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Chains of the Past. Shackles of the Present: How the Ghost of Slavery Continues to Haunt America

7/17/2016

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Jay Arrington July 12, 2016 9:42 PM

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Oath Keepers march in Ferguson, Mo 2014
 
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Can you imagine what present day America would be like if slavery never occurred in America, and the slaughter of the Indian notwithstanding? Set aside the fact that much of America would never have been built and many of the wealthy whites in this country would probably be piss poor - and think about the impact of slavery on the mentality of those involved. On the one hand you have those who devised the plan, implemented and carried out the plan and were willing to die - and in many cases did in a vain attempt to maintain a lifestyle of privilege and prosperity. On the other hand you have the victims.

Now before we get too high on the horse and begin to believe that because those folks lost that war they stopped fighting… remember one thing, they never have. Those folks continued to fight and although the strategy changed and the battlefield was expanded, the enemy and the spoils of war remained the same. Who’s the enemy? Anyone not wearing the confederate uniform. Who are the spoils of war? Blacks. White folks went right back to war; and their children, their children’s children and their children’s children, children continue to be loaded for bear because they never accepted defeat and they never got over losing the institution of slavery.  And because white folks haven’t gotten over slavery neither have black folks.

Relatively speaking, with few exceptions, THE BELIEF THAT BLACKS ARE ANGRY ABOUT SLAVERY OF THE PAST IS A COMPLETE AND UTTER MYTH. No folks, blacks are not angry about slavery of the past. Blacks are angry about slavery of the present. As I said earlier, whites are the ones angry about slavery of the past. In spite of all the times you heard some white person say that blacks need to, “forget about slavery,” it’s not us, it’s them. The only reason blacks are angry is because blacks continue to be the targets of the very same practices of slavery past
  • Family annihilation
  • Voter suppression
  • Inferior education
  • Incarceration
  • Stereotyping
  • Profiling
  • Job discrimination
  • Murder
Whites want blacks to forget so that blacks won’t recognize that it is still going on, you know, “watch the birdie.”
Shall I go on? And surprisingly the anger doesn’t come so much from the fact that blacks continue to be the object of these atrocities. The anger comes from the fact that whites continue to be in denial about their complicity and evil intent. Nothing pisses someone off more than to have someone spit in their eye and then deny that they did. Even worse than spitting is the fact that whites pretend as though blacks can’t get over slavery, when as I said, it’s them.
 
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Put aside all of what I mentioned earlier and consider the argument from this perspective. What, up until Trump’s “Make America great again” crap, had been the chief desire you heard from white voters each presidential election cycle since President Obama took office? Yup, you guessed it, “Take our country back.” Now, what I wonder is do they believe they lost when Obama became president. Could it be a sense of control? And what better way to reestablish control over what you believe you “OWN” then through the use of violence…reestablish and confirm your dominance as lord and master -read Massa.
 
Convinced yet? Shall I go on?
What is prison except for a modern day plantation? And much like slaves that were emancipated and had nowhere to go and chose to stay, most freed prisoners end up returning to prison simply because they have nowhere to go. Even worse, just like slaves they have no training, cannot get a job, cannot vote, which means they can’t feed themselves or their families so they return to what they know, crime/prison/Massa.
 
And finally folks, let’s talk about “OPEN CARRY.”  Think way back to before Obama came into office. How much talk was there about “OPEN CARRY?” Apart from the fear of losing a country what the election of Obama did to whites in America was threefold, 1) it scared whites into thinking that blacks believed they (blacks) had carte’ blanc to kill whites (never our nature), not for slavery past but that we had finally seen the light about the present 2) reminded whites of their past as if they needed reminding and 3) made whites grab their guns as evidence that the war never ended.
 
Listen up folks, this ain’t “GHOSTBUSTERS,” and while you might be afraid of that ghost, black folks ain’t afraid’ of no ghost. 


Jay Arrington is a staff writer for the Maryland Daily Examiner.  
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For Angry Republicans in Michigan and Mississippi the Devil’s in the Details

3/13/2016

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Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump, second from left, gestures as Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich watch him a Republican presidential primary debate at Fox Theatre, Thursday, March 3, 2016, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

​By Jay Arrington March 9, 2016

“Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.” Psalm 69:22

A few years ago I wrote about how people who allegedly vote against their own interest actually vote their interest- their interest being hating folks not like them. Trouble with that philosophy is that by the time those voters realize the self-inflicted damage caused by their hate and false sense of entitlement, the only solution (in their minds) for remedy manifested in the past in the form of folks like David Duke and now in the form of Donald J. Trump. Don’t get me wrong, many members of the [Republican Party] and their other presidential candidates share theirs (angry voters) and Trump’s views. The difference is that unlike Trump the other party members won’t say (publicly) what Trump says, they just whistle, as in doggy. 

Exit polls in Michigan showed that four in ten of GOP voters support Trump’s deportation of Muslims while Mississippi exit polls showed that fifty percent of voters support deportation of Muslims. What might surprise some but not others- and certainly not me- is that in Mississippi many of those supporting a ban on Muslims identify as Evangelical Christians. Shame on you. You do know that God is not mocked? You can’t love the Lord whom you don’t see and hate your brother that you do see. But I digress- just thought I’d remind you. 
Immigration and hate for their fellowman notwithstanding, anger over the economy placed a strong second in both states on the list of “any excuse to vote for Trump.” A majority of those polled expressed dissatisfaction over the direction of the economy. Apparently $1:50 per gallon average for gasoline, 4.8% unemployment and record stock market gains are viewed as “going in the wrong direction.”  However, to be fair, I understand that for those without jobs unemployment in their respective households registers 100%.

Anger and discontent aside, the media attention Trump and to some extent Senator Cruz of Texas command leaves Governor John Kasich R-Ohio looking, well, reasonable. Truth is however, that while [Kasich] comes across as this folksy Andy Griffith type with the calm and seemingly reasonable debate demeanor, his record as governor shows that as a matter of policy he is more extreme than Trump and just as extreme as Cruz. His expansion of Medicaid notwithstanding, Kasich recently signed legislation to stop state funding of Planned Parenthood. Trump by the way supports Planned Parenthood. 

In addition to the Planned Parenthood bill, Kasich signed some of the country’s most aggressive and restrictive Voter ID laws. According to the Cleveland Plain-Dealer Editorial Board: John Kasich’s voting legislation was “a breathtaking bid to suppress voting despite constitutional guarantees of voting rights.” “Ohio’s Republican-run General Assembly has now passed three bills aimed at holding down voting by black or low-income Ohioans, a breathtaking bid to suppress voting despite constitutional guarantees of voting rights. Unwisely, Republican Gov. John Kasich has signed all of them into law. Substitute Senate Bill 205 forbids anyone but the secretary of state’s office from sending out unsolicited absentee ballot applications.” [Cleveland Plain-Dealer, 3/1/14; SB 205, 10/10/13; SB 216, 10/29/13; SB 238, 11/13/13]  correctrecord.org/the-2016-gop-record-on-voting-rights/

So you see folks (angry republicans), no matter which devil you choose he will still have horns and a pitch fork and he’ll be seated at the head of the “others” table…you know the one you prepared for your enemy. Not to worry though. There are plenty of seats.


Jay Arrington is a staff writer for The Maryland Daily Examiner.  For more articles and information regarding the Maryland Daily Examiner, contact Reggie Kearney, Editor in Chief.  
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Donald & the KKK: Three of a Kind with a Trump Card

2/29/2016

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When David Duke the former Grand Wizard of the KKK encouraged his radio audience to vote for Donald Trump this past Wednesday, he (Duke) opened a proverbial can of self-righteous indignation out of which poured hypocrites from both sides of the aisle. The comments first reported by BuzzFeed News quote Duke saying, “Voting for these people, voting against Donald Trump at this point, is really treason to your heritage.” Heritage he says. Well since you brought that up let’s talk about the recent heritage of the Republican Party.

But first a little background. Immediately following  Duke’s statement republican presidential candidates Senators Marco Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz of Texas called on Trump to condemn Duke along with Duke’s past association with the KKK. Apparently Cruz and Rubio, hoping to capitalize on the better angels of their respective supporters nature as well as Trump’s supporters, are suffering from an acute case of selective amnesia.

If memory serves me, I seem to recall that the so-called evangelical conservatives that Cruz believes he represents support (as history shows) much of what David Duke represents. Ask yourselves who carried out the lynchings in the south for so many years…only then they referred to themselves as “God-Fearing Christians.” You know it’s true. I mean we are talking about heritage right? And as for Rubio, he and his supporters are hell bent on repealing Obamacare. So much for love for your fellowman that you would prefer seeing them die rather than provide them access to affordable healthcare. May as well hand out infected blankets. Heritage right?

Republican strategists filled the airwaves over the weekend shaking their respective “we are the world” fists while spewing disingenuous platitudes about the ruination of the party of Lincoln and Reagan courtesy of the hate speak of Trump and now Duke. Really? Let’s take a walk further down heritage lane shall we? Remember this 2013 gem posited by Iowa Republican Congressman Steve King referencing Mexican immigrants, “they’ve got calves the size of cantaloupes because they’ve been hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert.” Last time I checked King is still a Congressman. In fact, King won re-election in 2014 with nearly 62% of the vote. So much for the better angels of conservative voters nature.

Last but not least, let’s go back even further and talk about the crown prince of courting racist votes, the late Lee Atwater. Atwater served as adviser to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush and chairman of the Republican National Committee and is remembered for among many things his (Atwater) Southern Strategy in which he explained how republicans could win the southern racist vote without sounding racist themselves. The following represents a small portion of Atwater’s strategy.

You start out in 1954 by saying, “Nigger, nigger, nigger.” By 1968 you can’t say “nigger”—that hurts you, backfires. So you say stuff like, uh, forced busing, states’ rights, and all that stuff, and you’re getting so abstract. Now, you’re talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you’re talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is, blacks get hurt worse than whites.… “We want to cut this,” is much more abstract than even the busing thing, uh, and a hell of a lot more  abstract than “Nigger, nigger.”

So much for republican cries that the KKK and Trump are ruining the party of Lincoln and Reagan. Heritage would suggest the party was ruined a long time ago. Time to fold that hand guys. No one’s calling your bluff.

Written by Jay Arrington, Featured writer for the Maryland Daily Examiner
For information regarding the Maryland Daily Examiner, contact Reggie Kearney, Editor in Chief.  



To hear the entire Atwater interview visit, http://www.thenation.com/article/exclusive-lee-atwaters-infamous-1981-interview-southern-strategy/




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The Pleasure Principle: How Sexual Pleasure Trumps Religious Principle

9/12/2015

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Mike Huckabee, Janet Huckabee, Kim Davis, Joe Davis - Mike Huckabee Twitter
“But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.”      Romans 13:14

On Tuesday Sept 8, 2015, Kim Davis, Rowan County Clerk in the city of Grayson, Kentucky was released from jail. A judge ordered Davis jailed for contempt following Davis’ refusal to issue marriage licenses. Davis stated that her refusal to issue marriage licenses stemmed from long held religious beliefs that marriage was between a man and a woman. As a result, Davis refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. 

The dust up over this issue follows this summer’s U.S. Supreme Court decision granting same-sex couples the right to marry. In so doing, the court declared the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional. However, as a country supposedly founded on religious freedoms, the jailing of Davis raises the uneasy specter that America is willing to sacrifice the rights of one for the rights of another. Whatever happened to that hallowed word Americans love to invoke in defense of a particular cause, “principle?” How is it that suddenly that word no longer applies to religions, or has it ever? 

Flashback April 29, 1967, a New York Times headline reads, “Clay Refuses Army Oath; Stripped of Boxing Crown.” A young Mohammed Ali suffered the wrath of those who refused to accept his refusal to serve based on religious beliefs. It would appear that principle applies only when that principle serves personal agenda. In this battle, there is plenty of principled personal agenda. 

For instance, does anyone believe that current Republican Presidential hopefuls Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and former Governor Mike Huckabee, R-Ark. would have joined Ali at one of his (Ali) rallies? And what about those principles abandoned by the conservatives justices on the Supreme Court or better still, President Obama. It was not until his last campaign that Obama revealed that his thoughts on the issue of same-sex marriage were evolving- how convenient. 

The justices and the president are not alone. A study by the Pew Research Center revealed a dramatic shift in attitudes about same-sex marriage. “In 2001 57 percent of Americans opposed same-sex marriage, while 35 percent of Americans supported it. The same poll shows that today opinions have greatly shifted to reflect slightly more support for same-sex marriage than opposition -- with 48 percent of Americans in favor and 43 percent opposed.”

Christian doctrine teaches that we should love everyone. As a Christian, I do my best to apply that “principle” to my life. However, loving someone is not an excuse to enable. Especially what a person believes is immoral behavior. Does not the law in order to recognize the principled wishes of one segment of society by punishing Kim Davis for standing on personal principle render moot the rationale for doing either? I was always of the impression that the purpose of laws is to point out and punish bad behaviors not to encourage them.  


Written by Jay Arrington, Featured writer for the Maryland Daily Examiner
For information regarding the Maryland Daily Examiner, EMAIL Reggie Kearney, Editor-in-Chief


Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-reignites-gay-marriage-debate/story?id=17915540

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Cruz in for a Bruzin' in 2016

3/30/2015

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The 21st century's version of Joe McCarthy, Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas announced this past Monday that he (Cruz) is running for the 2016 republican nomination for President of the United States - talk about exalting oneself above measure. Cruz's well -scripted and well-funded affair at Liberty University had all the markings of an elaborately advertised off-Broadway play that is canceled after only five nights. Apart from the idyllic scene of his lovely family, I could not help but think that had it been the 1960s, they would all have been at a different gathering. After all, they were in Lynchburg, Virginia, how ironic, ‘Lynchburg'. 

Really folks, can any of you name anything Cruz has accomplished by way of legislation either positive or negative? I most certainly cannot. The few things that come to mind are not in the least bit flattering. Unless you are of the extreme right wing conservative ilk, Cruz impresses you most as a loudmouthed blowhard. One look at the man and you immediately get chills and not the nice ones either. Personally, I never had to hear the man speak to gauge what type of person he is; a know-it-all who thinks the rest of the world should feel privileged to breathe the same air as does he. Moreover, Cruz somehow has confused book sense with common sense thinking that a Harvard degree trumps rationale, dismisses fairness, and holds that the only self-evident truth is that he is unequalled. 

Narcissism notwithstanding, Cruz's apparent amnesia concerning his role in the government shutdown of 2013 that caused and costs the American taxpayer jobs and money -read the same thing- has slid so far down the rabbit hole that even Alice cannot find it. Furthermore, who can forget Cruz's seemingly never-ending remarks regarding President Obama's origin of birth? Although born in Canada, Cruz seems to think that doesn't count because White is not considered foreign, I guess. In some respects, it would appear that is the correct attitude. After all, republicans once considered drafting legislation that would allow former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (Austrian) to run for president. Moreover, Cruz possesses a knack for injecting dog whistle messages into his speeches. 

For example, among the many things Cruz said Monday, here are a few that in my opinion, really stood out, and give a real sense of his (Cruz) ideology: 

"God's blessing has been on America from the very beginning of this nation and I believe God isn't done with America yet." "I believe in you. I believe in the power of millions of courageous conservatives rising up to re-ignite the promise of America."

"Today, I am announcing that I am running for president of the United States." "It is a time for truth. It is a time for liberty. It is a time to reclaim the Constitution of the United States. 

First, where do Americans and especially white Americans get this absurd idea that America is the only country on earth that God has blessed or loves? Secondly, what exactly is this ‘promise of America’ of which Cruz spoke? What does reclaiming the Constitution mean and from whom would it be reclaimed? Help me out here folks because the only answers that do it for me involves racist sentiment and that old air of entitlement that appears to have never been claimed by anyone other than America. 

Enough of the rant then and back to politics, or presidential politics anyway. Cruz has an uphill battle to say the least. Not only must Cruz overcome the disdain those in his (Cruz) own party feel for him, Cruz must also overcome the self-inflicted wrath of the ever- increasing immigrant population in the United States. It is no secret that Cruz is unpopular among the majority of his republican colleagues. Speaking about Cruz, Republican pollster Frank Luntz said, “His colleagues really don’t like him, and it’s very difficult when your own colleagues won’t stand up for you.” “There’s a subtle message that there is something wrong.”In addition, Democratic strategist and Washington lobbyist Steve Elmendorf said, “The question for Republicans is: Can an unlikable candidate who holds positions unappealing for the general election be viable?” 

General election viability is the least of Cruz’s present worries because he first must find a way to move beyond the republican primaries. Although his message targets disenchanted, cantankerous extreme right wing conservatives, party insiders understand that presenting a more moderate conservative approach enhances the appeal of candidates like Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul. However, were Cruz to somehow claim the nomination, general election viability would ruin any chance he would prevail considering his propensity to alienate voters. 

For instance, a 2012 Pew Research Poll showed although a shift in party identification occurred almost entirely among white voters, the Democratic Party’s advantage among blacks and Hispanics, by comparison, has remained largely unchanged. Not surprisingly however, since the election of President Obama the Republican Party increased its advantage over Democrats among non-Hispanic white voters by twelve points. In 2012, four years after Obama’s first election 52% identified with or leaned toward the Republican Party while 40% identified with the Democratic Party or leaned Democratic. However, in 2008, the balance of party identification among whites was almost evenly divided (46% Republican vs. 44% Democrat). 

Unfortunately, for Senator Cruz, the real tale of tape lies in poll numbers tracking his chances against the de facto democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton. The average poll numbers show the former Secretary of State and former First Lady defeating Cruz in a landslide by a fourteen-point margin. Not to worry Senator, should that happen you’ll have plenty of time to stage another 21hour filibuster and read ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ even if it is in your own living room. Cruz in for a bruzin my man. Cruz in for a bruzin. Cruz in for a Bruzin in 2016

Written by Jay Arrington,
Maryland a Daily Examiner
Real World News 
Email:  Poetryemotionbyjay@gmail.com 

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What Price Speech: How Entitlement for Some Makes Us All Accountable

1/22/2015

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“If your protest perpetuates instead of prevents then you may as well keep your mouth shut.”   ~~~ Poetry Emotion By Jay

Question -  Would anyone of you give a poisonous snake refuge in your pants pocket and then be mad that the snake bit you? Conventional wisdom would suggest that a snake will be a snake.

Question -  Would anyone of you deliberately jump over a barrier into a lion’s den and then be mad that the lion mauled you? Yeah, right, the lion would only do what is expected. So, given that common sense in these situations would or should prevent a person from committing such foolish acts despite that person’s right to do so, why is it that common sense would not apply to newspaper editors?

Although I resist giving qualifying statements, I feel in this instance it is necessary. Therefore, let me say that this commentary is in no way an attempt to condone the tragedy that took place in France. I value life and cannot begin to imagine what the families of those lost are suffering. However, the following excerpts taken from a Sept. 2012 NY Times article reveal a disturbing pattern of irresponsibility by Charlie Hebdo editors'. The article, “French Magazine Runs Cartoons That Mock Muhammad,  was written by 
SCOTT SAYARE and NICOLA CLARK, with contributions from Declan Walsh reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan, and Waqar Gilani from Lahore, Pakistan.

“The French government had urged the weekly newspaper, Charlie Hebdo, to reconsider printing the illustrations, some of which depict Muhammad naked and in pornographic poses.

The newspaper refused; after Charlie Hebdo arrived at newsstands on Wednesday, the government announced that French embassies, consulates, cultural centers and schools in about 20 countries would be closed Friday as a precautionary measure. Security will be raised at embassies and consulates, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said, though no specific threats against French targets have been identified.



Accustomed to denunciations by the government, Muslims and almost every other religious or, political group in France, Charlie Hebdo stood by its editorial choice. “We’re a newspaper that respects French law,” said Gérard Biard, the editor in chief. “Now, if there’s a law that is different in Kabul or Riyadh, we’re not going to bother ourselves with respecting it. 

Folks, allow me to interrupt here for a moment to point something out. The editor in chief of the newspaper said, 

“We’re a newspaper that respects French law,” said Gérard Biard, the editor in chief. “Now, if there’s a law that is different in Kabul or Riyadh, we’re not going to bother ourselves with respecting it. 

Stephane Charbonnier the paper’s editorial director added, “Why should they prohibit these people from expressing themselves?” “We have the right to express ourselves, they have the right to express themselves, too.”

You see folks, there’s that sense of entitlement that many feel [t]hey possess because [t]hey have the right to do whatever- consequences be damned. Furthermore, keep in mind this was in 2012.  

Let us continue with the excerpts, 

“French officials acknowledged the newspaper’s right to publish as it pleased, within the limits of the law, but deplored its choice to print images that might be reasonably expected to cause violence.

“In the present context, given this absurd video that has been aired, strong emotions have been awakened in many Muslim countries,” Laurent Fabius, the foreign minister, told France Info radio. “Is it really sensible or intelligent to pour oil on the fire?”


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In a statement, the French Council of the Muslim Faith warned that the cartoons risked “exacerbating tensions,” but urged French Muslims “not to cede to provocation” and to express their grievances via the courts. An appeal for calm will be read during Friday Prayer in several hundred mosques across the country, the rector of Paris’s Grand Mosque announced.

The Arab League denounced the illustrations, as did the White House. “We don’t question the right of something like this to be published,” Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, told reporters. “We just question the judgment behind the decision to publish it.”

Again folks, judgment and common sense should rule the day. Unfortunately, however, the false sense of entitlement that some people carry around, in addition to a blatant disrespect for the faiths of other cultures, makes us all accountable.

“Police officers were sent Wednesday to guard the offices of Charlie Hebdo, in eastern Paris. The newspaper’s former headquarters were gutted by a firebomb last year after the publication of another issue featuring images of Muhammad. Mr. Biard, the editor in chief, described the newspaper as “atheist” and “democratic,” but also a defender of France’s fervent secularism, known as “laïcité.”

“We’re a newspaper against religions as soon as they enter into the political and public realm,” Mr. Biard said. Religious leaders, and Muslim religious leaders in particular, have manipulated their French followers for political reasons, he asserted.

“You’re not meant to identify yourself through a religion, in any case not in a secular state,” Mr. Biard said.

As I said earlier, I am not attempting to appease anyone, nor applaud any action(s) that results in the loss of life or property, or causes hurt or harm. My only purpose here is to point out that for far too long, people around the world and especially in America, have confused free will with free speech. The problem with that is neither one is free. Each one comes with a price and a consequence. 

Moreover, as it regards the surviving editor of Charlie Hebdo, while I respect your right to express yourself, I deplore your blatant disdain and lack of respect for others. Your decision to continue to jump into the lion’s den and to give refuge to a poisonous snake despite prior warnings and your knowledge of history proves at least in my mind that you have allowed your self-righteous sense of entitlement to trump your sense of responsible journalism. The worse part however, is that when you gave refuge to that snake and when you decided to jump into that lion’s den, you made your employees and their families accountable.


Written by Jay Arrington, Maryland Daily Examiner

For more information regarding the Maryland Daily Examiner, contact Reggie Kearney, Editor-in-Chief. 

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Allison Grimes, Kay Hagan and Michelle Nunn: We Hardly Knew Ya, or Did We?

11/13/2014

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One week has passed since democrats and President Obama took a thumping at the midterm ballot box. I for one, am not surprised given the fact that most democrats ran from one of the most successful economic recoveries in recent history for the sole purpose of distancing themselves from President Obama - idiots the lot of them. Apart from the idiocy of it all, what does this really say about this so-called, non-existent racism? If we consider the three U.S. senate races that democrats felt really good about winning, Allison Grimes in Kentucky, Kay Hagan in North Carolina, and Michelle Nunn in Georgia, that racism thing really stands out.

Why do I say this you ask? Well, think about the geographic and demographic similarities of these races, the south and confederate demographic history. During their respective campaigns, Ms. Grimes, Ms. Hagen, and Ms. Nunn each refused to acknowledge any relationship with President Obama in the hopes that distancing themselves would somehow have an endearing effect on southern voters. Although some of these voters may not have supported the president based on policy, most no doubt did not for other reasons such as, _ (You fill in the blank)___.

After six years of fighting to recover from the mess left to him by his predecessor, President Obama’s popularity among white voters, particularly the south, continues to wane. Perhaps to a foreigner this would boggle the mind but for old-timey country folks that know it when we see it and smell it, we are not surprised. One might think that considering the numbers which by the way do not lie, white folks would be happy with Obama’s policies, but here again Obama is not white ergo southern whites don’t like.

Grimes in Ky., Hagan in NC, and Nunn in Ga., were among six democratic candidates for the US senate with three, Pryor of Arkansas, Begich of Alaska, and Landrieu of Lousiana that ran as incumbents. The fact that Hagan and the other four distanced themselves from Obama and [his] policies was somewhat expected particularly regarding Obamacare. However, Grimes’ stiff-arming of the president was perhaps the most puzzling, especially considering the success of Obamacare in Kentucky.

According to healthcare officials in Kentucky 82,747 people chose private healthcare plans and another 357,990 met the requirements for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) during the open enrollment period for 2014. The success of Obamacare in Kentucky resulted in Kentucky experiencing the second largest decrease among the uninsured in the country, 20.4 percent in 2013 to 11.9 by the end of June 2014. Conventional wisdom might have suggested that any sensible candidate embrace the success these statistics represented. However, it appears that skin color trumped success.

In addition, none of the candidates championed the success of the 2009 stimulus, which according to most estimates saved and created more than 2.5 million jobs. Nor did any candidate mention that Wall Street’s numbers have reached historic levels since President Obama took office going from a paltry 7,000 points to nearly 17,000 in six years. Translation, folks are wealthy but to hear the whites ,I mean the right tell it, Obama is the worst thing that ever happened to this country.

Never mind that Obama did away with Bin Laden or ended that phony WMD war in Iraq and is ending the war in Afghanistan, which fattened up the frog for the snake. No Sireee Bob, none of those things mattered to those running back to the arms of their real constituents (whites). “I do declare Ms. Grimes, Ms. Hagan and Ms. Nunn, it seems to me y’all done set ‘we shall overcome’ back a hundred years. Had them all fooled I’d say. Serves him (Obama) right, how dare that uppity negra, put him in [his] place.” 

That place it seems, at least where it concerns the aforementioned senate candidates, is the loser’s locker room. As of press time with the exception of Mary Landrieu, the other five candidates lost. Ms Landrieu, it appears will face [her] challenger in a December 6 runoff.

If this election told us anything, it told us this - racism ain’t dead, and democrats are cowards. Finally Ms Grimes, Ms Hagan and Ms Nunn, your constituents may not like the President but guess what, [they] don’t like you either.

 
Written by Jay Arrington, Maryland Daily Examiner

For more articles and information regarding the Maryland Daily Examiner, visit their website at: www.marylanddailyexaminer.com.  Send your email to: Reggie Kearney, Editor in Chief, at reginald.kearney@marylanddailyexaminer.com
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About Face: Oliver North vs. Bowe Bergdahl & How the Face in The White House Determines Perspective

6/14/2014

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By now, I am sure all of you know who Bowe Bergdahl is, but just in case some of you don’t, Bergdahl is the American soldier who, until May of this year was held captive by the Taliban-aligned Haqqani network in Afghanistan since June 2009. The circumstances surrounding Begrdahl’s capture remain the subject of much debate. Initially, Bergdahl’s release by his captors in exchange for five Taliban terrorists, held for nearly a decade at Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay prison, was met with cheers and the ole “we don’t leave a man behind” cliché. That is until the GOP realized that attitude helped the current occupant of the White House, President Obama.

However, once that brain freeze lodged in the head of the GOP thawed the scripted talking points of criticism began to play themselves out on the stage of dirty politics, innuendo, and in the case of some, blatant hypocrisy. Not surprisingly, lead characters including the usual big name method actors such as House Speaker John Boehner, Senator John McCain, Senator Lindsey Graham…et al were cast for type and sadly did not disappoint. Of course then there are the up and comers like Senators Ted Cruz, Mark Rubio, Kelly Ayotte and some Congressman who if I were to name would only add to our malaise. Last, but not least, as it relates to the usual suspects there is the supporting cast studio of Fox News and its stable of the only skid-row actors known to pawn off delirious improvisation as fact-filled news reporting successfully.

However, once in a while there emerges onto the scene an actor of old. Although the face and name are familiar, the role of his lifetime, the one for which he is famous, is archived in the vault alongside another actor’s lost episode. I speak of none other than Colonel Oliver North and the actor alongside which his story is archived is President Ronald Reagan.  So, let’s dust off the film canister and take a walk down memory street.

However, for some perspective before we remove the lid, let’s find out what the Colonel said to warrant a ‘for old times’ sake’ viewing of his most famous role. During a Newsmax radio show, North accused the Obama administration of paying a ransom for Sgt. Bergdahl North saying, “Someone paid a ransom,” North said. “Whether the Qataries paid it, or some big oil sheik, or somebody used our petro-dollars, there was a ransom paid in cash for each one of them.  My guess would be somewhere in the round numbers of $5 or 6 Million to get Bergdahl freed. I know that the offer that was on the table before was close to a million.”

This past Tuesday while a guest with Sean Hannity on Fox News, North said President Obama might believe “unilateral surrender is the way to end the war,” and once again demanded to know whether a ransom was paid to the Haqqanis. North went on to add, “and if a ransom was paid, either at our behest or with American tax dollars, it means this government is causing to be funded a criminal enterprise that kills Americans, the Haqqanis.”

Mind you, this is coming from someone who admitted his role in the Iran–Contra affair, a political scandal that rocked the second term of President Reagan’s Administration.  North acknowledged his role in aiding the sale of weapons through channels to Iran with the profits going to the Contras in Nicaragua. North was accused of forming an undercover network, which subsequently funneled those funds to the Contras in direct violation of the Boland Amendment that prohibited the appropriation of U.S. funds by intelligence agencies for the support of the Contras. The money was passed through a shell organization, the “National Endowment for the Preservation of Liberty”, to the Palmer National Bank of Washington, D.C., and then to the Contras.

 The scheme’s initial plan had as its objective freeing the American hostages taken and held in Iran during the Carter Administration.  However, North along with other Reagan administration officials illegally used the proceeds to finance rebels in Nicaragua. It remains a widely held belief that the Iran-Contra scandal spawned not only the arms for hostages scandal, but also the crack epidemic of the American inner cities.

*This was prompted by the journalist Gary Webb‘s report in the San Jose Mercury News alleging that the CIA was behind the 1980s crack epidemic. Gary Webb alleged through his Dark Alliance series that the government had been complicit in the trade of drugs in the inner city through the use of a kingpin named Freeway Ricky Ross. According to the Oakland Tribune, “In the course of his rise, prosecutors estimate that Ross exported several tons of cocaine to New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and elsewhere, and made more than $600 million in the process.”

Crack allegations notwithstanding, North along with other Reagan Administration officials were indicted on multiple charges in 1988 relating to the Iran –Contra arms for hostages scandal. However, with assistance from the American Civil Liberties Union, North appealed and his conviction was overturned.

House Speaker Boehner said on Tuesday regarding the swap for Sgt. Berghdal, “We’re going to pay for this.” Well, Speaker Boehner according to Colonel North and your GOP, and Fox News cohorts we already have.  Oh, sorry folks, no time for the movie.
*(Source, Wikipedia)

~~ Written By Jay Arrington

      Maryland Daily Examiner

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Mission Impeachable VII: The Select Committee's Cut

5/20/2014

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The problem with sequels is that, with perhaps the exception of “The Godfather,” they tend to lose their original luster. Few I doubt would argue that movies such as “Fast and Furious” which I hear is about begin production on number six or seven, begs the question, just how many times can reckless driving be entertaining. But then again, we are talking about American audiences are we not? Much the same can be said for the next installment of Benghazi hearings brought to us by GOP studios, executive producer House Speaker Boehner, written by The Tea Party Conservatives, directed by newcomer Congressman Trey Gowdy R-South Carolina. Sorry folks, prior commitments would not allow Mr. Cruise to appear. However, smart money says a Cruz will make an appearance somewhere.

Speaking of “Fast and Furious,” the GOP has its own version starring Attorney General Eric Holder as Harvey Dent (Two-Face) and Obama as The Joker, or is it the other way around. It is difficult to keep up considering the latest scheduled hearing on Benghazi represents number six or seven. You would think that after nearly two years of investigations, twenty-five thousand pages of documents and GOP House Intelligent Committee Chairman Mike Rogers admitting his investigation uncovered no evidence to support White House conspiracy theories republicans would cease production of this forced and boring story (no offense to the victims). But then again, we are talking about republicans are we not?  

That said we all know where this is going do we not? There is no doubt what the republicans hope to achieve provided this fall’s election yield the desired results in the senate. Many on the right, pundits and politicians alike it seems have floated the idea of impeaching President Obama even before the president lowered his hand after taking the oath of office. Charges Obama is soft on foreign policy dominate republican talking points one week asserting that he (Obama) did little or nothing to defend Ambassador Chris Stevens who along with three other American diplomats were killed during the attack on the American embassy in Libya 9/11/12. Moreover, that Obama along with then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton conspired to hide their alleged blatant disregard of American lives.

However, the next week’s talking points accuse Obama of being a tyrannical dictator strong-arming the American people with threats to take away not only their right to bear arms but also their right to oppress their fellowman. It’s one thing to be called out by your opponent but to be called out by a uppity negro is another thing entirely. How dare he? Speaking of daring, the Joe McCarthy wannabe of the 21st century Texas Tea Party Senator Ted Cruz recently released his latest nonsensical ramblings regarding President Obama’s administration. Titled “The Legal Limit Report No. 4,” the paper outlines 76 separate abuses of power. Cruz writes that no aspect of Obama’s presidency is more troubling than his “persistent pattern of lawlessness, his willingness to disregard the written law and instead enforce his own policies via executive fiat.” Not surprisingly, Cruz sees as the most egregious example of Obama’s tyranny being of course, ‘Obamacare’.  

Preceding his fellow Texan (Cruz) in impeachable rhetoric, Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas October of last year distributed to every U.S. House member a copy of his book, “Impeachable Offenses: The Case for Removing Barack Obama from Office.” Stockman argued that, “From Benghazi to Fast and Furious to crony deals for ‘green’ energy to Obamacare the lawless Obama administration must be reined in. I am calling on Congress to establishment Select Committees on these scandals with full subpoena power.” Although Stockman’s call for the formation of a select committee met initial skepticism, a recent discovery of White House emails purportedly gave Speaker Boehner cover to form said select committee.

Emails notwithstanding, the fact the families involved are against further investigation and perhaps a desire on the part of the GOP to respect their (families) wishes should one would hope, tamp down the GOP’s thirst for Obama blood. But then again we are talking about the GOP are we not? As a proud card-carrying member of the Fourth Estate, I cannot help but be somewhat disappointed in TV journalists. I mean really, if someone is constantly telling me the White House is lying, this is what I would ask.

 Me: Congressman or Senator, do you for a certainty know what took place at the embassy? Do you sir have any direct knowledge concerning the actions of President Obama and Secretary Clinton immediately following the attack? No? Well Congressman or Senator if you do not know with any certainty or have any direct knowledge, how can you say sir the American people have been lied too? Cutttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt. That’s a wrap.

~~~ by Jay Arrington, The Maryland Daily Examiner 



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Thread Count: Hate in a Sheet, Principle in a Suit

3/14/2014

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“Where are you Mister Hate Filled Man? Still thinking up a brand new plan. In the boardrooms where you meet. In Brooks Brothers’ suits instead of sheets.  ” From “Hate-Filled Man” © 2001 Poetry Emotion by Jay

Before we get into the heart of this discussion, allow me to provide some contextual background as it relates to the title. According to Wisegeek, thread count refers to the number of threads, both vertical and horizontal, in a one-inch square of fabric and is affected by a number of factors, including ply and thickness of the threads used. Using finer threads also allows for more thread to fit in a square inch. Finer thread often results in smoother, softer fabrics, part of the reason high thread count fabrics are considered more desirable than fabrics without one. Finer thread also results in a more fragile fabric, however, which may not always be ideal. Two-ply fabrics help solve this problem somewhat by strengthening the threads and creating a more durable, though heavier, fabric.

Does anyone remember that hilarious scene in the movie “Django Unchained” when a bunch of Klan members ride in on horseback determined to murder Django and his comrade? Well if not, the men realize that none of the holes cut into the hoods they are wearing line up correctly. As a result, no one is able to see their quarry well enough and ultimately they (Klan) are defeated while attempting to flee. Not only does this reflect complete and utter ineptitude on the part of the woman responsible for carving out the holes, it also serves a reminder that most Klan members are not refined to the point of caring about thread count. Hell, to them a sheet is a sheet is a sheet, right? However, that was then at least until the late fifties through the mid-sixties when circumstances forced the Klan to consider a more subtle strategy.

First, let us ask ourselves one very important question and that is, where do we suppose the children of the Klan of that era are? You know, the young men and women who were throwing rocks at blacks, spitting at blacks, attacking buses filled with black and white freedom marchers, and calling out nigger as though it were the first word they ever learned. Where are they now? Well guess what, they’re the people at town-hall meetings raising their voices, pumping their fists and saying President Obama should be executed as a traitor. They’re the people going around talking about ‘Real America’ as though the America in which we now live is somehow an impostor. They’re running cities, they’re legislating in statehouses and they’re governing.

They’re running the corporations, can anyone say Koch Brothers, they’re governing states, they’re sitting as Federal and Supreme Court Judges and Justices. And, they’re sitting in the United States Congress. That’s right folks, from sheets to suits. Their parents spewed a rough and course message of what we know as ‘hate’ while wearing sheets. However, these new age Klan spout the same thing while wearing suits, only they call it ‘principle’, a smoother, finer rhetoric.  Oh and they changed their name too, now they call themselves ‘Tea Party Conservatives’.

Think about what went on at the CPAC Conference last week. From Cruz to Christie, from Paul to Palin, not one kind thing was said by or about anyone who did not look, sound, or think as the CPAC speakers and attendees did. Nor for that matter did anyone have anything productive to say regarding policy other than that the president’s policies were a load of crap and that so too was he. Hell, with all of the focus on Obama coupled with very little mention of Hillary Clinton, one might mistakenly assume the president was running for a third term.

It would not be a stretch for most people to read the subliminal message espoused by CPAC speakers, that tongue-in-cheek, wink, wink message that says we hate all people of color and that includes you Dr. Carson and Governor Jindal –we only suffer you because you hate Obama and you provide us cover. Don’t believe us, try hugging him like Christie did.

Finally, we come to this week’s hoof-in-mouth suicide by none other than that Wisconsin fraud of a choirboy, Republican Congressman Paul Ryan, another suit espousing ‘principle’. Congressman Ryan has for the past four years as Chairman of the House Budget Committee presented budgets targeting the most vulnerable Americans while benefiting the wealthiest Americans. Ryan even has the nerve to do so under the guise of harboring a so-called compassion for the poor, which by the way everyone with a nose knows is pile of you-know-what. However, as with most things, in the right light every bump and blemish shows, and in an interview on Bill Bennett’s “Morning in America” radio show this week Ryan’s did just that. 

Responding to a question by Bennett concerning fatherless children and the example of work ethic lacking in fatherless homes, Ryan said, “We have got this tailspin of culture, in our inner cities in particular, of men not working and just generations of men not even thinking about working or learning the value and the culture of work. There is a real culture problem here that has to be dealt with.” Ryan went on to say, “If you’re driving from the suburb to the sports arena downtown by these blighted neighborhoods, you can’t just say, ‘I’m paying my taxes, government’s got to fix that.’ You need to get involved,” Ryan said. “You need to get involved yourself, whether through a good mentor program, or some religious charity, whatever it is to make a difference. And that’s how we help resuscitate our culture.” According to Ryan, food stamps and Medicaid “trap” people in poverty because earning higher income through work means less eligibility for benefits and that liberal poverty policies give people “a full stomach and an empty soul.”

Question for you, Congressman, exactly whose culture are you interested in resuscitating, your culture (whites), the culture that gives you carte blanche to run roughshod over people of color –a culture built on the backs of black slaves. Are you interested in resuscitating our (blacks) culture, the original culture you and your ancestors killed or is it the culture of blacks saying “yes sir boss”, stepping aside so that you and yours could pass on the sidewalks. Could it be that culture that existed when we were not allowed to vote or run for office that you wish to resuscitate, me thinks it is the former and not the latter. But then again I could be wrong, after all, you’re wearing a suit so I should understand, it’s ‘principle’.

My mother use to bake pies while she wore her housecoat. However, when she wore a dress she called it quiche. Sure did taste like pie.

~~~ Jay Arrington, Maryland Daily Examiner

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