Brilliance In Three
Parts
I just received
an email, printed below, bearing the above title to which I am compelled to
respond. It is one I have read before
but, until now, have left unanswered. Thoroughly disgusted with receiving
frequent propagandized political emails that mislead and misinform the public, I
can no longer contain myself. Unfortunately, the thought process from which the
writer’s conclusion is derived is pejorative in nature reflecting either lack
of knowledge, intellect, intent to deceive and mislead, or all of the above. In
either event, the stated or implied conclusion(s) is/are incorrect, i.e. .rubbish based on half-truths. The email reads
as follows:
Part I
A. Back off and let those men who want to marry men, marry
men.
B. Allow those women who want to marry women, marry women.
C. Allow those folks who want to abort their babies, abort
their babies.
D. In three generations, there will be no Democrats.
I love it when a plan comes together; don’t you?!
My response:
Homosexuality has been around forever and practiced regularly, the institution
of marriage notwithstanding; and the practice of abortion has been practiced on
a regular basis since the time of the caveman and woman, the law
notwithstanding. As they traveled from one place to another (Do you remember?
They were nomads.), they could only take what they could carry. What do you
think they did with the extra babies they produced along the way? Guess what?
We still have Democrats.
Part II: 10 Poorest Cities in
America (How did it happen?)
City, State, % of People Below the Poverty Level
1. Detroit, MI 32.5%
2. Buffalo, NY 29.9%
3. Cincinnati, OH 27.8%
4. Cleveland, OH 27.0%
5. Miami, FL 26.9%
5. St. Louis, MO 26.8%
7. El Paso, TX 26.4%
8. Milwaukee, WI 26.2%
9. Philadelphia, PA 25.1%
10. Newark, NJ 24.2%
What do these top ten cities (over 250,000 pop.) with the
highest poverty rate all have in common?
Detroit, MI - (1st on
the poverty rate list) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961
Buffalo, NY - (2nd)
hasn't elected one since 1954
Cincinnati, OH - (3rd)
not since 1984
Cleveland, OH - (4th)
not since 1989
Miami, FL - (5th) has
never had a Republican mayor
St. Louis, MO - (6th)
not since 1949
El Paso, TX - (7th)
has never had a Republican mayor
Milwaukee, WI - (8th)
not since 1908
Philadelphia, PA -
(9th) not since 1952
Newark, NJ - (10th)
not since 1907
Einstein once said, 'The definition of insanity is doing
the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.'
It is the poor who habitually elect
Democrats... yet they are still POOR.
My response:
Books are written on the subject of poverty; its causes, effects, and solutions,
are readily available to those who really care to access them. Time and space
precludes in-depth analysis here; but, in brief, it is said that most Americans
will spend at least one year below the poverty line at some point in their
lives between the ages of 25 and 75. It is also important to note that poverty
rates are persistently higher in rural and inner city parts of the country as
compared to suburban areas such as those in the cities listed above. You have
the percentage of poverty levels for the cities listed above. In November, 2012
the U.S. Census Bureau reported that more than 16% of the population lived in
poverty, including almost 20% of American children, up from 14.3%
(approximately 43.6 million people) in 2009 and to its highest level since
1993. In 2008, 13.2% (39.8 million people) lived in poverty.
Starting
in the 1980s (the beginning of the Reagan era) relative poverty rates have
consistently exceeded those of other wealthy nations. California has a poverty
rate of 23.5%, the highest of any state in the country. Poverty is continuing
to increase since, consistent with increasing inequality in income and wealth. I’m
not going further, but I’m trying to point out that these percentages are
average percentages for the nation and, in the case of California, for that
state. The percentages for the cities indicated above reflect the higher
percentages of poverty within their inner cities. The higher concentrations of
poverty within our inner cities exists for a variety of reasons affecting the
averages for their respective cities. Poverty hasn’t one iota to do with their
people being led by Democratic administrations. Any declaration to the contrary
is false and misleading. The only exceptions will occur in cases of corruption
which has nothing to do with any political party. There is enough of that to go
around on both sides.
Part III:
"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage
payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class
hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away
people's initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what
they could and should do for themselves."
~Abraham Lincoln
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by
letting the government take care of him had better take a closer look at the
American Indian."
~Henry Ford
My response:
God Bless Abraham Lincoln. I love you Mr. President, but please tell me. Who
wants to do these things? What idiot wants to destroy the rich, weaken the
strong, discourage thrift, pull down the wage payer, incite class hatred, take
away people’s initiative and independence, doing for them what they could and
should do for themselves? No one has a
monopoly on idiocy, rich or poor; but, as one of those born of the poor, I
certainly don’t. And I believe neither do the members of the poor. Rather than
sit around forming erroneous opinions from your delusions of grandeur (You do
believe you are better than them, don’t you?) why don’t you be honest with
yourselves and ask them or, better yet, see how they live and determine for
yourself if you really think they like their way of life.
Mr.
Ford: You are absolutely right. For the most part, we murdered, i.e. euthanized
the American Indian—a proud and independent people; they refused to be
dominated by us, preferring to die rather than submit to slavery. Those
remaining, we lied, cheated, and stole from them. Only recently, we sold one of
their holy lands in Arizona to a foreign country for mining. Looking to the
government to take care of them did not make them happy and prosperous. This,
in my opinion, comes under the topic of corruption to which I referred, above,
confirming my position on this email.
Let me
end with this thought. There
is a knowledge, the absence of which when missing from one’s view, leaves only
confusion–the knowledge of God. No picture is complete without Him. This
nation, this planet, produces enough every day that everyone can live a happy
and prosperous life for all if we will only give up our greed. We will continue
to have a middle class. We will continue to have our rich. Those who are worth
more should have more; but, they don’t have to have it all. In the same vein,
we should do everything in our power to alleviate the poor, impoverished, and
underprivileged. We can’t afford not to. On our present course, that of the Corporatocracy and Power Elite, we are
going to self destruct. You can take that to the bank, presuming that it still
is there.
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