Views on racism
#22
Originally Posted by Snowman7
Cant get any worse than the last eight years.
Man, Woman, Black or White. It's not going to matter. It's going to get worse, unfortunately.
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The only Clinton I'd want in office is Bill! Just Thank God that Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson isn't running for President. :shock: What we need is a blue collar middle class man who has morals and won't become greedy and power hungry for President! I had a dream during my nap earlier today that I was president of the U.S. One of the first things I did was get rid of that Patriot Act, then I told the middle east they can keep their oil and I signed a bill building more refineries to get more oil from HERE the U.S. I didn't stop there, I was about to make changes to the trucking industry and get rid of the EPA or something and then I woke up. It's only a dream so saying that would be crazy or stupid wouldn't apply. :lol:
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Originally Posted by Double L
The only Clinton I'd want in office is Bill! Just Thank God that Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson isn't running for President. :shock: What we need is a blue collar middle class man who has morals and won't become greedy and power hungry for President! I had a dream during my nap earlier today that I was president of the U.S. One of the first things I did was get rid of that Patriot Act, then I told the middle east they can keep their oil and I signed a bill building more refineries to get more oil from HERE the U.S. I didn't stop there, I was about to make changes to the trucking industry and get rid of the EPA or something and then I woke up. It's only a dream so saying that would be crazy or stupid wouldn't apply. :lol:
Well for past 8 years we have somebody who was born rich ,fed with silver spoon and manage to bankrupt oil company so why he would give a damn about middle class people. :roll: :roll: My favorite was Edwards because he came from nothing but I guess I will support his favorite. And seriously Mccain :shock: :shock:
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Actually Edwards is endorsing Obama now and I think Obama has the nomination and even the presidency. I remember what the rest of the dream was about now, I knew I left out some other stuff. Another key legistlation I passed was eliminating the HOS and implimenting a "overtime" deal for drivers waiting at the dock after 30 minutes to an hour. It shouldn't take 2-48 hours to unload a 53ft trailer, that is just a waste of everyone's time! I always had an interest in politics and I thought about running but I rather be head of the FMSCA. Then I can start making things much better but then I'll have CRASH and all them groups on my butt. Can't please everyone! :roll: Thank ya Drew for the kind words and thank you Nexus for the support. 8)
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I know some of you are not into rap but when I heard this song for the first time yesterday I had to put it on here. It's called "Stay Together" by Ludacris. He has been rapping for a long time and it's about time rappers started sending a positive message out to people! Here is the lyrics to the song and the song itself so you can listen to it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCtaeCzmdH4# Stay together by Ludacris Chorus: Everybody's breakin' breakin' down Let's stay together (together 2x) Let's stay together Chorus Repeats Yeah! Tell Y'all a lil' story right quick LUDA! Verse 1: First the fat boyz break up Now everyday I wake up Somebody done call it quits Shit I thought Bobby and Witney stay together forever if they made it that long I guess the drugs weren't that strong And now its Russel and Carmora even Jordan and wanita And to top it off Brad left Jen for angelina What the hell is going on in this World? This just can't be! If Will and Jada can do it than why can't we? Hillary is still with Bill Clinton, How did they do it He got his dick sucked and the whole damn world knew it! Now Paul McCartney losing half of his life All because he got divorced from his wife Somebody said its cheapa to keep her But not in K-Fed's case (no!) 'cuz Britney even had to pay for K-Fed's case (Cha-Ching!) Nick and Jessica, Trina and Wayne And if you broke up wit your girl I know you feelin da pain because... Chorus: Everybody's breakin' breakin' down Let's stay together (together 2x) United we Stand, divided we fall Let's stay together United we Stand, divided we fall Common! Everybody's breakin' breakin' down Let's stay together (together 2x) United we Stand, divided we fall Let's stay together United we Stand, divided we fall Verse 2: First it was Shaq and kobe Then Iverson and Philly T-o and Mcnab Even Game and Fifty I guess sometimes you gotta let the pass be the pass (pass) But I give a hundred dollars to see Jay with Dame Dash Bg with Lil' Wayne Juvenile and Turk Mannie Fresh with Baby How can we make it work? Crunchy with 3-6 Dimond with crime mob Lauren hill with the Fugees Remmy with Terror Squad Lil' Kill 'em back with C's Snoop with Mo-Dray Dray With Mo-Big Boys CD's with Mo-Plays Drives with no press Salt with no pepper Even the Eagles broke up and got the Fuck back together Selling millions of copies And getting mad cash And Rass B Six Criss Stope was getting mad Ass I don't even understand it What the hell went wrong? Maybe folks will wise up and take heed to this song because Chorus: Everybody's breakin' breakin' down Let's stay together (together 2x) United we Stand, divided we fall Let's stay together United we Stand, divided we fall Common! Everybody's breakin' breakin' down Let's stay together (together 2x) United we Stand, divided we fall Let's stay together United we Stand, divided we fall (I can't take it, Oh!) Verse 3: The first blue time broke up Now Oldie B is gone Now I'm hearing Cane Ron don't talk to Jim Jones Who saw that Shit coming Certainly not me On a dog pound break up Who could it mo- be This time Imma jump Shit from DTP If Chingy left than came back Than damn it, why can't she? We gotta think us of all for one And one for all HIP HOP United we stand divided we Fall So why is...? Chorus: Everybody's breakin' breakin' down Let's stay together (together 2x) United we Stand, divided we fall Let's stay together United we Stand, divided we fall Common! Everybody's breakin' breakin' down Let's stay together (together 2x) United we Stand, divided we fall Let's stay together United we Stand, divided we fall Common! Everybody's breakin' breakin' down Let's stay together (together 2x) United we Stand, divided we fall Let's stay together United we Stand, divided we fall
#27
I don't get into discussions about religion very often. I think Slimland will vouch for that. But I believe that when GOD considers letting you into HEAVEN, he looks at the color of your "SOUL", not the color of your skin. That means that if I judge a person by the color of their skin, be they Asian, Hispanic, or Black, I'm placing myself above GOD. I can not do that. I have to consider everyone to be HUMAN first, and judge them on their own worth as a HUMAN BEING and ignore the color.
Now, back to my own corner..... :wink:
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I don't get why I didn't say this sooner, probably cause I didn't think about it. Here is what confuses me say for example a white lady gets raped by a black guy, asian guy, or hispanic guy. Why do they hold a prejudice and become "racist" and hate that entire group because of what ONE person did to them?
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Well, on the flip side of that coin, if some ill befalls a black, Hispanic, Asiatic, etc. person at the hands of a white person, why it is always assumed to be racially motivated?
There's a whole lot of issues to work out in this whole race relations matter, and really, I don't think anything's going to be accomplished as long as the whole thing is treated like some circus sideshow, rather than a serious issue which needs addressing, for better or for worse.
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I agree Jeff, as for me I don't blame the white man cause well let's face it life isn't fair and you shouldn't blame a race cause of your failures. Blacks say the white man is keeping them from getting a job and that they racial profile and stuff like that! I don't believe it one bit cause your not getting both sides of the story. You know I went down to Speed Co to see if they was hiring. They told me that they and the Blue Beacon wasn't hiring cause of the price of gas and that they were cutting hours. Did I think they just said that cause I was black? Not one bit cause it's true since they don't really see much business cause they just opened the Speed Co and Blue Beacon at the beginning of the year. I don't buy into all that the white man is trying to stop me from making it hogwash. The way I see it is that blacks are still stuck back in the days of slavery and the days before the Civil Rights Act and they think that white people owe them for their suffering! I could say the white man is stopping me from getting a job driving a truck but what would that solve? NOTHING and like I said I don't believe it, you get whatever you put in, if you don't put in you get nothing, if you try to make a better life and succeed you will. Believe it or not I'm enjoying this dicussion and I didn't think I'd get such positive feedback about this subject and honestly I was nervous as all get up to start a topic of this extreme.
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