VDH: The New Racial Mess

PATRIOT POST, 7/22/2010 by Victor Davis Hanson - Weren't we supposed to enter a new age of tolerance with the election of President Barack Obama? ∴ His half-black, half-white ancestry and broad support across racial lines suggested that at last Americans judged each other on the content of our characters -- not the color of our skin or our tribal affiliations. ∴ Instead, in just 18 months of the Obama administration, racial discord is growing and relations seem to have been set back a generation. Read more at the Patriot Post... Read More......

American Thinker: A War amongst Ourselves

AMERICAN THINKER, 7/19/2010 by Pamela Geller (of Atlas Shrugs) - It is becoming increasingly clear to anyone paying attention that the seeds of division are being sown with increased vigor by Obama's shadowy machine. ∴ America, in her naïveté and eternal hopefulness, thought that electing Barack Hussein Obama would be the final chapter on race in America and would hammer the last nail into a well-deserved coffin for the divisive racial narratives that demagogues and provocateurs have used for so long to tear down this country. Little did America know that Barack Obama was the candidate of exactly those demagogues and provocateurs. ∴ In a stunning reversal of decades of progress and harmony, during which spokesmen from the hate fringe like Louis Farrakhan were cast outside the realm of decent society, Obama's presidency has ushered in the era of the hater. In the new doublespeak, hate is good. ∴ And every single good, decent American who is standing up for individual freedoms, small government, and self-reliance is now evil. Read more at American Thinker... Read More......