Racial Divide Continues....

I know it is a risk to address racial issues...but I'm going to try anyway.

If you thought that electing an African American as our 44th president would prove that the United States is not a racist country, think again. It is not in the interest of the folks who make a living crying racism to let the issue die. Am I the only person incensed at the following "benediction" at the inaugural by James Lowery?

"Lord, in the memory of all the saints who from their labors rest, and in the joy of a new beginning, we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get in back, when brown can stick around...when yellow will be mellow... when the red man can get ahead, man; and when white will embrace what is right."

Now come on, I remember "separate but equal," but most of my life has been spent in the age of affirmative action and equal opportunity. When was the last time "black was asked to get in the back?" Prayers like that do not serve to unite us, only to perpetuate the divisions that hold all of us back.

I guess I am not the only one unhappy with Lowery.




---Katie

People are getting tired....

....of being bullied by criminals.

From today's Sentinel:

Gunfire at a South Orange Blossom Trail carwash Friday left a suspected robber dead at the hands of his intended victim, Orange County deputies said.

The attack took place about 6:40 p.m. when two men, one armed with a sawed-off shotgun, walked up to a customer inside a carwash bay at 5101 S. Orange Blossom Trail. They tried to rob the patron, but he pulled out a handgun and fired, striking one of his attackers, Cmdr. Paul "Spike" Hopkins said.

"The bad guy was killed, and this guy [the customer] is safe tonight," Hopkins said. Investigators did not release the names of those involved. The second suspect ran off and had not been found early today.

Friday's shooting was the second time in four days that a customer at an Orange County business shot and killed a robbery suspect.

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While I don't rejoice at the death of anyone, I am glad that it is becoming riskier to be a crook. I am glad that responsible people are getting concealed carry permits and are willing to stop violent crime. The police can't be everywhere and apparently we can't keep these violent criminals off the streets.

---Katie