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Jesse Jackson dismisses Founding Fathers
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Jackson dismisses Founding Fathers
By Steve Miller
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Rev. Jesse Jackson yesterday told about 600 Michigan State University students that America's democracy was 37 years old, not 200-plus, and that "democracy as we know it did not begin in Philadelphia, where a bunch of white men wrote the laws." "These men's wives were not allowed [to vote], these laws were made at a time when only white men had the right to vote," Mr. Jackson said, noting that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was the commencement of "true democracy."
Speaking at the Jack Breslin Student Events Center, Mr. Jackson also used his platform at what organizers called a "Rally for Peace" to continue his criticism of Republican leaders, focusing on President Bush.
Any military action in Iraq, he said, at this point would violate U.N. and international law.
"But Mr. Bush says, 'All right, I'll go to the U.N.,' then he tells them that unless you follow me, I'll call off trade with your country," said Mr. Jackson, a frequent critic of the administration.
"America is a great nation," Mr. Jackson continued. "But we only represent 6 percent of the world. English is a great language but it is a minority language Jesus didn't speak it. We are a great nation, but we have to be of service, we do not have to be superior.
"Most people on this globe are yellow, black or brown, non-Christian, female, young, poor and don't speak English."
Mr. Jackson made the stop here as he returned home to Chicago from a Friday rally in Washington to protest the Bush administration's policy of investigating and detaining people. He accused Mr. Bush of wanting to "rule the world."
The event here was poorly attended after student organizers predicted a crowd of 6,000. The group provided 2,000 free tickets to students and booked the arena area of the center, which has a capacity of 15,000.
Mr. Jackson was also targeted by a group of protesters, who said that Mr. Jackson is not the person on whom to spend university funds. About a half-dozen students stood outside the Breslin Center under a hand-carried sign that read "Jesse Jackson Protest Squad."
"To bring Jesse Jackson, a left-wing extremist, to this campus to talk about peace, is not what we need," said Craig Burgers, who chairs the Michigan State University chapter of Young Americans for Freedom. "He represents political corruption at its finest."
He noted that Mr. Jackson's speech was supposed to be about peace.
Mr. Jackson holds an honorary doctorate from the university, where he spoke at graduation commencement in 1988.
In his hourlong speech yesterday, Mr. Jackson also noted that the United States has a history of supporting political despots.
"We supported the shah of Iran, and we drove the Islamic revolution into being," Mr. Jackson said. "They saw us as allies of oppression. We supported the Taliban we gave $6 million to the Taliban. The Taliban was our ally until September 11."
Mr. Jackson also disparaged the nation's economic order, using the university's labor force as an example.
"You see them out there every day, planting flowers, keeping the place clean," he said. "But they are the working poor. And the cost of a loaf of bread is the same for them as it is for anyone else."
The labor force at Michigan State University is unionized, with all employees making above the minimum wage.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020916-78725174.htm
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Edited by - josey1 on 09/17/2002 05:57:06
By Steve Miller
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Rev. Jesse Jackson yesterday told about 600 Michigan State University students that America's democracy was 37 years old, not 200-plus, and that "democracy as we know it did not begin in Philadelphia, where a bunch of white men wrote the laws." "These men's wives were not allowed [to vote], these laws were made at a time when only white men had the right to vote," Mr. Jackson said, noting that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was the commencement of "true democracy."
Speaking at the Jack Breslin Student Events Center, Mr. Jackson also used his platform at what organizers called a "Rally for Peace" to continue his criticism of Republican leaders, focusing on President Bush.
Any military action in Iraq, he said, at this point would violate U.N. and international law.
"But Mr. Bush says, 'All right, I'll go to the U.N.,' then he tells them that unless you follow me, I'll call off trade with your country," said Mr. Jackson, a frequent critic of the administration.
"America is a great nation," Mr. Jackson continued. "But we only represent 6 percent of the world. English is a great language but it is a minority language Jesus didn't speak it. We are a great nation, but we have to be of service, we do not have to be superior.
"Most people on this globe are yellow, black or brown, non-Christian, female, young, poor and don't speak English."
Mr. Jackson made the stop here as he returned home to Chicago from a Friday rally in Washington to protest the Bush administration's policy of investigating and detaining people. He accused Mr. Bush of wanting to "rule the world."
The event here was poorly attended after student organizers predicted a crowd of 6,000. The group provided 2,000 free tickets to students and booked the arena area of the center, which has a capacity of 15,000.
Mr. Jackson was also targeted by a group of protesters, who said that Mr. Jackson is not the person on whom to spend university funds. About a half-dozen students stood outside the Breslin Center under a hand-carried sign that read "Jesse Jackson Protest Squad."
"To bring Jesse Jackson, a left-wing extremist, to this campus to talk about peace, is not what we need," said Craig Burgers, who chairs the Michigan State University chapter of Young Americans for Freedom. "He represents political corruption at its finest."
He noted that Mr. Jackson's speech was supposed to be about peace.
Mr. Jackson holds an honorary doctorate from the university, where he spoke at graduation commencement in 1988.
In his hourlong speech yesterday, Mr. Jackson also noted that the United States has a history of supporting political despots.
"We supported the shah of Iran, and we drove the Islamic revolution into being," Mr. Jackson said. "They saw us as allies of oppression. We supported the Taliban we gave $6 million to the Taliban. The Taliban was our ally until September 11."
Mr. Jackson also disparaged the nation's economic order, using the university's labor force as an example.
"You see them out there every day, planting flowers, keeping the place clean," he said. "But they are the working poor. And the cost of a loaf of bread is the same for them as it is for anyone else."
The labor force at Michigan State University is unionized, with all employees making above the minimum wage.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020916-78725174.htm
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Edited by - josey1 on 09/17/2002 05:57:06
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Posted: September 17, 2002
1:00 a.m. Eastern
c 2002 WorldNetDaily.com
Today is Constitution Day. How will you celebrate? Did you even know?
On Sept. 17, 1787, the Constitutional Convention, meeting in Philadelphia for four months, agreed on the final draft of this special, inspired document and submitted to the several states for ratification. It was ratified June 21, 1788, when New Hampshire approved it as the ninth state. Congress, acting under the Articles of Confederation, declared the Constitution the law of the land March 4, 1789.
By general assent and resolution of the Congress, Sept. 17 has been designated as Constitution Day ever since - designated, but not necessarily acknowledged or observed.
We celebrate many holidays in America today - Independence Day, presidential birthdays, Veterans Day, Memorial Day. Yet, no one even acknowledges Constitution Day anymore. That's tragic.
America has forgotten the two concepts that made her special as a nation - two unique factors that set her apart from the world from the start.
First, the Founding Fathers wrote a Constitution that strictly limited the role of the federal government in the lives of Americans. The idea that Washington had some role in education, redistribution of wealth, setting minimum wage requirements, nationalizing millions of acres of land, taxing income and subsidizing government-approved artists would have been anathema to the men who fought so valiantly for freedom against an over-reaching foreign tyranny.
Secondly, the framers of that Constitution spoke eloquently about the fact that only a moral people - a nation of Godly people with common spiritual and social values - were capable of self-government. They could not have envisioned the depths of depravity, licentiousness and vice to which our society has fallen - yet they warned about it.
Our current debates about social and government policy seem disconnected from these two critical foundations of the American republic. Politicians will never solve the problems facing the country without acknowledging these two essential precepts. In fact, I'll go further. Politicians will never solve our problems. Period. The more government tries to do, the worse things get.
And that's the beauty of the Constitution. It strictly limits what government can do. The trouble is that Americans have forgotten this. They've been dumbed down by government schools and a government-media complex to believe that Uncle Sam is there to solve all their problems - from how much they get paid, to what they spend on health care, to how they should raise their own children.
We honor the flag in America, but not the Constitution. The flag is a mere symbol. The Constitution is the real thing. We should revere it, and, more importantly, live under it.
While the Constitution is every bit as symbolic as the flag, it is also literally a substantive guidepost to maintaining - or now, perhaps, to recovering - America's freedom. But it can only serve that function if we as a nation abide by it, pay heed to it, live by its code and its spirit.
Which symbol is really worth dying for? The flag is not my pick. After all, it is just a symbol. Symbols, of course, are important. But the Constitution is more. It is both symbol and substance. And its substance is being desecrated by some of those so piously concerned about the symbolic desecration of the flag.
A Portrait of America survey found that less than half of American adults would vote for the Constitution if it were on the ballot today. To that, I say, thank God there is no requirement for a referendum on the Constitution. A more recent poll showed close to half of Americans don't believe in the basic First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech, assembly, religion and the press.
So, there you see it. The Constitution is being desecrated before our eyes. Here in one document are the guiding principles of our nation succinctly and clearly stated. The Constitution, coupled with the Declaration of Independence, represents more of a national creed than a simple founding document for the nation.
But skeptics are winning the day. Not even the Constitution holds us together as a people any longer. Maybe, instead of reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag in school everyday, that time could be better spent reading the Constitution.
And maybe that would be the best way to celebrate Constitution Day
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"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
-With enough money anyone can get away with murder
As for dumbing of the Current American population, you better believe it has happened. A, we didn't impeach Clinton B, We let our Government keep ordering our military to be the worlds policemen, C, Has anyone realized we are so far in debt we can only pay interests on the money borrowed to form and sustain our new Government?
I myself admit I am a Coward for not doing anything about it but write letters to Congress and vote...If there is anything else I could do please inform me and I'll change my wicked ways to restore the Constitutional Rights of every American.
*If there is one gun for every 7 people in the world, I'm saving alot of people money*
The states accepted the responsibility of deciding who would exercise the right of franchise. Most states had prohibitions on the right to vote. Most prohibited blacks from voting(including those rightous northern states). And most states had requirements that had to be met, ie, land ownership, income minimums, literacy, etc.
Too bad the federal government has deided that EVERYONE has the right to vote. The idea that my vote is equal in weight to the vote of some hobo who drains societies resources is mind boggling. People who contribute to society(ie paying property taxes, income taxes, PEOPLE WHO CAN READ)are the ones who should decide on representation, considering, those representatives are supposed to vote for miniimum intrusion in our lives, and pocketbooks. Someone who is a complete drain on society, is naturally going to vote for a candidate who is going to give them ALL that the government can give, and them some. They have nothing to lose, and everything to gain by voting for the guy who is going to intrude on the wealth and property of people who are contributing to society, via taxes.
If you want to exercise the right to vote, you should havce to earn it by being a contributor to society.
"Sometimes the people have to give up some individual rights for the safety of society."
-Bill Clinton(MTV interview)
We have to wake up and get our priorities in order. Stop the madness with these salaries for sports figures. They play nothing more than a f*&$*&# game. Let's pay our teachers and all those that help in the development of young minds. Let's get control of our healthcare system again and take it back from the bean counters at HMO's. Let's put more emphasis on reading instead of television. Turn off the kid's TV's and let them get involved in real activities. We are slowly becoming a 3rd world country due to ignorance and APATHY. Vote people, vote. But those of you that are parents, myself included, are responsible for helping to guide our children as well, and not just pawn them off to an overworked school teacher. Get involved in their lives, it's really an enjoyable experience.
As for Rev. Jackson, he lost any credibilty he might have had because of questionable finances and his string of affairs (yes I know many politicians fall into the same camp). But that's my point, let's vote in some new leadership and if they don't work, fire them and get some new ones.
Sorry, my rant for the day.
As for dismissing the founding fathers -- they would have dismissed him too. They would have been much more interested in sitting down to tea with Martin Luther King, or even Malcolm X, than a less-talented intellect like Jesse Jackson, who will never be President because he doesn't deserve to be.
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"If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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And if you can show me the connection to "mein Kamf", and the practice of "earning" the right to vote, Id like to hear about it.
"Sometimes the people have to give up some individual rights for the safety of society."
-Bill Clinton(MTV interview)
would not have had been able to take his masser's name and would still be called ojjbbedobbe hopenoonefindsoutimfullofs%%Twishtohellicouldgetmyblaka%^outofthiscottonpatch.
Jackson speeks, but I do not hear him! His mouth moves in silent ignorant quivers. His words deafen the best listeners. His existince is a shallow falling abise. Nothingness is more than he!
Daddo.
He notes that the most intelligent person who makes a diligent effort
to imform himself of all the issues & facts has no more electorial
value than an ignorant drunk that staggers in off the street & from this he maintains that democracy is a fatally flawed & inferior form of government.
Yeah, the white man wrote the law, gave their blood and lives to free his relatives from the slavery they were sold into by their own people.
Next he'll be saying that the US is "not his America".
He needs to be loaded up with all his cronies and deported.