I know corporate raiders are reckless, but then so are we. How arrogant of us all to insist
someone else form a company, regulate themselves, hire us, and grow our economies. A lack
of government is a lack of responsibility. Collective responsibility is a duty in a representative
democracy. If we do vote, we have done a great deal to honor our duties. However, we can't
drop the ball because someone else is responsible for the lives and fortunes of thousands, millions of us without our doing what we can to keep watch.
When Mr. Romney did make money for one of the Bain companies, a lot of us reaped those benefits.
Many of our pension funds made money. If we don't like the way these companies make
money, we need to say so before we cash our checks. We need to know what's happening while it's happening, and put a stop to it if it's odious. I don't prefer to put people out of work in order to make a buck.
Am I too late saying that then? I hope this isn't a wedding. Do I have to forever hold my peace? Well then ,I need an annulment or a divorce.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
Black Middle Classed Americans
So many in the Black Middle Class have failed to understand the importance of standing by one
another. So many of them fail to see that the sacrifices their ancestors made in order to stay
together cannot be judged by standards white colonialists brought from Europe.
Let that be the work of other immigrants. Our history is more unique. Our ancestors did not come
here to find work. They didn't come here at all.
When our ancestors suffered the indignities they suffered it was so that one day we might honor
the fruits of their labors, and look after one another as best we could.
They were not saving for a new home.
They were not trying to buy land.
They weren't building a nursery in preparation for a new addition to their families.
They were not saving up to get married.
They were not making certain their children got to school.
They didn't attempt to train one of their peers in a profession.
They couldn't participate in policy decisions. The U.S. specialized in non-citizenship!
From 1619 until 1865, minimally, they were trying to stay together and to look after one
another when possible. One of the most independent goals they had was to work for a plantation
where they were not owned after the work on the owner platation was done for the day. In this
way freedom was often purchased for one another. Many men did this for their moms.
Now that we have loftier goals, we nevertheless have to hold fast to the original. If there are
suddenly only a few thousand black people in this country, those people will not be safe, even if
they are rich.
If our ancestors worked, and they surely did, their legacy is far more unattainable than any
we can lay down now.
Those who struggled so in the twentieth century may not always get proper credit for it;
but that they live to strive has had to be enough proper credit for our ancestors. The two sets
of acknowledgements won't ever be equal.
Whenever any one of us attains anything large or small, we have to remember how many scores
of us have died just in case that achievement could ever come true.
When one of us have set our sights on a lofty goal, we all have to remember, whether the goal is
achieved or not, we come from a race who will die trying, with all the odds stacked against them.
What chance did our forefathers have to come here with only a few cents in their pockets?
What chance did our forefathers have to come here with pockets?
What chance did our forefathers have to leave a will- no matter the treasure they earned?
We are a different race.
Of all those born in America circa 1950, not even a century past the emancipation of slavery here, how many who were black inherited tens of millions, hundreds of millions of dollars? And
of all those non-inheritors, how many have earned a billion dollars now? I can tell you they are
several. Or they are at least three. The fact is amazing because slavery lasted a long, long time-
and not slavery had only just begun!
When an African-American or an American African achieves without a seeming nod to certain
few, there may be no lasting slight at hand. And there are scores of ancestors to thank.
One black man reaching out to another black man has be done cautiously, quietly, in America, surely if any mass of benefit is being offered.
None of us need be bitter about getting our 'props' because whatever we did for the new
generations, we are in very good company. And whatever that new generation grasped, though
they most assuredly should not be unaware of the history of our grasping, well...that is what
we strove for isn't it?
We will have done all of this so they could achieve that, inconspicuously.
In the film, Lorenzo's Oil the parents by-passed their youngster's skeptical physicians to come up with a cure for their child's disease. But as time passed, when finally they had a solution to the metabolic disaster they'd fought ,the disease had progressed in their child. The mom was then forced to ask aloud, knowing full well the answer could be 'yes', "Have we done all this for
someone else's child?"
We have to give a push to those standing in front of us, even if we move up a disappointingly little bit from where we originally stood.
That is how we do it at all.
another. So many of them fail to see that the sacrifices their ancestors made in order to stay
together cannot be judged by standards white colonialists brought from Europe.
Let that be the work of other immigrants. Our history is more unique. Our ancestors did not come
here to find work. They didn't come here at all.
When our ancestors suffered the indignities they suffered it was so that one day we might honor
the fruits of their labors, and look after one another as best we could.
They were not saving for a new home.
They were not trying to buy land.
They weren't building a nursery in preparation for a new addition to their families.
They were not saving up to get married.
They were not making certain their children got to school.
They didn't attempt to train one of their peers in a profession.
They couldn't participate in policy decisions. The U.S. specialized in non-citizenship!
From 1619 until 1865, minimally, they were trying to stay together and to look after one
another when possible. One of the most independent goals they had was to work for a plantation
where they were not owned after the work on the owner platation was done for the day. In this
way freedom was often purchased for one another. Many men did this for their moms.
Now that we have loftier goals, we nevertheless have to hold fast to the original. If there are
suddenly only a few thousand black people in this country, those people will not be safe, even if
they are rich.
If our ancestors worked, and they surely did, their legacy is far more unattainable than any
we can lay down now.
Those who struggled so in the twentieth century may not always get proper credit for it;
but that they live to strive has had to be enough proper credit for our ancestors. The two sets
of acknowledgements won't ever be equal.
Whenever any one of us attains anything large or small, we have to remember how many scores
of us have died just in case that achievement could ever come true.
When one of us have set our sights on a lofty goal, we all have to remember, whether the goal is
achieved or not, we come from a race who will die trying, with all the odds stacked against them.
What chance did our forefathers have to come here with only a few cents in their pockets?
What chance did our forefathers have to come here with pockets?
What chance did our forefathers have to leave a will- no matter the treasure they earned?
We are a different race.
Of all those born in America circa 1950, not even a century past the emancipation of slavery here, how many who were black inherited tens of millions, hundreds of millions of dollars? And
of all those non-inheritors, how many have earned a billion dollars now? I can tell you they are
several. Or they are at least three. The fact is amazing because slavery lasted a long, long time-
and not slavery had only just begun!
When an African-American or an American African achieves without a seeming nod to certain
few, there may be no lasting slight at hand. And there are scores of ancestors to thank.
One black man reaching out to another black man has be done cautiously, quietly, in America, surely if any mass of benefit is being offered.
None of us need be bitter about getting our 'props' because whatever we did for the new
generations, we are in very good company. And whatever that new generation grasped, though
they most assuredly should not be unaware of the history of our grasping, well...that is what
we strove for isn't it?
We will have done all of this so they could achieve that, inconspicuously.
In the film, Lorenzo's Oil the parents by-passed their youngster's skeptical physicians to come up with a cure for their child's disease. But as time passed, when finally they had a solution to the metabolic disaster they'd fought ,the disease had progressed in their child. The mom was then forced to ask aloud, knowing full well the answer could be 'yes', "Have we done all this for
someone else's child?"
We have to give a push to those standing in front of us, even if we move up a disappointingly little bit from where we originally stood.
That is how we do it at all.
A New Coach
The Nittany Lions have a new coach. Best of luck to him. He has a lot to live down now. I hope
someone has cleaned the place up enough so he doesn't walk into some hornets' nest of a same old
same old status quo with a few new 'players'. Rape, molestation and pedophilia should have as
much of a zero tolerance policy there as they do in any police station in the country. I have to
assume these things can't happen to children in any police station!
someone has cleaned the place up enough so he doesn't walk into some hornets' nest of a same old
same old status quo with a few new 'players'. Rape, molestation and pedophilia should have as
much of a zero tolerance policy there as they do in any police station in the country. I have to
assume these things can't happen to children in any police station!
Anybody But...
The entire Republican Primary gang is made up of 'anybody buts'.
People who hate Romney hate him so much because they hated him when John McCain was
nominated and he hasn't changed except that he keeps changing. People don't change that way.
Romney must be one of the corporations he keeps talking about ,but, he believes he is 'people'; then
thinks real people will somehow begin to labor under the same delusion. Three of every four of them will not be so deluded.
If Mr. Romney does win New Hampshire with a big margin, it will likely be because Santorum stuck his foot in his homophobe mouth just in time to insure no one will ask him to debate President Obama...ever. Scary if that were to happen- a brilliant president in a debate with some sort of self-appointed Pope
People who hate Mr. Santorum would also rather vote for 'anybody but' him.
People who hate Rand Paul are so tired of him, they will usually vote for 'anybody but' him.
People who hate Rick Perry don't actually hate him so much. Still, they'll soon come close to the
'anybody but' him sentiment. He is a Republican; and he is a candidate in the primary. So naturally, he's going to lead them right smack dab into the thick of 'anybody but' territory...sooner, rather than much later.
People who hate Romney hate him so much because they hated him when John McCain was
nominated and he hasn't changed except that he keeps changing. People don't change that way.
Romney must be one of the corporations he keeps talking about ,but, he believes he is 'people'; then
thinks real people will somehow begin to labor under the same delusion. Three of every four of them will not be so deluded.
If Mr. Romney does win New Hampshire with a big margin, it will likely be because Santorum stuck his foot in his homophobe mouth just in time to insure no one will ask him to debate President Obama...ever. Scary if that were to happen- a brilliant president in a debate with some sort of self-appointed Pope
People who hate Mr. Santorum would also rather vote for 'anybody but' him.
People who hate Rand Paul are so tired of him, they will usually vote for 'anybody but' him.
People who hate Rick Perry don't actually hate him so much. Still, they'll soon come close to the
'anybody but' him sentiment. He is a Republican; and he is a candidate in the primary. So naturally, he's going to lead them right smack dab into the thick of 'anybody but' territory...sooner, rather than much later.
Emergence
Someone tell the U.S.Republican party the emerging republican majority emerged decades ago.
They got their backlash president, the Ronald Reagan of their dreams.
They achieved the distinction of 'slip sliding away' education performances on the world scale.
If they believe destroying the world economy is an achievement, well for them it was.
If they believe adding to the troubles of the Mid East is an achievable goal, well for them it has been.
If they believe bombing an ancient Far East airport in Afghanistan was a good look, well that airport we used to start a war, hadn't recovered fully from Russian bombs anyway. Throwing good
money after bad much did we in ensuing years?
And why does The Saint continue to speak about bla.. people with respect to 'other people's money'? Africa built the entire New World. Can we effectively separate out the monies now?
Food stamps were instituted because Mississippi refused to hire black people as a backlash against the Civil Rights Act. The U.S. gives food stamps INSTEAD of a living wage. We are
perfectly free to do otherwise, but 'when it rains', as we know,' it rains on the just as well as the
unjust' - so a great many white families, and other minority families would do without Social
Services cases as well. Then what is Wal-Mart going to do? Hire people who come to work to
get a bite to eat? At least that way, we could keep down on some epidemics though; because
widespread hunger causes typhoid. As we live in close quarters in America, that disease could
spread quickly. And remember about the 'just as well as the unjust'?
Governor Romney loves chaotic woe. He wants to let the auto industry and its cottage industries
die. He wants the country to become a nation of foreclosed renters. That is, renters who put good
cash money down on a mortgage, but lost all that and must rent anyway.
Shouldn't someone have had a good eye on mortgages after the Savings and Loan debacle of
1993? Haven't you told Americans too late, after stripping them of cash and jobs, that you would
prefer they rent instead of buy?
Has the hedge fund, the arbitrageur,and the Bain Capital model become the only valued ways
of living in America? Why can't we protect the daily work of the GDP? That work belongs to us
all!
What makes the Pauls believe if you own an establishment you claim serves the public, must you also own the right to describe the public? You don't own that right. You cannot buy that right.
Public policy has that domain. Grow up.
Why would a salamander believe he has something to say the NAACP might want to hear. He has already gone on record wanting to take a man's job away and give it to the man's minor
child. Even England has progressed beyond 16th century England. Why should we want to go
back there?
As for all fifty states mistakenly not taking up slavery...why they did and they have.
For every dollar a white man does earn in this country, a black man earns about 12cent. A black
woman may earn a dime. That's pretty darned close to what you want isn't it Mr. Rand Paul?
Pat yourself on the back why don't you?
They got their backlash president, the Ronald Reagan of their dreams.
They achieved the distinction of 'slip sliding away' education performances on the world scale.
If they believe destroying the world economy is an achievement, well for them it was.
If they believe adding to the troubles of the Mid East is an achievable goal, well for them it has been.
If they believe bombing an ancient Far East airport in Afghanistan was a good look, well that airport we used to start a war, hadn't recovered fully from Russian bombs anyway. Throwing good
money after bad much did we in ensuing years?
And why does The Saint continue to speak about bla.. people with respect to 'other people's money'? Africa built the entire New World. Can we effectively separate out the monies now?
Food stamps were instituted because Mississippi refused to hire black people as a backlash against the Civil Rights Act. The U.S. gives food stamps INSTEAD of a living wage. We are
perfectly free to do otherwise, but 'when it rains', as we know,' it rains on the just as well as the
unjust' - so a great many white families, and other minority families would do without Social
Services cases as well. Then what is Wal-Mart going to do? Hire people who come to work to
get a bite to eat? At least that way, we could keep down on some epidemics though; because
widespread hunger causes typhoid. As we live in close quarters in America, that disease could
spread quickly. And remember about the 'just as well as the unjust'?
Governor Romney loves chaotic woe. He wants to let the auto industry and its cottage industries
die. He wants the country to become a nation of foreclosed renters. That is, renters who put good
cash money down on a mortgage, but lost all that and must rent anyway.
Shouldn't someone have had a good eye on mortgages after the Savings and Loan debacle of
1993? Haven't you told Americans too late, after stripping them of cash and jobs, that you would
prefer they rent instead of buy?
Has the hedge fund, the arbitrageur,and the Bain Capital model become the only valued ways
of living in America? Why can't we protect the daily work of the GDP? That work belongs to us
all!
What makes the Pauls believe if you own an establishment you claim serves the public, must you also own the right to describe the public? You don't own that right. You cannot buy that right.
Public policy has that domain. Grow up.
Why would a salamander believe he has something to say the NAACP might want to hear. He has already gone on record wanting to take a man's job away and give it to the man's minor
child. Even England has progressed beyond 16th century England. Why should we want to go
back there?
As for all fifty states mistakenly not taking up slavery...why they did and they have.
For every dollar a white man does earn in this country, a black man earns about 12cent. A black
woman may earn a dime. That's pretty darned close to what you want isn't it Mr. Rand Paul?
Pat yourself on the back why don't you?
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Dangerous And Not A Bit Democratic
Both North Korea and Iran are insane administrations...that is, a danger to themselves and
others.
North Korea thinks South Korea has a far superior way of life for its people than the people of
North Korea can access because South Korea is a traitor. A traitor to starvation, and to escape
into CHINA?! Isn't that the role of any rational government in today's world? Shouldn't those
governing be an enemy to starvation, and to citizens operating as mindless drones? Apparently
in North Korea 'traitor' has a more esoteric definition. Or perhaps the definition is simply a more
autocratically disciplined one, put in the N. Korean dictionary by 'dear leader' himself.
In the case of Iran, they seem to have an odd response to a chance to become more prosperous.
They want to be destroyed. By enriching uranium, positioning launchers, Iran won't achieve much
peaceful power use. Iran will only be putting a giant red, and white target on its back. So senseless. If they get all this nuclear power, and one of their launchers moves even accidentally a micrometer to the left or right of where it should be, they will likely be digging out of rubble for years! Their leaders will scream, "No! Imperialists! That was an earthquake. Why have you
attacked?"
Useless...
As for the Obama administration cloaking a rep of reticence on Iran policies, that rep is a fiction.
This government does not in any way need another expensive destabilization in the Mid-East.
We pay to tear places down. We pay to build them back. Are we in need of spending trillions
more when all we have to do is play with real little wooden blocks for a very few dollars if we
still have our nursery tendencies?
President Obama has taken a series of steps toward the Ahmadinejad regime, which have been
necessary to build approach, in a much needed policy to keep world muscle flexing against this brute
instability. In a government where the judiciary, the clerics, the military, and the politicians
constantly attempt to undo one another to generate regional chaos, each branch of the government feels only might will generate stability. Therefore, these rulers are seeking an instability
in the Mid-east out President need only thwart. We can shore up stable governments without always
waging war. That is our best defense against Iran, and it is also our best offense. Two birds ...
Why should our president position us to be the only world power to use force to stave off crisis in the Mid-east? Is American life and treasure that cheaply held? Not by Barack Obama, nor by Hilary Clinton for that matter...
others.
North Korea thinks South Korea has a far superior way of life for its people than the people of
North Korea can access because South Korea is a traitor. A traitor to starvation, and to escape
into CHINA?! Isn't that the role of any rational government in today's world? Shouldn't those
governing be an enemy to starvation, and to citizens operating as mindless drones? Apparently
in North Korea 'traitor' has a more esoteric definition. Or perhaps the definition is simply a more
autocratically disciplined one, put in the N. Korean dictionary by 'dear leader' himself.
In the case of Iran, they seem to have an odd response to a chance to become more prosperous.
They want to be destroyed. By enriching uranium, positioning launchers, Iran won't achieve much
peaceful power use. Iran will only be putting a giant red, and white target on its back. So senseless. If they get all this nuclear power, and one of their launchers moves even accidentally a micrometer to the left or right of where it should be, they will likely be digging out of rubble for years! Their leaders will scream, "No! Imperialists! That was an earthquake. Why have you
attacked?"
Useless...
As for the Obama administration cloaking a rep of reticence on Iran policies, that rep is a fiction.
This government does not in any way need another expensive destabilization in the Mid-East.
We pay to tear places down. We pay to build them back. Are we in need of spending trillions
more when all we have to do is play with real little wooden blocks for a very few dollars if we
still have our nursery tendencies?
President Obama has taken a series of steps toward the Ahmadinejad regime, which have been
necessary to build approach, in a much needed policy to keep world muscle flexing against this brute
instability. In a government where the judiciary, the clerics, the military, and the politicians
constantly attempt to undo one another to generate regional chaos, each branch of the government feels only might will generate stability. Therefore, these rulers are seeking an instability
in the Mid-east out President need only thwart. We can shore up stable governments without always
waging war. That is our best defense against Iran, and it is also our best offense. Two birds ...
Why should our president position us to be the only world power to use force to stave off crisis in the Mid-east? Is American life and treasure that cheaply held? Not by Barack Obama, nor by Hilary Clinton for that matter...
Sunday, January 1, 2012
White Supremacist
What an oxymoronic term this is. If whites were supreme or superior, would anyone have needed
to come up with an adjective for the term "supremacist"?
to come up with an adjective for the term "supremacist"?
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