what do u think of this article

[dimafleck: the living legend.]

it was written by a black man.

By Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

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."

[phorbesie]

it's pretty harsh.

do some checking on that guy and you'll see what he's all about. pretty nuts.

[Blane]

stockholm syndrome

[SaggyBalls]

it's a pretty racially focused article.

i'd say it's more fair to lump all poor, welfare-sucking bums into the same boat - but I don't know the demographics for NO, so it could be a case of the welfare system taking care of a 95% black population...like i said i don't know my demographics. to me it doesn't matter...i'll lump all the people that don't help themselves into the same boat.

they're all suckers.

poor dead suckers. now we're left to sing the blues.

[Deeps]

I think he probably speaks the truth in some ways, and I would suspect that he's not the only black person, or person of any other race for that matter, in America who feels that there is a large populus of blacks that should stop acting in the ways he's accused them of.

I think he's pretty harsh in a number of ways, but his criticsm is needed when everyone else is playing the "black victim" card.

Edited October 6, 2005 by Guest

[Kaidy Mae]

Interesting to me that while Rev. Peterson is proud of his race, he neglects to mention his involvement in the Republican, flag waving camp. This is yet another issue of two sides with two stories. Somewhere in between lay the truth.

I was born a Democrat...but I finally started to examine it for myself and I realized the Democratic platform was an anti-God, anti-values, anti-American platform.

[color:purple]Doesn't sound biased to me.

Read the rest here.

[Dr_Evil_Mouse]

Not that I ever put too much stock in the Democrat/Republican distinction, but I think that was pretty much scuttled with Zell Miller's speech at the Republican National Convention last time around. Actually, with my being apprised of the very existence of Zell Miller.

Binary distinctions are what politics is all about, which sucks; everybody codes things from a different point of view.

[h]

ya, that's what i was gong to say - black or white author, it's really just a Republican article isn't it?

[Alexis]

KM, thanks for posting the link on this dude.

I think it's hilarious. based on this quote I actually want to read his book for shits and giggles.

If that doesn’t satisfy your desire for the moral teachings of the good Reverend, turn to his latest book, Scam: How the Black Leadership Exploits Black America (2003), namely the chapter “Why Black Women are so Mean.â€

i wonder what one's mindset is when they sit back and think up this shit to write. and also..i wonder if he really truely believes all this, or one day he got a really good idea on how to make money.

[Kaidy Mae]

Hahaha! I think you may be on to something Alexis. This guy sounds hilarious. If they have his silly book at the library I'll read it. However, I won't be spending a dime to help fuel his hate machine (there are many other hate machines I support already).

[Alexis]

yeah of course at the library. i can see sitting and laughing histarically at his crazy nonsense...and everyone looking at me like i'm crazy...and then telling everyone what silly drivel i'm reading. maybe find a black woman and see if she agrees to his reasoning as to why she's so angry. you know...get both sides of the story.