Onward

If you don’t think this is disgusting, you’re part of the problem.

Deep-seated racial misgivings could cost Barack Obama the White House if the election is close, according to an AP-Yahoo News poll that found one-third of white Democrats harbor negative views toward blacks — many calling them “lazy,” “violent,” responsible for their own troubles.

Use your God-given brain, people!  If you think of blacks as “lazy,” and “violent,” then there is no way in hell you are giving a black person a fair chance at anything–and then when he fails you’ll figure he just didn’t try hard enough??  And then label him a complainer?

I’ll give y’all a hint–black people have the same flaws and shining qualities as we (speaking as a white woman) do.  Why?  Because they are people.  Humans.  No more different from whites than we are from each other.

Don’t believe me?  Try it for yourself.  Level the playing field, and see what happens.  Put your money where your mouth is.  If you’re right, you’ve got nothing to lose.  If you’re wrong–then we have everything to gain.

Let Barack Obama show you what he can do.  It’s time we got over this stupidity.  If you need someone to look down on to make you feel superior, I can give you a new target. They’re called bigots.  And whoo, boy, are they morons!

Wanna lose your lunch?

This is disgusting.

This is disturbing.

This, to borrow the appropriate word first used by matociquala on lj, is obscene.

Before the Republican National Convention, police raids in the Twin Cities are taking another whack at democracy and justice.

Here’s the link.

Some important points–five raids, five arrests, though one would presume they’ve found more than one person at each site.  No charges.  Yes, that was five arrests, and NO CHARGES FILED according to the report linked.  But the “reporter” didn’t feel that deserved further comment, so you might have missed it.

Lots of weapons and stuff supposedly found–but not enough evidence to charge anyone with anything.  “Police say” but don’t back it up in any way.

And what does “journalist” blond pretty face ask?  “If [the anarchists] are against the war, why are they willing to use violence?”  Is that the only question you have about this situation, Miss Pretty Face?

Note the police haven’t found any members of this group they’re looking for.  But they’ve used the search to harass troublemakers who had the temerity to film at the last RNC.

And hey.  Harassing beatnik hippie unpatriotic freaks who don’t support the government is always a worthy goal, no?

In the movies, a character feeling the way I do might well douse the irritant with lighter fluid, toss a match and walk away.

Sadly, I can’t afford lighter fluid.  Also, I can’t decide what to torch.

Fuggit.  I wouldn’t get a great ending anyway–’cause I’m not living a movie.  No, I’d just end up like that guy a week or two ago who got pissed at his non-starting lawnmower and shot it.  (for those who can’t guess, that’d be: arrested)

I put up another chapter of Shades.  Mostly the rest of the day was spent cursing various things–the realty company ($480 of my money withheld because the owner’s workmen painted the dining room ceiling the wrong color after it fell in?  Excuse me?), my car, the gas company (four disconnect notices and a phone call so far.  Despite my having the account less than twenty days, and making arrangements TWICE to pay that enormous darn deposit), my stupidity…

Enjoy the chapter.  I’ll just be over here bashing my head against the wall.