Slow Joe Bigot

Once more the curtain was pulled back a bit and a glimpse of how the libs view some of us was revealed.  Slow Joe Biden, Democratic Senator from the great state of Delaware, in an attempt to buff and polish the anointed one, Barak Obama, made the following remark:

 

I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man.

Really?  The first?  How about Frederick Douglas?  Does he count or was he not “nice-looking” enough?  Or in more recent times perhaps Condie Rice or Alan Keyes, both quite articulate are not “bright” enough.  Dr. Rice speaks Russian fluently and Dr. Keyes has an advanced degree.  Slow Joe, what advanced degree do you have?  And what is it with “clean?”  Is there some hygiene issue or moral issue?  Obama is the first ”clean” black person that you’ve known?  These are not the first remarks of this kind coming from Slow Joe’s mouth.  Remember his tribute to Asian Indians?

 

In Delaware, the largest growth of population is Indian-Americans, moving from India. You cannot go to a 7/11 or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I’m not joking.

You see it is not about Joe being just dumb Joe.  It’s about how many liberals and Democrats really view minorities.  What they really feel is that blacks, in particular, are not capable of success without the patronage of whites.  It is nothing more that bigotry.  It may be “the soft bigotry of low expectations,” but it is bigotry none the less.  And it may also be about guilt for the sin of slavery and a constant effort at white redemption. And only bad policy can come of such attitudes.

Watch Joe squirm in the coming days and he tries to spin the remarks.

We love ya Joe!  You’re the gift that keeps on giving to conservatives.

History Means Nothing to Socialists

It is amazing to me that liberals generally and socialists in particular have little appreication of world history.  All of them think that socialism is a good thing and but for poor execution (no pun intended), previous efforts would have transformed the world for the improvement of man’s condition.  Now comes Chavez, the socialist leader of Venezuela about to become a virtual dictator.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – President Hugo Chavez is set to assume unbridled powers to remake Venezuelan society as the National Assembly prepares to grant him authority to enact sweeping measures by presidential decree.

The assembly, which is completely controlled by Chavez supporters, is scheduled to meet Wednesday in a Caracas plaza to approve a so-called “enabling law” that will give Chavez special powers for 18 months to transform 11 broadly defined areas, including the economy, energy and defense.

Chavez, who is beginning a fresh six-year term, says the legislation will be the start of a new era of “maximum revolution” during which he will consolidate Venezuela’s transformation into a socialist society. His critics, however, are calling it a radical lurch toward authoritarianism by a leader with unchecked power.

The former paratroop commander has already said he will use the law to decree nationalizations of Venezuela’s largest telecommunications company and the electricity sector, slap new taxes on the rich and impose greater state control over the oil and natural gas industries.

A final draft of the law shows Chavez will also be allowed to dictate unspecified measures to transform state institutions; reform banking, tax, insurance and financial regulations; decide on security and defense matters such as gun regulations and military organization; and “adapt” legislation to ensure “the equal distribution of wealth” as part of a new “social and economic model.”

Freedom departs when power is concentrated in the hands of the anointed few.  The masses have lost power in Venezuela.

But the great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, consists in giving to those who administer each department the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments of the others. The provision for defense must in this, as in all other cases, be made commensurate to the danger of attack. Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions. 

James Madison, Federalist Papers #51, February 6, 1788.

Ashokan Farewell and Sullivan Ballou

A friend of mine gave me a copy of the CD “The Civil War,” the soundtrack from Ken Burn’s television series of the same name.  When the third track entitled “Ashokan Farewell” played, I was moved for reasons that I could not quite grasp.  So I did some investigation on the web and found the letter from Sullivan Ballou to his wife shortly before his death on the battlefield.  Somewhere in my mind, I remember the tune played during the reading of Ballou’s letter during the TV series. The letter moved me to tears.  Ballou died on July 21, 1861.

July the 14th, 1861

Washington D.C.

My very dear Sarah:

The indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days—perhaps tomorrow. Lest I should not be able to write you again, I feel impelled to write lines that may fall under your eye when I shall be no more.

Our movement may be one of a few days duration and full of pleasure—and it may be one of severe conflict and death to me. Not my will, but thine O God, be done. If it is necessary that I should fall on the battlefield for my country, I am ready. I have no misgivings about, or lack of confidence in, the cause in which I am engaged, and my courage does not halt or falter. I know how strongly American Civilization now leans upon the triumph of the Government, and how great a debt we owe to those who went before us through the blood and suffering of the Revolution. And I am willing—perfectly willing—to lay down all my joys in this life, to help maintain this Government, and to pay that debt.

But, my dear wife, when I know that with my own joys I lay down nearly all of yours, and replace them in this life with cares and sorrows—when, after having eaten for long years the bitter fruit of orphanage myself, I must offer it as their only sustenance to my dear little children—is it weak or dishonorable, while the banner of my purpose floats calmly and proudly in the breeze, that my unbounded love for you, my darling wife and children, should struggle in fierce, though useless, contest with my love of country?