WTF-The Tea Party and Slavery

It appears the Tea Party Groups in Tennessee have decided that the teaching the children about the Founding Fathers and slavey are a little depressing and have decided that they want to teach a "sunnier side".

I would like to know exactly what they are leaving out, so I have a list of items for them to respond to:
     1-we were brought here in bondage (yes we were sold by our own people, but if the white man hadn't made the deal, we would have been in Africa in peace).
     2-we were put on the auction blocks like live animals (and the animals were treated better and sold for a higher price)
     3-our families were split apart
     4-our women were often the victims of the masters' sexual lust, many times against her will she was raped and produce offspring of the master!
     5-our men and women were handpick not to love each other, but to breed strong young slaves (strong men+strong women=strong children was the thinking)
     6-our people were pited against each other early. Master wanted the lighter skinned high yellow sister in his house and in his bed. the darker ones were left in the fields to rot
     7-our brothers were beaten and lynched if they tried to protect themselves, their women, their children (and please don't get me started about them looking at white women)
    8-our young were not allowed an education
    9-Our culture and language, even our names, were taken from us against our will.

This and so much more is a part of our history, our American History. You can not sugar-coat it, you can not give it a "sunnier side". To do so, to water down the history of an entire race of people is to de-humanize them, to make them feel less than who they are. This is not right! This is not acceptable. Tea Party, Republicans, Skinheads, Racists, you all must realize and know that my history is your history and your history is my history. We are all entwined in one way or another, we are all related. 

I can only hope the good people of Tennessee fight back against the Tea Party. That they continue to teach history as it is/was, not as some misguided people want it to be.

To read more of about the Tennessee Tea Party and their movement to change the history books, please go to: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/23/tea-party-tennessee-textbooks-slavery_n_1224157.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=3248068,b=facebook

Ann Romney: Obama Campaign Strategy Is 'Kill' Mitt Romney

You're talking about someone who practices a religion which up until the late 1970's preached that black people were the the mark of Satan. The Romney campaign are openly courting the Tea Party which has members calling for an armed rebellion against the Federal Government http://bit.ly/Npa4L1. They are also courting the Christian right who has members holding conferences which the invitation states “All White Christians Invited” http://bit.ly/NpcQ35.



When will someone step up and actually be a leader and renounce this behavior? This statement is wrong and they should openly apologize. Of course I'm beginning to wonder if they know the difference between right and wrong or do they care. You know, "win at all expense". That's what we've been seeing from republicans for three years now.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Chris Collins: 'People Now Don't Die From Prostate Cancer, Breast Cancer'

I honestly haven't heard the argument "doctors are making a lot more money" except from people who are accusing others of trying to make that claim. There is the debate about doctors and their conflicts of interest when they are sending patients to get tests done at facilities they own a major stake in but that's a different story.



There are hundreds of other reasons for the rise in health care including, but not limited to, insurance companies, medical equipment companies, fraud and waste, profits before anything and on and on.



Regardless people have to have coverage before they can be diagnosed with breast cancer or prostate cancer before they can survive it. All I want to know is what kind of person does it take to back these tools? Unfortunately I know the answer so that is mostly rhetorical. This is really getting exhausting.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

On June 28, 2012 The Supreme Court of the United States of America upheld that the Affordable Health Care Law is constructional. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/28/supreme-court-health-care-decision_n_1585131.html.
This is a once in a lifetime moment. A time where you sit and reflect where you were when you heard the news. Then I wondered: Do Americans do that anymore?  Are we so polarized against each other that instead of taking a moment to reflect on the history we are fortunate to be around to witness, our first instinct is to go on the attack.
Why do we do this? Our parents and grandparents used to sit on the porch or around family dinners and talk about what they were doing when important historical events took place. I remember them well and can even remember where my dad was when, like on that fateful Friday, November 22, 1963 when he learned that President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated (he was working in Virginia pouring cement). Or when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was gunned down on Thursday, April 4, 1968 (again working in Virginia). He even remembers what buildings he was working on and once took me to see them. Both are gone now, but I see them as clearly as I see my computer.
I remember where I was on fateful days also-January 28, 1986, the day of the Challenger explosion, I was at the corner of Hoffler Street and Herrington Road heading home to see a soap opera. September 11, 2001, day of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon and  Flight 93, I was working with a client making travel arrangements for his job. I remember other days as well, but those two come to mind the most.
I now share my memories with my children and grandchildren to help them understand the human that history happens every day. I want them to have the same fondness of sitting with my "elders" talking about how our country has grown and evolved, about the good and bad of this nation.
Something has happened in our country! It seems that we don't care about each other, we don't respect each other, we don't respect our history. By doing this, what are we teaching our children, the ones who will be the keepers of the flame.
If you read this post, take a moment to reflect where you were on June 28, 2012. Share that moment with your children, rather you agree with the decision or not. Write it down if you must. Let's leave the younger generation with more than some words on a piece of paper, let's leave them some good memories to go with those pieces of paper. (FYI-on the morning of June 28, 2012 I was walking through my home with a snack cake in one hand and a cold soda in the other when I saw the news on the television. And I will share that will my grandchild!)

Don't Let The Supreme Court Rule For Corporations

Most Americans do not agree with the Supreme Court or Mitt Romney when they say "corporations are people". It's past time for a Constitutional Amendment.

Eight in 10 poll respondents say they oppose the high court's Jan. 21 decision to allow unfettered corporate political spending, with 65 percent "strongly" opposed. Nearly as many backed congressional action to curb the ruling, with 72 percent in favor of reinstating limits.
The poll reveals relatively little difference of opinion on the issue among Democrats (85 percent opposed to the ruling), Republicans (76 percent) and independents (81 percent).

Go here and show support for the one state, Montana, that attempted to fight for our rights and are still fighting.

By George Strain,
Exasperated citizen!