Love doesn't HAVE to be expressed physically, it's nice if it can be, but true love isn't manifested by a physical act. It can also be manifested by faith, trust, kindness, warmth, support and kindness...being there when the chips are down, being loyal, steadfast and true no matter what.

I don't know if this is because I am at the big juncture of "50", sex just doesn't seem to matter all that much.

So if this "change" he wants ends in communism you're all for that? If he indeed was born on foreign soil he shouldn't allowed to be president since I thought it was law that you had to be born in the us to be president. If he cared for this country like he says he does why doesn't put his hand on his heart during pledge? I had a friend who was in Iraq during elections Obama was over there and he told me when others approached him and tryed to talk to him he completely snubbed them and acted like they werent even there but yet he supports the troops. Obama wants to destroy us not help us but yet you want his "change" And do you know that in the bible it tells you vote and who ever you vote for if they do something that is not right in the eyes of God you're held accountable for what they do as well? Something you should think long and hard about

]then why is God being taken out of schools, government, and even talks of taking In God We Trust off of money? Obama says we are not a Christian nation but our constitution the he supposed to uphold was based with Christianity in mind, Obama wants to rewrite that same bill saying it's outdated(meaning he wants to make the way he wants it minus the Christian beliefs backing it). Here in Oklahoma a senator is going to pay out of his own pocket to put up a ten commandments monument on the capital grounds. But democrats are crying foul saying it's a conflict of interest and is saying that they're just Christian and they don't want it. Even some churches around are not even preaching the bible anymore they're just talkingbabout what's going in their life. I kid you not I saw it for myself a couple of weeks ago. I go to church to hear the good word not about a person buying a brand new house. But you say that God isn't being taking out of everything keep telling yourself that. And one more thing they might not be taking under God out of the pledge yet but with Obama putting this supreme court justices in office like sotomeyer in that could change very soon also and they will trying to make it under Obama instead of under God.

I know of a place that took God out of everything. It was called Soddam and Gommorah, and didn't it get wipe of the face map? They don't even know now where it was located. Not a spec of it left

The following story was published in the Buffalo News , today.

I wrote my comment following the article.
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Man, 18, severely beaten in possible hate crime
An 18-year-old man was severely beaten with a piece of concrete late Tuesday night, in an assault that's being investigated by Buffalo police as a possible hate crime.

The victim, who lives off Genesee Street at the eastern edge of the city, was listed in serous condition today in Erie County Medical Center, where he's being treated for a severe head injury.

"Police are looking into the possibility that it could be a hate crime, based on the information we have received," police spokesman Michael J. DeGeorge said, refusing to elaborate.

Witnesses told police that the young man, who is white, was beaten by a group of about 10 to 12 black males. Police are investigating the possibility that the beating may have resulted from a dispute involving a friend of the victim's.




Following the attack, which occurred at about 10:50 p.m. at Genesee Street and Floss Avenue, the victim managed to make his way to his nearby home.

Police fielded calls about a gang assault, and they followed the trail of blood to the man's home.

Detectives say they have been hindered in their investigation by the victim's reluctance to talk about the crime.
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blady's comment:

I am Black and I feel badly for the young man who was beaten and injured by this mob. I wish we lived a world of peace and love. For the most part, we do. It takes the evil people to spoil it for the rest of us. These same type of thugs may harm me also, and not because I am female, 61 years old, or for any number of reasons. Thugs like them are a menace to society and yes, they all should be charged under the Hate Crime Law. Everyone is subject to the same laws and should be charged accordingly !!!!

EVIL KNOWS NO COLOR!!REMEMBER THE HOLOCAUST!!!

blady, how do you like the walk-in tub?

Freedom of speech is a right.

The government cannot appear to be biased in favor of one religion over another--that's why there can be no Christmas decorations in City Hall, for example.

It has nothing to do with being 'offended', and everything to do with being a government of all people, by all people, and for all people.
'All' being the operative word.
Not just the Christians.
Not just the Jews.
Not just the atheists--or the Muslims, or the Hindus.

Get it?

The foyers of public buildings will get pretty crowded I guess with mini-shrines to Vishnu, giant golden Buddha's, conga lines of chanting Hari Krishna's, wailing Jews, whirling Dervishes, Catholics muttering Hail Mary's at the foot of authentic cross replica's sipping wine, eating crackers, and trying to avoid inhaling the thick clouds of cow dung incense billowing out from the Hindu corner... which would make it hard to see the Muslims on the floor?
How long before a fight broke out hey? Perhaps after a Christian trips over a Muslim in the fog and ends up full length on the floor, unintentionally genuflecting in the direction of Mecca?

This whole topic of racism really urks my nerves. This is America. A melting pot. Everyone needs to just get along and stuff should be fair. Its more of an issue of things not being fair and the double standard that gets to me, not racism. Just like how some things are acceptable for men to do , but women must behave in an acceptable manner. Another example is BET(Black Entertainment Television). If white people were to get a television show strictly for whites, i'm sure we would be called racist.

The Ten Commandments on the courthouse lawn again neither imposes not prohibits

By the mid-century mark, when the United States is projected to have a population of 439 million people, 54 percent of the population will consist of racial minorities.

Hey I just thought of something else...native Americans. I mean it just seems a little odd, African-American subculture is right out there, in your face, all over Hollywood and now Pres, but native Americans seem just kinda hidden away on reservations and in gutters...Doesn't that seem weird? Do you think native Americans wish they were black?

Personally, I think everybody in this country has a grass-is-greener complex. Black people think how awesome it must be to be white. White people think how many handouts they'd get if they were black. Everybody's so focused on how good they think everybody else has it that nobody bothers to appreciate or enjoy what they do have.

BCR = Black College Reunion (hosted in Daytona Beach)
BET = Black Entertainment Television (cable network based out of D.C.)
NAACP = National Association for Advancement of Colored People
Black History Month= Federally recognized by the U.S. government
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority - Xi Beta Chapter = Stanford University (female sorrity)
BIG = Blacks in Government, designed to help civil servants who are "People of Color" (my term)
National Association of Black Journalists = Self explanatory
NBS = National Brotherhood of Skiers
OBAP = Organization of Black Airline Pilots

In the few organizations listed above, if I replaced "Black/Color/Colored" with "white" would you call me a racist? I can't think of any "white" associated organization, expect a few leftist ones, that completely disgusts me. Since this is a "dating site" I will say that I have dated 3 "women of color" over my entire dating career since high school. It was because of what they are... "a person" who I was interested in and not the color of their skin.

When they say black power, they are a leader, when they say brown power, they are an activist, when I say white power, I am a racist!! SCREW THAT. Lets make ONE BIG POINT ABOUT SLAVERY! The Africans SOLD THEIR OWN PEOPLE, we just bought them. AND there are NO slaves left alive. I am sick of saying im sorry, to people who werent even involved. That was the past, let it remain there, instead of crying and playing the race card.

The crux of the original question is that not all Africans are Black. There are White Africans. Therefore, any white Africans that immigrate to the United States would thus be African Americans.

To use the label of African American solely to refer to Black people of African origin would appear to be a racist application of the term.