Tag: All Men Are Created Equal

• The Only Problem With The Rule Of Law Is That It Can’t Enforce Itself

  A great idea is only that – a great idea – until somebody drags it kicking and screaming into reality. Inventions don’t invent themselves. An engaged, sentient mind must do the inventing. Humans aren’t the only intelligent creatures capable of “inventing” things. Prior to the first beaver building its first dam, no such thing existed.…

  A L Katz

  January 31, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, American News Media, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, Election 2020, The Nature of Evil, Treason

  All Men Are Created Equal, Beaver dams, Benefits Of Freedom, Constitution, Cruise Control, DIY, Do Unto Others, E Pluribus Unum, Inventions, Self Government, Slavery, Stolen Labor

• Hey, White People, Go Back Where YOU Came From!

  Here’s the biggest open secret there is: the thing driving America’s national crisis to its boiling point is racism. In America, that only means one thing: white people being racist toward literally everyone else. Our problem isn’t Black people hating on Asian people, Asian people hating on Latinos, Latinos hating on Jews or Jews hating…

  A L Katz

  January 29, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Culture, Freedom, Racism, Republicanism, Slavery, The Nature of Evil

  All Men Are Created Equal, American Exceptionalism, Competition, E Pluribus Unum, Level Playing Field, Originalism, Racism, Ripple Effects, WASPS, White Supremacy, Whiteness

• Black Americans Understand America’s Promise More Than White Americans Ever Have

  The whole American franchise – our experiment in human self government – rests upon one thing: the vote. That’s where the self-government starts. If you screw with the vote, you’re screwing with the whole concept of self-government. If you stop some people from voting because of their race or creed in favor of others (because…

  A L Katz

  January 16, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Freedom, Racism, Republicanism, Slavery

  All Men Are Created Equal, American Exceptionalism, Citizenship, Constitution, Constitutional Amendments, E Pluribus Unum, Experiment In Self-Government, Founders, Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, The Vote, Voting

• Why Do Republicans Insist On Behaving Exactly Like Slave Masters?

  Never mind permanent minority rule, if the Republican Party could really have its way with America? They’d bring back slavery. That’s even more than they already have. In a number of disturbing ways, slavery really never ended in America. It shape shifted. Slavery, at its core, is stolen labor. The whole point of having a…

  A L Katz

  January 12, 2022

  Corruption, Culture, Freedom, Racism, Republicanism, Slavery, The Nature of Evil, Universal Basic Income (UBI)

  All Men Are Created Equal, Benjamin Franklin, Black Wall Street, Civil War, Confederacy, Cost Benefit Analysis, Moral world, Permanent Minority Rule, Racism, Restoration, Slavery

• Some Americans (White Ones) Think They’re The “Most Equal” Americans Of All

  The white, Christian, land-owning authors of America’s Constitution set us up for failure the moment they penned “All men are created equal” without actually meaning “all men”. They screwed the pooch just as badly (if not worse) by meaning JUST men. So, the fix was in from the start. America was doomed because while aspiring…

  A L Katz

  December 6, 2021

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Culture, Election 2020, False Patriotism, Freedom, Republicanism, Slavery, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, American Constitution, American Exceptionalism, Antonin Scalia, Bill Of Rights, Conservatism, Democracy, Diversity, E Pluribus Unum, Originalism, Slavery, Stolen Labor

• America’s Love For Guns Is Directly Related To America’s Love for Racism

  America isn’t the only country with a racist past. We are however the only (first world) country to have both a racist past and a deep, abiding love for guns and gun culture. America didn’t have to succumb to racism at its birth; that was a choice we made – an economic choice. But for…

  A L Katz

  December 2, 2021

  American Exceptionalism, Gun Control, Racism, Republicanism, Second Amendment, Slavery

  Adam Lanza, All Men Are Created Equal, Aurora CO, Confederate Economy, Ethan Crumbley, Gun Control, James Holmes, NRA, Open Carry, Pulse Nightclub, Sandy Hook, Slavery

• Everyone Has Their Point Of View But Not Every Point Of View “Has A Point”

  Does a raging, racist a-hole have a point? We know they have a point of view; they’re happy as hell braying it. But do these guys have a point to make? Do they? Is their racist, ignorant point really one we should take seriously? Consider the professional criminal. He knows what he’s doing is completely…

  A L Katz

  November 30, 2021

  American Exceptionalism, Branding, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, Republicanism, Trump

  ‘Both sides do it’, All Men Are Created Equal, American News Media, Climate Denial, E Pluribus Unum, Gerrymandering, Justice, Kool-Aid, Point Of View, Rule of Law, Voter Suppression

• America Is Only Just Realizing It Has A “White Audacity” Problem

  The Kyle Rittenhouse verdict — in every way — points to how completely off kilter America is. “Self defense” now means you can provoke others to violence by threatening them with your gun but it’s their problem because their fists scared you into shooting them. Somehow hands grabbing a gun defensively equals bringing a gun…

  A L Katz

  November 20, 2021

  Corruption, Culture, Racism, Republicanism, Slavery, Trump

  Ahmaud Arbery, All Men Are Created Equal, Audacity, Dr Seuss, Kenosha, Kyle Rittenhouse, Level Playing Field, Manifest destiny, Sneetches, The Big Lie, Verdict, Vikings

• “Originalism” is Racism In A Judicial Robe

  I almost admire the conservative ability to wardrobe utter bullcrap as serious legal argument — and get away with it. “Originalism” is one hundred percent pure, unadulterated bullcrap. The tell? It holds this truth to be “self evident” — that “all men are created equal”. Except the white, Christian, land-owning men who wrote and stood…

  A L Katz

  November 19, 2021

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Culture, Racism, Republicanism, SCOTUS, Slavery, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Antonin Scalia, Bible and Slavery, Civil War, Diversity, E Pluribus Unum, Miscegeny, Originalism, Paul Brest, Republican agenda, Slavery

• The American Dream Isn’t So Much “Success” As The Level Playing Field That Makes Success Possible

  American Exceptionalism is a very real thing. Let’s be crystal clear first what it isn’t: rich white guys and their money. That’s what rich white guys and their money want us to believe — that without them, America wouldn’t be America. That has always been top-of-the-line, the best-money-can-buy horse shit. Money has always played a…

  A L Katz

  November 11, 2021

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Culture, Freedom, Racism, Universal Basic Income (UBI)

  All Men Are Created Equal, American Exceptionalism, American Revolution, Bubonic Plague, E Pluribus Unum, L'Anse Aux Meaadows, Level Playing Field, Money, Pilgrims, UBI, Virginia Colony