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[Image description: Obama and a little boy in the Oval Office. Obama is bent over so the boy can put a hand on his head. End description.]
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Recent photo of a little boy visiting the White House. He wanted to feel Obama’s hair because he wanted to know if the President’s hair felt just like his. Obama obliged. Priceless.
This, to me, will always be Barack Obama’s legacy. The part I bolded is the reason why Obama could sit at his desk and play with his balls for the next four years and he’d still be one of the most important Presidents of all time. This kid now knows that the President’s hair feels just like his. Like… this picture always makes me so emotional. Black children growing up didn’t have the opportunity to see a President that looked like them or looked like their family until Barack Obama was elected. When white people deny white privilege, I always bring up the example of the Presidents; white children have the privilege of seeing 43 examples of a white man being the leader of the free world. Until Barack Obama, the major images of black success were in sports and in hip-hop, two avenues that are both defined by white people anyway, since it’s whites who own the sports teams and record labels. Barack Obama gave black children an image of success. The President looks like them. That’s why I’ll always defend Barack Obama no matter what “radicals” want to say about him. He’s my President and just by sitting in the White House he is doing more for black people than OWS or Anonymous has ever done.
Never seen so much bullshit in my life.
Here’re the worst parts:
“the reason why Obama could sit at his desk and play with his balls for the next four years”
“most important Presidents of all time”
“When white people deny white privilege, I always bring up the example of the Presidents”
“the major images of black success were in sports and in hip-hop, two avenues that are both defined by white people anyway” (YES. OBVIOUSLY HIP HOP WAS DEFINED BY WHITE PEOPLE HAHAHAHA)
“He’s my President and just by sitting in the White House he is doing more for black people than OWS or Anonymous has ever done.” HOW IS OWS FOR BLACK PEOPLE? HOW IS ANONYMOUS FOR BLACK PEOPLE?
THAT BLOGGER MAKES NO SENSE.
The whole entire point is:
“Barack is black, other people are black, they must really like him - because he’s black. Because he’s black, he’s the most important president.”
Here’s a fucking RADICAL idea, if we stop talking about race and color, racism and all that shit, things will be more equal.
HERE’S MORGAN FREEMAN TO ILLUSTRATE MY POINT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeixtYS-P3s
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you white d00dz, complete with citing that Morgan Freeman quote that’s been ripped a part a million times, denying white privilege, and gleefully noting that OWS isn’t for black people (as if we don’t already know OWS isn’t for black people).
(via simplycomplex27)
“Here’s a fucking RADICAL idea, if we stop talking about race and color, racism and all that shit, things will be more equal.”
dion, didn’t you know? if we stop talking about shit, it won’t hurt you. stop calling fire fire, and it won’t burn you anymore.
smh. Racism exists because we talk about race and colour, because we see people of different races as different, and not in the way that we see people of the same race as different. Racism is something we as humans made up. Its not “real” it can’t be touched. Though, Fire also can’t directly be touched but thats a different topic for a physics professor…
I agree.. being Black doesn’t make President Obama the best president. He’s done a lot of good for our country, I think, but being black wasn’t one of those things. It certainly has put a stepping stone in “Black History,” but not one that I think wasn’t coming. People are very, very slowly moving away from racial issues, and it can’t happen fast enough. That said, I have to disagree with OP for the reasons outlined above.
Furthermore, I’m not sure white privilege is actually a thing in this day and age, at least, not to the extent of the connotation that accompanies it. I think what is commonly considered as white privilege is rich privilege, and the fact that people and families tend to hold on to wealth. With the historical repression of dark-skinned people, white people have traditionally had more money and because of this have currently embued a sort of symbol in our society of being good business leaders, et al. But its not solely because they’re white. The whiteness is just what we’re used to for that class of people. Obama has helped change this, and interestingly, the only time I think to myself “huh. Obama is black.” is when issues of race are brought up.
I look up to Obama as my president and elected official. As someone whom I think has managed to do the best he can serving our country, and whom I think is better for our country than the other mainstream candidates.
I can’t, however, deny the fact that this little boy’s life, which may have been full of the stereotypical situations associated with African-Americans, may certainly have been changed thanks to this day, where he saw that the president is just the same as he is, and that one day he too could be president.
Its not important because Obama is black, I’d argue; but because Obama is showing the common citizen “we’re really the same, you and I. And one day, maybe you can be president too.”](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l15at7Is0p1qzm79qo1_500.jpg)
“People have no problem paying $900 for an iPad, but paying $900 for a drug they have a problem with - it keeps you alive. Why? Because you’ve been conditioned to think health care is something you can get without having to pay for it.” —
Rick Santorum, demonstrating his compassion to the mother of a sick child who complained that his medication could cost $1 million a year. (via motherjones)
Rick Santorum - making a mockery of his Christian faith on a daily basis. What cruel and inhumane thing will he say next?
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You buy an iPad once. You buy medication every fucking month, asshole, this is a ridiculous conclusion to draw that has no basis in reality. Never mind that health care is something we should all get without having to pay for it. Because it’s a human right. I honestly think I might not hate anything more than a fake, situational, self-absorbed evangelical. I really don’t.
(via someauthorgirl)
This life-saving medication costs about as much as a luxury item only people over a certain income level can afford to buy once? I don’t see the problem.
(via stfupenguins)
I can’t afford an iPad. Can I have healthcare now, Rick?
-Jess
(j/k, thanks to Obamacare I have health insurance, BOOSH)
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Is it bad that I actually find some logical sound in his argument? From what I’m reading he’s essentially saying “yeah, that sucks.. but if we don’t give them profit they won’t want to make better drugs, just more cost effective drugs” I mean, this selected excerpt is certainly the only issue with what he says. The rest of it is very free-market logical.. And what he appears to be arguing is mandating the cost of medication. He does not appear to be arguing the mandation of health care itself.
- Navarr
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Anonymous asked: thank you kind sir.. for telling her over christmas break.
i figured then, at least you didn’t have to be miserable… *sigh* if i’d known you’d just leave me again, i wouldn’t have.
[Image description: Obama and a little boy in the Oval Office. Obama is bent over so the boy can put a hand on his head. End description.]
Recent photo of a little boy visiting the White House. He wanted to feel Obama’s hair because he wanted to know if the President’s hair felt just like his. Obama obliged. Priceless.
This, to me, will always be Barack Obama’s legacy. The part I bolded is the reason why Obama could sit at his desk and play with his balls for the next four years and he’d still be one of the most important Presidents of all time. This kid now knows that the President’s hair feels just like his. Like… this picture always makes me so emotional. Black children growing up didn’t have the opportunity to see a President that looked like them or looked like their family until Barack Obama was elected. When white people deny white privilege, I always bring up the example of the Presidents; white children have the privilege of seeing 43 examples of a white man being the leader of the free world. Until Barack Obama, the major images of black success were in sports and in hip-hop, two avenues that are both defined by white people anyway, since it’s whites who own the sports teams and record labels. Barack Obama gave black children an image of success. The President looks like them. That’s why I’ll always defend Barack Obama no matter what “radicals” want to say about him. He’s my President and just by sitting in the White House he is doing more for black people than OWS or Anonymous has ever done.
Never seen so much bullshit in my life.
Here’re the worst parts:
- “the reason why Obama could sit at his desk and play with his balls for the next four years”
- “most important Presidents of all time”
- “When white people deny white privilege, I always bring up the example of the Presidents”
- “the major images of black success were in sports and in hip-hop, two avenues that are both defined by white people anyway” (YES. OBVIOUSLY HIP HOP WAS DEFINED BY WHITE PEOPLE HAHAHAHA)
- “He’s my President and just by sitting in the White House he is doing more for black people than OWS or Anonymous has ever done.” HOW IS OWS FOR BLACK PEOPLE? HOW IS ANONYMOUS FOR BLACK PEOPLE?
THAT BLOGGER MAKES NO SENSE.
The whole entire point is:
“Barack is black, other people are black, they must really like him - because he’s black. Because he’s black, he’s the most important president.”
Here’s a fucking RADICAL idea, if we stop talking about race and color, racism and all that shit, things will be more equal.
HERE’S MORGAN FREEMAN TO ILLUSTRATE MY POINT
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you white d00dz, complete with citing that Morgan Freeman quote that’s been ripped a part a million times, denying white privilege, and gleefully noting that OWS isn’t for black people (as if we don’t already know OWS isn’t for black people).
(via simplycomplex27)
“Here’s a fucking RADICAL idea, if we stop talking about race and color, racism and all that shit, things will be more equal.”
dion, didn’t you know? if we stop talking about shit, it won’t hurt you. stop calling fire fire, and it won’t burn you anymore.
smh. Racism exists because we talk about race and colour, because we see people of different races as different, and not in the way that we see people of the same race as different. Racism is something we as humans made up. Its not “real” it can’t be touched. Though, Fire also can’t directly be touched but thats a different topic for a physics professor…
I agree.. being Black doesn’t make President Obama the best president. He’s done a lot of good for our country, I think, but being black wasn’t one of those things. It certainly has put a stepping stone in “Black History,” but not one that I think wasn’t coming. People are very, very slowly moving away from racial issues, and it can’t happen fast enough. That said, I have to disagree with OP for the reasons outlined above.
Furthermore, I’m not sure white privilege is actually a thing in this day and age, at least, not to the extent of the connotation that accompanies it. I think what is commonly considered as white privilege is rich privilege, and the fact that people and families tend to hold on to wealth. With the historical repression of dark-skinned people, white people have traditionally had more money and because of this have currently embued a sort of symbol in our society of being good business leaders, et al. But its not solely because they’re white. The whiteness is just what we’re used to for that class of people. Obama has helped change this, and interestingly, the only time I think to myself “huh. Obama is black.” is when issues of race are brought up.
I look up to Obama as my president and elected official. As someone whom I think has managed to do the best he can serving our country, and whom I think is better for our country than the other mainstream candidates.
I can’t, however, deny the fact that this little boy’s life, which may have been full of the stereotypical situations associated with African-Americans, may certainly have been changed thanks to this day, where he saw that the president is just the same as he is, and that one day he too could be president.
Its not important because Obama is black, I’d argue; but because Obama is showing the common citizen “we’re really the same, you and I. And one day, maybe you can be president too.”
true story
why do we males always move the recycling bin to the bottom right?
(Source: expl0re-expl0de-repeat, via coshledak)
Heh. Its hilarious she posts this. Its also unfortunate that for some shitty reason I’m reading her shit. Either way: really? I did everything to make it happen bitch. EVERYTHING. You left me, again and again and again. If you miss me one bit its your own damn fault. I don’t miss you for taking advantage of me the way you have, taking advantage of my feelings, etc.
I’m over your dumb shit. You fucked it up one too many times.
(Source: mysweetestdownfall3)
[video]
“I ordered some video-editing software from Hitfilm in the UK which also comes with some instructional videos. So a few days later I get a call from FedEx saying that the DVDs were being held at U.S. Customs until I filled out a Video Declaration Form, which she said was now standard practice. Now, I’d never heard of this before, so I called back to ensure that this was indeed FedEx and not someone phishing for information. Had them email me the form.
This is what the form said: “I/we declare the the films/videos contain no obscene or immoral matter, nor any matter advocating or urging treason or insurrection against the United States, nor any threat to take the life of or inflict bodily harm upon any person in the United States.”
Now, the first clause I can kinda see, though “immoral” is weird and there’s no standard definition of obscenity in the US, but let that go…what made my eyebrows go up my forehead and down the other side was clause two. So I called back the nice lady at FedEx — who was only following instructions given to her by Customs — and asked what this was all about.
Apparently — and this is only her understanding of the situation — this is a new thing being done by Customs and Homeland Security with FedEx, UPS, and other carriers to make sure that films and videos with ideas or stories that were at odds with the United States Government didn’t get into the country, as it was a form of terrorism (as further elaborated upon in the third and final clause.) She added that some DVDs showing Occupy events in London and elsewhere had gotten bounced because of the concern that these were being used to coordinate activities here (as if with the internet people actually need physical DVDs for that sort of thing but that’s neither here nor there).
Under this new stipulation, if V for Vendetta had, for instance, been produced in the UK (instead of just filmed there), importing it into the US would be considered subject matter “advocating or urging treason or insurrection.” And if you lied about it on the form, you could be held liable for this.
So there are now very literally guardians at the gate ensuring that the wrong sorts of ideas, movies or DVDs are not allowed into the country without investigation and/or prosecution. And most pernicious of all, they don’t actually define what they mean by advocating treason or insurrection, any more than they define what “immoral” means, it’s whatever they decide it means, so you could be breaking the law without knowing you’re doing it, until they decide you’re doing it.
Thoughts?”
Thoughts: this country’s laws and things the government stands for gets more disgusting every day. Those are my thoughts.
Also, this only has a few notes and it’s someone’s personal story, so, probably good to signal boost it because it won’t be going around everywhere…
Signal boost. Submitting it to news sites in 3..2..1..
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