[Swiftwater Gazette] This is rather long ... but interesting?

[Brad Haslett]

Ed,

Read "Native Stranger" by Eddy Harris -

http://tinyurl.com/dyb9do

Harris grew-up about 60 miles from where I did and also wrote a great
boating book, "Mississippi Solo".  His summary in "Native Stranger" is
very close to the summation by the Pastor in the sermon on the video.

Race baiting has developed into a full blown industry in the USA.
Obama is just the latest and "slickest" practitioner of the trade. I'm
a bit disappointed that the Pastor didn't acknowledge Condi Rice, who
experienced the loss of her childhood friends being blown-up in a
church bombing, or Clarence Thomas, who grew-up in poverty in Georgia.
 But, that misses the point.

The guys at my hangar row were gathering for lunch yesterday and
listening to the conclusion of a story by a retired dentist about his
flying exploits in Vietnam.  He concluded with a careless word,
something about "chinks".  The decision of the group was to go for
Chinese food.  I reminded them that I get enough "chink" food at home.
Was there any point in going 'ape shit' over a word?  We worry about
words and images and ignore the real problems. This is a challenge for
everyone: name one problem Obama solved for his "community" in
Chicago.

I'm waiting.

With a resume so thin, what makes anyone think he can solve any problem for you?

Brad







On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Ed Kroposki <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
> go to and it gets better toward the end...
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> http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2218860/her_name_is_ms_ann/
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> Ed K
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