Scan reading the posts and some "random thoughts", I find talk about black tribal leaders selling other blacks into slavery a non-sequitur. That was wrong but the Europeans took part and made it a massive industry of pure misery.
OR The US espouses the free market and yet gives a welfare cheque to the whole military-industrial complex in spite of world trade agreements. Or what of the "Bailout"? You had the reigns for 8 years and look at the mess. Some try to blame the credit crunch on blacks and Hispanics yet it was those slick boys in Wall Street who came up with the *property pyramid* and laundered the cash here in Old Blighty, London. (once again the sidekick) Some seem to thing that they are always bailing out blacks, but the wealth of US and the UK came from black labour before mechanical power. You wouldn't have done it unless (the whole mid Atlantic trade) it gave you an advantage. Some go on about Black culture; well it isn't actually black culture but REDNECK OVERSEER culture that the slaves inherited - all the broken homes, wife beating, alcohol and drug abuse, the crime. You had to break their culture and totally bastardise them. Black men 'ape' the overseer who used to beat the dissent (and decent) out of anyone. You will find ample smart Africans without this burden doing well academically. 40 acres and mule, what happened? How about a proper health system and education. How about getting the people who prey on black estates with drugs and alcohol. Some fail to read history and don't see the snapshot of this moment and forget the contribution to knowledge of Egyptians, Persians, Babylonians, Muslims, Orientals. Some go on about radicalised Muslims and think all Muslims are like this but fail to see how obnoxious the Bible belt is with their blonde, blue eyed Jesus. Some go on about how Blacks never seem to develop but bear in mind that the continent is 'cursed' with natural resources and the European powers have done much to destabilise anywhere with resources in the name of mercantilism not free-trade. So I am sick of rightwing fears about a black president. Blacks fought and died for your country, save lives, give jobs, invented, gave you jazz, rock and roll. But most of all, the biggest stealth, Manchurian candidate enemy of your culture is not someone who "pallied around with terrorists" or whose middle name is Hussein, it's the assh.les who ruined your economy, over stretched your military and made you look small in the world, made the world a more dangerous place. A leader will realise you need some old fashioned but post Keynesianism thought with New Deal style projects to avoid stagflation. Real old fashioned infrastructure wealth, not shallow consumer goods caused by excess cash dumped on the market but realignment of your economy to be sustainable, fair, civilised (European style health care and education) and with a military used in conjunction with other nations as the world's police force. Only a clever leader can affect this synthesis of ideas and camps and dig America out of that hole. It's a real FDR moment. It would be a great combination of US and EU and their great heritage of English and Latin traditions. (I had really switched off to vortex seeing no people of real influence. I'm better off moving in other circles. That's not to insult you all it just doesn't seem to connect with anything or anyone important at the moment. Once a few of you learn what science is and put up a decent unified front that might change. TTFN)
