Comments on: Deja Vu All Over Again

By: nicole ortmeier

nicole ortmeier — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 16:53:48 +0000

Well, Mike makes some excellent points, but I
just don’t see how it relates to addressing this
“blog.” I am so sick of having to watch every
thing I say because I might offend the Black
community! It’s a new day folks! My daughter and
her friends (all cracker-white) don’t think about
color when they make friends or when they date.
The Blacks who are trouble makers are called the
ghetto crowd (and whites are often a part of this crowd.) We have good kids and bad kids–period! We have kids that are raised poor that
grow up to be some of our best leaders and citizens and we have kids that are raised with
wonderful parents who are growing up to be thorns
in the side of society! We have spoiled rotten kids, and we have kids that finally grow up and
“get it.” We could abort a million Black babies
and get a couple of problems taken care of or we
could abort a million white babies and get a couple of problems taken care of. The fact of the matter is that we need to stop our children
(all colors, shapes, sizes ) from having babies
that will not have a chance to be raised with
a family who is dedicated to raising a good citizen—and (here is where it gets sticky) can
afford health care, schooling and yes even some
of the extras that kids are getting in this day
and age. You give birth to a child when you have
gotten past your childhood and have the where with all to invest in a new human being. Immaturity and low self esteem are the culprits!
And when we see a child who got here and is not
getting much family structuring and or attention,
it is up to us (one child at a time) to step in
and offer what we can to make this child feel
a part of this society. Let’s stop blaming and
start claiming! I am a busy mom who has two elderly parents and yet I seem to find the time
for these “lost” children. It takes a community
folks! We can’t afford to be selfish and believe
children having children (Black, brown, white…)
is “their” problem—-it is our problem! And let’s remember that Blacks speak out their ill
feelings about Whites all the time with impunity
because we are trying to be open and allow everyone the right to speach. It works both ways!
“Thugs and gangstas” have anger problems—let’s
start a public relations project with these kids
and let them speak out. Let’s deal with the problems that are here already because these
problems are breeding every minute, every day!
Maybe we should execute the government officials
who vote out the programs that help us to help
these children, who are ending up in welfare systems that are antiquated atrocities—We can
afford to go to other countries to free people
from injustice, but we can’t afford to make war
on violence and disparity in our own backyard!
Maybe some shocking statements are exactly what
we need to make us stop and think!

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 14:59:17 +0000

My daughter was all riled up about Bennett’s insensitive comment, and I made the same argument you make.

However. this is yet another “tempest in a teapot” that diverts attention from looming social problems: our profligate use of energy to haul over-weight Americans in 5000lb. SUV’s to Wal-Mart to get more pink, plastic pool furniture (hecho en China); a transportation system that would embarrass Bulgaria; incessant arguing about introducing “intelligent design” into our science classes, while Chinese children are studying differential equations and nanotechnology (in several languages); an increasing reliance on “faith” rather than critical thought; runnig up personal and national debt like a bunch of lunatics, which is being supported by Asian workers who make the pink, plastic pool furniture (at $0.80/hr) and save their money to buy our T-bills (which also pays for the tax breaks for the wealthy). These things are not openly discussed, because it’s “bad for business”, our attention span is down to milliseconds, and we would have to actually think about it! Rather, the airwaves are littered with contentious ideologues who attract listeners who need to have their own “feelings” and prejudices validated on a regular basis.

William Bennett doesn’t have bragging rights on virtue. Turn off the TV and radio and go read a book.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 11:38:00 +0000

I agree that he should apologize for being insensitive. What is more offensive to me is how his quote has been intentionally taken out of context and used to “prove” he is a racist.