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.
That’s why it bothers the left not a jot that the redistribution of productivity through these “welfare” programs never works to ameliorate the stated problems, and why their solution, without fail, is to throw more money (middleclass taxpayers’ stolen wages) at the problem. Sure it doesn’t accomplish the stated goal-to “end” poverty, etc-but it gives them a bigger and growing trough in which to stick their snouts. That’s the important thing.
Race plays its part. Race is one of the primary factors in the growth of a culture, and culture affects the kinds of societies people create. This can be seen all over the US and all over the world. If people were interchangeable like puzzle pieces, then they would all create equally successful communities, cities, and countries wherever they are geographically. That hasn’t been the case.
But the Obama Administration has not improved the situation of blacks. In fact, blacks themselves complain that Obama has not helped them.
It is stunning that the American Pravda Press is SO BOUND by ideology that they see fit to leave out so many critical details.
Well - Chidanand Rajghatta - Senator Reid would look at you with those snake's eyes and ask: "Why would we do that?"
This constituency also strenuously objects to the criminal elements in the Government who receive promotions and raises when they commit crimes against conservatives. And what would the Congressional Black Caucus say about the waste, fraud, and abuse by the Federal Government and the harassment of religious and conservative groups? Well, as they would say in the 60's and 70's - It ain't no thang but a chicken wang.
If he wasn't before, he is now.
This reporter does nothing for the credibility of the media...amazing how much he got wrong, yet there it is published in black and white and spread around the world. With this kind of “reporting” no wonder the LIV’s think there is global warming.
There is also no comment or concern of the costs or disadvantages of using government power to "enforce healthcare" (whatever that means). So the people paying are just racists for seeing their own family budgets, jobs, businesses, future get pissed away by a bunch on criminals in government. It's just racist, that's all.
The blindness of these people truly astounds.
Small point about this article.
American blacks are NOT disadvantaged. Under the law they not only have every advantage, they have extra advantages. This is true socially as well. Academia and every large business in the U.S. sets a very low bar for you, if you are black.
This is what all the zombie movies and programs are symbolic of. I think we should start the rumor and spread it that all the zombie shows are actually racist and see how quickly they get pulled for PC reasons.
Just watch this and it will explain alot.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dguiAWrUGMM
Pretty sad how cynical many of us have become because of the crap the Left keeps dishing out as "food for their masses".
#So sick of the term “African-Americans”
The real question to be extrapolated from the acts is not if AA’s are in revolt, but if AA’s are all mentally unstable.
Such a sample that turns out 100% of the mentally unstable miscreants were black can lead to the conclusion that a substantial portion of the black community are mental.
Take Chicago for a focus. Blacks routinely kill each other for no reason. More young black men have died in Chicago from killing each other than all the recent wars overseas. They must be mental.
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Written for the Beast but not accepted even though it is in their style
#So sick of the term “African-Americans”
They don’t have to be from India. Very few foreigners understand American conservatism and the constitution. Most foreign scribblers are decidedly ultra-liberal and think all governments are for giving away goodies to various people. The strange thing is that while many native Indians have emigrated to the horrible U.S., virtually nobody emigrates to India. Now why would that be? As usual, leftists can’t seem to buy a clue.
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