Oh, Racism we know you so well!

"Obama is an Arab." What does that actually mean? That he is from the middle east?Amazing, and this thing about his middle name, wow they just can't let that go. Now on the other hand I am an American citizen and I have lived in the US for a significant amount of time. Racism did not just 'go away' at the end of segregation. This is not some integrated society. All you have to do is drive around a few neighborhoods in any suburb and realize that its quite divided still (this is of course the case for the south). Now of course this conversation is going to talk about Bill Ayers. How long ago was it that he was voted Chicago's man of the year? Ah thats right and lots of republicans have worked with him as well. The real patriot was Ayers, a man who didn't like the way his country was going (for good reasons Vietnam was a horrible war that had no right to be fought) and decided to do something about it. I am not excusing his actions, but I am putting forward the case that he can still be a patriot. I know the media is showing us snapshots of the real population and that we are seeing many of the radical incidents and not so many of the normal ones. On the other hand I've met these types of people before and I would say that in many cases the 'liberal' media is doing a good job showing the party for what it is; rich white guys voted for by dumb white guys.