We all need affirmation.
I admit it, there have been times in recent years, between the George W. Bushes, the Mitt Romneys and the John Boehners of the world, when I have doubted my own place in the Republican political infrastructure.
GOP?Yes.Conservative? Not so much; certainly, not often enough.
When I get one of these mini-identity crisis moments, there are few things that can bring me back home better than a belly full of left-wing crap, and there are few who can sling it better than Jesse Jackson.
The reverend’s diatribes can be plain good for my conservative soul, and his recent Huffington Post Whinefest was just the calibration my philosophical compass needed. Posted January 17, the piece called, “South Carolina Shows How Far We Have to Go,” was a multifaceted look at how horrific life happens to be in the state if you are a liberal.
Notice I said “liberal” and not “black,” because while the good reverend may want us to believe that black folks in the Palmetto State have a special set of rules that apply just to them, that somehow hold them back, actually, those rules apply to everyone. He is just under the impression the rules oppress blacks. Conservative blacks in South Carolina laugh at that notion. All 38 of them.
Sayeth Jesse:”Last month, the Justice Department, enforcing the Voting Rights Act, rejected as discriminatory South Carolina’s efforts to suppress the vote by requiring voters to show a driver’s license or other limited official forms of photo ID. Republicans are pushing these laws in states across the country. They claim they are needed to deter voting fraud, but offer no evidence of its existence. In fact, the laws will disproportionately impact African Americans, Latinos and poor people — who are less likely to have a driver’s license.”
Sayeth Me:”Go ahead… attempt to defend the mindset that it is wise, advisable or healthy for adult human beings to live without a photo ID in today’s world.Not only is it illegal to have a bank account without official ID, you cannot enroll in school, receive medical treatment or be hired for regular employment without one.So instead of pitching a fit, why don’t you get these poor people in need on board?You know, get them legal. Be honest, Jesse: Only a disengaged, socially illiterate loser (or the mentally infirm) does not have proper ID. Come to think of it, I guess he does know his voting base.
Sayeth Jesse:”An anti-union state, South Carolina adds to the ‘race to the bottom’ by offering employers cheap captive prison labor. The largest dairy farm in the state will be in a prison. The state aggressively markets its Prison Industries program to private employers, offering to ‘lease’ prisoners or allow businesses to open branches within prison gates.”
Sayeth Me:”An anti-union state?Well of course, but we shouldn’t brag.Actually, I can’t imagine living in such a prison setup, unless I count those 18 years living with my parents. True, I had no real freedom, but I did have free room, free board and free medical care. In return I had to do my mandated work at school, take care of the yard, the dog and my little brother.I got virtually no wages in return. Those bastards.But I digress…who doesn’t like the idea of indentured servitude for criminals, with their wages going to pay their victims? Like it? I love it…and I want some more of it!” (Insert Gamecock fight song here.)
Sayeth Jesse:”The U.S. locks up more than 2 million people, more than any nation in the world. One in 48 working-age men is behind bars. A disproportionate number — 40 percent — are African Americans. As Michelle Alexander reported in her book, ‘The New Jim Crow,’ more black men are in prison or jail, on probation or parole than were in slavery in the 1850s.”
Sayeth Me:”Jail is the place you put bad people who do bad things.Since more than half the folks locked up are white, it is safe to assume there is not a conspiracy afoot to just lock up black folks. The race of the criminal is not a factor in their incarceration. Their antisocial, unhealthy, ill-advised, felonious behavior is.If you want more black folks to be free, tell them to behave their damnselves. I promise to tell all the bad white people the same thing. (By the way, you won’t see me really saying that to them; I do my best to avoid bad white people. If I see bad white people breaking the law, I report them. If I know bad white people are doing bad things, I will not allow them to get away with it. Reverend Jackson, you should spend more time urging black citizens of conscience to do the same thing.)
Thank you Reverend, that did the trick.Conservatives are not perfect, but when compared to liberals, it sure makes us look that way.You Might Also Like:
Thank God for Jesse Jackson
Thank God for Jesse Jackson
By Austin Rhodes
January 19, 2012
We all need affirmation.
I admit it, there have been times in recent years, between the George W. Bushes, the Mitt Romneys and the John Boehners of the world, when I have doubted my own place in the Republican political infrastructure.
GOP?Yes.Conservative? Not so much; certainly, not often enough.
When I get one of these mini-identity crisis moments, there are few things that can bring me back home better than a belly full of left-wing crap, and there are few who can sling it better than Jesse Jackson.
The reverend’s diatribes can be plain good for my conservative soul, and his recent Huffington Post Whinefest was just the calibration my philosophical compass needed. Posted January 17, the piece called, “South Carolina Shows How Far We Have to Go,” was a multifaceted look at how horrific life happens to be in the state if you are a liberal.
Notice I said “liberal” and not “black,” because while the good reverend may want us to believe that black folks in the Palmetto State have a special set of rules that apply just to them, that somehow hold them back, actually, those rules apply to everyone. He is just under the impression the rules oppress blacks. Conservative blacks in South Carolina laugh at that notion. All 38 of them.
Sayeth Jesse:”Last month, the Justice Department, enforcing the Voting Rights Act, rejected as discriminatory South Carolina’s efforts to suppress the vote by requiring voters to show a driver’s license or other limited official forms of photo ID. Republicans are pushing these laws in states across the country. They claim they are needed to deter voting fraud, but offer no evidence of its existence. In fact, the laws will disproportionately impact African Americans, Latinos and poor people — who are less likely to have a driver’s license.”
Sayeth Me:”Go ahead… attempt to defend the mindset that it is wise, advisable or healthy for adult human beings to live without a photo ID in today’s world.Not only is it illegal to have a bank account without official ID, you cannot enroll in school, receive medical treatment or be hired for regular employment without one.So instead of pitching a fit, why don’t you get these poor people in need on board?You know, get them legal. Be honest, Jesse: Only a disengaged, socially illiterate loser (or the mentally infirm) does not have proper ID. Come to think of it, I guess he does know his voting base.
Sayeth Jesse:”An anti-union state, South Carolina adds to the ‘race to the bottom’ by offering employers cheap captive prison labor. The largest dairy farm in the state will be in a prison. The state aggressively markets its Prison Industries program to private employers, offering to ‘lease’ prisoners or allow businesses to open branches within prison gates.”
Sayeth Me:”An anti-union state?Well of course, but we shouldn’t brag.Actually, I can’t imagine living in such a prison setup, unless I count those 18 years living with my parents. True, I had no real freedom, but I did have free room, free board and free medical care. In return I had to do my mandated work at school, take care of the yard, the dog and my little brother.I got virtually no wages in return. Those bastards.But I digress…who doesn’t like the idea of indentured servitude for criminals, with their wages going to pay their victims? Like it? I love it…and I want some more of it!” (Insert Gamecock fight song here.)
Sayeth Jesse:”The U.S. locks up more than 2 million people, more than any nation in the world. One in 48 working-age men is behind bars. A disproportionate number — 40 percent — are African Americans. As Michelle Alexander reported in her book, ‘The New Jim Crow,’ more black men are in prison or jail, on probation or parole than were in slavery in the 1850s.”
Sayeth Me:”Jail is the place you put bad people who do bad things.Since more than half the folks locked up are white, it is safe to assume there is not a conspiracy afoot to just lock up black folks. The race of the criminal is not a factor in their incarceration. Their antisocial, unhealthy, ill-advised, felonious behavior is.If you want more black folks to be free, tell them to behave their damnselves. I promise to tell all the bad white people the same thing. (By the way, you won’t see me really saying that to them; I do my best to avoid bad white people. If I see bad white people breaking the law, I report them. If I know bad white people are doing bad things, I will not allow them to get away with it. Reverend Jackson, you should spend more time urging black citizens of conscience to do the same thing.)
Thank you Reverend, that did the trick.Conservatives are not perfect, but when compared to liberals, it sure makes us look that way.You Might Also Like:
We all need affirmation.
I admit it, there have been times in recent years, between the George W. Bushes, the Mitt Romneys and the John Boehners of the world, when I have doubted my own place in the Republican political infrastructure.
GOP?Yes.Conservative? Not so much; certainly, not often enough.
When I get one of these mini-identity crisis moments, there are few things that can bring me back home better than a belly full of left-wing crap, and there are few who can sling it better than Jesse Jackson.
The reverend’s diatribes can be plain good for my conservative soul, and his recent Huffington Post Whinefest was just the calibration my philosophical compass needed. Posted January 17, the piece called, “South Carolina Shows How Far We Have to Go,” was a multifaceted look at how horrific life happens to be in the state if you are a liberal.
Notice I said “liberal” and not “black,” because while the good reverend may want us to believe that black folks in the Palmetto State have a special set of rules that apply just to them, that somehow hold them back, actually, those rules apply to everyone. He is just under the impression the rules oppress blacks. Conservative blacks in South Carolina laugh at that notion. All 38 of them.
Sayeth Jesse:”Last month, the Justice Department, enforcing the Voting Rights Act, rejected as discriminatory South Carolina’s efforts to suppress the vote by requiring voters to show a driver’s license or other limited official forms of photo ID. Republicans are pushing these laws in states across the country. They claim they are needed to deter voting fraud, but offer no evidence of its existence. In fact, the laws will disproportionately impact African Americans, Latinos and poor people — who are less likely to have a driver’s license.”
Sayeth Me:”Go ahead… attempt to defend the mindset that it is wise, advisable or healthy for adult human beings to live without a photo ID in today’s world.Not only is it illegal to have a bank account without official ID, you cannot enroll in school, receive medical treatment or be hired for regular employment without one.So instead of pitching a fit, why don’t you get these poor people in need on board?You know, get them legal. Be honest, Jesse: Only a disengaged, socially illiterate loser (or the mentally infirm) does not have proper ID. Come to think of it, I guess he does know his voting base.
Sayeth Jesse:”An anti-union state, South Carolina adds to the ‘race to the bottom’ by offering employers cheap captive prison labor. The largest dairy farm in the state will be in a prison. The state aggressively markets its Prison Industries program to private employers, offering to ‘lease’ prisoners or allow businesses to open branches within prison gates.”
Sayeth Me:”An anti-union state?Well of course, but we shouldn’t brag.Actually, I can’t imagine living in such a prison setup, unless I count those 18 years living with my parents. True, I had no real freedom, but I did have free room, free board and free medical care. In return I had to do my mandated work at school, take care of the yard, the dog and my little brother.I got virtually no wages in return. Those bastards.But I digress…who doesn’t like the idea of indentured servitude for criminals, with their wages going to pay their victims? Like it? I love it…and I want some more of it!” (Insert Gamecock fight song here.)
Sayeth Jesse:”The U.S. locks up more than 2 million people, more than any nation in the world. One in 48 working-age men is behind bars. A disproportionate number — 40 percent — are African Americans. As Michelle Alexander reported in her book, ‘The New Jim Crow,’ more black men are in prison or jail, on probation or parole than were in slavery in the 1850s.”
Sayeth Me:”Jail is the place you put bad people who do bad things.Since more than half the folks locked up are white, it is safe to assume there is not a conspiracy afoot to just lock up black folks. The race of the criminal is not a factor in their incarceration. Their antisocial, unhealthy, ill-advised, felonious behavior is.If you want more black folks to be free, tell them to behave their damnselves. I promise to tell all the bad white people the same thing. (By the way, you won’t see me really saying that to them; I do my best to avoid bad white people. If I see bad white people breaking the law, I report them. If I know bad white people are doing bad things, I will not allow them to get away with it. Reverend Jackson, you should spend more time urging black citizens of conscience to do the same thing.)
Thank you Reverend, that did the trick.Conservatives are not perfect, but when compared to liberals, it sure makes us look that way.You Might Also Like:
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