Jerome Hudson: [is living] The Life of a Young Black Conservative

[Jerome Hudson is a sophomore (spring 2009) at Tallahassee Community College with plans to transfer to Florida A&M University in the fall]

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While attending a black fraternity party, I recently learned it's a bad idea to profess one's affinity for Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, and Sean Hannity.

Worse, according to current polls, it appears I may be the only black 22 year old in America who will be voting for Sen. John McCain.

It's not that I was unaware that being a black conservative Republican puts me in the ultimate "minority." After all, Shelby Steele's classic article The Loneliness of the Black Conservative (http://www.hoover.org/publications/digest/3506941.html) has become an article of faith that I've all but committed to memory.

But I guess I had made the mistake of buying into all that liberal yammering about being "open minded" and supporting "diversity" that I'd deluded myself into believing that a civil, discussion about the herd-like ideological mentality of so many of my contemporaries suffer from was possible.

Boy, was I wrong. Big time!

My official "Negro" card got stripped away. I instantly lost my "blackness." And now, consequently, I am greeted with this: "Hey, y'all, here comes The Black Republican."

And that's when I think to myself, "Hmmm...so this is how it feels to be an "Uncle Tom."

Still, being labeled "The Black Republican" is undoubtedly a promotion from: "Hey, why are you dressed so nice? You got a job interview or something?" Or, worse, "Man, why are you talking like that? You sound white? Who do you think you are? A conservative Kanye West?"

But my path to ideological emancipation began where all the most important things always begin--with my father and mother. Growing up, my Army drill sergeant father was a firm believer in tough love. My parents instilled in us Christian values. But I believe that first part--having an involved mother and father--was critical. With 70% of all black babies being born out-of-wedlock, it's no wonder black poverty remains entrenched, welfare has become a way of life, and that many of my fellow young black male counterparts choose gangsta life over college.

But it wasn't until college that I realized I had been ensnared in what John McWhorter calls the "Cult of Victimology." One of my professors pointed me toward a world of literature I'd never been introduced to: Thomas Sowell, John McWhorter, Shelby Steele, Star Parker, Angela McGlowan, Larry Elder, Walter Williams--they obliterated the Leftist foolishness that floods my community.

It was then that my eyes were opened to the truth, a truth that my father was willing to give his life for, a truth that hundreds of thousands of American soldiers have paid the ultimate price to pass on to future generations. And that truth is this: America remains the greatest country that God gave to man.

So imagine me, a member of various organizations that largely consist of young black Americans, most of whom are "womb-to-tomb" Democrats and liberals, speaking openly about the many opportunities and blessings we enjoy in our great nation and refuting Michelle Obama's supposition that America is a "downright mean place.."

Can you say... ..social suicide?

"So Jerome," the partygoers asked, "you're REALLY a Republican?!"

Duh!??

Of course I'm a Republican! And your great grandparents were too!

Yes, I'm a member of the Anti-Slavery Party, the party responsible for: the 13th (abolished slavery), 14th (gave former slaves full citizenship rights), the 15th (gave slaves voting rights) amendments, the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (protecting southern blacks from the Ku Klux Klan), the Reconstruction Acts, and the 1866, 1875, 1957, 1960, and 1964 Civil Rights Acts.

And no, my brothers and sisters, yesterday's southern Democrats are NOT today's Republicans! If so, former Klansman, Sen. Robert Byrd--the highest ranking senate Democrat and President Pro-Tempore of the Senate--apparently didn't get the memo and forgot to switch parties.

But it's more than just the history. I'm proud to stand for self-empowerment, personal responsibility, strong family values, small government, low taxes, free markets, a strong military, and individual achievement, etc.

And don't even get me started on which side stands up for the precious 1.4 million unborn children (32% of whom are black), who will be casualties in the war inside the womb. When I see these so-called "black leaders" bashing conservatives for "racist policies," I wonder how they justify cheering on the political team who proudly defends the annihilation of 13 million black children (http://www.blackgenocide.org/home.html) since 1973.

And conservatives don't care about black people? I don't think so!

No, I think I'll ride with the team who says enough with the welfare cancer that has destroyed people's innate desire to achieve. Yes, I'll ride with the folks who respect me enough to consider me their equal and not insult me with Affirmative Action racism. Yeah, I'll ride with the gang who would rather create effective policies than emotional "feel good" symbolism that robs individuals of their desire to aspire.

So while it may take a little getting used to walking into college parties where I'm known as "The Black Republican," I now realize I am a newly inducted member of a rich tradition of ideologically emancipated black conservatives. And guess what? I'm more than cool with that. I'm proud, actually.

"The conservative Kanye West"?

Hmmm...

Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?

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Thanks Jerome, You've put it better than most college sophomores will ever be able to do, including me, when I was there.

So still, you see, I'm Karl

Remember:
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." --Benjamin Franklin

The Media Has Sunk So Far, They Can't Come Back...

Do you know who Jane Fonda is? I mean really know. Barbara Walters may be an idiot, or stupid, or something else, but Jane Fonda is guilty of treason and should have been hanged.

Here's something to let you know who she really is.

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JANE FONDA WAS (is?) A TRAITOR!

In Memory of my brother-in-law LT. C.Thomsen Wieland who spent 100 days at the "Hanoi Hilton"

A TRAITOR IS ABOUT TO BE HONORED

Jane Fonda is being honored as one of the '100 Women of the Century.' by Barbara Walters. Unfortunately, many have forgotten and still countless others have never known how Ms. Fonda betrayed not only the idea of our country, but specific men who served and sacrificed during Vietnam.

The first part of this is from an F-4E pilot.

The pilot's name is Jerry Driscoll, a River Rat.

In 1968, the former Commandant of the USAF

Survival School was a POW in Ho Lo Prison, often called the 'Hanoi Hilton.'

Dragged from a stinking cesspit of a cell, cleaned, fed, and dressed in clean PJ's, he was ordered to describe for a visiting American 'Peace Activist' the 'lenient and humane treatment' he'd received..

He spat at Ms. Fonda, was clubbed, and was dragged away.

During the subsequent beating, he fell forward on to the camp Commandant's feet, which sent that officer berserk.

In 1978, the Air Force Colonel still suffered from double vision (which permanently ended his flying career) from the Commandant's frenzied application of a wooden baton.

From 1963-65, Col. Larry Carrigan was in the 47FW/DO (F-4E's). He spent 6 years in the 'Hanoi Hilton', the first three of which his family only knew he was 'missing in action'. His wife lived on faith that he was still alive.

His group got the cleaned-up, fed and clothed routine in preparation for a 'peace delegation' visit.

They, however, had time and devised a plan to get word to the world that they were alive and still survived. Each man hid a tiny piece of paper, with his Social Security Number on it, in the palm of his hand.

When paraded before Ms. Fonda and a cameraman, she walked the line, shaking each man's hand and asking little encouraging snippets like, 'Aren't you sorry you bombed babies?' and 'Are you grateful for the humane treatment from your benevolent captors?' Believing this HAD to be an act, they each palmed her their sliver of paper.

She took them all without missing a beat. At the end of the line and once the camera stopped rolling, to the shocked disbelief of the POWs, she turned to the officer in charge and handed him all the little pieces of paper.

Three men died from the subsequent beatings. Colonel Carrigan was almost number four but he survived, which is the only reason we know of her actions that day.

I was a civilian economic development advisor in Vietnam, and was captured by the North Vietnamese communists in South Vietnam in 1968, and held prisoner for over 5 years.

I spent 27 months in solitary confinement; one year in a cage in Cambodia; and one year in a 'black box' in Hanoi My North Vietnamese captors deliberately poisoned and murdered a female missionary, a nurse in a leprosarium in Ban me Thuot, South Vietnam, whom I buried in the jungle near the Cambodian border. At one time, I weighed only about 90 lbs. (My normal weight is 170 lbs.)

We were Jane Fonda's 'war criminals.'

When Jane Fonda was in Hanoi, I was asked by the camp communist political officer if I would be willing to meet with her..

I said yes, for I wanted to tell her about the real treatment we POWs received... and how different it was from the treatment purported by the North Vietnamese, and parroted by her as 'humane and lenient.'

Because of this, I spent three days on a rocky floor on my knees, with my arms outstretched with a large steel weights placed on my hands, and beaten with a bamboo cane.

I had the opportunity to meet with Jane Fonda soon after I was released. I asked her if she would be willing to debate me on TV. She never did answer me.

These first-hand experiences do not exemplify someone who should be honored as part of '100 Years of Great Women.' Lest we forget...' 100 Years of Great Women' should never include a traitor whose hands are covered with the blood of so many patriots.

RONALD D. SAMPSON, CMSgt, USAF
716 Maintenance Squadron, Chief of Maintenance
DSN: 875-6431
COMM: 883-6343

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For those who wonder, here's the list (Oh, I didn't bother to count; neither my mother's name nor my wife's name is among them, and non of these women can hold a candle to either!):

Actresses, comediennes, and singers: Janis Joplin, Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Katharine Hepburn, Oprah Winfrey, Jane Fonda, Madonna, Bette Midler, Rosie O'Donnell, Vivien Leigh, Hattie McDaniel, Jessye Norman, Maria Callas, Marilyn Monroe, Celine Dion, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Marian Anderson, Greta Garbo, Lauren Bacall ...

Artists Georgia O'Keeffe and Frida Kahlo.

Photographers Margaret Bourke-White and Dorothea Lange.

Dancers Martha Graham and Isadora Duncan.

Poet Maya Angelou.

Writer Ann Landers.

Sports figures "Babe" Didrickson, Gertrude Ederle, Sonja Henie, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Wilma Rudolph, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Nadia Comenici.

Aviator Amelia Earhart and astronaut Lt. Eileen Collins.

Scientist Marie Curie.

Fashion designer Coco Chanel.

Executive Katharine Graham.

The created figure of Rosie the Riveter.

Women known for their activism or political involvements: Gloria Steinem, editor of Ms. Magazine, Rosa Parks, Margaret Sanger, Jane Addams, Ann Richards, Alice Paul, Helen Keller, Annie Sullivan, Rachel Carson, Betty Friedan, Phyllis Schlafly, Marian Wright Edelman, Anita Hill (the transcript calls her Anita Thomas at one point!), Mother Teresa, Margaret Mead, Madeleine Albright.

First Ladies Eleanor Roosevelt, Jacqueline Kennedy, Betty Ford and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Princess Diana. Heads of state Indira Gandhi, Golda Meir, and Margaret Thatcher.

And, though she says she is embarrassed to be included: Barbara Walters.

Another member of the "Band of Brothers" passes

It's really sad to realize that all the veterans of WWII who did so much for us, will soon be gone. The opportunity to learn from them will be forever gone.

Another Real Hero who received no "press". Isn't it wrong for our country to think pedophiles such as 'Jacko' are heroes and are setup as icons.

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Veteran and a part of the 'Band of Brothers', Darrell "Shifty" Powers, died at age 86, and was a hero on the battlefield and to his family.

By Neil Harvey

In a 2001 interview with The Roanoke Times, Darrell "Shifty" Powers talked about some of his experiences during World War II.

Powers, a United States Army paratrooper and sharpshooter, belonged to Easy Company, part of the legendary 101st Airborne Division. He recalled a bitterly cold day in the Ardennes when he was able to draw down on a German sniper, sighting his target by the misty cloud of the man's breath. He killed him with one shot.

"Right there," he said, touching his forehead. "Between the eyes."

But Powers, of Dickenson County, who died Wednesday of natural causes at age 86, was also reflective about such matters.

In the second-to-last episode of "Band of Brothers," an HBO miniseries that documented Easy Company's wartime exploits, Powers spoke on camera about the soldiers he fought and also hinted at the intrinsic tragedy of combat.

"We might have had a lot in common. He might've liked to fish, you know, he might've liked to hunt," Powers said. "Of course, they were doing what they were supposed to do, and I was doing what I was supposed to do.

"But under different circumstances, we might have been good friends."

Powers, who got the nickname "Shifty" playing basketball as a youngster, served three years in the Army during World War II and later worked as a machinist for Clinchfield Coal Corp. He found renewed notoriety when his military experiences were depicted on film and in the Stephen Ambrose book of the same name.

"He actually hadn't talked about it, his war years, until the book came out," said his daughter-in-law, Sandy Powers. "He gets fan mail from all over the world, and [phone] calls."

"For me and my kids, it's just amazing that our regular, sweet uncle was such a hero," said his niece, Cheryl Gilliland of Roanoke. "It sure changed his life in later years. He went places and met people he never would have otherwise."

Darrell Powers met a German soldier in 2005 who had fought against him at the notoriously brutal siege of Bastogne during the winter of 1944.

According to his son, Wayne, he had in September been scheduled to travel to Iraq to meet with U.S. soldiers, but health problems prevented it.

"He was so disappointed. He wanted to meet with the soldiers so badly," Sandy Powers said.

One of his closest friends, Earl McClung, of Colorado, in 2001 called Darrell Powers "a heck of a good soldier and a heck of a good shot."

"And he was there every time I looked up," he added.

"Our family had four boys and one girl, and I'm the only one left," said Powers' sister, Gaynell Sykes of Roanoke, on Wednesday. "He was a great brother. I know he was great at a lot of other things, too -- great father, great son, great husband."

In Honor of Ed Freeman

To remember what Ed Freeman did, consider this:

You're a 19 year old kid. You're critically wounded, and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley , 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray, Vietnam. Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8-1, and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the Medi-Vac helicopters to stop coming in.

You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you're not getting out. Your family is half way around the world--12,000 miles away--and you'll never see them again. As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.

Then, over the machine gun noise, you faintly hear that sound of helicopter, and you look up to see an un-armed Huey, but it doesn't seem real, because no Medi-Vac markings are on it.

Ed Freeman is coming for you. He's not Medi-Vac, so it's not his job, but he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire, after the Medi-Vacs were ordered not to come.

He's coming anyway.

And he drops it in, and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 2 or 3 of you on board.

Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire, to the doctors and nurses.

And, he kept coming back--13 more times--and took about 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out.

Medal of Honor Recipient, Ed Freeman, died in August 2008 at the age of 80, in Boise, Idaho; May God rest his soul.

Since the Media didn't give him the coverage he deserves I'm posting this here so it will be available as long as Blogspot.com allows it to stay.

THANKS AGAIN, ED FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR OUR COUNTRY.

SHAME on the liberal, communist and vile, repulsive anti-Christ media!