Class is in session…
The President has delayed issuing executive orders concerning the immigration issue, stating he needs more time to figure out what to do.
Obviously the real reason is President Obama doesn’t want the Democrats to suffer in the mid-term elections for what will probably be his unrealistic approach to dealing with the immigration issue.
His solution will be whatever can garner more votes from the Hispanic community for the Democratic Party, regardless of the detriment it causes American taxpayers.
This is fundamental politics, people!
Speaking of fundamental politics, this leads to the question of how could it happen that in Ferguson, Mo. two-thirds of the citizens are African-American but the political leadership is 99% white?
The answer is simple, African-Americans in Ferguson, Mo. have gotten away from the fundamentals of American politics.
There is a saying in sports that when you get away from the fundamentals, you lose and this axiom applies to life in general.
Because if the people in Ferguson had used the democratic fundamentals of politics and had people representing them and their ideals in political leadership positions the Michael Brown incident might not have happened. And even if it did, the results would have been different.
One may ask what are the democratic fundamentals of politics?
Number one is registering people to vote. Then energizing them to vote and getting them to the polls to vote.
All groups of people vote for what’s in their best interest, and the majority of votes counted wins. In Ferguson, Mo. none of those fundamentals have been followed.
Someone needs to organize the African-Americans in Ferguson to use their power at the polls to get what they want.
Elected officials usually are the ones who hire police chiefs, city managers and others in executive positions and by using their political power African-Americans in Ferguson can change who the police chief is and the philosophy of how the police treat minorities in their city.
The minorities in Ferguson are upset with the prosecutor, however the prosecutor is an elected official, which brings us back to the basics.
Elect a prosecutor you think will administer the law in a fair and unbiased way.
Ferguson, Mo. is a prime example for all communities where African-Americans are moving into and becoming the majority population.
Blacks must learn to employ the fundamentals of the democratic process to ensure their interests are taken into account when political decisions are made.
I am not saying African-American interests will be totally one-sided or will not be best for all of the population, just that if decisions are to be made, everyone should be treated fairly and equally irregardless of their race, creed, sex, religion or national origin.
Isn’t that what’s best for everyone?
Quotes of the Day:
“We understand that politics is nothing but war without bloodshed; and war is nothing but politics with bloodshed.” Fred Hampton, Leader of the Black Panther Party in Chicago who was assassinated by the Chicago Police
“A statesman is a politician who is held upright by equal pressure from all directions.” Eric A. Johnston
Calvin Sense is a prominent local businessman who chooses not to disclose his identity
Interesting stuff Calvin. I do think your comment about “all groups of people vote for what’s in their best interest” is just a bit naive or idealistic. If you think all groups of people vote for what’s in their best “financial” interests, then I think you are wrong. Obviously, being a democrat, I’m slanted here but I am continually amazed at how many lower-middle class, blue collar whites who vote for republicans when clearly they are getting screwed financially by republican policies that favor big business.
Generally good points, Calvin. Thanks for contributing here.
No doubt Stomper. African Americans all across the United States must take comfort in the knowledge that they too are “amazing” as Obama’s “Pen” and “Phone” stand at the ready to bypass the Constitution and in one fell swoop grant de facto citizenship to untold millions who, while they may indeed be expected to vote Democratic, they may indeed also be expected to compete for those “lower middle class blue collar” jobs that whites and blacks both compete for. I guess they must have voted against their best interests considering that Obama pulled 96% of the black vote. If of course they did after seeing Democratic initiatives over the last 2 decades that replace American workers with foreign born workers, then they too are just as “amazing”.
It could be, that the electorate considers in that voting booth, myriad and complicated issues to vote for and against, the list of which are, for the most part, a miasma of unpleasant alternatives to contemplate. When the lever is finally pulled, it is rarely with the surety and confidence that a solution is at hand, but more probably, in my opinion that the worst can be avoided.
Mr. Sense, there are dozens of dozens of cities all across America who vote identity politics, more specifically, black identity politics, which in turn result in virtually all politicans, public appointed officials, police departments, city service departments, etc etc etc being peopled by and run by ONLY African Americans. I think, at this juncture, there can be no doubt, Ferguson will follow suit and in short order, benefit from the electorate’s will. Should be a hell of a party. Eric Holder is already there setting the stage with what is the first step in this shift, the character assassination of the police department that will, he hopes, result in a Star Chamber Show Trial for the edification of those “amazing” folks in that same city.
Thanks Chuck. My point was that not all groups vote for their own “financial” best interests. No surprise that people vote for all kinds of reasons and it’s difficult to make general statements when discussing why votes go as they do. I don’t vote for my financial best interests but I’m not a group ( although my bathroom scale doesn’t agree) .
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To the Stomper and Calvin’s point, I think people vote for what they see as their best interest, but get duped into voting against those interests sometimes because they relate more to ideological issues rather than wallet issues.
Like in the book, What’s the Matter with Kansas?
Used to be rich folks and upper middle classers – my parents included – voted pretty much Republican because they didn’t like the 90 percent and 70 percent federal tax brackets, etc. etc,
Lower middle class and down tended to lean Democratic.
Then Republicans hitched their stars to social issues like race, gender, etc. and hawkish sentiments and co-opted poorer people into voting with their hearts and prejudices rather than arguably what might be in their best interests pocketbook-wise.
Remember Mitt Romney’s 47 percent?
The line is sometimes blurry but I think you both basically are correct.
Race war boner detector off the scale!
I gotta say though, Chuck…
It’s pretty odd that Ferguson has such a predominantly black population yet is controlled so largely by white pols.
Kinda doesn’t make sense.
I agree, Ferguson seems to be an anomaly.
You can bet your life and you won’t have to “tease’ the bet, that that paradigm in that city is coming to an end.
Your expectations match mine, in that in black areas, we expect black politicians to run the local show. Indeed, we expect blacks to vote black and with few exceptions, that is exactly what happens.
Black identity, “African” American identity is of paramount importance in urban areas during elections, again with few exceptions.
This is also a block of votes for the Democratic Party that is rock solid and unwavering in every election.
It is what it is.
The subject of how “blocks” of voters lean one way or another is really an interesting one. I’d like to think that each voter is unique and carefully considers all aspects of a candidate’s platform and it how it might affect them individually. I’d also like to think that voter’s might consider broadening their perspective and consider not only how a platform affects them individually, but also how the platform might affect their community, state, or country as a whole. As mentioned before, the motivation for which way the individual voter pulls the lever in the voting booth is all over the place. However, when you try to group voters into blocks ( Blacks, Women, Hispanics, Jews Catholics, etc.) sometimes obvious patterns exist. Chuck is absolutely correct that the block of black voters is solid democratic. The block of Hispanic voters is in everyone’s crosshairs now because they are rapidly growing and the approach of the two parties with regards to immigration seems to be pushing them to the Democratic side. I recall that Dwight, in earlier posts, questioned why Jewish voters seemed to be voting against their own best interests when they vote democratic as a block. The block of women voters, making up the majority, is not easily generalized.
Interesting topic for sure.
They don’t need a police chief in Ferguson….they need a zoo keeper.
The Bear didn’t see any QT’s burned in Killa City when the feral negro thug murdered three elderly white people and beat two others with a hair of their lives.
There were no “Running of the Flat Screens”.
There were no calls for the National Guard.
Nope. People turned to the police, and as usual, it took a tip from a citizen to catch
a 6’2″ black guy walking down I-29 at 2am in the morning with a shotgun. (word on the street…. the “tip” was from the toutmaster)
No, this is not political. This is people following a common decency that seems to be lacking in the black community. Granted, not all, but way too many turn their head and allow this hood mentality to continue. One has to assume that “stitches for snitches” will continue until the big one comes.
Im not so sure that more black political leadership would have produced a different outcome. Brown didnt care if the mayor was white, black or a Sherpa from the Himalayas. He didnt care if the majority of the cops were white or black when he robbed that store. If he did bum rush that cop, and it appears he did, it wouldnt have mattered what the cops race was to either Brown or the rioters that followed. Kansas City has a black mayor, black police chief, black city council members, and the right reverend Manny car wash Cleaver. Poverty and crime here make Ferguson look like a pacifist hippy commune. The poorest of minorities have been reduced to defacto children under the perpetual care and charge of government by way of entitlements and being repeatedly told they are victims. Just like petulant spoiled children who didnt get their way, the people in and around Ferguson threw a fit. This thing goes deeper than the racial makeup of their local leadership. In my opinion.
UPDATE TO the BEARS EARLIER COMMENT:
Make that 5 dead white people ! 7 total if you include the two teens.
Does this not constitute a “HATE CRIME” ? A negro killing 7 white people. Even in the Arctic, that’s hate !
Bear justice is needed…
Don’t let Boo Boo Bear ruin your site Hearne. Please. Rid yourself of it now.