Of presidents, poor people and race

Editor, The Commercial:

Some people think a Democratic president is better for poor people. Some think a Republican is better. In my opinion, if you are a poor person like Kim Jong-un, who could be president, you probably would do just as well.

If you are unhappy at how they are running the country and complain, they might get you out of your misery by executing you like Kim Jong-un did his uncle.

Since I moved back to Arkansas from Michigan, I lived in Texas, Tennessee and back in Arkansas. I found out it’s some angry black people in the South.

I don’t understand why. We got some opportunities. The only thing I can figure out is anger is a sickness that comes from how bad black people been treated for centuries and is passed down from generation to generation. I guess by me living in Michigan for 36 years I was able to get rid of my anger.

I have a question — if the American flag represents black people, how come it’s red, white and blue and not red, white and black?

This white woman said to me, “Every time I see you, you are smiling and speaking. How can you be so happy all the time?” I said, “Because I don’t have any money to worry about.”

I guess she was surprised to see a poor black man can be this happy. Two things can make a man unhappy — worrying about money and a woman. I am too old to worry about both.

Henry Goodloe

Pine Bluff