Posted on 07/28/2005 5:22:25 AM PDT by oldtimer2
July 28th, 2005
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Closing the loop on reparations July 28th, 2005
Theres sweet irony; theres delicious irony; and then theres irony that a spoonful of which would just make medicine go down.
As you may know, slavery reparations shakedown thugs have been beating their drum for quite some time now, but have thus far failed to achieve their ends through Congress or courts. Undeterred, theyve changed their tack and have decided to work from the ground up, pressuring localities to enact pro-reparations ordinances and targeting poltroonish CEOs who shudder at the prospect of placement in the Greenback Coalition pillory.
The coalition has already enjoyed successes in places like Philadelphia and Chicago, where ordinances have been enacted stating that any company that wishes to do business with the cities must disclose whether or not it profited from slavery. Moreover, businesses like J.P. Morgan Chase Bank and Wachovia Corporation have already capitulated, agreeing to pay-off the Greenback Coalition to the tune of millions.
Licking his chops, interim president of the NAACP Dennis C. Hayes said, ... we will be pursuing reparations from companies that have historical ties to slavery and engaging all parties to come to the table. I have to wonder, though, if all parties means theres place at that table for one Rev. Wayne Perryman.
You see, Rev. Perryman, a conservative minister from Seattle, Washington, has filed suit against the Democrat Party, charging that because of their racist past practices the Democratic Party should be required to pay African Americans Reparations.
What an inspired idea. This is the party of George Wallace, who blocked schoolhouse doors after an integration order and is famous for the campaign battle cry, Segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever! Its the party of the original Ku Klux Klan. Its the party of slavery. Its also the party occupied by virtually all the members of the Greenback Coalition. Ah, no sweeter irony have lips ever tasted: those throwing the reparations stones are living in a most fragile glass house.
The truth is that if the Greenback Coalitions thesis namely, that entities whose former selves had a hand in or profited from slavery are today responsible for making amends is valid, theres no reason why the Democrats should be omitted from the chain of responsibility. Why, theirs is among the most prominent of places in the hierarchy of complicity. After all, who bears greater responsibility: those in authority who create unjust laws or those subject to that authority who operate within the parameters of the law? The Democrat southern governments abdicated their moral responsibility to afford basic human rights to all persons residing within their borders. The rule of thumb here is that with responsibility comes authority and with authority comes responsibility.
Another consideration is the fact that just like the hapless corporations that find themselves haunted by the ghosts of the distant past, the Democrat Party was a beneficiary of slavery. For instance, by being a guarantor of the perpetuation of slavery the Democrats gained and retained power. Given this fact, and in light of the Greenback Coalitions demand that corporations disclose whether or not they filled their coffers on the backs of slaves, there should be an investigation of the Democratic Party to determine the degree to which it benefited financially from slavery. After all, we know that political parties tend to get donations from those who benefit from their policies. So, lets find out how much money the Democrats received from plantation owners and other businesses that had a vested interest in the institution of slavery.
This is a golden opportunity for the shakedown thugs to prove that, well . . . theyre not thugs. You see, some people could get the fanciful idea that the drive for reparations is animated by ignoble motivations like greed and the pursuit of political power. Why, people get some crazy ideas, dont they? Standing on principle and applying the same standard to all including your political bedfellows would serve well to dispel these notions.
And never has there been a better time for Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton to rise to the fore. Cmon, Reverends, being men of the cloth its incumbent upon you to offer spiritual counsel. Please tell your comrades that the first step toward renewal is getting your own house in order. And dont forget the passage from Scripture that encapsulates this concept beautifully: Take the log out of your own eye before you worry about the speck in your brothers.
So Im issuing a clarion call to all Democrats: contact your representatives and demand accountability. Since weve been told that the time has come for the expiation of antebellum sins, lets start where a cleansing of souls is most necessary.
Selwyn Duke
This is long overdue and just awesome. Just great to trot this out when the dims start their phony racial demagoguery.
They will ignore this inconsistency. The Dems have a huge double standard. Like the feminists in the party who turn a blind eye to the lives of women in Islam, Sharpton and co. will apply their double standard to the Dems. They will be given a pass.
BUMP!
I want my own reperations.
My great great uncles went to war, the Civil war. They faught in the Union army and died. This caused the remainder of my great great great aunts and great great great grandmother to work the farm without assistance. They sold the land peicemeal to survive and ended up with nothing left. This slow disruption caused them to loose the family holdings, (never farmed by slaves) in the town that still bares their name. Emmett, Michigan. Which is also the name I bare, unfortunately without inheritance.
No one ever talks about those reparations.
Great article by the way. Has anyone sent this over to the DNC web sites?
Poltroon... now there's a southernism I haven't heard in a very long time.
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