Erosion

Re neighborhoods.

There is an incursion here of 'entitleds'. There is an increase in crime in this near eastside neighborhood. It seems like the 'barbarians at the gates'.

Thanks in great part to LBJ, the 'war on poverty' has become a war, in my opinion, for civilization.

First, I can imagine the lefties, etal, will see this as 'racist'. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is a condemnation of 'social programs' that have sapped much of our individuality/Constitutional Republicanism.

We are at the near 'border' of encroaching trouble. Our block is very near to people who have no regard for the principles that Founded our Republic. What I say now will be misinterpretated by those who choose to overlook what is right and decent.

'Oh gee. These people are just culturally different. They have the RIGHT to be GIVEN everything.' That thought and the other socialist precepts are why we are in the crapper now.

People should be taught to help themselves. Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime. Profound in its simplicity.

Those who are encroaching are just the opposite.

All of this is designed to screw up the ecomony and drive people apart. 'Divide et Impare'.

I know many people who are proud of their heritage. Many more seem to give lip service to it and scramble for everything they can get.

I have seen this before, around here and elsewhere.

Certain criminal elements move into a neighborhood. They destabilize. Cause 'panic'. They appeal to the lowest form of racism, encouraged by 'entitlement'.

Before I go on, I will tell you something about my brother.

He is my brother in some ways that my own brother was not. I love my late brother dearly. He taught me many of the skills and precepts that make me who I am now and much of what I extoll here is because of his example.

My other brother is black. Well, he has Indian blood too (just like me). He reaffirmed me to care about people, to see that content of ones character is more important than the color of ones skin. I have always known it, almost from the beginning of my life.

When I was a toddler, I could NOT understand racial references. There was always a question of 'wtf?' when it came to what people said re race, religion, opinions etc. Don't know if that's weird at such an early age, but it's the way I was and am now (I've tried to pass that on to my kids.).

I remember a statement of candor when I was very young, about 2-3. A black family had moved in next door. If I recall, the guy was a sergeant stationed in Indy. His kid was in the back yard. As toddlers will, she pulled her diaper off and was running free!. I said, "Golly baby. You're black all over! Candor. Wonder what J Jackson and A Sharpton etal would make of that?

Decent honest people are being supplanted by lawless mobs who only care for the fix, the next welfare check, the easy way out.

My hope is that all the programs are eliminated and people go back to fending for themselves, as did their forebears.

When folks need help, churches can do so, with the end that they find a way to work. Government has NO business there. Individuals can help one another. Many have, regardless of color nor anything else.

Getting past color might be a hurdle for some. Not so here! Associate with whom you will, but don't waste time hating such superficial crap.

We have a lot to learn from each other.

It will make us strong and those who would be our masters will be defeated.