Would a White President be Heckled?

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Click here to listen to President Barack Obama’s speech.

When do the disdain and the disrespect for President Barack Obama end? Whether the Americans’ are aware of it or not, the other countries shake their heads in total disbelief as to the treatment of the man in the highest office of The United States.

President Barack Obama has shown great respect and restraint to the continued ignorance and the down right hateful comments that have been made not only to him but to his family.

To be heckled in the middle of a speech and then the reporter did not have the common decency to say to the president, yes! The president of all of the people of these United States, “You’re right! I’m sorry for not letting you complete your statement” is an example of what one would call “Arrogance of Power!”
Give me a micro-phone and allow me to wear a badge that says
“Press Pass” but maybe it should say “Press Azz” instead and “I’ll represent. Represent what is the question?”

I’m sure that there are many questions that President Obama would ask the press, if he were really free to do so, and one of those questions would be, “If I were a white man would you fear me enough too even form the words, let along speak the words that you shouted at me without trepidation of reprisal? In the pass, I’ve witness the press pass taken away from a reporter for a lot less, but on the other hand . . . the speaker was white!

“All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.” – - – Thomas Jefferson

 

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President Barack Obama Takes a Moment to Reflect on the Murder of Trayvon Martin

“If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon,” President Obama said in his first comments about the shooting, acknowledging the racial element in this case.

I’m sure when the news of the death of Trayvon Martin and the details that followed reached President Barack Obama’s office; his first immediate thoughts were on his two girls, Malia and Sasha.

“Obviously, this is a tradegy.” I can’t imagine what these parents are going through. And when I think about this boy. I think about my own kids,” President Obama told reporters.

President Obama went on to say:
“I think all of us have to do some soul-searching to figure out how does something like this happen. And that means that examine the laws and the content for what happened, as well as the specifics of the incident.”

“Every parent in America should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this, and that everybody pulls together — federal, state and local — to figure out exactly how this tradegy happened.”

If you are an American Black, living in America, your mind automatically revert to the Civil Rights Struggles, the blood that was shed, the water hoses that were directed on your people, whose only crime was being Black and seeking to have the same rights under the law as other American citizens.

Each of us would like to think that we have made some real strides in respect to the Civil Rights of others, but if the truth is told, we have only inched our way forward with much work yet to be done. When you say or even began to speak about “Civil Rights” immediately the tension in the room permeates the atmosphere as though someone shot tear-gas in the environment.

I have worked with various nationalities my entire 30+ years in the business arena. I’ve had the fortunate pleasure of getting to know everyone from the janitors, my peers, judges, dignitaries’ and transplants from other countries. In each group of people, I’ve studied their demeanor, their culture, their personal interaction with each other as well as watch them as they simulate with the people in the United States and other nationalities.

I worked very closely with people of Hispanic backgrounds for more than 20 years. It was my observation that they were fiercely loyal to their homeland. I also discovered that some not all was taught from birth to distrust people of color. One of my close friends confided to me that when Martin Luther King, Jr., was murdered she cried and her father slapped her across the face and told her that he don’t want her to ever cry for a Black man again. Even as she was saying it, I don’t think she comprehended it as much as I did, being a Black American.

I was the only Black American in my workplace for most of my adult working years. I started at a bank with the majority being Caucasian. I found their acceptance of me to be quite enlightening. They didn’t appear to judge me from the surface of my skin but rather gave me an opportunity to find my niche within the organization which I did and quickly rose the ranks.

However, when I moved on to Court Administration, where the majority was Hispanic, I encountered a very different atmosphere. I found most, not all of my peers of Hispanic origin to have a huge sense of entitlement. I found that they would constantly challenge your intelligence and would outwardly and openly make racist comments, which were known by the administration. Your civil rights were violated on a daily basis and they would look at you and laugh, as to say, “What are you going to do about it?”

My peers were so comfortable in their entitlements, that one Hispanic male told me out of exasperation, [I suspect wanting me to get with the program;] “Don’t you know that all we [he was Cuban] do is lie, cheat and steal. I was dumbfounded and waited in horror, for one of his co-workers to interject and say, “No, not me!” unfortunately, to my disbelief, I made eye contact with everyone of them in the room yet they uttered, not one word to dispute his claims. From that day to this one, I think about what he said every single day.

That day he opened my eyes into the minds of not only himself but others who were of his origin. I also worked with an employee [he was of Basque origin, Pyrenees region of Spain] that stood in my face and told me that his father told him to never with a Black man. I was his boss at the time. While I’m not a man, I am Black! After a period of time, that same employee was out on sick leave for some weeks, called my office one morning and called me the “N” word. I told my supervisor and she told me please don’t pursue charges with Human Resources, that she would take care of it.

I wanted to give you some insight and a little history lesson on being Black living in America. “It speaks to how much progress we have made and how much progress is yet to be made.”

Yes, we need to keep the discussion about civil rights front and center until no such discussion is needed. What I found out through the eyes of a “Female Black American” is that you can take a person out of a communist country but you can’t take the communist ideas and idealogy out of the person!” While they may come to this country to seek the freedoms that this country affords, there minds are still full of communist thoughts and ideas.

Less hope that truly, the cancer of racism and prejudices will be no more and that you can look at me without being blinded by the color of my skin and I can look at you without being blinded by your preconceived prejudices. Then and only then, can this country we call The United States of America reach its full potential.

Food for Thought:
“Every human being is born with a clean heart and pure spirit. No prejudices’, no preconceived ideas or thoughts of racism or hatred. Racism & Predujices’ are a “learned ” behavior!”

President Barack Obama’s Job-Creation Package failed short of the 60 votes needed.

Mervin Sealy from Hickory, North Carolina, takes part in a protest rally outside the Capitol Building in Washington

The $447 billion package of tax cuts and new spending failed by a vote of 50 to 48, short of the 60 votes it needed to advance in the 100-member Senate. Voting was expected to continue for several hours but would not affect the outcome.

Obama vows to break jobs plan into seperate bills after Senate setback

The Senate defeated President Barack Obama’s job-creation package on Tuesday in a sign that Washington is likely too fractured to take major steps to encourage hiring before the 2012 elections.

However, will the unemployed / under-employed, 99’ers and the remainder of the 17 million displaced for one reason or another continue too wait or can afford too wait until after the next election, or will a genuine movement with a people’s platform rise up within The Occupy Wall Street movement and force the hand of the government to perform the job they were elected to do or go home?

Someone on Capitol Hill needs to have enough backbone and intestinal fortitude to push through all the manure that the House and Senate keep trying to ram down the people’s throat.

Something that one of the participants from the movement said (she appeared to be middle age, possibly from the suburbs) was very telling of how most of the unemployed and under-employed feel. She stated that for the first time she was worried about the direction this country has taken and wondering how long can we survive in our present state. How Long? Not Long?

Remember the phrase:”A house divided against it self cannot stand.” If that is true, then what do you think about a country?

Even President Obama acknowledged that “Ultimately, the American people won’t take “no” for an answer. It’s time for Congress to meet their responsibility, put their party politics aside and take action on jobs right now.”

This country is at a crossroads. Which road will the House and Senate take?

Is it possible for a group of people to despise a man so much that they are willing to destroy the entire country in the process, even if it means going down in the process?

Let’s call it what it is! Hate!

Will a entire country of people stand idle on the sidelines and allow a small group of politicians to manipulate and use them as collateral damage while they watch the country slide into the sinking sand just to avenge what they perceive to be “A get him out at any cause mentality.” Were you consulted before they decided to play with your life or did the politicians think that they have the “power of attorney” to make life or death decisions on your behalf?

“So, what are you going to do? Stand Up {Mervin Sealy from Hickory, North Carolina, takes part in a protest rally outside the Capitol Building in Washington”}and be Heard or Become Collateral Damage? It’s Your Choice or is it?”

To: All the registered voters who actually vote. There is a lesson to be learned by the mess that United States finds itself in. The voters voiced their choice of representation by way of vote. When you vote for a particular candidate, you virtually give him or her the right to speak for you. When the votes are cast! It’s to late,then,too try to learn about the candidate you selected.

If you voted for a candidate based on popularity, because someone told you to vote for them or because of your dislike for the other candidate, without researching and seeking out as much information on that candidate as possible but got caught up in the hype. Shame on you!

At least now, hopefully, you can learn from past mistakes and make an informed choice based on your own research, so that, at the end of the day, you can truly say that “you have full confidence in the person you selected” and without trepidation can look at the man in the mirror and recognize the person staring back at you.

“Your Voice is really your Vote!” Don’t take it for granted! LooK at it this way! Will you work 40 hours a week and give your paycheck to a stranger just because they ask you for it? If that’s the case? Can I have it? See … what I mean!