I wonder if the media would explode if Barack Obama stated "George Bush does not love America? Or that Bush is not a racist because his mother was/is white and he attended white schools. Clearly Bush he wasn't raised the same way you and I were raised. We (wink, wink) were raised to love America.
The foregoing is an attempt to restate the gibbering of Rudy Giullani a few days ago about Barack Obama. Of course POTUS doesn't "love" the United States and its people because, well you know, he wasn't raised to be one of us! He can't be one of us! His skin is brown and that makes him a product of evil.
Yes, I know I'm expanding the dialogue. But the expansion of Rudolph Giullani statements alongside all of those types of statements made by white guys who hailed from immigrants roots is just crazy!
The venerable and respectable, heheh, Bill O'Reilly seems to have gotten his wiener caught in the wheel and refuses to admit that he may have over-embellished his experiences in the Falkland Islands. Ah Bill, perhaps thou protests to much about your bravery and perhaps, God willing, somebody will begin to investigate the veracity of your general observations about democracy, race and Barack Obama's affiliation to Islam, et al the other lies that Faux News spews 24/7.
It would be so nice to hear these paragons of race relations point to just a few of the black innovators and scientists that have made a difference for everyone in the United States and the world.
There are many, but I'll just name a few - Eljah McCoy (1843-1929) the reason we use the term "The real McCoy!"; Granville T. woods (1856-1910) known as the Black Edison and was responsible for the the multiplex telegraph that connected communications between trains stations; Lewis T. Latimer (1848-1928) who worked with Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison and invented the carbon filament. ow many of us knew a black guy worked with white inventors of renown back in the day? For the war buffs out there, a guy named Garrett Morgan (1877-1963) invented the first effective gas mask that saved the lives of many during WWI. For those of us who have had a cataract, consider what your visual life would be like without Dr. Patricia E. Bath (1949-Present). This woman holds the honor of being the first African American doctor to be given a patent for a medical device, the laser. Then there was Dr. Charles Drew (1904-1950) was the major influence behind blood transfusions and blood banks.
Wouldn't it be refreshing to hear the names and accomplishments of purely American scientists, inventors and doctors without having the value of their contributions demeaned by cheap, vote seeking politicians and race baiting pundits?