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I posted this comment in the discussion area

Maryscott O'Connor — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:02:38 GMT

of the original version at my blog, and I think it bears repeating here, for those not inclined to visit the original version:

I've been thinking about it since Konopelli posted his essay, and since I posted this essay...

Something to the effect that -- Limbaugh et al. are using the naivete of people like the ones in the picture to frighten ignorant whites into thinking that Obama is going to turn all his attention to THEM and give THEM all the stimulus money.

I mean, that's the impression I'M getting. I don't know if that was Kono's impression, because he posted the picture and then -- well, I may have missed it, but it strikes me he then didn't refer to it again in his post.

But that's what it seems to ME is happening right now. Race baiting. A not particularly sophisticated brand of it -- I mean, how sophisticated can race baiting BE, really? Subtle, I guess, it can be -- subtle to the untrained or uneducated or ignorant ear. Or the INEXPERIENCED ear. Just as with those of us who have never been exposed to ANTI-SEMITIC baiting, for example... I was UTTERLY unaware of that "dog whistle" stuff. And still, a lot of it gets by me. And a lot of black/white race baiting gets by me, I have no doubt of it.

Any way. This strikes me as a ripe topic for discussion, as the race issue in America always is, still, to this day -- and likely will be for at least a couple more generations.

I know I ended on a grand philosophical note, but the fact is, it began with the Limbaugh garbage.

I am not sure we'll get it

Nazgul35 — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:27:52 GMT

because it is part of the Chicago hub investment.

I can imagine that the right will make all kinds of hay out of Obama sending billions to Chicago...

Very welcome news

Cordelia Lear — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:19:59 GMT

Let's cross our fingers. I think this can be a real shot in the arm for Michigan.

Finally...

Kathy — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:01:27 GMT

You mean we might actually move into the 21st Century in this country? We're behind the rest of the industrialized world in so many ways. We should have done this years ago. Our population will only continue to grow and our roads will get even more congested.

Eat it with some milk.

Maryscott O'Connor — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:56:49 GMT

Thanks.

djtyg — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:43:56 GMT

I was worried that bloggers were going to come out of the woodwork and accuse me of selling them out. And now I find out that two of the blogs I mentioned have already front paged me:).

Anyway, this was meant to bring about ideas on how to increase the number of writers we have. If you have any ideas I would love to hear them.

All great points

Nazgul35 — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:54:41 GMT

and thanks for posting here...

I have been finishing up a project and will be able to devote more time to this site in the future.

One area I want to concentrate on is word of mouth...

They work now...

Nazgul35 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:00:00 GMT

thanks.

Yard Sign Links

graceandpeace — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:38:36 GMT

I just tried connecting from the new post and all the links worked. If you can not get them to work for you, I will still send you what I have.

Please let me as soon as possible if you are/or are not able to connect

Yard Sign Links

graceandpeace — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:35:12 GMT

Thanks for the heads up.

I just tried to connect from this web site and was unable to. But when I went to my copy of the links they worked. So it must be in the way I cut and pasted them into my post. I will do it again and see if I can correct it.

http://www.firstamendmentcente...

http://www.haddadandsherwin.co...

http://aclu.innercirclemedia-d...

http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazett...

http://aclu.procon.org/viewres...

http://www.acluva.org/newsrele...

Yard Sign Links

graceandpeace — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:29:14 GMT

I was on all of these sites yesterday. I don't know why they did not work for you. If you would like, I will compile all the info into a word document and e-mail it to you.