I was driving into work today and traffic was moving along just below the speed limit at 50 mph (posted speed was 60 mph)and things were moving smoothly. Then all of the sudden everyone slammed on thier breaks (not a good thing on roads that are wet and could have icy spots). I was thinking something must have happened, but them I realized that there was apolice car on the shoulder of the road with someone pulled over. Trafic then moved up the road at just under 40 mph - 20 mph under the posted speed. Why?
Now if the speed limit is 60 and you are traveling at 50, you are well below the posted speed. Why would you think you have to slow down just because a policeman in present. You can do the speed limit and maybe get away with a few MPH over the limit. Then to travel at even a slower speed for about the next 1/2 mile or more just because you saw a policeman. Is it a guilty conscience for all the times you may have been speeding in the past, you are trying to make it up now? I don't understand. When I see a policeman and I am doing the speed limit or less, I stay on pace. Why should I slow down unless he has his lights on and s trying to get to an emergency, I am obeying the law and do not feel guilty about it.
Slamming on the brakes can be more dangerous and you could cause an accident. That is what you should feel guilty about. Maybe if you have a guilty conscience that is causing you to slow down so much, you should try to travel within the speed limit in the first place.It just frustrates me when all of a sudden there is a traffic back-up because people see a policeman on the side of the road. Retrain yourself - if you travel the speed limit and are driving within the law, no need to slow down of slam on your brakes.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Tribulation - A poem by David Reiner
Am I drowning like a dark romance?
Have I slipped beneath the waves with billowy layers of petticoats?
My heart is aching and pounding.
A tight pressure within my chest.
Is my heart muscle struggling and dying?
Is the oxygen deprived from my soul?
So short of breath and cold.
Have I been electrocuted?
The current surging through me.
The arrhythmia, stopping my heart dead.
Unconsciousness to the world.
No feeling left in my soul.
The wave of energy passing through.
Tearing my soul from within.
I have been robbed of my energy.
Happiness and enthusiasm evading me.
Frustration, sadness and grief consuming me.
Have I become hopeless to this world?
The worry and anxiety tunneling through my heart.
What is happening to the world around me?
The wars are intensifying castrating the souls.
Where is my lost love?
The one I live for and care for daily.
The one who consumed my heart with happiness and love.
The children who engulfed me with joy.
My soul has been ripped from me.
I gladly give myself for their happiness now.
I pass through to an unknown place.
Abandoned in a place called nowhere.
My heart aches eternally.
Where is this place where no love exists?
No feeling for each other.
Has the world gone mad?
The tribulation has approached us.
I am here alone now.
I hear a voice within the darkness.
Telling me to journey back, I don’t belong.
I hear the cries from thousands of souls as the towers came down.
I feel the pain of the world upon me.
I look to the heavens and a faint light appears.
A voice so thunderous saying “I Am”
I feel my body energize with thousands of volts.
The cries of the souls pass through me wave after wave.
Split between the now and then.
I feel the love of my family pulling me to a new place.
The love of my children and my one true love, my wife.
The love of my Father in Heaven guiding me.
Where does this journey go?
I follow the footsteps, the ones He left for me.
Have I slipped beneath the waves with billowy layers of petticoats?
My heart is aching and pounding.
A tight pressure within my chest.
Is my heart muscle struggling and dying?
Is the oxygen deprived from my soul?
So short of breath and cold.
Have I been electrocuted?
The current surging through me.
The arrhythmia, stopping my heart dead.
Unconsciousness to the world.
No feeling left in my soul.
The wave of energy passing through.
Tearing my soul from within.
I have been robbed of my energy.
Happiness and enthusiasm evading me.
Frustration, sadness and grief consuming me.
Have I become hopeless to this world?
The worry and anxiety tunneling through my heart.
What is happening to the world around me?
The wars are intensifying castrating the souls.
Where is my lost love?
The one I live for and care for daily.
The one who consumed my heart with happiness and love.
The children who engulfed me with joy.
My soul has been ripped from me.
I gladly give myself for their happiness now.
I pass through to an unknown place.
Abandoned in a place called nowhere.
My heart aches eternally.
Where is this place where no love exists?
No feeling for each other.
Has the world gone mad?
The tribulation has approached us.
I am here alone now.
I hear a voice within the darkness.
Telling me to journey back, I don’t belong.
I hear the cries from thousands of souls as the towers came down.
I feel the pain of the world upon me.
I look to the heavens and a faint light appears.
A voice so thunderous saying “I Am”
I feel my body energize with thousands of volts.
The cries of the souls pass through me wave after wave.
Split between the now and then.
I feel the love of my family pulling me to a new place.
The love of my children and my one true love, my wife.
The love of my Father in Heaven guiding me.
Where does this journey go?
I follow the footsteps, the ones He left for me.
Monday, November 23, 2009
His Prophet - A poem by David Reiner
Up to heaven I looked
I saw a great light
My heart it was hooked
By His powerful might
He looked down at me
He called out my name
My soul filled with glee
He ignited a flame
Spread thee My word
Speak what Thy say
So deeply I heard
Fell to my knees and did pray
Enlightened I was at His marvelous words
The sky did turn red
My soul floated with birds
So much Knowledge filled my head
The tears did they flow
From deep within my heart
My soul sprang to life and did glow
His Prophet I am, the words they did start
God is my Father in heaven so dear
The blind soon will see
And the deaf will soon hear
All shout His name with glee
Believers all hear
Again he will come
Striketh deep fear
What shall we become
HIs word I will spread
His praise I will sing
He breaketh the bread
I sit upon His Angel's wing
The souls I will save
The great words I will speak
I will have not a grave
Nor will the humble and meek
His light it will shine
To our knees will we fall
All praise unto Thine
My soul thus receive His call
I saw a great light
My heart it was hooked
By His powerful might
He looked down at me
He called out my name
My soul filled with glee
He ignited a flame
Spread thee My word
Speak what Thy say
So deeply I heard
Fell to my knees and did pray
Enlightened I was at His marvelous words
The sky did turn red
My soul floated with birds
So much Knowledge filled my head
The tears did they flow
From deep within my heart
My soul sprang to life and did glow
His Prophet I am, the words they did start
God is my Father in heaven so dear
The blind soon will see
And the deaf will soon hear
All shout His name with glee
Believers all hear
Again he will come
Striketh deep fear
What shall we become
HIs word I will spread
His praise I will sing
He breaketh the bread
I sit upon His Angel's wing
The souls I will save
The great words I will speak
I will have not a grave
Nor will the humble and meek
His light it will shine
To our knees will we fall
All praise unto Thine
My soul thus receive His call
Friday, November 20, 2009
Love
What is love? Do you know what love is? How does love feel? You know it is love when it hurts deep in your soul when those you love are snatched away from you.When your heart aches and your tears flow, you can't think straight. God taught us what love is when he sent his only son to die on the cross for us.
In 1 John 4:7-8 " Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God: and everyone that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
He the loveth not, Knoweth not God; for God is love"
Love your wife and wives, love your husbands. Love your children - for it is the children that will inherit the Kingdom of God. Learn to follow in the footsteps of the Lord, for he will guide you through life. He will help you guide your family through life. He will demonstrate true love to you. See, you know it is love, not because of all the good times alone, but because of the pain you feel when those times are absent.
Cherish the love you have for your family and never let it go. God never stops loving us. Never give up on love and it will not give up on you. Never stop loving all those around you.
Love your enemy as well as you love your friend. For he that knoweth love, shll know God. He that knoweth God shall love forever.
Let not man tear asunder what God has joined. God joined you to your family, let no one tear it apart. For he who teareth apart what God has joined, so tearth themselves from God.
Remember - God is love. Without God there would be no love. So love God first, love you wife, childrena nd family and love they neighbor.
In 1 John 4:7-8 " Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God: and everyone that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
He the loveth not, Knoweth not God; for God is love"
Love your wife and wives, love your husbands. Love your children - for it is the children that will inherit the Kingdom of God. Learn to follow in the footsteps of the Lord, for he will guide you through life. He will help you guide your family through life. He will demonstrate true love to you. See, you know it is love, not because of all the good times alone, but because of the pain you feel when those times are absent.
Cherish the love you have for your family and never let it go. God never stops loving us. Never give up on love and it will not give up on you. Never stop loving all those around you.
Love your enemy as well as you love your friend. For he that knoweth love, shll know God. He that knoweth God shall love forever.
Let not man tear asunder what God has joined. God joined you to your family, let no one tear it apart. For he who teareth apart what God has joined, so tearth themselves from God.
Remember - God is love. Without God there would be no love. So love God first, love you wife, childrena nd family and love they neighbor.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Our Healthcare Issues
The problem with this whole health care plan that everyone is failing to recognize clearly is that yes, this plan is costing less than the previous plans - it is in no way lowering any deficit, it will just cost the middle class taxpayers less. The deficit will still increase. The middle class taxpayers will have to pay more in taxes to pay for this less expensive plan.
On the other side of it, the cost and fees that are pushed back to the drug companies and insurance companies will have to be paid for somehow. These companies will then charge the middle class more for their insurance and drugs. So eventually about 1/3 of those at the lower end of the middle class will be in poverty.
One other point - why would we even consider covering illegal aliens that should not be in this country? You go to any other country and enter illegally and you most likely end up in a dirty jail cell with no health care coverage.
Years ago they created HMOs - this severely crippled our health care system. We got less coverage and no real savings. It is my belief this plan will do the same in the long run. Maybe we need a plan, but the people in our government both republicans and democrats don't seem to have a solution. Our 2 party system has crippled us. Why do we have to be democrat or republican - we should be putting people in office we truly believe can get the job done.
Obama talked about change – he never explained what that change was. We need to change the way our government operates, remember this government is by the people and for the people. The government should not be dictating to us, it is becoming more and more socialized. We should be dictating to the government how we want this country run. Stand up, get some heart and vote for good people to be in congress. Get away from being democrat or republican - be an American. That is the only way we are going to fix this whole mess. George Bush was no better, helping to contribute to all this.
Joseph Stalin, advocated the following strategy to William Z. Foster, leader of the Communist Party U.S.A.: “Work for more government intervention and control of the business activities of the people. In this way the American people will accept Communism without knowing it.” It was his way of conquering America without a fight - it seems to be working. The Socialist followers of William Z. Foster became part of the Democratic Party in Washington state and in California in the 1950s and early 60s. They are still in play today.
If you want a change in Government – you have to vote a change in government. Abandon this two party system. Find some good independents and various other parties whose candidates are ordinary people, no lawyers or big businessmen. There are honest and hardworking people out their that will stand up for the rights of the American people and not let the government get out of control.
On the other side of it, the cost and fees that are pushed back to the drug companies and insurance companies will have to be paid for somehow. These companies will then charge the middle class more for their insurance and drugs. So eventually about 1/3 of those at the lower end of the middle class will be in poverty.
One other point - why would we even consider covering illegal aliens that should not be in this country? You go to any other country and enter illegally and you most likely end up in a dirty jail cell with no health care coverage.
Years ago they created HMOs - this severely crippled our health care system. We got less coverage and no real savings. It is my belief this plan will do the same in the long run. Maybe we need a plan, but the people in our government both republicans and democrats don't seem to have a solution. Our 2 party system has crippled us. Why do we have to be democrat or republican - we should be putting people in office we truly believe can get the job done.
Obama talked about change – he never explained what that change was. We need to change the way our government operates, remember this government is by the people and for the people. The government should not be dictating to us, it is becoming more and more socialized. We should be dictating to the government how we want this country run. Stand up, get some heart and vote for good people to be in congress. Get away from being democrat or republican - be an American. That is the only way we are going to fix this whole mess. George Bush was no better, helping to contribute to all this.
Joseph Stalin, advocated the following strategy to William Z. Foster, leader of the Communist Party U.S.A.: “Work for more government intervention and control of the business activities of the people. In this way the American people will accept Communism without knowing it.” It was his way of conquering America without a fight - it seems to be working. The Socialist followers of William Z. Foster became part of the Democratic Party in Washington state and in California in the 1950s and early 60s. They are still in play today.
If you want a change in Government – you have to vote a change in government. Abandon this two party system. Find some good independents and various other parties whose candidates are ordinary people, no lawyers or big businessmen. There are honest and hardworking people out their that will stand up for the rights of the American people and not let the government get out of control.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
President Obama on Kanye
Why all the hype over what the PResident said about Kanye. Is is so wrong for him to speak his mind and the truth. There is no excuse for what Kanye did to Taylor Swift ont he the MTV award show. He was outright wrong. Not only was this an embarrassment to Taylor but Beyonce was also embarrassed and shocked. So when the PResident says Kanye was a Jackass - he is only saying with millions of others have already said or are still thinking.
As a public official, you need alwasy to watch what you are saying, so many snoops out in the worls just waiting to latch on to one little slip up(such as the ABC people who reported this). I don't see a need for the President to appologize for this. I believe it would even be ok if he said it directly to Kanye. Kanye has done a lot in the music world, he has so much talent. To do this just tarnishes what he has accomplished. He is a Jackass.
The president's comments were spoken right before an interview for CNBC: "I thought that was really inappropriate," Obama says. "What are you butting in (for)? ... The young lady seems like a perfectly nice person. She's getting her award. What's he doing up there?"
A questioner chimes in, "Why would he do it?"
"He's a jackass," Obama replies, which is met with laughter from several people.
Nothing wrong about this in my book. He spoke his opinion. It was his explosion of thought. Quite frankly I agree with what he said. Kanye's father lives right here in St. Mary's County MD, I wonder what he thinks. I am sure his dad spoke to him about respect.
As a public official, you need alwasy to watch what you are saying, so many snoops out in the worls just waiting to latch on to one little slip up(such as the ABC people who reported this). I don't see a need for the President to appologize for this. I believe it would even be ok if he said it directly to Kanye. Kanye has done a lot in the music world, he has so much talent. To do this just tarnishes what he has accomplished. He is a Jackass.
The president's comments were spoken right before an interview for CNBC: "I thought that was really inappropriate," Obama says. "What are you butting in (for)? ... The young lady seems like a perfectly nice person. She's getting her award. What's he doing up there?"
A questioner chimes in, "Why would he do it?"
"He's a jackass," Obama replies, which is met with laughter from several people.
Nothing wrong about this in my book. He spoke his opinion. It was his explosion of thought. Quite frankly I agree with what he said. Kanye's father lives right here in St. Mary's County MD, I wonder what he thinks. I am sure his dad spoke to him about respect.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Remembering 9/11 - Let's Unite and Be Proud Again!
Do you remember what you were doing on 9/11 when the 2 towers fell at the hands of terrorists and so many people perished? I remember - I was living in Las Vegas and I woke up to get ready for work, I felt very strange and I had this feeling that thousands of souls just screamed - it was very strange. Up to this point I never watched TV early in the morning. I told my girlfriend to turn on the TV and see what happening out there. The news was on and within a few minutes the second plane just hit the second tower - it was shocking. No one really new what was happening yet. Then we heard about the Pentagon getting hit. Our country was attacked, Americans were dead.
The brave people on the last plane realized that something was happening and they gave up their lives to keep that final plane from doing harm to others. They died for their country. Ordinary citizens, Brave Americans. So many afterwards trying to rescue people also gave up their lives to save other Americans. Their were bombs bursting in the air and their were Americans that were brave and our flag still stands. Our Star Spangled Banner - still holding true.
The event brought all Americans closer together - it united us. We all stood up and declared we were proud to be Americans and this event would not bring us down. We had a cause and we wantd to show the world we were strong and proud.
Fast forward to today - are we still proud are we still united? Do we remember what happened? Somehow we lost the momentum. We are not acting so united and we are not being so proud. So today I ask all Americans - Let''s remeber - let's stand up and be proud again, let's stand united and show the world we are Proud to be Americans again. Let's remember all those who died and gave up their lives because they were brave and proud to be Americans!
The brave people on the last plane realized that something was happening and they gave up their lives to keep that final plane from doing harm to others. They died for their country. Ordinary citizens, Brave Americans. So many afterwards trying to rescue people also gave up their lives to save other Americans. Their were bombs bursting in the air and their were Americans that were brave and our flag still stands. Our Star Spangled Banner - still holding true.
The event brought all Americans closer together - it united us. We all stood up and declared we were proud to be Americans and this event would not bring us down. We had a cause and we wantd to show the world we were strong and proud.
Fast forward to today - are we still proud are we still united? Do we remember what happened? Somehow we lost the momentum. We are not acting so united and we are not being so proud. So today I ask all Americans - Let''s remeber - let's stand up and be proud again, let's stand united and show the world we are Proud to be Americans again. Let's remember all those who died and gave up their lives because they were brave and proud to be Americans!
Monday, August 31, 2009
Start Again - A Poem By David Reiner
The world is in shambles,
Everything we do just rambles.
It is all one big con,
Because the pain still goes on.
They say it's all productive,
But we know it is destructive.
They plan for total destruction,
And leave peace no introduction.
Where will we all go?
Will we ever know?
Will this world be ended,
The pain and sorrow left unmended?
The world is falling apart,
No one is left with a heart.
Have we just given up?
Have we drank our last cup?
Let us start again now!
If, we still remember how.
Everyone spread a little love,
Let's make the world as pure as a dove.
I know we can do it,
If we put our minds to it.
Let us show them now,
That we still remember how!
(A Poem From the book - Explosion of Thought - by David Reiner)
Everything we do just rambles.
It is all one big con,
Because the pain still goes on.
They say it's all productive,
But we know it is destructive.
They plan for total destruction,
And leave peace no introduction.
Where will we all go?
Will we ever know?
Will this world be ended,
The pain and sorrow left unmended?
The world is falling apart,
No one is left with a heart.
Have we just given up?
Have we drank our last cup?
Let us start again now!
If, we still remember how.
Everyone spread a little love,
Let's make the world as pure as a dove.
I know we can do it,
If we put our minds to it.
Let us show them now,
That we still remember how!
(A Poem From the book - Explosion of Thought - by David Reiner)
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Ashamed to be an American
When someone can have the guts to write something like this on your door, it is a disgrace to America. Upon returning home from church last Sunday, we discovered someone had wrote KKK on our front door. This was both shocking and disappointing. Having to explain this to my children and have them experience this is more than I can contemplate.
My view on people who are so Racist stands - they should be stripped of their citizenship. It makes me ashamed to call my self an American and it is a disgrace to our country. In this day and age for something to happen like this is unbelievable.
This person or these people who did this are gutless. Afraid to come face to face with me to tell me their views. They are spineless, idiotic and stupid people that can even think of doing this. This is my opinion - My explosion of Thought!
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Racism - An American Disgrace
The incident that happened between Officer Crowly and Mr. Gates was very unfortunate. In a way I do believe race had a small play in what transpired. But the issue of race was not brought up by the officer and our President seemed to believe initially. It was Mr. Gates who threw out the race issue when he was asked if he lived there and to produce an ID. It was in fact he who initiated the racial discrimination. Knowing full well as a professor that by throwing out this comment he could start an incident. Was it all his fault though - keep reading for more of my view.
See I know full well about racial discrimination. I grew up with it all my life. I suffered through it in grade school until I learned to use it to my advantage against the teachers in the school who maybe unknowingly allowed it to fester. See – if you called a black person any type of name – they had a solution – they kicked you out of school or at least suspended you – that was dependent more on the social status of your family. Unfortunately, I was not black. I was an Asian/American, more of a minority at the time then a Black American. I sympathized with all who were discriminated against and eventually I learned to stand up for myself. Maybe not in the correct way at first. I was call many names growing up from – Dirty Jap, Nip, Chink, told to go back to my country( I was born in the USA – so don’t know where else to go) and much more. Then they would start to taunt me and hit me – I was told to turn the other cheek – that did not work, I just got hit twice as hard. So I decided I needed to learn to defend myself – I made a promise to myself – I would never start a fight – but I also would not allow anyone to beat me up anymore. A rage had built up in me over the years and those who faced me would have to face it.
One day after a fight when of all people a Hispanic called me a chink and came after me I got in a fight with a person who was 2 years older than me. He grabbed me and started to bang on my back and came from behind and put me in a bear hug, so I used my head and head butted him repeatedly as his head slammed against the wall and I bloodied his nose. He backed off and ran to a teachers room, she pulled me in the room and started to yell at me – how could I start such a fight she said. To my amazement, the other guy spoke up and said it was his fault, he started it by calling me a name and then hitting me. Not to mention he was much larger than I. So the teacher backed down and told us both to leave. Later that day my home room teacher wanted to speak to me. She asked me why I had some much rage and anger in me, I told her that I was fed up with people picking on me because of my race and ethnic background, I told her if some one called a black person a name they responded quickly and threw people out of school but they could call me names and more and they did nothing. Her response was that I had to learn to live with it. I told her that she was wrong, that she would have to learn to live with it, she said she did not understand. So I elaborated – you created me – now you have to learn to live with that. Teachers sometimes teach the wrong things in school in a way that allowed racism to grow and fester.
Racial discrimination contradicts the 1776 United States Declaration of Independence which clearly states: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
I now live in an area in St. Mary’s County Maryland where racial and ethnic discrimination is prevalent. It is much worse than people want to admit. When you have neighbors that say they will not shop at a certain Mall or go to certain Amusement parks because they are “Too Dark” or they are glad the neighborhood is not “Too Dark”. They do not want their kids to associate with those that are “Too Dark”. Their kids are allowed to walk around and use the “N’ word and sing songs about Japs and Chinks need to go back to their own country. I do not allow anyone to talk or speak like this in my presence. My father-in-law was asked to leave my house because of speaking with racial slurs. I believe that there are those in government positions and on the police force in the county and through out the country that are slanted against those who are not of their ethnic heritage. They favor and treat people a certain way because of this. It is a shame and a disgrace to this country. After an incident at my home this week it shows me what it is like. See I had a person trespass on my property, try to force their way in my home and tried to start a fight. He was drunk and belligerent. I did what a person should do and called the police. When they came to my home – they should have all come to my house since I called them to take my report – instead one of them went across the street to the other person and was joking with them before coming o see me. When he came down, he had the policewoman take my name and asked for our ID, then as she took the report, he went back up and joked with the other person who I called to complain about. He never took out his pad while talking to them, never took down their names and never asked them for an ID. He explained to me he could not arrest the other person since he had a different story than me, but the other person did admit he was on my property. I was standing there with a ripped shirt and a scratch on my chest. I said well maybe I should call your supervisor, he got very riled at that point – I could see the veins in his head poke out – and told me I would do no such thing. He was there to institute the law – I say phooey. I checked on it and he could have arrested the other person – the other person trespassed on my property, he tried to force his way into my home. By law when he entered my home violently scaring my children and my wife I could have pummeled him and been within the law. I knew he was drunk, so I called to police, who it turns out really did not do what they should have. So now maybe I have to sympathize more with Mr. Gates. Maybe my ethnic heritage might have played a small part in this, I am a minority. See I believe the officer could not escalate this further because I remained calm, I did not throw out a race card and I spoke to the officer respectfully even though I could see he was pretty agitated, starting to sweat and his veins were poking out of his head. Can it really be, was race an issue. If I did the same thing to this person and went on his property and tried to force a fight would I have been treated different if I called the police? - Maybe the President needs to bring me and this officer to the White House to find out if it is so.
Is there an issue with race in this country – yes there is. It is a big factor that weakens us as a nation. Racism is an American Disgrace! Who teaches this to our children. You are not born with racism in your blood. It is something that is taught, it is taught by our parents and other elders within society that have never grown out of it. It has been handed down from generation to generation. Some where we have to stop this chain – we need our teachers to reach that discrimination against any person of any racial or ethnic background is wrong. It does not matter what your skin color of ethnicity is, White, Black, Hispanic, Asian , Indian – if your slur against someone due to this you are a racist, pure and simple.
This contains many facts so it is not all just my opinion – but as always it is – My Explosion of Thought!
See I know full well about racial discrimination. I grew up with it all my life. I suffered through it in grade school until I learned to use it to my advantage against the teachers in the school who maybe unknowingly allowed it to fester. See – if you called a black person any type of name – they had a solution – they kicked you out of school or at least suspended you – that was dependent more on the social status of your family. Unfortunately, I was not black. I was an Asian/American, more of a minority at the time then a Black American. I sympathized with all who were discriminated against and eventually I learned to stand up for myself. Maybe not in the correct way at first. I was call many names growing up from – Dirty Jap, Nip, Chink, told to go back to my country( I was born in the USA – so don’t know where else to go) and much more. Then they would start to taunt me and hit me – I was told to turn the other cheek – that did not work, I just got hit twice as hard. So I decided I needed to learn to defend myself – I made a promise to myself – I would never start a fight – but I also would not allow anyone to beat me up anymore. A rage had built up in me over the years and those who faced me would have to face it.
One day after a fight when of all people a Hispanic called me a chink and came after me I got in a fight with a person who was 2 years older than me. He grabbed me and started to bang on my back and came from behind and put me in a bear hug, so I used my head and head butted him repeatedly as his head slammed against the wall and I bloodied his nose. He backed off and ran to a teachers room, she pulled me in the room and started to yell at me – how could I start such a fight she said. To my amazement, the other guy spoke up and said it was his fault, he started it by calling me a name and then hitting me. Not to mention he was much larger than I. So the teacher backed down and told us both to leave. Later that day my home room teacher wanted to speak to me. She asked me why I had some much rage and anger in me, I told her that I was fed up with people picking on me because of my race and ethnic background, I told her if some one called a black person a name they responded quickly and threw people out of school but they could call me names and more and they did nothing. Her response was that I had to learn to live with it. I told her that she was wrong, that she would have to learn to live with it, she said she did not understand. So I elaborated – you created me – now you have to learn to live with that. Teachers sometimes teach the wrong things in school in a way that allowed racism to grow and fester.
Racial discrimination contradicts the 1776 United States Declaration of Independence which clearly states: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
I now live in an area in St. Mary’s County Maryland where racial and ethnic discrimination is prevalent. It is much worse than people want to admit. When you have neighbors that say they will not shop at a certain Mall or go to certain Amusement parks because they are “Too Dark” or they are glad the neighborhood is not “Too Dark”. They do not want their kids to associate with those that are “Too Dark”. Their kids are allowed to walk around and use the “N’ word and sing songs about Japs and Chinks need to go back to their own country. I do not allow anyone to talk or speak like this in my presence. My father-in-law was asked to leave my house because of speaking with racial slurs. I believe that there are those in government positions and on the police force in the county and through out the country that are slanted against those who are not of their ethnic heritage. They favor and treat people a certain way because of this. It is a shame and a disgrace to this country. After an incident at my home this week it shows me what it is like. See I had a person trespass on my property, try to force their way in my home and tried to start a fight. He was drunk and belligerent. I did what a person should do and called the police. When they came to my home – they should have all come to my house since I called them to take my report – instead one of them went across the street to the other person and was joking with them before coming o see me. When he came down, he had the policewoman take my name and asked for our ID, then as she took the report, he went back up and joked with the other person who I called to complain about. He never took out his pad while talking to them, never took down their names and never asked them for an ID. He explained to me he could not arrest the other person since he had a different story than me, but the other person did admit he was on my property. I was standing there with a ripped shirt and a scratch on my chest. I said well maybe I should call your supervisor, he got very riled at that point – I could see the veins in his head poke out – and told me I would do no such thing. He was there to institute the law – I say phooey. I checked on it and he could have arrested the other person – the other person trespassed on my property, he tried to force his way into my home. By law when he entered my home violently scaring my children and my wife I could have pummeled him and been within the law. I knew he was drunk, so I called to police, who it turns out really did not do what they should have. So now maybe I have to sympathize more with Mr. Gates. Maybe my ethnic heritage might have played a small part in this, I am a minority. See I believe the officer could not escalate this further because I remained calm, I did not throw out a race card and I spoke to the officer respectfully even though I could see he was pretty agitated, starting to sweat and his veins were poking out of his head. Can it really be, was race an issue. If I did the same thing to this person and went on his property and tried to force a fight would I have been treated different if I called the police? - Maybe the President needs to bring me and this officer to the White House to find out if it is so.
Is there an issue with race in this country – yes there is. It is a big factor that weakens us as a nation. Racism is an American Disgrace! Who teaches this to our children. You are not born with racism in your blood. It is something that is taught, it is taught by our parents and other elders within society that have never grown out of it. It has been handed down from generation to generation. Some where we have to stop this chain – we need our teachers to reach that discrimination against any person of any racial or ethnic background is wrong. It does not matter what your skin color of ethnicity is, White, Black, Hispanic, Asian , Indian – if your slur against someone due to this you are a racist, pure and simple.
This contains many facts so it is not all just my opinion – but as always it is – My Explosion of Thought!
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