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The mask has been removed, and we are greatly disappointed with what we see. It is a shame that his side is now resorting to the standard phony accusations of racism to try and salvage the Presidency.

I am curious though. As I have pondered why no Democrat is attempting to achieve Dr. King's dream as I have portrayed it above, and how someone so liberal as Obama, so much so that he might more accurately be called a socialist, could even think that their goals would fall under that dream. Yet there are many who seem to believe that even communism would fill that bill. Did King dream that we would be equal in slavery yoked under the rule of an elite who thinks they know better than we do what is good for us, setting rules for us they would never live under? Or did he dream that we would be yoked in slavery under the rule of murderous thugs that are more "equal" than we are? I know King flirted with communists. They do put out a good lie about equality. But for someone who wanted to be free and equal, those systems are neither, and can't deliver a better future.

The Reverend Wright has surprised me that someone can become a Christian pastor and preach hate and revenge instead of love and forgiveness. I hope such absurdities don't extend to the Reverend King. But I do understand that the Christian ideals go against human nature.

As such, I have a warning to give. A huge number of people died to end slavery. Somehow, much of the resulting freedoms paid for in American blood, were lost under Jim Crow. That was quite a backlash. America has risen and given back those lost freedoms, and done even more in trying to compensate for past discrimination. And we have set social constraints that punish racism. And we have followed those who have asked us to punish ourselves for the crimes of our fathers. Yet all these efforts are rejected and dismissed out of hand. Those who play the race card act as if there has been no effort, let alone no benefit, and segregate themselves, calling the good self-effacing people racists. Those self-effacing efforts are against human nature. Only our Christian nature could allow it to continue for over half a century. And rejecting them dooms these attempts to end racism to failure, guaranteeing another backlash.

Why can't we unite again and thank people for their efforts and the progress that has been made? That way we could focus our efforts on finishing the journey, overcoming the racism that remains, and helping the truly afflicted out of the remaining chains that bind them.

p>That can't happen if we cling to divisive politics. We need to stop making false accusations for personal gain. Nor will it ever happen if we continue to teach victims that they must be enslaved to the teats of government. We need to teach people that they can rise up like Obama has, that they have to do it, but we will give them a hand up instead of trapping them with hand outs. But if it doesn't happen, things will get worse, not better. br> -- James Bailey /p> p> ANGEL EYES br> Re: James David Dickson's Supporting the Troops : /p>

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