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Born May 18, 1953; got saved at Truett Memorial BC in Hayesville, NC 1959. On rigged ballot which I did not rig got Most Intellectual class of 71, Gaffney High School. Furman Grad, Sociology major but it was little tougher than Auburn football players had Had three dates with beautiful women the summer of 1978. Did not marry any of em. Never married anybody cause what was available was undesirable and what was desirable was unaffordable. Unlucky in love as they say and even still it is sometimes heartbreaking. Had a Pakistani Jr. Davis Cupper on the Ropes the summer of 84, City Courts, Rome Georgia I've a baby sitter, watched peoples homes while they were away on Vacation. Freelance writer, local consultant, screenwriter, and the best damn substitute teacher of Floyd County Georgia in mid 80's according to an anonymous kid passed me on main street a few years later when I went back to get a sandwich at Schroeders. Had some good moments in Collinsville as well. Ask Casey Mattox at www.clsnet.org if he will be honest about it. I try my best to make it to Bridges BBQ in Shelby NC at least four times a year.

Monday, March 09, 2020

Black Political mischief in Alabama confusing the Integrity Vote

   The day after Super Tuesday the Al dot com media syndicate in Alabama came out with a piece about how King Makers of color in the black belt of Alabama jumped in with Bloomberg for their mutual pursuits and dollars in the pockets of Black powerbrokers. This a problem for the Democrat party in Alabama almost comparable to the mendacity folks like Bradley Byrne and Mike Hubbard play the politics of race and immigration.

    You should be able to google the Al dot com piece for King makers, Worley, Joe Reed and Bloomberg.

       The white president of Judson College for a long time tried to take a diplomatic virtuous road to move the black belt forward, but folks like Joe Reed were an impediment if it didn't benefit their power. So the beneficiaries of the Civil Rights movement, some of them are no better than George Wallace in the 60s, or Mayor Daley or you pick em.

     Here is what my friend Mart Gray, former Ex Director of the Alabama CBF, the good guys had to say on his facebook wall about the article.

    I quote him with permission:

        
When I first started working in the Black Belt of Alabama two decades ago, nothing could be accomplished without considering the political implications. Not that we were trying to do political things, but in the Black Belt, everything you do has political implications.
Why? Because repressed people learn how to consolidate what little power they have and wield it as effectively as possible. In that process, kingmakers and gatekeepers thrive. Those who are perceived to be able to steer the “power” are given inestimable deference. Go to any diminished community anywhere in the world and this dynamic will almost certainly be active.
Often these individuals begin with noble objectives. But the old adage holds true. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. And Joe Reed, with Nancy Worley at his side, is an example.
The single greatest thing one can do to empower communities and people who are disadvantaged is to allow them to TELL THEIR OWN STORY.
When people of the ilk of Reed and Worley are deposed, there is at least the opportunity for the community to speak for itself.
But other kingmakers and gatekeepers always await with licked lips. And, in my humble opinion, it is the responsibility of us that are majoritarian to listen not to the voices of the ambitious, but those of the vulnerable. They know what is in their best interest. They don’t want a free ride. They just want us to listen.
And, honestly, for a guy who likes to talk...that’s still a hard lift for me.

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