...people would judge people's character and not their color or status.

Politics came up at dinner last night. It was stated that McCain is too old. I couldn't agree more. He probably could've been a great President had he won the first time he ran in 2000. He's just too old for the job now, in my opinion. It was also said that Obama will be shot if he gets the job and that there are so many back-woods people that wouldn't stand for a black president. While I know there are a lot of people out there who feel this way it still just absolutely makes me sick. Regardless of your party affiliation, why focus on the color of his skin? The man is well-educated, successful and can sympathize with the American public. And to be fair he's really only part African-American. His mother was a white woman.

People are so ignorant that they believe all these FWD emails that come through talking about him being related to terrorists. Are you freaking kidding me? Because his middle name is Hussein they think he must be a terrorist. How stupid is that? Am I the only one who realizes how stupid that sounds? Hussein is a very common name in Africa and Middle Eastern countries. The fact that Americans focus on stupid crap like that just goes to show you why our country is in the state it's in. We're ignorant. We're arrogant. We're oblivious to the rest of the world unless our fearless leader sends our brothers, uncles, fathers, and cousins to them to kill people.

I'm really not sure where I'm going with this. I just get so angry hearing "We can't have a black president." Uhm...why not? Who gives a shit what color he is? Where in the constitution does it say that our president has to be white and a man? That's right. It doesn't because that's a stupid thing to think and people who think it are ignorant and racist. I guess that's what it's about. So many people think they aren't racist, but they are so dumb they don't realize that saying things like that IS racist. Assuming someone might be shifty because their middle name is of middle eastern decent IS racist.

It all makes me mad. I don't want my child to grow up around people who feel this way. I don't want him to think it's okay to believe that a man whose skin is a different color is somehow less of a man than him. I know that it's up to me to teach him these things and I will, but it sure makes my job harder when he'll grow up surrounded by ignorance everywhere but at home.

Okay, well, I'll quit bitching. Have a nice weekend.

Here's a new picture of M...in his Bumbo chair!