Racial Tensions

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/01/22/video-no-stimulus-money-for-white-males/

Alright - I've been expecting something like this for awhile, and to hear it proposed openly not only enrages me, but makes me seriously question whether or not I want to be a part this nation anymore. Discrimination of any kind if wrong, but I want to believe that the United States has become a nation where anyone, regardless of gender or race, can be successful. Instead of trying to deny bailout money to white males, our government should be either 1.) Looking into alternative ways of aiding our wounded economy (rather than continuing in the same foolish paths we've travelled in the past: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28776284/ as an example of what I'm talking about), or 2.) if we must continue down this road towards further debt (which congressional experts believe may top $4 Trillion), let's not discriminate against anyone - I'm a white male, and my bills are just as pressing as anyone else's. If the government wants to hand out money to citizens of this nation, they should remember that racist, sexist ideas are patently offensive, regardless of who is being discriminated against.

I'm all for cutting out the "already-wealthy" (which to me means anyone making more than say...$100,000 a year), but come on - that much is obvious. When you start putting racial requirements on who gets a federal handout, then you alienate whatever demographic is left out, which in this case would almost certainly lead to another Civil War in this country.

The United States has elected their first Black president. Let's take this opportunity to move forward as a nation of equality, working together as a country, rather than moving backwards to create artificial (and governmentally-induced) racial tension.

postscript: Robert Reich should definitely work a little harder on his education. Anyone who is so supremely ignorant of history and the effects of racism on a culture should NEVER be allowed to influence governmental policy. This repulsive son-of-a-bitch should be castrated publicly, as an example to those who would try to undermine unity through discrimination.