"The Wandering Herd"
That's the phrase that Tom Brokaw used to describe the American sheeple searching for answers to all their problems, and pronouncing "the end of dogma", which has been in effect "since 1980". A certain icon of conservatism was elected President of the United States that year, so we can draw some deductions which dogma he's referring to. Conversely, we suppose that the MSM's mouthpiece thinks the liberalism of Hillary and Barack isn't itself prone to dogma.
Yah, whatever Tom. Aren't you supposed to be retired? Why don't you go play golf or something equally harmless? Meanwhile we sheeple have some work to do looking for more fonts of dogmatism.
Today, M.L. King Jr. Day, is also traditionally the day when we here at The Black Republican start thinking forward to another birthday, that of our 16th President, the founding President of our party, and the namesake for this blog. As has been our habit, on that day we will present to some great American our award for The Black Republican of the Year - honoring him or her for dedication to efforts emblematic of our principles. For those unfamiliar with the award, it need not be given to someone of a given race, color, or national origin, or even of a given political party or ideology. The idea is not to pick our favorite pundit, politician, or personality, but to honor someone who has motivated the nation and its political discourse in some positive way that we can tie back to those ideas we think important.
Sometimes when I have announced nominations open for the award, I have offered suggestions of my own, but this year (thanks to overwork) I will simply ask for suggestions in the comments. As I come up with ideas of my own, I'll post them there.
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Clarence Thomas for his courage in standing up for the principles which he believes. For the courage it took to relive a painful past in order to allow us to gain insight into his life. And finally, for the courage to lay bare the glaring racism that exists today, not by those who are labeled as such but by "left-winged zealots draped in flowing sanctimony" and the "hypersensitive civil-rights leaders who saw racism around every corner" but fell silent in defense of a man who dared to believe in a different set of principles.
Posted by: Sue | January 25, 2008 09:04 AM