Attacking the messenger is another liberal tactic used to divert attention from the embarassing issue. The Reverend may have let his true feelings out when speaking after the rally and you have to wonder why he had to add the word "white" in front of commissioners. Does he believe "white" men can't represent people of other color? Does he believe color is more important than ideas, character or ability? Instead of discussing these issues, or the concept of race based voter representation in Augusta, the early strike states it's essentially none of your business and rude. Hardly, these are the exact same issues communities are facing, but are unwilling to discuss across the country. I did and I do, Indeed.

I hear Sharpton is coming to town. Will it be a fund-raiser or a plea for good people to step forward and talk about the crime rate in our town.

I don't think anyone is ever against examining every issue very closely. That's good gov't practice, and things should be evaluated thoroughly. That's not the issue here.

The issue is that a black pastor has accused white commissioners of being incapable of making decisions that will benefit the black community. I'm sorry, but that comment smacks of blatant racism. Again, if a white person expressed that sentiment he/she would be run out of town on a rail. But, apparently it's more than OK for a black pastor (i.e., community leader) to express that racist opinion publically. It's a double standard that, apparently, the black community endorses and practices very openly.

I am not an Augusta native. Frankly, I don't care about the past problems, or how things used to be. I want our leaders and community to come together and focus on a future that is good for ALL citizens, regardless of race. Judging by this recent "non-protest" rally, it is very apparent that not all people in Augusta share this same goal. It is this attitude that will prevent this city from moving forward, and will instead continue to shackle us to the past. Is that what you really want?

What if everyone put Retired Army on the "ignore" list? Would that stop the points from accumulating?

It is rather curious that a poster who deals in "racism, prejudice, personal attack, harassment, hate, and hypocrisy" would be the leading the points sweepstakes. But again, I really don't understand this point system.

Dicotomy your post was right on, but you forgot one thing until Paul Simon and Associates look like people of color there will never be any public outrage. The great investigative reporting of Scott Hudson shows you that. Posters ranted for the feds to investigate the CHDO's but no one spoke of the main culprit the Land Bank Authority. David Fry played crazy and got a slap on the wrist mean while Chester Wheeler ain't been seen in weeks. Yes race is uses to divide us all but money controls the true divide.

Now that you mention it, Dichotomy, it is curious about these pastors. As men of God, they know that the #2 command they are given to live by is to put the welfare of others above that of their own welfare.

But, here we have a pastor who clearly demands his own welfare (and that of his own folks) above the welfare of the city as a whole.

Whether these men are RINOs or not is between them and the God they claim to represent. I'll not go there. But, it is very strange indeed that these men do oftentimes seem to go against the very commands that they have supposedly dedicated their lives to uphold and follow -- and set the example for others to follow as well.

At the least, making self-serving, prejudiced, racist comments is certainly not something that should be practiced by any man claiming to be a representative of God. One thing these clergymen should know is the contempt that Jesus held for religious leaders who served political interests more than serving God. These folks were called Pharisees, and Jesus judged and condemned their acts many times over.

If you've been wondering about all the democrat charges of "racism" aimed at Republicans and how they seem to tie "racism" into each and every issue they find, you might find this interesting.

http://spectator.org/blog/2012/05/13/key-soros-ally-provides-race-r

The race card will always be played because one side will never trust the other, the blacks look to the past and the whites see all the bad the media shows them and they base their opinons on that and asume everyone is the same. Unless we start looking at each other as fellow human beings and let the race issue die then this will continue to happen. There is good and bad in each and every race, no one race is better or superior to the other as much as some would like to believe that they are. I also find the comment by the commisioner to be racist, if I was in a position like he is I would have the good of ALL people in mind and I would not wanting anyone to assume I did not. For Gods sake people, we are all human beings......with all the problems we face in this world a persons skin color should be the last thing we are worrying about or talking about.

DP, here's the statement from the original article. It's all the public has to go on....

"The Rev. Chris Waters, of Thankful Baptist Church, said after the rally that white commissioners representing a minority of Augustans were making decisions for the black majority. “The tone that it took certainly is an expression of the frustrations of many in the community,” Waters said of Mason’s speech.

It appears that Waters is "frustrated" that whites are making decisions that are affecting blacks. Apparently, Mason expressed this frustration in his speech as well.

It is part of a planned, orchestrated scheme among ultra-lefties to introduce a suggestion/charge of "racism," either overtly or covertly, into virtually every issue arising between democrats and republicans and/or wherever public policy is discussed.

The democrats seek to divide the nation on the basis of race and wealth on all issues and will throw in any other area they can use to further divide the nation they can find (eg. homosexual "marriage").

Better get used to it. It's going to get a lot worse as November approaches.

Agree with double standards post earlier. Paul and Billy have screwed the city out of millions, with very little public outrage. But in fairness there has been a bit of heat on their shenanigans in the last few months, via the TEE center/parkingate fiasco. The only constant, be it Charles Walker/Chester Wheeler or Paul/Billy is money....They want us to argue over "black vs. white". Then they can split "the green".....
THAT'S the REAL outrage....