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• Mike2liverpool

  Jul 6, 2009 at 2:54 am

  

  Its part of the Plan the NWO have………why do you think they picked a Black man?

  So ANY crits can be labeled as BNP/David Duke, thus “They” can get on with the plan.

  Mike
• sharon

  Jul 6, 2009 at 3:04 am

  

  I agree with you Mike, I’m just saying that when I made the same observation things got nasty. I guess in the UK we have a different interpretation of the phrase, the urban dictionary defines it as this:-
  “A black man who will do anything to stay in good standing with “the white man” including betray his own people”
  Now, perhaps I’m deluded, but, in all honesty, isn’t that what is happening with Obama? He is very much in the pocket of the white oligarchs and as a result the blacks and hispanics in America are getting very little out of his presidency, in fact most poor people will suffer because his policies are to protect the rich at the expense of the poor. When Obama became president I, like many others, had hoped he would help those less fortunate and especially the black people in America who, imho, continue to get a raw deal (eg. 1 in 4 black men will go to jail at some point). Actually, when he was elected it stirred emotions in me of hope/relief/joy at the prospect of someone becoming president who might actually understand the problems of the poor and the ordinary person (and let’s face it – that was a big part of the theme of his presidency campaign and as a result many poor people and those in the ethnic minorities voted him in, many now are apparantly regretting it).
  So for me personally, I’d like to put this thing to bed. I am not racist and if I were forced into choosing a race that I least preferred, guess what? I’d say the white man because most of the evil in this world has been perpetrated by the white man. Skin colour has never meant a damn thing to me and most of my friends happen to be black (oddly enough it is they who are calliing him an uncle tom). It is a pity that people jump to conclusions and that in itself will be detrimental to free speech imo. There are times when racism is obvious and at those times it should be slammed down – the colour of somebody’s skin is bloody irrelevant but when somebody uses it to gain something (presidency of the US and don’t tell me his campaign didn’t go there) then people, especially black people, will call him on it as they will feel deceived by his slogan of change when they thought it meant change for them at least.
• stacyherbert

  Jul 6, 2009 at 3:31 am

  

  @all – sorry but after two days of discussions about race and whether or not certain words are racial slurs I am locking off comments at the moment, so all new comments will for the moment have to be approved until we find some suggestions for other sites and forum boards that offer space dedicated to debating race issues; I prefer to keep our site as a place to discuss and debate finance, markets and banking primarily with some technology, copyright and new media issues as well; and while I understand that race, religion & gender can play a role in finance and I am not against discussing or debating where appropriate, I believe there are literally dozens and dozens of sites on which the Obama race issue is debated and the fact that it has been discussed so much in the past 48 hours here is drawing people to our site away from those sites dedicated to the issue.

  As Frank Rich wrote:

  . . . Americans who felt betrayed didn’t just take to cheering Dillinger; some turned to the populism of Huey Long, or to right-wing and anti-Semitic demagogues like Father Coughlin, or to the Communist Party. The passions unleashed by economic inequities are explosive because those inequities violate the fundamental capitalist faith. It’s the bedrock American dream that virtues like hard work and playing by the rules are rewarded with prosperity.

  Passions are running high right now and I see it online and in the real world.
• Mr Supergeek

  Jul 6, 2009 at 3:58 am

  

  Y’all…@maxkeiser.com

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• Mr Supergeek

  Jul 6, 2009 at 4:32 am

  

  @Stacy

  I’m a little bit shocked…..I don’t think anybody really meant anything nasty…and after reading the comments…I didn’t even think it was geting that heated….I love this site…and usually I enjoy reading all the comments even the people I disagree with…but it’s your site Stacy and I respect your opinion….it’s your ‘house’ and as a visitor I’m happy to abide by the rules….as always I appreciate all the hard work you do…and all the work the regulars put in…maxkeiser.com..”tell the people”
• stacyherbert

  Jul 6, 2009 at 5:15 am

  

  @Mr Supergeek – you aren’t seeing the comments that are not getting through and that are in response and in support of those comments you can see here! furthermore, we speak about bankers, banking and finance and they obviously run the game in the words of Durbin ‘they own the place’ . . . and I know for a fact that intelligence services hire private contractors who fill these kind of sites with loads of comments that via their wackiness, racism, relgiious slurs, etc are meant to discredit the site

  believe me, I don’t want to have to do this as I hate having to spend my day approving comments when I am writing and researching other stuff; but like I said there are loads of other sites dedicated to the debate if people want to debate that
• Mr Supergeek

  Jul 6, 2009 at 5:51 am

  

  @stacy
  Yeah…..Totally understand…What I wouldn’t give for a contract killers pone number right now!….seriously though..it is public knowledge that in UK labour and tories spend lots of money and time smearing each other and are using disinfo especially on the mainsream sites, so much digital deception on the internet these days sad!….when I read your previous comments my first thought was It’s a shame coz you really do have better things to do…Peace, Love and Power.
• frances snoot

  Jul 6, 2009 at 5:54 am

  

  @ MotherEarth:

  The verb ‘to guilt’ you invented should be applied to the journalist that wrote the fallacious article. Here is a line from the minefields of CNBC:
  “Moms, please. Listen to us: Crime isn’t the answer!”

  Following in the great literary tradition of the American MSM, CNBC journalist decides to apply the guilt of one very ugly psychopath with children and ‘to guilt’ the entire group defined by the word mother. No data, no studies, no assisting crimes necessary-just lay it out for a gullible public and a new trend can be conjured with the stroke of a keyboard. Voila! done. Can be applied to any group at any time, ‘to guilt’ is a necessary application of journalist putspa in a decadent and decaying police state.
• frances snoot

  Jul 6, 2009 at 6:16 am

  

  @Stacy:
  Agreed. We shall try to stay on topic and not flail about on tangents. Markets, Finance, and oops (scandal?)…not too much scandal… AND not pontificate!
  I’m in!
  @Guiseppe:
  So funny your label for the pink syrup bottle. I know now what to do for earwigs!
• frances snoot

  Jul 6, 2009 at 6:18 am

  

  @Sharon:
  What is happening with Obama is about money, not race.