We’ll just have to agree to disagree. I see a country that offers limitless opportunity to those individuals who embrace to the concept of personal responsibility. That opportunity is severely muted or lost altogether to those who wallow in perpetual victimhood. We are all where we are because of the choices we have made.

Peace…

Katrina showed an American government that had no interest in helping its poorest citizens. Of course white people were affected by Katrina. However the black community and the almost entirely black Lower Ninth Ward was hit the hardest. Little was done to prevent the flooding and little was done to help evacuate stranded Americans. The gap between black and white, rich and poor, had never been more obvious.

I was scared as anyone else during 9/11. It hit much closer to home than Katrina (I am a DC resident). But Katria remains the worst thing I have ever witnessed on American soil.

Absolutely pathetic….

Pretty much.

We now know how the virus spreads. If you haven’t been sharing needles, if you haven’t been sleeping around, you have nothing to worry about.

Do these candidates have something to worry about?

Rusty says: Katrina was the most horrific thing to happen in America in my lifetime…And race doubtlessly played a part in it.

First – Ever heard of 9/11?
Second – Only blacks – or whatever term you prefer – were affected?

Absolutely pathetic….

My problem with AA is that it hasn’t worked. The equal rights/reverse discrimination arguments are fine in a perfect world, but we are from that. Racism and the effects of slavery are still being felt in America today.

I agree Rusty, but for different reasons. In its original intended form, Affirmative Action was actually a good thing. It was instituted in order to make sure that the MOST QUALIFIED applicant got the job, regardless of race, creed, religion, gender, etc. Unfortunately it was bastardized and turned into the quota system we deal with today.

You keep talking about “a level playing field” as if that’s what AA is all about.

You’re about 20 years behind the law the regulations written to enforce it. “Level playing field” has nothing to do with AA anymore. The whole idea of AA is to “tilt” the playing field – ostensibly so that there will be more “diversity” in schools, the workplace, fire depts, police depts, unions, and any other aspect of American life that AA touches – which is plenty.

If it were just about a level playing field, most Americans would support it. But it hasn’t been that way since at least 1990 when the Civil Rights Act was amended.

Nice try, though…

This is why the Republican party pays so little attention to issues that primarily effect African-Americans. They know that no matter what they do to help African-Americans, the vast majority of the African-American community will still be voting Democrat. If you knew someone was out to fire you and hire someone else in your place no matter what, how hard would you work on making them happy when there is someone else who has the power to let you keep your job and who is much more open to doing so?

If African-Americans want the Republicans to pay more attention to them then they need to start voting for Republicans. Until it appears that the African-American vote is up for grabs, Republican politicians are going to consider it a waste of time, effort, and resources to cater to African-Americans.

Nothing I said was uncivil. The fact is that most of us are simply tired of the charges of racism and just do not care anymore…

Poo poo? If you wish. Peace to you…