Say What, Barrack?
By Paul R. Hollrah
Tuning in to C-Span recently, I found myself listening to a speech by Senator Barrack Hussein Obama, Jr. He was standing in the pulpit of a black church in Selma , Alabama , and as I studied the body language of the dozen or so black ministers standing behind the senator, I couldn't help but be reminded of the little head-bobbing dolls that people used to place in the rear windows of their 1957 Chevrolets. If their reactions are any indication, the new "Schlickmeister" of the Democrat Party is actually a pretty accomplished public speaker.
However, as he spoke, I found my b.s. alarm going off, repeatedly. But I couldn't quite figure out why until I actually read excerpts of his speech several days later. Here's part of what he said:
"...something happened back here in Selma, Alabama. Something happened in Birmingham that sent out what Bobby Kennedy called, "ripples of hope all around the world." Something happened when a bunch of women decided they were going to walk instead of ride the bus after a long day of doing somebody else's laundry, looking after somebody else's children.
"When (black) men who had PhD's decided 'that's enough' and 'we're going to stand up for our dignity,' that sent a shout across oceans so that my grandfather began to imagine something different for his son. His son, who grew up herding goats in a small village in Africa could suddenly set his sights a little higher and believe that maybe a black man in this world had a chance.
"So the Kennedy's decided we're going to do an airlift. We're going to go to Africa and start bringing young Africans over to this country and give them scholarships to study so they can learn what a wonderful country America is.
"This young man named Barack Obama got one of those tickets and came over to this country. He met this woman whose great great-great-great- grandfather had owned slaves; but she had a good idea there was some craziness going on because they looked at each other and they decided that we know that, (in) the world as it has been, it might not be possible for us to get together and have a child. There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma , Alabama , because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama Jr. Was born. So don't tell me I don't have a claim on Selma , Alabama . Don't tell me I'm not coming home to Selma , Alabama ."
Okay, so what's wrong with that? It all sounds good. But is it?
Obama told his audience that, because some folks had the courage to "march across a bridge" in Selma , Alabama , his mother, a white woman from Kansas , and his father, a black Muslim from Africa , took heart. It gave them the courage to get married and have a child. The problem with that characterization is that Barrack Obama, Jr., was born on August 4, 1961, while the first of three marches across that bridge in Selma didn't occur until March 7, 1965, at least five years after Obama's parents met.
Obama went on to tell his audience that the Kennedys, Jack and Bobby, decided to do an airlift. They would bring some young Africans over so that they could be educated and learn all about America . His grandfather heard that call and sent his son, Barrack Obama, Sr., to America .
The problem with that scenario is that, having been born in August 1961, the future senator was not conceived until sometime in November 1960. So if this African grandfather heard words that ''sent a shout acr oss oc eans,'' inspiring him to send his goat-herder son to America , it was not a Democrat Jack Kennedy he heard, nor his brother Bobby, it was a Republican President, Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Obama's speech is reminiscent of Al Gore's claim of having invented the Internet, Hillary Clinton's claim of having been named after the first man to climb Mt. Everest, even though she was born five years and seven months before Sir Edmund climbed the mountain, and John Kerry's imaginary trip to Cambodia .
As one of my black friends, Eddie Huff, has said, "We need to ask some very serious questions of the senator from Illinois . It's not enough to be black, it's not enough to be articulate, and it's not enough to be eloquent and a media darling. The only question will be how deaf an ear, or how blind an eye, will people turn in order to turn a frog into a prince."
''Life's tough.....it's even tougher if you're stupid.''
~ John Wayne
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A heart beat expressed in the great American Way! Great job....
What's Up with all this American Democratic, and Republican STUFF? Black African Americans have always voted for Whites! So what’s the big deal with Barack Obama? Why all this True American Patriotism?
We know there are many White Right People who know God,love justice, and who want the best qualified person for the job.
So news media and The Honorable Christian Conservative Prophet Hannity. Give God, and the American people a chance to decide for themselves, we already know the hen house belongs to you, Bush, and your angels.
However, Presidential candidate Barrack Obama seems to be bad news for America, some news media, and others within his own democratic party. While others seem to be asking God to repent himself—-for not making Senator Barack Obama perfect and without fault!
If God had made OBAMA perfect then just maybe HE would be qualified and experienced enough in the eyes of some, to serve as Executive Commander-In-Chief of the United States of America.
However, if GOD had made him perfect many would still find something wrong because there is always something wrong with certain people.
This is even truer when the person has a history of representing all citizens beyond race, religious beliefs, and political circles in America. Where citizens are either too hipped or not hipped enough. The wife or husband is too ugly, pretty or handsome, too weak or too strong, too white or too Black, either he or she have the wrong name or undeserving of their claim to fame assigned by their supporters—but there is always something wrong.
Either, they are too fat or too skinny, hair too curly, or too straight, too rich or too poor, too tall or too short, not qualified or over qualified for the job, too experienced or not experienced enough. But there is always something wrong.
If you are from up north you should have been from the down south. If you are Muslim, you should have been a Christian. If you are a Jew, then you should have been an Italian.
You are either with us; or against us, and if the Messiah Jesus returned today! He would be either too early or too late. But it’s always something wrong in America with the people’s choice of who they want to represent them.
Therefore in spite of what FOX News, Headline News, and others who seem to be blaming God for not making Obama perfect, let us who truly love our beloved nation give thanks to God for having a voice through Obama. For his courage and leadership in calling for all Gods children to come together as brothers and sisters. Whereby they can at least talk to each other and feel each other’s pain.
Moreover we should be thankful for Barack Obama for having the greatest message, for the problems plaguing our beloved nation and world. So run, Barak Obama run, and pray that God will make you perfect in the eyes of Hannity and others.
Hopefully, they won’t whiteout this golden opportunity to try and resolve many problems that have plagued our beloved nation and world for too long now. Senator Obama, keep your humanity, God bless America, and everyone else.
GEORGE BOSTON RHYNES
Retired United States Armed Forces
A concerned citizen and brother of humanity
P.S. God——-Did WE ask these same questions about qualifications, experiences, etc., prior to us giving BUSH the oval office and control of our constitutional rights? Thanks!
OBAMA doing, shit, NOTHING for Illinois
Don't believe me? look it up. Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, these newspapers reported him many times, including his wife getting a salary increase to about 125K per year at a not-for-profit medical facility as soon as Obama took office.
O K, FUCK THE CORPORATE MEDIA, BECAUSE WHEN ELECTIONS ARE UP, THEY'RE ALL GOODY GOODY KISS-ASSES. They can't deny what they printed, but they won't tell you.
So just LOOK IT UP before you destroy this nation with another ASSHOLE who could really give a shit if you have to pay thousands of dollars for surgery because 80% is all they (ins. co.) fuckin' pay, and Obama made these costs higher so he can give it to his bitch of a wife who could care less about the patients in her facility. LOOK IT UP PLEASE. I DARE YOU.
I live here in Hellinios and have been reading nothing but shit about him since he became Senator. BUT NO, they won't tell you this NOW. WAKE UP AMERICA ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Believing they're propaganda is what got us into this mess.
SINCERELY,
"A"agent green