Missouri Is A Racist State

I know this because they hate Obamacare. They just passed a proposition defying federal mandates to buy healthcare. Therefore, they must be racists, since just over half the letters in “Obamacare” spell the name of a black man.

“Consider this a shot across the bow of the U.S.S.[R.] Obama. Consider it a preview of November. Consider it Lexington of the Second American Revolution. Consider us out of metaphors.”

• Consider it as healthy for Obamacare as Obamacare is for America.
• Consider it Missouri’s little way of saying “We would’ve ratified the 10th Amendment too if we’d been a state back then.”

Burn The Confederate Flag Day

So apparently a bunch of liberals are planning to burn the flag of the Confederacy on September 12th at their local tea parties. I joined their Facebook group momentarily and dropped this comment:

I’m just going to drop this comment and leave this group, since I don’t want something like this on my Facebook profile. You want to respond, message me or go here:
http://guffyconservative.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/burn-the-confederate-flag-day/

I’m assuming that by your intent to burn the Confederate flag you’re calling Tea Partiers racist. Well, ya’ll don’t know your history very well, do you?

Four of the Union states were slave states (Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri), although Maryland arguably doesn’t count because of the heavy Union military presence due to D.C.’s location (Delaware also wouldn’t count for obvious reasons in this case).

Black Americans fought on both sides of the Civil War. [edit I attached this website]

The Emancipation Proclamation, for some reason, was not given until well after the war had begun. The reason? Abolitionists may have played their part, but really it was just a political maneuver. It weakened the South through the obvious and is credited with preventing Britain siding with the Confederacy.

Despite the above, Lincoln is one of my favorite Presidents. Would that be true of a racist?

The Civil War had plenty of contributing factors. Whether or not slavery was outlawed wasn’t a big issue. The issue was whether the federal or state governments would outlaw slavery. There was also the matter of a state’s right to secede.

And before ya’ll start calling me a racist, let me tell ya’ll a little about myself:
-Multiple black (American) and African roommates and friends (just check the friends list on my profile [edit http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=130672693642828&v=wall#!/ncsuandrew])
-Indian adopted brother (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=15086&id=1064715219&saved#!/profile.php?id=682838844&ref=ts)
-I’m going to Guatemala (Latin American nation) to help work on a school next week (and I’ve done so twice already).
-I voted for Alan Keyes in the ’08 presidential primary.

That all said, I understand the reasons motivating both sides in the Civil War, but I’d have to side with the Confederacy if forced to choose between the two.

GC Random Thoughts

One of the greatest feelings in the world is realizing you don’t have to go to work today.

One of the worst is answering the phone and hearing “You were supposed to be here five minutes ago.”

Anyone else think it’s l33t that the Declaration of Independence has 1337 words? (Reply: 4NY0N3 31$3 7h!Nk !7′$ 1337 7h47 7h3 d3c14R47!0N 0f !Nd3p3Nd3Nc3 h4$ 1337 w0Rd$?)

Apparently, Obama’s done such catastrophic damage to the economy that his henchman has been forced to rob banks to fund their secret project above one of the moons of Endor.

M.I.T. Scientists Split The Smithereen http://onion.com/a1bmU5

Racism flow chart

Racism.

More racism.

Racism for Dummies.

‘Islamic Radicalism’ Phrase to Be Removed from Obama’s National Security Documents. I’m assuming they’ll replace it with “right-hemisphere extremism”.