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I was in line to buy a lamp at a local thrift store today for lunch when an old lady behind me jumped line. I wanted to say something but thought that would be mean as she was old and humped like a whale. She then tried to pay for a 25 cent ice tray with a $20 bill causing massive confusion from the cashier (no registers). I dropped the cashier a5 for the lamp to hurry and leave but when I came up to the exit a car with a handicap plate was blocking it. That same old lady made it to her car first, pulled out of the space, and blocked me in the parking lot. There was only one way in or out. I'm assuming she was looking for her glasses, for 2 or 3 minutes, which stoked my anger since I was going to be late getting back to work. Finally, after all that quick moving to get in front of me in line, then quickly getting out of her parking space to block traffic, she goes 15 mph up the road ignoring the 35 mph speed limit. This actually gave me a taste of road rage.

At this stage I can only follow my grandmother's own way of dealing with goofy people who you should never show anger towards, "God bless her heart." I just needed to rant. I feel much better now.

Obama has nothing going for him other than being a good orator (If reading a teleprompter is being a good orator) and being a minority.

Everyone is applauding that we are being so progressive to elect a black president.

It annoys me how the black community has spent decades preaching equality. MLK said that he dreamed of a day when all men would be judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.

Take your own advice NAACP, SCLC, and other African American Organizations. Stop preaching how it is time for us to have a black president while at the same time preaching it doesn't matter what color sombody's sin is.

During the main push of the civil rights movement, and in the following years organizations like the NAACP had a purpose and a noble goal. To provide for the advancement of people of color that had actually been oppressed.
No one is being oppressed in today's society for being black, asian, or any other ethnicity.
Organizations like the NAACP pushed for a program called affirmative action. Which simply stated that companies, businesses, and other programs had to hire a certain number of minority candidates.
This has done a terrible disservice to the African American community. I would be ashamed to apply for a job if I were black under affermative action. Without affirmative action, businesses had to hire the best applicant. With affirmative action it is impossible to know if you were hired because of the content of you character or the color of your skin.
People can argue to this day about the equality of white and black society, but the fact of the matter is that in the America of today every person has the same opportunity regardless of skin color to fulfill their hopes and dreams. There are poor people in both races that have a disadvantage, and there are wealthy people in both races that it is easier for them to fulfill their dreams.

Equality exists. The NAACP and other groups that are pushing for equality have succeeded. Once equality is reached anything further is superiority. That makes the NAACP the new KKK. While they are not inspired by the hate and evil intentions that the KKK was and is, the NAACP still wants a similar thing, the increased support for the African American Community, and the cost of the others.
The NAACP does not seek it means through the fear and threat of violence that the KKK uses. The NAACP only uses threat of legal action.

If someone were to argue the lack of inequality for the African American community. I would arque the following.

Are there any policies promoting the hiring, or admissions of white students.
Alpha Phi Alpha, Zeta Phi Beta, Alpha Kappa Alpha, the Black Student Council, and other African American organizations are hypocritical to policies and goals of the NAACP.
Would it be allowed to have a White Student Council, a Caucasian Caucus, NAAWP, Fraternities and Sororities promoting White Heritage. What is there were scholarships that were promoted solely for White Males?

The only thing holding back the black community are these organizations focusing on fixing the problem from the outside and not the inside.

Listening to other members of the black community talk about Obama representing black community and the pouring out of support from Oprah and other members just because he is black.

NAACP if Obama is elected, wheel out your aircraft carrier announce "Mission Accomplished". If a black person can get a nomination from one of the parties, then you have no case for inequality.

If it were a person I'd punch them.

Who remembers the EXACT date they moved into a place they were living at for 7 years? Why aren't the dates in the mm/yyyy format like the rest of the graduate school application?

I really don't get what people see in this woman. She is a small minded person with little to no experience. It pisses me off that people are actually going to change their vote to vote for her...

If you are going to ride a bike (which I think is awesome and very eco-friendly of you) please ride on the sidewalk. I know that bikers have the same rights as drivers but I also know that when I bike I always use the sidewalk when possible and it's really no worse than road and you have a less likely chance of being killed by a car. I think biking/walking/skipping around athens are all really wonderful but I also nearly have a panic attack every time some biker decides to ride on the street and I have to nervously pass them while trying to avoid on coming traffic. And don't get all "share the road" on me; you know it annoys you too.