http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics
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Posted on 09/27/2005 6:18:50 AM PDT by ElCapusto
What is it that bends and twists the soul of man in New Orleans such that he shoots at his rescuers, steals televisions while others drown, and then blames all and sundry for not helping enough? Biloxi and the rural areas of costal Louisiana and Mississippi have similar ethnic makeup and are equally hard-hit; yet they were not witness to the self-imposed parts of New Orleans’ devastation.
The answer lies in the peculiar political economy of dependency in New Orleans, home to some of America’s last remaining old-style housing "projects," home to legions of life-long welfare recipients and home to the bureaucratic and corrupt political structure which sustains itself by maintaining its "clients" -- in poverty. While the American economy has boomed for two decades, New Orleans remains a city where over 100,000 people cannot afford their own car.
A sedentary life of welfare check cashing combined with the feelings of futility and depression which naturally result from the lack of a guiding purpose in life leads to poor nutrition, alcoholism, drug abuse and then chronic health problems such as hypertension, diabetes, emphysema, and heart disease. New Orleans’ public hospitals service these new clients but do not (or cannot) cure the chronically ill, creating yet another layer of dependency and the corresponding income stream for bureaucrats.
The chronically ill are too weak to work, creating another reason to stay on welfare or disability. Their children are raised by a parent who is herself completely at the mercy of "the system." To the child, the government’s power and responsibility looms larger than mom’s and the father is usually nowhere in sight.
Thus the culture of dependency continues into the next generation as does the culture of "being owed." Since society "owes" them, there is no moral argument against property crimes. Once that slippery slope is reached, violent crimes follow along. The police sometime catch the criminals and they enter the criminal justice "system" becoming, in yet another way, wards of the state. These wards of the state might have benefited most from the jobs created in America’s booming economy -- but they rarely take the initiative to even apply for work. When they do, they usually don’t have an understanding of what it takes to get and keep employment. Without realizing it, their cycle of dependency gives them one excuse after another to feel trapped, "owed," and oppressed -- while living on the dole.
In this world someone who works 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and supports a family is called a "fool." Those who sell drugs, rape, rob, and kill are seen as "getting over." That is "getting over" -- on "the man" who is "holding us all down." This mentality is the product of the welfare state. New Orleans is one of a few cities where welfare has been taken to its full logic.
In New Orleans this culture of entitlement extends far beyond this "underclass." New Orleans police are the lowest paid in America, as part of their job they are expected to contract out to private parties for security services. This naturally leads to all type of corruption which in turn contributes to the public not trusting or respecting the police. When Katrina hit, about 1,000 of New Orleans 1,500 police officers deserted their posts. This single fact, more than any other, has led to the breakdown in law and order, which slowed rescue and relief efforts for two critical days on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1.
The culture of entitlement and dependency also extends to the political establishment of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana. This leads to the mayor pointing his finger at lack of support by state and federal government while his own police dissolve underneath him. Millions of dollars have been sent to New Orleans for decades, but they were siphoned off to various corrupt activities rather than being used to reinforce levies or build up emergency services. This is a state that has never left behind the depression-era populism of Huey Long. Corruption is legion. Most office holders just haven’t been caught yet -- others have been caught but got re-elected anyway.
As New Orleans is physically rebuilt, this political economy of poverty must be demolished. As an example, New Orleans can look to the entrepreneurial cities such as Dallas and Houston, which are taking in tens of thousands of displaced storm victims. Departing their former home to move west, many are saying they will restart their lives in these cities. After the looting and crime, they don’t want anything to do with New Orleans again. The transfer of people away from poverty and corruption and toward entrepreneurship-created-opportunity is one of the few good things to come out of this disaster.
For those who do stay to rebuild, welfare reform and school choice must move to the top of Louisiana’s political agenda. A platoon of federal investigators should reinforce efforts to indict, arrest, and convict politicians and appointed officials for corruption. The city police department must be reformed from top to bottom starting with the termination of those who deserted and following with pay scales commensurate with that of other police departments. The "projects" must be demolished, as they have been in Chicago, Baltimore and many other American cities. Regulations and taxes that strangle small business development must be repealed. The private sector should lead the way in physical reconstruction.
Nothing warps human nature like the belief in "being owed" combined by the feeling, left by paltry welfare payments, that the debt "owed" is never paid. Thousands of welfare recipients are used to having everything given to them -- albeit in insufficient quantity to be satisfying. Thousands have no concept of working for wages, much less building a business. These same thousands rightfully look at the police and politicians as corrupt. In this twisted existence, the idea of initiative and work does not exist. From their distorted view of the world, looting in the midst of disaster and shooting at rescue helicopters makes perfect sense. The Bible tells us that "the wages of sin is death." In New Orleans we are witnessing the wages of socialism.
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You got your doo rag on back words.
"Back words." Back words? Oh! Backwards!
You got something against ebonics
I've always been puzzled by African-Americans calling Bill Clinton the first black president. He wasn't especially nice to them, that I recall. In fact, he was openly aggressive and abusive to blacks when he thought he needed political push from whites.
I concluded that it was because during his presidency he violated what we consider civilized norms of society, he defamed the Office of the President. He committed crimes and basically told those who frowned on his actions to "shove it," and he got away with it. In short, he displayed his contempt for traditional American societal behavior.
I believe that there is an underlying feeling of contempt for traditional values that permeates the black community in the United States. It's this contempt for traditional values that bonds blacks with Bill Clinton. They wish they could show their contempt (as the looters and shooters did) and get away with it like Clinton.
It will be there as long as the demorats thirst for power justifies what they are doing to these people. They need to be able to depend on those votes.
I look for the politicians in Louisiana to call for some type of absentee ballot arrangement for the 250,000 demorat votes that left New Orleans. Without them, they can't win.
"As New Orleans is physically rebuilt, this political economy of poverty must be demolished"
But it won't be. Not when the rebuilding itself is just another gvt handout.
Those who would fall all over themselves to throw $ an NO should realize the part they play in enabling this cycle to continue.
So very true.
My take on the reason for this is that Black folks always give 90 plus % of their votes to the democrats..... no matter what the time fram......no matter what the candidates qualities....no matter what the issues.....And thats a certified fact.
We all know that all people are created physically, emotionally, and intellectually equal and the related qualities of parents do not matter and in no way are passed on ....Only the environment of growing up matters......Ohhhhhh yes!!!!
And it's a "certified fact" that we black people have poor genetics, right? Ain't that right?
You certified asshole.
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'All people are . . . equal . . . Only the environment of growing up matters . . .'
If I understand what squirt-gun is trying to say, many black people are doomed to scraping along, `gaming the system', satisfying only lower level needs due to their poor genes, but to distract attention from (on its face) racist position, he uses the liberals' tired strawman position: "It is society's fault: due to his bad environment that the poor child a.) shot-gunned his entire class." b.) looted c.) raped Neville's daughter as a 'red herring'.
His rejoinder is beside the point. "Corruption of blood" is specifically mentioned in the Constitution as a belief and practice we left behind in Europe. And "eugenics" has been discarded by thnking people since late April, 1945.
"At least you didn't take a single word, divide in two, and still jack it up"
That's what Calypso Louie Farrakhan did...thus leading him to the conclusion that whitey blew up the levees in New Orleans!(sarcasm on)
I commend you on your restraint. I would have called him worse.
pretty much correct.
It's all good. He's in check now. Mate's in three.
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You have the patience of a saint. Me, I fly off the handle.
"corruption of blodd has absolutely nothing to do with what anyone is saying here...those casting abuse, or those in honest debate.
Corruption of blodd has only to do with TREASON....The definition relating to the constitution is as follows:
"Corruption of Blood was part of ancient English penalty for treason. It was usually part of a Bill of Attainder, which normally sentenced the accused to death. The corruption of blood would forbid the accused's family from inhereting his property. Such bills and punishments were often inflicted upon Tories by colonial governments immediately following independence.
Have a nice day.
you made up those quotes, right?
Not really. I just go where the evidence leads me. For example:
White Nationalist Group Targets Free Republic For Infiltration
Keeping things like this in mind helps.
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The author of this article is stretching quite a bit when he says that the ethnic make up of the two areas he sites are similar. They are not.
That said I am not casting my lot with any notions of genetics. I just thought a false premise should be pointed out.
Squirt:
Look, you might think you're being clever, but you seem to have missed (even though I spelled it out for you) or have conveniently ignored a salient fact the author puts forword: even though there were near-identical racial makeups in nearby cities, that were as badly hit as NO, it was only in NO where we saw the near-complete civil breakdown. If other places with the same kind of people DID NOT devolve so utterly, what's the explanation? A reasonable person, Sherlock, would hit upon the type of dependent class created, and the parasitical government that has evolved to host them, as an explanation.
Note that I said a reasonable person.
Not EVERY situation that comes up is going to fit your default template of racial inferiority-superiority, no matter how hard you try to force it.
So think about it, and shut up. If you pop back with one more racist remark, I'm reporting you. And they'll kick you off.
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