My 2 Cents

I am very disappointed in the so called Birther claims that the President of the United States is not an American citizen has taken over the news as of late. I did not have one ounce of desire to speak on this issue but since President Obama has released his birth certificate to the media to put to rest this issue and unfortunately, those claims continue to persist. I do not hold to every single ideals of the president, but since he is in office, I do as the scriptures say and pray for our leaders. With that said, this whole thing reminds me of our country's time of enslaving Blacks and those who were free, had to show their freedom papers. Why do I say this? I say this because never has there ever been a time where the president of this country ever been questioned about his citizenship. Never has a president ever had a request made for the presidents academic credentials into very prestigious colleges. These things make me ill! I have been in times past a victim of racism by the police, neighbors, and teachers. This entire mess brings me back just 30 years ago when I had to defend myself against racism. I am not pleased with this issue. If you do not like the president, that is fine. You do not like his policy, no problem; that is your right. But let us call this for what it is, a Black man in this country's highest office and there are citizens who would rather laugh at and point at the undereducated, sagging pants wearing, ebonics speaking, so called hood rat because these unfortunate people do not want a Black man in power. Yes, I said it! It's just the hard truth.

Welcome to the Real World

If anyone truly knows me, they know that I am a news junkie. I watch various stations for their perspective on local news, politics, religion, etc. I do this mostly because of my profession and my beliefs. This past week has been all about what is going on in the Middle East, more specifically, the battle that is taking place in Libya.

Right now it does not matter if you believe that our U.S. troops should be there or not, the fact is, they are there for the time being and will be there for how ever long the president and Congress decides. That is not the important issue at work here. At least not important for this blog. The truth is, Libya is only a small part of what seems to be a changing policy in how the U.S. deals with Islamic nations. We have become a nation that tolerates (IE. accept EVERYTHING) all who come across our path unless they are not willing to bend to what ever the majority deems to be right.

Case in point, the pastor in Florida who just recently burned a bunch of quarans. Whether I think it was right or wrong is another story. The story is this pastor is being blamed for the deaths of Americans in Afghanistan. Is this right? Should he take the entire blame for a mob that had it in their heart to kill Americans? I do not think so. It has been said that these people, who are Muslims, would have and have killed Americans and that the pastor just threw a match into an already lit fire.

MSNBC, which carries the show, Hardball with Chris Matthews, gave this report and the commentators and reporters want this pastor to pay for those deaths. What is wrong with this picture? What about the people who took American lives? Are they exempt because they felt justified? According to MSNBC they are. Or at least that is what they allowed it to sound like. A senior editor for Time magazine stated that burning quaran's is likened to, "burning God!" That it is ultimately more serious than burning a bible because the bible was written by men where the quaran was written by god. REALLY!?

Welcome to the new world my brothers and sisters. Welcome to the world where if you disagree with a Muslim you are an intolerant bigot. Welcome to the new world where you will either choose to serve God or choose to serve the Islamic god. Yes, there is a difference. Do not allow anyone to tell you that the two are the same. They are not. Soon we will awaken to a government that we do not recognize, a day where the Islamic flag will fly tandem to the U.S. flag. Then people will wake up and all I can say as Morpheus said so eloquently, "Welcome to the Real World!"

Israeli Politics

I read this on someone's blog and I just had to re-post this.

I wish you all SHABBAT SHALOM with this little "joke": ENJOY... An Israeli Sense of Humor at UN set the record straight. An ingenious example of speech and politics occurred recently in the United Nations Assembly and made the world community smile. A representative from Israel began: 'Before beginning my talk I want to tell You something about Moses: When he struck the rock and it brought forth Water, he thought, 'What a good opportunity to have a bath!' Moses removed his clothes, put them aside on the rock and entered the water. When he got out and wanted to dress, his clothes had vanished. A Palestinian Had stolen them! The Palestinian representative at the UN jumped up furiously and shouted, 'What are you talking about? The Palestinians weren't there then.' ♥ ;))