Jesse Jackson Jr.: 10th Amendment Is Racist

From: Tenth Amendment Center

t’s become pretty much a daily occurrence – one big government statist or another dredging up slavery and racism as THE reason to oppose decentralization, state sovereignty, and when you get right down to it, the federal system created by the Constitution.

Over the weekend, Jessie Jackson Jr. slapped down the race card.

“After all, it was the Tenth Amendment and states’ rights that protected the institution of slavery. The words ‘slave’ or ‘slavery’ did not appear in the Constitution. The institution of slavery, the Tenth Amendment and states’ rights are joined at the hip,” Jackson wrote.

I could easily debunk this asinine statement, pointing out the obvious – that the lack of the literal word “slavery” in the Constitution doesn’t prove that the federal government didn’t legally support the institution. It did. And Jessie Jackson Jr. surely knows this, as do most junior high history students. Then I could spend a considerable amount of time delving into the history of nullification and state assertion of sovereignty, showing how it was used by northern abolitionists to battle the federal Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.

I could tell the story of Joshua Glover, a runaway slave who was freed from prison and ushered along the Underground Railroad to freedom in Canada, and how the state of Wisconsin stood its ground, claiming “state’s rights” to aid those who helped Glover to freedom. I could examine the long list of evils states asserted sovereignty to battle, including child military conscription, free speech violations, unconstitutional tariffs and random deportation of foreign nationals at the president’s discretion.

But why bother? I’ve done this countless times, written volumes and made speeches. People like Jackson simply don’t listen. Their ears remain filled with the Siren Song of racism.

So I am going to simply accept Jackson’s premise. The Tenth Amendment, state sovereignty and nullification will always remain “attached at the hip” to slavery. I, as a proponent of limiting federal power to its constitutionally prescribed limits, must be a racist.

But if I am to truly embrace Jackson’s reasoning, I must conclude that he’s a racist too.

You see, the Democratic Party and slavery are joined at the hip.

It was, after all, the Democratic Party that supported the institution of slavery leading up to the Civil War. And it was the Democratic Party that embraced the KKK during reconstruction. In fact, the Ku Klux Clan was an informal arm of the Democratic Party in the late 1860s and 1870s. Klansmen not only targeted blacks, they also went after Republican politicians and engaged in voter intimidation. This helped the Democratic Party reestablish itself in the south during the post-war years.

In his book A Short History of Reconstruction, (Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., 1990), renowned historian Dr. Eric Foner wrote:

“Founded in 1866 as a Tennessee social club, the Ku Klux Klan spread into nearly every Southern state, launching a reign of terror against Republican leaders black and white.”

He went on to explain this “reign of terror.”

Jesse Jackson Jr. Blames The iPad For Killing Jobs

From: The Blog Prof

Want to 'create' jobs? I can tell you how to create an almost unlimited amount right now: ban technology. All technology. Agriculture by itself would take every man, woman and child into the field and be lacking for workers. Of course, even with such numbers working the fields, the crop yields would plummet. The reason is that we have invented technology that can do many jobs far more efficiently and cost effectively than we ever could with our hands. Such innovations have allowed us to move out of the fields and focus on other necessities. Technological advancement is a thing to be celebrated, not bemoaned. Unfortunately, those like Jesse Jackson Jr don't grasp such a simple concept or its value added to civilization: