I remember watching some protestors in Madison, Wisconsin on TV. Although I didn’t see violence in Madison, both Madison and Ferguson seemed like watching a historic scenario with respect to union bullies / socialists / Democrats having indoctrinated otherwise peaceful people, people who have been robbed of their vision of the future by “community organizers,” to hate the “establishment.”
Cops just sitting around with nothing to do but monitor traffic.
I think anyone with half a brain can determine that we are a country of laws and when you break one you pay the penalty it’s called personal responsibility. Operative word here is brain.
I saw a video of locals helping the businesses clean up the mess. I guess not everyone shares the rioters mentality
Frank Zappa sang about Watts:
" Seen the cops out on the street. Watched 'em throwin' rocks and stuff. And chokin' in the heat."
Some things never change.
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I was too tired to drive down and join them. Working during the day just doesn’t leave time or energy for night time rioting.
The cartoon with the gas tanker says it all. The Marxist class warfare plan is coming together. Holder and Obama are smiling. It’s tragic when anyone loses a child. I’ve seen the pain of loss in the lives of many people who have and as a parent of 3 (even though mine are all adults with kids of their own) I can only imagine the unbearable heartache. When I read about police or a SWAT unit storming the wrong house and killing innocents, destroying property (and there’s no restitution) or when a cop shoots someone’s dog with little justifiable reason, when anyone, regardless of color gets jack-up by the police, I’m outraged. This is not the America I grew up in. There’s totally room for improvement and “no” I wouldn’t want to be a policemen in today’s environment. Their job is nearly impossible. We are a lawless nation with corrupt leaders on both sides of the aisle. Do I think the Black community needs to take a good hard look at itself? Absolutely! Have they been played? Yes, but they can’t use that excuse any longer. We all know there are good cops and bad ones. But my main point in writing this is to focus on the morals of our country because, in lots of little ways, we all are responsible for where our nation is at the present time. If we really valued traditional morality, we would not just give it lip service. We would fight for it realizing that evil exists in the world and in our own hearts. We’ve all compromised in little ways with what we knew to be right, yet failed to live up to even our own standards - let alone, Biblical morality. We’ve compromised with evil and now we’re “shocked”, “outraged”, etc., etc. At some point (and this is where the rubber hit the road) where do you draw the line? We’re a long way from swear words in movies (Gone with the Wind, started it I think), in songs, no prayer in schools, pornography displayed in the Git-and-Go service stations, nudity in movies, abortion as a civil right, legalized gambling, corrupt judges that remain in office, and the list could go on and on. People don’t like to be reminded that they are sinners and that there is a price to be payed. We are reaping the whirlwind (but there’s a worse one coming). forgiveness is available and peace with our Creator BUT true repentance is required. When I was growing up in the early 50’s even the crooks and the creeps acknowledged that what they were doing was wrong. Most folks, even if they didn’t go to church and didn’t do what’s in the Bible, gave mental accent to those standards. It wasn’t a perfect world, Leave It to Beaver was a fairy tale and we all knew it. We can’t go back but I wonder in going forward, “What will guide us?” I feel we have passed a tipping point in tolerating and compromising with evil. There’s no return. Possible events on our horizon are not encouraging -an economic collapse, WWIII begins due to our great leaders screwing over other nations and it’s displays of weakness and leading from behind. Do we descend into a police state with increased lawlessness where everyone does what is right in their own eyes? We all know that many in the elite class would love such opportunities. Complete control becomes a real possibility or we are destroyed by a combination Red China, North Korea, Iran alliance. My biggest problem is understanding why most Americans can’t see this. The Progressives have been marching towards their goals for over 100 years. And they’ve achieved most of them. We all know it’s been the frog in the pot example yet most seem to vote for their own suicide. It’s beyond comprehension except to say God has surely given us over to our own reprobate mind to do those things that are “not convenient” - talk about an understatement! Foreigners have not been required to assimilate into our culture since the late 60’s or early 70’s. We are a divided people and our options are mostly terrible. Everyone has their hands out for government goodies. While pain is often a great motivator and one that gives cause and time for reflection, I’m no longer optimistic that even great suffering would change the hearts of enough to turn our country around. There’s a war against God and most of America is on the wrong side. We hate Him and anything that reminds us of Him. I have no good thoughts when I think of the future for our nation. Even if Ted Cruz was elected and he chose Tea Party types for every gov. position, judgeship and office it would not be enough (though I’d like to try it just to prove me wrong). Hearts need to be changed, then lives will follow. Ferguson or something close is looming large on our horizon.
I guess I have read too many books by William W. Johnstone but the store owners should have banded together and shot ever thug. Others would have thought twice about looting. They are criminals and should be treated as such.
There was too much damage for the number of people involved. It was a handout to the thugs of anarchists.
Was Michael Brown guilty?
Hands down!
Could care less. Black families in America are just horrible. That’s the real trajedy. Not some dead thug.
I think the looters would have looted, burned and rioted even if Wilson was charged with First Degree murder. What bothers me is there was nothing done to prevent the mayhem. Suppose this was done by ANY other entity other than blacks.
Regrettably, Jim, as expected.
That split screen of President Obama talking while Ferguson burned was the perfect image of the Obama presidency. On one side of the screen, Obama was asking for calm and praising his Attorney General Eric Holder for the work he did to promote peace and calm. On the other side, Ferguson was under attack- being looted and burned. That’s “the money shot”- the iconic image of the Obama presidency. It was almost as if Obama was saying to Ferguson, “IF YOU LIKE YOUR CITY, YOU CAN KEEP YOUR CITY.” Obama's Ferguson speech turned out to be as truthful as the Obamacare speech…with the same result: crisis and disaster.
Fall debris & mayhem bring spring showers and new growth, mostly weeds, where businesses used to stand.
It takes a rabble rouser to really ‘organize’ a community against itself.
Wondering how they would do this to their own black neighbors who worked and sacrificed to make a better life and get ahead?
And then it hit me.
The ghetto trash who did this don’t want their fellow blacks to get ahead and do better and own businesses that offer a better way of life. If it can be proven that blacks are just as capable of whites at building enterprise and living better without welfare and handouts then their own hand-out payday is over.
Al Sharpton doesn’t want blacks to pull themselves up their own bootstraps and make a better life for themselves, either. The more independant blacks there are the less cash in his pocket and less influence on people’s souls. Ditto Jesse, Barry, Sheila, and the rest of the black caucus.
So take that, Natalie Dubose of Natalie’s Cakes - who you think you are gettin all fancy? You got to be down wif da shtruggle, girl! Get your black ass back to the hood and take the welfare!
Am I wrong?
Just heard a brief interview with a leader of the group that shut down the freeway thru Atlanta. Interesting comment: “we want too show these young people how few it takes to shut things down.”