The "Manifesto"
The scenes of a heavily grieving father, following the shootings near U.C. Santa Barbara, haunt us all. The wail is to "DO SOMETHING", and "WHY"??? We hear this after all of the long list of shootings in recent years. This one is different, in at least one way. The "Manifesto" is rife with references to "White", "Blond", Female, and several denigration of "Blacks" and "Hispanics". These rantings were from a young man who had been troubled with these concepts since he was 8-Years-Old! A young man who, a citizen of the U.S, was clearly not economically deprived; targeted other young people who were, similarly, not economically deprived citizens of the U.S.
It clearly was TERRORISM; but, yet, it is not "processed" as such! Not by the MEDIA, or by the parents of the slain. They don't seem to be able to "connect the dots" that link the widely accepted "norms" referenced in the shooter's Manifesto, to the outcome. Once again, there is "shock" that stems from the noncompliance of the facts in the case with what we've been conditioned to expect in cases of Terrorism! The religion, race, color, and economic class factors are absent. Why do we persist in keeping that widely accepted "profile" alive?
It is a situation that impacts National Security, both at home and abroad. President Obama's speech today to the graduating cadets at West Point, went into detail concerning the Terrorism Threat we face. Obviously, the gap between reality and the common perception is huge.
The path this nation has trod since World War II has been characterized by national perceptions of our many racial differences and their role at the core of national politics and economics. The Republican Party has assaulted us, and the world, with an orgy of their race-tinged assertions for the past six years. Their actions, and in-actions have been targeted toward guaranteeing the failure of the Obama Presidency. They are now preparing the most expensive campaign for an off-year election, based on a personal, race-tinged attack on the President of the U.S. and his family, because of their race. That Party has pursued this theme since the 1970s and the Presidency of Richard Nixon. They have managed to hobble, in many ways, the function of our national government. That has cost us all a great deal, financially, and saps our national strength. We have been, as a result, disgraced as a people and as a nation. We are paralyzed, while knowing full well what WE should DO.
Our instincts for personal security doom us to act in ways that provide the growing "insecurity" we see around us. President Obama counseled the graduating cadets to learn skills that will eradicate the conditions that feed Terrorism . Those skills have to be learned and applied here AT HOME!
Stay Vigilant! "Pogo" should become the GOD for us all??
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