On May 11, 10:14=A0am, Knowledge <knowled...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> FYi
>
> Old racial hate phrased a new way
>
> By JONATHAN R. BURRS ()
>
> What is all this nonsense about Senator Obama being an elitist? Why is
> the mainstream so fixated on trivial issues such as erroneous
> political rhetoric and propaganda? In fact, what exactly is an elitist
> and how in practical terms might this term apply to Obama - if
> applicable to him at all?
>
> The firestorm of recent Obama criticism characterizing him as elitist
> when it comes to religion has no basis in fact and if anything,
> reveals ugly characteristics regarding the status of race relations in
> the United States. Both Senators Clinton and McCain have recently
> joined the ranks of critics belaboring a moot issue, suggesting Obama
> is an elitist when it comes to religion after Obama poorly worded
> symptoms of some small towns in the U.S. that continue to be plagued
> with the growth of domestic hate groups, where they exist and who they
> target. Since 2000, hate groups have increased by approximately 50
> percent.
>
> Usually, when a politician is accused of something, critics can
> dismiss the manner in which he or she defends himself or herself as
> conviction born out of necessity and convenience. However, in Obama's
> case, he need not clarify his religious position nor entertain
> criticism born out of ignorance and racial intolerance.
>
> advertisement
>
> Obama, unlike McCain and Clinton, expressed a personal and convincing
> explanation of his faith, his life and his political activities long
> before his critics began attempting to falsely depict his religious
> beliefs. He did this on June 28, 2006, in his talk "Call to Renewal,"
> where he clearly explains his views regarding religion. At no point
> during that talk do the issues of small-town residents clinging to
> guns and or religions arise! Those interested in Obama the candidate
> need look no further than this dialogue to understand the recent
> criticism is born out of necessity, or should I say desperation of the
> opponents who cannot beat him in any fair fight, and their sup****ters.
>
> However, the deceptive ****trayal of Obama as an elitist and the
> mainstream's obsession with scrutinizing his every word and syllable
> are indicators of just how racially intolerant a large ****tion of the
> U.S. is toward minorities. Did anyone tell Obama he was not supposed
> to do this well in his bid to become the next U.S. president?
>
> Surely if 1968 gubernatorial candidate Ronald Reagan had made
> comparable comments regarding the connection between poor and/or
> unstable economic conditions and the growth of white supremacy, those
> comments would more than likely have been accepted as a real problem
> that needed to be addressed, versus the games we see from political
> pundits today.
>
> Similar to today, America in the 1960s and 1970s experienced the
> unpopular, open-ended war spurred by the government exploiting
> citizen's fears of the threat of communism spreading, skyrocketing
> fuel prices and increases in bank foreclosures sending quivers of fear
> across the country. Industrial areas declining from loss of lucrative
> union jobs increased the number of unemployment claims prompting the
> mobilization of soldiers in a racial movement called the Fifth Era.
>
> The White Aryan Resistance rallied around Anglo unrest and before
> being dismantled by the FBI, managed to pull off several high profile
> bank robberies, finance several political campaigns, fund the creation
> of paramilitary training camps and murder Denver radio talk-show host
> Alan Berg, largely for speaking out against the ZOG or Zionist
> Occupation Government conspiracy theory.
>
> In 2008, although some of the players in the hate game have changed,
> their tactics and underlying message of hate remains constant. Instead
> of calling Obama a Communist, as was the allegation against Dr. King,
> right-wing radicals fictitiously claim Obama is Muslim and may have
> ties to Islamic terror networks. Anti-Semitism has largely been
> replaced with anti-immigration. The U.S. is in an open-ended war
> incited by the government exploiting citizen's fears of nondomestic
> terrorism spreading, skyrocketing fuel prices, epidemic level bank
> foreclosures, lucrative job loss due to offshore outsourcing and poor
> policy such as the North American Free Trade Agreement - and the
> unemployment lines growing longer by the day.
>
> The undeniable truth regarding race-relations, or better phrased,
> racism in America, continues to rear its ugly head throughout this
> election season. I think I read somewhere that a former Democratic
> vice presidential nominee and Clinton sup****ter said it right: If
> Obama were white, he would not be where he is today. I could not agree
> more. Using the standard set by a true elitist such as Al Gore, who
> consequently cannot spell, or George W. Bush, who for some reason
> believes "nucular" is a real word, I imagine if Obama looked like
> either of these men, at age 46 he would be at the end of his second
> term as president and not attempting to secure the Democratic
> presidential nomination! Obama for president.
>
> Everything you ever wanted to know about politics,racism, White
Supremacy,=
and religion,
> but were afraid to ask!
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RACE_RACISM_AND_RELIGION_2008/
The dems in the senate still have a klansmen, one of the original
"boys in the hoods"..
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