(No racism intended, "black market" is a phrase defined as: The illegal business of buying or selling goods or currency in violation of restrictions such as price controls or rationing. -- used in this way it has nothing to do with race.)I figure as a white male I had better cover my bases in this department from now on. What with black man in the white house. I heard they fragged a guy for using the phrase "black hole". He was not referring to any orifice on a an african-american but merely using colorful language (no racism intended) to make his point regarding taxation. A brave man, indeed.
My first job out of college was selling door to door. Our city was just wired with Cable TV, and my job was to go door to door selling the service. At the time it was an easy job—60% of the doors knocked resulted in a sale. But we had to knock on every door, in every neighborhood, on every street.
This job opened my eyes to the generosity and overall politeness of average people in this country. I worked in affluent areas, and very poor areas. The poor areas (mostly urban, black and hispanic) had generally nicer people—people who would be more likely to ask you in and offer you a glass of water.
What this guy experienced is not an overwhelming outcry for Obama, but rather what most people should experience: That Americans are generally nice, honest, and welcoming people. We get so hung up on the stereotypes of our suburbs we cannot imagine that people are simply people.
That job changed my life. And I’m not going to vote for Obama.