Pedro's Podium: TEA v NAACP

One of the largest political movements has been making ripples in the American landscape over the since the latter half of 2008. Many on the left claim that the so called TEA Party started after the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States. To be honest the unrest over the growth of the Federal government has been growing across the nation for years. What is referred to as the TEA Party is not a political party. It is the thing that most politician fear the most; a movement of concerned citizens. Movements can be dangerous to politicians who only seek power. They can be very useful when the energy is focused toward a common goal.

There are many leaders and many independent groups that have collectively gathered into this movement. The common theme is an opposition to the continued growth of the Federal government. The ideas of the movement represent the convergence of a number of people not groups. The leaders of the Democrat party are still stuck on the idea that the TEA party is “Astroturf” that can be discredited and will die out as soon very soon. Their arrogant convictions that they’re answers are not only correct, but things that they are doing are supported by the vast majority of Americans. They are sure that their last electoral victory not only gave them unlimited power, but made all of their policies the only answers.

The TEA party is not perfect as there is nothing perfect. But there has been a collective movement by Democrats and general opposition groups to not only misrepresent the group but to discredit it. It seems that representatives of the Democrat party have been actively crash the TEA party and use any method they can imagine to cast a bad light on all aspects of the movement. The efforts to attack this movement went as far as the leaders of the Democrat party trying to spark racial incidences on the steps of the Nations Capital. The leadership has only made halfhearted attempts to make any outreach and try to understand the concerns of this group of American citizens.

The roots of the NAACP lay within the civil rights movement. People of color came together to fight the injustice of various governments within the USA. The fight against organized efforts to control members of a single racial group is not the brightest part of American history. The idea that the use of threats and intimidation were so prevalent in this country violates the basic principles of our founders and the ideas that founded our country. Although slavery was allowed under the original government, it was never meant to be a founding principle. The enslavement of one race should have never occurred and those who died to end the practice are not given enough credit for their sacrifice.

The NAACP for years has been nothing more than an arm of the Democrat party for many years. In many ways I see this organization as a means to control a major segment of the population and deliver a solid voting block. The thought that one organization representing one political party based upon the race of the members is an idea that stands against all logic. To think that there are many who consider that all persons of color think the same and have the same goals in life are laughable. It is true that this group looks to influence the policies of the party, but in the end the NAACP seems to only follow the party. But in many ways they now fulfill the function that was once preformed by the segregationist. They proclaim to speak for all people of color. I will not believe that the majority of those of African decent are of one mind.

There are too many members of the middle class whose heritage is totally invested in the American dream to think that they would support the socialist agenda now being pushed by the Democrats and by proxy the NAACP. There is strength in numbers and one voice backed up by many is a powerful voice, but is there a place for an organization whose mission is the advancement of a single race? Is it not time to advance ideas over racial policies?

With the election of a man of color to the Presidency it was considered that they would become irrelevant by people who did not understand what the organization has become. It is no longer an association that promotes the advancement and protection of civil rights for minorities, but to promote the progressive ideas of a political party.

The recent growth of the Progressive movement has moved many concerns of conservative Americans back into the mainstream conversation. For too many years the Left Stream Media have claimed to represent the mainstream of American thought. But for too many years the left coast has not represented American traditional society and has worked hard to redefine the nation. Urban, Suburban, and Rural Americans are seeing a great divide. This division is showing up everyday. There are divisions that are separating the black community as much as the white. This redefining of American values has taken hold in many parts of the country, but there are many who still prescribe to traditional values. The TEA Party and many members of the NAACP still hold those values. With a history very similar it would seem that these two movements have much more in common and differences.

The time for the politicians exercising control for their own good must end. It is time for the people to stand up and take back their country from those who only wish to control for the sake of their own power. It is time for those who want true freedom to speak up and renounce those who only wish to control. The TEA Party and the local NAACP have much more to relate to then to disagree. The NAACP national organization seems only wish to carry the water for the Democrats. The root goals of the TEA Party are to bring true political change. Although only one party is courting their support it can be seen that the support from the TEA party is not totally based upon the wishes of the leadership of any party. Real change will only occur when the country returns to the ideas of liberty and freedom that so many in this country hold dear. The current path is not a path that will lead to prosperity for all. It will only lead to the growth in power of a few with the enslavement of the masses. I really hope this is not the goal of the NAACP.

I would ask that all people to look how the TEA Party is being treated and compare that to the way the NAACP was treated when it was founded. You will find that this is a argument over power, it has nothing to do with the race of those in either group. Those who have power are willing to use anyone to maintain that power. The NAACP and the TEA Party must not allow themselves to be used by those who only seek power.

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