Comments on: Why Obama Need Not Count Beans http://nachonblog.com/2008/11/why-obama-need-not-count-beans/ Geoff Berg is a "lying sack of manure." -- Joseph Farah, WorldNetDaily Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:27:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Open Your Eyes http://nachonblog.com/2008/11/why-obama-need-not-count-beans/#comment-1288 Open Your Eyes Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:36:38 +0000 http://nachonblog.com/?p=2346#comment-1288 Diverse representation in power positions is not about symbolism as much as it is about fair power. The history of this nation is built on old white men stepping on minorities (women, people of color) to claim positions of power, to claim the privilege of holding the keys to every door of opportunity available, to create a situation in which "competence" is measured by standards that they themselves create. An old white man does not know the feel of a door being slammed in his face the way a black man does. He does not know the glass ceiling that women still press up against. A competent democracy would truly hear the voices of all of its citizens. Building a government that reflects those voices is critical to assuring that we truly are a nation "of the people, for the people, and by the people," in which "all men are created equal." Diverse representation in power positions is not about symbolism as much as it is about fair power. The history of this nation is built on old white men stepping on minorities (women, people of color) to claim positions of power, to claim the privilege of holding the keys to every door of opportunity available, to create a situation in which “competence” is measured by standards that they themselves create. An old white man does not know the feel of a door being slammed in his face the way a black man does. He does not know the glass ceiling that women still press up against.

A competent democracy would truly hear the voices of all of its citizens. Building a government that reflects those voices is critical to assuring that we truly are a nation “of the people, for the people, and by the people,” in which “all men are created equal.”

]]> By: The Dude http://nachonblog.com/2008/11/why-obama-need-not-count-beans/#comment-1017 The Dude Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:56:20 +0000 http://nachonblog.com/?p=2346#comment-1017 Competence. Whoa. Not sure the nation can handle too much competence at once, Man. We need some long-haired, old hippie, pot smoking slackers to round the cabinet out and really represent America, Man. Competence. Whoa. Not sure the nation can handle too much competence at once, Man. We need some long-haired, old hippie, pot smoking slackers to round the cabinet out and really represent America, Man.

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