{"id":2073,"date":"2013-04-11T09:36:50","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T15:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackactivistwg.org\/blog\/?p=2073"},"modified":"2013-04-15T23:12:06","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T05:12:06","slug":"barack-obama-the-21st-century-carpetbagger-for-the-u-s-power-elite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackactivistwg.org\/blog\/barack-obama-the-21st-century-carpetbagger-for-the-u-s-power-elite\/","title":{"rendered":"Barack Obama – the 21st Century ‘Carpetbagger’ for the U.S. Power Elite"},"content":{"rendered":"

Published in Issue 512 of The Black Commentator on\u00a0Apr 11, 2013<\/a>
\nRepublished in thepeoplesvoice.org on April 15, 2013<\/a>
\nBy Larry Pinkney<\/p>\n

\u201cNever be deceived that the rich will permit you to vote away their wealth.\u201d \u2013Lucy Parsons<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.\u201d \u2013Albert Camus<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The indefinite detention – NDAA signing, drone man Barack Obama is singularly the most insidious and hideous U.S. politician thus far in this 21st<\/sup> century. There is nothing \u2013 absolutely nothing – that he will not say or do in willing service to his corporate \/ military masters of the U.S power elite, at the horrible expense of everyday ordinary Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people.<\/p>\n

Barack Obama \u2013 the consummate political pimp, has taken the outrages<\/span> against ordinary people by his predecessor George W. Bush, to a level unmatched in the history of this nation or of humankind as a whole. He has (without Congressional approval) militarily attacked sovereign nations in Africa and the ‘Middle East.’ He has shredded the U.S. Constitution with his draconian (NDAA) indefinite detention law and his obscene ‘Kill List.’ He is now, in 2013, in the process of dismantling Social Security for senior citizens, the disabled, the needy, and the future; after<\/span> having already wiped out (in his first presidential term) the non-mandatory single payer universal health care option on behalf of his corporate pharmaceutical benefactors.<\/p>\n

To refer to Barack Obama, as a 21st<\/sup> century ‘carpetbagger’ on behalf of the Wall Street and military power elite is, quite frankly, an understatement<\/span>. He is far, far worse. His incessant obfuscated and misleading<\/span> rhetoric, combined with his brazenly opportunistic use of his slightly darker skin pigmentation, has horribly redefined, the already deplorable realities, of opportunism and exploitation.<\/p>\n

This man, Barack Obama, has proven to be the perfect tool for his Wall Street corporate \/ military masters and the U.S. corporate-stream media. He has proven to be the bane of humanity \u2013 all in the fallacious name of ‘progress.’<\/p>\n

White ‘Liberals’ and the Black Bourgeoisie <\/strong><\/p>\n

White ‘liberals,’ not to mention much of the leadership<\/em> of so-called ‘progressives, and the opportunistic black bourgeoisie (and its aspirants) in this nation, have overwhelmingly demonstrated that when it comes to principles and integrity they are virtually no different from their supposed foes of the so-called right wing. They outright support, or are complicit in supporting, U.S. wars, military incursions, U.S. occupations of sovereign nations, and the economic emaciation of the poor (at home and abroad) as long as these actions are carried out by their<\/span> perceived team \u2013 the Democrats. And the opportunistic and relatively small black bourgeoisie (adored by the U.S. corporate-stream media) is absolutely no different.<\/span> They rationalize these abominations abroad and at home in the name of the allegedly sacred name of supporting a \u201cblack\u201d head of the U.S. Empire. Massive hypocrisy notwithstanding, they have shown, in real terms, in the words of Albert Camus, that they are \u201con the side of the executioners.\u201d Indeed, in the words of Malcolm X, they are on the side of \u201cthose who want to continue the system of exploitation.\u201d They have joined the blood suckers of humankind at home and abroad. They too, are the ‘carpetbaggers’ of humanity and their betrayal is utterly repugnant and unacceptable.<\/p>\n

What Next for the Everyday People?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everyday ordinary people in the United States and throughout Mother Earth must understand that they \u2013 and only they \u2013 are the ones who can best and most effectively and collectively protect their own interests and human rights. This national and global corporate system of thieves, liars, and blood suckers will never<\/span> do such a thing no matter what their obfuscated rhetoric implies. Their rhetoric is nothing more than a distraction and a trap for the undiscerning.<\/p>\n

In this 21st<\/sup> century, we- the people \u2013 have the opportunity and obligation to relentlessly and collectively<\/span> pursue what is in our own best political, economic, and social interests. At stake is literally everything \u2013 the very existence of Mother Earth, and of we, her stewards.<\/p>\n

In the words of Lucy Parsons, \u201cNever be deceived that the rich will permit you to vote away their wealth.\u201d That \u201cwealth\u201d was, and continues to be, stolen and ill gotten wealth. Mother Earth belongs collectively to all<\/span> the everyday ordinary women and men who are her stewards \u2013 NOT to the blood suckers of humanity and their corporate-owned, war mongering political pawns.<\/p>\n

Remember: Each one, reach one. Each one, teach one. Onward, then, my sisters and brothers. Onward…!<\/p>\n

Larry Pinkney<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is a veteran of the Black Panther Party, the former Minister of Interior of the Republic of New Africa, a former political prisoner and the only American to have successfully self-authored his civil\/political rights case to the United Nations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In connection with his political organizing activities, Pinkney was interviewed in 1988 on the nationally televised PBS News Hour, formerly known as The MacNeil\/Lehrer News Hour, and more recently on the nationally syndicated Alex Jones Show. Pinkney is a former university instructor of political science and international relations, and his writings have been published in various places, including The Boston Globe, San Francisco BayView newspaper, Black Commentator, Intrepid Report, Global Research (Canada), LINKE ZEITUNG (Germany), 107 Cowgate (Ireland and Scotland), and Mayihlome News (Azania\/South Africa). He is in the archives of Dr. Huey P. Newton (Stanford University, CA), cofounder of the Black Panther Party. For more about Larry Pinkney see the book,\u00a0Saying No to Power: Autobiography of a 20th Century Activist and Thinker<\/a>, by William Mandel [Introduction by Howard Zinn]. (Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to read excerpts from the book.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Published in Issue 512 of The Black Commentator on\u00a0Apr 11, 2013<\/a>
Republished in thepeoplesvoice.org on April 15, 2013<\/a>
By Larry Pinkney<\/p>\n

\u201cNever be deceived that the rich will permit you to vote away their wealth.\u201d \u2013Lucy Parsons<\/p>\n

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