Oh goodness, don't get into a race discussion with JCB, he's one of the truly enlightened. Plenty of white guilt, and not and ounce of bigotry in him.

BTW, JCB didn't we have an argument not so long ago where I said this country was mostly past racial problems and you argued just the opposite? Don't make me go dig up some old threads now.

Andrew, it's easy to be biased about Muslims, they make up the lion's share of radical terrorists who blow themselves and innocent people up. (Yes, I'm aware of the Red Brigade and others.)

I completely 100% agree the PRESIDENT of the United States having a name like Barack Hussein Obama sounds sounds not just funny, it sounds plain out ludicrous.

All things considered, if you truly and honestly don't think a Muslim name on the white house stationary sounds out of whack, then where were you on 9/11/01? Have you been paying attention over the years while thousands of innocent men, women, and children have been deliberately slaughtered by people with er, 'Muslim sounding names'? Now his name isn't his fault, (you can blame that one on his proud Muslim father who abandoned his family) and most of us have gotten over it, but that still doesn't keep "President Barack Hussein Obama" from SOUNDING like we're the biggest country full of dumbasses ever.

I don't necessarily see our willingness to embrace every culture on the planet regardless of what it is, as greatness. I see it to some degree as our susceptibility to the constant propaganda dished out by the media and our schools, most of it targeted specifically toward white Americans. It's okay to hate us whites and be proud of your race, but we by God better not be proud of being white or dislike anyone because of their heritage, or we're the dreaded R word. That's right...Racist.

Only white people can be racists by the way, and only white people are fired from there jobs and castigated for racism, while others who practice it are celebrated. I'm thoroughly sick of today's white guilt and double standard constantly shoved down our throats.

I also don't buy that JCB, Andrew, and others are 100% free of bigotry. They can parrot the beautiful words of politicians and the news media till they're blue in the face, but I just ain't buyin' it.

When I see you 'embrace' the crooked hatted, droopy panted, ebonic speaking African American your daughter decides to date, then I'll truly believe you've transcended the human foibles we mere mortals are afflicted with.

Tell me you see some obviously middle eastern guy with a towel on his head and your first thought isn't terrorist. Go ahead, try and sell it. Truth is, like most of the rest of us you feel some anger build up, you know you do. Me, I fantasize about slapping the rag off his head and stomping his butt. He didn't do anything to me except look different, and I wouldn't really do that unless another 9/11 happens. Then I might just jump the first beturbaned dude I see, and one of us is taking a good ole down home country ass whupping.

All that said, just look over me, I lack the refinements of the younger generation fellas. I never even had an earring, let alone face jewelry or tongue piercing, so I'm just an ignorant ole out of touch guy.