We Better Rename The White House Or This Is A Racist Country

I find it very hard to believe that Obama had no idea that the NSA was tapping Angela Merkel's cell phone.  Either he's lying or he's asleep at the switch and should be evaluated to determine if he's fit to be President.  The denials and lies have to stop.  Time for Obama to stand up and take responsibilty like a man.  In fact, for starters I'd love to see the short list of just exactly on whom the U.S. Government/Obama Regime isn't spying.

I have to say, this idea of "political/social correctness" has become utterly absurd.  It first peaked my interest a few years ago when a friend of mine, who's son goes to Cherry Creek High School - a public bastion of white, upper middle class privilege in Denver - told me that his son, who has liberal views, happened to be in a discussion with some peers in which he disagreed with some of Obama's policies.  From that point on he was told that he was a racist because he disagreed with Obama.  Hmmm....

Ed Asner said it publicly first when he was asked why the ultra-liberal, anti-war Hollywood celebrity crowd was not coming out at all in opposition to the Obama Government's attempt to militarily - unprovoked I might add - flatten Syria and put in a puppet, to which he responded that if you oppose anything that Obama does or stands for in Hollywood you are labelled "anti-black."  His words, not mine and I'll note that he stated that he voted for Obama.

So now, and this is what provoked me to write this rant, I saw over the weekend that some actress, Julianne Hough, was heartily slammed for her Halloween costume which portrayed an African American character in the TV series "Orange Is The New Black."  You can see her costumer here:  Racist costume?  I can't even express how absurd this situation is.  I'll let the readers decide for themselves, but what it tells me is that if I were to dress up as my favorite African American NFL football player for Halloween this year, I would be branded as a racist.

What's even more pathetic is that Obama has been actively campaigning to coerce the the owner of the Washington Redskins to change the nickname of the team.  The Redskins originated in 1932 as the Boston Braves.  They changed it to Redskins in 1933 and moved to DC in 1937.  I have been avidly following football since the late 1960's.   I have never in over 44 years have ever heard any overt criticism of the use of "Redskins" as a nickname.  Yes, I do remember there was a brief period several years ago when Indian-derived team nicknames were attacked and there was a movement to get the Atlanta Braves to change their nickname and stop using the "tomahawk chop" to cheer their team.  And there was a movement to try and force the Florida State Seminoles to change their nickname.  I also recall that the Chief of the Seminole Tribe came out and strongly supported the use of the nickname.

Quite frankly, I have to believe that given all the scandals and poor political decisions - and the fact that Barack is riding the economy into a serious depression -  plaguing Obama and his incompetent administration, that Barack has much better things to take care of than wasting his time lobbying his dwindling support base for a name-change to Washington DC's dynastic NFL football franchise.  Kudos to Reskin's owner Daniel Snyder for, up to this point, ignoring the ridiculous request from Obama.

But this does bring me to my modest little proposal - with apologies to Jonathan Swift.  We have called the building in which the President resides while he is in office "The White House" since 1811, long before Obama's ancestors ever stepped foot in this country.  However, I find myself feeling like a racist every time I reference that building as "The White House."  I therefore am asking everyone to write their Congressman and to send to letters to that place where Obama lives requesting that we rename that building as something that is not racist and might be offending certain demographics.