Monthly Archives: October 2012

Oct 27 2012

Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson: “My Party Is Full Of Racists.”

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Retired Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson

General Colin Powell, one of the most respected public figures in America, one of the most revered Black men in the world, a longtime Republican, has again endorsed President Obama for his reelection; he wants him to continue with the work he has been doing to move the country forward.

For this endorsement, John Sununu, one of the top Romney surrogates, went ballistic. He said that General Powell’s endorsement of the president is racially motivated, which he understands as he (General Powell) and President Obama are both Black.

Retired Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, General Powell’s Chief of Staff, a member of the Republican Party, has rejected Sununu’s statement on the endorsement of General Powell of President Obama and said what he thinks of the today’s Republican Party. On the Ed Show on MSNBC, he stated: “To say that Colin Powell would endorse President Obama because of his skin color is like saying that Mother Teresa worked for profit.”

Here is the part of Colonel Wilkerson’s statement which I think these Haitian Republicans need to pay attention to. With respect to the Republican Party, he said: “My party, unfortunately, is the bastion of those people (not all of them, but most of them) who are still basing their decisions on race. Let me just be candid: my party is full of racists. And the real reason a considerable portion of my party wants President Obama out of the White House has nothing to do with the content of his character, nothing to do with his competence as commander-in-chief and president and everything to do with the color of his skin, and that is despicable.”

Colonel Wilkerson’s statement has made my moment. That is why when I think of the Republican Party, I think of three things: whiteness, wealth and racism.

These lunatic fringe elements have long taken over the Republican Party, causing its decent members to either leave its ranks or turn independent. Today, the party of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan has become the Tea Party of Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Rand Paul & Co.

Oct 16 2012

Yon Mesaj Pou Pastè Ak Lidè Relijye Ayisyen Yo

Mesye e dam, ban m fè yon ti pale avèk nou. M panse n ap eksplwate mizè ak inyorans moun nan kongregasyon nou yo -yon fason pou sitiyasyon lavi yo ka vin pi mal ke jan li ye a. Ak yon filozofi parèy, m pa kwè n ap travay nan eterè moun sa yo vre non.

Kilè n ap sispann preche levanjil reziyasyon nou an, levanjil Bondye bon nou an pou nou kòmanse òganize kongregasyon nou yo pou yo ka pran destine tèt yo nan men yo?

Moun yo pa gen manje pou yo manje, pa gen djòb pou yo fè pou yo ka chanje sitiyasyon sosyoekonomik y ap viv la, olye pou nou òganize yo pou yo vini “vectors of development,” pou yo kapab pran destine tèt yo sou fòs kouraj yo, n ap pale yo de yon Wòyòm Bondye ki gen pou vini, kote pa p gen mizè, grangou ak lanmò.

Sa n ap fè a pa bon non, mesye dam. E nou konnen trèbyen sa n ap fè a, poukisa n ap fè l e nan entere ki moun n ap fè l.

M pa ka di pa gen yon Wòyòm Bondye ki gen pou vini, kote pa p gen mizè, grangou ak lanmò non. Ki moun m ye pou m ta di yon bagay konsa? Men sa ke m ka di nou sèke li pa fè okenn sans pou n ap fè moun yo kwè nan yon sipozisyon alòske sa ki pi enpòtan pou yo a, ki se kijan pou yo chanje sitiyasyon sosyoekonomik y ap viv jodi a, nou fèmen je nou sou li.

Premyèman, se pou n fè moun yo konnen ke se pa Bondye ki vle ke y ap viv nan mizè atwòs sa a ke y ap viv la, e ke pa gen moun k ap chanje l pou yo si yo pa pran destine tèt yo sous fòs ponyèt yo atravè yon “self-reliant philosophy for a self-sustaining economic development.”

Oganize kongregasyon nou yo nan yon filozofi de konbit pou yo antame aksyon sivik, sosyal ak ekonomik pou yo fè pou tèt yo e arive devlope zòn kote y ap viv la -yo rele sa a nan lang anglèz la “collective civic activism for change.”

SISPANN preche moun yo pou yo aksepte sitiyasyon mizè ak grangou klowòks sa a y ap viv la paske se Bondye ki vle l konsa. Se MANTI n ap bay moun yo. Se pa Bondye ki vle moun yo pòv e viv nan mizè. Si se vre sa nou di a, moun yo pa gen okenn rezon pou y ap sèvi Bondye sa a paske se yon move dye dye sa a ye.

Se pou nou kòmanse antre nan reyalite bagay yo, se pou nou sispann ap fikse lesyèl tankou yon dal zonbi pou nou mete 2 pye nou sou latè pou n ap di moun yo ke pa ka gen devlopman sosyal ak ekonomik san travay e ni tou pa ka gen travay si n ap preche yo teyoloji reziyasyon nou an.

Mesye e dam, tanpri chanje lin mesaj nou yo paske yo kenbe Ayisyen an nan soudevlopman ekonomik, sosyal ak politik. Si nou pa sispann, n ap sispann jan nou vle sispann nan paske nou pa p pran bagay sa a nan men nou ankò. M kwè se pa animal nou ye -nou gen 2 zye pou nou li, 2 fèy zòrèy pou nou tande, ak yon entelijans pou nou konprann. Alòs, balon won an nan pye nou.

By Emann Joasil • Posted in Society
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