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NAACP: Hypocrisy, Denial, Arrogance, and Ignorance
Does the NAACP expect the majority of Americans, black or white, to take them seriously after passing a resolution to condemn “extremist elements within the Tea Party”?
There is a common mis-understanding that the Tea Party is a unified party such as the GOP or DNC. The positives: anyone can freely start up their own local chapter and call it their own “Tea Party”. The negative: anyone can freely start up their own local chapter and call it their own “Tea Party”.
There was even a situation in Nevada where there was a group putting forth a candidate up as a “Tea Party” member who was actually working against the Tea Party candidate and/or GOP candidate- a sort of “dummy” candidate hoping to take votes away from the actual conservative who is running. Fortunately that didn’t quite work out.
Because any one person or group could start a group and carry the banner, “Tea Party”, there could be people who abuse that freedom. There would be nothing from stopping a KKK member from putting up signs to join his/her “Tea Party” chapter and then show up with racist material and signs. But I guarantee that if that group were to show up at a rally they would be asked to leave and/or shunned- no doubt.
Just the same, anyone could start their own fake “Tea Party” group, make up racist material, show up to a rally with the hopes that the media will pick it up to show on the evening news. This has even been encouraged by groups on the left. Of course, the question would be, if we are such racists, why would you have to create a racist event for the cameras? (Some people have more time on their hands then they need. Get a hobby for crying out loud!)
From day one there has been a steady stream of media trying to paint anyone who disagrees, and speaks out, against the current administration as being racist. It’s not a matter of finding the evidence of the mainstream media’s ongoing rant against the Tea Party movement, it’s finding evidence that the media isn’t pushing the anti-Tea Party agenda. There seems to be little interest in reporting fact based news anymore.
They make charges, but can’t back it up. When in doubt, they can post the photo of the one idiot with a sign in a crowd of 200,000- and then label the crowd racist. This is an old trick- I believe the name Sal Alinsky comes to mind.
I take a challenge to the NAACP: I would bet there are more African-American members at Tea Parties across the country then there are white people at NAACP meetings- who are members. African-Americans are not only attending Tea Parties, but they are leading them and speaking at the events. With a name like National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, they are being quite bold to point the finger. Maybe they need to get the log out of their eye.
The Tea Party movement isn’t about the “advancement” of any one group- its about the advancement of more individual freedom for all people through smaller, transparent, fiscally responsible government. The Tea Party is diverse- but unlike the NAACP, they judge people by the content of character, not the color of their skin pigment. I believe the Tea Party is living out the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. even more clearly then groups such as the NAACP. Maybe the Tea Party should take on the name NAAACP- National Association for the Advancement of All People.
The NAACP have become hypocrites. With all the problems facing “their own” communities, they choose to condemn the Tea Party, yet turn their head to actual racist groups such as the New Black Panther party. Their ignorance to the openly vile racism and hate of the New Black Panther party is puzzling. The NAACP resolution against the Tea Party almost seems like a way to take attention off real racism. The media has largely ignored the New Black Panther story. But the “Tea Party is racist” mantra is right in stride with the mainstream media.
Pacific Grove, CA
There something rather ironic about NAACP president Benjamin Jealous. Here is a man, born to a black mother and white father, who grew up in Pacific Grove- the wealthy coastal town in Monterey County, California. Neighboring towns Pebble Beach, Monterey, and Carmel-by-the-Sea attract some of the richest of the rich.
The same people who were neighbors to Jealous have become the same people who the NAACP demonize as “the oppressors”. The percentage of African-Americans in Pacific Grove- less then 1%.
Upon being appointed president of the NAACP, Jealous was living in in Alameda, California- a city where the median family income was between $86,516 and $94,555 as of 2008. Alameda is a place known for wine, theater, and its hometown hero and winner of America’s Cup, the Golden Gate Yacht Club.
Why do I bring this up? Actually, I applaud Mr. Jealous for living out a successful life. I also reject the idea that African-Americans, or any other race, must live in a area based on some racial makeup of an area. That is not only pushing forward a segregation-like mentality, but it is un-American. We are the “melting pot”- somehow those on the left want to take the ingredients out of the melting pot and separate them out.
But there seems to be a do as we say, not as we do mentality coming from the NAACP. They condemn the Tea Party for individuals behavior that the Tea Party has rejected time and time again, yet they ignore racist behavior in their own “party”, even ignoring blatant hate from the New Black Panthers.
I am certain that Benjamin Jealous holds Malcom X in high regard. Based on Malcom X’s own words, I’m not sure if the feeling would be mutual. According to Malcom X, there is no room for people like Jealous in the “black movement”:
“If I have a cup of coffee that is too strong for me because it is too black, I weaken it by pouring cream into it. I integrate it with cream. If I keep pouring enough cream in the coffee, pretty soon the entire flavor of the coffee is changed; the very nature of the coffee is changed. If enough cream is poured in, eventually you don’t even know that I had coffee in this cup”
“This is what happened with the March on Washington. The whites didn’t integrate it; they infiltrated it. Whites joined it; they engulfed it; they became so much a part of it, it lost its original flavor. It ceased to be a black march; it ceased to be militant; it ceased to be angry; it ceased to be impatient. In fact, it ceased to be a march.”
Malcom X judged people by the color of their skin. That is why Martin Luther King, Jr.’s ideas won out in the end. King was a man of God. King was not a hypocrite, nor was he in denial. MLK was far from arrogant, and he was not ignorant.
It is time for the NAACP to listen to the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., the Tea Party movement is. Does racism exist? Unfortunately that answer is yes. But to pull the “race card” on an entire movement the way the NAACP did, is making them look like the exact people they were fighting against many years ago.
DNC in denial over BP’s big donations…to Obama
Verum Serum reported earlier this week how the DNC are using a new website, in propaganda-like style, to connect Republicans to the BP spill. Using the old “Obama Hope” poster style, they feature mock posters starring Republican politicians running for office with tag lines like, “Sharon Angle…Big oil needs more friends in Congress”.
The irony here is that the candidate who received the most money from BP was none other then (drum roll please)…
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA!!
So we took it upon ourselves to create our own poster since they seemed to have a bad memory…
NAACP has a giant “log in their eye”
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) are planning to propose a resolution this week. The target of the resolution- the Tea Party movement, of course. The NAACP is “condemning” the Tea Party for having “racist elements”.
While the New Black Panther Party is talking about “killing cracker-babies” and “hating all white people”, the NAACP wants to remind the public that it is really the Tea Party who are racists. Here we go again…
The NAACP, through this resolution, will show that they have dropped to a new level of ignorance, and they prove that they are incredibly out of touch with reality.
The NAACP need to step out of denial and face the facts- the Tea Party has black members. The Tea Party not only has black members, but these black members are also leaders, speakers, and dare I say- they are in touch with common sense.
While the NAACP’s entire existence is based on seeing people, not by their character, but by the color of their skin, the Tea Party sees Americans- based on the content of their character. Wait, didn’t somebody important say something like that? Oh yeah, that was Martin Luther King, Jr.(wink, wink).
The irony behind their charges against the Tea Party is that the there is a group who really does fit 
these charges. This group sees, and judges, people by the color of their skin. They don’t accept a diverse membership to their collective. They believe in segregation- and they are fueled by hate…of white people. The cracker hatin’ New Black Panther Party. It’s almost like the NAACP is trying to get the media to ignore that group right now…hmmm.
Here are some of the NAACP charges:
-Tea party supporters have engaged in “explicitly racist behavior” and “displayed signs and posters intended to degrade people of color generally and President Barack Obama specifically.”
•Tea party activists have used racial epithets, have verbally and physically abused black members of Congress and others, and have been charged with threatening public officials.
Did the world forget about the Berlin Wall?
As a 15 year old kid in high school, I can remember the elation the German people had as the Berlin Wall came crumbling down in 1989. There are few events in life that create the type of joy the world witnessed as East Germans and West Germans became Germans. The shackles of Communism were real to these people.
East Germans risked their lives as they made attempts in crossing the wall from East Germany into freedom that waited for them in West Germany. There were those who never made it. To many, being shot and killed by guards in the process may have been the easy way out rather then facing the Communist East German prisons.
Today, coming up on 21 years later, there are adults who were not alive to witness life with the Berlin Wall. It seems difficult to believe there are those who are ignorant to the fact that there was a giant wall dividing Germany into two countries, West and East.
The wall spanned more then 87 miles, and was 12 feet high in places. On the Communist East German side of the wall, there was a 110 yard area from the wall out that was known as The Death Strip- a “no man’s land” where homes had been demolished, and covered with raked gravel. You see, if someone had the courage to take a walk through this area to make a run for it- the Communist guards could see the footprints- and there was nothing to hide behind. Guards were instructed to shoot to kill.
The "Death Strip", view from West side
On the West German side of the wall, people were free. There were no guards shooting people, in fact, if there were any police- they were known to help direct people to safety if they made it passed the wall with their life. A Germany split, literally, by a wall.
This sounds like a story from a time all too long ago, yet people were risking their lives, trying to escape from Communist East Germany all the way up to the late 1980s. When most kids were watching MTV, East Germans where living in fear, and imprisoned in their own country. West Germans were devising ways to help their friends and family escape through tunnels, shipping containers, and even homemade hot air balloons.
The evils of Communism was very real to most of my peers. I remember a pen pal I had when I was 13 years old. His name was Wolfgang- he lived in West Germany. It seems strange today, to see an envelope with the address of West Germany. It brings to reality that there is was an East Germany- a reminder of that other place and people who had no access to the same freedom.
I am certain that Wolfgang can appreciate what it means to be able to freely walk into East Berlin today. Like Wolfgang, there are millions of Germans who can appreciate what freedom really means. There are millions of Germans who understand the horrors of a Communist Dictatorship. The skeleton of the wall is still there, like a scar from an old wound that has healed over, but not forgotten.
A German friend of mine gave me a piece of the wall a year or so after it fell. I kept that piece of concrete, knowing the true meaning behind the gift. He and his family knew that Americans appreciated freedom, and had millions who shed blood and died for it. That’s why his family came to America.
But today, there is, literally, an entire generation of people- many who are now adults, who have no real understanding of the Berlin Wall. What is more disturbing is that many of these people actually believe that Communism is a harmless form of government- and that those “old stories” of the U.S.S.R. and the Berlin Wall are just U.S. propaganda.
Many of these ignorant people even believe the United States could benefit from going in the socialist/communist direction. These are people who have bought into the lie that many East Germans were forced into accepting. The idea that a big government will do positive “big” things for their people. Of course history has proved each and every time a dictator rises to power- it is atop a big government.
Our Founding Fathers new this. They new what it was like living under the King. But like an abused spouse who returns to their abuser, generations of people who didn’t witness the chains of Communism buy into the lie that big powerful government will take care of their every need.
They say ignorance is bliss, and maybe it really is. But maybe the saying should say something like this:
Ignorance is bliss, until reality smacks you in the face.
We have a generation of people who have no idea what is coming our way if we continue on the road that we are on. They are willingly walking down the path that has ended the same way every time- big government = less freedom. They walk with smiles, with pride, and with ear plugs tightly implanted in their ears, and rose colored glasses strapped to their heads, all the while loosing pieces of their individual freedoms.
But there is real hope- not a poster slogan- but the kind of hope based in common sense and a people who have freedom in their DNA. Most of us can feel it- that subtle awareness that things are not right. And it is that awareness that will get us through these times.
The answers to the future can be found in our history…
For more info, including an amazing computer animation of the wall being constructed through the years visit http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/passionateeyeshowcase/2009/berlinwall/#/INTRO
Happy Independence Day
The 4th of July- Independence Day. Cookouts, swimming, family gatherings, and fireworks. These are all things that come to mind for most of us when we think of the 4th day in July.
It all comes back to freedom- freedom from tyranny. Not “social justice”, “human rights”, or “green justice” as they say these days. This was quite simple; INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM. There is a difference.
Take the time to read the document that made this date on our calenders so important. You could say that if what happened on this date in 1776 didn’t occur, our idea of freedom and liberty might not even be in our discussions today.
Take the time to read the text in the Declaration of Independence. Discuss it with your kids, family members, and friends. Students, remind your teachers of the imporance when you go back to school in the fall (ok, sorry to bring up school on the 4th of July!).
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“Discredit the family”- Communist Party USA goal #40
Here are a few of the 45 Goals of the Communist Party USA in 1963. Ask yourself if you have witnessed any of these so-called goals come to life in our culture, and in our government officials- and even in our schools. But the larger question is this: What kind of people would desire these goals?
Most of the attendees and groups presenting at last week’s US Social Forum call themselves Communists/Socialists. Has their vision arrived?
We gathered a few of the goals here. Read them, pass them on expose them…
Obama "spiritual advisor" (and Marxist) pastor Jim Wallis
27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with “social” religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity, which does not need a “religious crutch.”
29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.
30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the “common man.”
32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture–education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc.
36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.
Andy Stern- "Worker of the world Unite"
40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.
41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.
G-20 2010, leftwingers "peace" protest
42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special-interest groups should rise up and use ["]united force["] to solve economic, political or social problems.
Full list can be found here
