Thread: I feel sick to the stomach, white supremists speech in Washington.

I think we're going backwards and headed for disaster, but I hope I'm wrong.

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-1...ish-mp/8052290

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Its not over yet - there's going to be a recount.

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Two weeks ago we had a gentleman advising us at work. He was previously a very senior Whitehouse official who has also worked with FEMA, Homeland Security and the US Airforce. He also served under Bush and more latterly Obama.

He was quite emphatic about the bureaucratic machine that sits under the President and how it, regardless of side of politics, will curb a President's ability to move too far.

This article explains quite a bit.

White supremacy's inferiority complex - Al Jazeera English

Sitting in the KLia2 airport terminal I am again amused at how the Asian girls in the posters have been photoshopped to be as white as possible. They are whiter than the central Chinese, whiter even than the western white girls. I haven't seen a single female here today who looks even close to the poster girls.
I think this shows how we are being swayed to believe that white is more beautiful than brown or black.
Personally, I think that's rubbish. I see plenty of really beautiful brown and black women. Those AirAsia flight attendants - wow!
I dont see how the white supremacists can justify their argument that white is better, except by closing their eyes to the real world and hiding in a sad little white ghetto.

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I can't help feeling that if communities came to full employment, a lot of the problem would melt away. Middle America has been promised this, hopefully it happens

Originally Posted by rangieman

There is a storm in the bottom of someone`s tea cup
Glad i drink coffee

Yep.
I grew up in post WW11 England, can't remember the Blitz, but my Mum & Dad could, living in Manchester, and my wife's parents lost many relos & friends living in London.....bombed out of, and killed in, their homes. I remember the aftermath, the destroyed buildings, the poverty, the rationing, all that stuff, which we all took for granted, because we had to, we were all in the same boat!! My Mum's cousin was the Chief Torpedo Officer on "The Hood".
I have also made a study of WW11 from many angles, I have also studied Nazi history, which I found very interesting, but profoundly distressing with respect to their racial views, which we would all be aware of. So yes, I know the issues, .....and there are no similarities to anything in current U.S. My wife's father was German, and He actually fought in the German Army during WW11. He was taken prisoner post invasion, taken to Canada as a P.O.W., and when the war finished, like many German ex P.O.W.s He went to England, where most of them worked on farms, which is where he & Wifey's Mum met. He was never interested in returning to Germany.
Yes, there are "ratbags",..there are ratbags everywhere, & yes, in some of those Southern States there are some very nasty people, but they have always been there...and IMHO they will never have any real influence, although they may like to.
Some people in Aussie actually get into a "racial frenzy" when they talk about Pauline Hanson,...not me, nor many many others, when we see some of the stuff going on here in Aussie.
I'd be far more concerned about what is going on in Aleppo (have I spelt it right) at the moment. What Russia is doing there is far more worrying than a bunch of loonies in the U.S.
I think Bob mentioned in one of his posts about negativity, and I do agree, there is a lot of it about. I was on my walk yesterday (trying to lose weight!), and I was walking along the beach, and thought what a wonderful country we live in, & how very lucky I was to live here,..I'm HUGELY positive about that. I AM LUCKY to live here. But the future,...not so much I'm afraid. I think Australia is changing, and I believe my grandchildren will grow up in a very different Aussie to the one I knew. Maybe negative?....well probably, but it's just the way I feel.
Pickles.

I agree with most of that. We are one of the safest, most prosperous and harmonious countries in the world, but we are increasingly negative, even though we have little to complain about, compared with most countries. Our national mood is souring, and it makes me concerned for our children and grandchildren. Winter is coming.

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