Sunday, June 28, 2015

Apologies

I have decided I don't much care for blogger, so I have moved to WordPress. You can find me here now.

President Obama Offers Bipartisan Solution to Police Corruption and Racism

Chaim Finkelstein, Rooters News Agency 6:38 a.m. July 25, 2015


In a speech given from the Oval Office of the White House today President Obama reached out to mend fences between leftist radicals, and extreme right wing radicals. At the end of a week marked by a string of monumental right wing judicial defeats, President Obama attempted to find common ground between himself and his most ardent supporters and a group seen as his most vicious detractors. He also showed a new commitment to a mostly forgotten campaign promise.

What follows is a transcript of the president's speech in full followed by a link to the video:

Since this nation's founding there have been groups of folks bitterly divided by deeply held beliefs. These groups were divided to the point of hatred, and oftentimes violence between these groups would erupt. From Tories and Patriots, abolitionists and slaveholders, Yankees and Rebels, blacks and whites, and today the extreme left consisting of black nationalists, Marxists, militant homosexuals, and environmentalists, and the extreme right consisting of white supremacists, secessionists, anti-government militias, Fox News and radio talk show hosts. These lists are obviously not all-encompassing, but the point is these folks hate each other.

This hatred that divides our nation is making us as a nation ill. As Abraham Lincoln said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." He also said, "I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it to cease to be divided. It will be all one thing or all the other." President Lincoln was preparing to end slavery at all costs. Inspired by these words from The Great Emancipator I too intend to end the division in this shining house on the hill.

I believe that though there are extreme groups in this country that hate each other, there is common ground on which they can stand. We have seen report after report of unprovoked police violence against young, unarmed, black men. While my brothers on the left of me point out the blatant racism inherent in these incidents, my brothers on the right point to the militarization of the police and government abuse of power. I think on this issue we can be united. Both left and right, black and white, see plainly the failure of our state, county, and local police to discharge their duties fairly, and in line with the Constitution.

When I was on the campaign trail in Colorado Springs on July 2, 2008 I said that we needed a civilian national security force that was just as powerful, just as strong, and just and well-funded as our military. Now is the time to make good on that promise.

I am going to introduce to Congress a plan that will dissolve all state, county, and local law enforcement agencies, and transition their duties of law enforcement and their budgets to branch offices of the National Security Administration.
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I understand that there are good law enforcement officers out there that are well liked by the communities they serve. I plan on absorbing those men and women into the national security force, and keeping them in their communities. I will also absorb all red light and traffic cameras to assist me with enforcing traffic laws. To be responsive to your law enforcement needs I will be developing a website through which you can report any crimes, emergencies, or suspicious activities to your local branch of the NSA.

I believe these measures will be instrumental to healing this country through improved law enforcement services for everyone. I believe this is common ground on which all Americans agree. Through that agreement we will be able to start on the path of reconcilliation where our deeply held beliefs will begin to look more alike. There will more agreement between the people and their government. Not only will our deeply held beliefs become more similar, they will be strengthened as well, Thank you.


[Video of the president's speech]

Saturday, June 27, 2015

White Genocide as Political Strategy



It seems middle-class whites have forfeited the confidence of the Federal Government. We are currently being dissolved, and a new people are being elected by our ruling class. With apologies to Brecht, I don't think we got the opportunity to win back the confidence of our ruling class through redoubled efforts.

I ain't even mad about the gay marriage SCOTUS decision. You could see that coming a mile away. The minute normal folks accepted the term "gay marriage" as a thing, the battle was lost. It was lost right there in the language. Words are supposed to mean things, but we have made our language so malleable with all our politicians, and lawyers, and politician lawyers we often lose the fight through the language before there was ever really a fight. I wonder if my kid's wonderful gay teacher will move back here now that his marriage will be recognized? Gotta find a silver lining, right?

No, the recent SCOTUS decisions are the expected outcome of a different issue altogether. One that will soon get its own post soon enough. I am more concerned with the way both major political parties have completely abandoned middle-class white males. Not only have we been abandoned politically, we have been abandoned in very real ways that are intended to result in our dissolution as a people.

When the borders are wide open, black on white crime goes unreported nationally, the rare incidents of white on black crime are hyped for weeks on end, incidents of white people defending themselves end in criminal charges and the white people involved have to go into hiding, and constant media promotion of interracial relationships there is only one possible outcome. The dissolution of middle-class whites as a people.

And what's worse is middle-class whites have no one to advocate for them politically. If there was any doubt that the GOP was not on our side, that should have evaporated in the fervor with which they attacked the Confederate Battle Flag. And like a dog that's been kicked too much, or maybe not enough, the middle-class whites in this country will continue to vote for and donate to the GOP.

The few people with enough balls to even tiptoe around the very edges of this subject are dismissed as hateful hating haters, and never engaged in substantive debates. When black on white crime crime statistics are brought up, you get a hand wave, "these are no the statistics you are looking for," followed by overall crime statistics which have nothing to do with the argument. That of course is then followed by the obligatory screeches of "she's a witch, burn her!"

So what do we middle-class whites do? I figure there are a few possible options. There needs to be a third party option that isn't afraid to address the realities of race. Seems like a long shot due to all the wealth and corporate power wielded by the two major parties. Or we could try to shift the political winds through state and local elections by electing people committed to shifting the balance of power from the Federal Government back to the states. Unlikely because I haven't seen anyone like that running for office.

A more likely option is that the nation will descend into violent revolution. While we are all fighting each other, some foreign power (Russia or China or both) will swoop (swooping is bad) in and conquer us rather easily. Then the true ethnic cleansing, and chilling of dissent will begin.

I think the most like option will be that we will do nothing. This already dead nation will continue to decompose and fester. We will be vassals for the ruling corporatists kept fat and stupid by a steady diet of reality TV, televised sports, and fast food. Hey, wait....