Fair enough. How about when Mr. Beck claims God talks to him? Or when he claims that Obama has a deep-seated hatred of white people?
http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/thu-may-13-2010-the-hold-steady
Or here....skip to 2:11...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/vp/36677605#36677605
I could go on all day with drivel that this guy spouts....
Well to tell you the truth I think Obama does have some issues with white people. Look at the Henry Lous Gates incident last summer. Here is his quote. I know it's long but bear with me and really try to look deep into what he is saying:
"Well, I should say at the outset that Skip Gates is a friend, so I may be a little biased here. I don't know all the facts. What's been reported, though, is that the guy forgot his keys. He jimmied his way to get into the house.
There was a report called into the police station that there might be a burglary taking place. so far so good. Right? I mean, if I was trying to jigger in -- well, I guess this is my house now so it probably wouldn't happen. Let's say my old house in Chicago. here I'd get shot. But so far so good. They're reporting, the police are doing what they should. There's a call. They go investigate what happens. My understanding is at that point Professor Gates is already in his house. The police officer comes in. I'm sure there's some exchange of words but my understanding is that Professor Gates then shows his I.D. to show that this is his house. And at that point he gets arrested for disorderly conduct, charges which are later dropped.
Now, I don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts what role race played in that, but I think it's fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry. Number two, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home and, number three, what I think we know separate and apart from this incident is that there is a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately. And that's just a fact.
As you know, Lynn, when I was in the state legislature in Illinois we worked on a racial profiling bill because there was indisputable evidence that blacks and hispanics were being stopped disproportionately. And that is a sign, an example of how, you know, race remains a factor in this society. That doesn't lessen the incredible progress that has been made. I am standing here as testimony to the progress that's been made. And yet, the fact of the matter is that, you know, this still haunts us. And even when there are honest misunderstandings, the fact that blacks and hispanics are picked up more frequently and often time for no cause cast suspicion even when there is good cause, and that's why I think the more that we're working with local law enforcement to improve policing techniques so that we're eliminating potential bias, the safer everybody's going to be."
So, after explicitly saying TWICE that he obviously wasn't there and doesn't know all the facts, he says the police acted stupidly. What he doesn't know is Sergeant James Crowley, the arresting officer, is a repectable member of the Cambridge police department who actually TEACHES seminars to other officers about racial profiling and how to prevent it! He wasn't just some "Officer Smith" on the beat that night. Then when the information comes out that Dr. Gates was acting disorderly and refused to cooperate with the police, he still refused to give Crowley the benefit of the doubt and calls for a "Beer Summit." It is completely asinine! This is just one, well know example of Obama's attitudes towards white people. Maybe they are subconscious, I dunno, but Obama clearly demonstrates resentment to whites. I really feel like Obama thinks us "evil white people" have had it too good in this country for too long and it is time to knock us down a peg.
I feel for the blacks. What happened to them in the past was horrible and was one of the darkest moments in American history, but this constant race mongering has to stop. It seems fashionable nowadays to call anyone who isn't a radical left winger a racist. Me personally, I don't feel like I owe the black man anything. I didn't enslave their ancestors. I didn't force them to the back of the bus. I was raised to treat other people right no matter what color they are. I never did anything that warrants me to be "knocked down a peg or two." I don't come from privilege. My father and his father and his father were all working men. They came to here from their respective countries (legally) for a better life, hoping their children would assimilate and become American. They learned English and didn't even teach my parents/grandparents our native languages because they wanted them to be as American as possible. There was nothing handed to them when they got here. I don't want to get too much into my ancestory since this is a pot forum and I'd like to have some degree of anonimity, but trust me, the countries they came from weren't exactly welcomed with open arms. They were confined to the worst parts of town and given the most dangerous and worst jobs. There was no welfare or foodstamps or federal aid. They had to make it on their own.
