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["Bob McAlister" <bobmcalister AT gmail.com>]

none of you know me. I live in jackson miss...which is predominantly black
.  I did vote for Obama, as a means to change.  If we were the domcracy some
profess us to be, then we would have a number of candidates on the ballot,
instead of the media chosen two.  I was in kroger this morning looking for
the discounted steaks, and engaged an elderly black woman in conversation ,
as she had returned the discounted piece of steak to the counter, saying the
4 dollars was just too  much for her to pay ...I asked if she worked,
Yes....she get any help with food stamps...nope....she works.   does she get
any help with housing..nope...health care ...nope...any help at all ? from
my neighbors, she said.  but , she added, she knows families in her own
neighborhood who do NOT work...have housing, food stamps, checks every month
, and do not have to wring their hands about the costs of food.   what is
obama planning for her ?  how many years would it take to get anything done
? if anything should be done?

so......I went on to the deli , ordered breakfast, took it to the counter by
the window to eat.   A black lady , kroger employee, sat down next to me.
good mornings out of the way , she sighed....and said "glad that is over
with "....I smiled...said we have a new leader now ...and everything will be
better.  She commented that it would take years to repair the damage that
Bush had done to the US.....the trillions in Iraq, the economy , the greed
on wall street, and the corruption of the local businesses.  ( who are ALL
owned by foreigners...she said )

me....I think amerika is headed for the dumps....broken, and bankrupted
...morally and financially ...and a real revolution is all that can save
this country.  the only reasonable solution to the economic mess is one I
heard the other day ...from a Democrat....that we shuld forget the bank
bailouts, take that money , cut everyone with a social security number a
check for his/her portion and deposit that into a checking account for every
body in the US.

would increase the banks assets...altho not measurable.   would have an
immediate economic impact on business locally ...and we would do something
other than write checks to companies who are too big to fail ....

makes too much sense tho


bob

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 11:57 AM, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

> This is not the Moon I knew.  The posts I have seen from you in the last
> day or so have shocked me.  You have twisted my words and implied things
> that I have not even thought of, called me a bigot, called the Governor
> of Alaska a liar, and now this.
> I don't know how, nor do I have to time, to answer this post, only to
> say that I am not substituting the phrase 'black people' for the n-word.
> In addition, you claim to have a broader cultural experience?  Please.
>
> Bev
>
> paxamicus AT earthlink.net wrote:
> > Maybe they haven't down there because people still insist on
> > identifying people by colour. Substitute "nigger" for "black people"
> >  and you will see how offensive it is. I am willing to bet that I,
> > little oil-sucker-downer-finger-on-the-bomb that I am have had
> > slightly broader experience than you in this matter.
> >
> >
> > On Nov 6, 2008, at 12:15 PM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>>> How many PEOPLE? PEOPLE! NOT BLACKS! They, like you, are
> >>>> INDIVIDUAL
> >>> PEOPLE.
> >>>
> >> How utterly naive.  If we all just hold hands and sing a chorus of
> >>  "I'd like to buy the world a Coke" then all the racial realities
> >> of our country will just disappear.
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