They want to suffer. It is only through suffering that you can make demands of the people for sacrifices. Sacrifices that enrich a particular family clique or political faction.

Prosperous people don’t give their hearts and souls to people who promise the solutions to all your ills. No, con-artists prey on the weak, the disaffected, the poor, and the disheartened.

The more they believe in government and the more power they give government, the more the black community will be hurt by government. This justifying every increasing orders of “unity”, “loyalty to traditional African customs”, and various other institutions designed to enslave mankind. Then when blacks see that they are still unequal, they will devote even more effort and action towards government.

It is the unending cycle of serfdom where individuals have no choice but to do as they are told to do.

One reason Obama is in trouble with his constituencies is that he does not seek to be a victim, nor to be a grievance politician. He plays around the edges, sure, but he’s not in that game.

What does that mean for all the grievance politicians, who have based their entire careers on that game? They’ll NEVER give up the grievance game. Jesse Jackson, Malcolm Shabazz, etc, etc… even pastors of Black Liberation Theology will be incapable of giving up the game.

That’s why I found Obama’s speech so interesting - it was a direct refutation of relying on the grievance politicians to solve the ill of residual Racism. (That’s “Racism with a capital R” as the remnants of our legacy of slavery and apartheid - not the more generic “racism”, which will never be obliterated anywhere on the face of this earth, not in any society.)

Obama, quite frankly, is a threat to grievance politicians who have NOTHING else to stand on. Do you really think they’re going to go away quietly? It is actually in their interests to see him defeated.

But blacks are still victims of systemic government discrimination, Book. It just so happens to be under Robert KKKleagle Byrd and the Democrats, as it has always been, Book. What is wrong is that such things are being done to blacks by Republicans or under Republicans (Reagan).

(Keep in mind that I don’t agree with these statements; this is a thought experiment.)

It’s more than a thought experiment, given the Democrats conduct in Iraq and Vietnam, they really are full of racists, Book.

African Americans nevertheless continue to demand that the American government keep funding and expanding the same programs that the blacks insist have failed

That’s because they believe if Democrats become their masters, things would be better than under Republicans. Why? Cause Democrats care, Book, while Republicans are heartless.

For the life of me, I can’t understand why liberals are just CONVINCED that somehow, blacks are different and need “special assistance.”

The answer is very simple, Deana. It is very hard and difficult to manipulate people with free will and economic security. Blacks need special assistance because without it, blacks would free themselves from Leftist manipulation. And we can’t have that, now can we.

It is the same reason why Arafat refused to work towards peace with Israel. Because he needed the war to maintain control over the Pallys.

Of course, the interesting thing about blaming other people is that when those people stop “doing things to you”, nothing changes for the better. So then you have to come up or create a new reason why you are failing.

Certain themes and principles are shared between Airbender, Naruto, and Bleach for example. Naruto and Bleach are shown on Japanese tv, while Airbender is produced from Britain last time I checked.

Synova clued me in on Last Airbender.

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If I accepted liberation theology concerning how blacks are oppressed and need to be taken care of via emergency methods, then whenever my hand would fall to catch a ball and embarrass me, I would cut it off.

That’s exactly what minorities do to themselves and the greater American community when they see something as not being up to their standards. They see it as a failure, just not their failure. A person of moral and spiritual strength will take himself to task for dropping the ball; he would focus his energies on practicing to get it right the next time. The black race industry of extortion, however, says that if there is failure it is because other people owed you success and didn’t pay. Or that you are a failure not because of you, but because other people have done something to you.

Like the Palestinians when they say it is the Jews fault the Palestinians and Arabs are backwards.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/03/obamas_problem_with_white_vote.html

So who knows - maybe Obama was right - we need to talk about the problem. Unfortunately, I suspect that if we _do_ talk about the problem, the discussion isn’t going to be exactly as desired…!

Yes, Deana. It’s a terrible, harmful, damaging (find your own adjective) philosophy to preach, and yet it’s so popular. I can’t believe preachers (and teachers) of this point of view are ignorant of what they are doing. So it’s about power - the power to keep people powerless and therefore, dependent. Great job security! That’s why I have thought that even though he campaigns for Obama, the last thing in the world Jesse Jackson really wants is for us to have a black president. Then he can’t say “the white man’s keepin’ us down.” There goes his job - right out the window. Who knows? Maybe Jesse leaked the Wright tapes.

You are correct and thank you for bringing that to my attention.

In a way, having an attitude of “being owed” makes the situation even worse. It’s not as if it is just a matter of getting people to see opportunity and teaching them to take advantage of it. When you believe you are owed or due something, then it won’t matter how many opportunities and advantages knock at your door or are even dumped in your lap - if it means you have to put forth some effort to move forward and achieve, you won’t do it. And the best part is that you’ll always be able to blame someone else for your failings.

Deana

Great post! But I can sum up your whole synopsis like this.

1. Liberals don’t think their ideas are failures. They just think they haven’t done enough of them.

2. Liberalism always creates the exact opposite of it’s stated intent.