Typical

Aside — Glad you like the song, I got another good one in the archives. Look up the 6 Dec 04 post entitled “Ignorance And Laziness In The Blogosphere, Historically Black Colleges, Etc.” It’s a hoot.

While you’re there, do look around at the rest of LB’s archive on dinosaurs and do tell us what you think.

I remember & love history, I just prefer not to look at it thru multi-culti colored glasses, since one starts to see things that aren’t there.

I don’t deny that the NAACP contributed. I contest the notion that we are indebted to primarily them for bringing us out of wherever. I say that everyone in one way or another, by doing their part, however small, contributed to the world we inherited.

IOW, we’re indebted to our founding fathers, we’re indebted to Andrew Jackson, we’re indebted to Booker T, Dubya Carver, we’re indebted to the Indians, to the Chinese, everyone up thru history till today and we’ll still be indebted to person that gonna make an impact tomorrow.

Simply put, it didn’t start & end with NAACP. In that sense, the NAACP is about as useful as the unions, delaying the inevitable. As Rod Paige once said, “You do not own, and you are not the arbiters of, African-American authenticity,”

I done told ya, that I thot about lending a hand, but as long as it’s run by the DNC & white limosine liberals and their stooges, why bother? Dat boat is full of woodworms, dryrot and sinking.

There’s plenty of other orgnizations that aim to bury NAACP in the strata of the Jim Crow era with a good sales pitch emphasizing personal responsibility, “acting white” (3 Rs), independent and critical thinking — all necessary tools for the 21st Century.

Seems that’s what Coz’s talking about (got hooked on phonics?), yet getting dissed by Massah’s houseboyz. Pleeeease.

FWIW, my dad picked up 5 degrees during Jim Crow and before civil rights or MLK came along. According to him, all the credit goes to God and the support of family and friends of all shades. It’s my distinct impression he didn’t feel indebted to NAACP, so I guess I’m just a chip off the old block and couldn’t care less about a thug club premised on white guilt and victimology. (no sarcasm)

While your song amused me, it doesn’t erase the fact that the NAACP helped in the struggle. But I’m sure you probably think the struggle was self-induced and we should have helped ourselves! Get off dat boat! Personal responsibility right? Toby shoulda threw down Massah!

You forget your history and that leaves you with nothing.

I think the NAACP has become a shell of what it was due to people who like to stand back and criticize and not lend a helping hand.

Independent thinkers are what we need. This neo-con-speak about liberals being racists and black leaders being corrupt is enough already.

*Going to pull up myself up by my own bootstraps*

Of course, I’ve made it all by myself. (sarcasm)

Man is earth’s Choicemaker. Psalm 25:12 He is by nature
and nature’s God a creature of Choice – and of Criteria.
Psalm 119:30,173 His unique and definitive characteristic
is, and of Right ought to be, the natural foundation of
his environments, institutions, and respectful relations
to his fellow-man. Thus, he is oriented to a Freedom
whose roots are in the Order of the universe.

See the complete article at Homesite:
“Human Defined: Earth’s Choicemaker”
http://www.choicemaker.net/

Oncet eyes trys helpin’ dat NAACP ins 98/99, buts deys was happy up dere ins
Massa’s hause n ditna wanna git on boards de Cluetrain,
http://www.cluetrain.com/index.html

Deys say dey don nee no helps gittin’ battr, deys jus nee my moneys. Deys
say dey kno wha dey’s doin’ so’s eyes says bye.

Tell ya a secret, we’re recipients of a whole lotta folks’ history & work –
white, black, brown and purple. In their ever diminishing way, the NAACP
helped contribute, so we ain’t only indebted to them. In fact, the longer
they hang around in their state, the more they’re gonna drag us all down.

(Sarcasm off)

LaShawn Barber, you amaze me.

The man replacing the mayor of Baghdad — who was assassinated for his pro-American loyalties — says he is not worried about his ties to Washington.

“My life is cheap,” Fadel said. “Everything is cheap for my country.”

Read the rest @ http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/39526.htm