Allen West,Carol Savory, Lynn, Myself Allen West with SIRC Board Members
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An interesting and funny monologue from George Will
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One of the SIRC Board members, Michael Walters, does a very good job of recapturing what our speakers have to say.
This is a fuller review of what Allen West said this past Monday. (See 1 below.)
The feed back from the Dinner has been very favorable.
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At the end of Allen's outstanding and inspiring address, I believe someone asked him about talking at various schools, or something to that effect. This is one of his responsibilities and activities as President and CEO of The National Center for Policy Analysis. He mentioned that he was supposed to do so at The Savannah Classical Academy and the invitation had been withdrawn.
This created some misunderstanding and I want to set the record straight.
When I knew Allen had agreed to come to Savannah and be the SIRC's Guest Speaker at our Annual President's Day Dinner, I besieged him to also speak at the SCA and he said he would be happy to do so. I then approached Ben Payne, The School's Headmaster, and told Ben what I hoped to accomplish and I explained who Allen West was. Ben did some research and commented something to the effect that Allen was very conservative and I believe I said that it would be inspirational for the kids to meet and hear from him but decided not to press the matter.
Allen had several engagements prior to coming to Savannah and when he told me when he could get here I had already made other plans and I told him that he would not have to go to SCA and speak.
Allen was never dis-invited because I never pressed the issue with Ben. I have had issues regarding myself when it comes to the fact that some on the SCA's Board apparently believe I am too conservative etc. and, thus, rejected my offer to serve on their board if they so chose. I have done some other things for the school because I believe the SCA kids are being exposed to the kind of education, and in the kind of environment, I wish was being provided for all children not only in Chatham County but throughout the entire nation.
[I have been blessed to have served on The President's Commission on White House Fellowships and The Board of St. John's College (The Great Book's School and 3rd oldest college in our nation) and I I was fortunate to receive a decent education from prep school through law school so I appreciate what a solid education means and I lament the fact that we have "dumbed down" the future progeny of our nation, have allowed PC'ism to corrupt our campuses and society and liberal and progressive policies instilling a belief in entitlements and government dependency have harmed this nation, its family structure and connection to the church, and most particularly among members of our black community.
Though I understand the need for a leg up, I also am of the view, unpopular and controversial as it may be, that Affirmative Action and Racial Pandering have outlived their purpose and have been divisive.]
Consequently Allen may have mis-interpreted my reason for his not speaking at SCA, so I hope this clarifies and resolves the matter. Too bad the evening was such that a correction to Allen's misunderstanding was difficult to manage in front of several hundred people.
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Europe has trapped itself and when many of its Jewish citizens depart, as they are, for other shores the Muslim's they have allowed in will then come after them.
You can parse all you want when it comes to Muslims and the problems they cause in Western Society. It may not be PC but one cannot deny the fact they create serious problems.
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Abridged insights regarding a Bear Market from Porter Stansberry. (See 2 below.)
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Dick
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1) Opinion By Allen West
Restoring Key Principles At the SIRC annual dinner on February 15, retired Lieutenant Colonel (and former Congressman) Allen West led off his talk with a video illustrating the abject ignorance of the younger generation of how the economy works. The piece was a Fox News interview of the student organizer of the “Million Student March.” She called for the top 1% to pay for all the free stuff students want: tuition, forgiveness of debt and a minimum wage of $15 an hour. This really parrots Socialist Bernie Sanders’ pandering for votes by decrying the income imbalance from a capitalist system.
It was obvious in Neil Cavuto’s Socratic questioning of the student that she had no answers for how to possibly pay for all the extra free stuff. There is no substance to the 99%er cry for economic “justice” in outcomes when all the free market promises is equal opportunity to achieve.
What happens when the 1% decide to leave the country rather than pay 90% of their income to spread the wealth? What happened to Greece when they ran out of money from promising too much and had to default? Her answer pathetically was that there would always be a 1%. Never mind that the next 1% would have nowhere near the assets to pay for everyone else. Also she was genuinely incredulous of Cavuto’s next statement that even taxing 100% of the income of the top 1% could not pay for the student demands on tuition giveaways.
Confusion in the Student Class
A recent survey revealed that 43% of millennials (becoming adults after 2000) preferred socialism over capitalism. Yet when viewing some of the features of capitalism, they preferred the free market over the alternative.
As for relying on government power to try to achieve utopia, consider the wisdom attributed to Jefferson: "A government big enough to give you everything you want is one big enough to take away everything that you have."
West’s remarks were really directed to combating the ignorance of the student leader, but not blaming her as much as an education system and the mainstream press. These are the groups that ignore the principles of our Constitutional republic that allowed America to become the most successful and longest lasting form of government in the history of the world.
Can We Keep Our Constitution?
At the fragile start of this new experiment of government of, by and for the People, Benjamin Franklin was questioned on what had just been produced from the 1787 ratifying of the new Constitution. His answer: “a Republic if you can keep it.”
The implication was that the frailties of human nature would always push for majorities trying to take away the rights of the minorities and pandering for votes for extra benefits for many paid for by a wealthier few.
What is sorely lacking today is the teaching of civics and the value of the Constitution and free markets in creating more overall wealth and prosperity. Instead we have a culture of “participation trophies” which reward nothing but are feel good sentiments that decry success, in their “social egalitarianism”.
What else is disappearing is the original moral fiber encouraged by the Judeo-Christian beliefs of the founding fathers. Instead we see a morphing towards secular humanism which has served to empty the churches in Europe. There is also a diminished recognition of a higher authority. The latter belief motivated the Constitution authors to promote certain inalienable rights given by that higher authority. These rights are not benevolently given by the government in power, because some future administration could just as easily take them away.
Also absent is the belief in strength through military power, not only in the White House today but in Democratic presidential aspirants. The recent deployment of 500 troops to conflict riddled Helmand Province in Afghanistan was for show only, as they were told not to be combatants. (What are they then? Targets, who are not allowed to shoot back without reading Miranda rights?) Aircraft sorties against ISIS are constantly returning with full bomb loads for fear of “collateral damage”
Current Myths
Also promoted of late, by educators and the mainstream press, is the notion that Democrats have always supported minorities in this country. Totally forgotten was the main reason for forming the modern Republican Party in 1854: the abolition of slavery. Democrats formed the Ku Klux Klan. The first black members of the U.S.Congress after the Civil War were Republicans.
And it was a Republican Senator Everett Dirksen that led the passing of the Civil Rights Act, whose enactment was fought by Democrat and KKK member Robert Byrd.
It was Democratic President Lyndon Johnson who proposed the Great Society reforms which pandered to single mother households by rewarding the absence of fathers. At the time, 77% of black households with children had two parents. In contrast, now it’s 24%!
This “progressive” philosophy has only served to create the notion of “victims” instead of victors.
Crucial to Win in 2016
This may be the most important national election in a long time, not only for the domestic implications to preserve our Republic and constitutional values, but also for our reputation on the international scene.
As for litmus tests on supporting Republican candidates, West pointed out that in 2012, Republicans who stayed home on election day rather than supporting the eventual candidate caused the reelection of the current Administration and the disastrous decline in domestic and foreign policy positions.
West finished with an exhortation to connect better with young voters - the future of America. Use social media and other means to try to counter the liberal brainwashing they are getting in colleges and high schools.
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