Hello John,   
      
    JM>> Calling someone or something racist no longer means anything.   
      
    LL>> Kanye West called GWB a racist.  Not me.  In any event, you might   
    LL>> not find such words as meaning anything.  However, GWB said he was   
    LL>> greatly offended that Kanye West called him a racist, emphatically   
    LL>> stating "I'm not a racist!"  Of course, all those black folks who   
    LL>> had lost their homes and belongings in New Orleans did not believe   
    LL>> him.  Any guesses why?   
      
    JM>> You leftist have seen to that.   
      
    LL>> I'm not a leftist.  I'm a patriot.  What are you?   
      
   JM>smarter than you.   
      
   Being "smarter than you" did not help the British in either   
   the Revolutionary War or the War of 1812.   
      
   When I was in grade school, one of my teachers was from England.   
   She enjoyed telling us stories about WWII, and how valiant the British   
   people were in defense of their homeland from the Nazis.  Every now   
   and then, one of us students would say something to the effect that   
   Americans are also very brave, defending this country from invasion.   
   That kind of set her off, telling us the British "let" us win the   
   Revolutionary War so that we would fall flat on our butts, at which   
   time the British would come back as we would gladly welcome being   
   reunited with the Crown, noting the mistake her beloved British made   
   was waiting too long.  We would giggle at her tales, and pretend to   
   believe every word she said.  You see, as first graders we loved to   
   tease.  To see her face turn beet red and scold us in the Queen's   
   English was just oh so much fun.  She finally caught on to what we   
   were doing late in the school year when the whole class stated   
   singing "Yankee Doodle Dandy" in unison, the kindly nun sending me   
   to the principal's office for having conducted the class.   
      
   --Lee   
      
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