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Three MuttsPosted Thursday, January 22, 2009, at 10:53 PM
We always had thought we were mostly of native Indian decent, but it dawned us that we weren't sure what race or races we represented. We pretty much concluded that we were mongrels, you know, basically mutts. It never bothered us before, and I don't think it bothers us now, being mongrels, but with so much talk about African-Americans, and Hispanic-Americans, and Chinese-Americans, Asian-Americans, Irish-Americans, Islamic-Americans, who is talking about us, the Mutt-Americans? Are we Mutts missing something by not having an actual race that absolutely defines us? This is serious business I guess, well it must be, I see race talked about quite a bit, even though, it is rarely me that brings up race. Remember the Super Bowl between Chicago and Indianapolis? All the sports media wanted to talk about was the race of the two Super Bowl Coaches. We wondered if a Mutt had ever been a Super Bowl Coach. It occurred to us that you hyphen-Americans have some sort of hang up about whatever hyphen you are. Being a Mutt is part of the American experience. We should embrace Muttdom. Being a Mutt will free us from racial chains. Live Muttdom. Be Muttdom. What cracks me up about that Super Bowl story is this, do you really think an owner, with all the money he has on the line, is going to let a thing like race keep him from playing in the Super Bowl? That owner is going to get the best man for the job. It is insulting to Black Coachs when the media keeps poking at the issue. But then Race is big money for those in the Race Business. There are lots of special organizations in America heavily funded to make sure THEIR race gets money or special attention. My goodness, do you realize that my brothers and I are racially challenged? Oh man, we've got to make sure we find some money for the racially challenged in the budget. Clinics and therapists for the racially challenged. AND, Civil Rights groups, just in case someone refuses to rent to us, saying: "We don't like no stinking racially challenged people hanging around here mister!" The next thing you know, there will be "No Mutts Allowed" all over America! I am not poking fun at the brave men and women, who throughout history have fought and died for racial equally and justice. What I am poking fun at is today's black leadership. They continue to whine and cry, when the whole of America is there for the taking. The country abounds with opportunity and yet today's black leadership moan and complain, and doesn't it get old? It occurred to me that the race problem in America, if there is actually is a race problem, would be racism in the heart of some black-Americans. Think about those comments we have all heard from Jeremiah Wright, President Obama's former minister said from the pulpit. It was Racism, and there were wild cheers from the crowd. The other racism that may exist could be found in certain Islamic groups who hate Jewish folks and call America "The great satan". There is no racism coming from the Mutts. My brothers and I will continue to carry the torch for Mutts like us. Some on the left might call us "Rednecks" and that is just part of the Muttaphobia we might have to endure. My brother Don insists, "I got half of about everybody in me, I'm a half-breed." Bless his heart, he is racially challenged. Comments Showing comments in chronological order [Show most recent comments first] |
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I liked your article overall. However, I would encourage you to do more research on what Rev. Wright has stood for and achieved in his ministry. The following are remarks from his sermon this weekend at Howard University. This was not a new message from Rev. Wright it is one he has often preached in the past http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...
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Wright was nothing but positive and conciliatory yesterday, rousing churchgoers again and again to their feet with a sermon about what he called the Bible's message of self-reliance and encouragement.
Wright went back and forth from Obama to a passage from the Gospel of John about people who overcome sickness and challenges. "No more seeing ourselves through the eyes of people who don't look like us!" he said. "How does God see us?"
In the impassioned oratory for which he is known, Wright said Obama was able, "as the Lord stepped into his story," to envision himself doing anything -- heading the Harvard Law Review, taking a U.S. Senate seat, even winning the presidency.
People who envision themselves as victims, he said, are like the sick and paralyzed in the Gospel of John.
"Stand up, downsized -- start your own business! Stand up, dropout -- go back to school! Stop wallowing in quicksand and stand up, black man -- and take care of your own family!"
I guess I qualify as a Mutt, Sam. 1/4 Cherokee and a mixture of German, English, Irish, Welsch (sp?), and French!! Whenever I'm filling out an application for whatever I'm applying for, and it asks the question RACE, I just put a ?. What else can I do?
Your racially challenged buddy,
Marcus
Mr. Smyth. Thank you for the comments and the article. I am one who believes that God delights in our races, and in our Muttdom.
The Apostle Paul said: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, their is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus."
We complicate things, don't we?
HOWEVER, I grow increasing irritated at our media and some politicians, and the race mongers, who continue their non-stop promotion of the idea that Americans are racists.
One could examine the prayer of Dr. Lowry, during the Inaugural, ..."and white can finally embrace what is right."
There are thousands upon thousands of dead white soldiers Dr. Lowry, that shed blood to do what is right Dr. Lowry. You can kiss my...whoops, I'd better be careful.
So, I say to some black Americans concerned about race. You want to end racism? Okay, then stop being racists.
I missed addressing one more of your points, Mr. Smyth. If it was a point you were trying to make, that Dr. Wright's comments should be looked at the whole of his Pastoral life at his church.
I think that is a reasonable point. I certainly am not a perfect human being, I fall short of the mark. I am ceratin Dr. Wright, regardless of his horrid comments at times, has done excellent work in helping people in need. Dr. Wright has also been financially blessed for his philanthropic activities. He has just built a multi-million dollar home in a nice part of Chicago.
AND, I am all for that you understand, I believe in folks getting ahead and making money, and helping people in their work. I object to to the constant race talk, and the notion that this country is racist. What was it Dr. Wright said? "The US KKK of A"?."
The point I was trying to make that most people actually don't know Rev. Wright very well. They therefore try to place him in a box with other individuals that appear to be similar. They then assign to him the faults of the other people that they have associated with him. He is human so he has both virtues and faults. The snippets that have been played over and over don't accurately reflect who he is or in some cases even the message he was preaching at the time. I can't speak to the sermon in which in said "The US KKK of A" line because I haven't found a complete transcript. Over the last 2 years I have read several of his books and listened to lots of his sermons and speeches, so I think I have some understanding of his view of the world.
Some claim that his preaching caused his congregation to only see themselves victims. But I would maintain what he created was a culture of achievement. Stephen Mansfield's in his book "The Faith of Barack Obama" wrote the following.
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Obama would also find at Trinity encouragement for his intellectual and professional quest. It is not a coincidence that he attended Harvard, practiced law, ran for public office in Illinois, and sought the presidency all after his connection to Trinity began. Trinity called for people to rise, created an environment of learning and achievement, and modeled the pursuit of intellectual excellence. Another pastor might joke about a seminary being a cemetery and about how believers could "get their learning and lose their burning." Jeremiah Wright, a man with four earned degrees, used, as Obama later wrote, "twenty-five-cent words" with regularity. He hired only well-educated staff, put university professors in charge of Sunday school classes, and worked to send the youth of his church to the most reputable schools in the land. Understanding a single Jeremiah Wright sermon might require knowing something of Middle East history, Greek, Hebrew, the amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the causes of World War II, the politics of the Sudan, and the details of how syphilis is spread. Obama thrived in such an environment. It fueled his intellectual curiosity, answered his theological questions, and honored his intention to rise on the strength of his mind.
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I'm not privy to the terms of the retirement benefits Trinity has provided for Rev. Wright. I would point out that Rev. Wright did sell the land for his retirement home to the church at a personnel loss. In an article long ago, a Trinity member indicated that the Church owns the home. I have no way of knowing if that is true, but since the Church obtain a 10 million line of credit associated with the home, I would imagine that they still maintain title.
There really should not be such a thing as African-American, Hispanic-American, and so on. If you have citizenship-you are an American. If you do not have citizenship, you need to learn the language, get a job, earn your citizenship, or get the heck out of America.
Racism is exploited by individuals for monetary gain. The media likes to exploit it because it creates controversy and brings in money. Individuals and organizations like to cry racism because they can create controversy and get a hand-out. There are ample opportunities out there for every man and woman to earn a living. I am also a Mutt, maybe I can start crying racism and the government or other organizations will give me a free ride so I dont have to put any effort into it. And if the wife and I slam out a few more kids, we can start our own special interest group, and our own religeon so we can be wealthy at somebody elses expense.
I just figured it out, Sam. Since I had ancestors that fought in the American Revolution, Civil War, WWI, WWII, and walked the "Trail of Tears", I qualify for a new hyphenated group. We shall be called American-Americans!!
God Bless America!!
I confess, I have for over forty years preferred, when asked, to check the 'other' box, and list myself as an 'American Mutt.' Don't ask how many people tried to make me change that, but received my firm refusal. Works for me. Ponder it, folks.
"America the Beautiful, and Home of the Mutt." Sort-of rings, huh?
In Messiah, His Shalom, and composition. Arley
Who let the dogs out? Woof,Woof.
Sam you do know the race baiters seam to be doing there job, it keeps us as separatist so we cant be united, we all love to be victims.
I'm a mutt myself.
Who let the dogs out? Woof,Woof.
Sam you do know the race baiters seam to be doing there job, it keeps us as separatist so we cant be united, we all love to be victims.
I'm a mutt myself.
Woof,Woof here Sam......
Mr. Smyth - your defense of Jeremiah Wright is interesting, considering the graveyard of people who made politically incorrect statements, and got hammered for it. This goes back clear to Jimmy The Greek Snyder, and recently with Trent Lott and George Allen, or even Rush Limbaugh, or Don Imus. Al Sharpton wanted Don Imus out of the radio business for good, but for Jeremiah Wright, let us be...understanding.
These men made trivial, minor incidents compared to the steady wrath of Dr. Jeremiah Wright. The left is always so tolerant of itself.
My point still stands...the race business is too profitable, to necessary for Democrat politics to ever abandon.
Rev. Wright made it perfectly clear what he thought of America when he screamed from his pulpit G__D___America. I believe Rev. Wright hates this country and the Obamas not only knew what he thought but agreed with him. I wonder if our new first lady stills thinks that American is a downright mean country. I better quit. I think I am getting a tingling feeling down my leg.
What more would you like to see happen to Rev. Wright? He had already voluntarily retired prior to the media storm. He has broken no law. As far as I know there have been no crimes committed by people motivated by his preaching. And for the record his retirement was planned prior to Obama announcing his candidacy for President, so it wasn't in response to anything that occurred during the campaign.
Through the media and the blogasphere he has been made synonymous with all that is evil and hateful. His name gets dragged into all kinds of articles having nothing do to with him. As an example I would point to Michelle Malkin writing about Rev. Lowery's benediction "Who wrote that line? Jeremiah Wright?". Jesse Jackson talks about removing parts of Obama's body, drag in Rev. Wright. Obama appoints Rev. Warren for the invocation that some people of a problem with, drag in Rev. Wright. An article is written about black separatism or supremacy, drag in Rev. Wright even though he doesn't believe in separatism or the supremacy of any race. An article is written about antisemitism, drag in Rev. Wright even though he isn't an anti-Semite. On and on it goes. I can't give you the link [I've lost it], but some magazine with an online edition did a review of the campaign coverage. The magazine analyzed the reference to various figures involved in the campaign. The numerical analysis showed that negative references to Rev. Wright won hands down. No other figure was even close.
I think many have confused his impassioned preaching style with wrath or hatred, when often neither is true. Take his "Confusing God and Government" sermon from which the GD America line is taken. His message that day was that ALL man made governments will eventually lie, fail or change, while God does not lie, fail or change. Therefore put your faith in trust in God not in man made governments. "In God we trust". Don't look to governments to deliver what only God can. He made references to governments throughout history. Yes, he included the American government in that list. He listed the various failures of the governments and he had a list of failures of the American government. Yes he talked about slavery, but he also talked about internment camps some Americans were forced into during World War II. He also talked about how some Americans were forced onto reservations to make way for other newly arrived Americans. He talked about many other failures, but the specific failures was not the point. I'm sure over the next four years conservatives will be able to create their own list of what they perceive to be failings of the U.S. Government. Will that make them anti-American or will that make them patriots. The determining factor shouldn't be whether or not one agrees or disagrees with specific positions. Rev. Wright, an impassioned critic of some U.S. government polices, has proclaimed that he would not withhold his criticisms even if Obama was elected President. Some viewed that as politically incorrect and disloyalty to Obama, but I think he was just announcing his intention to remain faithful to his commitment to God. Political concerns will have to a back seat. Clearly Rev. Wright isn't a politician.
As for the specific GD America line, he wasn't calling for God to actually come down and smite America. That isn't his style and the people in his congregation would know that. They would understand that he was proclaiming that God is not pleased when America treats "her citizen as less than human" or acts "like she is God and she is supreme". And therefore we shouldn't seek God's blessing for those polices that God would condemn.
Further more in the sermon he asked his congregation to forgive him for his wording.
"Turn back and say "Forgive him for the 'God Damn', that's in the Bible Lord." Blessings and cursing is in the Bible, it's in the Bible."