Sometimes I forget that younger people don’t know things I know. My youngest grand son came over yesterday to put some new pads in one of our swamp coolers for me. After he finished he came in and sit a while with me while I was on the computer. I happened to be reading BC comments on this thread. He wanted to know what I was reading about. I told him about the voter intimidation by the New Black Panthers.

He had no idea of what I was talking about.

So…I had to try and explain it. I jumped in to the last part and by his questions I determined that for him to understand completely I had to start at the beginning.

So, once again, YouTube had some material. I found a series on the Black Panthers, both the old and the new.

I wrote down the URL and told him to watch the five part series and then to start reading about the voter intimidation that happened in 08.

The New Black Panther Party PT.1

I also told him to remember the bias of the media when he watched the videos and if he wanted to get more info he would have to go to internet and look up some books to get our library to borrow.

Today he called and said that something had to be done. I asked him what he thought should be done. He said:

When the law only works for some, it ain’t gonna work for anybody and that Holder and everybody else should be arrested and convicted. I asked him who could arrest people in the U.S. Justice Dept., especially with Obama as our President.

He suggested the FBI and I said maybe they could but I didn’t think they would, then he said if they couldn’t or wouldn’t to get our Military to arrest them. I suggested that it wasn’t their duty unless the President ordered it done and that I knew that would not happen.

He was at a loss. But later he called and said that someone needed to make a citizens arrest.

I was impressed but assured him that they would not succeed and would be laughed at. His answer was that even so, maybe it would get enough or the right peoples attention and something might come of it. I inquired who the “right” people were?

He was once again stumped, but I know he is still thinking about it.

Kids nowadays, what are you going to do with them?

Well, my idea is that you had better start teaching them how to think for themselves and not believe everything they hear, read or even see and to stand against injustices.

“”Were the talents and virtues which heaven has bestowed
on men given merely to make them more obedient drudges,
to be sacrificed to the follies and ambition of a few?
Or, were not the noble gifts so equally dispensed
with a divine purpose and law,
that they should as nearly as possible be equally exerted,
and the blessings of Providence be equally enjoyed by all?”

Samual Adams

Papa Ray