Reparations - A False Narrative

by

George Sontag

THE FIRST AMERICAN SLAVEHOLDER

    The very first legal slave owner in America was one Anthony Johnson—a black man. More specifically, Johnson was an Angolan who himself had been an indentured servant in the colony of Virginia before he became a tobacco planter himself. One of the African indentured servants who worked Johnson’s 300 acre plot of land was John Casor.

      When Casor had completed his seven year term of service to Johnson, he asked to be freed. Johnson refused. The latter did, however, agree to lend him out to a local white colonist, Robert Parker. Yet not long after having made this agreement Johnson had a change of heart and took Parker to court where he charged him with having robbed him of his “negro servant.”

     In 1655, a white court sided with the black African over a white man and, in addition to making him pay damages to Johnson, ordered Parker to return Casor to Johnson.
However, Johnson v Parker issued a dramatic legal change: While making his case, Johnson, in referring to Casor, insisted that, “Thee had ye Negro for his life.”
Casor became the first legally recognized slave in the American colonies. Johnson, then, was the first slave owner. And Casor did in fact spend the rest of his natural existence toiling for his master.

 

THE HISTORY OF BLACK SLAVE OWNERS

      Johnson was the first American slave owner, black or white. What is conveniently forgotten was that he was followed by many other black men and women in America to own slaves. There were thousands of black slave owners. During the antebellum period eight million whites lived in the South fewer than 325,000 owned slaves. What this means is that only 1.4 percent of the total white population consisted of slave owners, and only 4.8 percent of the white Southern population did so. In that same time period, there were 4.5 million blacks living in America, and 500,000 blacks in the South. Over half of these—261, 988—were freed men and many owned slaves. Large numbers of these free Blacks owned black slaves in numbers disproportionate to their representation in society. In the city of New Orleans alone, more than 3,000 blacks owned slaves. That is, 28 percent of the free black population consisted of slave holders. In 1830, the Census Bureau notes that free blacks owned more than 10,000 slaves in the states of Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia, and South Carolina. The majority of urban black slave owners were women. Almost all of the black slave masters were mulattoes who not only enslaved their darker brethren, but refused to marry or even attend church with freed men of darker hue.

REPARATIONS FOR WHO?

      Over the past few decades there has been a call form the Left for reparations for African-Americans. It is the idea of a future monetary bonanza for the poor in the inner-cities if they just continue to vote Democrat. It is one of their tactics for keeping this community solidly in their tally count. It is attempted bribery. When one looks honestly at the historical facts of slavery in this country a very different picture appears. As economist and author Thomas Sowell says: "More whites were brought as slaves to North Africa than blacks brought as slaves to the United States or to the 13 colonies from which it was formed. White slaves were still being bought and sold in the Ottoman Empire, decades after blacks were freed in the United States."

      The narrative for reparations is false and purposely omits the historical facts stated above. The Progressive Left does not accept history. Facts, fair interpretations, and common sense limit their choices on governing. They are progressive and what happened in the past has no bearing on their narrative vision of today and the future. Without facts there can be no lies and a lie or omission can become (false) truth.

Antifa - The Communist Thugs of the Progressive Democrats

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       Zeno Potas

      Why is a Communist group allowed to cloak their faces and use extreme violence to attack American Patriots with little or no interference from local government or police? Why do elected officials in these Socialist leaning municipalities defend this violent behavior and, by allowing it to continue, encourage more violence towards it’s citizens with a difference of belief? To get to that horrifying conclusion we must, unlike Progressives, look at history.

      Antifa promotes a blend of anarchy and communism, and was formed in 1920’s Germany as the violence and intimidation wing of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). Antifa, then known as Antifaschistische Aktion (“Antifascist Action”), was created under the direct guidance of the Russian Soviet regime. 

 

      The 21^st century version claims their name is an abbreviation for anti-facist and they are fighting the evil neo-NAZI’s (not to be confused with the Hitler’s NAZI party) and right-wing nationalists, but nothing could be more from the truth. As author Trevor Loudon notes, in terms of its actions and its beliefs, “Antifa is pretty muchthe most active fascist group in America right now.” He compared Antifa with Adolf Hitler’s brownshirts, which likewise used violence to attack and intimidate enemies of Hitler’s National Socialist German Workers’ (Nazi) party. Both sides, he said, “believe in shutting down free speech, believe in forcing others to accept their will.”

      Researchers then sought to find out whether Antifa still maintained Communist Party links. They not only found this to be true, but also found that mainstream political ties have given a free pass to Antifa’s violence. Antifa has garnered mainstream support since it claims to oppose fascism, and claims its violence is a means to suppress fascism yet shutting down opposing views and speech are exactly what THEY are about. Both the Washington Post and the Nation have carried pieces calling for physical violence against the right, with the Post headline calling for “direct action” and the Nation headline reading, “Not Rights but Justice,” but whose justice?

 

                       How many saw these obscure headlines?

 

• Antifa Protester Says Violence Against The Far-Right Is ‘Not A Crime’

• Antifa Assaulting Local Reporter At Richmond Rally

• Durham, NC Antifa Spotted Carrying Weapons…

       We cannot condone the media when it comes to its reporting of acts of hatred and violence on the radical left. Their double-standard is glaring biased, downright ugly, and inexcusable. I’m talking about a consistent pattern of dangerous words and deeds from the radical left, most of which get scant attention from the media. As evil as the KKK and neo-Nazis are, they are not the ones carrying out these acts of hatred, violence, and vandalism. All this is coming from the radical left. Why then does the media put so much focus only on the so-called alt-right groups and so little (if any) on the radical left? 

      Examples of Antifa’s violence ranges from stabbing a police horse in the neck to beating people with bike locks. Antifa has physically assaulted reporters that are not aligned with the left. Antifa thugs are additionally known for assaulting helpless elderly citizens and chasing down fleeing people in order to beat them. Antifa groups in have rioted, destroyed property, beat people with flagpoles and pepper-sprayed a women while the authorities did little to intervene. How much of this was denounced by outlets such as CNN? Where is the outrage? This is America! The leftist media also fails to mention that Antifa was declared a domestic terrorist group by New Jersey’s Office of Homeland Security and that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security stated certain actions from Antifa were acts of “domestic terrorism.” 

 

      The researchers also found that Antifa violence was most prevalent in cities controlled by Democratic city councils, in which the police were under the control of the councils. In Berkeley, California, Antifa is affiliated with the far-left extremist group By Any Means Necessary (BAMN), BAMN, was an outgrowth of the Trotskyist Revolutionary Workers League. In Orlando, Florida Antifa is very close to the Democratic Socialists of America. The Texas branch of Antifa is tied to the local Red Guard, a Maoist organization. Another Antifa branch, Refuse Fascism, is a front for the Revolutionary Communist Party. “Antifa today is like a franchise, the researchers said, adding that “in many instances” it also has close ties to the Democratic Party. I guess it’s not all about peace and love and equality and tolerance in the Democrat, or is it, the Progressive(Communist) party?

Critical Analytical Thinking is Mandatory to Find Truth in the Sea of Propaganda

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       M. Richard Maxson

      Media overlords and governments, with their own agendas, take words out of context and with the use exaggeration or omission push their progressive propaganda as fact. Corporations using their “entertainment channels” disguised as news, such as MSNBC and CNN, roll out slanted pablum for the masses 24/7 to push THEIR point of view. That’s why in today’s world, with information being downgraded to sound bites seconds long, more than ever, critical analytical thinking is imperative to find truth. It is not just out there for harvesting, no, truth in the twenty-first century is elusive at best and the quest for real truth has become hard work.

      Rene Descartes is widely regarded as one of the founders of modern philosophy and critical thinking. Rationalism is the idea “that reason has precedence over other ways of acquiring knowledge.” The term 'rationalist' is used to refer to free thinkers, ones not led by majority opinion. He stated, “As regards any subject we propose to investigate, we must inquire not what other people have thought, or what we ourselves conjecture, but what we can clearly and manifestly perceive by intuition or deduce with certainty for there is no other way of acquiring knowledge.” The methods used in critical analytical thinking cut like a knife through modern day so-called news and information. These should be mastered and when they are, every time you pick up on a story whether in print or video, you will see things in a different light. That light is truth.

 

• What is the main argument or line of reasoning and is the line of reasoning clear? Note any statements from the text which strengthen its line of reasoning or prove the argument. What statements, if any, undermine the argument? (To recognize propaganda, view information from outside your country’s media sphere. Ed.)

• What hidden agendas might the writer or speaker have that might make you question the contents or conclusions of the message? Consider what they might hope to gain through writing this piece. What information might be missing that could paint a different picture? (Take the opposite position to obtain a full view of the subject. Ed.)

• What kinds of evidence or examples does the writer use? How reliable and useful is this evidence? Does it really support the argument? Is the evidence strong enough? Is the data up-to-date? Does the text use reliable sources? What are these? What makes you think they are or are not reliable? (Does it use evidence from a neutral source or only one side of the discussion? Ed.)

• Do you think there may be any bias in the text? Are the statistics used give a true and full picture? Does their writing reflect a political viewpoint? Who might disagree? (Are there any non-biased confirming statistics? Ed.)

     

      “If, after we have recognized Intuitively a number of simple truths, we wish to draw any inference from them, it is useful to run them over in a continuous and uninterrupted act of thought, to reflect upon their relations to one another, and to grasp together distinctly a number of these propositions so far as is possible at the same time for this is a way of making our knowledge much more certain, and of greatly increasing the power of the mind.” - Rene Descatres

Musings of American Patriots

by

       M. Richard Maxson

      As a change of pace we thought we would offer political musings of some very insightful Americans. They are a combination of observations and truisms. Each one of these statements, when read alone, should stir the thoughts and emotions within every Patriot.

On patriotism…...

"We must convince ordinary citizens … that they sometimes must accept decisions that affect them adversely, and that may well be wrong. If they are willing to do so, the rule of law has a chance. And as soon as one considers the alternatives, the need to work within the rule of law is obvious."

- Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court Justice

 

On propaganda…...

"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of."

- Edward Bernays

"We can be programmed with specific mind control techniques and methods to shut off critical thinking, to have irrational fears or phobias implanted in our minds that take away our choices."

- Steve Hassan

On government funded studies…….

"It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine."

– Dr. Marcia Angell

On immigration……

"It is no doubt very desirable that we should hold out as many inducements as possible for the worthy part of mankind to come and settle amongst us, and throw their fortunes into a common lot with ours. The worthy part, not the entire world. But why is this desirable? Not merely to swell the catalog of people. No, sir, it is to increase the wealth and strength of the community."

- James Madison

On foreign policy……

"We Americans have no commission from God to police the world."

- Benjamin Harrison

"The Deep State has a long history of labeling foreigners as dictators, sponsoring terrorist activities in those countries and influencing a regime change to suit their own best interests."

 - Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

On Politics……

"To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil."

– Charles Krauthammer

"Democrats have long relied on inaccurate election rolls to aid their candidates. They want to count every vote, legal or not."

- Ken Blackwell

On racism……

"The Progressive determination to “destroy the American social contract and the constitutional system that supports it,” primarily by weaponizing the issue of race."

- David Horowitz

"At some point, we’re going to be fatigued with everybody being the victim,"

- Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

 "There's not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America; there's the United States of America."

- Donald Trump

A Contradiction to the Principles of the Constitution.

by

       M. Richard Maxson

      What are the values that have united us for 243 years? You don’t have to look much further than the Preamble to our Constitution, just 52 words, to find them: “We the people of the United States in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity” Our forefathers packed a lot into that single sentence. Our Bill of Rights is similarly succinct in guaranteeing individual liberties — rights that we have come to take for granted but without vigilance can erode and slip away, such as freedom of speech, the right that is being eroded away by the Socialist ideal of political correctness.

      The phrase “insure domestic tranquility,” means that we prize unity and peace, not divisiveness and discord. The Progressive Democrats today expound the ideals of Cultural Marxism that it is actually intolerant. To tolerate expression of views that worked against the left’s long march to their supposed utopian future is evil. It is this worldview that gives license to today’s Leftists to intimidate and silence anyone who disagrees with their agenda, all supposedly in the name of tolerance. This is in contradiction to the principles of the Constitution.

      The phrase “promote the general welfare,” means that we care about one another; tolerance, compassion and decency matter but tolerance that is preached today by the Left is only given lip service. If liberals are truly more tolerant than conservatives, how do we explain the common suppression of conservative views at liberal colleges and the widespread fear of even wearing a hat that might trigger anger and violence in liberals? The answer is that liberals have a very different understanding of “tolerance” than conservatives because liberals are working from a radically different worldview. They tolerate only similar views not alternate ones. This is in contradiction to the principles of the Constitution.

     The phrase “secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity,” means that we have a responsibility to protect not just our own generation, but future ones as well and to continue to ensure the wisdom of our forefathers. This is not what the Progressive Democrats believe. They see humanity itself as progressing, as evolving toward a utopian future in which differences among demographic groups will be eliminated by means of governmental power. This is in contradiction to the principles of the Constitution.

      The Democrats and their allies have spent almost three years attacking a President that calls out their hypocrisy. In turn they wave the Constitution in the air claiming that he is in violation of it’s principals using erroneous interpretations repeated endlessly to support their view. (“A lie told often enough becomes truth" - Vladimir Lenin)

The real truth is disturbing;

• Only 62% of all Democrats agree to live by the rules of the Constitution whether you agree with them or not.

• Only 51% of all Democrats define themselves as “extremely” or “very” patriotic.

• Only 37% of all Democrats say they are “proud to be an American” as an accurate description.

      So 63% of all Democrats are not proud to be an American – they are ashamed. For them, America is and has been a deeply flawed country that can only be fixed under their Progressive Marxist agenda. For the left, patriotism is more about belief in what America might become, not what America is or has been. For Constitutionalists, no country is perfect, but America is unique in having been founded and structured based on a profound understanding of the tendency of power to corrupt. Our understanding of patriotism includes deep respect for the institutions that have recognized and protected the rights of individuals to be free from excessive meddling by those in power. The Left wants that to change, they want to be those in power to be able to legislate a new, post-Constitutional America – A Democratic Socialist Amerika.

Europe is Waking Up

By

       Philip Todd

      Since the election of Donald Trump many countries in Europe, led by Germany, have found the courage to slowly begin to pull away from the western Socialist elite. The results of the elite's encouraging the influx of foreign, mostly middle eastern peoples, into European societies has been disruptive and disastrous. With the explosion of crime, especially sex crime, many countries have pulled back on allowing any immigration of this type. This goes against the elitist attempts to impose Socialism, first in all of the west, then globally. The rise of nationalism, which their media portrays as evil, is the backlash specifically from the middle class. They are beginning to lose their grip on the hearts and minds of free thinking individuals. How were they able to pull this off in the first place. The answer is fear - the enemy - Russia.

       Over the past year, British news media have published story after story claiming Russia was about to invade Europe and start World War III. The Daily Express ran three such stories in June, July, and September of 2017 alone. It wasn’t just throw away tabloids that indulged in such reckless scaremongering. The supposedly more serious Independent ran at least two stories in May and September of that year citing top military officials claiming that nuclear war could break out within 48 hours with Russia because of the latter’s “secret” invasion plans. If British media reports were to be believed, then Europe and the whole northern hemisphere should have gone up in nuclear smoke two years ago.

      That fact that NATO chiefs, Western governments, and the dutiful news media can get away with making such accusations is a disturbing sign of collective indoctrination. The irony of Western self-declared “free and independent” politicians and media behaving like an army of robots marching to war while accusing Russia of fake news is too much for words. Use your critical analytical thinking and ask ourselves this, how we have arrived at a point where supposedly respectable outlets have created a world where Vladimir Putin has managed to become the richest man in the world (Washington Post), who controls Donald Trump (Huffington Post) and masterminded his election victory (Vanity Fair) despite battling Aspergers (USA Today), and cancer (The Week)? How was Aleppo's last functioning hospital was destroyed by Russia no less than 12 times between August and November? Dealing in false news by NATO members’ media, as exemplified above, is not just wildly erroneous and unethical, it is illustrative of an orchestrated propaganda campaign to demonize Russia and recklessly create an atmosphere for global war.

      But now, many people, at least in the developed world, are starting to see through elitist owned mainstream media. They’ve been caught red handed ‘faking’ and lying about major global events on multiple occasions, and now, some of their employees are leaving their jobs and telling the truth about this propaganda that dominates a large portion of mainstream media. The outsider, Russian President Vladimir Putin, has also called out the desire by the elite for a New World Order, which would see the “powers that be” use “imaginary and mythical” threats to control us. He is many things but he is wiser than our leaders would have us believe. His statement this week at the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan that in the wake of all the problems in Europe that “liberalism has ‘become obsolete” and that liberalism is in conflict with "the interests of the overwhelming majority of the population..." elicited huge condemnation from the elites media mouthpieces.

      German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would not cease to be committed to maintaining good relations with Russia, despite differing opinions on various issues. The 1997 NATO-Russia Founding Act should stay in force, Merkel also said. “It is essential not to give up on the Russia-NATO Act, even taking into account these difficult times. We have common interests on this, and should cooperate,” she added. The 1997 Founding Act states that Russia and NATO “will build together a lasting and inclusive peace in the Euro-Atlantic area on the principles of democracy and cooperative security,” and specifically says that the two sides do not consider themselves adversaries.

      This is not a pro-Russian piece, it is a common sense piece trying to rise above the propaganda that many refuse to see. The argument that Putin must be an enemy, because he doesn’t share Western values. But how could he? Russia was never fully welcome in the Western world order, much less able to participate in it on equal terms. It is looked upon by the elites, not as an equal, but as a prize to be won. Using fear, news media organizations in NATO member countries have no qualms about repeating unfounded, reckless claims of an imminent invasion of Europe by the Russian military, even threatening to ignite World War Three, but when it comes to Russian media presenting valid alternative perspectives on a range of international issues, the Western alliance chokes up with accusations of Russian “fake news.” This is just one example of the daily distortion about Russian relations that is perpetrated in the Western media. If any side is guilty of peddling fake news, it is the Western news media of the NATO military alliance, And they are doing it on an industrial scale.

* Phillip Todd is the American Constitutionalist's international correspondent.

California: A Socialist Petri Dish

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       Zeno Potas

      In recent years, we’ve been hearing more and more about the problem of wealth inequality in America. To hear the liberal Democrats explain the problem, Republicans want to steal from the poor and middle class and give that money to the rich. To reach the goal of Socialist Communism, this is exactly the leftist way to accomplish that goal, so why are they blaming the Republicans and the right for doing this?

      This is a smoke and mirror tactic right out of the playbook of Saul Alinsky. Alinsky was a radical Marxist strategist and community organizer. His leading "weapons" were weapons of mass distraction, misinformation, radical protest and blaming the other guy for whatever you (the liberal politician or activist) are guilty of. Alinsky actually counseled radical leftists to look in the mirror and whatever you see, blame the other guy for doing or being that exact same thing. So, if you’re a crook, blame the other guy for being a crook. If you’re a corrupt politician, call your opponent a corrupt politician. If you’ve ruined the economy, blame your opponent for ruining the economy. And of course, if you’re in bed with Russia, blame the other guy for being in “collusion” with Russia. Sound familiar?

      This type of behavior is most evident in the strongholds of the coastal leftist elite and none more than in the state of California. There rests the power of media, Hollywood, and it’s hangers on. Celebrities walking goose-step in line with the Socialist agenda, either by choice or of fear for their careers if they don’t, spewing their opinions out to the world every day as if these fortunate ones are sages that have all the answers to our nations problems – and much of America listens. California, many believe, is so progressive and forward thinking with various social policies that the rest of the states will follow their lead. They have all the answers but what is the reality of their views and actions in their own backyard? If these liberal policies actually made any sort of progress correcting the various inequities that they’re alleged to do, big government utopias like California would be progressive beacons of hope for the American left – they are not. Despite having the fifth-largest economy in the world, California is one of the worst states in the nation in terms of wealth inequality. The middle class is disappearing in California as wealth gap grows. With a tax system that favors those who are already wealthy, the middle class is leaving the state in droves. California society now represents a modern feudal system of robber barons and the poor - Classic Socialism. 

    

      How is it “helping” it’s citizens? Despite all the wealth in the state and the Democrat control of state government, California actually ranks as the poorest state in the country after costs of living are factored in. A whopping 19 percent of Californians live below the poverty line. Californians represent a third of all Americans on welfare. The average monthly cost of rent in the state is 43 percent higher than the national average. Nearly a third of Californians spend more than half of their earnings on housing. Electricity rates burdened by green initiatives and regulation that grew 500 percent faster than the national average from 2011 to 2017.” 

 

      California is the fourth most unequal state in the union with so many homeless who face diseases like typhus and hepatitis which have even infected civil servants and police officers that try to assist. The number of people living on the streets in California increased by nearly 14 percent to more than 130,000 in 2017. Homelessness is so bad in the elite controlled areas that cities like San Francisco that they have an app that helps them track the massive amounts of human feces on the sidewalk. Development and construction restrictions mean that California cities are much more expensive for the poor Proposed housing and shelters for the poor have been knocked down by the rich elite who don’t want them “in our neighborhoods.”

      Some of their ideas border on the absurd. A perfect example is the recent passage of an act that will entitle free healthcare to all residents whether American citizens or not. The state will tax those who do not have health insurance to pay for the it. How does someone who does not have health insurance, most likely because they can’t afford it, pay for others to have it? It would seem that more lower and middle class people will be leaving this Socialist utopia.

      If liberal policies actually made any sort of progress correcting the various inequities that they’re alleged to do, big government utopias like California would be progressive beacons of hope for the American left. The state has long been fortunate to be the center of the booming technology sector. With the mega rich and upper class driving its economy, but California leaves the rest of its’ population behind. The Socialist elite have used the Alinsky method to perfection. With a A socio-cultural-political structure in place the individual is bombarded, to the point of psychical saturation, with self-serving, elitist manufactured media content. Members of the Hollywood left don’t want to listen, discuss, or even see a dissenting viewpoint that challenges their own comfortable echo chamber. It’s ironic that an industry that constantly talks about diversity is so judgmental, hateful and utterly rigid in its groupthink. They encourage violent removal of opposing views as they continue to demonize the other side of the political spectrum for all of the their state’s and the nation’s problems.

      Californians have become the most successfully psychologically colonized citizens on planet earth. On cue, they are prone to parrot the self-serving lies of their Leftist's cynical elite. The continuous one-sided propaganda and fear of retaliation drives the lower and middle class to blindly vote Democrat accelerating themselves towards more poverty and their own demise. There was once a time when the lower classes were Hollywood’s heroes, rebelling against the rich pompous windbags who wanted to keep them down. But that’s changed. Today’s elitists are those pompous windbags, and they are terrified of the truth that their ideas of governing have always failed and there is no utopia for the masses, only for them. They will pay any cost, fabricate any fact, and incite violence to smother any chance of rebellion of the people that they desperately want to keep quiet and submissive. This is the two class system of Socialism. Comrades of California, Saul Alinski would be proud.