Rev Jesse Lee Peterson

[kellygrrrrrl]

>  By Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson         

>

>  © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

>

> http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46440

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>  

>

> Say a hurricane is about to destroy the city you live in. Two

> questions:

>

> What would you do?

>

> What would you do if you were black?

>

> Sadly, the two questions don't have the same answer.

>

> To the first: Most of us would take our families out of that city

> quickly to protect them from danger. Then, able-bodied men would

> return to help others in need, as wives and others cared for children,

> elderly, infirm and the like.

>

> For better or worse, Hurricane Katrina has told us the answer to the

> second question. If you're black and a hurricane is about to destroy

> your city, then you'll probably wait for the government to save you.

>

> This was not always the case. Prior to 40 years ago, such a pathetic

> performance by the black community in a time of crisis would have been

> inconceivable. The first response would have come from black men. They

> would take care of their families, bring them to safety, and then help

> the rest of the community. Then local government would come in.

>

> No longer. When 75 percent of New Orleans residents had left the city,

> it was primarily immoral, welfare-pampered blacks that stayed behind

> and waited for the government to bail them out. This, as we know, did

> not turn out good results.

>

> Enter Jesse Jackson and Louis Farrakhan. Jackson and Farrakhan laid

> blame on "racist" President Bush. Farrakhan actually proposed the idea

> that the government blew up a levee so as to kill blacks and save

> whites. The two demanded massive governmental spending to rebuild New

> Orleans, above and beyond the federal government's proposed $60

> billion. Not only that, these two were positioning themselves as the

> gatekeepers to supervise the dispersion of funds. Perfect: Two of the

> most dishonest elite blacks in America, "overseeing" billions of

> dollars. I wonder where that money will end up.

>

> Of course, if these two were really serious about laying blame on

> government, they should blame the local one. Responsibility to perform

> legally and practically fell first on the mayor of New Orleans. We are

> now all familiar with Mayor Ray Nagin the black Democrat who likes to

> yell at President Bush for failing to do Nagin's job. The facts,

> unfortunately, do not support Nagin's wailing. As the Washington Times

> puts it, "recent reports show [Nagin] failed to follow through on his

> own city's emergency-response plan, which acknowledged that thousands

> of the city's poorest residents would have no way to evacuate the

> city."

>

> One wonders how there was "no way" for these people to evacuate the

> city. We have photographic evidence telling us otherwise. You've

> probably seen it by now, the photo showing 2,000 parked school buses,

> unused and underwater. How much planning does it require to put people

> on a bus and leave town, Mayor Nagin?

>

> Instead of doing the obvious, Mayor Nagin (with no positive

> contribution from Democratic Gov. Kathleen Blanco, the other major

> leader vested with responsibility to address the hurricane disaster)

> loaded remaining New Orleans residents into the Superdome and the

> city's convention center. We know how that plan turned out.

>

> About five years ago, in a debate before the National Association of

> Black Journalists, I stated that if whites were to just leave the

> United States and let blacks run the country, they would turn America

> into a ghetto within 10 years. The audience, shall we say, disagreed

> with me strongly. Now I have to disagree with me. I gave blacks too

> much credit. It took a mere three days for blacks to turn the

> Superdome and the convention center into ghettos, rampant with theft,

> rape and murder.

>

>

> President Bush is not to blame for the rampant immorality of blacks.

> Had New Orleans' black community taken action, most would have been

> out of harm's way. But most were too lazy, immoral and trifling to do

> anything productive for themselves.

>

> All Americans must tell blacks this truth. It was blacks' moral

> poverty not their material poverty that cost them dearly in New

> Orleans. Farrakhan, Jackson, and other race hustlers are to be

> repudiated they will only perpetuate this problem by stirring up

> hatred and applauding moral corruption. New Orleans, to the extent it

> is to be rebuilt, should be remade into a dependency-free, morally

> strong city where corruption is opposed and success is applauded.

> Blacks are obligated to help themselves and not depend on the

> government to care for them. We are all obligated to tell them so.

>

>  

>

> The Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson is founder and president of BOND, the

> Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny, and author of "Scam: How

> the Black Leadership Exploits Black America."

[The_Dark]

I like Rev. Peterson and have looked into Bond before. If I were a Black Male I would have joined the group... He teachs Men to be Men... stop blaming other people for your mistakes and to take responsibility for your own actions.

It helps that he sees things pretty close to how I do as to Nola and the storm.

[Steven]

I like Rev. Peterson and have looked into Bond before. If I were a Black Male I would have joined the group... He teachs Men to be Men... stop blaming other people for your mistakes and to take responsibility for your own actions.

It helps that he sees things pretty close to how I do as to Nola and the storm.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Never heard of him - but he sounds great.

I am a BIG beleiver that men in general in this present age have lost their edge - and have lost touch with what true manhood really is.

Steven

[torn asunder]

it comes down to personal responsibility, regardless of color/race/etc...

[Steven]

it comes down to personal responsibility, regardless of color/race/etc...

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

But this is not taught in society anymore.

Instead what were taught is that its not our fault - its always somone elses fault. Or our DNA's fault. Or the city we live in's fault. or....or......

I agree with you about personal responsibility.

I just think its also a (and sadly so) product of a by-gone generation.

we have happy pills now.

Steven

[kellygrrrrrl]

Exactly.

[Shade Everdark]

I think I will continue deluding myself with the happy pills.

That way, I can go on thinking that it's not my fault, or anyone else's fault--it's just the way the world is.

[Onyx]

There are some very good points in that article, however I am still horrified at the way the whole thing was handled and the time that it took to get help to those stranded, all the while politicians contratulating each other while people died of dehydration.

Everything failed in the end.

- The levees should have been reinforced years ago.

- The local government should have gotten people OUT.

- Those who could get to safety should have done so.

- Neighbors should have helped each other instead of allowing criminals to prey on the weak. They should have gathered together and beat the shit out of those assholes.

- Reporters should have found ways to at least get some help to some of them. Put the damn microphone down and start handing out water. They got into the town somehow - load those news helicopters with cases of water.

It's easy to say all these things I know since I wasn't there, but I was and am still horrified by the whole mess. I won't trust my or my children's safety to anyone but myself anymore, not the police, not my neighbors and certainly not my government.

[ZhukovCodeslinger]

I won't trust my or my children's safety to anyone but myself anymore, not the police, not my neighbors and certainly not my government.

Is this a common thing that people hold? (Trust in the Gov or others to protect them? just wondering since I was not brought up to believe that idea)

[The_Dark]

It's pretty much a founding beleif of the Democratic party.. Got a problem? Government can fix it.

[Goth Brooks]

I learned the black response through first hand experience 10yrs ago. It wasn't pretty then, and it wasn't pretty now.

...and FEMA still hasn't gotten it's shit together.

[Shade Everdark]

It's pretty much a founding beleif of the Democratic party.. Got a problem? Government can fix it.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Actually, the Democratic party was originally set up in opposition to the Federalists, and opposed even the National Bank (Bank of the United States). So, one could make a strong argument that they started out opposed to big government. Of course, that changed in the 1850s when the party split along northern and southern lines, due to northern opposition to expanding slavery laws.

All Americans must tell blacks this truth. It was blacks' moral

> poverty not their material poverty that cost them dearly in New

> Orleans. Farrakhan, Jackson, and other race hustlers are to be

> repudiated they will only perpetuate this problem by stirring up

> hatred and applauding moral corruption. New Orleans, to the extent it

> is to be rebuilt, should be remade into a dependency-free, morally

> strong city where corruption is opposed and success is applauded.

> Blacks are obligated to help themselves and not depend on the

> government to care for them. We are all obligated to tell them so.

While I agree that the black community has an obligation to stand up and take responsibility for themselves (this extends well beyond the black community, for what it's worth), anyone BUT blacks telling them this would, in our current cultural/political climate, be ultimately counterproductive. There is still too much mistrust of whites, and even other minorities; one need look no further than Detroit to see that.

[The_Dark]

I shouldn't have used the word founding.. I should have used core. My mistake. Both Repubilcans and Democrats are polar oppisistes as to what they were founded as. Hell, they are completly different than they were 20 years ago. They also both have big differences in what the leaders do and what the memebers beleive...

Take democrats... you talk to any individual on the street.. ask them which party was for freeing the slaves, which party was for desegragation, which party was for women's liberation and half a dozen other social issues.... most are going to say Democrats... they will be wrong.

[Msterbeau]

I shouldn't have used the word founding.. I should have used core. My mistake. Both Repubilcans and Democrats are polar oppisistes as to what they were founded as. Hell, they are completly different than they were 20 years ago. They also both have big differences in what the leaders do and what the memebers beleive...

Take democrats... you talk to any individual on the street.. ask them which party was for freeing the slaves, which party was for desegragation, which party was for women's liberation and half a dozen other social issues.... most are going to say Democrats... they will be wrong.

Which just goes to show how useless labels can be...

I completely agree with the idea of personal responsibility. The one problem I have with some "liberal" ideas is that they don't always foster it. (Although this is probably as much due to poor implementation as anything) Take a look at the Unions, the lawsuit climate , The way people drive, etc to see how messed up things are in this regard. That said, Without government, many people who couldn't afford the services government can provide would suffer needlessly. There needs to be a balance of empathy for our fellow man and personal responsibility. Right now the conservatives reward the rich and privliged while forcing dogmatic views on those who don't want them. The liberals seek to regulate and excuse to the point of silliness. Generalizations? yeah... but you get the idea.

So... On to the matter at hand. Have you (DGN collectively) ever lived an complete poverty... for many generations? Do any of us truly understand what it means to be poor? Destitute? I doubt it. Do you think some of the people refered to as being morally bankrupt have any idea what morals are anymore? The problem is huge... it is above issues of race or economics or mental health or any single issue that you can name.... and I doubt it will go away in our lifetime. Maybe down the road... we can only hope. There are way too many factors involved for any one solution.... For Rev Paterson to place blame at the black communities immorailty without acknowledging the reasons, seems arrogant, judgemental and counterproductive.