Welfare dependency destroys black families

Conservative black woman speaks up at Al Sharpton rally

“In 1960 over 80 percent of black babies were born in two-parent households. After welfare… (I work in the inner city, I work with kids that look like me) …after LBJ’s welfare policies in the 60's in the inner city over 90 percent of kids are born without fathers. Because the liberal establishment wants to break apart the nuclear family. Because they want kids controlled by the state. That’s what Karl Marx said. So let’s talk about that!”

-- A conservative young black woman speaking up at an Al Sharpton rally in Washington, DC

[Originally reported September 2, 2010]

Ending the war on drugs the old fashioned way

The following letter has circulated on the Internet from time to time. However, I thought it worthwhile to share with my readers here, too.

The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining county, and he asked me a rhetorical question, “Why didn’t we have a drug problem when you and I were growing up?”

I replied…

“I had a drug problem when I was young: I was drug to church on Sunday morning. I was drug to church for weddings and funerals. I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the weather.

“I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults. I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a lie, brought home a bad report card, did not speak with respect, spoke ill of a teacher or the preacher, or if I didn’t put forth my best effort in everything that was asked of me.

“I was drug to the kitchen sink to have my mouth washed out with soap if I uttered a profanity. I was drug out to pull weeds in mom’s garden and flower beds and cockleburs out of dad’s fields. I was drug to the homes of family, friends and neighbors to help out some poor soul who had no one to mow the yard, repair a clothesline, or chop some firewood, and, if my mother had ever known that I took a single dime as a tip for this kindness, she would have drug me back to the woodshed.

“Those drugs are still in my veins and they affect my behavior in everything I do, say, or think. They are stronger than cocaine, crack, or heroin; and, if today’s children had this kind of drug problem, America would be a better place.

“God bless the parents who drugged us.”

This strategy depends on the will of the people to regain control of their government

"[W]hat I am proposing is a strategy which encompasses many elements -- none of which can do the job alone, but all of which together can get it done. This strategy [depends] on the will of the people to regain control of their government.

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