Conspiracy Theories And The Bull S _ _ t Artist's That Deliver Them To Us !

I listened to the utube rant by the ever popular Rev, Dr. Jeremiah Wright, you know, Barak Obama's personal minister and confidant, because the topic of today's blog is conspiracy theories, the bull s _ _ t artist's we hear them from and how accurate they actually are. Since he covered most of the big one's from the last forty years I thought I might elaborate on several of them to see if they in fact, hold water. Let's look at AIDS first, Rev, Dr says this was produced by the US government to essentially eradicate the black or African American. The good Rev needs to do some homework on this one. Though many theories abound, one of those that holds a fair amount of water states that is was derived from Hepatitis B vaccine that was administered to Africans (where, by the way Rev Dr., the disease has and continues to be an epidemic, and since we are dealing with a self proclaimed holy guy, biblical in proportion) and homosexual men in New York back in the early to mid seventies if I am correct. I once again have modest experience on a topic, as I worked with many homosexual men in and around the visual merchandising arena when I had the opportunity to run the day to day operations of a textile printing company that dealt with primarily visual people and employed many of the same who were openly "gay"( I for my part though, am happily heterosexual, always have been and see no chance of making a change but may write about this issue sometime in the future to the ire of a few uptight folks out there in blog land). Back to the business at hand, homosexuals or gays as I will call them today, to show how current I am with my thinking, as some of you may recall did not heed the warnings to refrain from unprotected sex in the early days as well as currently, this caused the disease to spread through the gay community like a wildfire in the parched hills of southern California. I worked out there in the late eighties and saw the aftermath of this irresponsible behavior with the unending string of funerals for those who had not listened to the voice of reason. I also, had a next door neighbor, growing up who was gay, and as my sisters said was handsome to the point of being gorgeous. After college he went to San Francisco in the early seventies as an architect, contracted Aids and subsequently died from it's effects. It was a very sad thing as we had all grown up together and he was in fact a good and descent person, I don't know why I actually bring him up other than to underscore that I really don't think his death was part of a government conspiracy. Anyway, historically there has been more IV drug usage in the black community as well as men having multiple sex partners which are two of the principle causes of the spread of Aids. Also, take into consideration lack of protection when having sex and the results are predictable. Soooooooo Reverend without going any further on this one, I say you are full of what you say God is tired of at the end of your sermon/rant.

Next, the number of Blacks, African Americans in our prisons being disproportionate to the numbers of whites in prison is clearly a sign of discrimination and a government conspiracy-----wrong again. There has been some discrimination in the past, possibly in the number of black men being sentenced to death, but the large numbers of black men is the prison system are the most true indication that they commit the most crimes punishable by prison sentences and that's not racism it's a fact. The government actually spends billions on programs attempting to educate people in areas where poverty exists to try to stem the increase of violent crime. Some of the reasons the crime statistics are so high in predominately black areas are, low education levels, single parent households, illegal drugs, gang activity and the list goes on. I will be condemned by many for the next statement but, assimilation is the only answer to ending this problem and people like the good Rev Dr don't want this because that's where his money and power come from, so they preach black theology and some hybrid forms of separatism to their followers as the way for the black man/woman to get ahead. From an observers standpoint I would say that programs such a scattered site housing ( the tearing down of tenements "projects" in the major cities have been far more successful than most other methods in stopping poverty and helping people get ahead) are largely successful in that people mired in poverty and the effects of poverty are moved to non blighted areas, moved into a new home and given an FHA guaranteed mortgage, yes I say given, those who cannot qualify at all are put into a new rental which is heavily subsidized,allowing them the same opportunity to become part of a community and break with the cycle of poverty and the associated ills they have come from. These are new homes to live in and the opportunity to become part of a vibrant community. It has been pretty well proved out that the second generation will assimilate with those around them and adopt the same values as those they associate with daily. Then like most Americans they get on with the pursuit of making a good life for themselves and their families. Soooooooo Reverend without going further, and I can go on and on if mildly pressed, I will move on.

I am getting bored with this guy, he makes one statement after another with only a grain of truth to each and then twists it to fit his particular sermon/rant for the day. The idea that he would place any blame for occurrences like the World Trade Towers on the US or insinuate that God was punishing the US is despicable at best. To side with oppressive regimes in Libya (at the time the world leader and financier in the export of terrorism), Grenada (remember Castro sent his troops there), Panama (the unofficial drug staging point for South American drug cartels) and the ever popular Haiti shows he needs to do some serious studying of real history. He hates Israel and rants that they oppress the Palestinians, that the US conspires with them in their Zionist oppression. Here's a little factoid that he and all of the other Jew bathers never bring up. The US sent billions to the infamous Yasser Arafat to help in the construction of Palestine, to help educate and provide for the people he ruled over with the PLO only to have Mr. Arafat and his cronies steal most of the money and place it safely in Swiss Bank accounts for themselves, also, I should mention that he used significant amounts of the US aid to fund terrorism from his base in Palestine and around the middle east. I will leave this guy on one final note, his comment of the abandoning of the cities in the sixties, only half true. Once again billions have been "dumped" into the great cities of America to no avail. The money falls into the hands of the politicians, is skimmed off and never reaches the people it was intended to help. But the reality of this is that the Rev Dr wants the status quo to remain unchanged because without the followers he has, he would lose his income, power base and bully pulpit to spew more lies and stir more discontent. Although I think a guy like this, had he been straight from the beginning would have been successful and a far better example to "his" people. Remember the old axiom Mr. Obama, birds of a feather flock together. Hey, I wonder if Tony Rezko has ever heard that one.