Alan Colmes I Dare You To Take the Welfare Challenge

December 28th, 2011 | By Sonnie Johnson

Every time I see Alan Colmes giving his opinion on how caring and loving Liberals/Progressives are to minorities I silently wish that I could shoot through the TV.  I have really good aim and I always imagine the bullet piercing the spot on his chest where his heart should be.  Then I think about spending my life behind bars and he hardly seems worth it.  Plus, I think death would be to good for the saviour of us poor, stupid black folk.  How about giving him the Ezekiel experience and make him live among the people he’s spent his political life defending and protecting, according to him.

Here’s the challenge!  Let’s play a real game of spread the wealth and start at home.  The first step Colmes is to give up all your possessions that put you in the 1% and don’t worry I’ll redistribute them equally.  Where to start?

Your house.  No more gated community for you.  Well, that’s not exactly true.  Instead of the gates meant to keep people out, I’ll replace them with the gates meant to keep the poor in.  You know that affordable public housing you always spout as a positive.  And don’t you worry about the roaches and rats, it shows how progressive you are towards animal rights to co-exist with bugs and vermin.  Just think of all the respect you’ll get from Peta.  #Winning.

There’s just one little catch.  You can’t get the benefits of public housing if you are in a stable two parent married household.  So first you would have to divorce your wife.  Don’t worry though, you can still stay together.  Her name just can’t be on the lease and you’ll have to live with the threat that if the government ever found out she lived with you, you would lose your housing privileges and be forced to move within 2 weeks of their discovery. 

Your Bank Account.  It’s soooooo unfair you’ve worked your entire life and have money to show for it.  We’ll have to change that immediately.  Uncle Teddy has played $20 on the lottery every day for the last 20 years and when we switch your bank account to his name, he’ll finally feel like he’s hit the jackpot.  Just imagine the look on his daughters’ face when she realizes all the days she didn’t get lunch money because he saw 1-2-4 in a dream finally paid off.

Plus, you’ll get the benefit of being able to apply for $145 a month tax free from the government.  That should take care of all your needs; your personal hygiene products, household cleaning products, washing clothes, etc.  Just think of all the jobs you’ll be saving by creating such a huge demand for everyday goods.  That $1,740 a year can save the American economy.

Your 401K.  Why did you plan for retirement when Social Security is the greatest thing since sliced bread?  We can’t have you going off into your yonder years sitting on a stack of money.  Who are you to plan for your own future?  Plus, Mrs. Mattie saved her entire life so she could retire at ’60.  Then RonRon got arrested and she put her house up to bail him out.  Him skipping town really wasn’t her fault.  Let’s give her your security nest and let you pray your rise in SS benefits matches that of inflation. 

P.S.  Don’t get upset when you try to schedule a doctor’s appointment and they give you an appointment in 9 or 10 months.  Your cancer can wait until a doctor who accepts Medicare is able to see you.  And just because the blue pill makes you feel better doesn’t mean you should have it. The red pill works just as well and the throwing up and stomach pains are just pesky side effects.

Your Car.  How dare you have personal transportation when it still runs on that planet killing gasoline.  Don’t you know global warming is real?  Haven’t you saw Al Gore’s movie?  Even if it’s a hybrid, it was manufactured using fossil fuels for electricity.  Plus, Grandma Nellie could really use that car.  She has to catch four different buses to get across town to her minimum wage job because she can’t afford to live in the neighborhood in which she works.   Again, #winning.

And no need to thank me.  Because you don’t have a vehicle, you could actually get your $145 a month raised to $160.  That should cover the cost of your use of public transportation.  When your local government raises the cost for each transfer, don’t think about how it’s cutting into your budget.  That’s selfish.  Just think of all the union employees that will retire at age 50 with a healthy pension.

Your love of Restaurants.  Can you say foodstamps?  They don’t take EBT cards at Red Lobster.  Need I say more?  But you can work it your advantage.  Somebody on the street will give you .50 cent on the dollar and you can use half your food money for the month just to taste the cheddar biscuits.  Yum.

Your Job.  Putting time, effort, and energy into building a career is so Right Wing.  I couldn’t bare the thought of your hard work actually paying off and allowing you to be interviewed on O’Reilly, hosting your own radio show, or getting paid for other speaking engagements.  That’s how “The Man” holds down people of color and limited means.  “The Man” branches out into multiple sectors preventing the little guy from getting a shot.  Some people, like yourself, need to get out of the way and let an unknown take over.  It’s only fair.

Your Credit Score.  Paying your bills on time shouldn’t be reserved for those who live within their means and it’s not the fault of those who want more out of life than they are willing to work for.  All the blame should go to credit card companies that extend credit to people who don’t understand APR or recurring fees.  Take 19 year old Lil C who graduated from a public school that never taught him how to balance a check book so he went  out and bought a car with a 28% interest rate.  Never mind he had a 220 credit score because his mother had a credit card in his name.  If we give him your 780 score, he can refinance the car and actually pay it off before it breaks down.  Say it with me, #winning.

You get no real benefit from bad credit.  Really, it sucks.

Your Children’s College Fund.  Just because once upon a time you had money, doesn’t mean your children should get a free ride towards higher education.  Such privileges are a tool of the “The Man’s” master plan to stick the poor with debt they could never pay off.  So let your children take out $150,000 in loans to go to a school they only qualify for because of the color of their skin and major in Progressive Indoctrination.  Then don’t question why they can’t find a job to pay off the skyrocketing cost of tuition.

 Then you can be extra excited that they cut off the video game, get off the couch, and hang out at Occupy Mediocrity, rather than starting a business or engineering the new technology of the future.  Just think about it.  It didn’t cost you a single red cent.  You beat me to it, #winning.

And the last thing,  Your ID.  You know us poor minorities don’t own a birth certificate or social security card so it’s impossible for us to get an ID.  Be happy your old and every corner store that sells liquor and cigarettes won’t card you when you need to soak yourself in alcohol and vice to forget about how much your new life sucks.  And because you’re not of Hispanic descent when they card you for being drunk in public and you can’t show them proof of identity, they’ll just throw you in jail and wait for your prints to come back.  Don’t worry though, I’ll standby as they handcuff you and throw you in the back of a police car and complain about the unfairness of your treatment.  Then I’ll get my black behind into my car, bought with my good credit; drive to my home to sleep in my bed and prepare for the next day of fighting for and appreciating everything I’ve worked for.  

I dare you, or any of your lefty welfare is good buddies, to take the challenge.  Walk a couple miles in the shoes you’ve fought for.  Then tell me again how more people living in your welfare traps is a good thing.  Convince me the best thing for minorities is to accept the bullshit you call a worthy cause.  We are tired of being your charity case and when the majority of the black community awakens to your lies, you’ll wish I really could shoot through the TV.

Newt Gingrich & The I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T Woman

December 6th, 2011 | By Sonnie Johnson

It’s time to take a look at Newt.  First, a few admissions.  During the ’90’s I wasn’t paying attention to the White House, the House of Representatives, or anything else politically orientated.  I don’t know Newts’ tactics as Speaker of the House or how he wielded and controlled the power he held.  To make it even worse, I’m going to use the words of the left to justify my points. 

Sorry Newt, I don’t know how this will end but here goes.

Whenever the left needs to justify their massive policy failures, they always like to point back to the days of Clinton.  Bill Clinton left us with a balanced budget, a government surplus (which is a lie because we were still in massive debt), and a revamped and reformed welfare system.  In there finger pointing they forget one important fact, The President can’t pass a budget or set reform law.  He can only sign or veto the bills brought to his desk.  I’m just a Bill, a friendly reminder of how the process works.

So when those Senators and Representatives were arguing about welfare reform, Newt Gingrich was there.  And when Bill Clinton vetoed the first bill, Newt Gingrich was still there pushing and forcing his hand, (Boehner could learn from History).  And when Clinton vetoed the second welfare reform bill, Newt Gingrich held firm until a third bill was finally signed into law.   Clinton is to be afforded some kudos in this process.  He meet with the Republican controlled Congress.  He worked with Newt in the House and Trent Lott in the Senate.  But if it weren’t an election year, Bill Clinton would’ve never signed welfare reform. 

With all that being said, let’s jump to the I-N-D-E-P-E-D-E-N-T woman.  She has her own house, her own car, two jobs, work hard…..She a bad broad.  This sentiment is new to our culture.  Let me explain.  Before 2000, black women were still looked at as victims.  Remember most welfare programs were targeted towards young single women with children.  The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act also targeted these women.  It put restrictions on length of welfare assistance and required some form of employment to recieve benefits. 

Star Parker is a great example of this time period.  And in her book  Uncle Sam’s Plantation, you can read all about her story.

Most women on welfare were forced to go home and get jobs or go back to school.  It was no longer fun to be on welfare.  A decade later, you have the independent woman movement.  Women who not only refuse to wait for a man but also refuse to wait for the government.  These woman have households on their back, children to mold,  and undying spirit to do what HAS to be done.   They don’t care about politics or policies and they could give a damn about Newt Gingrich or Bill Clinton but in my opinion that was the beauty of Newt’s plan.

He removed the option of government assistance from the lives of women who were brought up under its influence.  He removed himself, bureaucrats, and dangling carrots from the lives of poor woman and those women pulled themselves up by the bootstraps.  They didn’t do it because of Newt.  These women didn’t take personal responsibility because government demanded them.  They were pushed into a corner and they did what most Americans do best, Found A Way To Conquer. 

In my personal circle, no one over thirty five is on or would accept welfare.  It’s something about the time period that molded these women that I look up to.   I see how tired they are while still claiming they want to go the club.  I see how scared they are no matter how hard they try to raise their children right, the world has more influence.  I see how stubborn they are to admit every once in a while they need help because their independence means everything to them.  And it’s not just financial independence.  It’s the mental independence to say I don’t care who’s in office, I’m going to do what HAS to be done to take care of me and mine.

Would this attitude exist if Newt Gingrich hadn’t pushed welfare reform?  Your guess is as good as mine.  But he did push welfare reform and he did fight to have it passed.  Whether you would grant him credit or not, his reasoning has come to fruition.  The modern I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T woman is proof.