rant

I'm so annoyed with the news lately. It drives me insane how unfair/biased everything is. We have Pres. Carter saying that S.C. Rep. Wilson calling Obama a liar was a racist act. I agree it was in extremely poor taste, but what ever happened to freedom of speech? There are black and white people everywhere protesting Obama's health care initiative...are they racist too? No, they are just standing up for their beliefs.
And then on the other hand, you have Kayne West interrupting Taylor Swift's acceptance speech, taking the microphone out of her hand and proclaiming in front of the world (or whoever the heck watches the MTV VMA's anymore) that she didn't deserve the award, Beyonce did. Why is it that we have such a double standard that no one is calling the race card for that?
It kills me that we are even still talking about race in an age where we have a black president. Heck, they were even discussing the purpose of the NAACP a few months ago now that we have a black president.
And another thing about Rep. Wilson. I've heard all this chatter on the news about how abominable what he did was and how as a House of Representative member he needs to carry himself with more couth since he is a high ranking member of society. Oh my gawd, how are politicians high ranking members of society? Look at how many of them have extramarital affairs, arrests, drug problems, corruption... I mean, geez, the disgusting Governor of South Carolina left the country to go have an affair with his "soul mate" and made a mockery out of his family life and he still got to keep his job. Rep. Wilson yells out "you lie" - which I agree is wrong and I do not in any way agree with, but it was his right to do so through freedom of speech - and people are calling for him to step down.
The Kayne West and Rep. Wilson issues have just shown even more clearly how there is such a lack of respect for others in our society. It's so me-me-me. How can I let everyone know MY opinion? How can I let everyone know I am in control? Did you guys see the clip of the college football player who was mad that his team lost so he went over and sucker-punched a member of the opposing team, right in the face after he had taken off his helmet. When his fellow team members tried to restrain him, he started punching them too. Geesus, these are the people that kids look up to nowadays.
Ugh, it's depressing. I just hate the racism card. And I hate when it has a complete double standard. And I hate the lack of respect people have for others now. Okay, I'm stepping off of my soap box now.