The "Race Card"

Sickened today. Absolutely sickened. Although race will always be a topic of discussion and a point of disagreement, this is not a RACIST country. Some Americans, both black and white, are denying that we have moved beyond that label because it doesn't play into their personal and political agendas. Acknowledging that we are post-racial forces us to hold ourselves accountable. It means we can no longer play the victim. It means that we are being held to our values based strictly on our values and not on the color of our skin. It forces us to look ourselves in the mirror for who we truly are. It's called TRUTH. Values define our citizens, not race.

I live in North Carolina. I have lived in Raleigh, in Charlotte, on the coast, in the country, and now live in the foothills near Hickory - with the intention of moving to the mountains of Asheville in the near future. I have also lived in South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Californina, Idaho, Washington, and aboard several Naval ships while serving in the Marine Corps. I have visited countless countries on 5 continents. I have been in management for the past 11 years and currently work as a personnel manager with an international company that has over 300,000 employees. I am only 35. ........You could say that I've been around.

I say all of that to establish my credibility on having an opinion on this matter. Here are some more facts for you. I was not raised around very many people that were any race other than white. I was raised in a home with a step-father that was very racist, but he never even knew a black person. I was also raised watching every episode of The Cosby Show (yes, my step-father watched every episode with us and laughed just as hard as we did!!). 14% of Americans are black. 85% of all NBA players are black. 65% of all NFL players are black. 22% of all North Carolinians are black. Just over 20% of the entire Army is made up of black people. The entertainment arena is dominated by black people. 100% of sitting US Presidents are black. (couldn't help but point that last one out!!!)

I could go on ........ Let me say this one again though: 14% of the US population is black. Look at the rest of those numbers again. Now look at this one: the day that President Obama took office, a whopping SEVENTY PERCENT of this country approved of him!!!! Now, I don't have a college education, but I am pretty sure that if 14% of the country is black, and 70% of the country supported him, there must be, oh about 180 MILLION white people that supported this black man (yes, I took into consideration that there were some hispanics that supported him and that some blacks did not). How can anyone say that this country is still a racist country?? How can ANYONE say that black people are not treated AT LEAST as "good" as whites? America has come a long way and I am very proud of that!!! I have lived in more places and been exposed to more types of culture than 99% of the people in this country. I have seen racist white people and racist black people living all over this world. I have met white people that "act" blacker than some black people I know and some black people that are "whiter" than my grandma. There will always be those that are racist. One last point on this before I move on. Why did 90%+ of all blacks vote for Obama? Why are white people afraid to answer that question? I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that if you were to take the Presidential candidate's names OFF the ballot, and instead list only their VALUES, that no where near 90% of blacks would have voted for Obama.

Ok. Moving on. I am no racist. Not at all. But I am not afraid to talk about race. To some, the fact that I am white and make it a point to clarify that I am not a racist, and that I am willing to talk about race, makes me a racist. Again, let's all write down our values on a piece of paper and take away the skin color and the names. That is TRUTH. Embrace it.

Here is my opinion on the current race card being played. I am an activist. I am personally, actively involved with rallies, protests, and movements in this country. I witness events personally. I then watch the liberal media distort these events to fit their radical agenda. They go out of their way to create lies in an attempt to protect the man they want to push their liberal desires. They make claims that anyone disagreeing with Obama's policies is a racist. White poeple are leading the way in this movement, by the way. Carter is a big name that has joined this approach, but is hardly the biggest offender.

Our country has a long history of harshly critiqueing politicians, especially our President. Yet now that we are questioning this liberal President, who happens to be balck, we are being labeled as racists. Using that same logic, why wasn't the critiqueing of the prior 43 Presidents considered racist? Why were we "allowed" to call Bush a liar, but not Obama? Why were people allowed to protest against Bush Sr., Bill Clinton, Carter, Reagan, Nixon and every other President we have ever had ------ and, in ALL of those cases have the media cover it as NEWS; but now those same "news" channels claim racist motives every time a white person challenges this President? Challenging politicians is an American Pasttime. Attempting to make this a racial issue is racist in itself, yes; but worse, it is a LIE. It is UN-American. Worst of all, it is going un-checked because so many are afraid to confront their accusers out of fear that they will personally be labeled a racist. Several big names on FOX News ARE stepping up and addressing this. Kudos to them. For me, I will address ANYTHING that is UN-American.

The President himself refuses to get invovled in this race dispute. That could be taken a couple of different ways. I personally will give him the benefit of the doubt that it is because he doesn't want to make this argument "legitimate". Just like he ignored the hundreds of thousands of us that marched on Washington on 9/12 because he didn't want our voice to be heard.

Now for the good news. Unfortunately, the liberal left is playing the race card. The reason they are playing it is because they are LOSING. They are losing their fight to pass government run healthcare. They are losing their fight to pass Cap and Trade. They are losing their fight to push through yet another "bail-out". They are losing their fight to force employees to give up their right to a secret ballot. They are losing their fight to increase taxes. They are losing their fight to financially ENSLAVE all of us. The liberal left is desperate. Very desperate. This is good news.

8 months after taking the greatest office in the land, President Obama has seen his support fall from 70% to 42%. This is because of his VALUES. He LIED to those that voted for him. His TRUE color is shining through and it is "yeller"!!! Yes, that means COWARD.

I love this country - red, white and blue baby!!!!

the Patriot