Ruminations

1 : Masticating again what has previously been chewed slightly and then swallowed ; chew the cud     2 : engaging in contemplations ; reflections ........... Yeah, it's the same thing!

 There is a party in the Democratic Afterlife, wherever that happens to be, led by Lyndon Johnson and his cohorts.  Politicians from the 50s, old dead white men, who put forth affirmative action as the key to social change and betterment for the United States. Affirmative Action has now impacted this country at the very highest level.  The choice of who will lead the most powerful nation on earth is under the influence of Affirmative Action.  And with poetic justice, it is affecting the Democratic party.

  Affirmative Action is a concept under the umbrella of EEOC.  Affirmative Action dictates that a proportional number of protected minorities are to be placed in positions of employment as determined by the general population. They are to receive comparable pay regardless of qualifications. The proportional number is to be equivalent to the percentage of the protected class in the general population. If a protected class makes up 30% of the population, then you are required to hire out of that group to fill 30% of all the butchers and bakers and candlestick makers.  30% of all the doctors and lawyers and Indian chiefs.... Uh, scratch that about Indian chiefs..... You see, they are protected..... Well, never mind.   Another twist another time...... 

 EEOC and AA laws were intended to insure everyone was treated equally. This is a very fine and noble concept. Idealistically, it is what everyone should want. This idea, like most liberal concepts, was to create a perfect situation where everyone was treated the same and equal.

Therein, lies the rub, perfection is not achievable in the real world. A point liberals continually miss in their idealistic view.

To achieve this in a practical, real world manner required government social engineering of the highest magnitude.  To "get there" it was necessary, to not level the playing field, but slant it to the benefit of certain defined classes of people who needed help up the socioeconomic ladder.

  It was a brilliant political strategy for the Democratic Party in the 50s and 60s. EEOC and Affirmative Action laws were presented as being the leveling of the playing field in the United States that would produce social and economic equality to all.

But the strongest incentive to the rich old white men were to keep their personal political positions of power. The full force of the Democratic political machine was fully engaged with the realization that providing special treatments and entitlements to selected groups of citizens would ensure continuing votes for the Democrats. Simply, divide and conquer. The Democrats could retain and build power. And so they did  ....  cluck, cluck ... for the next 50 years.

  And in politics; if a little bit is good, a lot is better. The identified groups began to grow. Race, color, religion, sex. national origin, disability, age. Every one became part of a defined minority group and became protected from any type of different treatment. Even now we are starting to subgroup.  The exception being white Anglo-Saxon Protestant males under 40 years of the age. Who are also a minority, just not protected. Oh, and over 40 is protected ....... there just isn't much of a penalty if you go after the old ones.So everybody, almost, is protected and can't be touched so to speak........as so on with the election.

As Reverend Jeremiah Wright of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ has proclaimed, "the chickens have come home to roost". But don't say anything ..he's protected .. and so is Obama .... and so is Clinton ...and so is McCain (sorta .... just no penalty). 

Common Sense

Common sense is becoming less and less common- -collectively, that is. Based upon rational thought processes, common sense is the antithesis of today's political correctness

 The intelligent approach when dealing with and evaluating people; especially politicians, is to not only listen to what they say. But more importantly, to evaluate what they do and with whom they associate.The Clintons fail this test. If the media does not cover for them, the Obamas will fail far worse than the Clintons.This election may well be determined in the end by ethics, social values and common sense.

The Clintons. One would think that the last thing the United States needs is for the Clintons to have any more White House time.  As we saw before and see every day, the Clintons are about power and greed.  Any concept of ethics is alien to them. They and their machine are focused on achieving the White House again. Hillary and Bill are about Hillary and Bill.  That's it, end of story. But the alternative is the Obamas 

What do we have in the Obamas?  Unfortunately, there are many exaggerations and untruths floating around in the public discourse.  Barack Obama is not a terrorist, or even a disgruntled Muslim, for that matter. No, he's not the Antichrist either. He professes to be a Christian and  attends a church in Chicago. Conversely, he's not the second coming of Christ or the reincarnation of John Kennedy. So who is Barack Obama and who are the Obamas?

  Barack Obama is a consummate politician.  He leans to the far left.  He has limited experience, having been a state senator for only eight years and now, in his first term as junior Senator from Illinois.  His campaign is characterized best as one of glittering generalities about hope and change.  His voting record on the issues at the state and federal level is spotty, because he missed votes and only voted "present" quite often.  On the votes he has made he is fairly placed to the left of Senator Ted Kennedy. Barack Obama is rated as  the most liberal senator in Washington. Okay, but that's just politics, and his opinion and ideas. Everyone is entitled ( pun intended).

  Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country protesting the fact that Congress is finally addressing the issue of illegal immigration.