Obama's Speech

I just listened to Obama's speech on race and his ex-reverend.

It was a great speech, given by a masterful orator, and no doubt gave many listeners that old tingle up the spine they love so much.

He talked of the future, of a perfect union, of the great possibilities America has. He talked of blacks, and whites, and Latinos, and Asians all working toward a better future.

But there was an undercurrent he could not hide. A belief he must hold that blacks are still being discriminated against, being treated unfairly, not getting the breaks that whites get. He blames white America for this.

But he misses the point. He does not see that the great majority of average whites are also being discriminated against in exactly the same way average blacks are.

The powerful, the rich, the elite, the privileged of America discriminate against us all, race makes no difference. They are destroying the American dream not only for blacks, but for whites also. Obama and his black brothers and sisters are stuck on the idea that only blacks are suffering, and that indeed makes it a racial issue.

His ex-reverend does speak the truth - as seen through a black man's eyes - and his Trinity church and others just like it are so massively popular with blacks exactly because of that.

Obama has attended this Church and listened to this reverend for twenty years, so of course he agrees with what the man preaches.

I contend that Obama as president represents "payback" for most blacks, and the undercurrent of Obama's speech today reflected that sad fact.

The possibility that blacks will start demanding of a president Obama all manner of special privilege - because of "America's Racist history" - along with Obama trying to right all those past wrongs, using presidential edict if nothing else, and creating a firestorm of racial animosity, is real.

Keep in mind that Obama used the example of a black man and a white woman (Ashley) joining forces against the system(the white man's system) as the only way to change.

That's pretty scary.