Black Americans: Race relations gaining

I'm glad to hear this. Now if we can get the blacks to admit that Jews have problems too, it would show they understand the world, too.

The key to success in America is to become educated and take responsibility for yourself. If one achieves these goals, racial difficulties diminish. By allowing the teachers union to dictate policy (such as denying choice for poor students, as in DC, and acceptance of mediocrity) and increasing the dependence of the poor on government entitlements (without demands of measurable and reasonable efforts to improve oneself) America is backtracking. Just like the "war on poverty" has been a multi-trillion dollar failure. Because we have Obama as Prez. is a false illusion to assume we are making progress. By increasing a dependent underclass (thus assuring a dependent voter) which a false tale of compassion for their lives is ludicrous. By promoting the rhetoric of class warfare (or welfare) will only fuel racial problems. Divisiveness is increasing in our country and it is not just racial, but it will follow.

i am glad that racism is getting better i dont like racists

Now if we can get the blacks to admit that Jews have problems too, it would show they understand the world, too.

Posted by: mzmarlena | April 27, 2009 11:54 PM

Gee, no stereotyping or overgeneralization there.

First ,I don't trust your polls, because they are ran by the MSM which is white own. Over the years I have realize that they publicizes what every they want whether it the truth or not, .I can’t believe everything I read or hear from these news organizations. If they want me to believe that the race relationship is better, then they needs to stop showing polls that show Africa American are third in everything , Health, Education, Jobs and Housing. We have a Voting Rights Act case in Court know.. People, we still have racism when it come to voting. In the year 2009 we still have race discrimination at the polls.

When you turn on your T.V. you hear members from Congress speaking racism, hate, fear, and lies, and when you have a Gov, form Texas injecting the thought that they would be better of if they separate from the U.S. because a Africa American is the President of U.S. Racism is strong in America, You read it in the Blogs, You hear it on the radio, You see it in MSM. Yes you are right we can drink from the same water fountain, No, people don’t have to go to the back of the bus. Yes those things have change. But many other thing have to change before we can agree that race is better, When Africa Americans are not listed as Third Class ,When every Person is treated equal then we can say your polls are right, race is better. Until then The margin of error you speak of is larger then you think.And if white can admit that don’t control everything, Maybe this will show that they understand the world. PEACE OUT

When you turn on your T.V. you hear members from Congress speaking racism, hate, fear, and lies, and when you have a Gov, form Texas injecting the thought that they would be better of if they separate from the U.S. because a Africa American is the President of U.S. Racism is strong in America, ....

Posted by: msla56 | April 28, 2009 9:55 AM
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Tenth Amendment: provides that powers that the Constitution does not delegate to the United States and does not prohibit the States from exercising, are "reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

msla,

Got to call you out on this one, msla. You are as WRONG as the day is long. It is not always about you, or any others of your point of view, that always insist that nothing in America has changed for the better over the past 45 years.

The issue in Texas is the sovereignity of the state, as guaranteed by the 10th amendment of the United States Constitution. The first 10 amendments are generally referenced as the Bill of Rights. The Federal Government DOES NOT have dominion over those duties of government that ARE NOT specificly empowered to it by the United States Constitution.

Rick Perry, a Republican governor, who, until now, has really has not been that popular in his own state, holds the belief that the Federal Government should NOT be able to FORCE any state to take Federal $$$$$$$$$$ that they do not want. We don't want to dance to the tune, and then be worse off because of the ensuing obligations that will continue to exist for YEARS, long after the current group of Tax and Spend Politicos are gone.

It is a CONSTITUTIONAL issue and an issue of FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, NOT a race issue unless you just insist on making it one. Texas, no doubt is a very good scapegoat in the current political climate, but it really is not the cause, or the perpetrator, of your own racial insecurities. Have a nice day in Racist America.

So Django, would Ft. Hood and NASA be major employers in Texas?? Go ahead and secede, we'll take those jobs in the united states.

Why do Rick Perry and his %Republican followers hgate America? Why do they spit on the grave of every soldier who sacrificed their lives for this country and it's flag by threatening to destroy it? Lincoln would weep to see his party embrace seccession.

Hola Flo,

Ft. Hood is a major component of the local economy of Bell county. We would have to keep Ft. Hood and the tank command. Without question, NASA is very important to the Clear Lake area, but is not the only economic entity there.

It is hard to not entertain the thought that maybe Tx would be better off without a Federal imposed unemployment entitlements that would require deficit spending, a new carbon tax, an oil and gas drilling ban, extreme over-regulation of CO2, transparency of interrogation procedures, and whatever other Economy de-stabilizing requirements that liberals can dream up.

A Patriot, The Ft. Hood community (Bell County, Temple and Belton) has made more of a military (casualty) sacrifice than ANY OTHER ONE AREA in this entire country. Rick Perry and his Republican followers DO NOT HATE AMERICA. We just think that we could love you about as well without being dragged into the deep water like a rusted-out boat anchor. How about an occasional nod to the U.S. Constitution to let us know that it still means something.

I do agree with you that Lincoln would weep that our federal-state government relationships have come to this. I do consider Lincoln to be the greatest of all American presidents. I am over-concentrated in Lincoln biographies. He would not be too pleased if this were to come to past, but then a lot of things have changed over the past 144 years that he just would not recognize.

Django, Rick Perry laughs at that sacrfice. He spits on the graves of those soldiers as he attacks the nation they fought for. He wants to march into the cemetary where those honored dead lay, pull down the American flag they fought under and stomp it into the dust. How can he deny that he hates this nation, when he wants to destroy it? He hates it as much as Jefferson Davis and the other Confederate scum did. He doesn't care about the US Constitution, he wants to be free of that document. He wants to destroy the Union that document exists to protect. Rick Perry hates America, as it appears you do Dajango. I'm sure our fighting men and women around the world are appalled to know that there are folks back home like Rick Perry and you trying to destroy the nation they are fighting and dying for. You don't support them. Try and secceed and you'll find that those fine men and women at Fort Hood won't be on your side. They have taken a solemn oath. They have the honor to stand by it, unlike Gov. Perry. They love this country, enough to fight for it, against all enemies, foriegn and domestic.

Well then you know full well, Django, that secession is off the table, per Abe. Hope you've picked up the new bio by Ronald White.

Well, A Patriot, the first 10 of your 14 sentences could not be any farther off the mark. Totally Absolutely Dead-Wrong. You have somehow confused Rick Perry and myself with Patrick Leahy, Dick Durbin, Jimmy Carter, John Kerry, Chuckie Schumer, Barbara Boxer, Harry Reid and many others in that party that call themselves democrats. How can that be?

Rick Perry and I are school (college) buds as it just happens to play out. Unless something has changed within the last few years, our school traditionally produces MORE officers than any one of the Military Academys ~ Army, Naval, or Air Force. Please, if you dare, contrast that with some of the Ivy League, Northeastern, and California schools that DO NOT even allow the ROTC to operate on campus. The anti-ROTC places are the ones that you should be questioning with respect to this. Rick Perry, myself, and Tx citizens like us are not in the least anti-military or anti-American. If he is, he would surely felt like he was in Hell during his time in college.

I have already tried to express to you that I consider Abraham Lincoln to be our greatest president but somehow none of that seemed to have gotten through. I have NOTHING in common with Jefferson Davis. Robert Byrd, democrat, Virginia, has considerably more in common with Jefferson Davis than I do.

I can’t speak for Rick Perry on this, but I am very confounded as to how anyone can be serious about protecting this country against the religious lunatics that don’t play by any particular set of rules, when we insist on giving them constitutional rights and thinking that they are just like citizens, just momentarily operating a little foul of the law. We don’t get the transparency thing with respect to how democrats want to apply it in the nasty world of interrogation. We have to, and we definitely do, question YOUR allegiance to this country with respect to this type of issue.

Yes, the subject of secession has come up. The thought has to occur because we are NOT socialists. No one in a position of responsibility is talking about any kind of act of aggression or breaking any laws that would even hint at a treasonous act. We are not criminals just as we are not Marxists or Socialists. You apparently have been listening too much to Janet Napolitano and Jeanne Garropolo. Their demagoguery is invariably completely wrong. Treason is entirely the domain of Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the U.S, anyway. If you want to mount an attack against us because we are not Socialists or Marxists, then you would surely be on to something. Otherwise, you, your first 10 sentences, and the one that disses Rick Perry one final round, could not be any more in total error. Stone Cold Dead Wrong.

You have some studying to do, Django; we are nowhere near socialism, so get that crap out of your head. btw, please cite where in the Constitution it prohibits socialism; and where does it say we torture?

Django, you really do hate this country and all it stands for, don''t you? Not only are you a seccessionist, but you deplore the legacy of respect for basic human rights that is the core of this nation. You are so appalled at the notion that this nation won't torture that you want to destroy it . You are so twisted that you can't feel loyalty for a nation which will not torture in your name.
An america hating seccessionist like you has no place to question my loyalty. A person like you or Perry who spit on the sacrifice of generations of American soldiers who fought against regimes which torture has no place to lecture me on patriotism. If you hate this nation so much, leave. I'm sure there is a country somewhere that will torture to your satisfaction, where you will be much happier than here in in America where we celebrate human rights and the rule of law. Too bad our brave fighting men and women have already defeated so many torturing regimes that would be so much more prefferable to you than the USA.

Well, Rupert, here is a little definition of Socialism:

Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating public or state ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods, and a society characterized by equality for all individuals, with a fair or egalitarian method of compensation.

What do you call Social Security, if it is not a socialist scheme for wealth distribution. I recognize its’ benefits, but what else would you call it? democrats have frequently expressed a desire to nationalize / break-up the oil companies and operate them in whatever fashion that would suit their ends. That meets the definition here. What about those evil pharmaceuticals that manufacture those expensive but necessary drugs? What is nationalized healthcare for everyone if it is not socialized medicine? Here’s my favorite ~ Tax the Djangos of the world at every opportunity, 20% + FIT, while 45% of Americans pay no taxes. Everyone should be made to pay something, even if it were a nominal $5 or $10 a week. There is otherwise no sense of ownership or value, but this is not how democrats consolidate their power.

The Constitution defines Rights, the delegation of power, and asserts the legitimacy of government as empowered by the consent of the governed, that being the citizens themselves ~ rich, not so rich, hard scrabble. It DOES NOT discuss specifics like socialism, torture, and we could add to that, abortion. IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO. HOW COULD IT? They could not even solve a major issue of the day, that being slavery. Fast forwarding to today, captured enemy combatants ARE NOT U.S. CITIZENS. We have to be smart enough 222 years after the issue to know how to read the thing and not insist on inventing ‘Whatever’ to align with the flavor of the moment.

Rupert, why can’t you liberals sort through some of these things on your own? We should be able to read the same document and get some sort of common / basic understanding. I always paid a little attention in school. Future democrats studied their shoelaces and stared out the window. Now they have a law degree and want to control my life. That’s the burr in my shorts. YOU tell me what it is exactly that is owed to a non-citizen that is supposedly in lock-down. YOU tell me what kind of economic system we HAVE to be subject to by an intrusive govenment. That would be MYargument with respect to the issues that you raised. What is YOUR understanding or interpretation of the Constitution? Do feel free to read it.

We still have a capitalist economy, Django; that's what I'm suggesting. You can pick out a few programs and label them socialist if you like, but these are areas where the government should be providing a safety net for the health and general welfare of its citizens. Do you object to the government providing the roads you drive on? As for the treatment of detainees (many of whom were not "combatants"), it's not about what we owe them, it's about the illegality, immorality and ineffectiveness of torture.

A Patriot,

All that I see here again, are more of your baseless accusations. Have we ever met somewhere? Me, Rick Perry, and Jefferson Davis need to plan a torture outing, I guess. Maybe we will knock over a few head stones too, while we are out. Actually I am a frequent victim of torture, my very own self.

It is just totally pointless to attempt to have a discussion or present an argument with a liberal. It always degenerates into name calling, and in the case of your deranged reality, a lot of crazy accusations based on who knows what. Nothing ever seems to get through. Have a nice day.

Rupert,

I am not opposed to safety nets. I realize that a lot of people, through no real fault of their own, need them. I am not even opposed to a progressive income tax system, but there is a point where it becomes confiscatory wealth re-distribution.

Road construction is a legitimate function of county, state, and federal government. They all do a fantastic job. My ' 05 Sebring would be somewhat worthless, if it had to go off-pavement. I am not anti-roads and I recognize that they have to be paid for by some method.

For the Nth time, I would not be looking to "torture" anyone, but I am not willing either, to concede, that some extraordinary pain-inflicting means was necessarily used by the evil Bush-Cheney Regime to extract information and should therefore be the on-going subject of an investigation led by someone like Pat Leahy, until the appropriate, suitable scapegoat / scapegoats are found.

I do not claim to know the proper way to extract information. From what has been described to date, I have a very hard time feeling the level of real pain, or sense of permanent dismemberment, imposed upon our special guests. Torture torture and pain infliction however would never be my deal despite what A Patriot would claim. Within my circle, there is a pretty Latina whose number 1 hobby has to be "torturing Django". She is xtremely good at what she does and can do.

O.K. Rupert, direct questions - --> direct answers. No name callin'. No unnecessary person attacks. I am conservative, u are liberal, I would assume, but we "doesn't" have to be raging lunatics. U have restored a small cintilla of hope. Thanx for that. Have a good day.

I didn't call you any names, Django, nor do I see any crazy accusations in what I wrote, but so be it. Sorry you're so grumpy these days.

Ah, Django. I see you were talking to the other guy. My apologies for my last post. You're a gentleman (for a conservative)!

The poll figures are B.S. based on the fact of one Afrimerican was polled for every three Whites (a guess since there were no other race noted but Black and White)

That three to one ratio negates the whole of any claim in this matter on the contextual pretense it suggest.

The falsity that 70 plus that feel Pres.Obama is improving race relations is moreso an all White sentiment per the stats, and the Black participants were no more than what could be called window dressing just to give the matter a specious aura of fairness.

any respondent here that fails to note the significance of that is either stupid , or a full fledged house Negro not to see the falsehood of the claim