Obama is Hitler and a New World Order

Thank you Verse, "Thank You Verrrrrry Much"!

But nobody, including the mesmerized media, wants to look at his actual record.

No, that is not what I am saying. Please read what I have written. Affirmative action did not institute a game plan where all of the discrimatory, exclusionary practices that were government sanctioned activities and abuses were flipped and reversed  to be practiced on others.

Thanks Mikasi, Karen and Mpress.

I too am against affirmative action whereby in many cases minorities bypass others to get jobs over experience. The US even have policies in place to help Minority businesses in order to bid on Government contracts. So yes, I strongly agree with Mpress. On the other hand, your Constitution states "All are Equal", so if Racism was not so friggin predominate in this country of the US of A, then Affirmative Action would be obsolete.   That I am sure we can all agree on.   I cannot believe even in this day an age both Democrats and Republicans are blatantly Racist towards Obama.  As I have always been taught, you may not have to respect the man, but you do have to respect the position he holds.  Personally I am rooting for McCain, only because he is Conservative as I am.  But if the Majority of American people elect Obama or McCain President,then those who feel he should not be President, I am sure are more than welcome to move to another country. That is their Right and that is their Freedom!

Somehow, when toting up grievances, it seems that sexism, which dealt hundreds of years of grievances against women, and racism against Native Americans, which dealt genocide, just seems to get brushed aside. There's been many kinds of discrimination in our nation's history. Pretty much, that's the story of the entire world, sad to say.

The Romans had slaves. The Greeks had slaves. The Romans tried to destroy the indigenous peoples of the British Isles (gooooo Boudicca!). On and on.

What counts is this--the U.S. has a clear and continuing history of trying to correct itself and improve. No, it ain't perfect. Perfect doesn't exist. But, unlike many people, I recall, even though I was only a child, moving from an integrated society where my friends were many races and creeds and winding up  living in backwater segregation. Life was hell for many--including some of my very successful black friends who couldn't go to college in their home states (but now are famous, famous).

Racism against Native Americans gets swept under everyone's carpet. Politically speaking, every time the NCAI goes to the black caucuses for help or joint efforts, the black groups slam the door. Even though many Native Americans have worked tirelessly against *all* racism, the facts and actions of black political groups have created the perception in Indian Country that many black agitators simply can not abide "sharing the stage of victimization" with any one. And that's a great sore point.

Affirmative action at one point had its place, I think. Many employers had to be forced into a new age and told "don't tell us that you can't find qualified, show us you can." But now, look around us--different races,creeds, both genders, all working in every job you can think of.

And that's progress. And that's something to be proud of. It didn't come easy. It didn't come without harsh prices. But we all did it.

What I'm worried about, and see happening: backlash. We have as much equality of opportunity as has ever existed in the world, and the proof positive is all around us. But some are never satisfied, and some will not deal with the present, but want some sort of payment in bloodied skin forever more for something 150, 200, 300 years old.

Some of my relations were among the last warriors to go to imprisonment. One of my good friends still carries the ugly tag his grandfather had to wear as a prisoner at a fort. I could go on and on with the stories.

But that was then. Today we have a new playing field. No, it isn't totally fair--nothing in life ever is. But we have more protections, and more opportunities, than ever before here in the U.S. We're working on it all.

And every time someone says "well, back in 1832" (choose your date) this and this happened so you owe me that" I see people turn away. I see backlash building. And I understand why, even though I and my family could tote out an entire luggage cart of grievance baggage (except that conveniently, I've misplaced most of it and darned well don't miss it).

Racism will never truly go away as long as there are humans. Nor will sexism, war, poverty, abuse, cruelty, lying, cheating, and stealing. If we wait for everything and everyone to be perfect before we let go of every grievance, then we're going to be walking around with a lot of walls between us.

As one of my good friends and shirt-tail kin, who sits on tribal council, says "You can look backward or you can look forward. Depends on what direction you want to go."