[Vision2020] real slavery?

Thu Jun 12 14:33:40 PDT 2008

First, I said that what Williams said was "stupid, beyond grotesque . . . "  I trust that Gary understands the difference between that and my calling the man himself "stupid, beyond grotesque . . ."  I trust also that Gary doesn't much care, but I do.  Williams may really be stupid, but it's not for me to make that call, and I didn't.

Second, it doesn't require a degree or professional expertise in economics, history, or taxation to point out Williams' lamentable comparison.  That such a comparison is the fruit of a degree and professional expertise isn't my problem.

Third, I am no more nor any less a "spokeswoman" for my faith than anyone else.  But in my housewifely ignorance of taxation and economics, I do know a bit about the Bible.  Thus, between floor-moppings, I do find myself defending, without apology, the distortion of Christian teaching seen here.  Guess what?  I will 'til my dying day.

Fourth, I kinda prefer "Ms. Keely Emerine Mix," and "housewife" doesn't really do it for me -- at least, not without the "bored, strident, bon-bon eating" modifier.  Still, I'm privileged to be an at-home mom and trust that other moms are accorded a bit more respect from Gary than I am.  Gosh, I have nice kids AND the laundry's all done.  From my perspective, life's good.

Keely

From: jampot at roadrunner.com
To: kjajmix1 at msn.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] real slavery?
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:28:44 -0700

Let's see, Dr. Walter E. Williams, distinguished economist 
and professor, author of over 150 publications on labor and the economy and, oh 
by the way, African American has an opinion on slavery and the current state of 
taxation in the United States.

Mrs. Keely Mix, lily white housewife with, to the best of 
my knowledge, zero expertise in any field relevant to this topic also has an 
opinion. She opines that Doctor Williams is "...stupid, beyond grotesque, 
beyond insensitive, and beyond belief..." She then holds herself out 
as noted Christian spokeswoman to apologize for others imagined bad 
behavior.

Who's bringing more game to the arena? Williams 
writing at a major forum for all of America to see and comment or 
Mix ranting on our little local bulletin board, waiting for her like 
minded crony pals to effusively congratulate her for her excited exclamations. 
You decide.

I guess I'd have an opinion as well if my sides 
didn't hurt so much from laughing.

g

"If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, 
under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy."
---Thomas Jefferson 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: 
  keely emerinemix 

  To: vision2020 at moscow.com 
  Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 11:34 
  AM
  Subject: [Vision2020] real slavery?

My nomination for "Most Offensive, Outlandish, Insensitive, 
  Inaccurate and Divisive" post of the month is yet again from Courtney's 
  Right-Mind blog, wherein he features Walter Williams, an African-American 
  libertarian conservative, commenting that real slavery still exists 
  today.  

No, not the women of Sudan, or the women of the FLDS, and 
  not immigrant children in U.S. cities, nor poor men and women in Third World 
  nations throughout the world.  The truly enslaved are, to Williams, 
  Courtney, and other foaming libertarians, the American Workers.  Yes, 
  Williams calls "slavery" the government's tax claim on the income of the 
  American worker.  This "slave" apparenlty toils from January to the end 
  of April every year to satisfy the State's thirst for providing social service 
  programs -- some "Christian" libertarians call this "theft" -- and inflating 
  an ever-bloated war machine brought about, curiously, by a "conservative" 
  President.  This is the real slavery of history, Williams asserts, and 
  Courtney, ever one to gild the rotting lilly, tags the post with another 
  mocking slam of Moscow's liberals, those of us who protested "slavery" in 2004 
  in light of the pompous melange of stupidity and horrid judgment that is 
  "Southern Slavery as it Was."  Boy, he's just dying to see us repent and 
  come to his side, where men are men, slaves are his kind, and liberals are . . 
  . well, withering in a haze of daft posturing and naivete.

To equate 
  the American wage earner as a victim of slavery, and a victim just as "owned" 
  and exploited as the African slave of the Southern States, is beyond stupid, 
  beyond grotesque, beyond insensitive, and beyond belief -- almost.  But 
  since this covenant head and chosen one of God has found his home in a 
  theology that rationalizes inaction in addressing racism, injustice, and 
  poverty and rests in the presumed "laziness" of the poor -- see his pastor's 
  blog on the Proverbs, poverty, and laziness -- I guess it's not too 
  surprising.  What is surprising, what continues to puzzle me, is how Dale 
  and his buddies manage to find anything at all appealing in the person and 
  work of Jesus Christ.  They've constructed a patriarchal palace 
  buttressed by dubious theology and alliance with the hyper-free market secular 
  world that constitutes something that may be a religion, but is nothing like 
  the Christianity of the Bible.  But Jesus -- he doesn't change, he can't 
  be tampered with, and he embodies those things that our covenant libertarians 
  seem to find truly offensive.  The attraction escapes me . . 
  .

It's disgusting, and I apologize yet again for this sinful 
  misrepresentation of How Christians View Slavery, the State, and 
  Injustice.

Keely

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