Posted on 08/21/2002 7:52:00 AM PDT by Stand Watch Listen
Recently, the United Nations ok´d the idea of reparations for slavery in America´s history and a rally was held to trumpet that cause in DC. No matter that the United States Constitution protects those not proven guilty of a crime from paying penance; no matter many of today´s citizens are children of the waves of immigration that occurred in the early part of this century and never owned slaves; no matter slavery was begun in Africa by blacks selling blacks to Arabs. No, no matter that this notion, on its face, is illegal, unjust or ineffective to race relations today. And, no matter that America was the country which brought about the beginning of the end of slavery.
I guess, to be specific, since black Africans sold the first black African slaves, any reparations granted, though illegal, would be paid back by the very folks who lay claim to receive. Huh? Slavery, then, is a completely African black/Arab issue. Why am I in this mix? I never owned a slave; never would enslave another of any race, color or creed; am already taxed to the max by an oppressive confiscatory system and am somewhere between a serf, who gives two thirds of his labors and a slave who gives one-hundred percent as I pay a combined state and federal tax of 52¢ out of every dollar earned, myself.
For all those who have had ancestors fight in the Civil War, was not the sacrifice of their ancestors enough? Rather than a handout expecting more, shouldn´t there be a national day of thanks? Wouldn´t race relations be better served by reverence for those who came to this country, whether above or below decks, for the part they played in bringing life and opportunity to all who came here?
In Africa today, there is turmoil, there is violence, tribalism, separation and strife; the machete is used, along with socialistic politics, as tools of oppression. Blacks, assisted by the communist ANC (African National Congress) and a former Soviet Union eager to cause fractionalization-enabling looting of the minerals, precious metals, etc. and wealth of the Dark Continent, are not faring at all well in their home country. So why would we want to destroy that country which had given all a higher standard? What would be the purpose of the Balkanization of America, with every group with a grievance killing the goose that lays, continually, golden eggs to be shared among all Americans?
Erstwhile hero Nelson Mandela met with enemies of America when he got out of jail: Castro, billionaire oppressor of Cubans; Gadhafi, wealthy oppressor of his own subjects; Arafat: billionaire oppressor and the Father of Terrorism and hijacking plane fame. Why is this man lauded? Just what are the standards for the Nobel Peace (not) Prize when shared by him and the likes of Arafat himself? What is the utility for freedom and prosperity here in America if these men set the example to be followed? How does one kind of slavery benefit by money stolen because of another?
Trillions of dollars have been stolen from hard-working Americans, of all lineages, to create a welfare system that was started to fix small problems of the day. But that small problem has been turned into more than half the yearly budget. Throwing money at a corrupt and illegal system only makes more dissent and discord. Never has telling a group of people they were not able enough to turn obstacles into challenges, grow toward victory and prosperity been successful, and, moreover, is the penultimate of insults and slavery itself.
Our Republic´s motto is E Pluribus Unum, which means: out of many, one. The very strength of the fabric of this Great and Sacred Nation is that we all work together for the good of the whole; not that we all tear apart for the good of some.
True to form, the United Nations continues on its path of destroying everything American while making Americans pay for everything.
None of us are guaranteed food, shelter and clothing. We have to work for it.
Get with the message. Take advantage of our education (like study) and stop saying what happened 200 years ago is why you are where you are at.
Every immigration group had their trials and tribulations and with a lust for education, a good work ethic and overwhelming family responsibilities, (10-12 children), they rose to respectable levels within their community.
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Credit where credit is due: that accolade belongs to Great Britain, several decades ahead of us in abolition of this practice.
About 50% of blacks have made successes of themselves. Another 50% live in a spiritual and cultural poverty that is heavier and more binding that economic poverty. Post-Civil War American made them free. But they are bound by their own "leaders" who find their political influence stems from keeping their people under the bondage of victimhood. It's disgusting.
The author is laboring under a false assumption - that the civil rights industry is interested in improving race relations.
But... if the bill finds its way to the floor of The House, they will march in lock-step for it.
Human nature, pure and simple. Give anybody a free pay-day and they'll take it.
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