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June 23, 2008

The Dearth Of White Looters In Iowa Vs. The Opposite Effect After Katrina

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Mike S. Adams has a must read piece at Townhall that goes a long way toward explaining the differences in the way the people of Iowa have reacted to their catastrophe verses the way the inhabitants of New Orleans reacted to Katrina: White Looters in Iowa.

[...] Sociologists write volumes on the scores of black men executed annually in the criminal justice system. But they are silent regarding the thousands of minorities killed at the hands of other minorities annually. Such a thing would not be possible unless black males had come to hold other black males in such low regard. And that is something that, in turn, would not be possible unless they also held themselves in very low regard.

So I am not at all impressed that, on Father's Day, Barack Obama chose to chastise black men for failing to take care of their children. It takes little courage to state the obvious fact that their absence will make things tougher on the current generation of children raised in single parent homes.

I would be far more impressed were there any indication that Barack Obama understood the impact the War on Poverty has had on the current generation of fathers who have been displaced by government programs. Of course, if he did understand that he might be tempted to admit that he, too, is contributing to a very complex problem. And there is every indication that, if elected president, he will continue to contribute to the problem and force the rest of us to contribute our "fair share" too.

Jeremiah Wright recently found himself embroiled in controversy for suggesting that the government invented the AIDS virus to kill black people. It would have been closer to the truth to say that was the reason they have injected the virus of government aid into minority communities.

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Posted by Richard at June 23, 2008 3:23 PM

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