By now most Americans who follow the news know that during baseball's annual All-Star Game held at Citi Field in New York City a few days ago, the bigots came out swinging Tweeting horrible, silly, stupid, racist and ignorant things about Marc Anthony singing God Bless America.
Tweeters called him un-American, a spic, a Mexican, a foreigner -- you name it. Really dumb things, and I got to laugh my butt off at the nonsense. How many stupid people out there actually think all this to be true about one of America's most famous cross-over artist?
For one, Marc Anthony, as we all should know by now, is an award-winning American singer born in New York City to Puerto Rican parents. Both New York and Puerto Rico are part of the United States. One is a state; the other is a territory with all the rights of citizenship bestowed upon its residents by the U.S. Constitution (except federal voting rights because it's not a fully incorporated state of the Union) and the Jones-Shafroth Act of 1917.
Why a number of Americans do not understand this part of their history is quite simple. The caliber of education in this country, despite untold billions poured into this giant rat-trap, still produces idiots regardless of race and ethnicity. Do we not teach social studies or American history anymore? Or, have those subject matters been replaced by feel-good subjects like Radical Protests 101 and Man-Made Climate Change 102?
However, no matter that we celebrate every January and hold dear to the legacy, wishes and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King to be a country where color doesn't matter, hatred still persists though not to a greater extent that it did before the 1970's. Some of it is hidden, but no one side can claim to be clean for there are black, Hispanic, and Asian bigots as well.
So the question: Where do we, as a nation, go from here? Granted, the Tweets do not represent a majority of whites in this country any more than if the same were to happen a ta basketball or soccer game and the tweeter's race were reversed. It would be silly to believe that. But we can admit that there are bigoted idiots walking our streets.
That said, having watched the video of Marc Anthony singing God Bless America (written by a Russian-born Jew named Irving Berlin in 1918, who went on to become an American citizen and popular composer), how can anyone be seriously offended? Offended by seeing an American of Puerto Rican origin sing one of America's greatest patriotic melody?
So I have to ask, would those Tweeters prefer the non-Hispanic, full-blooded white American named Roseanne sing God Bless America or the national anthem again at a baseball game and at the end hock a loogie on the mound for good ole sakes?
In conclusion, let's not turn America's favorite pastime sport into a racial cauldron. Mariano Rivera deserves better!
Friday, July 19, 2013
Thursday, July 18, 2013
A case driven by media and racial hucksters for profit
So let's delve into this George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case in a realistic manner, without emotions getting in the way as it tends to do often in controversies. How many of you would be truly angry if Zimmerman's surname was Cruz, Rodriguez, Nieves, Lopez, Burgos, Martinez, Hernandez, Ochoa or Alonso?
There is a case up in Boston where an NFL player is charged with murdering his black friend who was also a semi-professional football player. Aaron Hernandez allegedly killing Odin Lloyd. Not a self-defense case either. Just clear cut simple murder of an unarmed black man, according to the state prosecutor.
Where is the national uproar and demands by Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson demanding an end to the deaths of black men?
Face it, the US media is guilty of attempting to foment racial rioting in this country, because it makes for big ratings, and big ratings means a larger share of viewership which in turn means a whole lot of money into the pockets of big media.
Indeed, the legacy of William Randolph Hearst is still alive and doing quite well today in the newsroom where reporters furnish the pictures and stories so that the moguls can furnish the race war.
The folks driven to defend Trayvon Martin and calling for justice have been driven by the lies of the liberal mainstream media. They are guided by such because it's good exposure, and is also guided by big contributions to various "leaders" of the community like Sharpton and Jackson and their respective organizations.
According to the facts in the Zimmerman case, you have an Hispanic who was pursuing a person he thought was acting suspicious. There had been numerous robberies in the gated community. Zimmerman thought Martin was up to no good. He dials 9-1-1 to alert the authorities, and then he was told to back down, which he did as he was engaged in foot pursuit. On his way back to his car, he gets pummeled from behind and fearing for his life he shoots the unarmed 17-year old. Mind you, Zimmerman did not throw the first punch, according to him, and since there is no one else to substantiate his claim, neither witnesses nor Martin who is now dead, the claim stands.
So what would you do if you were under assault?
Any human being would rightfully defend oneself from further physical harm. That is what Zimmerman did. He did nothing wrong legally in the eyes of the law pursuing Martin. This entire matter about racial profiling is a non-starter since it is not illegal for civilians to do such. Racial profiling laws prevent law enforcement officers and non-uniform civilian government bureaucrats in departments from engaging in such activities. Zimmerman was neither a uniformed officer, nor was he acting in the capacity of a civilian government employee. Which is why he wasn't charged with racial profiling.
And get this, the FBI concluded in its investigation of Zimmerman that he was not and did not act out of racial hatred. Not only that, but his defense didn't even bring up the Stand Your Ground law as reason for his pulling the trigger in self-defense.
Therefore, what is one to conclude after all this?
Zimmerman has been pilloried and his good moral character as a citizen denied by those who want to make a political statement about the state of race relations in America. A statement that says blacks are under assault from white America (Zimmerman is half-white, but looks more like actor Esai Morales), even though the opposite is true; that more blacks are under penalty of death by other blacks in black communities.
In conclusion, beware of the power of the US media and its telling of stories. Beware of activists promoting hysteria with the assistance of a sycophantic media. Beware of the smoke and get the facts before jumping to hysterical and emotional outbursts.
There is a case up in Boston where an NFL player is charged with murdering his black friend who was also a semi-professional football player. Aaron Hernandez allegedly killing Odin Lloyd. Not a self-defense case either. Just clear cut simple murder of an unarmed black man, according to the state prosecutor.
Where is the national uproar and demands by Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson demanding an end to the deaths of black men?
Face it, the US media is guilty of attempting to foment racial rioting in this country, because it makes for big ratings, and big ratings means a larger share of viewership which in turn means a whole lot of money into the pockets of big media.
Indeed, the legacy of William Randolph Hearst is still alive and doing quite well today in the newsroom where reporters furnish the pictures and stories so that the moguls can furnish the race war.
The folks driven to defend Trayvon Martin and calling for justice have been driven by the lies of the liberal mainstream media. They are guided by such because it's good exposure, and is also guided by big contributions to various "leaders" of the community like Sharpton and Jackson and their respective organizations.
According to the facts in the Zimmerman case, you have an Hispanic who was pursuing a person he thought was acting suspicious. There had been numerous robberies in the gated community. Zimmerman thought Martin was up to no good. He dials 9-1-1 to alert the authorities, and then he was told to back down, which he did as he was engaged in foot pursuit. On his way back to his car, he gets pummeled from behind and fearing for his life he shoots the unarmed 17-year old. Mind you, Zimmerman did not throw the first punch, according to him, and since there is no one else to substantiate his claim, neither witnesses nor Martin who is now dead, the claim stands.
So what would you do if you were under assault?
Any human being would rightfully defend oneself from further physical harm. That is what Zimmerman did. He did nothing wrong legally in the eyes of the law pursuing Martin. This entire matter about racial profiling is a non-starter since it is not illegal for civilians to do such. Racial profiling laws prevent law enforcement officers and non-uniform civilian government bureaucrats in departments from engaging in such activities. Zimmerman was neither a uniformed officer, nor was he acting in the capacity of a civilian government employee. Which is why he wasn't charged with racial profiling.
And get this, the FBI concluded in its investigation of Zimmerman that he was not and did not act out of racial hatred. Not only that, but his defense didn't even bring up the Stand Your Ground law as reason for his pulling the trigger in self-defense.
Therefore, what is one to conclude after all this?
Zimmerman has been pilloried and his good moral character as a citizen denied by those who want to make a political statement about the state of race relations in America. A statement that says blacks are under assault from white America (Zimmerman is half-white, but looks more like actor Esai Morales), even though the opposite is true; that more blacks are under penalty of death by other blacks in black communities.
In conclusion, beware of the power of the US media and its telling of stories. Beware of activists promoting hysteria with the assistance of a sycophantic media. Beware of the smoke and get the facts before jumping to hysterical and emotional outbursts.
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