Do We Really Want Another Black President

effowe

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I am not prejudiced. Far from it. What I am?or, I should say, who I am?is a man who loves his country so deeply that he is unwilling to stand idly by while our nation allows itself to be completely annihilated by another incoming comet.

Have we learned nothing from the tragic events of 1998, when, under the watch of President Morgan Freeman, this nation was plunged into chaos, and hundreds of millions of people died at the hands of the deadly Wolf-Beiderman space rock? The mere fact that this country is even considering putting another black man, Barack Obama, in the Oval Office proves that we have not.

We can't deny the facts, people. All we will get by electing an African-American is Texas-size space particles crashing into the Earth's surface, mega-tsunamis that barrel into the Appalachian Mountains, and 6.6 billion dead people.

I'm not suggesting that President Freeman was directly responsible for the creation of the Wolf-Beiderman comet or its Earth-bound path. That would be ridiculous. What I am saying is that under the watch of a black man that comet destroyed the entire Eastern seaboard. So, if history is any indicator, a vote for Barack Obama in 2008 is essentially a vote for the complete and total obliteration of the human race.

Don't we owe it to our children, and our children's children, to use this upcoming election to guarantee the Earth's existence rather than dooming it for eternity?

To even risk putting Mr. Obama in a position where he would insist, as past black presidents have, that our nuclear arsenal is powerful enough to divert the incoming comet would be foolish, to say the least. Any decision like that would only break the fast-approaching space rock into two very powerful asteroids, both of which would end up heading straight for Earth, leaving all of us who aren't on the small list of people picked to live in the government-sponsored protective caves to burn, drown, or die while in the arms of our estranged fathers. The only difference is, this time around, the late astronaut Robert Duvall will not be alive to save millions of lives by conducting a suicide space mission to destroy the larger of the two asteroids before it enters the Earth's atmosphere.

In my book, any possible repeat of this extinction-level event is reason enough not to elect another African-American president. Consider that later that same summer, just two months after the first deep impact, this very country once again faced Armageddon in the form of another comet hurtling toward Earth. In this instance, under the watch of a white president who sort of looked like an older Dennis Quaid, that catastrophe was avoided entirely.

As if that is not enough, history shows us that, besides carrying the baggage of a guaranteed asteroid strike, black heads of state also give terrorists extra motivation to destroy the United States. During the presidency of 24's David Palmer, there were no fewer than four nuclear bombs smuggled into this country. That's four more than under any white president. Though we should have known better than to elect President Palmer in the first place (he was elected three years after President Freeman left office), the U.S. populace made him the commander in chief because it was swayed by then-Senator Palmer's commitment to change, his no-nonsense approach, and his ability to inspire. Sound familiar?

Asteroids and nuclear bombs?that's what this nation can expect from an Obama White House.

Need I even mention that former President Chris Rock and his administration's slogan was "The only thing white is the house"? Though this attitude broke down the stuffiness typically associated with proper White House decorum, President Rock's laissez-faire approach not only made a mockery of the office at home, but made the United States look like a joke abroad.

I concede that the United States has had a competent African-American president in the huge black guy from the The Fifth Element, who did great things for this country by keeping the evil Mr. Zorg at bay. But that is years from now. There is no denying that by 2236, when we have flying taxicabs, this country will be ready for a black president. But until then, if we want life in this great land to continue as we know it, we owe it to ourselves to make the right choice and reelect Kevin Kline.


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FoBoT

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uh, it is a link to the onion

it isn't a real political article

i think this needs to go back to OT , it isn't real
 

KK

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Originally posted by: FoBoT
uh, it is a link to the onion

it isn't a real political article

i think this needs to go back to OT , it isn't real

:thumbsup:
 

Judgement

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I don't read theonion.com and didn't feel the need to read all of that... I'm assuming its a satirical website?


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I finally read more than the first two sentences and there is no way in hell this belongs in P&N.
 

effowe

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Heh, I just posted a thread in forum issues when my refresh turned up as a missing page. I thought it got delted. A second later I realized it may have been moved to P&N, and wouldn't ya know it, here it is.
 

Dari

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That was the only movie where I truly felt despair. The look on Freeman's face during his final telecast said it all. Great movie.
 

Slick5150

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This thread proves that 99% of the people that comment on supposed P&N articles don't even read what's posted prior to doing so.

Edit: It also questions what the moderators read before moving/locking things.
 

jjones

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Bill Pullman's defeat of the alien invasion only further corroborates the article's assertions. The first truly great black president might be the war hero Will Smith, but until he decides to run, I say we avoid going down this road.
 

Geekbabe

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Fellow mods,please noteI 've moved this back to OT where it belongs as it's just comedy from the onion,it isn't a real news article

thanks Geekbabe AT senior mod
 

effowe

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Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Fellow mods,please noteI 've moved this back to OT where it belongs as it's just comedy from the onion,it isn't a real news article

thanks Geekbabe AT senior mod

:thumbsup: You're the best
 

Aikouka

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First looked at the article kind of funnily ... then saw it was from TheOnion :laugh:.
 

Drakkon

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"During the presidency of 24's David Palmer, there were no fewer than four nuclear bombs smuggled into this country."- clearly the most compelling argument. But didn't the previous "white" administration practically give anthrax or some other deadly chemical to the terrorists? (remember something like that - so hard to follow the plot line in that show after it being gone for soo long :()