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Herman Cain offended by 'bad apple,' 'crack pipe' comments

                Herman Cain, republican presidential candidate and retired pizza chain executive, voices his debate over racism. Cain tells fox 8 news that he was offended by “comments” made from Harry Belafonte and Cornel West regarding his declaration that people use racism as an excuse.

                “Because he happened to have had good fortune hit him, and happened to have had a moment when he broke through – the moment someone blinked – does not make him the authority on the plight of people of color,” Belafonte said in an interview with Joy Behar that will be aired in full Friday on HLN.

“Herman Cain is just the latest incarnation of what is totally false to the needs of our community and the needs of our nation,” Belafonte said. “I think he’s a bad apple, and people should look at his whole card. He’s not what he says he is.” West said Cain, “needs to get off the symbolic crack pipe and acknowledge that the evidence [of racism] is overwhelming.”

Here’s the gust of all this BS: racism stays alive because “we,” as a whole, keep it alive by continuing to discuss these kinds of topics. That’s my own opinion of course but I am so tired of hearing about racism. Just because this guy Cain said, “I don’t have a lot of patience for people who want to blame racism on the fact that some people don’t make it in America,” noting that he “was able to climb the corporate ladder” at Pillsbury and Burger King.” I agree with him! Black, white, yellow, or whatever color you are doesn’t have a thing to do with how your life ends up. I believe that you have total control over your own life. Some people even blame gender for them not going anywhere in life.

I believe also that you can do whatever it is that you want to do if you have a passion for it. This guy Cain goes on to say, “If you put your mind to it and you don’t play the victim card, you can do whatever you want to do in this country, I am walking proof of that.” I like the way he thinks and I am in total agreement with him. So many people play the victim card that it makes me sick. People will get fat and go on disability. They can‘t work anymore because they got so fat that their body refused to keep hauling their weight around on its joints that weren’t made for that kind of pounds. In reality yes, they really can’t work but they did this to themselves. It’s good that we can’t get on disability because of gender or race. But I am too sure that people have tried this before.  Stand up and take responsibility for yourself! Go out and be or do something!