Meet Generation O

Hmmmm, didn't newsweek just run an article about how millennials and other young people are actually the most spoiled and narcissistic generation yet? And this is the age demographic that Obama won most resoundingly, he must be so proud. I can not fathom what ignorance led these young people to become so enamored with such and un-substantive and pseudo-intellectual candidate.

This just in from the Cry Me A River Dept.


Democrat Sens. Schumer, Durbin,and Feinstein are now whining to the Washington Post that ''The CIA is out to get us'' due to the fact that they are not leaking the information they like,as was de rigure during the Age of Bush,forgetting that the CIA bites any hand that feeds it. Pelosi ,caught in serial lies over her involvement with the waterboarding fracas, [ who most certainly can be impeached] was the subject,along with the Senates Rockefeller[D-WVA] of new memos leaked by the CIA to the GOP minority and the press,which makes this deal an even bigger farce than it already is, compounded by the AP showing that Schumer [D-NY] had no problems whatever with the ''ticking time bomb'' waterboarding scenario in 2004 [ ''you must do what you have to do''],and Feinsteins actual defense of waterboarding yesterday to the AP in trying to provide cover for her fellow Cali pal Pelosi.

The Washington Post May 13,2009 :''Democrats: CIA Out To Get Us''.

REALCLEARPOLITICS www.realclearpolitics.com May 13,2009:''Democrats Lack Waterboarding Exit Strategy''

This just in from The Most Ethical Congress In History Dept.

The House Democrats have now destroyed the earmark transparancy bill promised by Hoyer [D-Md] and Obama. James Oberstar [D-Mn] in one of the most stellar usages of OrwellSpeak since ''we had to destroy the village in order to save it'', mutters to ROLL CALL that we have to hide these earmarks in order to make them more ''transparent'', or something. Americans as of right this minute will be left totally in the dark about these earmarks that will include things like Murtha [D-Pa] shelling out your money by the millions to his own family members on no-bid contracts,exceeding even KBR/HALLIBURTON in Iraq that his own nephew worried about and later went to the press with his worries. For the eighth consecutive time in less than two months, House Democrats have shut down any and all ethics probes, with its committee having exactly nothing on its calender.

THE HILL May 13,2009: ''House Democrats Shut Down Ethics Probe''

OMB WATCH www.ombwatch.org May 13,2009:''Earmark Transparancy Takes A Step Backwards''

Later, How Soda,Chips,Candy,And Gas Will Provide Heathcare To All Americans Despite The Fact That This Will Not Pay For Even A Tenth Of What Is Required And Will Simply Become An Unending Tax Borne By The Poor And Working Class,And Why A Two Trillion Dollar Deficit Is Still Not Enough

Bjsassy, my collection of historical facts are not intended as some sort of denigration of the South or its citizens. My purpose is to inject irrefutable, documented US History to describe the South, its historical legacy of racism to combat any false and inaccurate description of Southern Conservatives as member of a political party that supports and stands for rule of law. There is simply no evidence, no history that supports such a description of the South and a majority of its citizenry. Keeping in mind there is no law against being racist.

All federal actions taken by the US Government changing their preferable way of life has been only to stop and prohibit racism practiced in the South from illegally harming and oppressing American citizens. I take no personal issue or stance against racism or racists themselves. I am more than happy for them if they spend the rest of their lives being racist. I just do not want to see them affecting national policy or writing laws that affects all Americans. There is far to much evidence they will do what they have always done. Find any instance or opportunity to in some way codify racism into law.

???Brydges says that characterizing the entire south as racist???? It appears as though brydges does not believe that the reality of instituting illegal and unconstitutional Jim Crow laws designed specifically to oppress Blacks. Codify racism into law in every southern state does not indicate racist state governments and a racist majority society.

What is this supposed to be. Some attempt at mass hypnotism. A few Americans at the defense, purposed to justify the Church bombings, the blatant attacks on little Black children with German Shepherds, etc??? suggesting those were not practical applications of racism? What a twisted attitude and point of view for any human being, any American to deny that Jim Crow laws were racist implemented by racists. Congratulations for your erudite thoughts. Be aware of this. Note this. Not one southern state, nor its White citizenry were willing to go quietly into the night in regards to oppressing Blacks through racist Jim Crow laws.

The reality of these commentary teach that racism is alive and well. Kept alive by the very attitudes of the people that dare deny the violent racism of the South. Only thing is, if there are ten million of you denying the reality of the racist south, there twenty million Americans that insist the south was racist, Jim Crow laws were racist and they demanded the south stop their legalized racism; and they did. That is factual documented US History. Any version that opposes those facts can only be regarded as misleading, the cries of those pining away for the renewal of racism codified into law, and false.

Lets see if the attitudes and opinions defending, justifying, explaining, etc??? translate into American society allowing such attitudes to operate ever again inside these United States of America. In fact, I hope these stupid, racist arguments, the stupid racists that demand Blacks get over it, continue until the next elections. A reminder to the entire American electorate the danger to this nation and specifically Black Americans the very real chance of Jim Crow attitudes still alive looking for another chance to influence national policy if they allow Republicans and their racist base in the south to gain control of congress. Not to worry. This is a Christian nation. Every word and opinion expressed, everything being defended my pro racists in this forum I believe has been defeated and inexorably running to its defeat because of the power of the Lord and his stance against every single violent as well as non-violent racist action employed to continue the application of racism on those He loves. Racist are fighting against the Lord and His teachings. They cannot win. Now spin that!

Lee Holmes, I have no idea what you are talking about. All I know is that you and others are constantly referring to the Republican Party and their connection to the Party of Lincoln. Regardless of whatever your point is. The Southern States regardless of how they labeled themselves fought against President Lincoln, the Commander-in-Chief of the Union Army and now they refer to themselves as the Party of Lincoln. There is not and never has been a Southern State that supported President Lincoln and his political party that ended slavery. If you suggest otherwise, you sir are distorting factual US History.

Now it is apparent that Southern citizens, at least the ones that post commentary want Americans to believe there was a time when Southerners supported Civil Rights for Blacks but that conflicts with the 100 year history of unconstitutional racist Jim crow laws implemented all across the South. So I challenge you to point out one southern state and its citizenry that has ever supported Civil rights, or supported President Lincoln . Unless you now state that after the ending of Jim Crow Laws in the 1960???s Southern states and their citizens became supporters of the Party of Lincoln in spite of the fact he has been dead for over one hundred years and when he was alive the south was at war with him.

Southern Republicans that suggest they are supporters of Lincolns Republican Party that defeated the Slave states and all people that supported slavery can in no way lend the history of slavery and Jim Crow racism to President Lincoln and any other actual opposition to racism; unless you make it up. Any suggestion the South ever opposed racism is simply a lie. Care to offer the dates of US History when any southern state opposed racism? Surely it wasn???t before or during the Civil War. Incomprehensible to suggest the south opposed racism when every southern state implemented racist Jim crow laws. Now if Southerners, Republicans or otherwise hope to convince any American they now support Civil rights for Blacks and now oppose racism that is a good thing. But let them start that by telling the truth about their historical embrace of racism and stop telling lies. Those lies are any rhetoric that Denys that southern states did not support racism from the founding of this nation until they were forced to abandon Jim crow laws. What good does it do Lee Holmes to frame the Civil War as being a war between Democrats nad Republicans when there has not been one year in US History when the South, the entire South did not support hate, manifested by Slavery and Jim Crow laws in the entire history of the United States until Jim Crow laws were outlawed, judged unconstitutional and abolished??

At this point, gleeful Generation O skips along en mass, inspired by the sonorous voice of their millennial piper. Good for them. Good for the country. The country benefits when the voices of all the generations are heard. But, let Generation O understand that Woodstock preceded Altamont, that the intellectual JFK enabled the intellectual horror of McNamara, and that group think and enthusiasm do not necessarily spawn wisdom. I hope, quite deeply, that at the end of his current term, they still hold the same views about the President and the direction he is leading the United States of America and the world.

I wonder though, if economic conditions worsen as a result of the tune played by their leader, locking the millennials into careers and jobs unbefitting notions of generational and individual importance, will they still feel that big communal O, or just the big oh no? Will they gladly yield high expectations and opportunities to youths in foreign low cost regions and ever increasing numbers of undocumented immigrants so that they might lay claim to citizenship in the World of O? Hopefully, such domestic and global conditions will not materialize and the lot of all humanity will improve. Hopefully Generation O will not be required to make such Hamelinian choices and payments. If they are compelled to do so, my guess is that in the end Generation O will show themselves as being just as human as previous generations, including the Boomers. To paraphrase Churchill, show me a young conservative generation and I'll show you one with no heart. Show me an old liberal generation and I'll show you one with no brains.

Three cheers to the hearts of Generation O!

Iearthorbitsthesun, I am not sure of your point. I think is means the Black vote is miniscule, that Republicans ahve a significant portion of the Black vote, that Conservatives purposefully did not vote in the last two elections and decided to lose those elections. OK, if you say so. But what about my apology? Oh you want a thank you. OK, THANK YOU!!!!!

Earthorbitsthesun, excellent commentary, very entertaining. Can you provide a little more? I for one enjoyed reading your synopsis of the slave trade in Africa as well as the census of early America. And especially the part where you require an apology from every freed slave. I will respond in this manner. I for one am not a politician nor do I need to be in held in high regard; any regard at all for that matter. I am not seeking and/or interested in political power for any reason.

Having said that, people that are interested in gaining political cannot attain national political power without the acceptance, approval and support of the American electorate. Perhaps my perception is mistaken but I am of the belief that most Conservatives that participate on this form are aggressively offering commentary, opinions and beliefs as to why Conservative ideology, Republicans should wield political power in this nation. Having said that the political power they seek to gain will only come by gaining more votes than opposing candidate. Now if for any reason any person what as many votes as they can get, yet willy nilly decide to accomplish their political goals while at the same time thumbing their nose at the Black vote; I think is not smart.

Now you may be like me. You may simply participate on this forum to express your opinions. Not in any way hoping to capture support of the millions of readers of Newsweek all across this nation. I am only interested in putting in my two cents in regards to whatever is being talked about at the time. But to be honest, I do not care nor attach as much importance to the opinions expressed on this forum as your comment seems to imply. I do not place much value on most comments I read here, absolutely no value on anything you have ever said. Do you think any ordinary and average American really cares; I mean really really cares what you think? I think you get my point, which is probably pretty similar to most ordinary Americans. Now if one hopes to sway readers to support their political views. Writing off the Black vote for any reason is just not smart. In fact I believe those that fail to gain electoral support from the Black community are at a significant disadvantage at the ballot box. Now what was your point. Oh I remember now.

It seems as though you have read something on this forum that compelled you to say that you want an apology from every freed slave. I heard you. I sincerely hope you realize everything you hoped for or imagined by me acknowledging I am one Black man that heard what you said. Did my response satisfy you? Is there any response that would satisfy you? I do not think so, but I did the best I could.