The purpose of this video is to demonstrate Pres. Obama's Ignorance on Technology. This includes his statements at a college graduation, where he suggests information distracts us from Democracy. What part of having more information and hearing alternate viewpoints distracts us from being able to make an intellignet decision on the successes and failures of our political leaders? This kind of rhetoric demonstrates just how low a politician will go to protect his job. Stop trying to keep the voter ignorant. Information is the key to our future!
This video is part of the Political Common Sense for America series.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
Political Racism
I grew up in the 1960’s and 1970’s. It was a time of upheaval and a time of introspection. We as a country weren’t living up to the Constitution and it was catching up with us. Even though we had emancipated the slaves, we still hadn’t given them the rights allowed them by the Constitution as citizens of this country. In my opinion, it was tele-vision that opened our eyes to the injustice.
It was the efforts of a handful of leaders on both sides that made it possible for us to move past all of that insanity. Until recently, it appeared the lines of color, that had once divided us, had almost dis-appeared. Don’t get me wrong, there were still lines, but they had changed. The delineations were now based on class which was measured primarily by financial status. That’s right, we might not have gotten all the way to measuring a person by their character, but it was clearly more about their income than it was the color of their skin.
This is why I’m dumbfounded that our current leaders are attempting to create a divide between races once again. The President has even gone as far as calling upon African-Americans and Latinos to help him continue this change. What change? Back to a time when you hated your neighbor because of the color of his/her skin? Are these people mad or just manipulative power mongers that will create a race war just to maintain control?
Michelle Obama, during the campaign, said that she was finally proud of America. Well, is she proud of what her husband and her party are doing right now? How proud can you be of undoing the work of Martin Luther King? I’m personally tired of the identifiers. I’m Polish, but I don’t need to be called a Polish-American or a European-American. It’s time to live up to the legacy of the past civil rights leaders and just become Americans.
It was the efforts of a handful of leaders on both sides that made it possible for us to move past all of that insanity. Until recently, it appeared the lines of color, that had once divided us, had almost dis-appeared. Don’t get me wrong, there were still lines, but they had changed. The delineations were now based on class which was measured primarily by financial status. That’s right, we might not have gotten all the way to measuring a person by their character, but it was clearly more about their income than it was the color of their skin.
This is why I’m dumbfounded that our current leaders are attempting to create a divide between races once again. The President has even gone as far as calling upon African-Americans and Latinos to help him continue this change. What change? Back to a time when you hated your neighbor because of the color of his/her skin? Are these people mad or just manipulative power mongers that will create a race war just to maintain control?
Michelle Obama, during the campaign, said that she was finally proud of America. Well, is she proud of what her husband and her party are doing right now? How proud can you be of undoing the work of Martin Luther King? I’m personally tired of the identifiers. I’m Polish, but I don’t need to be called a Polish-American or a European-American. It’s time to live up to the legacy of the past civil rights leaders and just become Americans.
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