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Black Derangement Syndrome

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:33:00 +0000

How can I explain what happened to me and many others right now as anything but Black Derangement Syndrome?

And if you need a further definition Dorothy Rabinowitz of online WSJ defines it like this: a palpitating fear of discomfiting facts and a willingness to discard those facts and embrace the richest possible variety of ludicrous theories as to the motives behind an act

You can present fact after fact after fact but nothing matters to people like this who are brain washed.

I had a worrisome incident at work the other night. Now we all know that writing about our jobs on our blogs for those of us who do not do that for a living is a tricky topic...so bear with me if I leave out some details.

At the end of my shift, I put on my winter coat. On the bottom of the coat sleeve is my Bloomberg button. a co-worker whom I have known for more than a year and had only quick and good interactions with thus far saw the button.

He is a black man. Hence Black Derangement Syndrome.

At first I thought he was just talking with me. Nothing in our past has ever suggested that this was not a few simple civil words in disagreement.

Then I thought perhaps he was poking me, kidding with me, since we have a history of silly stupid and quick words to make each other giggle and then move on with our work days.

But quickly I realized this man was raging. Before I knew it I was being called a dictator oh and yes don't forget I'M GREEDY. We're Greedy. Corps are GREEDY. And listening to how all the taxes we spend should go to the people not the corporations and social justice and help the homeless and the unemployed.

I love how marxist libtards cherry pick who is greedy! I guess to him this is not greed:
Total Personal Staff members for other first ladies paid by taxpayers:
Mamie Eisenhower : 1 paid for personally out of President's salary
Jackie Kennedy: 1
Roseline Carter: 1
Barbara Bush: 1
Hilary Clinton: 3
Laura Bush: 1
Michele Obama: 22

Now did he want to hear anything I had to say? I'm sure you know the answer to that.

He was sitting down, while I stood up -leaning into me, nose to nose with me. Turning his head left and right, in my face. I held out my arm to create space. I said, "Our differences in opinion need not create bad blood between us at work." He was standing next to me now. He put his hand on my arm just above my elbow and tried to shove me away as he screamed at me, "You can have your opinions over there! You just want to shut me up dictator!"

Well I guess being bottom heavy has it's advantages because I wasn't going anywhere and I said to this man, "Take your hands off me." I had to say it two times. All this while security watched but did nothing.

He did take his hands off me and I walked away.

I will tell you I did get a few minor words in edgewise although when you're dealing with Black Derangement Syndrome apparently this only serves to infuriate the raging person.

In regard to his unemployment outrage and the bad economy I calmly said (as this was at the start of all this), "Who makes the laws that have the control over these situations?" He said not local government. Correct. I then said, "OK so who is the one making policy and laws that are affecting our jobs and economy?" He was quiet. So I explained, "The Federal Government." And then I said, "Who is the federal government?"

I also pointed out that locally in NYC we have a City Council. "Who makes up the majority in the City Council?" No answer. Me, "The Democrats. And Bloomberg can do nothing without their help."

Nonetheless, because of our current political climate and I squarely blame Obama, his henchmen and his cronies who dribble down to the very level of what I experienced the other night, I was assaulted at work, for wearing my Bloomberg button which outraged this man. This same man who wore his Obama button during working hours for month and months squarely under his chin on his coat lapel every single night.

How's that for tolerance, unity and multiculturalism?

Congratulations New York Yankees

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:41:00 +0000

What a game that was to watch last night. I went to my neighborhood bar and watched with the other Yankee Fans...and some Mets fans who were gracious.

I've been somewhat of a hermit the past couple of years. I've been super focused on my career and with my dating past, feeling so burned and cautious besides the online dating here and there I've rarely put myself in a social situation. So one of my goals has been to "get the fuck out of my apt." So on the first game night of the series I walked to this bar that looks laid back and I walked in and they guys in there are nice. They are mostly older guys who I could tell would treat me with respect and not be disgusting and hit on me like 23 year olds do. And there are a few guys who are closer in my age and fun to talk to and also behave themselves. And that is the perfect comfort zone for me.

So alas, I walked back in last night around 9PM. There were no spots left at the bar. I sat my ass down at a table with a guy (older than me by leaps and bounds) who was sitting alone. He was very kind, sweet and yes he liked me. It was obvious. And to be honest I really do not know how to handle these things very well. Do I make light of it, just say thank you, tease or ignore. I just don't know. I did my best. He was so kind and nice and not gross about it at all.

He bought me some drinks and we had really nice conversation and best of all I got to watch my Yankees win for the 27th time! It was a great game and fun night out. It barely cost me a dime. I like the bar tenders and the crowd and I feel like I finally have a hang out in my neighborhood for myself.

Congratulations Yankees!

PS- re: previous post: I deleted the guys number. I just don't like how I feel. I should be feeling great and he should be making me feel great and that is just not happening.

Because I Say The Things You All Are Thinking

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:13:00 +0000

I'm probably a bit too much about self-inquiry. But the more I ask for points of reference the more I learn that all my friends and many of those I'm not friends with all have the same thoughts and feelings and insecurities as I do. The biggest difference between them and me is that I am vocal about it, I question, I speak and I write it here on my blog.

I've realized over the last few years that I am a perfectionist. And as such I wish that my output was perfection but I never feel even close to it. I beat myself up a lot about things that everyone else also experiences but for some reason I have always felt I was not allowed to experience...screw up or make mistakes.

But I'm working on it! I have some great bloggy friends and RL friends who are setting me straight and teaching me how to be kind to me about this stuff.

I recently (finally) met a guy I'm attracted to. I can't say if it will continue past this week, this day or not. I just know that it already tested a limit of mine and has made my head spin about myself. My insecurities are raging. This guy talks too damn much and I think too damn much. He's articulate and was so confident that it actually made me start to shake and pull back and not let go. I'm surprised at myself. I'm usually the bold one, the confident one, the hot head, the big mouth.

The most interesting thing is that this guy is extremely articulate and asks good questions in those moments however what he thinks is happening in my head is based upon his experiences with other women and lets face it, I'm not like most women. My hang ups are very different. I didn't hold back with him because of body issues (although he asked - and then awesomely told me about every part of me he liked and why!) I held back but could not tell him so, because I was faced with my own crossroads of what I want vs. what I am living and I couldn't make peace with it in that particular moment. And I just couldn't tell him. He sincerely wanted to know but I couldn't tell him and I found myself telling him that I liked him but he talks too damn much. He laughed. And I am positive he has been told this many times before.

I'm unsure if this will go past this very day. The ball is squarely in his court. I know I will not chase. And that is all I know.

Trolls

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:49:00 +0000

Please click on image to read.

Source: http://www.cracked.com/funny-2724-trolls/

The Moments We Live For

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0000

New Flat Screen TV - $300
Wii Game system -$199
Wellness 11lb bag of cat food $35

Cleaning up after the new guy while he's taking a shower because you're trying to show how sweet you are

and finding a tiny baggy with a little blue pill in it....

PRICELESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Blog Trolls!!!

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:55:00 +0000

Obama Signs Executive Order to Make Vaccination a Personal Choice

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:58:00 +0000

Who'd a thunk it?

Dry Bones

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:59:00 +0000

http://drybonesblog.blogspot.com/ awesome new blog find!

My Favorite NYC Mayoral Candidates

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0000

I've been wrestling with how to present this material to you. You see I have two very juicy people to present to you. Do I savor this for two posts or one? Should I comment or just show you the scanned in bios that these candidates wrote themselves and were published in the New York City Campaign Finance Board 2009 General Election Voter Guide that is mailed to every person in NYC.

There's so much I could point out from the obvious to the more subtle but I'm thinking I'll let you look at them both and hope that you'll leave your comments as you notice these things for yourself. It will be fun for all of us to read the comments.

Please click on each image in order to read full through and PLEASE read full through.

And now for your reading pleasure I present to you:

Rights Watchdog, Lost in the Mideast

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0000

Rights Watchdog, Lost in the Mideast (from The New York Times - posted here because I don't trust that rag to keep this up.)

By ROBERT L. BERNSTEIN
Published: October 19, 2009
AS the founder of Human Rights Watch, its active chairman for 20 years and now founding chairman emeritus, I must do something that I never anticipated: I must publicly join the group’s critics. Human Rights Watch had as its original mission to pry open closed societies, advocate basic freedoms and support dissenters. But recently it has been issuing reports on the Israeli-Arab conflict that are helping those who wish to turn Israel into a pariah state.

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At Human Rights Watch, we always recognized that open, democratic societies have faults and commit abuses. But we saw that they have the ability to correct them — through vigorous public debate, an adversarial press and many other mechanisms that encourage reform.

That is why we sought to draw a sharp line between the democratic and nondemocratic worlds, in an effort to create clarity in human rights. We wanted to prevent the Soviet Union and its followers from playing a moral equivalence game with the West and to encourage liberalization by drawing attention to dissidents like Andrei Sakharov, Natan Sharansky and those in the Soviet gulag — and the millions in China’s laogai, or labor camps.

When I stepped aside in 1998, Human Rights Watch was active in 70 countries, most of them closed societies. Now the organization, with increasing frequency, casts aside its important distinction between open and closed societies.

Nowhere is this more evident than in its work in the Middle East. The region is populated by authoritarian regimes with appalling human rights records. Yet in recent years Human Rights Watch has written far more condemnations of Israel for violations of international law than of any other country in the region.

Israel, with a population of 7.4 million, is home to at least 80 human rights organizations, a vibrant free press, a democratically elected government, a judiciary that frequently rules against the government, a politically active academia, multiple political parties and, judging by the amount of news coverage, probably more journalists per capita than any other country in the world — many of whom are there expressly to cover the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Meanwhile, the Arab and Iranian regimes rule over some 350 million people, and most remain brutal, closed and autocratic, permitting little or no internal dissent. The plight of their citizens who would most benefit from the kind of attention a large and well-financed international human rights organization can provide is being ignored as Human Rights Watch’s Middle East division prepares report after report on Israel.

Human Rights Watch has lost critical perspective on a conflict in which Israel has been repeatedly attacked by Hamas and Hezbollah, organizations that go after Israeli citizens and use their own people as human shields. These groups are supported by the government of Iran, which has openly declared its intention not just to destroy Israel but to murder Jews everywhere. This incitement to genocide is a violation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

Leaders of Human Rights Watch know that Hamas and Hezbollah chose to wage war from densely populated areas, deliberately transforming neighborhoods into battlefields. They know that more and better arms are flowing into both Gaza and Lebanon and are poised to strike again. And they know that this militancy continues to deprive Palestinians of any chance for the peaceful and productive life they deserve. Yet Israel, the repeated victim of aggression, faces the brunt of Human Rights Watch’s criticism.

The organization is expressly concerned mainly with how wars are fought, not with motivations. To be sure, even victims of aggression are bound by the laws of war and must do their utmost to minimize civilian casualties. Nevertheless, there is a difference between wrongs committed in self-defense and those perpetrated intentionally.

But how does Human Rights Watch know that these laws have been violated? In Gaza and elsewhere where there is no access to the battlefield or to the military and political leaders who make strategic decisions, it is extremely difficult to make definitive judgments about war crimes. Reporting often relies on witnesses whose stories cannot be verified and who may testify for political advantage or because they fear retaliation from their own rulers. Significantly, Col. Richard Kemp, the former commander of British forces in Afghanistan and an expert on warfare, has said that the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza “did more to safeguard the rights of civilians in a combat zone than any other army in the history of warfare.”

Only by returning to its founding mission and the spirit of humility that animated it can Human Rights Watch resurrect itself as a moral force in the Middle East and throughout the world. If it fails to do that, its credibility will be seriously undermined and its important role in the world significantly diminished.

Robert L. Bernstein, the former president and chief executive of Random House, was the chairman of Human Rights Watch from 1978 to 1998.

Victicrat

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:31:00 +0000

Czars Are Not Elected Officials

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:30:00 +0000

Wake Up and start shouting to everyone you know, your congressmen, your friends, on the blogs, on twitter on facebook that Czars are NOT elected officials, they are not the lawmakers. They hold ZERO power. Only Congress can make laws. They are nothing more than paid friends of Obama. They are illegitimate just like Obama.

You Want A War FACEBOOK Now You've Got One

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:40:00 +0000

Facebook took down my personal account because I posted http://bit.ly/1TB16w
Someone reported me and they didn't even contact me to say what was happening. Just simply took my account down.

So Now I'm exposing Facebook for the racist antisemites that they are.

Here I am a JEW and I posted the link for others to see the filth that the Obama websites on the .gov is allowing and I am being closed down? Me the victim, the Jew who is being accused of baby killing has had her account closed down. What the FUCK is up with that site and the people who run it. Are you kidding me? Do you know the filth they allow up? Do you know the hate groups that are allowed to run on FACEBOOK? Do you? I expose a story that is true, that lives on the .gov website of Obama and I am shut down?

I am asking that you contact abuse@facebook.com and tell them to put my account back as it was and to apologize for prejudging and discriminating against me. I should also be allowed to know who my accuser was. Please email me for my full FACEBOOK account name so you can do this properly for me.

Also here is their telephone number 650-543-4800
If you have updates please let me know. Thank you in advance.
UPDATE as of about 4pm Easter: my account was reinstated. I am sure it was because of the numerous emails and calls that I know many of my twitter and blog followers made. Thanks for putting the pressure on them.

UPDATE TO UPDATE: Again Friday the 23rd they closed my account...no notice no reason just locked me out. What is up with FACEBOOK. I guess NO JEWS ALLOWED!

Horrid Antisemetic Tweet I Received Yesterday

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0000

I've had moments in my life that weren't so much fun because I'm Jewish. I have had ignorant things said to me. This however is a first. It started with this tweet and went on and on. I have many loyal followers who reported this person and their account was removed.

I blame this boldness on the Obama Administration. They have emboldened this type of behavior to come out of the closet. They have contributed to the antisemetic tone and remarks in less than a year in office. Under the Bush administration I never once was met with any such hatred directly to me. This is a clear sign of the times.

So Nancy Pelosi...just who is using Hitler and speaking about Hitler and calling for the death of whom?

UPDATE;
I am getting more tweets simply because of Jew hatred. This one today:

OBAMA'S WEBSITE: 'DISMANTLE ISRAEL', 'STOP THE KILLER JEWS AND STOP THE JEWISH TROLLS'

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:10:00 +0000

http://bit.ly/1TB16w <-------------- Go there NOW!

This is a progrom!!!

I want to know when as a nation, as a people do we say no more? When are we going to call for this president to step down, or impeach this man? Are we going to let people make gas chambers again?? When I'm dead, because you all know I'm Jewish, and they then come after you, will that be the time? Before that. WHEN?!?!? Remember the people in Germany did nothing too. They were shocked too. They didn't think it would ever...you fill in the blank.

While they sit and accuse us in THEIR media of us being impolite and we cower or discuss it and give credence to their nonsense diversions, this is going on and this is very dangerous and real. This is not a game. This IS my life. And you better believe it's yours too.

Who is going to stand up and say this is not ok, this president is not ok and that he is breaking our laws, and allowing others to do it for him...by proxy??

Broken Common Bond

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0000

Hat Tip: James T.

We Are A Republic Not A Democracy

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:11:00 +0000

What is the difference? Did you know the word democracy does not appear in our constitution?

Hat tip: Conservative Hippie Chick

I was always taught in (public) school that we are a democracy. Brainwashed. I believed it. I never heard about us being a republic even though that is the word in our pledge we said each day before we started our lessens.

I think it is time the rule of law was restored! Immediately!

Here's What I'd Like to Say In My Dating Profile

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0000

First I'm going to quantify what is coming below. I've had some really outrageous things said to me through IM's and emails and even in person while attempting to date through my online profile. And while I hear about success stories from others who have friends who have done well, it's not been my experience. Yes yes yes I'm digging deeper to figure out why but with that said here's what I wish I could write in my bio profile:

Let's face it. I'm hot. You know it and that's why you clicked on my photo. So before you email me some sexual innuendo or try to be coy with me through a few normal IM exchanges and then go for the gusto, stop and think about it. I'm a hot chick. So what makes you think that I'm so desperate that I'd go for the lowest on the totem pole and go out with you, who only seem to make a play for me in a sexual way? Heck if I wanted that I could walk up and down my street where I live and pick an equally hot man and F&ck his brains out. You see boys/men I'm cashing in on my hot value and being the picky biotch I deserve to be. You're gonna have to be of the best character, the kindest heart, put up with my lunatic political rants and challenge my mind. I'm not looking for a mind-f*ck or a quick lay. For that you'd better find a fat chick with low self-esteem. But I'm not JUST a hot chick. I'm an analytical thinker. I'm logical. And while you might be able to slip a few details past me that I choose not to remember, I'll catch you in your shi*t faster than you can say SHUT THE F*CK UP! So you wanna get into these pair of jeans, you're gonna have to earn it, deserve it and work for it. And it's gonna have to be more than the sex you're trying to earn from me.

Robert Reich On The Truth In Healthcare Regarding The Governmet

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0000

I GOTS'A PEACE PRIZE! (Official Song)

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:01:00 +0000

Major columnist legitimizes theory of Obama plot to destroy U.S.

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0000

Major columnist legitimizes theory of Obama plot to destroy U.S.

Please read that story today. I've been saying all this on my blog. Why oh why must we wait until the wolves drag in the carcass?

ACT catches Sheikh Gilani extremist in a series of lies at Muslim Prayer Day Washington, DC

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0000

The Slandering Of Rush - Redux Pagones!- History Repeats!

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:39:00 +0000

I've become a fan of Rush. I never thought I'd see the day. But I was a liberal who was smacked by reality and became more conservative. And even in all the years I didn't like Rush, I never felt he was a horrible human being, a race hustler or that he ever wanted to bring harm to anyone. He simply had opposing views.

Now the real race hustler Al Sharpton, the boot-licker of Obama has been trumped out and is letting himself be used as a tool to divert our attention to the real and very serious issues of our country by slandering Rush. And all the network television "news" stations have jumped on board. Now it seems that all their espousing of high standards of ethics [excuse me while I cough] there has been no research and nothing to prove that he said any of these horrid racist things he's been accused of. Not one link or audio or video clip has been produced. NOT ONE and yet it's all over the network "news" stations.

They are the FAUX NEWS! J'accuse ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's some facts about Sharpton I bet you didn't know:

His dad was a landlord and businessman
By age 7, he was touring with gospel great Mahalia Jackson and Bishop F.D. Washington, the renowned Pentacostal minister of Brooklyn's Washington Temple Church of God in Christ as "the Wonder Boy Preacher
After two years of college, he dropped out and worked as national touring manager for singer James Brown
The television show HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel showed a 1983 FBI videotape in which Al Sharpton is seen talking about laundering drug money with former mobster Michael Franzese, a Mafioso-turned-undercover-FBI informant posing as a cocaine dealer.
He was involved in the Crown Heights riot of 1991, and a 1995 arson attack on a Jewish Harlem jeweler that resulted in 8 deaths. The riots in Harlem happened after Sharpton made remarks about the "white interloper".
1987 Tawana Brawley...Sharpton compared then-state Attorney General Robert Abrams, a Jew, to Adolf Hitler.

I remember when this happened. I live close to the court house in Queens. I was worried about my commute home. There were hundreds of police, that my taxes had to pay for, that day when this case went to court. All because of Sharpton and his incitement.

And let us not forget his rush to be a part of the Jena, LA case where the black woman falsely accused the white frat boys of rape to hide her own skeletons and in the process completely ruined the lives of those young innocent men.

Here's some real racists and their quotes:

You f*cking Jew b@stard." -- Hillary Clinton to political operative Paul Fray. This was revealed in "State of a Union: Inside the Complex Marriage of Bill and Hillary Clinton" and has been verified by Paul Fray and three witnesses.

"The Jews don't like Farrakhan, so they call me Hitler. Well, that's a good name. Hitler was a very great man. He rose Germany up from the ashes." -- Louis Farrakhan (1984) who campaigned for congresswoman Cynthia McKinney in 2002

"Now that nation called Israel, never has had any peace in forty years and she will never have any peace because there can never be any peace structured on injustice, thievery, lying and deceit and using the name of God to shield your dirty religion under his holy and righteous name." -- Louis Farrakhan who campaigned for congresswoman Cynthia McKinney in 2002, 1984

'Hymies.' 'Hymietown.' -- Jesse Jackson's description of New York City while on the 1984 presidential campaign trail.

"Jews — that's J-E-W-S." -- Democratic state representative Bill McKinney on why his daughter Cynthia lost in 2002

"I want to go up to the closest white person and say: 'You can't understand this, it's a black thing' and then slap him, just for my mental health." -- Charles Barron, a New York city councilman at a reparations rally, 2002 [I remember when this one happened!]

"Civil rights laws were not passed to protect the rights of white men and do not apply to them." -- Mary Frances Berry, Chairwoman, US Commission on Civil Rights

(I) "will not let the white boys win in this election." -- Donna Brazile, Al Gore's Campaign Manager on the 2000 election

"The old white boys got taken fair and square." -- San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown after winning an election

"There are white n*ggers. I've seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time." -- Former Klansman and Current US Senator Robert Byrd, a man who is referred to by many Democrats as the "conscience of the Senate" in March of 2001

"The Medicaid system must have been developed by a white male slave owner. It pays for you to be pregnant and have a baby, but it won't pay for much family planning." -- Jocelyn Elders

The white man is our mortal enemy, and we cannot accept him. I will fight to see that vicious beast go down into the lake of fire prepared for him from the beginning, that he never rise again to give any innocent black man, woman or child the hell that he has delighted in pouring on us for 400 years." -- Louis Farrakhan who campaigned for congresswoman Cynthia McKinney in 2002, City College audience in New York

"There's no great, white bigot; there's just about 200 million little white bigots out there." -- USA Today columnist Julienne Malveaux

"We have lost to the white racist press and to the racist reactionary Jewish misleaders." -- Former Rep. Gus Savage (D-Illinois) after his defeat 1992

"White folks was in caves while we was building empires... We taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it." -- Rev. Al Sharpton in a 1994 speech at Kean College, NJ, cited in "Democrats Do the Dumbest Things

"The white race is the cancer of human history." -- Susan Sontag

"Reparations are a really good way for white people to admit they're wrong." -- Zack Webb, University Of Kentucky NAACP

"...they will say that Al Sharpton cannot get the majority of the white vote. The fact is--no Democrat has gotten the majority of the white vote in many years. Bill Clinton didn't get the majority of the white vote. The Democratic Party has been able to put together a coalition of a sizeable portion of the white vote, the overwhelming majority of black votes and Latino votes. That has been their winning strategy..." -- Sharpton

Sources: http://www.realchange.org/sharpton.htm
http://www.rightwingnews.com/quotes/leftwingracists.php

These Are From Australia

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0000

"Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death!"

noreply@blogger.com (LaurAyn) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:00:00 +0000

Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death" Speech

St. John's Church, Richmond, Virginia
March 23, 1775.

MR. PRESIDENT: No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining as I do, opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely, and without reserve. This is no time for ceremony. The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfil the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offence, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the majesty of heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.

Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves, and the House? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with these war-like preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask, gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us; they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves. Sir, we have done everything that could be done, to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne. In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free² if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending²if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us!

They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable²and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace²but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!