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Oct. 6, 2005 1) Hal von Luebbert: What we need to be doing is working toward expunging the word “nigger” from the American vocabulary, not toward laughing at it. There’s nothing funny about that word, except that in the 21st Century, it’s still being used. It’s disheartening to know there are white folks who still use that word in referring to black folks. It’s preposterous to hear black folks refer to their own that way, and believe me, there are those who do. And it’s downright ludicrous to hear a black person use it as a term of endearment toward a white person. The liberal media has no problem playing up comedians and rap stars who use that word in their work. As a result, the real meaning of that word is being lost on a generation of African-American children who have little idea the price paid for opportunities and creature comforts they take for granted. 2) Michael John McCrae: When you say that the Confederate battle flag belongs in a museum, as a part of American history, you’re right on the money. And that’s where the flag needs to stay. I have no problem honoring men who fought and died for what they believed in. Even though I don’t believe in what the Confederate soldiers were fighting for, they at least had the courage, conviction and character to stand by their beliefs. At the same time, as far as I’m concerned, they are citizens of the United States, or should be, considering that every Confederate state was readmitted to the Union. But I have a problem trotting out what has long been a symbol of a most shameful period of American history, when Caucasian-Americans looked upon their African-American brethren with less regard than their own house pets. We don’t honor the dead we bury at Arlington under battle flags or state flags. We honor them with the same flag that still waved in the morning over Fort McHenry after a night of British bombardment; that was hoisted on a fallen television mast the day terrorists attacked New York and Washington with our own aircraft; and stands mutely over the windless expanse of craters and valleys of our closest celestial neighbor as testament to the greatest technological triumph of mankind. Confederate war dead are, in my mind, American citizens. We should honor them with the flag that now waves over the country that still recognizes their sacrifice. 3) Ron Lewis: While I’m a little disappointed that President Bush didn’t select an African-American woman to replace Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court, I actually like the choice of Harriet Miers to fill the seat. Yeah, I know she’s a conservative, but from what I’ve seen of her so far, she’s just the type of person the Court needs. She knows law, but isn’t jaded by spending years on the bench. She’s anti-abortion and pro-family, despite the fact that she’s a single woman. And in a profession dominated by men, she blazed a trail for other women to follow. To me, that says a lot. If what you say is true, that Bush is using her as a pawn to get someone more conservative onto the court, he’s taking a serious gamble. The strategy could backfire, particularly if some of the Democrats in the Senate take a liking to her no-nonsense, square-shooting manner. Give her time, and I believe she’ll also win over some of the Republicans who have either balked at the pick or haven’t figured out which breeze to ride. It won’t be as wide a margin as what was accorded to John Roberts, but by the end of the confirmation process, barring skeletons, change of heart, or her own death, Harriet Miers will prevail. 4) Ken Hughes: I’m ashamed to admit that I even thumbed through Bernard Goldberg’s rag “100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is #37)”. Unfortunately, since I was in a bookstore at the time, I couldn’t do what truly needed to be done with the book—toss it through the nearest window. It’s hard to take Goldberg’s ranting seriously, especially since he’s still making a living in a medium he’s decried as having such a liberal bias. If things are that bad, he should switch jobs with me. Let me take his spot as a correspondent on the HBO series “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel”, and he can take my job as a business systems analyst. Then he can find out what the term “conservative” really means. ------------ About the author: Claxton Graham has written a number of articles for Useless Knowledge. He works as a business systems analyst. Email: scifiwriter8502@email.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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