"I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH" Republican in Origin?

Portions of many of King's speeches were borrowed from other preachers, both fellow African Americans and white radio evangelists. Perhaps most notably, the closing passage from King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech was borrowed from Archibald Carey, Jr.'s address to the 1952 Republican National Convention. The major similarity is that both speeches end with a recitation of the first verse of Samuel Francis Smith's popular patriotic hymn "America" (My Country ’Tis of Thee), and the names of some mountains mentioned from each exhorts "let freedom ring" are the same in both speeches. Keith Miller, in Voice of Deliverance: The Language of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Its Sources, argues that such borrowing, which he terms "voice merging", follows in a long tradition of folk preaching, particularly in the African American church, and should not necessarily be termed plagiarism. On the contrary, he views King's skillful combination of language from different sources as a major oratorical skill.

Black Republicans "The Term"

Black Republicans

was a term applied by southern Democrats in the years before the Civil War to members of the Republican party.

Those who used this term intended it to be an insult, hoping that white Americans who felt racial prejudice toward African-Americans would reject the Republicans as too sympathetic to the slaves' demands for liberty and equal rights.

They continued to use this term during the Reconstruction period to label Republicans who favored legislation and other government action to help the freed slaves.

What is Hip Hop?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music

Hip Hop is defined as a cultural movement that began among urban African American and Latino youth in New York City and has since spread around the world. The four main elements of hip hop are MCing, DJing, graffiti, and b-boying/b-girling a.k.a. breakdancing (improper). Some consider beatboxing the fifth element of hip hop; others might add political activism, hip hop fashion, hip hop slang, double dutching (an urban form of rope skipping) or other elements as important facets of hip hop. The term has since come to be a synonym for hip hop music and rap to mainstream audiences

The roots of hip hop are in West African and African American music. The griots of West Africa are a group of traveling singers and poets, whose musical style is reminiscent of hip hop.

For a more academic understanding of this popular phenomnon, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop

Che's "horrid' legacy in Africa

With gullible black youth running around, unfazed about wearing a Che shirt. I thought I would post some things about this terroist on my blog. This article was sent to me by a Cuban friend. Che is no hero, and freed no one. He was an egotistical rich white boy pretending to be a brown boy!
Like so many white leftist, I see today.
WWW.CHE-MART.COM is a great site that sales shirts poking fun of Che.

Che's "horrid' legacy in Africa

Almost 40 years ago, the mountains towering above this lakeside town in South Kivu province were the scene of some of the opening shots in DR Congo's post-colonial wars.

Che was unimpressed with Congo revolutionariesIn 1965, with the world on a tense Cold War footing, the Latin American revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara came here to try to spark a left-wing revolution.
Che aimed to pit himself against what he called the "Yankee Imperialists" whom he saw as backing compliant pro-western candidates for power in DR Congo.
Kabila encounter
Among Che's would-be Congolese allies was the then 26-year-old Laurent Kabila, who he met in the Fizi Baraka mountains, now soaring up above me from the Ruzizi River Plain which empties into Lake Tanganyika at the town of Uvira.

Despite the impression of calm, residents fear war could be round the cornerLaurent Kabila did eventually come to power, in 1997. But the revolution he headed was far from left-wing.
He ousted the ailing President Mobutu Sese Seko after forming a tactical alliance with neighbouring Rwanda.
Rwanda wanted Mobutu deposed because he had hosted the defeated Hutu army which had orchestrated the genocide of Tutsis and other government opponents in the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
Che diaries
But Rwanda lived to regret its choice of Kabila as an ally in the 1996 invasion of DR Congo.
He turned against them after coming to power in 1997, a switch which rekindled the war in DR Congo as Rwanda attacked again - not with Kabila this time, but against him.
Che's recently published personal diaries make it clear that he was unimpressed by Kabila.
Perhaps if the Rwandans and their American advisers had had better intelligence from the Cold War period, they would not have made such a costly mistake.
Unmitigated disaster
Che Guevara's seven-month stay in the Fizi Baraka mountains was, as he admits himself, an "unmitigated disaster".

Kamanyola's residents fear war at any momentThe mercenary Colonel "Mad Mike" Hoare, who had been contracted by the American-influenced government in Kinshasa, squeezed Che's small Cuban force into an ever smaller area until he had to escape back across Lake Tanganyika into the then-friendly territory of revolutionary Tanzania.
Today, this region is no less pivotal to the war, and potentially the peace process, in the DR Congo.
I drove, with a military escort of UN soldiers from Uruguay, up the Ruzizi River plain from the town of Uvira to the village of Kamanyola which is on the border with Rwanda.
Rebel complaints
Along just 50km of road I encountered such a variety of armed groups that I began to think of the Ruzizi Plains as the theatre of a wider Congolese war, but in miniature.
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The war in DR Congo
The first roadblock (ostensibly to denote territory but also to levy illegal taxes) was near the village of Kiliba.
The armed men there were polite to their surprise BBC guest, but uninformative.
They belonged to the Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD).
Originally backed by Rwanda, the rebel RCD controlled Uvira until June when they were ousted by forces loyal to the government.
A young RCD major in uniform broke off from a meeting of officers to complain to me about his conditions in the bush.
Protected warriors
The RCD is now a major component of the coalition transitional government in Kinshasa - although it is regularly accused of still taking orders from Rwanda.
A few more kilometres up the road, past the village of Sange, was another checkpoint.
This was ostensibly manned by the pro-Congolese government militia known as the Mai Mai after the water they douse themselves with to create a magical, bullet-proof shield.
A young man - who said he was 25 but looked no more than 17 - said he was the commander of the post.
A well-informed source in the area told me that this checkpoint was in fact shared between the Mai Mai and anti-Rwandan government rebels that have a base in DR Congo in the hills above the Ruzizi Plain.
"They share the loot", said the source, who asked not to be named.
There were numerous other checkpoints - at least a dozen in total - but many of these were quickly dismantled as the men with guns saw the small Uruguayan army convoy approach.
It would have been very different if we had been ordinary Congolese civilians.
Sane comment
Along the road, I came across a village which had been attacked by one of the groups because they were perceived to support another.
The villagers were clearly terrified, hungry and desperate.
My last stop was the village of Kamanyola, on the border with Rwanda.
Tired now of men with guns, I was relieved to do something ordinary.
I bought some tomatoes and pineapples for a snack and visited a school.
A teacher there said one of the sanest things I had heard all day: "The situation here is very bad", he explained, "because we fear war at any moment."

The Myth of the Racist Republicans!

The Myth of the Racist Republicans!


This is a great piece, on leftist lies on race and politics in America.
A common myth in leftist circles,is that today's' Republicans are
racist Democrats who switched Parties, to become Republican. This would be funny, if it were just a conspiracy theory. But in many circles this has become a fact. The argument goes something like this after the 1960's voting act was signed racist elements in the part got mad and left and became Republicans, and they remain so to this day.The Democrats have held on to this myth, and repeat this so much, you would think it was true. The blatant simplification of history is astonishing at best. But I guess by telling themselves such things make for good voter turnout. This Myth is a lie, a historical lie and should be exposed for such. The truth is much more exciting! This is just one response to the critics, it talks about two South's. The deep south and peripheral south. The article talks about the South that voted for Nixon and the South that voted for George Wallace. And how these distinction's, have had on both parties.

The Myth of the Racist Republicans
By Gerard Alexander
http://www.claremont.org/writings/crb/spring2004/alexander.html

Blog discussion on TV today!

http://www.mnn.org/

Today, I was on Manhattan Neighborhood Network,
to talk about the role of blogs. The discussion centered aroud blog
knowlede, and how to get a blog. I mentioned how I started mine,
and two other bloggers did the same. One talked about his pizza blog,
the other about the role of fatherhood. It was a great opportunity, to discuss the
role of blogs in today's sociey!

For those who saw the show, here are my other blogs!
http://cheguevaralies.blogspot.com/

http://gayblackrepublican.blogspot.com/

Here is a Thank you letter to me from Mary Matthews for being on the show!

I just wanted to thank you for your appearance on the blogging program yesterday. I really appreciate your
participation and it turned out just great. We should have a tape available for you in about a week.

Might you have any interest in producing a somewhat regular program on MNN that might deal with the many issues & ideas you touched on in the show yesterday? If you so, let me know so we can talk about it.

All the best and thanks again,


Mary Matthews
Policy Compliance & Scheduling
MNN Programming Dept.
Manhattan Neighborhood Network
212-757-2670 ext. 334
mary@mnn.org
Www.mnn.org

Why I Am a Black Republican"

Why I Am a Black Republican"
The head of New York City's largest Republican club is Lolita Jackson, a Black woman. She shares with NiaOnline the story of how she joined the GOP and why she believes Democrats are taking Blacks for granted


I am a Republican.

As a Black woman, I elicit strong reactions from both Blacks and Whites when I say those words. People make broad assumptions about my racial pride, political awareness, core beliefs, and intellect. Nevertheless, I have been a Republican for 19 years--my entire adult life--and the decision was entirely my own. My family members are all registered Democrats.

How did I become a Republican? That identity certainly wasn't fed to me with a silver spoon. I spent part of my childhood in New Jersey on public assistance, and the public school system was borderline abysmal. Still, I was determined to use education to lift myself out of my circumstances, even though no one else in my surrounding family had attended a four-year college.

When I was accepted into three Ivy League colleges, the nastiness began. Many people, including teachers (who were White), began to say openly that I'd obtained admission only because I was Black. All of these people considered themselves to be "liberal," yet affirmative action was OK only if it did not affect their favored White students. I was feeling the wrath of, as President George Bush has put it, the "the soft bigotry of low expectations."

The patronization and condescension of White liberals, many of whom were Democrats, was so off-putting that I decided to see what alternatives were out there. That, plus the fact that if you were Black, you weren't allowed to question Jesse Jackson's 1984 run for president, made me realize that I had to think independently.

I discovered that the Republican Party was for education and opportunity--and that if I had the same tools as everyone else, I could challenge myself and better my situation. I took to the concept that I didn't have to think of myself as a victim just because I'm Black.

These realizations cemented my decision to register as a Republican at the age of 18.

At the same time, I decided to take charge of my circumstances. I attended the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and eventually became a vice president at one of the top firms on Wall Street.

Meanwhile, it appeared to me that the Democratic Party was taking the Black vote for granted. While it has become fashionable to vilify the Republican Party for all that ails the Black community, we need to hold the Democratic Party accountable.

Many of our cities were led by Democratic mayors and represented by Democratic congressmen for a long time. Some of these long-term officials are still in office. If you live in one of these areas, have you seen real change during the Democrats' tenure? If so, was it based on specific actions they've taken for the community?

We as Black folks cannot continue to hand over our vote to elected officials who are not delivering for us. The Black vote is seen as not in play, which is why most officials are now fervently attempting to learn Spanish. The diversity of the Hispanic community guarantees that their collective voice will be heard because they do not vote as a monolith, as the Black community does. (In the 2000 U.S. presidential election, 90 percent of Blacks voted for the Democratic candidate.)

Until we engage in heated questioning and effective dialogue--with both parties--we will not get ahead. Holding Republican feet to the fire is fine. The key is that the Democrats should be held just as accountable, and any positive actions taken by Republicans for Blacks should not be dismissed; they should be acknowledged.

Ensuring that Black children have a chance to receive a quality education, after-school tutoring, and resources to give them a leg up are goals that all of us should embrace. The chance for your children to attend a different school if their current school is not meeting their needs is a fundamental Republican belief--and such failing schools directly affect many Black children.

School choice is also a concept that two-thirds of Black Americans ages 18 to 25 believe in, according to the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. Rather than immediately dismiss ideas because they are presented by Republicans, we need to look at how our community is affected and judge ideas on their merits alone.

Whether you are a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat or an Independent, I ask you to consider each candidate--whether for school board, city council, state senate, or governor--on his or her individual record and not solely based on party. I have voted for Democrats when I felt their agenda fit mine more precisely than that of the Republican candidates, because I am a critical thinker. As a community, we need to make sure we consistently back the candidate and platform that best serve our interests.

In my case, especially where I live in Manhattan, it is the Republican Party--without question--that has enacted practical policies. Targeted crime reduction and the advent of active enterprise zones have positively affected the Black community, and these are core Republican beliefs and ideals.

I have been fortunate enough to live under a number of Republican local and state elected officials at various times during the past 13 years, and my neighborhood is infinitely better and safer because of it. I am smart enough to acknowledge that fact by giving them my vote. Make sure you are giving your vote to the person who will serve you best.

What do you think of Jackson's assertion that the Democratic Party takes its Black constituency for granted? Do you agree or disagree with her that the GOP has better answers for improving the lives of Black people? Is it possible for African-Americans to promote positive change from within the Republican Party, or is that approach naive? Share your views in the comments section below.



--Lolita Jackson, 37, is the first Black president of the Metropolitan Republican Club, which is the largest Republican club in New York City. She was an alternate delegate to the 2004 Republican National Convention

Old article but thought it was a must post!

Why black, instead of American?

Many white Republicans, make the mistake of saying this alot. While this questions sounds nobel, it neglects the relaity of race and history in our nation. I think the problem is most people do not make the distiction between culture and polics. I think those two are very differnt catogories. So when white people as this they are really asking, why can't we join together to solve issues with out racial politcs. And being that racial politics is mosty articulated by democrats, its often ignored as rhetoric, even by liberals.
Racial groups have alot in common, they live together, and they have health and economic similaries. If a white person lived in Kenya and there were three white people in his area, similar things would happen. Simply based on the fact that being white impacts you socialy.

White Republicans for the most part do not speak effectively to black crowds, but black republicans can. Just like Christain groups,when Bush speaks in religous language they know what he means, and they also support there own interest groups, and communities. And there is nothing wrong with that, as long as you can maintan youre indivisuality.

Black Republicans, and the GOP OutReach

The RNC, has a real problem they are not very tuned into the fact that the new wave of African American Republicans are not the guys they hang with. They are not Niger Innis and Core, or Rev Peterson of BOND. These new black republicans, are young, listen ipods, and have laptops. They are more libertarian, religious some. But the black republcian images I see on TV are scary. Rev Peterson and Niger Innis, and his dad. I think these 3 are very entertaing, but most young black republicans do not even know who they are. Ken Mehelman, should at least start a hip Gop site, which gets people interested, Are there no artistic, creative minds at the GOP? In todays world of lab tops and hip hop, im sorry a forum with Rev. Peterson looks boring. Republicans have a great message, the point is to sale it, and sell it well.

PS. I can not belive the RNC does not have one black gop website.not one
The only ones I could come up with are old, and out side links.

Okay so I emailed the RNC, and this was there tired reply!

Add to Address Book


Thank you for contacting the Republican National Committee. Your comments will be included in the daily report to the Chairman. We appreciate your input

Bla bla blaaa blaaa..what ever we appreciate youre input, what ever Ken!

The Harlem Renaissance!

If you are a Republican and ever go to NYC go to Harlem, it is a city full of life. Since Giuliani the crime in the area has gone down, in fact many white people are walking there dogs now. Harlem has a great history, but has also produced much of the leftist ideology of many black elites. Harlem produced more than just thinker's, it also produced singers, politicians, religious leaders, and many more, heres a history of Harlem. I lived in Harlem for a year and loved it!
This is information into Harlems past.

http://www.nycrepublican.org/hrc/ Harlem now has Republicans...lol

Here is some wonderful info on Harlem's History
http://harlem-renaissance.biography.ms/

Exposeing Black Leftist Cults and Ideas

These are helpful links to History of Blak Nationlist Groups and ideology in America

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_nationalism/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Africanism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation_of_Islam Nation of Islam

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Farrakhan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Five_Percent_Nation_of_the_Gods_and_the_Earths

(Better know as Five Percenter)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_13X Clarence Smith was its Founder

The Supreme Alphabet in Nation of Islam and The Five Percent Nation of the Gods and the Earths teachings, is a system of understanding letters alongside concepts that are used along with Supreme Mathematics as tools to unlocking the keys to reality and/or the universe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Alphabet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Black_Panther_Party

Another Million Man March..Not again

The nation of Islam will be hosting another million man march, I went to the last march, it was mostly speeches about black nationalism,I remmber being young and naive and putting 5 dollars into a basket, in which a NOI representative said would go to, nations largest black women political group.I have a few friends who are black Muslims, and I love them alot.Because of the controversy about the event, I decided to inform the readers of my blog about there faith. The religion has many cultic ideas, and a strong emphasis on black awareness.
The nations of Islam offical site is here!

http://www.noi.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation_of_Islam

Gop Whispers in black ears!

GOPAC Columnist Lisa Fabrizio recently had this wonderful artcile about the future political leanings of black america. She states that many young, urban african americans are questioning there beliefs.

GOP Whispers To Black Voters
By Lisa Fabrizio
May 9, 2005

As if America's 'loyal opposition' didn't have enough trouble, another issue is quietly trickling its way into the public eye. An editorial piece in the Philadelphia Enquirer entitled, "Black Voters Warm to GOP," overtly states what, up to now, could only be whispered within Beltway confines: some black voters are leaving the Democratic Party.

Enquirer editorial writer, Harold Jackson, states that, "Republicans are now making measurable progress in weaning blacks from the Democratic Party." Although the number of blacks who identify themselves as Republicans rose only six percentage points in the last four years, the number who admit to being Democrats dropped from 74% to 63%.

But significantly, the fact that George Bush's black votes in Ohio doubled since 2000 (8% to 16%), and given the margin of victory at a little over 100,000 votes, these voters probably delivered victory for the president. If Republicans could similarly double their percentage of black votes in any of the other swing states, Democrat national hopes would be deader than doornails.

And don't believe in the total accuracy of polls, exit or otherwise when it comes to this issue. I recall reading somewhere after the 2004 election, the story of two black women in a New Jersey beauty parlor. The stylist quietly confided to her cousin, the customer, that she had actually voted for George W. Bush and urged her to keep her secret, until the cousin burst out laughing that she had done the same. There is still that much of a stigma attached to black GOP supporters.

Great conservative thinkers and writers like Alan Keyes, Clarence Thomas, Ward Connerly, Walter Williams and Thomas Sowell have sacrificed much for their beliefs. They have been excoriated through the years as 'Uncle Toms' and worse. Yet some minorities are not blind to the positions of real power President Bush has entrusted to Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, Rod Paige, Alberto Gonzales and Elaine Chao.

Democrats, whose general appeal is to that of the very rich or the very poor, are unable or unwilling to realize that a great number of blacks are now in the American middle class. As people become members of an ownership society, they are more loath to part with their hard-earned money to support an entitlement society. When this occurs, the GOP usually benefits, especially in the South where the number of black Republican candidates reached an all-time high in 2004.

Besides an economic shift, a growing number of minorities are cozying up to the GOP on cultural issues as well. Though most Caribbean immigrants, Latino and black Americans are Christians, up to now this has strangely kept them from being included in the mythical 'Religious Right'--the implied racism here belongs to the left and not to the Christian churches whose doors are obviously open to all.

It is true however, that many minority Christians have for years, voted with the Democrats on 'social justice' matters even as their religious beliefs have been contravened. But issues like abortion, euthanasia and same-sex marriage, shoved down their throats by unelected judges, are landing some squarely alongside their paler religious brethren. Should this unholy alliance spread, the Democratic spin machine may have to ramp up their demonization of those who seek only to defeat the real great Satan.


There is a great effort underway in the mainstream media to terrorize the country into believing there exists a dark movement called Dominionism, which is defined as, "a trend in Protestant Christian evangelicalism and fundamentalism that encourages not just active political participation in civic society but also attempts to dominate the political process." When practiced by the left however, this is often called Democracy.

There is also a constant chirping in the press of an 'American Theocracy', as if religious liberties were expanding rather than being litigated away in the courts and snuffed out by a secular elite. But the GOP is gaining allies in the fight to roll back the tide. One of these is black preacher and ex-NFL running back Rev. Herb Lusk of the Greater Exodus Baptist Church of Philadelphia, who wrote of George W. Bush:

I once heard the President say, "I understand the limits of government. The government can hand out money. But government cannot put love in a person's heart, or give a sense of purpose in a person's life. The truth of the matter is, that comes when a loving citizen puts their arm around a brother or a sister and says, 'I love you and God loves you, and together we perform miracles.' "

http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/guest/2005/lf_05092.shtml