THE WORD IS JEW or in this case JEWS

I know, I know,  I have often been reproached for being a rather grumpy and annoyingly impetuous old fart but then again thats why I invented blogging (I was blogging way long before Al Gore invented the Internet Machine). On occasion we have perused our nation's lawmakers in their daily posturings as recorded in "the Record" and have been always surprised whenever we come across a truly awful or inspiring bit of verbiage that sort of transcended the commonplace of their petty politicking; and then there are the moments -if you will-

 that leave us despondently disappointed. We found ourselves thus this morn when we came across Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee's comments anent the 70th(!) anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. I know Rep. Lee - who hails from Queens, NY as yours truly - and now is an outstanding representative from the Houston area - was only expressing how she saw the heartfelt significance of the day. In attempting a sort of unified field theory on atrocity and suffering she, unfortunately, left out much. And to a similar extent so did her fellow representative from Texas, Marc Veasey, whose words were a little awkward to bear but I bet he too spoke with heartfelt consideration . To commemorate such an event as this taking place at such a place and, yet, to leave out of one's remarks, however well-intended, the word Jews, is benumbing at best. As for Rep. Lee's sloppy terminology and regrettable mutuality I feel that I, if I were to go too strongly into this right now, would perhaps be doing more harm than good. It is sufficient-in these times-to, hopefully, bring these thoughts to someone's kind attention. SPEECH OF HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE OF TEXAS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2015

• Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

• It is fitting today to remember those who experienced the depth of human cruelty in that camp and all other Nazi concentration camps.

• It is estimated that over one million prisoners perished at the Auschwitz concentration camp over the five years that it was operational.

• I grieve for those lost souls, but I give thanks for the 7,500 prisoners who were liberated 70 years ago today.

• The stories of those survivors ensure that we remain vigilant and dedicated to combating hatred and oppression in all its forms.

• For that reason, I would also like to bring attention to the ongoing massacres and human rights violations being carried out by the militant terrorist organization Boko Haram in Nigeria.

• Just like the actions of the Nazis during World War II, the actions of Boko Haram today are an affront to human life and dignity.

• From their first violent uprising in 2009, to the massacre in Baga less than one month ago, Boko Haram has been waging a war that has cost an estimated 10,000 lives, and displaced more than one million people.

• I thank Secretary Kerry for his active role in supporting the Nigerians in their efforts to combat Boko Haram.

• I also thank the United States military, for providing the Nigerian military with trainers and specialists to aid them.

• But there needs to be more.

• These atrocities must not be permitted to continue, and we must do everything within our power to stop the kidnapping and killing of innocent men, women, and children across Nigeria.
  

HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE -- (House of Representatives - January 27, 2015)

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   (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

   Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, ``Work makes you free.''
   

Today, I was thinking about that sign and about the psychological impact and the sadness that it must have had on millions of Holocaust survivors and on victims of the Holocaust as they walked into the concentration camps 70 years ago in Auschwitz and saw that sign, knowing they would never make it out free.
   

I rise today

 in remembrance of the 10th anniversary of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

   On this day, we must take a moment to honor the memory of the millions who lost their lives and of those who survived but experienced unspeakable horrors. We must always remember the tragedy of the Holocaust in order to ensure that this dark time in human history is never repeated. Injustices and violence against any person because of one's faith, race, or ethnic background should never be tolerated. Today and every day, we must honor the memory of the Holocaust victims and ensure we renew our commitment to ``never again.''

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 AND TWO YEARS LATER:

 INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY

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                               speech of

                        HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Ms. JACKSON LEE:

 Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, for anchoring this Special Order and rise to remember and mourn the millions of souls lost in the Holocaust, the worst instance of man's inhumanity to man in human history.

 Nearly 72 years have passed since the end of World War II but for those who survived, and the descendants and relatives of those who perished, the Holocaust is not ancient history but a reminder of the evil that can be unleased when humans give into their worst instincts and appetites. The Holocaust's magnitude of destruction numbered more than 12 million deaths, including 6 million Jews and 1.5 million children (more than 2/3 of European Jewry), and the ramifications of prejudice, racism and stereotyping on a society.

 A haunting quote in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum refers to the story of Cain and Abel: The Lord said, ``What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground (Genesis 4:11). 

 The Holocaust forces us to confront uncomfortable questions such as the responsibilities of citizenship and the consequences of indifference and inaction, and the importance of education and awareness. The Holocaust is a testament to the fragility of democracy. We must resolve to resist prejudice and intolerance in any form. It fills me with grief to know that the leaders of nations can destroy their own, as did the Nazi regime. Yet I hope that we can continue to strengthen the means by which we can pursue justice. 

 And I am saddened, outraged, and embarrassed that the current President of the United States could think it appropriate to issue a statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day that fails to make any mention of the defining crime of the 20th Century, the murder of 6 million persons for no reason other than they were Jews. But the vast majority of Americans remember and are united in this prayer and promise: Never Again. Thank you, Congresswoman Kaptur, for holding this important special order.

 I include in the Record the following statement from the President regarding International Holocaust Remembrance Day: The White House Office of the Press Secretary [For Immediate Release--January 27, 2017] Statement by the President on International Holocaust Remembrance Day It is with a heavy heart and somber mind that we remember and honor the victims, survivors, heroes of the Holocaust. It is impossible to fully fathom the depravity and horror inflicted on innocent people by Nazi terror. Yet, we know that in the darkest hours of humanity, light shines the brightest. 

As we remember those who died, we are deeply grateful to those who risked their lives to save the innocent. In the name of the perished, I pledge to do everything in my power throughout my Presidency, and my life, to ensure that the forces of evil never again defeat the powers of good. Together, we will make love and tolerance prevalent throughout the world. ____________________ 

 

The White House

                     Office of the Press Secretary

               [For Immediate Release--January 27, 2017]


 Statement by the President on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

       It is with a heavy heart and somber mind that we remember 
     and honor the victims, survivors, heroes of the Holocaust. It 
     is impossible to fully fathom the depravity and horror 
     inflicted on innocent people by Nazi terror.
       Yet, we know that in the darkest hours of humanity, light 
     shines the brightest. As we remember those who died, we are 
     deeply grateful to those who risked their lives to save the 
     innocent.
       In the name of the perished, I pledge to do everything in 
     my power throughout my Presidency, and my life, to ensure 
     that the forces of evil never again defeat the powers of 
     good. Together, we will make love and tolerance prevalent 
     throughout the world.

                          ____________________
 

(Perhaps we have a reader after all) 

 

My Zayde Was One Yr-Old and McKinley was Just Elected

From the pages of our THE SPADE IN THE DARK LOAM (in case you missed it and you probably did)


The country was in "another economic crisis" and the Republicans had just won control of both houses of Congress two years before ( not that it pertains to anything that goes today I just like to say that):
 

Richard Franklin Pettigrew, Senator from South Dakota 1889-1901

(From THE COURSE OF EMPIRE- An Official Record by Sen. R.F. Pettigrew, South Dakota: Page 581- an excerpt from a speech made by Senator Pettigrew in Sioux Falls, SD on Nov. 14, 1896.)

“I remember a millionaire told me not long ago that no man ought to complain because one man had accumulated an enormous fortune. He said nature was an inexhaustible store house and any man could draw from it whatever he chose. He said, “why don’t they go and by toil and industry and self-denial accumulate as we have accumulated?” I said to him let us carry this illustration a little farther. I said, suppose a thousand men were engaged in drawing from nature’s storehouse and in their number there was an additional one-a thousand and one. They delved and toiled each day to acquire a little wealth until each one’s pile had become perceptible. But they noticed this one man never toiled. They noticed that he was idle. That he slept mostly in the day time and that his pile of wealth was becoming enormous, towering above theirs. I said, suppose after while it was discovered that he went about in the night after their piles had-become sufficiently large so that by the taking of a hundredth part of each day’s produce from each one and adding it to his they would not notice it was gone. They had lost one hundredth part of what they had accumulated that day and they didn’t miss it from the pile, and he had got ten times as much as any other one. So his pile grew ten times while theirs grew once and it became ten times as great as either of theirs. Then I said, what would you think of your theory? I said that the great fortunes of this country, and yours among them, have been accumulated in that way. You, by legislation, have been able to take from each citizen a little sum of what he has earned each day, so small that he did not discover it that night, but only discovered it as time rolled by, and added it to yours until it is mountain high, without having produced one element of the wealth itself. That is exactly what has occurred and is happening, and it is exactly what the Republican party has decreed shall continue to happen. Now, fellow citizens I have talked longer than I intended to. I simply wanted to state again the issues in this contest.

SPORTS TALK With Sam

Back in November while clicking around the internet machine - eavesdropping on facebook - reading what people are talking about to one another- friends' conversations or so I imagine- (it seems I cannot understand why people want to expose their lives  in pictures like this- I mean they'll seemingly post everything they do

and have done as if there's a mad rush to conquer mortality by showing the world not only pictures of you and your latest tattoos but of your children and their friends and filling in profiles so Zuckerburg and Co can let everyone know its your birthday) I am like the rest in this regard in wanting to share or show off or expose (myself, of course) to whomever finds their way to my pages my thoughts and passions and diary-like expositions in the vainglorious expectation that someone will approve or not and by so doing let me know. If not so I tell myself I'll just continue to have this conversation with myself after all its just a blog. I sign up on other social media such as the facebook and click on those groups which I think I'll enjoy and spend some time reading the comments and especially enjoying the photographs that some people have included such as snapshots of old neighborhoods and landmarks and places where I had once been a kid or where my grandparents came from-stuff like that; and then there's the common pursuit of baseball fans (pick a sport) banding together to talk about their teams and players. Innocuous enough or so you would think. I hooked up with one of these- one of several New York Mets fans sites; calling themselves NY Mets Fans Who Don't Give A Damn How Many Rings the Yankees Have, a group much like many others- baseball enthusiasts, opinionated, not looking to harm anyone just enjoying the hometeam comraderie of, well,  baseball conversations. But as I read along with the seemingly well-schooled opinions I would notice an undercurrent that would be immediately recognizable to anyone who has ever found themselves in the wrong neighborhood of say, Queens, N.Y. circa 1958 or has voted Republican in every election since then:


Nov 5, 2014

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• John C As far as holding the ballplayers accountable for the illegal drugs they took, about half of them aren't even American citizens. Nelson Cruz came into our country and committed a crime. Instead of deporting his dumb ass, Mets fans wanna give him a 5 year $120 million contract.

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• John S Jason Bay was a character guy... eff that we need an arrogant, selfish, runs on the board jerk like Man Ram or Straw. Enough with these choir boys. I take Nelly over Grandy allday.

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• John C Part of me agrees with you, but all too often the PEDs catch up to the users, and they have a season where they played 15 games because of injury while collecting their $20 million salary. The Wilpons have already been screwed by too many of those contracts.

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Now correct me if I'm out of line but haven't you heard talk like this before? Perhaps in a neighborhood bar -a sports bar catering to Archie Bunker and his friends - or perhaps at a Steve Scalise rally ( now I'm being obnoxious). But just listen(read) John C's  words; "half of them aren't even American"..."came into our country".

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Chris  posted a photo to John C's timeline.

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• John C It wasn't bad enough that AIDS came from fags screwing monkeys in the jungle in Africa, now they give us Ebola. When are we gonna just bomb Africa?
  
  

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  I'm posting this video because he is talking about everything that ruined Dwight Gooden's career.

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  Charles Barkley: ‘Unintelligent’ Blacks ‘Brainwashed’ To Keep Successful Black Men Down [VIDEO]

  NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley spoke candidly about the problems facing the black community when appearing on a Philadelphia radio station, accusing

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     Pretty sad that he thinks that way. I guess he figures he's "intelligent."

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  • John C Barkley has said some dumb things, but I'd consider him for the most part intelligent. Judging this statement on its own, it's intelligent. It makes you think, and took a set of balls. Good for Barkley.

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  • Dave S Yes, he's an intelligent speaker. Yes, he says dumb things. I'd say this is one of them.

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  • Kc s As a black successful man I agree in some aspects but Barkley MADD mistakes himself. And this happens to all races. In terms of gooden drugs were his downfall I don't see the relation. It was his own demise

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  • John C Gooden's issues arose in Tampa with his old friends he grew up with. It's the saddest thing ever. He had a promising career that he threw away with help from the old friends who viewed him as little more than a means to fund their bad habits.

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  • John C And Dave, what's dumb about saying that Russell Wilson should focus on his career and ignore people who make foolish comments about him?

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  • Dave S Blanket statements are dumb, that's what I'm talking about.

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  • John C It wasn't a blanket statement. He was saying that this is an issue in the black community. The words "every single black athlete ever" was not part of his comments.

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  • Dave S It was. And it's not just about athletes.

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  • John C I agree with you on that part. The worst music Jimi Hendrix recorded was when he gave in to the people telling him he wasn't black enough. It also ruined the band Living Colour.

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  • Dave S Nothing to do with athletes: "....unintelligent,” “brainwashed” African-Americans of keeping successful ones down." "...we as black people, we’re never going to be successful, not because of you white people, but because of other black people. When you’re black, you have to deal with so much crap in your life from other black people." "....young black men who do well in school are accused of “acting white” by their peers. “One of the reasons we’re never going to be successful as a whole, because of other black people. And for some reason we are brainwashed to think, if you’re not a thug or an idiot, you’re not black enough. If you go to school, make good grades, speak intelligent, and don’t break the law, you’re not a good black person." There's more.

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  • John C Yeah, it's a societal issue. Speaking in hyperbole equates to a blanket statement to you? That's lame.

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  • Dave S Yeah, it's lame all right. Generalizations usually are.

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  • John C It's proper English to make a generalization in this case. He's saying in the black community this happens. It's a topic that calls for generalization. How was he supposed to say it in your view?

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  • Dave S Sorry, I don't agree.

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  • John C So, an anonymous source says Russell Wilson isn't "black enough," and Percy Harvin is traded to the team with the worst starting quarterback in the NFL within a week of each other. Coincidence?

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    Sam Enderby You yahoos should read Te-Nehisi Coates in the Atlantic on this very subject. In the meantime, C, you're probably the last person on earth to put in your lousy 2cents citing your recent "humorous" postings anent AIDS & Ebola

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  • John C Sam, are you in love with me or something?

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    Sam Enderby What a lovable guy you are!

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    Sam Enderby AND so funny...

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  • M Keogh Pretty disgusting comment.

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  • John C Sam, you're kinda a freak. Stay off my wall. The Mets are the only thing we have in common. Once baseball season ends, you're an asshole.

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  • Kc  Seriously that shit isn't cool sam

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  • John S Barkley is a stereotype of a dumb jock, he is probably passed out drunk at a blackjack table right now.

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  • John C Is blackjack his game?

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    Sam Enderby Hey, Kc, Lets change the name of this group to "NYMets Fans Who Don't Give A Damn How Many Klan Members They Have". What exactly "ain't cool"? Calling some jerk out for the racism he celebrates? God, the Mets must be proud to have such as yourselves as fans. And C calls me an asshole? Anyone else got something to say?

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    Of course I never heard from anyone from this group again. Not one person protested to this John C. -a group administrator- as if they found nothing wrong with his sentiments and expression, not even KC who is astonishingly a "brother". I however am an asshole for calling such ugliness to their attention.