Those interested in Freemasonic symbols should already be familiar with the chessboard (or chequerboard) pattern of black and white squares that can be found on the floor of every Masonic Lodge.
The symbolism works (as always) on various levels - the fact that it is a chessboard represents the idea that they are the chess-players, and we, the Goyem (or uninitiated) are the pawns. On a more existential plane; the 2 colours show, like the yin-yang, the contrast of good and evil, male and female, day and night, etc...
Following the worst 8 years in American history, it stands to reason that the next president would have to embody these principles; to be the good that follows the bad, the peacemaker after the warmonger. But how symbolic, that he should even represent the black & white in his very self. Having secured 'the black vote' by virtue of him being black and a democrat (the latter being true for every democratic candidate!) he then had to win over those whites who weren't sure about the idea of breaking with over 2 centuries of tradition and allowing a black man to have a good job.
Somebody who is prepared to stop at nothing to achieve their dream is said to be willing to 'sell their grandmother'. So there she was, just a couple of days before the election, getting sick (and dying during the last day of the election). I don't believe for a minute that Barak or his campaign team wanted her to get ill, but they certainly seized this golden opportunity by sending out publicity photos of Obama spending quality time with his obviously white grandparents.
Personally, I abhor racism, and see it as a 'divide and conquer' technique; but I can see how the politically correct whites would have breathed a quiet sigh of relief to know that the man they would vote for was half white after all.
Here's hoping that his dual race-card will unify a diseased and troubled nation and get them to work together at repairing their own country, instead of fighting to destroy everyone else's.
The symbolism works (as always) on various levels - the fact that it is a chessboard represents the idea that they are the chess-players, and we, the Goyem (or uninitiated) are the pawns. On a more existential plane; the 2 colours show, like the yin-yang, the contrast of good and evil, male and female, day and night, etc...
Following the worst 8 years in American history, it stands to reason that the next president would have to embody these principles; to be the good that follows the bad, the peacemaker after the warmonger. But how symbolic, that he should even represent the black & white in his very self. Having secured 'the black vote' by virtue of him being black and a democrat (the latter being true for every democratic candidate!) he then had to win over those whites who weren't sure about the idea of breaking with over 2 centuries of tradition and allowing a black man to have a good job.
Somebody who is prepared to stop at nothing to achieve their dream is said to be willing to 'sell their grandmother'. So there she was, just a couple of days before the election, getting sick (and dying during the last day of the election). I don't believe for a minute that Barak or his campaign team wanted her to get ill, but they certainly seized this golden opportunity by sending out publicity photos of Obama spending quality time with his obviously white grandparents.
Personally, I abhor racism, and see it as a 'divide and conquer' technique; but I can see how the politically correct whites would have breathed a quiet sigh of relief to know that the man they would vote for was half white after all.
Here's hoping that his dual race-card will unify a diseased and troubled nation and get them to work together at repairing their own country, instead of fighting to destroy everyone else's.
