Posted on 10/05/2013 11:08:30 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The US government shutdown enters its fifth day, a week after the horrific carnage by a mentally ill African-American man in which he kills a dozen people before he is cut down by police. An emotionally unstable African-American woman crashes a security fence near the White House and leads a hair-trigger alert cops on a high-speed car chase before she is mowed down by cops using overwhelming force.
On Friday, another man, also African-American, pours gasoline on himself in front of the Capitol sets fire to himself in a rare attempt at self-immolation in the United States. It is not clear if the effort, foiled by passers-by, is related to the shutdown, but a visitor from more turbulent parts of the globe may well think the US is going the way of the Third World, given the kind of unrest that is roiling Washington DC.
It is no coincidence that all three incidents, regardless of their connection to the shutdown, involve African-Americans. Decades after achieving civil rights and enjoying affirmative action, African-Americans in the US continue to be disadvantaged, suffering some of the highest unemployment and incarceration rates for minorities anywhere in the world.
In many ways, the current shutdown is part of a proxy fight between deeply conservative white lawmakers who see the Obama administration's agenda as favoring blacks and minorities versus liberal legislators trying to set right historical and contemporary imbalances. While it is commonly acknowledged that African-Americans are greatly dependent on government subsidies and dole (in the same way as India's minorities are), the small cabal of Tea Party lawmakers represent a mostly-white constituency in Middle America that resents against any government role such as the mandatory enforcement of health insurance through Obamacare in their life.
This is the broad background to the government shutdown that has now entered its fifth day and first weekend with no sign of resolution. The effects of the shutdown are now being felt gradually across the country. While administrative activities are starting to stall in some areas where government exercises a regulatory role, it was believed that private enterprise would not be particularly affected by the shutdown.
But stories of mishaps and hardships are now starting to trickle in from private domain. For instance, many weddings, anniversaries, and parties planned in and around national parks and monuments (which are run by the federal Department of Interior) have had to be cancelled or postponed. From Yellowstone to Yosemite, from Grand Canyon to Grand Coulee, tourism and hospitality business are taking a hit as towns whose local economies depend on it are feeling the heat of the shutdown. In fact, there are reports of some states and town defying the center to keep parks open so that the local economy is not hit.
Meantime, the wrangling in Washington continues with both parties seeking to extract political mileage out of the impasse. Polls show Republicans are taking a greater hit, but the deeply conservative lawmakers who are holding the more moderate wing of the party hostage are in safe, unshakeable seats the last white redoubts in America where Democrats are seen as villains.
On Friday, the White House had to reel back comments attributed to an unnamed senior administration official in which he boasted, "We are winning ... It doesn't really matter to us how long the shutdown lasts because what matters is the end result." White House spokesman Jay Carney's take: "It is categorically our position that the government should be reopened today, now, in half an hour."
But for the weekend at least, the metaphorical lights are still off in Washington DC. The man who tried to immolate himself near the air and space museum close to the Capitol is out of danger, thanks to joggers in the mall area who ripped off their t-shirts to put out the fire even as another person was reported to be filming him. It was still not clear what possessed him to try self-immolation. It was just another strange day at a strange time in the US capital.
The term libs use now is “disparate impact.” That means if you have a situation where various groups of people were competing and one of the groups does more poorly than the rest, that group was affected by “disparate impact.” Leftists believe when people/groups compete in the marketplace, they should all have equal outcomes. That’s sheer folly or lunacy, but leftists use it to gain advantages for favored groups. Because the outcome was not to their advantage, it was unfair. That’s their “logic.”
This article crashed and burned 4th paragraph, 1st sentence.
That went out the window in 1981/82 with Wayne Williams killing twenty-some children in Atlanta.
... the horrific carnage by a mentally ill African-American man ...
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“Yeah. It’s been non-stop for four years and nine months.
Oh, you mean the other one.”
LOL! Good catch!
India has one of the world's largest rates of illegal infiltration into that country.
Is the author implying they might all walk off the job?
Many times I have heard “blacks” say that to excel academically is to be “acting white”. What self-limiting pinheads.
Bingo!!! imo as well
A good question needs to be asked, “Are African-Americans having a collective nervous breakdown?”
Compile the statistics for slave-descended, not African immigrant, blacks, and extrapolate them to a single individual, and that person would more than likely have severe psychological problems.
Currently, 72% of black Americans are illegitimate, and children raised by a single parent are 60% more likely to become criminal offenders.
So let’s assume that the “average individual” was illegitimate, and thus likely raised in poverty and with government assistance.
54% of black Americans graduate from high school, so odds are about even that the individual will have a high school education. However, statistically, a 12th grade education with an 8th grade reading level.
From there, underemployment and unemployment, and a high level of exposure to drugs and alcohol.
If you were a psychologist examining such an individual, there would be a strong likelihood of psychological problems.
How many people from first world countries emigrate to India? They might get a lot of people from countries worse off than India, but I doubt they get many educated people going there. The U.S. gets many well-educated Indians for immigrants. India gets little or no people from the U.S. or other first world countries. My point is the U.S. is still the magnet for people around the world to get to for a better life. Anybody who emigrates to India for a better life must be living in one of the worst places in the world.
The US government shutdown enters its fifth day, a week after the horrific carnage by a mentally ill African-American man in which he kills a dozen people before he is cut down by police. An emotionally unstable African-American woman crashes a security fence near the White House and leads a hair-trigger alert cops on a high-speed car chase before she is mowed down by cops using overwhelming force. On Friday, another man, also African-American, pours gasoline on himself in front of the Capitol sets fire to himself in a rare attempt at self-immolation in the United States. It is not clear if the effort, foiled by passers-by, is related to the shutdown, but a visitor from more turbulent parts of the globe may well think the US is going the way of the Third World, given the kind of unrest that is roiling Washington DC. It is no coincidence that all three incidents, regardless of their connection to the shutdown, involve African-Americans.Catch that? Regardless of the connection the shutdown, all three incidents *must* be related to the shutdown, even though one took place before Zero and Reid shut everything down.
Chidanand Rajghatta | Common Dreams
http://www.commondreams.org/author/chidanand-rajghatta
This was all about the Left trying to recruit black support for what’s happening in DC by claiming it’s a racial issue. This is what they do when things are going poorly for their side, they think they’re losing the argument, and they need to call out the cavalry. It’s the same stuff they pull at election time to get out the black vote ... the republicans are gonna get you! bugga bugga!
Hmm...not heard that one before. Presumably, they regard “disparate impact” as ALWAYS a bad thing? I mean if the one group of people suffering “disparate impact” were the lazy, as opposed to the diligent, that would still be regarded as wrong?
“the small cabal of Tea Party lawmakers represent a mostly-white constituency in Middle America that resents against any government role”
written by a no-nothing who merely copied Liberal talking points out of western media venues
I caught that too. It seems we are allowing too many muzzies to be in positions of authority. And by too many, I mean > 0.
He wrote that the guy was "out of danger", when in fact he died.
Probably, the death had not yet been announced. The story is dated 5:40 IST, which would have been 20:10 EDT. However, the guy was in all likelihood a goner, given his burns.
Sorry, I thought you were saying that the identification of him as black was wrong.
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