"I think people who are guilty of that kind of personal attack against Obama have been influenced to a major degree by a belief that he should not be president because he happens to be African American.
"It's a racist attitude, and my hope is and my expectation is that in the future both Democratic leaders and Republican leaders will take the initiative in condemning that kind of unprecedented attack on the president of the United States," Carter said.
Because I have questioned President Obama, at least once a month or more, am I rock-ribbed hateful klansperson, opinionated person, prejudiced person, sectarian, segregationist, sexist person, white supremacist, xenophobe?
I love Amos and Andy, Hattie McDaniel, Eddie Robinson, as well as the Lads Marsallis, Dennis Haysbert ( whom I believe God must surely resemble), James Earl Jones, Muhammad Ali, Thomas Hayes, Marquis Ball, Big Dave, Ronnell, Mike Holmes, Chris Mad-Dog' Thomas, Lonnie Newman, Akim Hunter, Dr. Eric Wallace, Il. Rep. Mary Flowers, Dr. Lonnie Smith and all of the White Sox of Color.
I am conflicted. I asked a noted south side intellect and he replied, " I think the Sh#nes make way too much of all this racism business." Hmmmm. I am conflicted. I see the intrinsic humor there, but I am made uneasy by its overt irony wrapped in frankness and my subsequent giggles.
So, I decided to ask God.
He was busy, but he left a message on my cell phone - ' It's your dime, Start talking . . .Just kidding. Hey, you missed me, but your call is important to me leave a message at the tone. I got your number in the memory card; so, if you don't hear from me, it's my falt! I didn't feel like calling! Hey, I'm God! Just kidding; wait fo the tone . . .' waiting, waiting, waiting (tone) it was David Allan Coe's "Now I Lay Me Down to Cheat"* (click my post title for God's Channel - Outlaw Country on Sirius Radio)
At the end of the chorus and subsequent buzz, I uttered out my carefully chosen words.
"Almighty Father, President Carter, on two occasions wedged into the Joe Wilson issue by branding critics of the President racists and . . .( Buuuuhp!!)
( Basso Profundo - It is Dennis Haysbert!)You really are a gabby little fellow. Listen here, Hoss! Let me get on this topic, like a Cow on the Cabbage. Son, Lookee here. You mistreat your fellow man and I'm on it. Your comeupance is ordained.
Now, off the record. Jimmy Earl is a Jackass. Now, don't go repeatin' that, or your ass is smote. I gotta go. Hey, know why the Hill-rods love Nascar?
"No, my Savior."
They all like to say "Hey, lookee thar! NAS Car! Yep, Shore is a NAS Car, Custis!" Now, look, dummy, behave and watch your language around of my little ones and re-read Matthew 23 - My Boy (IHS) said it right to that one. Nas Car!!!! Kills me.
Deus Misereatur !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Haysbert
*Now I lay me down to cheat
On the woman I love so
And if I die between these sheets
I pray to God she'll never know
Thursday, September 17, 2009
I Believe that God Looks like Dennis Haysbert and God Speaks - ' Jimmy Carter's Wrong!
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"I am conflicted. I asked a noted south side intellect and he replied, " I think the Sh#nes make way too much of all this racism business." Hmmmm. I am conflicted. I see the intrinsic humor there, but I am made uneasy by its overt irony wrapped in frankness and my subsequent giggles."
This has to be the most honest paragraph to ever grace the pages of this blog. It's the kind of talk that we, you and I as Chicagoans of our particular upbringing, are involved in everyday (whether or not we choose to be is a different matter).
I would also giggle, or rather laugh, at that south side intellect’s answer to your question. I really would.
Here are some less amusing lines I’ve heard recently:
“Come on, Beverly is going to be all sh#nes in a couple of years, why would you buy a house there?”
“How could you vote for a sh#ne for President?”
“9 times out 10 I’ll pull over a sh#ne ‘cause you’re guaranteed to get something”
I’ve used the word sh#ne in all these quotes in an effort to not introduce any new slurs to this post, but I think you get the idea. I’ve heard these within the last week.
Here’s the shocker—I get along with the people who said these things! I don’t agree one bit with any of it and I’ve made that clear to them. However, I can move beyond their racism because they’re honest about it and I know where they stand.
The people I despise are the closet racists. The back room sh#ne –joke tellers. The cowards.
They exist. I see them everyday. They try to make pseudo-intellectual arguments to cover their ignorance. They’ll smile and shake hands with every color and creed, but the moment they’re alone they’ve got something nasty to say. Phonies.
Let me be clear Pat—I’m not accusing you of this attitude. But we know these people, and if they exist in Chicago, they exist throughout the country. They exist in government and possibly even the House.
It is a Rainbow, Bert.
What do you mean by "It is a Rainbow"?
"But we know these people, and if they exist in Chicago, they exist throughout the country. They exist in government and possibly even the House."
That -vast and expansive Raibow.
That 'they' exist is an empirical certainty.
People of goodwill treat people with respect.
'They' tend to be ignored by folks too busy for their nonsense and 'they' eventually get bollixed up by their own designs - but not always; sometimes they get big paying jobs, marry movie stars, and free drinks at swell bars.
That's how the world wags, Bert.
'They' isn't supposed to be conspiratorial.
There is a simple point here that need not be covered up by verboseness:
People of goodwill who tell sh#ne jokes and frequently refer to black people as sh#nes don't tend to treat black people with equal respect.
Just like President Obama, I don't agree with President Carter's comments about racism regarding Joe Wilson and other Obama critics.
However, just because the race card is overplayed doesn't mean that racism doesn't exist.
To continue, a politician, police officer, local business owner and/or friend who consistently refers to "shitheads, sh#nes, n#ggers, etc.", despite his best intentions and general goodwill, cannot honestly treat black people as equals.
Furthermore, any decisions made or actions taken in these peoples' professional lives regarding black people are adversely affected by this attitude.
I'm not claiming these people are part of a lynch mob. Hell, some of their feelings may even be justified (I couldn't imagine what cops have to deal with day-to-day).
I just can't stand people who pretend that racism doesn't exist or that people who are back room racists have the ability to be impartial.
Those type of people are just as bad as guys who are constantly crying "racism."
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