I was reading in Friday's World Net Daily that the U.S. Senate voted unanimously to apologize for past slavery and racial segregation. Once again we have elected officials wanting to make some stupid political point with past sins. I don't deny that the institution of slavery in the early years of the United States was evil and cruel. I was also opposed to racial segregation as well. However, all that's in the past. I'm sick and tired of seeing all these civil rights opportunists such as Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton trying to engage in race baiting and saying we're the most racist country in the world. Both Jackson and Sharpton are racist as far as I'm concerned.
There are politicians such as U.S. Representative John Conyers (D-MI) that believe the taxpayers should pay reparations to those blacks whose ancestors were once slaves in America. Let's settle this issue once and for all: Reparations should've been paid to the black slaves following the Civil War. It's too late to be thinking of that now. Also, those of us living today played no part in enslaving blacks over 144 years ago. The U.S. started phasing out racial segregation in the 1950's starting with the Brown vs. Board of Education decision. We're not dealing with racial segregation today. We don't need to apologize for slavery that's been abolished since 1865. Instead of apologizing for past sins, why don't we repent and confess today's sins. Today's sins are what's haunting us--not slavery from 144 years ago.
With the nuclear threat we're facing from North Korea and Iran, the last thing our Congress needs to be doing is wasting time voting on frivolous, insignificant past issues such as slavery. North Korea has been threatening to launch a missile at Hawaii around July 4-8, and here our Senate is voting on a past issue that doesn't even threaten America. Every one of those Senators need to be thrown out in November 2010! Let's stop the foolishness on Capitol Hill.
No comments:
Post a Comment