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Old 11-18-08, 12:55 PM   #1
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Not sure if what I read has been verified or not, but (and I'll have to find the link again), it has been hypothesized that, according to the US census criteria, Obama can't even claim to be black. Evidently, according to this source that I can't remember, he's actually only 12.5% black, 50% white and 37.5% Arab.

I'll have to see if I can dig up some backup later this evening.

Seriously, according to the Mayan calendar, the world isn't supposed to end until Dec 21, 2012, anyway:rotfl:

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Old 11-18-08, 12:56 PM   #2
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he's actually only 12.5% black, 50% white and 37.5% Arab.
Sounds 100% American to me.
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Old 11-18-08, 07:51 PM   #3
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he's actually only 12.5% black, 50% white and 37.5% Arab.
Sounds 100% American to me.
Yep. Especially since the accusation used to be "If you have one drop of black blood in you, then..."
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Old 11-18-08, 08:27 PM   #4
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he's actually only 12.5% black, 50% white and 37.5% Arab.
Sounds 100% American to me.
Yep. Especially since the accusation used to be "If you have one drop of black blood in you, then..."
I always thought that being a "mongrel race" was one of our greatest national strengths...
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Old 11-18-08, 08:30 PM   #5
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I always thought that being a "mongrel race" was one of our greatest national strengths...
Yep, mutts are the most loyal of all
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I always thought that being a "mongrel race" was one of our greatest national strengths...
Yep, mutts are the most loyal of all
Smartest and longest-lived, too.
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Old 11-19-08, 08:03 PM   #7
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he's actually only 12.5% black, 50% white and 37.5% Arab.
Sounds 100% American to me.
Yep. Especially since the accusation used to be "If you have one drop of black blood in you, then..."
I always thought that being a "mongrel race" was one of our greatest national strengths...
Oh, I agree. I just thought it was funny that when I was a boy someone couldn't go certain places if he wasn't 'pure white', and now people are trying to dismiss Obama as the first black president by saying "well, he's not all black, you know..."
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he's actually only 12.5% black, 50% white and 37.5% Arab.
Sounds 100% American to me.
Yep. Especially since the accusation used to be "If you have one drop of black blood in you, then..."
I always thought that being a "mongrel race" was one of our greatest national strengths...
Oh, I agree. I just thought it was funny that when I was a boy someone couldn't go certain places if he wasn't 'pure white', and now people are trying to dismiss Obama as the first black president by saying "well, he's not all black, you know..."
Yeah I figured that. We have come a long way haven't we?

I just hope that we can begin to put all this racial tension behind us now and stop being "white-Americans" or "black-Americans" or (insert race or foreign nationality of choice)-Americans, and just be "Americans".

As Teddy Roosevelt said: "There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else." and Woodrow Wilson agreed saying: "Any man who carries a hyphen about with him carries a dagger that he is ready to plunge into the vitals of this Republic whenever he gets ready".
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Those are some good quotes. I had never heard the Wilson one before.
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And what is the difference between African and Kenyan black? Last time I checked Kenya was part of Africa.:hmm:

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And what is the difference between African and Kenyan black? Last time I checked Kenya was part of Africa.:hmm:
Obamas father is a Kenyan who was born in the former British Colony Kenya.
So this means that Obama might be British?
You Guys over there may have a serious problem.
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