The Legacy of Ted Kennedy

The truth spoken by someone who has been there and escaped the siren song of Government dependence.

Back on Uncle Sam's Plantation Star Parker - Syndicated Columnist
(who is African American, in case some of you liberal pinheads are put off by the "racist" language).

Six years ago I wrote a book called Uncle Sam's Plantation . I wrote the book to tell my own story of what I saw living inside the welfare state and my own transformation out of it.I said in that book that indeed there are two Americas -- a poor America on socialism and a wealthy America on capitalism. I talked about government programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), Emergency Assistance to Needy Families with Children (EANF), Section 8 Housing, and Food Stamps.A vast sea of perhaps well-intentioned government programs, all initially set into motion in the 1960s by Democrats, that were going to lift the nation's poor out of poverty.A benevolent Uncle Sam welcomed mostly poor black Americans onto the government plantation. Those who accepted the invitation switched mindsets from "How do I take care of myself?" to "What do I have to do to stay on the plantation?"Instead of solving economic problems, government welfare socialism created monstrous moral and spiritual problems -- the kind of problems that are inevitable when individuals turn responsibility for their lives over to others.The legacy of American socialism is our blighted inner cities, dysfunctional inner city schools, and broken black families.Through God's grace, I found my way out. It was then that I understood what freedom meant and how great this country is.I had the privilege of working on welfare reform in 1996 which was passed by a Republican controlled Congress. I thought we were on the road to moving socialism out of our poor black communities and replacing it with wealth-producing American capitalism. But, incredibly, we are now going in the opposite direction. Instead of poor America on socialism becoming more like rich American on capitalism, rich America on capitalism is becoming like poor America on socialism.Uncle Sam has welcomed our banks onto the plantation and they have said, "Thank you, Suh."Now, instead of thinking about what creative things need to be done to serve customers, they are thinking about what they have to tell Massah in order to get their cash.

There is some kind of irony that this is all happening under our first black president on the 200th anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. Worse, socialism seems to be the element of our new young president. And maybe even more troubling, our corporate executives seem happy to move onto the plantation.In an op-Ed on the opinion page of the Washington Post , Mr.Obama is clear that the goal of his trillion dollar spending plan is much more than short term economic stimulus."This plan is more than a prescription for short-term spending -- it's a strategy for America 's long-term growth and opportunity in areas such as renewable energy, health care, and education."Perhaps more incredibly, Obama seems to think that government taking over an economy is a new idea. Or that massive growth in government can take place "with unprecedented transparency and accountability."Yes, sir, we heard it from Jimmy Carter when he created the Department of Energy, the Synfuels Corporation, and the Department of Education.

Or how about the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 -- The War on Poverty -- which President Johnson said "...does not merely expand old programs or improve what is already being done. It charts a new course. It strikes at the causes, not just the consequences of poverty." Trillions of dollars later, black poverty is the same. But black families are not, with triple the incidence of single-parent homes and out-of-wedlock births. It's not complicated. Americans can accept Barack Obama's invitation to move onto the plantation. Or they can choose personal responsibility and freedom.

Does anyone really need to think about what the choice should be? "The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." TRUER WORDS WERE NEVER SPOKEN !

WELCOME TED

In order to know a community, one must observe the style of its funerals and know what manner of men they bury with the most ceremony- Mark Twain.

We excuse our own guilt, and even more so, the guilt of those who have so corrupted our community, our country, and our world to the point we don't recognize evil in any form- Poor Wilber.

Misc. Great Moments of Ted Kennedy.

Ted Kennedy questioned Judge Alito's integrity when Alito was at Princeton. As you may know, Kennedy was kicked out of Harvard for cheating. So when it comes to questionable integrity at college he knows what he is talking about." --Jay Leno
Kennedy's own remarks on Katrina: "The rich with cars got out. The poor drowned". (its been commented how appropriate that line might be for his tombstone).

The Accomplishments of Ted Kennedy.

-Kicked out of Harvard for cheating.

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- Killed a young women while driving drunk from a party.

-Left the scene of the accident and bought off the legal system.

-Made it possible for the massive illegal alien invasion.

- Supported the massive welfare dependence on Government (aka Great Society and public welfare).

-Promoted Union thuggery by public works corruption.

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-Promoted the legal practice of child murder (abortion). Mary Jo isn't the only blood on his hands.

-Snorting coke and guzzling booze, womanizing, and participating in such debauchery that even got his nephew involved in a rape charge (and escaped by the usual Kennedy talent for buying off judges, prosecutors, and witnesses).

I will not apologize for being insensitive. This drunken bastard has done more to destroy my America than Stalin, Hitler, or even Mao ever thought possible. It's an absolute disgrace this lout is planted at Arlington.