Race and Politics (Thomas Sowell)

GOPUSA ^ | April 6, 2010 | Thomas Sowell

[icwhatudo]

Someone tell Mike Steele.

[jazusamo]

*PING*
Thomas Sowell

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[onyx]

Love the graphic - must read Dr. Sowell’s column now.

[jazusamo]

It’s a great graphic and the credit goes to smoothsailing. :-)

[onyx]

Another excellent column by Dr. Thomas Sowell!

smoothsailing, I love your graphic!!!!!

[rockinqsranch]

Thanks for the ping jaz. Obama and his crowd play that race card for all it’s worth. It’s one of the major reasons I believe the Leftists promoted Obama in the first place. The race card has been a handy tool for them, and they use it at the least provocation.

The Leftists not only couldn’t trust a Clinton again, but the race card is more potent, thus more valuable a tool than the gender card. Hillary never stood a chance in “H” of winning that primary.

[jazusamo]

Yes, they’ve played it often and at times blatantly.

I’m happy he pointed out the Black Panther voter intimidation and wish he’d have named them but I suppose most everyone knows their identity, Obama and Holder sure do!

[Oceander]

[rockinqsranch]

Agree.

[Earthdweller]

BTTT

[WilliamofCarmichael]

The world has been shocked by the mass slaughters of the Tutsis by the Hutus in Rwanda but, half a century ago, there had been no such systematic slaughters there. Political demagoguery whipped up ethnic polarization, among people who had co-existed, who spoke the same language and had even intermarried.

Rwandan citizens dating to colonial days were required to carry IDs which listed each as either Hutu or Tutsi -- mixed were classified the same as the father. It was not tribal according to the book An Ordinary Man.

The Hutu-controlled government quietly organized neighborhoods into Hutu militant groups and made available to them tens of thousands of machetes (purchased from China). Soon there was talk urging Hutus to "Clean your neighborhood of brush. Cut the tall trees" and they meant Tutsi neighbors literally next door.

The force behind it all was ex-government Tutsis ousted by Hutus years ago, endeavoring to reclaim the government by an invasion from a neighboring country. Due to Rwanda's long history of getting along (I got from the book) the conflict was more political than ethnic.

Some are trying to make it happen here I take it as Dr. Sowell's message.. the 1960s Marxist-Alinsky campus/street revolutionary rabble certainly tried to get it going a generation ago. Couple them with their ideological issue and you've got arguably the Establishment today -- much more dangerous. But what of the 20+million ILLEGAL aliens with no love of country (meaning us)?

[jazusamo]

But what of the 20+million ILLEGAL aliens with no love of country (meaning us)?

Good question and what of a number of citizens who would side with them to take Azatlan? With Obama and his thugs at the wheel it's scary.

[fightinJAG]

bookmark for one of my favs

[MtnClimber]

Sowell is so insightful I consider him my brother.

[sonic109]

Sowell is , as always , so very brilliant. Why can’t we get him to debate Obama someday? He’d tear that Marxist head off.

[rockrr]

Thank you Mr. Sowell!

[FrankR]

[ThunderSleeps]

Debate obama? He’d destroy him. Too bad Mr. Sowell is apparently too smart to run for President. By too smart I mean not willing to put his friends and family through it, nor put up with all the DC BS...

[smoothsailing]

Thanks onyx, I had fun doing it!

Every time Obama hears Dr. Sowell has written a new column about him, I can just picture Obama getting all wee-weed up!!! :-)