Source: Obama: ‘We’ are to blame, not Islamic terrorism, for massacre | New York Post
This stuff you can’t make up. In the immediate aftermath of the worst massacre on US soil by an admitted terrorist group since 9-11, the finger has been pointed right back at the American people as the root cause. How do we know that the murders were inspired by an Islamic terror group? Well there was the phone call to the police by the perpetrator exclaiming that ‘this is in the name of ISIS’, but I suppose that could have been misconstrued. Closer scrutiny of the tape may eventually show that he called the police help line because he wanted to know ‘where the ice is’. But I wouldn’t bet on it.
We expect the progressive media to offer the standard offerings of half truths in their reportage; we are accustomed to that. When the leader of the nation is confused as to the nature of the event and calls a spade a girdle, then there’s something very frightening about his grip on reality. He may as well be Joe Izuzu. It goes beyond lack of judgment; his entire stock of credibility is at stake.
As usual, the only elephant in the room he addresses is the Republican one, blaming the supporters of that party for ‘easy’ access to guns which led to the tragedy. The more obvious elephant, the one that is never invoked, Islamist militancy, is ignored like a white crayon. The logic of reducing legal access to guns by law abiding citizens as being the cure all for Islamic terror incidents is as reasonable as banning airplanes post 9-11. The veritable mountain of evidence pointing to Islamists as the ongoing danger to the country is swept aside for the partisan, tired narrative of gun access.
Reason and logic are not qualities found in abundance these days among the snowflake populace, but there should be some evidence of it in the leaders. The main priority of the presumptive leader of any nation is to provide security for its people, not to prevent it. America has always been fortunate enough to have a tradition of self reliance among its people. There’s a reason that people from all over the world are clamoring to get in to the country. They should not go down the road of depending on the nation state to protect them. For any of those still in doubt, I present North Korea as exhibit A.
Source: Why Snoop Dogg Is Urging Viewers to Skip Roots | E! News
It’s not often that I’ll agree with a guy like Snoop Dogg. Here’s a guy whose entire success in life is due to his glorification of the black thug life existence, bemoaning the popular media’s fascination with the black slave experience of well over a hundred and fifty years ago. Ironically, if he wasn’t black, he wouldn’t have anywhere near the kind of notoriety and fame that he’s achieved in life. A dope smoking musician who runs afoul of the law; he’d be just another Willie Nelson without the nasal twang. It happens that he is black and his hedonistic lifestyle is appealing to kids that identify with him.
But his essential point is valid and that is; enough of the moaning and chest beating. That period in American history when slavery was policy is well past. It has been documented, dramatized and institutionalized through commemorations of all kinds with reverence properly paid to the progenators of change. Why continue to recycle the past as if picking at old scabs? The answer lies partially in money. There’s plenty of money to be made in continuing to push the narrative of a racially divided country through media sales in video and music. In fact, to this day, many popular black rooted musicians play the race card during performances supposedly as a solidarity gesture towards their roots. They pander to their audiences. As far as I know, this is unique to black artists. I’m sure Bono never pushes his Irish bona fides at his concerts, nor Blake Shelton condoning ‘go whitey’ at his gigs. Andrea Bocelli has never shouted ‘go blind people!’ at his concerts.
Dogg is correct. The media powers that market entertainment have an agenda in creating products for a balkanized market. If you observe the offerings on cable and TV networks today, you can easily see this mindset in play. The Kardashian phenomenon continues to swoop in that constituency of vapid people who just can’t seem to get enough of that family’s grotesque lives. From Duck Dynasty to The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Big Brother and all of those dumbass derivative shows, media honchos will push whatever sells… the lower the common denominator, the better.
Society is lucky that in general, Jewish and Chinese mothers don’t have marketable music talent. You’d never hear the end of moaning and tales of woe then.