"Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave." Frederick Douglass
Minorities in America are leading in all of the WRONG areas: Incarceration rates 47%, Drop-out rates 44%, Abortion rate 38 %, and children born to fatherless homes 72%. Yet we make up only 14% of the population. We are better than that.
Knowing that every politician in your neighborhood is a Democrat, where things rarely seem to get better, how does it make sense to continue to just blame the Republicans for the mess?
Frederick Douglass said, "What is possible for me is possible for you."
We have the opportunity to do anything now, let us show the world we can.
As Americans it is time we re-evaluate our allegiance to the Democratic Party and reject Cronnie Capitalism. We must build on the rich heritage of Fredrick Douglass, Martin Luther King Jr, Soujourner Truth, George W. Murray and many many more.
Our Goals must be to educate, enhance, and empower ourselves. There has always been much talk in the community about “our history” and who we are as a people, why don’t we actually remember, that until the 1960s, the Democratic Party was for whites only? There were no free black Democrats. Have you ever wondered why ALL blacks were Republicans, or why the first black politicians after the Civil War were all Republican? Hiram Rhodes Revels, for example, served in the 41st Congress between 1870 and 1871. It is tragic that most Americans born after 1950 have no idea about their rich heritage and history.
It was the Republican Party that abolished slavery, established voting rights for blacks, integrated our public schools and appointed qualified blacks to positions of authoritity.
“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.”Frederick Douglass
To succeed and compete in todays world Blacks need to understand economics, and not the kind that our local politicians peddle to keep us poor. Supply and demand isn’t just a construct invented by white people to keep black people poor. It’s real, and it affects the prices, costs and availability of all products and services.
Lower taxes aren’t just for greedy rich whites who want to take money from poor black folks. They enable businesses, big and small, to form, grow and hire folks to work. Lowering taxes helps the free market enterprise drive the economy by producing jobs, allowing more unemployed people to leave the welfare rolls and enter the work force, and that’s the equivalent of teaching a man to fish rather than giving him the fish in exchange for your vote- like the Democrats do as they expect us to blindly vote for them as if we were a people without the mental capacity to think for ourselves or believe we deserve more than the leftovers of everyone else. More businesses and more jobs create competition but also more demand in the form of more workers with a paycheck to spend, and this results in reduced prices for goods and services.
The lies of the Democrat Party are what keeps minority neighborhoods poor, and for this reasons alone you have every reason to vote Republican.
Democrats have been winning the PR Campaign for far too long. It’s the Democrats who rewrite history and control the educational systems. It was the Democrats who told blacks that life will be better for you if you just start voting Democrat. They said they’d leave them alone and stop the violence and lynching’s. Remember, it the Democrat party was the party of the KKK. And remember, every soldier that fought the Civil War for the South against Republican President Abraham Lincoln was a Democrat. And now it is the Democratic PR machine that tells the black man it isn’t so. Furthermore, your Democrat betters conveniently erase from history great men such as black Republican pioneer Dr. Arthur Fletcher. He is known as the father of affirmative action, he served as secretary of labor under President Richard Nixon, and he headed the U.S. Civil Rights Commission under President George H.W. Bush. But because he was a Republican, nothing great is rarely spoken of this man.
For years now, the racist label has been attached to Republicans without any supporting evidence. Yet the charge has gone mostly unanswered. Few have publicly addressed the unearned condemnation, and generations of black folk live and die without ever knowing the truth.
Fredrick Douglass said “I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.”
Why have you never questioned or wondered? Well, now that you have a little piece of the puzzle you can. Start today and open up a whole new world of possibilities for yourself.
Chaplain Ayesha Kreutz
President of The Fredrick Douglass Foundation of New York
PO Box 10823 Rochester NY 14610
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Monday, September 20, 2010
Friday, May 01, 2009
Barack’s First One Hundred Days – A Biblical Perspective
I didn't write this one but It was GREAT so i wanted to pass it along :// I have been posting too much on facebook and not here lately
BY Flip Benham April 29, 2009
“The kings of the earth did not believe, nor did any of the world’s people. That enemies and foes could enter the gates of Jerusalem. But it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests who shed within her the blood of the righteous.” Lamentations 4:12-13.
President Barack Obama has proved, in his first one hundred days as President of the United States, that he is indeed, “Change that we can believe in.” It has become apparent for all who have eyes to see that America has changed from One God and One standard of Law (Jesus) to a pantheon of gods with no standard of law at all. This change did not happen overnight. It did not begin with the election of Barack Obama. It began long before in the Church of Jesus Christ. The salt lost its saltiness and, as it did, enemies of God began to rule in the gates.
This is not new. Jeremiah the prophet lamented over the fall of Jerusalem because she, who had been chosen by God and greatly blessed by God, had departed from Him long before, and now enemies had entered her gates and were ruling over her. The problem was not with her government. The pitiful estate of her God-hating government was the result of something far more insidious. The problem rested squarely upon the shoulders of her prophets and priests who “…shed within her the blood of the righteous.” This was the systemic problem.
The world was shocked that such a thing could happen to Jerusalem. That enemies and foes could enter her gates. It happened because the blood of the righteous (those who feared God and faithfully proclaimed His Word) was spilled in the very house of God. Yes, the temple of God in Jeremiah’s time had become a den of robbers. True prophets were hated as they called false prophets, priests, kings, and people to return to God. These were judgmental and divisive men. True prophets were considered enemies of both church and state.
When enemies and foes are ruling over God’s people it is a sign and a judgment from God Himself that we have forsaken Him. We have become the tail and not the head. Though His Name may be often on our lying lips as we spend time in the church of “What’s Happening Now,” our hearts are far from Him.
Barack Obama is a sign and a judgment from God that the enemies of God are now ruling in the gates of America. At every major front in the battle between two seeds (Genesis 3:15) President Obama has taken his stand with the lies of the devil. He is pro-death, pro-homosexual, pro-any religion but true Christianity, pro-euthanasia, pro-debt, ad nauseam. While most of America was remembering Jesus making His way to the cross this past Easter our President was making his way around the world prostrating Christianity to the level of all other religions. The kings of the earth and the world’s people could not believe what they were seeing!
When He was in London at the G-20 summit he bowed to the waist before King Abdullah of the House of Saud. He did not bow like this before the Queen of England or anyone else. He bowed before Islam.
No sitting president has ever bowed like this. When he bowed, he did not bow alone. He bowed for all of us. As the Head of State and the Commander-in-Chief of America’s armed forces he prostrated Jesus, the God of our Pilgrim Forefathers and our Founding Fathers, to the false and murderous god of Islam. Can you believe it?
When in France, President Nikolas Sarkozy invited him to visit the beaches of Normandie to visit the graves where many U.S. soldiers lay buried. He chose not to do that, but he did have time to visit a mosque where he took off his shoes to honor Allah. He also apologized to all of Europe for America’s “arrogance and derisiveness.” Can you believe it?
When in Istanbul, Turkey, addressing the Parliament, he was introduced as Barack Hussein Obama. He noted, to the pleasure of all, “We (Americans) do not consider ourselves a Christian nation, or a Jewish nation, or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.” Says who! Can you believe it?
He has forgotten, or has never been taught, that our Founding Father’s loved Jesus and quoted the Bible more than any other book. America’s history makes no sense apart from the God of the Bible. It wasn’t a mixture of Hindus, Muslims, and Christians that traversed the mighty Atlantic on the Mayflower to found this great nation. It was Christians seeking to advance the Gospel of Christ. Take the God of the Bible out of American history and you have a lie. Barack is lying about America and therefore lying about the God who made her great! Can you believe it?
He then said, “The United States is not and never will be at war with Islam. In fact, our partnership with the Muslim world is critical… We seek broad engagement based upon mutual interests and mutual respect. We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over so many centuries to shape the world for the better, including my own country.” Can you believe it?
The world has been at war with Islam since 622 A.D. We have been at war with Islam since Thomas Jefferson sent the United States Marines to the shores of Tripoli in 1804 to end Islamic piracy. Christianity has always been at war with the false and murderous god of Islam. It is a lie birthed in the pit of hell. It is the devil’s seed. It has unleashed hell on earth. Tell me one thing Islam has done to shape America or the world for the better.
Here is the end of it all. “But the children rebelled against me: they did not follow my decrees, they were not careful to keep my laws…So I said I would pour my wrath on them and spend my anger against them in the desert…I also turned them over to statutes that were not good and laws they could not live by; I let them become defiled through their gifts – the sacrifice of every firstborn (abortion) – that I might fill them with horror so they would know that I am the Lord.” Ezekiel 20: 21-26.
Now this Scripture presents change we can truly believe in. Are you filled with horror over the new and outrageous laws and statutes that we are being turned over to? Laws that call evil good and good evil. Are you filled with horror over the draining of American wealth? Watching it being transferred into the hands of our enemies. Are you filled with horror over the trashing of God (Jesus) who blessed America and made her great, free, and prosperous? Have we forgotten that the God of the Bible has more disaster than our federal government has relief?
It behooves us then to remember this one thing. “Blessed is the nation whose God is the lord…” Psalm 33:12. Don’t wait for little Barrack to bow his tiny little knee before Almighty God (Jesus). It may never happen. Bow yours and do what Jesus says. This will bring about the change America desperately needs.
BY Flip Benham April 29, 2009
“The kings of the earth did not believe, nor did any of the world’s people. That enemies and foes could enter the gates of Jerusalem. But it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests who shed within her the blood of the righteous.” Lamentations 4:12-13.
President Barack Obama has proved, in his first one hundred days as President of the United States, that he is indeed, “Change that we can believe in.” It has become apparent for all who have eyes to see that America has changed from One God and One standard of Law (Jesus) to a pantheon of gods with no standard of law at all. This change did not happen overnight. It did not begin with the election of Barack Obama. It began long before in the Church of Jesus Christ. The salt lost its saltiness and, as it did, enemies of God began to rule in the gates.
This is not new. Jeremiah the prophet lamented over the fall of Jerusalem because she, who had been chosen by God and greatly blessed by God, had departed from Him long before, and now enemies had entered her gates and were ruling over her. The problem was not with her government. The pitiful estate of her God-hating government was the result of something far more insidious. The problem rested squarely upon the shoulders of her prophets and priests who “…shed within her the blood of the righteous.” This was the systemic problem.
The world was shocked that such a thing could happen to Jerusalem. That enemies and foes could enter her gates. It happened because the blood of the righteous (those who feared God and faithfully proclaimed His Word) was spilled in the very house of God. Yes, the temple of God in Jeremiah’s time had become a den of robbers. True prophets were hated as they called false prophets, priests, kings, and people to return to God. These were judgmental and divisive men. True prophets were considered enemies of both church and state.
When enemies and foes are ruling over God’s people it is a sign and a judgment from God Himself that we have forsaken Him. We have become the tail and not the head. Though His Name may be often on our lying lips as we spend time in the church of “What’s Happening Now,” our hearts are far from Him.
Barack Obama is a sign and a judgment from God that the enemies of God are now ruling in the gates of America. At every major front in the battle between two seeds (Genesis 3:15) President Obama has taken his stand with the lies of the devil. He is pro-death, pro-homosexual, pro-any religion but true Christianity, pro-euthanasia, pro-debt, ad nauseam. While most of America was remembering Jesus making His way to the cross this past Easter our President was making his way around the world prostrating Christianity to the level of all other religions. The kings of the earth and the world’s people could not believe what they were seeing!
When
No sitting president has ever bowed like this. When he bowed, he did not bow alone. He bowed for all of us. As the Head of State and the Commander-in-Chief of America’s armed forces he prostrated Jesus, the God of our Pilgrim Forefathers and our Founding Fathers, to the false and murderous god of Islam. Can you believe it?
When in France, President Nikolas Sarkozy invited him to visit the beaches of Normandie to visit the graves where many U.S. soldiers lay buried. He chose not to do that, but he did have time to visit a mosque where he took off his shoes to honor Allah. He also apologized to all of Europe for America’s “arrogance and derisiveness.” Can you believe it?
When in Istanbul, Turkey, addressing the Parliament, he was introduced as Barack Hussein Obama. He noted, to the pleasure of all, “We (Americans) do not consider ourselves a Christian nation, or a Jewish nation, or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.” Says who! Can you believe it?
He has forgotten, or has never been taught, that our Founding Father’s loved Jesus and quoted the Bible more than any other book. America’s history makes no sense apart from the God of the Bible. It wasn’t a mixture of Hindus, Muslims, and Christians that traversed the mighty Atlantic on the Mayflower to found this great nation. It was Christians seeking to advance the Gospel of Christ. Take the God of the Bible out of American history and you have a lie. Barack is lying about America and therefore lying about the God who made her great! Can you believe it?
He then said, “The United States is not and never will be at war with Islam. In fact, our partnership with the Muslim world is critical… We seek broad engagement based upon mutual interests and mutual respect. We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over so many centuries to shape the world for the better, including my own country.” Can you believe it?
The world has been at war with Islam since 622 A.D. We have been at war with Islam since Thomas Jefferson sent the United States Marines to the shores of Tripoli in 1804 to end Islamic piracy. Christianity has always been at war with the false and murderous god of Islam. It is a lie birthed in the pit of hell. It is the devil’s seed. It has unleashed hell on earth. Tell me one thing Islam has done to shape America or the world for the better.
Here is the end of it all. “But the children rebelled against me: they did not follow my decrees, they were not careful to keep my laws…So I said I would pour my wrath on them and spend my anger against them in the desert…I also turned them over to statutes that were not good and laws they could not live by; I let them become defiled through their gifts – the sacrifice of every firstborn (abortion) – that I might fill them with horror so they would know that I am the Lord.” Ezekiel 20: 21-26.
Now this Scripture presents change we can truly believe in. Are you filled with horror over the new and outrageous laws and statutes that we are being turned over to? Laws that call evil good and good evil. Are you filled with horror over the draining of American wealth? Watching it being transferred into the hands of our enemies. Are you filled with horror over the trashing of God (Jesus) who blessed America and made her great, free, and prosperous? Have we forgotten that the God of the Bible has more disaster than our federal government has relief?
It behooves us then to remember this one thing. “Blessed is the nation whose God is the lord…” Psalm 33:12. Don’t wait for little Barrack to bow his tiny little knee before Almighty God (Jesus). It may never happen. Bow yours and do what Jesus says. This will bring about the change America desperately needs.
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Everyone keeps asking me how do I feel about Obama’s win?
I keep wanting to push them away and be like dang who cares but instead I began to think on it and for now…….
I don't know how I feel it is such a mix of emotions. I am still taking it all in and filtering through my emotions to find that balance of logic and emotions. I felt overwhelming Sadness when I woke up, and sadness is not something I am used to feeling. I felt bad for my country and who we have become as a nation. But as I saw the faces of those I passed on the streets and bus stops I felt some hope. Hope for them, they had smiles and I see them every day and usually they are not smiling (unless I wave or stop and say hi with a smile) and I thought OK See it will be ok - Maybe this was for them, it is not about me but giving to them that have bought into the lie that they can't or that the America Dream is not for them and now they can say yes it is. I can. Maybe that is what I was missing through this whole thing. and I can pray I have been wrong, I beg to be wrong that I have been the ignorant one as they said that my blindness was my pride. That not everyone is like me, not everyone knows they can, and that Obama no matter if he runs us into a Socialist nation or not has infused a people with a new thought, I am my own destiny and they will be able to hold on to that and step into it with boldness. Never letting it go and never reverting back to the crutch they have held onto for the last 30 years. So the Obama win is bitter sweet but no matter God is on the throne and knows what is best for all, not dems or republicans or conservatives or liberals but all - God said I am no respecter of persons, and concerned only with the eternal soul so I will hold to that. I feel like maybe the words in His books were just words. I feel nervous but hopeful because in the end We are one nation united under God and Love overcomes fear. So if the hearts of the people is Love what is there to be afraid of. But I am afraid also that Socialism will gain a strong foot hold in our nation and destroy what we have built over the last 200 years. as though resistance is futile and we too will be assimilated. But that brings me to gratitude and makes me feel passion. To remember who I am as a conservative and that nothing can change anything except Love. So I feel today the same as I felt yesterday only hopefully today I feel more for my fellow man than I did yesterday. Father I am Clay in your hands.
I welcome the title ignorant and stupid.
May Obama be a GREAT PRESIDENT and prove me wrong.
I don't know how I feel it is such a mix of emotions. I am still taking it all in and filtering through my emotions to find that balance of logic and emotions. I felt overwhelming Sadness when I woke up, and sadness is not something I am used to feeling. I felt bad for my country and who we have become as a nation. But as I saw the faces of those I passed on the streets and bus stops I felt some hope. Hope for them, they had smiles and I see them every day and usually they are not smiling (unless I wave or stop and say hi with a smile) and I thought OK See it will be ok - Maybe this was for them, it is not about me but giving to them that have bought into the lie that they can't or that the America Dream is not for them and now they can say yes it is. I can. Maybe that is what I was missing through this whole thing. and I can pray I have been wrong, I beg to be wrong that I have been the ignorant one as they said that my blindness was my pride. That not everyone is like me, not everyone knows they can, and that Obama no matter if he runs us into a Socialist nation or not has infused a people with a new thought, I am my own destiny and they will be able to hold on to that and step into it with boldness. Never letting it go and never reverting back to the crutch they have held onto for the last 30 years. So the Obama win is bitter sweet but no matter God is on the throne and knows what is best for all, not dems or republicans or conservatives or liberals but all - God said I am no respecter of persons, and concerned only with the eternal soul so I will hold to that. I feel like maybe the words in His books were just words. I feel nervous but hopeful because in the end We are one nation united under God and Love overcomes fear. So if the hearts of the people is Love what is there to be afraid of. But I am afraid also that Socialism will gain a strong foot hold in our nation and destroy what we have built over the last 200 years. as though resistance is futile and we too will be assimilated. But that brings me to gratitude and makes me feel passion. To remember who I am as a conservative and that nothing can change anything except Love. So I feel today the same as I felt yesterday only hopefully today I feel more for my fellow man than I did yesterday. Father I am Clay in your hands.
I welcome the title ignorant and stupid.
May Obama be a GREAT PRESIDENT and prove me wrong.
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