A few months ago, I had written an article entitled “Does Modern-Day America Mean Heritage Over Country?” in which I spoke of the separatist idea of reparations for black Americans & how essentially “hyphenated-Americanism” has taken over our youth.
I received an email, in response, from a middle-aged woman who stated that she was a former advocate for National Council of La Raza, a group I also advocated for throughout my high school & initial college years. What intrigued me was a statement she made regarding “…President Obama’s hypocritical stance on social issues” pertaining to race, religion, & equality.
As I contemplated her words I realized that I had been harboring similar sentiments…
“I am offended that a man whom I voted for sold out the rest of American society for his own agenda. I am offended that he uses his own ethnicity, which could be seen as a remarkable accomplishment, as a tool to exploit Americans of all races & faiths. It makes me angry that an advocacy & civil rights organization with such high potential for positive impact on our community, has gone down such a radical & racial road…”
She’s correct. “Hope, Change, & Unity” have turned into “political jerky” & Americans are slowly realizing that the taste left in their mouths is not as it should be. And rather than be proud of your culture & heritage, it is used as a crutch which is only a ‘benefit’ when the situation permits. This can be seen in many of the individuals who now are controlling our lives as a result of Obama’s nominations & czars.
One of the beauties of American democracy is the “out with the old, in with the new” policy shifts that take place post-election. It is also one of the consequences that the losing candidate must endure. And Lord knows (or ‘tree’ knows or ‘whatever your higher power is’ knows) that we’ve had numerous policy shifts over the last few months, but there are many Americans in communities across the country who feel wholeheartedly disenfranchised by the hypocrisy evident in the majority of this “change.” The T.E.A. parties clearly demonstrated this frustration.
So is it intellectually dishonest not to take note or be aware that there exists a “cause-baiter” behind every move our Statist administration makes? Yes, it is.
Just as it is intellectually dishonest when the MSM & other ‘smear-machines’ attempt to demonize the opposing political & racial groups through baseless slander…I don’t honestly believe that you would find one American that is completely opposed to positive progress in America & largely around the world. Yet the Republican Party & its constituents are constantly vilified as the party of “old, white men.”
News flash: There are many Americans of all cultures & walks of life who hold honesty, integrity, individual responsibility, & innovation up on high pedestals—these values are goals to be reached.
Contrary to what the Liberal machine & the media would have you believe America’s “entrepreneurial spirit” is not a “white thing.”
No, I’m not one to say that the “-ism’s” no longer exist in America, but the facts also show us that the majority of these “-ism’s” run counter-operative to their traditional history. What I mean by that, in reference to minorities, is this:
There are two very distinct roles that one must play in modern-day politics & these roles also shape life choices.
The first is the Liberal Play Book, comprised of feel-good rhetoric, woe-is-me life stories, & government community dependence, sometimes referred to as “community salvation.”
The second is the Conservative Play Book, comprised of…well, I think people in this category are usually referred to as “Uncle Tom’s,” & down-right sell-outs. I was even referred to as a “coconut” (brown on the outside & white on the inside) after someone read a composition I wrote during high school & proceeded to describe my writing-style as someone who was “trying to sound like ‘whitey’.”
I mean, “why anybody tryna sound like ‘whitey’?”
On a more serious note, if “said minority” does not fit into either of these categories, they’re likely to be recruited for the Liberal cause & if they happen to fit into the Conservative one—well they’re fair game, pigment not prohibiting.
Modern-day Liberals exploit America’s citizens.
Yes, I’m aware that is a charged statement & no, I did not mis-speak, so let me be frank…
More often than not, the “changes” Liberals wish to impose are presented in a way that appears to “give the people new [yet abstract] rights” that they have previously been “denied” by the Conservative & the Constitutionalist.
Some even believe, as then-Senator Obama stated, that the Constitution is essentially a hindrance of the people.
“…It [the Warren Court] didn’t break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution, at least as it has been interpreted — and Warren Court interpreted it in the same way, that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties. It says what the states can’t do to you, says what the federal government can’t do to you. But it doesn’t say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf.”
These “rights,” that so many citizens are so often ‘denied’ by way of the Conservative, are often times direct assaults on many of Man’s basic rights—the unalienable rights—and their implementation allows for an excessive State control over American lives.
Conservatives on the other hand, believe in prudent change. The difference between the Liberal “change” & the Conservative “prudent change” being that the latter pays respect to tradition & American value systems by drawing from not only the Founding documents, but also from other sources of knowledge, experience, & still all of this is done with unique specificity to the issue at hand. There are no “sweeping programs” implemented because any ‘reform’ of large scope cannot be properly monitored & therefore, the effects could potentially do more damage than benefit.
In the Liberal mind, an American “Utopian” state is not possible because too many individuals are free to conduct themselves in ways they choose & therefore, American Liberty is the enemy of the “progressive” movement.
President Barack Obama based his campaign upon “Hope & Change” & we are paying that costly price for two reasons:
1) He fully believes (through conditioning & possible “self-discovery”) that the individual must be controlled so that the entire society may have what he deems equality.
2) He also came to the conclusion (through the above stated methods) that by surrendering & relinquishing “small” freedoms—he would call it “bucking up” & making “necessary investments for the future”—the State will make what was previously “impossible” possible.
The government that was said to be “open & transparent” has clearly demonstrated that it likes to distract attention with nonsense as it proceeds along a completely different route, blindsiding its citizens in the name of “crises.”
For example, the God & Country Family Festival in Nampa, Idaho was taken-aback when the Pentagon denied their request for a fly-over demonstration due to the nature of their Christian “perceived focus…based on information found on [their] website.” 79 men & women were to be sworn into 4 different branches of the military on that night & the fly-over, which is seen by the nearly 10,000 that attend, is a tribute to all those who are serving or have done so in the past.
I now sense another Statist argument arising regarding the “Separation of Church & State” so let’s clear this up…
The Declaration of Independence states:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, & the pursuit of Happiness.”
Meaning that the Founder’s created our country around the principles of Natural Law; and by saying this, I mean that despite their different denominations they were all united behind the belief that the Creator—a higher power of one kind or another—was not only the origin of their existence, but also the source of their reasoning abilities.
Now we move on to the actual definition & purpose behind “Separation of Church & State.”
The 1st Amendment reads:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
As this argument applies to the God & Country Festival, we must acknowledge that the title of the ceremony makes note of “God”—your God, my God, Fidel Castro’s God…it doesn’t matter.
The 1st Amendment does not have a “Separation from God” clause; the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment (which Statists typically refer to when defending their misguided position) prohibits the government from establishing an official religion & also from establishing preference of one religion over another.
It does not, in any way, prohibit a fly-over or other demonstration by any branch of the military at patriotic gatherings that make note of God, specifically for that reason.
Any individual in America can enjoy ‘unalienable rights’ like those which were bestowed upon us by our Creator as laid out in the Constitution of the United States, and they can at the same time wholeheartedly reject where it is that these rights came from—the “Divine origin” portion of the equation. That is the beauty of America. That is also an individual choice; organized & civilized American society cannot function around this secular principle alone, however, as can be seen in other countries & as I fear, may be witnessed in our own country more & more.
Let’s move on to another hypocritical stance…
President Obama made it explicitly clear that he wouldn’t partake in the National Day of Prayer gathering intended for all Americans. He not only snubbed the groups that organized this event, but he also offended many Americans, particularly at a time when people are turning to faith in record numbers. Did he think that America wouldn’t notice him turn around to not only attend, but key-note speak at the 2009 National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast which he used as a platform to discuss his immigration ‘plans’ & the power of faith in today’s society? Special interest much?
Or perhaps we should look at his recent ‘sermon’ to the NAACP in which he dropped all his “whiteness” & adopted a fake accent in an effort to “reach out to his people” as one MSNBC reporter put it. His message was well-executed, in my humble opinion, since he did speak of personal responsibility & telling our children that their destiny is theirs & theirs alone. However, was the pandering necessary? Of course some do not consider it pandering per se, but from someone with an ‘ethnic background’ it was a tad insulting…
It seems to many Americans, myself included, that this administration will use any means necessary to spread the message of Marxist class warfare now adapted into ‘identity politics’ to advance their own agenda. They have no interest in the people they were put into office to serve, but all the interest humanly possible in their jobs…
This administration puts in place people to run & oversee our country, like Sonia Sotomayor, who have records that clearly show they have no qualms about “interpreting” away constitutional safeguards as long as it can be used to promote their own ideological agendas.
So my message to you, Mr. President, is this:
Your administration & presidency, which could be used to inspire ‘minority youth’ & ‘majority youth’ alike, is instead coming across as the antithesis of Martin Luther King’s Dream. His transcendent principles have been all but abandoned & your hypocritical stance on issues & on the Founding documents that supposedly guided you throughout your life, are not helping.
Character & quality over color…whatever happened to THAT dream?
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