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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
The following comment was dropped on the Understanding Derrick Bell thread by a recent visitor. It presents, perhaps, a perspective of many people just engaging themselves in the understanding of Critical Race Theory, and to a larger extent the foundational principles of our great nation. First the comment in full:
Cheryl von Tress – I view your linking of CRT to Marxist-Freudian ideological propaganda as over-reaching. What’s your evidence for such a link. I also think it’s impossibly to frame your views so distinctly while walking in the shoes of a white person. I also walk in those shoes and do not share your views expressed here.
Professor Bell’s relationship to President Obama does not automatically result in a bad outcome. I believe it is the role of government to raise the question and to promote the standard of equality for all, especially within a democratic republic.
If a government structure is “of the people, by the people, for the people” how and when does it become socialistic and flawed to address the needs of people? Why is it socialistic to balance wealth? When greed and chicanery are allowed to run rampant at the top levels of business in a capitalist economy, isn’t it the role of government to address the injury to its citizenry? Shall the government sit idly by and allow an oligarchy to rule and reign. How would that be “of the people, by the people, for the people”?
Our nation’s founders survived those formative years with a deeply rooted sense of “the community good”. The “Go West, Young Man”, “pull yourself up by your bootstraps”, “every man for himself” mentality that has been a part of our nation’s expansion and development become injurious and work against the initial founding concept of community good.
The life of a person of color in a light-skinned nation has been and is a challenge that is faced lifelong by them. Minorities and disenfranchised people of any color face challenges that light-skinned and people of means cannot begin to imagine. Most of the people within these aforementioned populations live their lives with grace and dignity amidst, and possibly arising from, the disparate resources and opportunities made available to them.
So, granting Cheryl the benefit of belief, lets dig into the rationale and logic with a response: (more…)
Mitt Romney won a nonbinding vote of Republican activists who turned out for precinct caucuses across Wyoming in late April. Official delegates selected and reported March 6-10
(Fox ) […] Santorum and Paul were the only candidates to actively campaign in Kansas in the run-up to the caucuses. Kansas, with its social conservative base, was considered a natural fit for Santorum — Romney and Gingrich effectively skipped Kansas in favor of campaigning in southern states that are holding primaries on Tuesday. (more)
All your kids belong to us…. That’s the mentality at work here. No parental consent, no parental notification, no parent present – That’s the part I have a big issue with.
(CNN) –– A Minnesota middle school student, with the backing of the American Civil Liberties Union, is suing her school district over a search of her Facebook and e-mail accounts by school employees.
The 12-year-old sixth grade student, identified in court documents only as R.S., was on two occasions punished for statements she made on her Facebook account, and was also pressured to divulge her password to school officials, the complaint states. (more…)
PEARLAND, Texas – A 5-year-old girl was in CPS custody Friday after she was left at a Pearland Chuck E. Cheese following her own birthday party Thursday night. Investigators said the mother didn’t realize Azana Jackson was missing until Friday morning.
Authorities said the mom and another relative took her 10 kids and nine others to the Chuck E. Cheese in three separate cars. Around 10:30 p.m., employees noticed Jackson playing all alone in the restaurant. They called police, who could not find her mother.
Two hours later, CPS took custody of the child.
“The mother was very upset, very emotional that she had left the child at Chuck E. Cheese,” Brazoria County Investigator Jeff Mink said. (more…)
For their choice of haircut style….
(al arabiya) Iraqi activists sounded the bell over the killing of dozens of teenagers by religious police for having “emo” haircuts.
Activists told the Cairo-based al-Akhbar daily that at least 90 Iraqi teenagers with “emo” appearances have been stoned to death by the Moral Police in the country in the past month. The violent crackdown against “emo” Iraqi teenagers came after the Iraqi interior ministry declared them as “devil worshippers.” (more…)
We have treepers and visitors that support Mitt Romney. I respect that. I totally disagree with his electability, but I respect any advocate who can present a reasonable point of advocacy. However, honestly, if you support Mitt Romney, explain to me how this position cannot be considered a liability? Team Axelrod/Plouffe will twist Romney into a pretzel over these flip-flops and hang the individual mandate around his neck.
