YET, ANOTHER GRINNIN' THOMAS - WHEN WILL WE LEARN!!!!?

Beneath the Spin * Eric L. Wattree

YET, ANOTHER GRINNIN' THOMAS - WHEN WILL WE LEARN!!!!?
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I got up thinking about Anthony Thomas this morning, yet another dumb, Republican-leaning Black man that I ran across on Facebook the other day. I cut off communication with him after I lost patience with all of his obfuscation and evasions to avoid recognizing facts that were splattered all across his face. I’m sure you know the type - the kind of person who would rather engage in logical contortions to embrace a lie than to modify their clearly erroneous beliefs.
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People like Thomas seem to feel a vested interest in remaining blind, so I don’t waste my time with them, because it’s counterproductive. They tend to give their ideology priority over truth, so if you tell them the Sun is hot, they’ll say something like, "Well, it depends on what you mean by hot." So it’s just a complete waste of time trying to have a rational discussion on any issue with such people.
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But I’ve come to the conclusion that the internet has the potential to be the most powerful educational tool that man has ever known, so I’ve set upon an agenda of trying educate the people who may not follow politics to what’s going on behind their backs. I also take advantage of the opportunity to allow myself to be educated by others regarding the erroneous beliefs that I may hold. After all, I’ve long since recognized that I don’t corner the market either wisdom, knowledge, or intelligence.
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So I’ve decided that it’s a mistake to ignore people like Anthony. I’m making the very same mistake that the Democrats continue to make with respect to responding to Republican nonsense. Democrats often assume that the many gross misstatement of the facts made by Republicans are so stupid and counterintuitive that it’s not necessary to respond, because anyone with any sense should be able to see through them. But that’s both an unwarranted, and unwise assumption, because there are many people who do not - far too many people, in fact. So even though it may seem like a fool’s errand to argue back and forth with people like Anthony, we should always take the time to do it, or at the very least, take the time to cut the legs off their basic premise before we dismiss them.

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In that regard, while Anthony CLAIMS not to be a Republican, the basis of his argument seems to hinge on the fact that being partisan is never a good thing, and it’s unwise to take sides with one political party over the other. That’s become a basic Republican talking point. They have to push that position - particularly among the poor, middle class, and minorities - because they know that their scorched earth policies toward these groups are antithetical to everything America stands for. They are out to recreate the very kind of society that America’s forefathers left Europe to get away from - an aristocracy, in this case, based on corporate feudalism. If they have their way, instead of living in New York City, you’ll be living in New Halliburtia. You won’t have the right to vote, and Blackwater will enforce what will be called ‘the law.’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX69a45LFLI

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What many anti-government people are failing to realize - due to the brutal assault on educational system - is when you get rid of government it’s going to create a vacuum of power, and vacuums are never left dormant. So that void is going to be filled by the most ruthless and powerful international corporations. Thus, we’ll be left with a form of corporate feudalism where we won’t have the right to vote, or have any say-so in the way we are governed. Oh, did I say governed? There will be no government, which means no rules, no laws, and no protection against our abuse. That’s exactly what the Republican anti-regulation propaganda is about. They are currently conditioning us to be open to such a system, in fact, they have some clamoring for it.
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That explains their stance against organized labor and their assault our educational system. They don’t want any entity in place that has the potential to organize the people against them. And they want to privatize our educational system so they can gain control and condition the minds of our children - sort of like the old Nazi youth camps, where the children are so severely brainwashed that they’re informing on their own parents (http://www.kochbrothersexposed.com/education).

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So the Republican Party’s goal is to destroy our educational system’s ability to produce independent thinkers. They also intend to handpick students they deem most susceptible to promoting the corporate agenda, while leaving the majority of students so undereducated that they only have two options - either sheepishly accept the crumbs that the corporations decide to throw their way, for what will essentially be slave labor, or go into the military and become cannon fodder in an endless series of mercenary assaults on the national resources of other countries. Anyone who doubts this should consider the fact that even at this writing the children of the rich are no longer even expected to go into the military to fight America’s wars. Dying is for the ‘little people.’
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So Thomas’ position on the need for bipartisanship is a laughably ridiculous position to take in this current political environment. If the Democratic Party was in a political battle against the Nazi Party, would we try to be nonpartisan and politely listen to the Nazis Party? Of course not. That would be stupid. Well, it’s just as stupid to listen to anything coming from the Republican Party, because they are just as insidious as any political group in modern history. They're out to completely revise our American ideals, and undermine the American way of life.
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Clear evidence of that is the Republicans are currently obstructing any and all legislation that has anything to do with protecting the interest of poor and middle class people in this country. In addition, they’ve mounted an aggressive effort to undermine everything that President Franklin Roosevelt put in place as the ‘New Deal’ to save the American people from the ravages of the Great Depression. And further, they are trying to reverse everything accomplished during the Civil Rights movement that Martin Luther King and millions of others fought so hard for during the sixties, including taking away the people’s right to vote.
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Now this guy, Anthony, is trying to put forward the position that we should feel obliged not to take sides in pursuit of our own interest. He must be out of his Goddamn mind - as is Tavis Smiley, Cornel West, and Boyce Watkins. They have to be either dumb, or duplicitous. These people don’t seem to have sense enough to realize that the coming election has absolutely nothing to do with our love for either Obama, or the Democratic Party. This election is about keeping corporate fascists from gaining power, and their most potent weapon against us is getting us to hate one another more than we love ourselves. Thus, it is essential for us to understand that anyone who promotes division among the people, be they Black or White, is the enemy - and that includes Tavis Smiley, Cornel West, and their new recruit, Boyce Watkins.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRYV0V8q-BU

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"HEY, EVERYBODY!  HERE'S AN IDEA!  LET'S VOTE TO CUT OUR THROATS TO TEACH OBAMA A LESSON!"

 That's easy for these brothers to say. They get paid to tell starving people how hungry they are, so the hungrier YOU are, the more THEY get paid.

THINK ABOUT THAT.

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Related Links:
http://wattree.blogspot.com/2012/03/in-defense-of-my-stance-against-cornel.html
http://wattree.blogspot.com/2011/10/herman-cain-black-people-are.html
http://wattree.blogspot.com/2010/10/gop-one-hundred-year-record-of.html

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Citizens Against Reckless Middle-Class Abuse (CARMA)

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Has the GOP Become a Threat to America?

Beneath the Spin * Eric L. Wattree

Has the GOP Become a Threat to America?

The current leadership of the GOP is the most dangerous threat to America in the history of this country. Hyperbole? I wish it were. But the evidence clearly demonstrates that the GOP has mounted a concerted effort to circumvent the American people and install a modern-day feudalism that effectively abolishes the will of the people and their elected officials to allow our cities and states to be run by corporate-like CEOs - and there’s no telling where it will go from there.

In spite of the GOP claim that they believe in limited government, The Michigan Messenger has reported that newly elected Republican governor, Rick Snyder, is poised to sign an emergency management bill that will hand total control of local governments over to "emergency managers" appointed by the government.

The Messenger reports:

"In a party line vote, and despite impassioned speeches of protest by the body’s Democratic minority, the Michigan Senate approved legislation that threatens to take over and even dissolve local governments that refuse to balance their budgets by breaking labor contracts.

"According to the law, which has already been approved in the House, the governor will be able to declare "financial emergency" in towns or school districts and appoint someone to fire local elected officials, break contracts, seize and sell assets, and eliminate services."

According to the Messenger, in a last ditch effort to protect the rights of the citizens, Democrats tried to add an amendment that would require "Emergency Managers" to hold monthly public accountability meetings to inform the citizens of how they are governing, but the amendment was voted down by the Republican senate.

Mark Gaffney, president of the Michigan state AFL-CIO is quoted as saying,

"It takes every decision in a city or school district and puts it in the hands of the manager, from when the streets get plowed to who plows them and how much they are paid. In schools, the manager would decide academics or if you have athletics. This is a takeover by the right wing and it’s an assault on democracy like I’ve never seen."

Thus, the GOP, this party of "limited government," intends to completely take over the local governments under their jurisdiction, rescind the will of the voting public, and thumb their noses at any amendment that will require public accountability. And this power-grab is also taking place in other Republican-led states around the country.

This action and what’s going on in Wisconsin and other Republican-led states clearly demonstrates that the leaders of the modern GOP are without limits. To put it bluntly, these people are un-American. They are fundamentally opposed to our way of life, and greatly prefer a dictatorial form of government. George W. Bush let the cat out of the bag by admitting it when he said, "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier…just as long as I'm the dictator."

Americans need to wake up and connect the dots. The GOP now claims that they are so concerned about the deficit that they must suspend the United States Constitution, yet they weren’t concerned enough about it to suspend giving the top 2% of the population a tax cut that will add $4 Trillion to the deficit over the next ten years. Neither were they concerned enough about the deficit to discontinue taxpayer subsidies to Exxon, one of the riches corporations in the world, nor prevent the political class in congress from giving themselves an extra $93,000 in "petty cash."

And while they claim to love our troops, they rushed them into battle in Iraq without the necessary gear to protect their lives, and they awarded Dick Cheney’s former corporation, Halliburton (KBR), a no-bid contract to provide the troops with contaminated water and do such shoddy contracting work that at least 18 of our troops were electrocuted while in the shower. The Department of the Army classified their deaths as "negligent homicide." Then, if that weren't enough, the GOP fought tooth and nail against giving the troops any additional benefits when they left the service - inspite of the fact that our troops in Iraq were forced into extended tours of duty and spend more tours of duty in a battle zone than any other troops in American history.

The GOP has demonstrated over the past forty years that they are conniving, lack limits, self-serving, and have little or no respect for the rule of law. Richard Nixon was forced to resign after being involved in the plot to burglarize the DNC in theWatergate Scandal, and there’s evidence that strongly suggests that Ronald Reagan was in collusion with the Iranians to hold American hostages until after he won the presidential election (The hostages were released immediately after he took the oath of office). Reagan also traded arms with his newfound friends during the Iran/Contra scandal. In addition, he flooded American inner cities with drugs to support his illegal war in Nicaragua, then suggested that inner city children "just say no."

Republican, George W. Bush then went on to lie us into the war with Iraq, costing more than a million lives, including the killing and maiming of thousands of Americans troops. His administration also spied on American citizens, Cheney committed treason by outing a CIA agent, they committed war crimes that included torturing prisoners, and they purposely ravaged the national treasury. Now they’re using the excuse of a depleted treasury to claim "a national emergency" in order to mount yet another assault on the Constitution. And in the meantime, Republicans in congress are demonizing an entire religion as "Islamofascists" to spread hatred and fear and to distract our attention from their horrific agenda.

Doesn’t that feel just the least bit like deja vu?  If it doesn't it's probably because you're a victim of the GOP assault on our educational system. They have a vested interest in keeping you uninformed, because they don't want you to realize that while you may be on their side, they're not on yours.  They think of the American people as stupid, and they want to keep us that way.

"Fascism: A radical, authoritarian nationalist political ideology. Fascists seek to organize a nation according to corporatist perspectives, values, and systems, including the political system and the economy." - Wikipedia

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