| Obama is black, American, Christian, and a politician. | | | | he was 3 was funded by the US government (his |
| Why that bothers so many in our country is beyond | | | | adopted father's AF salary). There are some who |
| me. How can we shift our thinking so that the new | | | | would argue that my son has never held a real job. |
| millennium is populated with voters who demand living | | | | Many find skiing and flying jets too much "fun" for a |
| heroes who model accountability for national | | | | real job. Is he the most qualified to carry nuclear |
| leadership? | | | | weapons in multi-million dollar aircraft? Only his |
| Obama is no more Muslim then my son the US Naval | | | | instructors and evaluators know for sure. |
| Aviator. My son also attended a Muslim pre-school and | | | | No one seems to have a problem with my half Arab |
| had a parent and grandparents who are Muslim and | | | | son flying multi-million dollar airplanes in defense of this |
| Palestinian. He too was raised by his white mother | | | | country...frankly I am skeptical of his qualifications! I |
| who at times is at best agnostic and perhaps | | | | KNOW the education he got and I KNOW he leaves |
| Anti-Patriotic. He attended Catholic Schools that teach | | | | wet towels on the bathroom floor and I KNOW that |
| among other things, how to pray to various saints for | | | | he, too, often does not put his hand over his heart |
| intercession with God (which most mainstream | | | | during the Pledge of Allegiance and the National |
| American Protestants don't get either). I can think of no | | | | Anthem (and that is fine too as long as he is |
| greater insult to my own son than to circulate hurtful | | | | respectful)...however; he is ready to serve his country |
| anti-Muslim racially divisive material. | | | | and die in the name of his God. My son may not be |
| My son is a direct descendant of Omar the Great, | | | | black but he is cut from the same Muslim/American |
| Mohammed the Prophet's greatest general and | | | | parental cloth as Obama. If Obama is Jewish, Christian, |
| son-in-law. Does that make him a radical Muslim fighter | | | | or Muslim he too prays to that same Yahweh, God, or |
| who wants to destroy all that is not Muslim in our | | | | Allah. It's the same Big Guy in the sky...just a spelling |
| country? No, it makes him the descendant of a great | | | | variation. I see no difference between the sacrifices |
| leader and military visionary. My son is also the | | | | my son makes for his country than what Obama is |
| descendant of men and women who fought to break | | | | committed to as well. |
| up the Union. His southern ancestors fought to continue | | | | If you want to concentrate on the fact that Obama is |
| the status quo that included States Rights over the | | | | perhaps not qualified for the job that is ok. He has only |
| good of the union and the continued enslavement of | | | | served one term as a senator and has previously only |
| blacks. Does that make my son a racist? No, it makes | | | | held positions with faith-based institutes. I grant you that |
| him a son of the South who learned at the knee of his | | | | he may not meet the experience standards of |
| grandfather how to respect all people regardless of | | | | previous administrations; however, there are others |
| race, gender or national origin. | | | | who believe his lack of political experience is what the |
| While I do not agree with and despise radical elements | | | | country needs. |
| that cloak themselves under the auspices of their | | | | Stick to the facts that matter. Spreading FUDD - Fear |
| belief system, the majority of Muslims are peaceful | | | | Uncertainty Doubt and Disinformation does nothing but |
| law abiding citizens who work hard to make a living. | | | | make the average American appear uninformed and |
| Then too, I was never fond of the KKK who hide | | | | ignorant. Look to the future and see how you want |
| behind the cross and their brand of twisted | | | | that future to appear. Are our heroes to be all white, |
| Christian-based bigotry to further their cause as well. I | | | | male, and protestant? Then you must leave out |
| also am not fond of radical Zionist Jews who want to | | | | Kennedy, Kissinger, and King. Catholic, Jewish, and |
| wipe out Christians and Muslims who live in the area | | | | Black...perhaps they were the beginning of the shift in |
| that they desire to call 'home' through historical claims | | | | hero stories for the next millennium of children. |
| based on the Torah (which is essentially the Old | | | | Kennedy created the Peace Corp, Kissinger pioneered |
| Testament in the Christian Bible and about a quarter of | | | | the policy of detente, and King raised our social |
| the Koran). Those who continue to spread hate, | | | | consciousness to new heights where all people were |
| bigotry and misrepresented information become part | | | | created equal. The son of a Catholic bootlegger, a |
| of the problem and are more dangerous to the | | | | Jewish immigrant, and an African American minister |
| American people then the most zealous of Muslim | | | | might just become the pivot point for our shift in |
| fanatic. What would happen instead if we met | | | | thinking or perhaps we will only be able to point back |
| together as brothers descended from the same | | | | and think, "what might have been..." |
| Father Abraham? If we acted like loving relatives and | | | | Vote for who you think is the better candidate. Just |
| ceased to act like kids squabbling at a family reunion | | | | make sure you base your decision on sound, logical |
| over who is the favored son perhaps we could move | | | | and PROVABLE standards that can be measured. |
| to a collective experience where we could coexist in | | | | Fear is not measurable. Qualifications and experience |
| peace and understanding. If we embrace our | | | | are measurable. That is the measure thinking |
| similarities we can begin to build lasting détente. | | | | Americans can use to promote the best person for |
| How did we become so steeped in this new brand of | | | | the job. When you feed into the fear you perpetuate |
| isolationist bigotry? Islam, Muslim, Jihad. These once | | | | the myths. Consider the possibilities of authoring new |
| unfamiliar words now strike fear into the hearts of | | | | stories and generating new dialogues that deal with the |
| many in our country. FBI, CIA, Homeland Security, | | | | truth and all the opportunities that has to offer. If we |
| Patriot Act. These are the words that should strike | | | | stop feeding the emotions around fear and look for |
| fear in our hearts. Acting scared and spying on my | | | | the inherent truths that are provable and observable |
| neighbors doesn't seem to be a productive way to live | | | | without distortion and manipulation, a shift in our |
| one's life. This is an inside-out look at the world. What if | | | | collective political thinking will occur. We will rise to a |
| we created a dialogue between groups and created a | | | | new level of consciousness that rises above the |
| universal community where each group is aware of | | | | disinformation and fear. We will begin to develop into a |
| the concerns and beliefs of the other? How great | | | | country that can once again produce real heroes and |
| would that be? | | | | dynamic change. Perhaps then my son won't need to |
| My son is in service to his country and has never held | | | | learn how to drop bombs from his American made |
| a career track position that the government did not | | | | plane on his Arab cousins. |
| pay for, etc. In fact, every meal that child's had since | | | | |