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After The 8 Years Of The Bush/Cheney Disaster, Now You Get Mad?
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2010 Oct 26, 5:24am 19,021 views 53 comments
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RayAmerica
2010 Nov 21, 12:05am
blacks were systemically refused the opportunity to join the business community here in the US
The operative word is "were" as in past tense. Today, that is not the case. Literally, nothing is holding Blacks back from doing anything they want. Many Black people don’t achieve for a variety of reasons, such as lack of education, motivation, lack of training, etc. which happens to be the same reason many Whites are non-achievers. Blaming the past for present day failures is nothing but a crutch. The opportunities are there for anyone in this country to achieve their dreams. Every single Black person I know, that has been a success in their life does not dwell on past injustices. Living in the bitter past will only keep you there for the rest of your life.
Clarence 13X
2010 Nov 21, 10:48am
blacks were systemically refused the opportunity to join the business community here in the US
The operative word is “were†as in past tense. Today, that is not the case. Literally, nothing is holding Blacks back from doing anything they want. Many Black people don’t achieve for a variety of reasons, such as lack of education, motivation, lack of training, etc. which happens to be the same reason many Whites are non-achievers. Blaming the past for present day failures is nothing but a crutch. The opportunities are there for anyone in this country to achieve their dreams. Every single Black person I know, that has been a success in their life does not dwell on past injustices. Living in the bitter past will only keep you there for the rest of your life.
After a good nights rest and a discussion with my wife on the theories of BLACK THOUGHT, I agree 75% with your statements above. The only thing holding the people back is their "crutches" and the continued belief that they are being held down by an imaginary white man. Asians, Africans all come here and easily blend in but the continued reference to a negative history is holding the people back.
Clarence 13X
2010 Nov 21, 10:50am
or maybe I agree 90%, as I still believe with the poor, ederly and mentally ill we need to show empathy and acknowledgement of their issues.
RayAmerica
2010 Nov 21, 11:29pm
I still believe with the poor, ederly and mentally ill we need to show empathy and acknowledgement of their issues.
I agree. There are people in our society that couldn't exist without the help of others. The problem is, IMO, that there are an awful lot of able bodied people that take advantage of the system that has been set up to take care of the needy, making them, in effect, leaches on the very people that these programs are designed to help by draining resources away from those that have real needs.
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After The 8 Years Of The Bush/Cheney Disaster, Now You Get Mad?
You didn't get mad when the Supreme Court stopped a legal recount and appointed a President.
You didn't get mad when Cheney allowed Energy company officials to dictate Energy policy and push us to invade Iraq.
You didn't get mad when a covert CIA operative got outed.
You didn't get mad when the Patriot Act got passed.
You didn't get mad when we illegally invaded a country that posed no threat to us.
You didn't get mad when we spent over 800 billion (and counting) on said illegal war.
You didn't get mad when Bush borrowed more money from foreign sources than the previous 42 Presidents combined.
You didn't get mad when over 10 billion dollars in cash just disappeared in Iraq.
You didn't get mad when you found out we were torturing people.
You didn't get mad when Bush embraced trade and outsourcing policies that shipped 6 million American jobs out of the country.
You didn't get mad when the government was illegally wiretapping Americans.
You didn't get mad when we didn't catch Bin Laden. You didn't get mad when Bush rang up 10 trillion dollars in combined budget and current account deficits.
You didn't get mad when you saw the horrible conditions at Walter Reed.
You didn't get mad when we let a major US city, New Orleans, drown.
You didn't get mad when we gave people who had more money than they could spend, the filthy rich, over a trillion dollars in tax breaks.
You didn't get mad with the worst 8 years of job creations in several decades.
You didn't get mad when over 200,000 US Citizens lost their lives because they had no health insurance.
You didn't get mad when lack of oversight and regulations from the Bush Administration caused US Citizens to lose 12 trillion dollars in investments, retirement, and home values.
You finally got mad when a black man was elected President and decided that people in America deserved the right to see a doctor if they are sick. Yes, illegal wars, lies, corruption, torture, job losses by the millions, stealing your tax dollars to make the rich richer, and the worst economic disaster since 1929 are all okay with you, but helping fellow Americans who are sick...Oh, Hell No!!
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