Category: Political Perspectives

Why would The Democrat Senators be so opposed to a nominee that has expressed that she would adhere strongly to The Constitution in her decision making process when cases come before her on The Supreme Court? What are they so afraid of? Unless of course, they intend to introduce legislation that they know full and well is unconstitutional on its face, and fear that she would rule against that, and rightfully so. 

This hard-fought resistance has nothing to do with the petty speculation that her vote on the court would overturn existing law on the books, and everything to do with radical future legislation designed to strip away the rights, and liberties of The American people.

Senator Dubin hinted at such future legislation regarding second amendment rights, claiming that the law was written when only primitive muskets were the most advanced weapons. The problem with that is he completely ignored the intent behind the amendment as many often do. At the time the law was enacted, both the oppressive government and the citizens it was oppressing had only access to the similar weapons of the day, but now the argument is that technology has put more deadly weapons in the hands of the average citizen. The fact is that the law was written for the average citizen to defend against an overbearing OPPRESSIVE government that would seek to strip away their freedoms. The sad fact is that today The Government has far more sophisticated weapons than any citizen could obtain.

 The Democrats should be cheering for joy, and firmly embracing the fact that a nominee for The Supreme Court would swear to uphold The Constitution. Instead, they are not only resisting everything they can throw at the nominee even going so far as calling her “an activist”. They’ve brought up issues of race, to religious liberty to L.G.B.T. freedoms, to concerns about Obama Care, and much more. What would be considered a non activist? Someone who could care less about The Constitution? Am I the only person that finds this very suspicious of The Democrats fighting so hard to oppose this nominee’s confirmation?

It is no secret that the majority of Democrats have embraced the notion that The United States of America’s government can be transformed to a Socialist Government, however, to do so means that a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people” contradicts The Socialist model of governance. The Constitution stands in the way of this ideology, therefore it must be either rewritten, to conform to the Idea of a centralized government with absolute authority over its citizens, or abolished completely. This may seem like some conspiracy theory, but if one looks at this with clear eyes, and observes the goings on, it’s not so farfetched.

I agree that more needs to be done to reduce racial inequality and perhaps it should start with ending the policies that require lower aptitude scores for Blacks and People of Color. The Collegiate Aptitude tests, Civil Service tests, such as the Fire Department, Police, and Sanitation workers, the Medical profession, and even Social Services give special considerations for “minorities”. The requirements for these aptitude or achievement tests can be as much as thirty points lower for minorities. According to Black Live Matter, “we do need to do more”. In this case, less would do more.

There are even discussions now because of the protests, about reversing the decision that repealed Affirmative Action; a law from the seventies requiring certain percentages of Minorities to be hired, regardless of their skill level for the position.

I witnessed this first hand back in the eighties, in The Carpenters Union, where twenty percent was the minority hiring standard. Minority workers would show up, and it was mandatory that they receive at least two hours pay. These totally unskilled workers would be hired at an absurd minimum scale wage, at the time, of fifteen dollars an hour, but have to be dismissed at morning “coffee break” because of their unwillingness to do any work at all. They were paid at lunch time when the checks came, and a whole different crowd would arrive the next morning. Needless to say, you can imagine what this did for both moral, and productivity on the job.

Perhaps white people need to tip their hats and bow to their superiors, or maybe lay over garments in puddles to allow black folks to pass. The problem is that black people have been given too many unequal opportunities and some have become entitled. All these failed policies designed through Democratic legislation to give People of Color a “leg up” have failed miserably, and are now coming back to bite society in the ass. These policies deprived minorities of the incentives to actually be “equal” to their white counterparts. 

Now Congress is considering more legislation. The last time Congress acted on this inequality issue, it was written into law that lenders could no longer require minorities to need any income verification to obtain a mortgage. This massive blunder was the most significant cause for the financial crash in 2008, leaving the financial industry in ruin for the following four years, and costing taxpayers trillions in unfunded debt liability.

 To truly have “equality” more must be required of minorities, not less.

Herman Cain, Presidential Candidate and entrepreneur was a shining example of the endless possibilities, not only for African Americans, but all Americans. I doubt, however, that America will see nearly the spectacle that arose with the death of John Lewis. Yes, Lewis was a civil rights icon and spent most of his life in politics, but so was Herman Cain in his own right, but Cain worked to achieve The American Dream and was a Republican so the slanted, dishonest media will hardly mention him, if they do at all. Will Al Sharpton attend Cain’s Funeral? Here, at least, at The Gerald Times.com Herman Cain will be missed.