My thoughts about Socialized Healthcare

Dear Airbourne In-forums Readers,

This has been on hot topic for our newly elected Government. Those on the left are fighting to the teeth to get this one passed, while those on the right are fighting just as hard to make sure it doesn’t happen. A lot of people have a lot to say about this topic, some statements very ignorant while others are very educated. I have heard them all…and well I knew how I felt from the get go.

For starters, allow me to say this much. I do not feel our current healthcare situation is beneficial to all parties within this country. However don’t take that to mean that I am a supporter of a Social Healthcare plan, because that is not the case. Social Healthcare equals big government. Big Government equals no control, and well, quite frankly I am a control freak.

There are other solutions to this problem. Solutions that don’t involve America copying a plan implemented by other countries worldwide, a plan that in my opinion has been put to the test and failed. Let’s not take the high road people. Let us put our heads together and come up with a solution that actually works in our favour and not in the favour of government control. We don’t want higher taxes and less choice. That just doesn’t make any sense.

I find it so funny that we live in a country that would be dubbed as free. A country that allows you to live as you want, as long as you are not out there killing people. Yet still Americans need to pay for that freedom. Ever hear of a sin tax? Do we really want more sin taxes? Not too long ago I got into a conversation with an individual about fast food in America. The individual stated that one of the issue’s with this country is that we allow our citizens to be unhealthy. He suggested that capitalism was to blame for allowing companies like Mc Donald’s and Burger King to sell fattening & unhealthy food to society. The freedom of the people to choose the way they want to live of course plays no part in their everyday choices. (Sarcasm WARNING) We instead should help walk them through the maze of life. Don’t leave it for them to choose. Well scratch that…we will leave it for them to choose (gives them a sense of freedom) but we will push them in a general direction with our taxes. Our sin taxes…

You want to smoke a cigarette? Well that will be an extra $500 a year in taxes. You want some fast food in your life? That will cost you a 20% tax on every meal you buy from a restaurant dubbed as a Fast Food joint. Do you see where I am going with this? Sooner than later you begin to pay for your so called “freedom”. That is the direction of Socialized anything. You want Free Healthcare, well don’t you find it ironic that Canadians gets free healthcare at the cost of a 55% income tax? Even though they are paying that money through taxes…not all of the health benefits are provided to them, as they still have to pay for vision and dental between certain ages. I don’t see anything free about the Canadian or European System that our government wants to take on but I understand 100% why some Americans are blindly running towards that system. It’s the easiest solution. Let the government work it out. They will figure it out for us. (its obvious that they know how to run a business...right?!) In our current system we have government run hospitals. In our current system we have a rule that makes it illegal for any hospital to turn down emergency care due to a lack of insurance. So don’t tell me America has people dying on the street and outside of hospitals. That is just ignorance. (Russell Brand) The American way may not be the best solution, but instead of taking the easy (and low) road, our government should be contemplating a plethora of options. I don’t want your Social Healthcare. I don’t mind paying for my own healthcare, but I am fully aware that not everyone can do that. I may not have all the answers but I have heard a couple other solutions out there that work twenty times better than the current solution our government is trying to lock down.

Allow me to throw one more suggestion out there. Incentive programmes. My current healthcare provider has flat rates for all those that are registered to their plan. Instead of charging more for being unhealthy though, what they do is give deductions for those that are actively working to stay healthy. Those individuals who are willing to do an annual physical and can show they are doing what is in their power to stay healthy receive a percentage off their annual healthcare costs. So by not smoking and eating healthy and constantly exercising I am not only going to live a healthier life, but I will also save some dollars. Incentives work better than taxes. The joy of a capitalistic society is the freedom of choice.

You can keep your social healthcare. I personally will stand up against it.

Regards,

Jahrootz

If it's normal, is it still considered wrong?

Dear Airbourne In-forums Readers,

This post is in response to a post I wanted to put on someone else’s blog. The post she wrote was about politics, which of course caught my interest. It touches on the corruption that can be expected when dealing with politicians. Visit her post “If it’s normal is it still considered wrong?”

Below is what I wanted to respond to here:

“You want feedback well here is mine.

You are asking if its okay for a politician to do what he knows is wrong...even if it's considered normal amongst his circle. A circle that was given power by the very people it pillages and robs. Ironic…yes, but is it right. No.

I am currently very heavy into US politics, and like everyone else I am full of opinions. As I am not a politician I would like to assume my opinions are not for my own personal gain but instead they would work towards the greater good of mankind, or at least those in America. Many people in my family were involved in politics (some still are) in Jamaica and I have seen no proof that they are/were corrupt (to be honest I wouldn’t admit either though)…so I will make the statement that not everyone in that “circle” is on the same path. Was Spencer weak? I think so. Are most politicians weak? Yes I would agree with that as well…it takes a strong individual not to be a sheep. TO move towards what they feel is the TRUE solution to the problem that is the people.

I myself have not moved into a heavy political scene in America because I am not yet ready for that challenge. You can be the strongest & bravest person in the world…but if you’re running against hurricane force winds, you need more than just your physical strength…you need the mental fortitude to outwit the snakes and become aerodynamic enough to make it past them to make your change.

This is just my two cents. Spencer was weak and may of gone in with a good cause in mind, but he was unable to escape the trap.”

Regards,

JahRootz

Global Warming and the Selfish Consumer

Dear Airbourne In-forums Readers,

I am often asked if I believe in Global Warming. Those who ask me usually hang off the edge of their seats as if the answer I am about to give will define my very stance on all things concerned with this matter. And they have every right to believe that, because it is true…my answer will define my stance. Here is the answer I always give them.

First I ask them out loud what global warming is. [That question is always rhetorical] I then follow up by telling them, that if by global warming they mean an increase in the earth’s atmospheric temperatures. My answer is yes. That is obviously going on around us. But, I also believe in global cooling. No, not the global cooling that Urban Dictionary calls the affects of the earth’s pollutions blocking the sun and forcing the earth to cool down, the global warming and global cooling I believe in are natural parts of the cycle of our planet. The same planet that has been around for over 4.5 billion years and gone through this cycle more times than in recorded history.

SO now that I have acknowledged Global Warming, the question that follows is; “Has pollution sped up the process?”

Well, I don’t know how fast the process takes place. I have never gone through the process before in my lifetime. Nor has anyone else who exists in my lifetime, or the lifetime before them. In fact the last recorded major climate change was something they called the “Little Ice Age” back in the 30’s. You know, back in the day before we had pollution like we have today. Before then there are three periods in the last 300 years where there is a record of major climate changes. Again, back in a period when pollution was not a factor in the formula. These recorded major climate changes are not proven to of been global however, which is understandable. Let’s fast forward to today.

I would like to now introduce Al Gore to all of you. The spokesperson for Global Warming who can only make assumptions as to what is going on right now in our lifetime. He has a few calculated facts that were presented to him and he ran with it. I don’t like the man, but I will agree with a few of his points. He is correct in saying our levels of pollution have greatly increased in the last 50 years. He is correct in saying we need to find alternative sources to remove our dependency on oil for transportation and everyday life.

Here is what his sheep never seem to think about though. What is the rate that the population on this earth is growing at? Let me throw some numbers at you. In the mid 1700’s there were about 791 million people in the earth [recorded]. That looks something like this; 791,000,000.

One hundred years later in the mid 1800’s we were looking at a number of about 1262 million people [again recorded]. That number looks something like this; 1,262,000,000. That is a difference of 471 million people in a hundred years.

Fast forward another hundred years and we land our self in the 1950’s, the time of the baby boomers [in America alone]. Now we see a number of 2,521,000,000. Getting even closer to the present we will look at President William Clintons last year in office. The number is now 5,978,000,000.

Today we are estimated to have over 6 billion people living on this planet. In less than 250 years we increase our population by over 5 billion people. Think about this. 5/6th of today’s population comes from a boom within in the last 250 years on a planet that is 4.5 billion years old. Now before you factor in technology, why don’t you factor in the creation of Co2 from 6 billion people? Let’s also factor in that we had to create the space for that boom in the population. So there goes a whole bunch of tree’s that consumed Co2 and produced Oxygen, so that we could create space to live.

Let me tell you what I think. Yes, the process called Global Warming/Cooling might have sped up. I have no real facts besides that I am born to the largest boom to the population that the world has EVER seen in 4.5billion years. The largest amount of Co2 that has ever been released into the atmosphere belongs to my generation.

So now we are concerned about our pollution. The pollution from our cars and our planes and our factories. We are concerned about our “Carbon footprint”, so we cut down the rainforest to create space to grow corn fields for ethanol. Truth of the matter is this. We as consumers are selfish. We care only about our own convenience and how hard that will hit our pockets. Most people buy goods that have been outsourced to countries that release high amounts of emissions into the atmosphere to save a dollar or two. Most people will scream for hybrid, but not for them to drive. No, they will drive their H2 and their big ford trucks. People only like the idea of saving the planet and leaving a clean carbon footprint…but they don’t want to do the one thing they need to do.

I am going to present a formula to the world. Here goes. This is what Al Gore and every other sleaze ball politician/activist should have done.

IF every 1 human being was to own ten plants let’s see how the world could be different. You ready for this. 10 times 1 equals 10. 6 billion times 10 equal 60 billion trees. Tree’s consume Co2 and produce oxygen. Funny thing I heard the other day was that humans consumer Oxygen and produce Co2. Funny how that works!

Mankind does not want to give up their technology. They will not give up their planes and their vehicles. Green cars are around the corner, but how green are they really? Fully affordable electric cars might be 20 to 30 years away. Fact of the matter is reducing our consumption of fuel will not solve this problem. The one solution for a brighter tomorrow for our generation and those that will follow [besides population control] is to control the population of our allies. Increase the number of trees. The government should take my tax dollars and plant 10 trees for every American. Maybe other civilized countries will catch on and do the same.
This of course is all just my opinion, and the last I checked I was an extremist.

Regards,
Jahrootz

My Letter to ColorofChange.org

Earlier this week I received a letter in my email from an organization titled Colour of Change. The email was titled:


"Rush attacks Black folks. Will Republican leadership stand with him?"

This email of course struck a cord with me, and since I am in the process of writing a piece on racism in America, I decided I would share this with you as a prequel of what is to come. As usual, let me know your thoughts.


James,

The following letter is for you and your team.

Let me start by saying...as a coloured Caribbean entrepreneur in this country I find life full of obstacles. I find it difficult not because I am being held back by another race. I find it difficult not because I have words thrown at me like stones. I find it difficult because that is how Jah made this world. I am not held back by any colour or race. Not Black Americans, not White Americans, not Africans white and black alike, nor the Chinese or any European. None of them have the power to hold me down. None of them would even know where to start, The only person with enough power to stop me, would be me.

I am personally tired of social welfare. I am personally tired or watching other people scrape by and come up with excuses for their lack of an imprint on this world. Whether the excuse be their colour, their race or their family history. I was born to a man who came from a wealthy family with no money in his hands when he came to this country. At the time of my birth his only riches were his love for his son, his passion for work, the knowledge he was given through a good education and his experiences in life. With those tools he made his empire. He built his own wealth completely separate from his family. He took out his bank loans and made his business work. No assistance from Uncle Sam.

That is the beauty of this country. Everyone has the chance to create their destiny. This is not India where social classes stop you from advancing in life. This is not Iraq where you are jailed or hanged for being different. This is not a country in Africa where you are shot for being from the wrong tribe.

Now I want to address these emails that you and your team always send out. I signed up for your emails not because I am tired of being held back. As you can tell, I do not think this way. I signed up for your emails because I am what I call a true Liberal. Not in the political sense, because I am in fact a conservative. I am a true liberal in the sense of being open minded. I like to hear what everyone has to say, because I am aware that everyone is entitled to his or her beliefs towards EVERY subject. I actually find it humourous that most of those considered as Political Liberals aren't even open minded.

Rush Limbaugh is but one man. One man with a powerful voice only because of how loudly he speaks. His radio station is not forced on anyone. In fact his listeners openly CHOOSE to listen to his words. They do that because that is their right. Rush Limbaugh is a man with a colourful history too, as I am sure you are aware. In this email that you address to myself and your "followers", you start out by saying this:

"Dear *** ,

You won't believe Rush Limbaugh. He just accused President Obama of trying to intentionally wreck the economy, saying that Obama wants to put more people on welfare and food stamps, and implying that he wants to redistribute the country's wealth to Black people."

IF you have not noticed James, President Obama and his colleagues have in fact admitted to wanting to redistribute the wealth in America. That is what the higher taxes for the wealthy are for. And you may not feel he is intentionally trying to wreak this country. But many feel he is unintentionally doing just that. In your email you try and attack Rush Limbaugh and the Republicans who listen to him. And I have to say my only reaction to this piece of ignorance is to laugh. At which point did you and your people forget the freedom that was given to express your opinion. You and organizations like your own have been doing so for longer than Rush. The only thing I ask of you and your "kind" of organizations is to remove your malicious intent and properly inform the people who take you seriously. This country is going through a lot of changes recently. Whether those changes are in the right direction falls on the shoes of the American People as individuals. It seems like "thinking on your own" is a thing of the past. Both of the main parties in the political spectrum have played dirty cards. This will not change until people "man" up and stop pointing fingers at the wrong items of concern. Don't send emails insulting Rush and his comments unless you add in a piece about celebrities like Kayne West and Janeane Garofalo who makes comments which no backing and of no significance. If you want to be a part of the movement in the right direction, educate yourself and your team on ways that you can actually educate the people. In your message you claim that Rush is the one who plays on the "racial fear and paranoia" when you are simply adding fuel to the fire. You want to put out a flame, bring Sand and Water and remove it's oxygen source. Don't bring it more life to consume.

I don't expect that my email will change your point of view or your manner of approaching a situation. I do not ask that you remove your freedom of expression like you attempt to remove that of others. All I ask is that you remove the ignorance from your message. Because with a mailing list like the one you own, you are sure to do one thing...and that is spread that ignorance like a virus. I want to inform you that your website and methodology of "informing" the people will be blasted on my blog. I will not speak badly towards what you mean to stand for, but instead allow people to know of your existence.

Regards,
--
JahRootz
http://airbourneinforums.blogspot.com/

The American Separation

Dear Airbourne In-forums Readers,

Today I will admit to being the enemy. Not because I want to be the enemy, but simply because the government has labeled me as just that. They have stated that the point of view of myself, and those who think like me should be feared.

Well here is the point of view you should fear then.

I believe all of this sounds a lot like fear tactics. The Government has done two things by releasing this statement. They have made the average American who may of voted for Obama but who may no longer support the current direction of the administration, fear publicly coming out against the views of the administration for chance of being labeled a terrorist or extremist. The other scenario it will successfully achieve is to create a separation within the population. Those who are for him, and those who are against him. The sad truth...but that is just the opinion of a person labeled an extremist/terrorist by his own government.

Lets take Janeane Garofalo [the moron actress] as my prime example for this blog post. She has been very open about her political views, as have I and many others. But she has some rather sketchy comments that follow her beliefs. They often remind me of Kayne West and his "George Bush hates Black People" comment.

Let me give you the new quote that will beat out Kayne:

"'Let's be very honest about what this is about. This is not about bashing Democrats. It's not about taxes. They have no idea what the Boston Tea party was about. They don't know their history at all. It's about hating a black man in the White House,' she said on MSNBC's 'The Countdown' with Keith Olbermann Thursday evening. 'This is racism straight up and is nothing but a bunch of teabagging rednecks. There is no way around that.'"

My favourite part of course is the last line. We are nothing but a bunch of teabagging rednecks. This America is separation. We have come to a point in America where you are either for our President and his policies or you are a Homophobic Racist Redneck who is a terrorist and a possible threat to this country.

Here we have a country where the people are free to stand up against what they believe is a violation to their rights [as many did during the Bush administration] and they NOW are being labeled for it [which was not the case during the Bush administration]. Not only by ignorant close minded individuals such as Ms. Garofalo but by our own government.

The "American Separation" is well on it's way. It is something that many believed was impossible in this country. The very separation in other countries is the reason many arrived in America, and here we have history repeating itself yet again. It's not a good sign when a socialist leader can make this statement:

“It would seem that the changes that started in Venezuela in the last decade of the 20th century have begun to reach North America”
-Chavez

What does this mean to you? Simple. Don't be afraid of your beliefs. Always remember that the government in power works for the American People. But most of all...what this means for you, me and the rest of the world is this. Don't be swayed by anything other than your own thoughts. I know my readers don't think like Garofalo...but be aware that others do, and simply walk around them and preach your beliefs. It is your given right!

Regards,
Jahrootz

How American International Group (AIG) was thrown under the Bus...

Dear Airbourne In-forum Readers,

It has been a month since my last post. Society has yet again stirred the anger within me. I wanted to start a series of post on my blog (and I eventually will) that spoke towards the wisdom of Ronald Reagan, but before I can go ahead with that theme of post's I need to speak about AIG.

The other morning I woke up to a series of messages from colleagues that I often speak politics with, stating how much they hated AIG. At first I could not understand where this sudden deep hatred came from, then I turned on my PC. All over the news was talk about the bonus's being provided to those who worked within AIG. All over was talk about how angry the tax payer should be, that these "greedy morons" over at AIG should hang or be executed like it was the wild west.

I mean seriously?! At which point did this country allow people to be guilty until proven innocent? I thought it was supposed to be the other way around. For our very own President to call the company "reckless and greedy" before even having a full understanding of what is going on...well that is just not the true signs of a leader!!

This post is to just point out a few issue's with the story being presented to the "Tax Payer" just in case they care to even know. First off I want to point out to the people what is really going on here. The media and the white house is playing off your emotions. They know full well that most of you will not do the proper research to understand the truth. Someone very close to me said it best.

"The Obama administration is still on the campaign trail. They are doing whatever the people want them to do. They are saying whatever the people want to hear."
-unknown (to you) source

Well in an earlier post I basically stated that the presidents job is not to make the people happy by doing what they want, because the people don't always know what is best for them. The Presidents job is to be a rational thinker and do what is best for the people whether they smile about it or not. It's no longer a publicity stint. You got the job...now do what you were hired to do.

AIG made a promise to it's employees in 2008 (by promise...I mean a contract). A contract that in the simplest of forms, stated that if they did not leave AIG [for another competitor] they would be given a retention bonus. For those of you that don't know, AIG's Financial Products was meant to die [taken apart]. That means the positions were meant to die as well. What do most people do when they know they are meant to get laid off? Find another job. The contract was created to get people to stay until the end. It was a promise from the company to the people, that stated, for your time and trouble here you go [enter dollar figure here]. One of the things that is so beautiful about this country, is we uphold our contracts to our people. They are law. Unless of course your President Obama or the House. No, at that point you can pass a bill that goes around the law (the contract) and you create a tax that takes 90% of what they are promised [and can jokely state the other 10% will be taken by local and state government]. Then you allow the media to paint a picture of AIG's employee's...as if they were not human.

Do people forget that the people who work at AIG are human beings. Tax payers. They have families. There have been death threats to these people. People have come out right and asked for their execution. You may not take it serious...but it is very serious. Society has lost sight to what is really going on here.

Obama should have never come out and said anything remotely negative about this situation. If he wants to remove blame from the White house, that is fine. But to throw AIG under the bus is ridiculous. The people need to understand a few things. The people who work at AIG were promised compensation for staying with the company instead of leaving it in the dark. If all the employee's had left the Insurance Firm at once...the bail out money the government put into it would of been a waste anyways!

The next thing people need to understand is this. American International Group is what we call an Insurance organization. Just like if you were to get your home destroyed by a natural disaster, you would get money back. AIG is basically a second bail out for the banks. Why do you think the government couldnt let them fail. The bank bailout would have been worthless without saving AIG. AIG right now is just being used as a scape goat. They are not at fault for the money lost. As long as the banks are losing money AIG will be doing the same!

In fact, lets take this further. All of the tax payers out there complaining and stirring up the waters...I blame you. This is the chain of blame. I blame the people who took out loans that were more than they could afford. I blame the greedy bankers for providing the loans. I blame the government for telling the banks to do so. I blame everyone BUT American International Group (AIG). They simply did what they were supposed to do...insure the loans. AIG didn't tell you to default on your payments. They didn't tell you take more off the tree than you could eat. You did that on your own. Then you cried for a President who could be your hand puppet, and to top it all off, you forgot how to think like rational human beings!

It is our jobs to elect our politicians. It is our job to tell them when we are unhappy with the direction of the country. It is their job to uphold the law and do what is right for the country. No matter how you feel for AIG think about this. How would you feel, if your company made a contract with you promising you compensation for your troubles and a year later when they fullfilled their promise...your government snatched it away from you. No matter the circumstances...a contract is a contract. Death threats on fellow human beings is uncalled for! We are in America, not the middle east. You know what all this reminds me of?

Class warfare.

Is that where this country is at?

Do not let your politicans cloud your mind. AIG employee's are not to blame for all of this. The very CEO of AIG that is being attacked came out of retirement to help the company last November. He came out of retirement for a $1/annual salary. The people left at AIG may not all be good people but some are trying to help the company out...and here we are making them scared for their lives simply because of their position and the company they work for.

Think rationally. Think things through. Class warfare is just as bad as racial warfare.

Regards,
Jahrootz

The New York Post Cartoon

Dear Airbourne In-Forums Readers,

Let me just start by saying that today marks the 1 year anniversary of this magnificent blog. What started out as a simple way for me to post my thoughts for the entire internet kingdom soon became my main source of political relief. I know that I do not see eye to eye with many of my peer’s, while at the same time I realise that there is a mass amount of people out there who understand and view things the way I do. What this blog evolved into over the last 365 days is a by product of many events and many discussions.

Moving on…

This week two things occurred that caught my interest. One being, that Newsweek published an article titled “We are all Socialist now" and then a little cartoon got published in the New York Post.



When I first saw this cartoon I chuckled for three reasons. The first being the actual story of a chimp that was killed in Connecticut this week by two police officers who were protecting themselves from an upset primate, a chimp who was pampered and treated like a human by its owner. The other being the line that one of the cops uses while standing over the dead primate, implying that this monkey was somehow involved with the creation of the latest joke from our new Presidential Cabinet. The last reason has nothing to do with anything drawn within the cartoon, while at the same time having everything to do with everything within the cartoon. Some how, in some way this cartoon has been taken as not only a racist shot at our new President, but a threat to him, and well, in my mind I just don’t see it. In fact, I see a bunch of liberal’s looking for fuel to throw into a “Race Fire” that was started back when Obama won the primaries. Here we have a funny story about a chimp that attacks a friend of its owner (this doesn’t happen every day), and currently our nation is also coming to terms with this wonderful Stimulus bill that does nothing for the economy, while at the same time broke most promise’s our President made during his campaign, so WHY NOT tie them together. Why is it, that people like Tony Danza (from “Charles in Charge”) have to some how tie it in to a racial joke, I am not quite sure.

The cop in the above illustration is saying “They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill”, and this is some how implied that Obama is the chimp? For all of you looking for reasons to point fingers to the right, allow me to clear up a few issues with your argument. First and foremost, Obama did not write the stimulus bill. In fact, this bill belongs to the likes of Nancy Pelosi. So if this is making fun of anyone, it is her. For anyone to say that this is a racist cartoon, I will boldly say you are filled with blind rage. You are not only looking for something to be wrong you are also being very short sighted. Allow me to explain.

In the past, when G.W Bush was our president, there were a lot of cartoons made. Cartoons made depicting GW as a redneck cowboy going out to war with guns in the air. Cartoons depicting GW and his cabinet, you know Colin Powell and Connie Rice, following him...like the help. No flags were raised back then. Why is that? Is it because those on the right actually have a sense of humour and we knew these cartoons were just blowing hot air. It’s impossible to count on two hands the amount of time GW was drawn as a monkey running the country into the ground and here we have ONE cartoon depicting a monkey shot and killed (something that actually occurred) and it being implied that this monkey had something to do with our new bill and the people are in outrage. MCHammer even went as far as to post on his Twitter page that this cartoon not only depicted a monkey, but the monkey was a BLACK monkey.

Did any one of you think (simply think, its not that hard), that this cartoonist MIGHT be saying he thinks the bill was a hair brained, stupid, good for nothing, written by a bunch of MONKEY’S solution to fix our economic problem?

Why is it that the race card is always pointed towards people from my side of the fence? Why is it that we never get the chance to do the same? I mean, the GOP is populated by minorities as well, and the left has always showed their humour through the same means as us. So it’s not like we haven’t had the opportunity, but yet still we are always on the defense from it. This year alone we have shown that racism is not what people thought it was. We have a black president and a black attorney general. Two black men selected by the people to be in top positions within this country…and one of them has the nerve to say our nation is a bunch of “cowards”.

Here are my thoughts on that. Stupid, ignorant liberals. Not all of them, just the ones that decided to create an issue where there was none. Here we HAD a nation that may not have fully agreed with everything Obama has done to this day, but has at least accepted that he is in fact our President. The nation came together and the mass majority voted him in and now a new wrench is thrown into our wheels.

Here’s what I think is going on. Here we have a nation that got together and voted in a President of something other than a pure white background (like me, he is of more than one race, one of which includes a white mother, by which he was raised). In his first 31 days of office, not many people have been too happy, including his followers. This bill of theirs just doesn’t make any sense. Slowly people are stating everywhere (including high school students) that they just don’t see what this liberal government is doing that would make sense to help solve our problem. What’s the best way to get everyone on the same side again? Draw the colour card. Make the nation be upset with the conservatives all over again…remind the people why they voted for him again…because he was the minority. Make something out of nothing. Get them in an uproar again, take their minds off the fact that the government just passed a bill that none of our elected officials got to read. A bill that WE didn’t even get to read, a bill that allows the government to spend nearly a trillion dollars in places that will NEVER stimulate the economy. A bill that shows that our liberal politicians (I can blame them because our republican friends never voted for it) never learned their lesson from the “Lost decade” of Japan.

My fellow Americans open your eyes and realise that we are all walking down the same path. As a nation our future co-exists with one another. This cartoon in my opinion was meant to say nothing more than this bill was written by a bunch of primates that have not yet evolved. I think Nancy Pelosi fit’s that bill perfectly. Is my colour side racist now? Or even better…am I a sexist now?

Before I sign off on this post I want to say one last thing.

Racism people, is what you make of it. I think that is something the American people need to learn. I was raised in a culture where race was nothing, we were all colour blind. Class, now that’s what defined who you are and how people reacted towards you. Class can be defined as how you present yourself, how you hold yourself, and how you interact with others. A lot of people in this country seem to have this chip on their shoulder that they can’t get rid of. And by holding on to this chip, they in turn create more issues than what actually exist. To make this easy to understand, let me say that racism is born of the utmost ignorance in mankind. Not saying racism doesn’t exist, what I am saying is, racism is as easy to ignore as the ignorant. Learn to get around it without making a big deal and maybe it will be forgotten and our grandkids will never know what it is to discriminate based on colour. The longer it is allowed to affect our way of lives, the longer it will stay around. Think of it as a virus that feeds on our attention. Ignore the ignorance and it will eventually go away.

Signed
Jahrootz