Tag Archives: Democratic Party

I may be conservative… but I’m still Black

Conservative AND Black In my political journey from idealistic stalwart Democrat to die-hard conservative, I have paid little price for my convictions, chiefly because I tend to keep my political opinions to myself and don’t really feel like arguing with … Continue reading

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The Rage of the Common Man

H/T to the Black Informant for finding this bit of information… As readers may or may not know, I was in my youth, much closer in ideology to being a full on socialist (though with reservations) than a right winger.  … Continue reading

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Uh oh! You’ve been played the “Race Card”

Over the weekend dozens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, a whole bunch of bitter, anger, teabagging, racists descended upon the nations capital to protest: A) The too rapid expansion of government power B) The Democrats Death Health Care legislation C) … Continue reading

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Its okay to be racist and a communist… if you’re Black

The bigotry of  Rep. Diane Watson is surpassed only by her idiotic promotion of Fidel Castro’s communist paradise. Any white person making the kinds of racially charged comments made by Rep. Watson would never be elected in this day and … Continue reading

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Staged outrageous “right wing” terrorism backfires!

The Colorado Democratic Headquarters was vandalized amidst the increasing concern for violence in response to the unpopularity of pending health care legislation.  Predictably the Dems blamed the vandalism on folks on the “other side” stirring things up: Eleven windows at … Continue reading

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The Revolutionary Vanguard 3: The Roosevelt Revolution

I have already discussed here and here a bit of the connections between the French Revolution of 1789 and the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.   When I left off I was discussing the Progressive Era which gave birth to the modern … Continue reading

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The Revolutionary Vanguard Part II: the revolutions of 1789 and 1917

In my previous post on this topic, I discussed in brief that both the Russian revolution of 1917 and the French Revolution of  1789 were led by urban educated elites who sought to impose their revolution on the more conservative … Continue reading

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The Revolutionary Vanguard & Democratic Party Politics

Long before I was a conservative or a blogger, I was trained as a historian.  It is therefore very natural for me to evaluate current politics with an eye towards history, so forgive my self indulgence. It is a bit … Continue reading

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Servility and freedom

With the Republican party leaderless and in backbiting disarray following its destruction by the ideologically incoherent George W. Bush, Democrats are apparently eager to join the hara-kiri brigade. What looked like smooth coasting to the 2010 election has now become … Continue reading

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Racists attack Black man at town hall meeting…. or is it?

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, this report: St. Louis County police arrested six people, including a Post-Dispatch reporter, during a demonstration Thursday evening outside a forum on aging called by U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-St. Louis. Two of the people … Continue reading

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