Today's Insight

Reparations...Blood Money

The desire of those looking for compensation for the blood sacrifice of their ancestors is no more than Judas accepting his thirty pieces for the betrayal of the "Son of man". To accept monetary compensation stains the soul of those desirous of it but will not cleanse the soul of those who provide it. This is typical of so many self-righteous, hypocritical politicians both black and white. This movement for monetary reparations is led, I am told, by Representative John Conyers of Michigan, a Democrat, when it was only three decades ago when Mr. Conyers was told of a major computer corporation that was doing a disservice to the nation via the Department of Defense, but he rationalized that was not within the realm of his jurisdiction. It was later discovered that this computer firm was one of his major contributors. (Letter on file about this contact can be e-mailed upon request.) One black Congressional representaive from Mississippi claimed there was a tie end to reparations for slavery and the legitimate claims by black farmers today...quite a stretch wouldn't you say? Nevertheless, for black politicians to promote a buy-out for the services and sacrifices made by our ancestors for paper currency that's running close to minimal in today's world economy shows plantation ignorance if not outright stupidity. At least Judas had enough sense to accept silver. As one comedian put it, if reparations were paid, you would probably just see a rise in the sale of Cadillaxes [sic] and corner liquor stores as shown in today's (6-25-09) Roanoke Times newspaper.