“MLK Was GOP” BILLBOARD IS UP IN S.C.!!
Just in time for his birthday and national holiday, our 2nd “Martin Luther King, Jr. Was A Republican” billboard has been erected in South Carolina.
Located on US 601 …
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The economy has been in the dumps for years, but the good times keep on rolling for some favored D.C. employees.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/D_C_-hands-out-_15M-in-bonuses-despite-recession_-budget-gaps-8651125-79169767.html
UK: A man was arrested under the Terrorism Act and issued with a life ban from Doncaster’s airport after joking on Twitter that he would blow it “sky high” if his flight was delayed.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/7016266/Man-arrested-under-Terrorism-Act-for-Doncaster-airport-Twitter-joke.html
A pesky program that the Department of Housing and Urban Development has fought to end resurfaced again in Congress with a bid to restore seller-funded downpayment assistance programs.
http://www.imfpubs.com/issues/imfpubs_ifha/3_3/news/1000013148-1.html
Noise ordinances latest weapon against churches.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=121972
Whether the next governor is a Democrat or a Republican, the greater Houston area will play a major role in deciding that outcome.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6846445.html
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Hi Apostle, I met you at the Beaumont TEA Party Patriots rally in Beaumont. You gave a great speech with a great message. Keep the faith! I’ve just blogrolled your site and will be periodically posting about your organization. God bless you and the Raging Elephants.
Thank GOD for you — I am so sick of racism in both communities…
you are a blessing. Met you at Bmt Tea Party 11-7-09
I am from Vidor [not proud of history here] my father was a general contractor. we had crosses burned in our yard, rocks thru our windows with warnings,etc., because some of our sub contractors were black. they were like family to us and kkk didn’t like that.
so we are behing you and love your message. Betty
Really? The party that elected the first Black president and has all of the Black elected officials in both the senate and the house is the racist party? This is the kind of rhetoric that keeps Black people out of the GOP. Let’s be intellectually honest, most of the racist signs and language come from GOP rallies and TEA parties. Take for example the last presidential conventions. The Democratic convention was the most diverse in history while the GOP convention was the least diverse in recent history. We can’t ignore such occurances like they didn’t actually happen. This is not the way to get people of color to join the GOP. If you really want to know why we are not joining the GOP I can give you some hints as I am your target demographic. My friends and family are middle class college educated Black professionals who almost exclusively vote Democratic. If the GOP actually listens to us there may be some movement but cynically placing the racist lable won’t do it.
Right, you name Charlie Rangle and Sheila Jackson-Lee as racists in Texas of all places. Oh no, no way white Texans can be racists. I’m sorry I have to laugh at this guy, he is ridiculous. SMDH
Sometimes racism needs to be pointed out so you see the truth, are you being racist when you say everyone in the GOP is white? It goes both ways Mike. Unfortunately history has not been properly taught in schools either. Abraham Lincoln ended slavery and entered the Republican party in order to do so. Martin Luther King Jr. was also a Republican. The Democratic party still has a former KKK member in it’s major ranks, Robert Byrd is one of the oldest Senators. The Democrat party has destroyed the black family through welfare and abortion, take a look at C.U.R.E. by Starr Parker. All the government can offer to minorities or anyone are false promises because it has to take from others to give, when the giving is forced we are no longer a free nation because the arbitor (the government) just becomes bigger and stronger not the people it is supposed to serve. Democrats love a pliable socitey that is dependant on them that way they will just keep on voting them in. Why do you think Barak Obama wants amnesty for illegal aliens? The appearance of being kind and moral will fool enough people to get the nation in deep trouble, read your Bible Mike.
Well Sarah it is a fact that there are no nationally elected black representatives in the GOP. Please show me where I am wrong. Every single Black member of the U.S. House of Representatives and the lone Black U.S. senator are Democrats. How is that being a racist by pointing out easily verifiable facts? We all know Lincoln was a Republican as were most Black people until 1964 when southern white racists flocked in droves to the Republican party. Maybe you need to read a bit more history yourself when writing about my fraternity brother Dr. King because he may have been a Republican prior to the 1960 election because it is an established fact that he voted for John F. Kennedy and for LBJ in 1964 so that blows your idea he was a Republican beyond 1960 out of the water. I know it’s easy to listen to Apostle Imani and not do your own research but that is to your own detriment. The decline of the midle class is a direct result to the policies begun by Ronald Reagan, hint google real wages and you will see increases in GDP but a decline in wages. All of my ffriends and family are Democrats and none of us are on public assistance nor do we vote Democratic for a “handout”, we have jobs and work hard. And as far as reading a bible I am an atheist so I won’t be doing that anytime soon. I also don’t think being a Republican makes a person any more moral or just than members of any other political party.
Good discussion Sarah.
http://blogs.chron.com/lisafalkenberg/2009/07/king_historian_mlk_no_republican.html
More proof MLK was not a Republican. He was non-partisan and never publically supported a candidate. He did however travel with Democrat LBJ because 1. he enacted the civil rights act and 2. the Republican candidate Barry Goldwater opposed the civil rights amendment. Facts are facts.
Apostle Claver contradicts himself big-time–he’s almost as bad as Glenn Beck. He slams Andrew Jackson, but then goes on to getting back to the roots from which this country was founded on. For Christ’s, Allah’s, buddah’s, etc. sake–depending on what religion you are–I don’t give a hoot–the U.S.A. was founded on principles of seperation between church and state for starters. This “Apostle” wants to have a new breed of government officials hired on christian terms. He needs to read his constitution–but more importantly–ragingelephants and their advocates do. By the way, most of America’s founding father’s were Deists. What “roots” does “Apostle” Claver want to go back to–Deist ones? Just goes to show how dumb most of america is–it’s an education problem–no critical thinking taught in our schools for decades. I truly believe america’s worst enemy is itself–look at the ratings Beck, O’reilly and Hannity get–really scary when these guys get fact checked for what they say–most times they are wrong–and people (american idiots who can’t think on their own) watch them more and more. Some branches of the Tea partiers are no better. This country really can’t be saved. What a shame.
To John – that’s the problem right there. All you have brought to the table is a big complaint and say that America cannot be saved. That’s wrong and too many people think that way. My father fought in Vietnam, I am a Navy veteran – what did we serve for if all we are going to do is become like the rest of the world and bow graciously to kings and emporers…that’s why we left Europe in the first place. If we become like the rest of the world, the rest of the world will have nothing to aspire to.
This Nation is Great. I know because I live in Japan which is a constitutional-monarchy (I work for US company) and see the effects of socialism every day. It’s not a poor life, but it’s also not very free. I am glad that I am from a country where if I work hard I can aspire to something better. We have strong innovation in commerce, a still strong education system, and if you apply yourself, you can do well in America. And guess how many Japanese tour and are educated in American universities…thousands.
I agree that we need to start with our education system and that we need to focus on our younger generation first. And even though the nation was founded in part on the notion of sep. of church and state, it was still a strong society founded on Christian values and that is where we need to remain as a core while respecting other’s freedoms. But to have any president speak of religion in any terms other than simply “God” (which encompases many religions) is just not right.
http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/16071783/religion.htm
Good comments John. I was wondering myself how conservatives who pride themselves on knowing the constitution want the country to become a religiously based nation. If you get a chance and read the 2008 GOP party platform in the education section of this web-site and look where they want our foreign policy to be biblically based.
@ Chris, not all of our ancestors came from Europe. This is a good country but we can make it better and we can do that by actually opening our minds to the fact that ideas can come from outside our boarders. Also, we weren’t founded on “Christian” values because many of the founders were deists, agnostics and atheists as well as Christian. Morality and ethics are not the sole domain of religion.
John and Mike,please,please read some American History sometime rather than the Huffington Post. Tell me, what happpened in Europe for hundreds of years prior to the American Revolution? Here is a hint;The Roman Catholic church was burning people alive for leaving that church.It was called The Inqusition. Roman Catholics ruled France,Spain, Italty,as well as other European countries. The Church of England wasn’t quite so violent,yet if you were a member of a different denomination, church, etc. , you were very much considered “lower class”. I recommend reading Rev. Doddridges writings concerning Chuch of Englands attitude towards Lutherns, Baptists,etc. Now, you won’t find his writings in The Huffington Post,nor will Rachel Maddow quote them. The United States of America so called attitude(and,it was an”attitude,a way of looking at things,NEVER in The Contitution) was that of leaders not wanting any of these denominations to run this nation, Islam, Native American shaminism,and all pagan religions were not even considered in these decisions. If so, where were they mentioned in any Americans writings?
how you been apostle? im not sure you read this sooo…
Uh Steve I don’t know exactly what you are getting at. I’m pretty familiar with European history as I got an “A” in my AP class but I digress. You are correct that the framers of the constitution wanted to avoid the religious exploitation that went on in Europe which is why they included the prohibition of government involvement in religion as the first amendment. We can go on and on about what the framers were thinking but all of that is pure speculation as all we have to go by is the document itself. Because of that document I am free to be an atheist without any repercussions whatsoever and that’s the way it should be. I don’t understand why so many conservatives don’t understand the concept of religious liberty. Why try to push your beliefs on others? I don’t get the hypocrisy of limited government but then using it to push one religion over another.
I’m not familiar with that reverand you spoke of but I will look into his writings, and despite what you believe liberals read more than just the Huff. To believe in the seperation of church and state keeps us all free and safe. Read the 2008 TX GOP platform and see if you agree with the foreign policy towards Israel.
Also Steve as far as Shamanism, Islam, Vodun or other religions not being included in “American” writings of course they would not have been included in early writings in this country because all of the heads of state were of European descent and did not consider other ethnicities as equals, even though today we know they all are. We know about the history of these faiths because they existed and were popular, just not among the “founding fathers” and their ilk. I submit that this nation would have been much better had the framers opened their minds and included other peoples and their beliefs in their thinking. The lack of inclusion and the dominance of one religion is due to ignorance and discrimination.
BTW I didn’t find much about Rev. Doddridge, maybe if you can include a link or a source I will look at it. Now, I may not get too indepth as it is more than likely religiously based and that’s not my focus but I will browse it.
SATAN IS A LIAR, whether he is called ‘Mike’ or by any other name.
All I can say is, “Preach it, brother”. As far as those who criticize you for speaking the truth, all I can say about them is “There is none so blind as he who will not see”.
Keep up the good work!