Posted by rogerware (anonymous) on January 21, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)

The inaugration of an African-American president following the weekend of honoring one of the most dynamic persons in my lifetime, Martin Luther King, Jr was almost overwhelming. I applaude the comments of Judge Martin and Mayor Eddie Reed (my classmate) that EVERYONE must commit themselves to doing whatever is possible to remake America. I am a 24-year USAF retiree and I have witness the many changes it took for a race of people to get as far as we have...to battle the evils of society, based solely on one's skin color; while under ALL of our skins the color of blood is the same. I strongly feel that we must all be committed to mentor our young people for this nation to continue to strive to be the absolutely best place on the planet to live.

Posted by REK1138 (anonymous) on January 21, 2009 at 7:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)

"Remake America"

We cheer and cry and applaud and yet we never stop and ask why we are so desperate for this brand of kool-aidesque change Obama has been preaching for two years or, even better, what that change is in real-world, rubber meets the road terms. What exactly is he suggesting we remake America into (or why does America even need to be remade at all)? Certainly we have a government that needs to be remade or overhauled, but America? I can't help but imagine that Obama's America is an America of redistributed wealth, of government intervention into the lives and business of every day American's on a scale not seen in this nation since its birth, of federal meddling in our free market economy, a foreign policy in which our sovereignty and individuality as a nation fades and is replaced by a new world order, a global culture and community - this is Obama's new America...his remade America. Little wonder, it fits right in with the globalist ideology of Weather Underground and its prophet William Ayers and the black liberation theology of Jeremiah Wright. All I can say is Lord help us.

Posted by KatherineReece (anonymous) on January 21, 2009 at 8:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I would have liked to been there, but I've never heard of a NAACP building in Clanton.

Rek - Why don't you wait and see rather than "imagine" and btw Congress does not have a filibuster proof majority. And it was Bush Sr. that first talked about a "new world order."

Posted by janicestarlingharris (anonymous) on January 21, 2009 at 8:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)

It is time to move on PEOPLE!!!!!!!!! Racism is being keep alive by the PEOPLE! As long as our children keep seeing the news and listening to all the crap of the past about racism IT STAYS ALIVE but if we could all move on as people of the US, things would probably be alot better. What happened in the past can't be changed...We all have to live in the today and today whites & blacks have the same opportunities to have better education and jobs, as long as you work for it. OK, we have a new President! We've had 43 in the past! Each one promising a better America! Let's do our part in making it better by not seeing the color (race) and working together to make a future for our children!

Posted by November162000 (anonymous) on January 21, 2009 at 8:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)

REK1138: Once again you are exactly on point.
For the last eight years all we have heard is childish, vitriolic, hate-filled retoric from democrats and other liberals spewed toward the past administration, and I've disagreed with him quite a bit in the last four years myself, but now we are supposed to "come together"? We are supposed to just forget the stone-walling caused by Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, and all of the repugnant things that they have said about the former President? Now, because we have a democrat president we are supposed to all fall in line and be as one? Where have these ideas been for the last eight years? The media, and other liberals, may have given Obama a pass on Ayers, and Wright and all of his other America-hating cohorts, but I won't. Democrats and other liberals, you have dished it out for eight years and now it's time for you to be on the receiving end. You can go ahead and start complaining about it at will.

Posted by TheDude (Michael Wells) on January 21, 2009 at 9:07 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Que Sera Sera, and Mr. President ... you have adorned our ears and minds with words of a perfect Utopia and "all are as one", so ...Git er done!

Posted by johnnie (anonymous) on January 21, 2009 at 9:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I wish Mr. Obama well although I don't agree with many of his views. Everyone needs to pull their Bible from the shelf, their pocket, their car or where ever they keep it and read it. It has a detailed description as to what is going to happen to this world. I hope everyone is ready.

Posted by getbizi (anonymous) on January 21, 2009 at 11:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I'm curious about this "coming together" thing. I lived in Selma, Alabama about 8 years ago and it was the most racist place I have ever seen! I've read Michelle Obama's college thesis, known of the Obama's association with the so-called "Reverend" Wright and his Afro-centric church, and seen the NAACP bark at every cat in every tree. With Obama in the Whitehouse now, it seems that some are strutting and crowing even louder around the barnyard.

Posted by nonexpert (anonymous) on January 21, 2009 at 11:10 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Well! here goes. If we really want America to be one nation and put racial segregation to rest, why are we still putting people into racial groups? Why do we still have Africian Americans, Asian Americans, Latin Americans, Eastern Americans etc? All of our ancesters came from somewhere else. We are either Americans or we"re not. Make a choice!! ME I'm just an American and proud of it. We need to give PRESIDENT Obama a chance, he has a real mess to straighten out. We need to pray that he will follow the principles of our forefathers and always put all people and the country before party .
Agreed Jonnie

Posted by getbizi (anonymous) on January 21, 2009 at 11:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Nonexpert, we have these hypenations because it appeals to those who are using "diversity" as a means to discriminate. But do you think that they really care about German-Americans, Australian-Americans, or my own Irish/Cherokee heritage?

Posted by nonexpert (anonymous) on January 21, 2009 at 11:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)

getbiz- not on your life. My heritage is the same of yours only add English to the mix.

Posted by REK1138 (anonymous) on January 21, 2009 at 11:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)

"We need to give PRESIDENT Obama a chance, he has a real mess to straighten out. We need to pray that he will follow the principles of our forefathers and always put all people and the country before party ."

The government is in a mess, nothing new there. The Democrats have been putting party first since they convinced themselves that Bush stole the 2000 election. The results have been the most polarized government in recent history. Does it need fixing...absolutely! Can Barrack Obama fix it...of course he can. Will he...so far he's not shown any desire or inclination do so.

The economy is in a mess because of insistent government intervention going all the way back to the Carter administration, fueled to failure by the Clinton administrations housing policy (which was support by both Bush's). The housing market crash was the catalyst that sent our economy into a spiral.

The war on terror - I really can't see how you can expect better results. Why do we continue to have to remind people that last terrorist attack on our soil was 9/11? Do we honestly think if it hadn't been for both the vigilance of our homeland security department and that last administrations aggressive stance on terrorists and the nations that harbor them that the terrorist wouldn't have attacked us again and again? And now, here comes Obama, promising to undermine much of the progress we've made in not only doing away with these terrorists but preventing future attacks. I suppose in the mind of a liberal, setting all the terrorists in Guatanimo free is "fixing." Negotiating with Islamic extremists is "fixing."

But the problems end there. This whole concept that America needs to be fixed is hogwash. I submit that America is not broken...the government is broken and MORE government is no remedy for BROKEN government!

Posted by getbizi (anonymous) on January 21, 2009 at 12:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)

REK, well said. I guess Obama believes the people held in Guantanimo were there for selling Girl Scout cookies. People need to wake up and realize that if another terrorist attack happens on US soil that it would devestate the economy. The two are intertwined. National security was stronger than ever under Reagan. Our capitalist economy was alive and well selling FANNY PACKS, "THRILLER" tapes, and PARACHUTE PANTS.

Posted by TheDude (Michael Wells) on January 21, 2009 at 12:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)

getbizi, I'm Black Dutch/Irish/Heinz 57. How much more "diverse" can I get?

Posted by nonexpert (anonymous) on January 21, 2009 at 1:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I submit that America is not broken...the government is broken and MORE government is no remedy for BROKEN government! Right on target REK,.... but why can't the duds in all levels of government see that.

Posted by getbizi (anonymous) on January 21, 2009 at 1:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)

DUDE, with that "Diversity" you go to the front row for a civil service job..:>}

Posted by November162000 (anonymous) on January 21, 2009 at 5:56 p.m.

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Posted by November162000 (anonymous) on January 21, 2009 at 6:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)

They don't deserve to have the same constiutional rights that we enjoy as Americans but, that's what they'll get when they are brought here. That is if they are brought to trial at all. The guy that you helped elect might just let 'em go. How are you going to feel when they kill some of our soldiers when they get back to the field? That has already happened. I never thought they should have lived to become prisoners to begin with, they didn't end up in Gitmo because they were singing too loud at Sunday School. And, yes, soldiers will die at various duty stations around the world, that's part of the gig. Most of us that were in the military have lost buddies along the way.

Posted by November162000 (anonymous) on January 21, 2009 at 7:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I didn't say we should randomly kill detainees. I said that they should never have become detainees.

Infact, I don't know better that Obama won't just turn them loose. I think that's exactly what he will ultimately do. He's got to start playing to his base, the looney left, sooner or later and that would be right done their alley.

Posted by November162000 (anonymous) on January 21, 2009 at 9:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)

These detainees were imprisoned, not because we merely had an idea that they were bad folks, but because we KNEW they were. Some were actively planning further attacks on our homeland, some were actively planning attacks on our soldiers on the field, some were actively planning attacks on our allies. This is not information that we thought was correct, but information that we KNEW to be correct. Some were detained and other intelligence was gleaned from them. These folks were not suspected of robbing a seven-eleven. They wanted to kill you and me and a whole bunch of other folks just like you and me. I believe that they should be held until this war on terrorism, that THEY started, is over. If it lasts for forty more years and their sorry carcasses rot in prison, then so be it. When the war is over, let 'em have their head towel back, give 'em a nice, thick, pork chop dinner, send them on their way and say thank you for coming. One problem is, though, that many of them are so bad that their own countries don't want them back. But you feel like they should be treated the same as any American citizen that was caught shoplifting. But, not to fear, the one that you helped to elect feels just like you do. Just today he has decided to halt all trials of the detainees, and Gitmo will surely be closed soon. I'm sure it won't be long until we pay them restitution and apologize to them. Then we'll send them back home where they will resume their terrorist plans for our country. I expect that they won't have quite as many hurdles to overcome with their next attempt. But hey, it's no big deal, what's a few thousand American lives lost as long as the terrorists get treated well?

Posted by gkeys (anonymous) on January 21, 2009 at 9:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Have you ever spent time around Muslims who don’t like Americans? Nashville currently has the largest Kurdish population in the United States. I can’t really say I have personally had any problems with the Kurdish refugees. However, there are over 5,000 Somalis in Nashville, and I could just swear they all work at the company I work for :-) The Somalis, and the Pakistanis are extremely rude/hateful toward me, and others that I know. I have never done anything to any of them to justify their behavior toward me, yet it occurs with every encounter, in particular with the men. As you said…” I was related to a Governor, didn't make me a Governor too! “ I never killed anyone in their family, or stepped on their “holy ground”, yet I am an “infidel” and so are you. I don’t care if the argument is that women are not respected in their society, the fact is they live here. I have had to witness their practices in the restroom of cleaning their feet and their private parts in the very sink we use to wash our hands. They stand on our toilet seats, lovely to see urine everywhere! They cut in front of everyone in any line, conveniently not understanding English when it suits them. They urinate in our main stairwell and defecate on the factory floor, have been caught several times doing this. Our company even built them a “quiet room” to go pray in, mainly because they were congregating in the sealed main stairwell and it began to smell like feet! As a note, they get to leave the line and go pray at any time….a very pregnant white woman however was told she had to wait until it was break time to use the restroom! From the mouths of the one’s I asked why, they hate us because we support Israel.

Posted by November162000 (anonymous) on January 21, 2009 at 9:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I'm sure they were ecstatic yesterday. I've spent time around lots of muslims, but I've never come across one yet that liked Americans. I have seen one or two that were pretty good actors, though. I've seen several hundred that I liked, but they weren't in any condition to be liking or disliking anybody.

kw: Uh, yeah, I sure do believe that.

Posted by November162000 (anonymous) on January 21, 2009 at 10:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Whoa, whoa, wait a minute. Those people haven't been proven to be terrorists. They need to have a fair trial, given fair treatment, and presumed innocent until proven guilty. After all, they may have been plucked from their homes by Americans, we wouldn't want to act like the dogs that we say they are, would we?

Posted by gkeys (anonymous) on January 21, 2009 at 10:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Why wouldn’t your LOCAL hire Muslims? They are all innocent until they are proven guilty remember…. Why shouldn’t they have the same opportunity as you to make money as an electrician? Hmmm, could this be “discrimination” with the Democrats? Oh no, couldn’t be…..

Posted by November162000 (anonymous) on January 21, 2009 at 10:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I think kw needs some "diversity" training. You know, that stuff that liberals are spewing all over the place.

It was wrong to detain people at Guantanimo Bay that we have knowledge of having planned, or carried out, terrorist acts on our nation or it's military, but we can't have "RAT/WORM/TERRORISTS" in a union making a living? That dosen't sound like a plank in the democrat platform to me. I thought democrats were supposed to be ever so elightened and open minded and inclusive. Silly me.

Posted by TheDude (Michael Wells) on January 22, 2009 at 6:43 a.m. (Suggest removal)

gkeys, these neanderthals you describe work in a factory in the U.S.?

Posted by Lilin31 (anonymous) on January 22, 2009 at 7:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I just want to know if anybody saw how president obama and the chief justice screwed up the oath of office? Oh and how they redid it last night in a map room in the White House, without the use of a Bible?

Posted by TheDude (Michael Wells) on January 22, 2009 at 10:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)

If that was an Obama priority to "redo" it last night, we are all in a heap of trouble ...

Posted by KatherineReece (anonymous) on January 22, 2009 at 11:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)

It was actually due to concerns voiced by the White House lawyer since one word was out of place during the oath. Obama became President legally at noon yesterday even without the oath, but they decided to re-do the oath as a precaution. The use of a Bible is a tradition rather than a constitutional requirement.

Posted by gkeys (anonymous) on January 22, 2009 at 6:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Dude, yes, this is a factory in the United States, and it’s not the only one with this problem. The company finally broke down and built them a special restroom complete with a more sanitary method of cleansing their “private parts”. They also built them a foot washing station and had meetings with them on the importance of not putting their “privates” or their feet in the hand washing sinks. All that said, there are still some who either don’t care or don’t understand, and the birdbaths in the sink still occur. For the urinating/defecating on the floors, when they are caught, they are escorted from the building, key, you have to catch them! There is nothing that can be done about their habit of standing on the toilet seats, they cite religion. I have to ask KW, what do you think your union would do if you had 5 of them working on a job site and all of a sudden, someone has defecated on the floor? Didn’t see anyone do it….it’s just there. The union can go on strike about it all day long, but you can’t take all 5 of them out of the building, that would be discrimination. You can say, we could install cameras, but what if it started happening on the restroom floor, can’t install cameras there! Wait, would the plan be to follow those 5 people to the restroom every time they went? That’s called a lawsuit waiting to happen. These activities are not isolated to just the facility I work in, sometimes these people go out to eat or go shopping….guess what happens when it’s time for them to wash their feet….Fact is folks, the box is open. How long it will take to sprinkle 4 hours south, who knows?

Posted by November162000 (anonymous) on January 22, 2009 at 6:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)

gkeys: You have a front row seat in the evolution of this permissive, inclusive, open-minded, enlightened and LIBERAL society that we have found ourselves in. I have no doubt that what you say is true, I've seen the same behaviour myself. From what you wrote, it sounds like the muslims are a litte bit inhibited up there in Tennessee, you ought to see them in their own environment. Disgusting. Call it cultural diversity if you want to, but it's still disgusting. This is what's coming folks, as we all sit around holding hands singing Kum Ba Yah. I wonder who these folks that gkeys speaks of voted for? I wonder.

Posted by gkeys (anonymous) on January 22, 2009 at 8:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Ironically, the Kurds are here because they were fleeing Sadam, but no, he was no threat. We had no reason at all to invade Iraq! Tell that to the Kurds…..

Posted by gkeys (anonymous) on January 22, 2009 at 9:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)

You mean 1988 I assume….
Why wouldn’t we have attacked for that then? Because the liberals would have accused the Republican President of sticking the United States nose in other countries business :-)
This "justice" you speak of....careful, the liberals might ban you from saying you are a Democrat :P

Posted by KatherineReece (anonymous) on January 22, 2009 at 10:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)

No one will kick kw out .. the Democrats have a bigger tent than that ... kw sounds like what is called a blue dog Democrat.

Posted by gkeys (anonymous) on January 23, 2009 at 8:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

WASHINGTON -- President Obama warned Republicans on Capitol Hill today that they need to quit listening to radio king Rush Limbaugh if they want to get along with Democrats and the new administration.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/01232009...a...
Yes, let’s just go ahead and get freedom of speech out of the way now….It’s going downhill fast folks!

Posted by gkeys (anonymous) on January 23, 2009 at 9:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

From Fox News…..
While discussing the stimulus package with top lawmakers in the White House's Roosevelt Room, President Obama shot down a critic with a simple message.
"I won," he said, according to aides who were briefed on the meeting. "I will trump you on that."
The response was to the objection by Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) to the president's proposal to increase benefits for low-income workers who don't owe federal income taxes.
Why would benefits be increased for low-income workers who don’t owe federal income taxes? Wasn’t it YOU KW that was just posting recently that we should cut out the “free programs”….hmmm, is your conservative side coming out?

Posted by gkeys (anonymous) on January 23, 2009 at 10:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Also from Fox News…
“President Obama on Friday lifted a ban on federal funding for international groups that promote or perform abortions, reversing a policy of his predecessor, George W. Bush.”
Why are we funding abortions in other countries? Isn’t it enough that babies are slaughtered here in the U.S. We are supposed to pay for them now in other countries?

Posted by gkeys (anonymous) on January 23, 2009 at 10:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Finish the article...."Women's health has been severely impacted by the cutoff of assistance. "President Obama's actions will help reduce the number of unintended pregnancies, abortions and women dying from high-risk pregnancies because they don't have access to family planning," said Tod Preston, a spokesman for Population Action International, an advocacy group.
I do NOT believe in abortion. If you don't want to get pregnant, keep your legs closed. I have to say to anyone who does support it, too bad your Mother didn’t! There are too many people who use it as their means of birth control.