Back on Uncle Sam's plantation
Star Parker - Syndicated Columnist - 2/9/2009 8:00:00 AM
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, 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, passed by a Republican Congress and
signed 50 percent. 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 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 poorAmerica 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, healthcare, 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?

On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:32:57 -0400, "Lu Powell"
wrote:

Back on Uncle Sam's plantation

Please take this cr*p somewhere else.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:32:57 -0400, "Lu Powell"
wrote:

Back on Uncle Sam's plantation

Please take this cr*p somewhere else.


Sure I will, as soon as Harry and his corps admiring bigots take the cure
and go away. BTW, the posting was by a black woman with a fantastic story of
personal achievement.

On Sep 30, 10:32*am, "Lu Powell" wrote:

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?

and in 1 year, wall street sucked up a trillion dollars in middle
class taxpayer money to support the greed of the rich

but the right wing never mentions this, preferring to talk about
'welfare queens', i.e. the dark folks...

Lu Powell wrote:
Back on Uncle Sam's plantation
Star Parker - Syndicated Columnist - 2/9/2009 8:00:00 AM
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, 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, passed by a Republican Congress
and signed 50 percent. 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 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 poorAmerica 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,
healthcare, 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?


A lot of folks are thinking, "I'd better get my sorry ass on over to the
plantation before there is no more room and the food runs out."
I wish O'Bama would move his experiment to an island somewhere and leave
America alone.

"Jim" wrote in message
...
Lu Powell wrote:
Back on Uncle Sam's plantation
Star Parker - Syndicated Columnist - 2/9/2009 8:00:00 AM
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, 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, passed by a Republican Congress and
signed 50 percent. 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 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 poorAmerica 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,
healthcare, 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?


A lot of folks are thinking, "I'd better get my sorry ass on over to the
plantation before there is no more room and the food runs out."
I wish O'Bama would move his experiment to an island somewhere and leave
America alone.

Cuba or Haiti comes to mind...

On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:57:36 -0400, "Lu Powell"
wrote:

Sure I will, as soon as Harry and his corps admiring bigots

Is that the category you want to be compared with ?

Some people can't help themselves because of personality disorder.
How about you ?

On 9/30/09 12:52 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:57:36 -0400, "Lu Powell"
wrote:

Sure I will, as soon as Harry and his corps admiring bigots

Is that the category you want to be compared with ?

Some people can't help themselves because of personality disorder.
How about you ?



snerk W'hine, you really shouldn't be trying to cast aspersions on
others. You are, after all, a flaming ass.


--
Birther-Deather-Tenther-Teabagger:
Idiots All

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:57:36 -0400, "Lu Powell"
wrote:

Sure I will, as soon as Harry and his corps admiring bigots

Is that the category you want to be compared with ?

Some people can't help themselves because of personality disorder.
How about you ?


I would rather be contrasted. You know, "fair and balanced"; the opposite of
the loonies.

On Sep 30, 10:54*am, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:32:57 -0400, "Lu Powell"

wrote:
Back on Uncle Sam's plantation

Please take this cr*p somewhere else.

Like you have anything better to post...Dwhine?