know the answer to what I
consider the most pressing issue of my lifetime. The
radical Islamic threat and the danger we are in from the..

Obama:  Really, Joe, are you a bigot? Radical Islamic
threat? Are you not a man of religion yourself?

Joe:  Yes, yes, I’m a Christian and I’m afraid I’m going
to die by the sword…

Obama:  That’s so funny. Die by the sword. Just where
are you getting that, Joe? What have you been reading?
Those right wing radicals have polluted your mind to
the point you are believing the lies. You’ve become a
fearful and pitiful caricature of a man, Joe. Stand tall,
walk straight, strut just like me. If you walk like you
got the cojones, then you got em. Got that Joe?

Joe:  Yeah, I got it, but….

Obama:  Good, Joe. My handlers are telling me that’s
all the time I’ve got for now. They have a couple of
cuties waiting to see me. Catch ya later, Joe. Don’t
worry my friend, things are changing. I’ll be re-arranging
the scope of the nation and bringing the good times back.
Hollywood is promoting me and I’ll be seen across the world
as the new peacemaker. You’ve got nothing to worry
about. Trust me.

To all the good people at TH who come here to read my blog, I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for their well wishes and prayers.

I still need your prayers more than ever,  so don’t stop. 

For right now I just can’t write or even read much on TH. I apologize for not getting to the blogs of those who ask me to come over.

But, right now, I am too physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausted from illness, seeing doctors and going through batteries of medical tests.

Right now, I already know I have 3 surgeries to face and there could be more than that. The tests results will give us more information.

I’m not going to bore anyone with all the tests or all the problems already found. I just want to tell you all that I won’t be around much on TH for awhile, a short time, I hope.  It was difficult to make this decision since writing on TH is one of my favorite things to do, especially if I could put a smile on someone’s face or make them laugh.

I do hope to be back at some point and I hope that will be sooner than later.  I do answer email from those who have written me. I may not get to them right away, but I do answer eventually. So anyone who wishes to can email me if they want. My email address is on my blog page.  

Right now I just want to send all my affection to you all and God bless all of you who have cared enough to ask about me.

Pepp

I am posting an article I wrote some time ago as it seems timely once again to publish it. For those who may have not seen or read it back when I was writing under Peppermintsplace blog. It is one of the articles I wrote for the Average Man in the Street Series.

 
Previously published on:
Thursday, January 25, 2007 8:50 PM

Interviewer Joe Smith

Interviewee Hillary Clinton

Brought to you by the Average Man in the Street Series

Joe:  It was quite pleasant of you Mrs. Clinton, to suggest we sit and chat with you.
I’m looking forward to our discussion.

Hillary: Oh, my pleasure Joe. I have been looking forward to talking to the
average citizen. I don’t often get this wonderful opportunity, that’s why I
presented my campaign opening by suggesting we chat and have discussions.
There are so many issues on people’s minds today and with all the bi-partisan
squabbling I’m sure the American average Joe, like you must be so
frustrated. We’ve become such a divided nation since Bush took over from my
husband. The country has become the most polarized nation on earth,
unlike the times when my husband was in office and so loved…..

Joe:  Excuse me Mrs. Clinton, but I was hoping we could have a real
discussion about real issues.

Hillary:  Oh, oh, of course, Joe. Just what would you like to discuss?
I have many programs on the table that I would love to tell you about…

Joe:  Excuse me again, Mrs.Clinton, but I would like to ask you some
questions first if you don’t mind. I’d like to stay and talk with you for a long
time, but I do have a job to go to since I am an average citizen.

Hillary:  Oh, of course, Joe, one forgets these kinds of things. Of course
you have a job, but you know most Americans don’t have jobs to go
to and if they do, they are being paid far too little. That’s why I will enact
the fair worker doctrine, where all workers, average ones that is,
will be paid the same amount of wages irregardless of merit…

Joe:  Excuse me again, Mrs. Clinton, but I was sincerely hoping to ask
you some questions on the biggest issues facing our country right now.

 
Hillary:  Yes, yes, I understand, Joe. We have already raised the minimum
wage and I will be working on a health care program that will cover all….

Joe:  Mrs. Clinton, I would really like to turn the subject to something of a
different nature, such as the axis of evil.

 
Hillary:  Oh, my God, Joe. I can’t believe you would bring up such a
personal issue; I really can’t go into that….....

Joe:  Mrs. Clinton, I want to know how you view the axis of evil and
what your plans are…....

Hillary:  Really Joe!! I have no intention of speaking to you about Monica,
Bill, and myself. That issue was resolved a long time ago. I can’t believe
you would even mention it. And, for your information, that dress, the one
with the “stain” was actually mine. I had leant that dress to Monica
without having it dry cleaned. That’s one thing I can’t forgive myself for
because the right wing press and their right wing groups had to make
a big thing out of it. Like Bill would do anything to harm his image and
our marriage. I’ll never forgive that Dobson character, who
ever he is and that Hannity, or is it Colmes, trying to take my husband
down when all he tried to do is the best for this country.
We love our country and Bill and I….....

Joe:  No, Mrs. Clinton, I wasn’t asking about that axis of evil,
I was speaking about…...

Hillary:  I really don’t want to go into Falwell, Dobson, and that other
Christian whatshisname. I think we all have had enough of that kind
of division in this country. With out these Christian right wing nu…,
I mean right wing voters we would have no problems in this country.
Now, they even try to make things up about Islam and it being a right
wing religion. You would think they would be happy to have another
right wing religions group to hang out with. You just can’t make people
happy especially when it revolves around religion. I just don’t under
stand why people get themselves upset over Islam. We need more
diversity in this country…....

Joe:  Mrs. Clinton, I believe you have misunderstood…...

Hillary:  I understand completely Joe. You were just trying to trip me
up with that axis of evil shi…, uh, thing. I get it. I’m not your average
citiz….I mean I wasn’t born yesterday. I know just what you
were up to. You want to bring up the past…..Wait, a minute Joe,
I just need to regain my composure.

Joe:  Mrs. Clinton, when I referred to the axis of evil I meant…...

Hillary:  Darn it, Joe. Is it your notion of a chat to drive me up the wall
with this? I already told you it’s a thing of the past. Bill and I even went
to marriage counseling and Bill learned a lot about being a husband,
and I learned a lot about being a wife. Poor man. His appetites
are so profound. He couldn’t help himself. You know what it’s like
to be the most important person in the world and have women falling all
over you?  Oh, I’m sorry Joe; of course you wouldn’t know that. You’re
just an average slo…., I mean you haven’t had to carry the burden of
being in political office, being president, and having to resist all kinds
of temptation, from fornication to selling classified documents.
Not that anyone did anything of the sort.
I mean, it’s just so difficult on all the family members in the White
House. Everyday another right wing press agent out to get us, to
take my husband down, the pressure, the indignation of it all…...

Joe:  Mrs. Clinton, I have to be back to work in ten minutes so I
haven’t got too much time…..

Hillary:  That’s another thing I’ll take care of for you Joe. When I’m
president I will enact A “fair work place doctrine” that will allow
you to have as much time off work as possible for other reasons as
sick children. But, you know I love the children so much. We can’t do
enough for our children. Every day I see children in need. Just the other
day I saw a very small baby in a dumpster. Can you believe it?
A dumpster of all places!  Joe. The average citizen can’t be throwing small
babies in dumpsters simply because they have not the time
off work to feed them. I’ve never seen anything like it. I really didn’t know
how bad things had gotten in this great country of ours since Bush
took office. I mean I knew we were being pulled apart like hyenas
grabbing a ham sandwich, but to see a small baby, and I mean
it was so small. To think that parents don’t have enough to feed such
small children in this country shows me how far down Bush has brought
us down to their knees, people suffering terribly….....

Joe:  Mrs. Clinton, were you visiting an abortion clinic lately?

Hillary:  Joe, what kind of person are you?  You say you wanted to chat.
But all you have done is throw ugly things in my face. I don’t visit abortion
clinics, Joe. I don’t plan on having any more children. For God’s sake,
having Chelsea was plenty and making those dumb Christmas ornaments
and cookies to be sent of to that private school just to make an impression
…, I mean to help out those less fortunate than ourselves. You see we
always made nice little things to be given to the poor around Christmas
even though I personally don’t believe in such things. Those kinds
of things should come from the government….

Joe: EXCUSE ME, Mrs. Clinton; I was trying to ask you about North Korea,
Iran, Syria, those countries that are presenting a grave threat…

Hillary:  Oh, that kind of evil. Why didn’t you say so to begin with Joe? 
Now, actually, Joe, I have to leave. It’s a busy schedule when running
for president and I have another chat lined up.  Thanks so much for your
time. I’m so glad we had this wonderful chat.

In this article I plan to talk about and show you what kinds of amenities are available while you are at the Redneck Terrorist Training Camp, or as we have come to call it RTTC.

I thought it would be useful to give all who are interested a look at the life of a day at the Redneck Terrorist Training Camp.  We work long and hard. Our mission is urgent.  Our mission is sacred to save America. Yes we can. Change and hope in America is coming your way. All Rednecks are welcome to join up and fight for the cause. Applications are being taken right now.  No redneck, however bitter, frustrated or angry will be turned down. Qualificatons are simple. All you need is the wish to save your country.

CNN’s senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, during a discussion on Friday’s "The Situation Room," defended Barack Obama’s comments, that small-town voters are often "bitter" and they "cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them," and blasted Hillary Clinton for her criticism of the comments. "I think that is so ridiculous.... I mean that is not at all what Barack Obama said.... I mean Hillary Clinton is clearly distorting what Obama said. And, by the way, what Obama said is factually accurate."

Oh, really, factually accurate?  Jeffrey Toobin suddenly knows all of us out here in Middle America while he sits in CNN's newsroom behaving like a buffoon?

 Jack Cafferty, a regular contributor to "The Situation Room," agree with Toobin, and went further. "Look, Jeff's right. They call it the 'Rust Belt' for a reason.... The people are frustrated. The people have no economic opportunity. What happens to folks like that in the Middle East, you ask? Well, take a look. They go to places like al Qaeda training camps. I mean there's nothing new here."

Get a load of Cafferty folks. Now we in the boonies are going to become like al Qaeda because we are so bitter with our plight. Right, all these folks in the "rust belt" have been sitting around for 25 years without a job. Cafferty takes the prize for being the dumbest shill on CNN.

TOOBIN: It's been true throughout history that people who have economic problems lash out against various others. I just think it is embarrassing for the Clinton campaign just to hang on to this as if it's some sort of gaffe by Obama.

OMG!  Yes, all these rural areas are lashing out at "various others".  Gee, I see it all the time passing by the farms here where people are milking cows, building fences, plowing to plant their next crop, harvesting their crops, and generally working their butts off.

OK, so now according to these jokers on CNN, not only are we people in middle America angry, frustrated, sitting around with our guns, in church no less, lashing out about "various" others, but we are now going to travel to the ME for terrorist training.  Poor, poor Obama, how misunderstood he is according to these CNN shills. I hope these shills are really afraid of us out here in middle America.  Because if we do go to these training camps the first object of our attack will be the MSM.
Watch yourselves CNN,  we newly trained terrorists are coming after you. 


For the entire conversation on CNN:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2008/04/14/cnn-s-toobin-cafferty-obama-s-bitter-comments-factually-accurate

“You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."”

Barack Obama in a recent speech in San Francisco

************************************************************************

OK. I’m getting really steamed with this guy.

First, according to his wife, Michelle we’re mean. Now, we’re bitter, those of us who live in little towns in the Midwest are bitter.

We “cling” to our guns. Darn right we cling to our guns. I guess Obama doesn’t realize there is a thing called the Second Amendment. Oh, I forgot, he wants to take our guns away. Yeah, that’s right. He apparently hasn’t read the 2^nd Amendment or doesn’t believe in it.

We “cling” to our religion. I thought we were free to practice our religion without persecution in this country. Is that not in the Constitution also? 

I suppose he didn’t “cling” to Mr. Wright for twenty years in his church of choice. I wonder why he was there?

We have antipathy to people who aren’t like us. I would say that he sounds like he’s projecting his own thoughts onto us hicks. 

And yeah, a lot of us Americans are against “ILLEGAL” immigration. How many times must this be told to these politicians who want to turn it into against “immigration” that is LEGAL?

Obama you really stepped into it this time. Keep it up. Those of us who don’t want you as POTUS are loving it. 

Say what you really feel why don’t you and completely ruin your chances of being the next President of the US.  We really don't need you anyway.  We hicks want something better than you and your elitist, arrogant remarks about middle America.

Forward

I received an email from one of my readers who requested that I post his personal feelings about the issue of race in America today. The poster goes by the screen name of BigPapa. He is one who is from the generation of post civil rights and his essay takes a look at the recent debate over race in this era of political maneuvering.

What is it about this race issue for Obama and Clinton? Why are Democrats so beholden to it and why is it so prevalent 40+ years after civil rights? Why are we letting new generations take hold of racism?

I’m what you call Average American Joe. I’m a 38 year old white, Christian Conservative and a gun owner.   When I was a child I grew up in a household where the N word was not used nor was racism tolerated. For all the flaws of my parents may have had, like any other parents, one was not racism. Do I have prejudices? Yes I do and anyone who says they don’t is a damn liar. Recognizing those prejudices and working through them is what makes us better.

My Mom and Dad never uttered the N word.   As a young child I came home and asked them one day what that meant having heard it in school. They taught me it was a bad thing just as any other insult is. They also made sure I knew the history surrounding this word and why it was especially bad.

In my elementary school we had one or two black children form 1^st through 6th grade. You could say I grew up in a lily white area since it was rural at the time. When I entered junior high in the 7^th grade it combined two elementary schools and the other one had a lot of black kids.   Some of the white kids showed their true colors and some of these black kids showed their true colors too. This was confusing to me and it troubled me having a sense of always wanting to do the right thing and apply the golden rule. For the first time in my life I experienced reverse racism.(I didn’t know it at the time) I didn’t understand why these black kids treated me like they did. Not all of them, but many exhibited the same behavior as some as my white peers.

Somehow I soldiered through either using my own logic or knowledge gained from my parents. I knew people that were racists and I just ignored their ignorance and stupidity. The way I looked at is there were stupid hateful people of all colors around the world. As a child and even now I was a history buff and I think my statement above can be proven by history.

As I entered the workforce I experienced this reverse racism again and again. I have always been one to make friends with anyone of any race or creed. When Michelle Obama talks about this mean country I think where the hell has she been? I wasn’t Ivy League educated; I don’t make nearly a million dollars a year as she has in this mean country.  What does that make her?

As I got near my 30’s I started working at a politically correct company which is kind of a pain in the rear, but at the same time I have met and worked with wonderful professional people of all races , all backgrounds, and from all over the world. Once I became the supervisor of my department the first time I hired anyone it was a black man from Haiti who was a US citizen and his wife is a woman from Botswana who already worked here in another department. They are two of the nicest people I have ever met. He can tell you some stuff about how he perceives American blacks, but those would be his words. This is a guy who spoke no English when he arrived here in 1994 but he learned how. He went back to school to get a different degree than the one he got in Haiti.   He didn’t let the mean evil United States keep him down. 

All these years being Average white man I’ve tried to do the right thing by judging people by their personality and talent and not their color.  But, I know now that race is still a big issue. Most people I work with don’t worry about this stuff. We treat everyone as individuals. In the nine years at my present place of employment, I have never heard anyone white utter anything racist. On the other hand I knew of two black women (who no longer work here) that were probably the most racist blacks I have personally met.  Both were urban activists and locked into the notion that racism is and always will be a battle. Yes, it very well may be a battle but at what cost?

I cannot imagine my pastor speaking in the manner of Wright in any way shape or form. The two pastors at my church are not peace pushers, but they are not racial bigots like Wright.   My church alone does community service for all races all over other parts of the world like Africa, South America, and contributed to the people of New Orleans. I have helped deliver groceries that our church collected to people of other races. Where is the mean spirit?

Don’t push your racism onto me and the American public Reverend Wright, or Michelle and B. Hussein Obama. You sat in that church for 20 year making fat money listening to crazy old uncle Jeremiah hate everyone including the very America that gave him the right to speak like a filthy old sailor.

In this day and age, Jeremiah Wright and Louis Farrakhan have no place just as David Duke or Neo Nazi skin heads have no place.

I’ll go back to what I said above as my ending statement on race baiters of all kinds. Wright and Farrakhan, KKK, Skin Heads, YOU DO NOT SPEAK FOR ME.