First there were the out-of-control summer Town Hall meetings that quickly swelled to shouting matches and often ended in fisticuffs. Then people started showing up to these Town Hall meetings carrying guns. Next up, an Arizona Baptist Minister said he was praying to GOD for Michelle Obama to be widowed, the Obama children to be made fatherless, and for the President to die. Then, conservative parents said they’d rather keep their kids out of school than allow them to hear the spoken “brainwashing” of President Obama. Last week while the President was speaking to a special joint session of congress, Republicans used the opportunity to openly ignore, boo, hiss, and even tell Mr. Obama “YOU LIE.” And over the weekend during a “Tea Party” march on Washington, protesters angrily shouted that President Obama wants to purposely ruin the country with socialism and that “Muslims are taking over our country.” Hmmm….
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There’s a danger brewing just beneath the surface, mainly fueled by conservative talk radio playing on the ignorance of fear. It’s a danger many are whispering about, but few want to openly talk about. Yes, this is the land of the free and the home of the brave. But what has happened to the mentality of a country where a fellow lawmaker can lose all decorum and home training, to blatantly disrupt a presidential address by calling the leader of the free world a liar? Or worse where a Baptist minister can freely call for the death of the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?? Or where usually sane people have somehow convinced themselves the President is a Muslim and wants Muslims to take over the country??? (Is “Muslim” really code word for “BLACK”?) What type precedent are these actions setting for our future? What type message are we sending to our children? Are the guns, socialist/Muslim charges and calls for death slowly opening Pandora’s Box to unthinkable acts? I can only hope and pray the answer is NO!
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WAKE UP AMERICA…before it’s too late.
We are in DANGER!
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WAKE UP AMERICA…before it’s too late.
We are in DANGER!
I am mindful that THIS is the United States of America we’re talking about! Given this country’s blatantly racist history_ particularly regarding how Blacks have been perceived and treated since newly arrived Anglo- European “Cristianists” chose to steal this land from the Native Americans and pursue FREE "slave" labor to help build this country__shouldn’t "WE The People" who have grown in our intelligence, awareness, education, understanding and appreciation for “Change” expect some left-over IGNORANT and HATE-filled remnants of the past???I say YES! Of course we should. The truth is, approx 25-30% of Americans have little to NO interest in “Change”. For them, the dark, segregated, polarizing and paranoid past of America was the “good ole days.” The very notion of a “Black President” is something that not offends them_but quite frankly_it's Unthinkable.The threat posed by that highly toxic, twisted and BACKWARD bunch is REAL and ever present indeed.BUT!!!…..