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1. #1
   On January 19th, 2009 at 11:32 pm, havok said:

   Egads…people have been put to death for lesser words. What is wrong with those guys.

2. #2
   On January 19th, 2009 at 11:39 pm, Trollman said:

   Shakespeare ain’t got nuttin’ on dis!

3. #3
   On January 19th, 2009 at 11:43 pm, dj said:

   I don’t know if I can stand 4 years of this.

4. #4
   On January 19th, 2009 at 11:46 pm, backwoods conservative said:

   Obama has a chance to show some real leadership by publicly chastising those “artists” for using such racist language. I won’t hold my breath waiting.

5. #5
   On January 19th, 2009 at 11:46 pm, smfoushee said:

   I think I’m going to need a bigger bottle of scotch.

6. #6
   On January 19th, 2009 at 11:58 pm, rightisright said:

   they seem to have missed the fact their “black president” in reality is a mutt(his words), is a mulatto in mine. I don’t know how I’m going to get through 4 years of this crap…doesn’t help being a grouchy old fart like me.

7. #8
   On January 20th, 2009 at 12:09 am, Wellsy said:

   This crap is absolutely disgusting. More proof that all the post-racial BS is just that. Doesn’t matter that a black man was just elected President. We’re still a nation of haters, aren’t we? The scab of past racism going to continue to be picked, and it will never heal. Again, I cannot overemphasize how hateful and divisive this celebratory racial crap is. This brutal reality really just killed any hope of positive feelings I could have possibly felt about the historic nature of tomorrow. Good thing I won’t be watching.

8. #9
   On January 20th, 2009 at 12:11 am, richardbo said:

   rightisright-#6—-Roger that. We grouchy old farts are going to get grouchier.

9. #10
   On January 20th, 2009 at 12:21 am, PKAmmoTroop said:

   There once was a man named Barak
   Who was elected because of falling stock
   The Man is a louse
   But he won the White House
   With a VP as dumb as a rock.

   Can I be poet lauriet? Pleeeeze?

10. #11
    On January 20th, 2009 at 12:30 am, CO2 Producer said:

    Feel the post-racialism

    I don’t feel the post-racialism. The neo-racialism? Sure, I’m feelin’ it.
    

    Jeezy debuted a remix of the hip-hop national anthem

    The US has only one national anthem, MTV.
    

    See I Motivate The Thugs Right
    You Motivate Us Homie

    He motivated them to say this?
    

    “No more white lies, my president is black!” Hov finished, as the crowd in the club repeated his last line over and over again.

    The realest role models, yo. Stay classy.

11. #12
    On January 20th, 2009 at 12:35 am, Stillwaiting said:

    While there are absolutely no people alive today who have a direct link to legalized slavery in the US, Obama doesn’t even have ancestors who were part of that…unless his mom’s family owned slaves. Why are the gangstas so excited? How is he one of them?

12. #13
    On January 20th, 2009 at 12:37 am, Stillwaiting said:

    PS – Re: Obama’s ancestors…his father’s family may have a connection to the legal trade of slaves in the US. They may have been involved in selling their African brothers and sisters into slavery.

13. #15
    On January 20th, 2009 at 1:00 am, DaveC said:

    Cant you see.

    the healing has begun..

    /s

14. #16
    On January 20th, 2009 at 1:05 am, ErinF said:

    Don’t laugh, but pretty soon they’ll be teaching “rap-ology” as part of the English curriculum in public schools. You know, jus’ so’s everybody speaks da same language, n’ sh!t.

    Holy cripes! I’m seriously cosidering homeschooling next year for my two kids, unless the government dismantles it (which I fully expect they’ll try to do).

15. #17
    On January 20th, 2009 at 1:08 am, ErinF said:

    This reminds me of that a-hole running his rant against Palin (what’s his name… they all are alike to me). “They ain’t even gots no crackheads in Alaska, yo!”

    What’s that smooth talker’s name? Somebody remind me.

    All I remember was he was shout’n ebonics, rock’n back and forth on his sit-n-spin, worried about the white guy winning. Guess he can sleep peacefully now.

16. #18
    On January 20th, 2009 at 1:28 am, ent said:

    Charming lyrics those are, a real class act, a work of art.

    To those who think that this election will put an end to racism … dream on. I believe we’re going to see racism on steroids before his term is over. When all the folks with their massive entitlement complexes find that they aren’t getting their every wish fulfilled, they’re going to be pissed, and they’re going to blame it on who else — Whitey — for keeping the Obamassiah down. The race baiters and grievance mongers are not going to simply bow out.

    I hope I’m wrong.

17. #19
    On January 20th, 2009 at 1:30 am, thefoundingfathers said:

    We are watching the dumbing down of America being accelerated by these fools. The worst part is most of these rappers are being supported by the white folks who purchase most of this drivel.

    I wonder how many of these idiots realize that blacks and whites are guilty of slavery and racism. Would none be the right answer?

    You look at Obama who got married, then had children, and then had the audacity to stay and help raise them; while these rapping fools promote the complete opposite. What a contradiction!I wonder if the Obamas let their two girls listen to this rap crap?

18. #20
    On January 20th, 2009 at 1:37 am, ErinF said:

    I wonder if the Obamas let their two girls listen to this rap crap?

    Of course they do. He was praising one of them during election. Again, these ass-wipes are all alike to me, so I don’t remember which crap “artist” it was.

    His girls will listen to (c)rap, get pregnant early on, and then won’t be “punished” with a baby. That’s the way the story goes…

19. #21
    On January 20th, 2009 at 1:39 am, ErinF said:

    Somebody wake me when the Revolution begins… I don’t listen to the news anymore.

    G’nite.

20. #23
    On January 20th, 2009 at 1:58 am, Speakup said:

    In what way will race relations improve when the actual racists in this society feel vindicated and rewarded for the very prejudice they project on others?

    If we are to be post racial does that mean all protections for classes will be removed?

    I don’t think that’s going to happen, benevolence isn’t any part of the Democrat party.

21. #24
    On January 20th, 2009 at 2:44 am, CW4_KGP said:

    Doncha just love art and artistic freedom? Maybe they could get David Duke and the KKK band (featuring Robert Byrd) to release that wonderful tune on JiveHonky Records?

    I am sure it would be a smash number one hit on Casey Casem’s show!!!

    BTW – I find the song to be disgusting and despicable. I taught my daughter (as I try to teach my soldiers) that if you have to resort to swearing and offensive language you are obviously not very articulate and if that is the best you can do, you are out of control. And if you are out of control, someone else is in control.

    So the question in this matter is who is pushin’ that brothas buttons? Or is he simply an untalented, morally defective degernerate who should be relegated to the scrap heap of life?

    KP

22. #25
    On January 20th, 2009 at 2:58 am, RabbidSquirrel said:

    Still livin large and kickin it old school wit Ludicris down here in da hood, bo yee

    (like I posted last night)

    Get out my business, my biznass
    Stay the f*** up out my biznass,
    Ah ‘cuz dees niggaz all up in my s#!t
    And it’s my business, my biznass
    Stay the f*** up out my biznass, ’cause it’s mine, oh mine

23. #26
    On January 20th, 2009 at 3:21 am, Biker_George said:

    This is going to be one hell of a show!!!

    Sit back pass the pop corn……Lock and load

24. #27
    On January 20th, 2009 at 4:15 am, Kevin K. said:

    CW4_KGP said: (#20)

    Or is he simply an untalented, morally defective degenerate who should be relegated to the scrap heap of life?

    Yes.

    Those lyrics are appallingly terrible – on several levels. No wonder the youth of America, at least the too many who listen to this excrement, are having so much trouble with life.

    …if you have to resort to swearing and offensive language you are obviously not very articulate …

    I usually agree. (Well, except when dealing with computers because they don’t respond to anything else, although I do try to make sure that others aren’t around.) Language is for communication, and if all one does is swear, one never can communicate that extra level of frustration and ire when the words slip into speech.

25. #28
    On January 20th, 2009 at 4:18 am, regularguy said:

    Yep, all this brings out the very best in our culture.

26. #29
    On January 20th, 2009 at 4:41 am, frontierguy said:

    Nice to see professionalism will be the rule of thumb for the next 4 years. No matter how classy BHO maintains himself, he is not going to chastise a voting block, one that will keep voting for him no matter what. Actually, keeping them rich by promoting victimhood is just the ticket.

27. #30
    On January 20th, 2009 at 5:08 am, graysonret said:

    When the party is over and the people finally get over their “hangovers”, they are going to be in for a shock, when they find that Obama is just another shrewd politician out for himself and the democrats. Life will continue as before; a struggle against big governmental control. This time it is a weak President under control by an arrogant congress.

28. #31
    On January 20th, 2009 at 5:18 am, heathermichelle said:

    And to think, MM, you’re a race-traitor for being Conservative! Why in the world would you not want to be associated with these fine, upstanding Americans?

    /sarc

29. #32
    On January 20th, 2009 at 5:30 am, BobonStatenIsland said:

    Yeah….I feel safe.

30. #33
    On January 20th, 2009 at 5:47 am, tpitman said:

    On January 20th, 2009 at 5:08 am, graysonret said:

    When the party is over and the people finally get over their “hangovers”, they are going to be in for a shock, when they find that Obama is just another shrewd politician out for himself and the democrats. Life will continue as before; a struggle against big governmental control. This time it is a weak President under control by an arrogant congress.

    You’ve nailed it.

31. #35
    On January 20th, 2009 at 6:34 am, ex-expat said:

    What my son in his youthful wisdom has pointed out is that teh Obamination is NOT a black president as the media insists on portraying him. He is instead, like my son, of mixed racial heritage and but ignoring one at the expense of another is to deny the other part. Shamful and an insult to his caucasian mother.

32. #36
    On January 20th, 2009 at 6:34 am, zorro said:

    Homie, please.

    Ha! I can’t wait until The Thug refers to Joe Biden his “homie”.

33. #39
    On January 20th, 2009 at 6:59 am, EdDantes said:

    Obama shows what an absolute hypocrite he is by not denouncing this song.

    So much for uniting everyone.

    Just a reminder of the type of behavior we can now expect here

    And here (you can imagine how much press this story would have gotten if four white supporters of McCain had beaten up 1 black Obama supporter)

    America is surely moving forward and Obama, standing by as he basks in the glow of a star-studded inauguration, does nothing to discourage this behavior.

34. #40
    On January 20th, 2009 at 7:00 am, Marauder said:

    PS – Re: Obama’s ancestors…his father’s family may have a connection to the legal trade of slaves in the US. They may have been involved in selling their African brothers and sisters into slavery.

    In Kenya? I doubt it, it’s on the wrong coast for that.

35. #41
    On January 20th, 2009 at 7:03 am, rplatt said:

    This poor sick country is more divided now than it has ever been in the last 100 years. We live in two camps and our differences are irreconcilable. The future outlook is not good.

36. #42
    On January 20th, 2009 at 7:04 am, Tuesday said:

    Couldn’t go past the second paragraph. What foolishness to waste whatever talent one has on such trashy “music”!

    Use of foul language never impresses anyone.

37. #43
    On January 20th, 2009 at 7:16 am, edelweiss said:

    Guys you should read this.

    One of the best Bush-bashing article and he deserves it.

38. #44
    On January 20th, 2009 at 7:30 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Now I am confused: WHO are the post racial Homies-”My Momma Aint At Home & Daddy Still In Jail” Niggas or you Honkies? If it is you Honkies can I be included or am I still a credit to my race? It is all so confusing.

    Too bad Young Jeezy’s Momma Aint At Home and ran a bar of LifeBoy across his teeth and washed out that sewer of a mouth-Maya Angelou too. I guess anything as extreme as suggesting these people get JOBS and stop whining would make me a racist. I doubt ANY of them came from harder circumstance than I did. But then my father took those “chump change jobs” instead of going to jail. And Maya Angelou never worked as many cotton, melon, citrus, lettuce and grape fields as my mother did. And for our White Guilt Cultist out there: in the ’50s and ‘60 there were plenty of white people in those fields and packing sheds. We called it WORK.

    But please SOMEONE tell me: am I a Post Racial Homie or a Credit to My Race (I did run the 440 in high school-does that count?).

39. #45
    On January 20th, 2009 at 7:42 am, bluekitty222 said:

    ERIN F, wasn’t that Puff Daddy or P Diddy, as they call him, that said that about Gov. Palin? Class act there!!!

40. #46
    On January 20th, 2009 at 7:47 am, rplatt said:

    On January 20th, 2009 at 7:16 am, edelweiss said:
    Guys you should read this.
    One of the best Bush-bashing article and he deserves it.

    Acknowledged, but tripe like that from the leftist European press is certainly nothing new, valid or definitive.

41. #47
    On January 20th, 2009 at 7:49 am, tre said:

    So much for “I have a dream where a man is judged not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character.”

42. #48
    On January 20th, 2009 at 7:49 am, jjmurphy said:

    We live in two camps and our differences are irreconcilable. The future outlook is not good.

    rplatt – You are so right!

43. #49
    On January 20th, 2009 at 7:49 am, jsr said:

    Well, it looks like the barbarians are no longer storming gates, but have broken through and taking power in the palace. We are so screwed.

44. #50
    On January 20th, 2009 at 7:58 am, Ron said:

    I aaw a politician who said
    “…words? Just words?…”
    Words do have meaning, and the message here is not one of Hope or Change, or male responsibility, either. If the Yes, We Can is meant to reinforce this tripe, then, No, You Can’t, not around my house, homie.

45. #51
    On January 20th, 2009 at 8:15 am, Mercy4Me said:

    I’m ready to divide this country into several parts, like the Russian predicted.

    Lets FIGHT!

46. #52
    On January 20th, 2009 at 8:25 am, Milwaukee Mike said:

    “My president is black…but my bodyguard is white…”

    I understand that a major theme of Obama’s speech concerns personal responsibility.

    One can only “hope” that this rapper will grasp what that really means.

47. #54
    On January 20th, 2009 at 8:28 am, FruNobulux said:

    Plus ca change…

48. #55
    On January 20th, 2009 at 8:30 am, chapoutier said:

    Obama shows what an absolute hypocrite he is by not denouncing this song.

    Please. First off, do you really think this silly song is even on his radar? You don’t think that, as he is about to take power, he has some concerns that are a bit more pressing?

    Second, is anyone else here sick of all this “denouncement” crap? How does a politician, on either side of the aisle, become personally responsible for every stupid or offensive thing a purported supporter of he or she says? I mean really, its not like Young Jeezy or Jay-Z are his freaking press secretaries.

49. #57
    On January 20th, 2009 at 8:39 am, WaterBoyz said:

    On January 20th, 2009 at 6:34 am, ex-expat said:

    What my son in his youthful wisdom has pointed out is that teh Obamination is NOT a black president as the media insists on portraying him. He is instead, like my son, of mixed racial heritage and but ignoring one at the expense of another is to deny the other part. Shamful and an insult to his caucasian mother.

    Say a hand made bumper sticker that read:
    Obama – half Black half white – pick the part you like and vote for Obama.
    (Yes, the W was not in upper case.)

50. #58
    On January 20th, 2009 at 8:42 am, WaterBoyz said:

    And people wonder why and where the Black (and White) youths of today get there attitude from.

51. #59
    On January 20th, 2009 at 8:45 am, FruNobulux said:

    On January 20th, 2009 at 8:30 am, chapoutier said:

    Wow, for once we’re on the same side of the fence, chapoutier. My only slight disagreement with you on this point is this: why is it only now that we’re sick of the denouncement crap? Seems to me we heard 8 years of “why doesn’t Bush/Cheney/{insert the name of a leftie hate lightning rod here} denounce X, Y and Z?”

52. #60
    On January 20th, 2009 at 8:50 am, gunslingerpatriot said:

    I was going to comment today, but have decided that the best act of virtue today is not to be drawn into the fracus.

    So I will pray for my President, praise him when he succeeds, and critizse him when he fails. I will treat him with simuliar disdainment that Bush 43 endured for eight years from the MSM, and liberals have heaped upon him.

    However as an artistic photographer, I will not sink down to the level of progressive art that it was simuliarly done to Bill, and Jimmy would get me arrested faster than Jock Sturges and Sally Mann.

    Take care and be safe conservatives… Its going to be an interesting four years.

    GSP
    “This is Sparta!”
    Side notes:

    ErinF-The revolution has already started, and now is the time to continue being involved in the political process.
    EdDantes-liked the links, but the startribune’s cheap shot of infering that the attack maynot have occured by placing hoax crime snippet was uncalled for, but not suprising though.
    AzNeanderthal-Yes, words do have meaning, ask any kid who was verbally abused by a family member and the scars are just as real as being hit by a fist. Eventually you either rise to the what the words are or you cover up emotionally to avoid the pain. (BTW-I ran the 40 in 460 at Camelback HS in ‘85)
    RetFireman/30 PCS/Soaps-I look forward to your comments on this thread latter on today! You guys still rock!

53. #61
    On January 20th, 2009 at 8:50 am, torabora said:

    Wait until duh1 refers to his V.P. as his “Dawg”!

    ….insert popcorn crunching sound here…

54. #62
    On January 20th, 2009 at 8:56 am, flmom said:

    Edelweiss said:
    

    Guys you should read this.

    One of the best Bush-bashing article and he deserves it.

    Today your guy takes the helm of the largest responsibility in the world, I think you need to lay your BDS to rest, Bush is no longer in charge. Let’s see in four years if Obama never makes a mistake or misstep. If he does turn out to be the Messiah you all think he is, then you have my permission to bash Bush to your little, immature hearts content. Until then, try and display a modicum of class, we would respect you and your posts so much more.

55. #63
    On January 20th, 2009 at 8:56 am, jangar said:

    Kinda makes you wonder what the White House dinners are going to be like…

56. #64
    On January 20th, 2009 at 8:57 am, Karmi said:

    It’s all about race and “White” racism. Of course, blacks didn’t care that Obama spent 20-years as a member of the racist TUCC, since TUCC taught James Cone’s racist Black Liberation Theology. Cone:

    “It is important to make a further distinction here among black hatred, black racism, and Black Power. Black hatred is the black man’s strong aversion to white society. No black man living in white America can escape it…But the charge of black racism cannot be reconciled with the facts. While it is true that blacks do hate whites, black hatred is not racism.”

    Segregated Racism…

57. #65
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:00 am, fromnowhere said:

    On January 20th, 2009 at 7:00 am, Marauder said: In Kenya? I doubt it, it’s on the wrong coast for that.

    Marauder,
    Although the charge by StillWaiting may be spurious, you need to refresh your history knowledge. Here’s a start.

    http://www.maritimeheritage.org/ports/kenya.html

    Also,

    On January 20th, 2009 at 7:49 am, tre said:

    So much for “I have a dream where a man is judged not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character.”

    No, that’s exactly the point of most of the comments in this blog. I don’t care what nationality our president is, but I do care about his worldview and the policies and actions that will flow from it. Although thankfully Dr.King helped open the door, President elect Obama is currently not of the same character as Dr. King. There is still hope for him once the honeymoon is over and his pride is broken. Then maybe his eyes will be open.

    Pray for him and for us.

58. #68
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:05 am, Trop said:

    TORTURE.

    That’s offensive.

    God Bless America. Torture will end at Noon today.

59. #69
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:05 am, jangar said:

    No, that’s exactly the point of most of the comments in this blog. I don’t care what nationality our president is, but I do care about his worldview and the policies and actions that will flow from it. Although thankfully Dr.King helped open the door, President elect Obama is currently not of the same character as Dr. King. There is still hope for him once the honeymoon is over and his pride is broken. Then maybe his eyes will be open.

    Pray for him and for us.

    Yea…no kidding, but I’m not holding my breath.

60. #70
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:07 am, jangar said:

    Torture will end at Noon today.

    No, torture will not end today, but the recipients will change.

61. #71
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:09 am, guitarguy said:

    ‘They’ say they can’t make it in Amerikkka because of its ‘inherent racism’.

    And yet this idiot (Jay-Z) is a multi-millionaire and gets to bang Beyonce.

    Boo-frikkin-hoo.

62. #72
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:10 am, sbw999 said:

    Reading total garbage like those lyrics, is it any wonder the young black community is a collective mess?

63. #73
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:11 am, Send_Me said:

    Another said it better than I:
    http://www.citizensforaconstitutionalrepublic.com/washington5-24-08.html

    “However, like all great men (and myths) MLK had a fatal flaw. It was a blind spot that he and the entire civil rights movement had that plagues and vexes black people to this day and in my opinion has been a crucial reason why tens of millions of my people for the past 40 years have failed to either fully assimilate into the larger society, or even come close to achieving the ‘American dream.’

    What was MLK’s blind spot? King and the civil rights movement’s singular vision laid all of black America’s demands for an end to racial discrimination and racism, for equal rights and true justice under the law, at the feet of white America, yet demanded little to nothing from black America to fulfill their important responsibilities as American citizens.

    I call King’s blind spot a crisis of philosophy. At the genesis of his rise as a civil rights leader, MLK had a most critical choice to make, which was presented to America by two intellectual prophets of a previous era – Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) and W.E.B. Dubois (1875-1963). Which worldview would King choose to deliver his people from the savage bondage of Jim Crow, de jure and de facto racism, to the promised land of freedom, justice and true equality under the law?

    Forty years since the storied protests of the civil rights movement and the assassination of MLK, history has spoken, and it is obvious that King and the entire civil rights movement chose to follow the philosophy of W.E.B. Dubois, a miserable and tragic worldview born of arrogance (Dubois’ ‘talent tenth’ philosophy), ignorance (liberalism), despair (anger, protest, litigation), and has forsaken the worldview of Booker T. Washington, born of self-discipline, morality and rugged American individualism (despite the odds).

    What did Dubois think was the proper manner for blacks to get their equal rights?

    We claim for ourselves every single right that belongs to a free American, political, civil and social, and until we get these rights we will never cease to protest and assail the ears of America.

    In his defining book, ‘Up from Slavery,’ Booker T. Washington said:

    The wisest among my race understand that the agitation of questions of social equality is the extremist folly, and that progress in the enjoyment of all the privileges that will come to us must be the result of severe and constant struggle rather than of artificial forcing.

    In a commencement speech to the student body at Tuskegee almost 100 years ago, Washington could just as easily have been speaking to today’s young people:

    A race or an individual which has no fixed habits, no fixed place or abode, no time for going to bed, or getting up in the morning, for going to work; no arrangement, order or system in all the ordinary business of life – such a race and such individuals are lacking in self-control, lacking in some of the fundamentals of civilization.”

64. #74
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:13 am, frostrt said:

    On January 20th, 2009 at 12:21 am, PKAmmoTroop said:
    There once was a man named Barak
    Who was elected because of falling stock
    The Man is a louse
    But he won the White House
    With a VP as dumb as a rock.

    Can I be poet lauriet? Pleeeeze?

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    I hereby appoint you!

65. #76
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:22 am, monad888 said:

    LOL…back to the torture thing? I think I’m going to proclaim something that Obama does as torture, and then spend the rest of his term railing against it as if he’s against humanity. That’s basically what you people did. Grow up. Anything we did was ethically/legally GRAY at worst. And I suggest you end your hypocrisy and stop supporting dictators who actually and CLEARLY torture.

    Back to the topic.

    I’ve always viewed the emergence of black culture as a child growing up. The 1980s were the adolescent years when things were playful. The 1990s were the teenage years with all the bling and violence and playground crap. The 2000s have been like someone in college or shortly thereafter…know it alls, brash, demanding, worried about being controled. This election is like black culture getting their first real and serious job. I sincerely hope crap like this song is the last gasp of childhood….before RESPONSIBLITY finally sets in.

66. #77
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:22 am, JohnnyD said:

    OOOh! Dat made me feel so post-racial, Dawg

    It sent a tingle up my leg…and a chill down my spine!!

    /sarc

67. #78
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:23 am, frostrt said:

    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:05 am, Trop said:
    TORTURE.

    That’s offensive.

    God Bless America. Torture will end at Noon today.

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    And what if Obama does not change all of Bush’s foreign policy?

    I suppose the exact same thing will not be “torture” when/if he allows it.

    Be thankful the have ANY President willing to do what must be done to keep you/this country safe.

68. #79
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:27 am, Weary Citizen said:

    I agree with all the posters who say this will not end the incessant whines of racism. The NAACP in Austin came out yesterday and said, paraphrased, ‘the elction of Obama only increases the need for us to focus on improving the lives of the african-american community’. In other words, institutional racism is endemic in society. This race baiting organization is already posturing to ensure its continued relevance and survival. THe demands will never end.

    And if I hear “historic moment” one more time I am going to scream. It’s an inauguration, that’s all. I hope he lives up to all the hype, but in reality, he is just another slimy politician.

69. #80
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:32 am, jangar said:

    This race baiting organization is already posturing to ensure its continued relevance and survival. THe demands will never end.

    Of course they won’t. From here on out, anybody that disagrees with him, be it cogressman, senator, media pundit, etc., will be instantly labeled as a bigot…one who didn’t get the “get your head right” memo.

70. #81
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:32 am, cheapseat said:

    eidelweiss, the ravings of the liberal media aresooo correct, i see why you believe every word. this global warming is burning us up. fortress europe sits around looking for which country will bail their sorry asses out of every mess they get themselves into. today they can’t get gas, so “let’s get nato (the u.s.) into this and solve this problem” tomorrow all the same antisemitic europeans who continue to do great business with iran, pakistan, and syria will scream again when israel has to defend itself from the worthless u.n.

71. #82
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:33 am, sonofdy said:

    Welcome to the american error of obama.

    Let the spending begin.

72. #83
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:34 am, JDinTX said:

    Yo bro. Yo prez do be black.
    This has got to be the worst of times, but it is going to provide some comic relief if it doesn’t kill us.

73. #84
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:35 am, jangar said:

    Oops…forgot “next door neighbor”.

74. #85
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:37 am, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    I’ve been drunk in Kenya.

75. #86
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:39 am, Paul Revere said:

    The folly of black “leaders” is that they can’t stand success because success means they are no longer needed. Trust me, the schisms will start very quickly…about the time the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy is lifted. Go to any black website it’s a constant barrage of insults at successful black folks, regardless of political affiliation, from Beyonce’, Venus and Serena Williams, various athletes, etc. They can’t stand their own success.

76. #87
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:40 am, frostrt said:

    Yes, the song is stupid and racist.

    I don’t hold Obama personally responsible for “denouncing” this, however. It’s not like this (c)rapper is someone, let’s say, whose church he attended for 20 years, or who married him and his wife and baptized their children.

77. #89
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:43 am, vsatt said:

    And Jay-Z’s wife Beyonce is singing for the Obama’s first dance at the Inaugural Ball.

    Stay classy America!

78. #90
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:44 am, johnsteele said:

    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:05 am, Trop said:

    TORTURE.

    That’s offensive.

    God Bless America. Torture will end at Noon today.

    Absoutely right, and about time.

    Of course you have to realize that the activities will still be there, its just that the left will no longer call them “torture” — which of course they weren’t to begin with. But the left is in control now so …

79. #91
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:45 am, jangar said:

    We’ve come a long way since the days of Soul Train.

80. #93
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:48 am, Mister P said:

    I have news for them. Obama is half white, and who knows how much Arab. Maybe they need to check their own bigotry.

81. #94
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:49 am, dfern said:

    I was on a long road trip yesterday coming back from taking my son and all his things back up to college, and I had Earth, Wind, and Fire’s greatest hits CD playing as I drove along US 101 near Santa Barbara. Earth, Wind, and Fire — now THERE was some real musical talent!

82. #95
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:52 am, sonofdy said:

    Yes but what percentage is he white/black/arab???

    We have to establish how much of a victim obama is. The percentages are different depending on the content of his dna you know. We know he is 50% white, but what kind of white? Irish blood actualy gives you a little bit of victim status as well since the irish were treated poorly when they first came here, but not as much victim status as say the chinesse, or slaves.

    What is your victim percentage????

83. #96
    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:54 am, RobM1981 said:

    Wow. Makes my leg tingle. This is really change I can believe in.

84. #97
    On January 20th, 2009 at 10:05 am, frostrt said:

    On January 20th, 2009 at 9:49 am, dfern said:
    I was on a long road trip yesterday coming back from taking my son and all his things back up to college, and I had Earth, Wind, and Fire’s greatest hits CD playing as I drove along US 101 near Santa Barbara. Earth, Wind, and Fire — now THERE was some real musical talent!

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    Eh, not exactly my cup of tea – but certainly a big step up from THIS (c)rap.

85. #98
    On January 20th, 2009 at 10:06 am, jangar said:

    Hopelessly short-changed.

    I hope I get to keep some change by the end of 4 years.

86. #99
    On January 20th, 2009 at 10:09 am, mattm said:

    Personally I consider the rap “artists” to be some of the most racist people alive today. They really do consider themselves different.

87. #100
    On January 20th, 2009 at 10:12 am, DBNinKY said:

    Second, is anyone else here sick of all this “denouncement” crap?

    Heck no! Now that President Bush is out and the GOP no longer has a voice in either of the two immediate branches of government, I say we’ve only begun! For the next four years, our side gets to dish out what it has had to take for the last eight – and it will be cathartically sweet!