re: Move over poker, we got fishing competition scandal.

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aside from the fishing, NONE of what you just listed is new, not in America nor on planet Earth

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Maybe, but I'm on the tail end of the silent generation; I lived in a time when a man's word was his bond. One incident (of which there were many) in my life captures that perfectly. I needed some work done on my property. Routine upgrades in my yard, including drainage pipes and a culvert. I hired this old gentleman (African American). I told him what I wanted to do, he gave me a quote, we agreed on the price, and we shook hands. As we shook hands (a simple gesture), he looked at me straight up, and I looked at him. We both knew where we came from. I remember my father doing the same thing regularly. It was just the way things were done.

Life was simpler then. We didn't look at the color of our neighbors skin. At least my parents didn't. We knew when you were facing an incoming hurricane and needed to get your crop in NOW, you couldn't afford to prejudice. We were all in this together. It makes me sad to see what has happened to my country.

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character". - Reverend Martin Luther King (August 28, 1963)