LBJ, Obama, and 50 years of Progressive White Guilt

50 years ago today, President Lyndon Baines Johnson gave a State of the Union Speech in which he and the Democrats, who had until that point done everything humanly possible to oppose any manner of civil rights for blacks, including the filibuster of the Civil Rights Act by noted KKK member (a Grand Wizard) and long time Democrat Robert Byrd...  decided that it was time to stop oppressing blacks, and start "helping them"....

It was the birth of the Modern Progressive Movement, known as "The Great Society"... The speech, by Johnson, was lauded by so called 'liberal do-gooders' and marked the beginning of White Guilt...  the individual or collective guilt often said to be felt by some white people for the racist treatment of people of color by whites both historically and presently. On this day, Johnson declared an unconditional war on poverty in America. 

Sounds good right? Some white people did own slaves, and helping the poorest among us is never a bad thing, is it? Let me explain to you why this is so wrong. 

Sure SOME white folks owned slaves and stood on the backs of the poor to earn their fortunes. Did we all? No we didn't. Should we all be made to pay for those crimes? Should I feel guilty of my success because of the "sins of my Fathers"? Of course not...

Just like you, I am forced to compete in the world the way it is now. I treat people fairly and am responsible for my own actions. I cannot and will not be responsible for the lot of others in life, in the same way they are not responsible for mine.

More importantly, I am an American, just like you. Being an American means I can transcend my starting point and arrive at whatever height of success I choose and strive for. No one gets to DECIDE for me what I will be in life. And they can't decide for you either, unless you allow it... 

Until 1965, 82% of black households had both a mother and a father in the home -- a statistic on par with or even slightly higher than white families. 

After 1965 the presence of black fathers in the home began a precipitous decline; today, the American black out-of-wedlock birthrate is at 69%.

The policies instituted 50 years ago today have done incalculable damage to black families...

How about that whole "helping the poor" angle? Has to be some good there right? 

President Obama, who has continued the Liberal Progressive policies of LBJ, basically giving people free stuff, extending unemployment again and again for people who don't even look for work anymore. Has that lifted people out of poverty? No way. 

In fact, the poverty level under Obama has broken a 50 year record. 50 years of Progressive Social Policies and we have MORE poor, not less. 

Johnson promised that his Progressive Administration would be efficient, honest, and frugal... Has that happened? 

Efficient, Honest, and Frugal. Do I even need to discuss this? To call the Obama Administration ANY of these things is to insult the English language. Words would have no meaning anymore.... 

Iif this sounds to you like a racist rant, you're dead wrong. You're also a progressive, you can't be helped, and you should move along. Liberalism, after all, is a mental disorder... 

But if this topic is something you think we should have an debate on, then you are not Republican or a Democrat, you're not a liberal or a progressive, you're an independent thinker... And I have one simple question: Is social programming ruining America?