Obama Addresses The Haters And Race Baiters In Stirring Dallas Tribute

Obama makes a point to all the haters yesterday at Dallas Tribute to slain officers.

"And I'm reminded of a passage in John's Gospel: 'Let us love not with words or speech but with actions, and in truth'.  .....In our society we choose to underinvest in decent schools, we allow poverty to fester so that entire neighborhoods offer no prospect for gainful employment, we refuse to fund drug treatment and mental health programs,.

And then we tell the police, 'you're the social worker, you're the parent, you're the teacher, you're the drug counselor. We tell them to keep those neighborhoods in check at all costs. We flood communities with so many guns that it's easier for a teenager to get his hands on a Glock than it is on a computer or a book. And, do so without causing any political blowback or inconvenience. Don't make a mistake that might disturb our own peace of mind. And then we feign surprise when periodically the tensions boil over.

We know those things to be true, we've known that for a long time. Police, you know it. Protesters, you know it.  You know how dangerous some of the communities these police officers serve are. And you pretend there is not context. These things we know to be true, And if we cannot even talk about these things honestly and openly - not just in the comfort of our own circles but with those who look different from us or bring a different perspective - then we will never break this dangerous cycle."

- President Barack Obama in his speech at the Dallas Memorial for five slain officers Tuesday

Sadly, most of Obama's speech and words - powerful as they were, encompassing as much veracity and integrity as they did - will be outright rejected by those more accustomed to speeches "at the third grade level" - as one commentator put in on Chris Hayes' 'All In' last night. This is sad, because at third grade level nuance escapes minds in favor of bombast and buffoonery. The clown and his antics prevail over the temperate, sober voices.  Truth is lost amidst the wreckage of bunkum, loose rhetoric and unsupported claims. The worst part is that those who most needed to process Obama's words and let them sink in likely tuned him out as "another black terrorist", or reduced  him to the hackneyed  cartoon epithet of "Obummer" or "Obozo". 

And so no wonder this nation is unable to halt its death spiral which begins with anarchy, lawlessness and chaos.  But in the case of rejection of Obama and his much needed words, we already know why this gained such a toehold in certain quarters.

Let us admit that as the first African-American to ever ascend to the highest office, Barack Obama has since day one faced legions of race haters and baiters. A lot that seems to populate this nation like Piranha do the Amazon River Basin.  Unable to tolerate a person of color as Chief Executive, these haters have been at his throat since his 2008  inauguration, unable to come to terms with their own racial hate. The latter betrayed by the too facile, too liberal employment  of disparaging terms like "monkeys" and "apes" - which give away their game.

In like manner the BLM or Black Lives Matter movement has also come under opprobrium even to the extent of being called "terrorists". Some deluded folks have even opined that the insane sniper Micah Johnson was a "terrorist" recruited by Black Lives Matter which is a totally irrational proposition apart from being unsupported. As one BLM advocate noted in the Saturday New York Times, "We had white people finally coming to see what we saw in violence visited upon us" - with the logical inference left unsaid 'So why in the hell would we use a fool like Micah Johnson to undermine our cause".

But as I pointed out, a cynical underground movement in contempt of Dallas Police Chief Brown's community policing efforts and intolerance for police violence,  would.  This is the whole basis for a false flag, a title originally earned with the operations set in motion by Operations Mongoose and Northwoods, which used the cover of phony planned attacks on U.S. interests to  then be blamed on Cuba to initiate a war. One of the documents with those plans I had published in an earlier post from five years ago.

Hence, it is not at all preposterous that craven and duplicitous interests could make use of a seeming opposite ally to carry out plans to besmirch and destroy a movement the superficial thinker might attach to that selfsame ally.

 I myself stand accused of using  epithets to attack Black Lives Matter, following an early altercation in which BLM protestors interrupted a Bernie Sanders' speech last year and snatched the microphone from him as he looked on dumbfounded. Instead of charging onto a stage and intimidating a 73-old man who was on their side, e.g.


 I challenged the movement and protesters to venture into the realm of risk and upend or screech at Trump rallies and those of other repukes - their real enemies if you will. This they did and as they did so, even to the extent of being punched out by one or more pro-Trump looneytunes e.g.in North Carolina, I found myself giving them a grudging respect

Obama, to his credit, did much more than I did and dared to negotiate the intersection between the millions who support police and the millions who support racial justice. Thus,  he called for action to stop the conflict between police and protesters and black and white, admitting previous approaches, including his own, were failing.  He added: “I understand how Americans are feeling. But, Dallas, I’m here to say we must reject such despair. I’m here to insist that we are not as divided as we seem.”

Maybe. But so long as division, distrust and hatred occupy too many minds of our fellow citizens we will remain divided, even if not as extreme as things were in 1968. In that year, racial animus reached a boiling point with riots and bloodshed after the slaying of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Let us recall Obama's words from last night:

"I believe our righteous anger can be transformed into more justice and more peace."

But that can only happen if all sides cease to see themselves as the sole beacons of truth and moral rectitude.. In other words, we must be able to see the experiences of others through their eyes. This means rejecting the temptation to brand every black man shot and killed by police as a "violent criminal" including listing his purported arrest record to attempt to minimize the slaying. It also means ceasing to portray all cops as fascist, out of control monsters where the reactionary bullies are conflated with the decent upholders of order.

Probably the words of young Cameron Sterling, son of Baton Rouge victim Alton Sterling,  best embody what this nation ought to strive toward:

"It's not right to mix up bad police with the good. The police in Dallas, Texas, they didn't deserve that. They might have had kids to go home to and those kids need their parents. I truly just want everyone to protest the right way, in peace not in violence. Not in beating the police and not in the police beating the people. That makes no sense, that makes things worse. You have to make things better by making peace."

See also:

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/john-feffer/68087/how-this-became-the-era-of-the-gunman

Dallas Shooting: A False Flag Operation To Destroy The Racial Justice Movement?

Micah Johnson: Really an angry lone black militant gunman who killed five Dallas police?  OR - a dupe used by others in a false flag op to destroy the racial justice movement?


"This is now war. Watch out Obama. Watch out black lives matter punks. Real America is coming after you," - Fmr. Reep Rep Joe Walsh, Thursday night as Dallas shootings had already left 3 police dead, 7 injured.

"The worst attack on law enforcement since 9/11" so the media has repeated many times in the wake of the Dallas shootings. Less mentioned were the tweets dispensed by right wing radio shock jock Joe Walsh asserting 'This is now War!" and "Watch out Black Lives Matter Punks!"  Was this merely a cockeyed nut blowing off his vile opinions, or was he echoing a much larger contingent of the populace - just itching for a race war- but in any case the destruction of the black social justice movement?

Inquiring minds really want to know, especially after the carnage wrought on 12 Dallas police:  5 dead by a LONE BLACK KILLER.  The same inquiring minds considering the events as they unfolded must - in the context of Walsh's remarks - must also be thinking:  'What better way to destroy any impetus for black social justice than to have one angry black man take out his pent up rage on an urban police force?'

Which elicits the question: Did 25- year old Micah Johnson really and truly do all that killing (as a "mobile shooter" - the latest incarnation of the lone gunman meme)- or did he have assistance and advice (even extra shooters)  in a false flag operation to tear down BLM and the black racial justice movement? (Note: Other 'false flag' conjectures have appeared to do with the Dallas events, as on the 'Drudge Report'. However, my take is 180 degrees opposite: I do not postulate that government- supported military "assassins" were deployed in order to 'impose martial law' as an excuse to seize guns. But rather that radical right elements, possibly in the Dallas Police,  instigated the events to undermine the BLM and the authority of Police Chief David Brown. See more below!)

We heard Dallas Police Chief David Brown somberly addressing the media yesterday, stating in a matter of fact mode:

"The suspect stated he was not affiliated with any groups and he stated that he did this alone."

And uh, pardon me, but why should we believe a stone killer's words, take them at face value? Federal officials reported, (Denver Post, p. 1A today) he had been "bantering" with the Dallas PD. Chief David Brown and the Dallas Mayor described Johnson laughing maniacally, "singing"  and "taunting officers over a two hour negotiation".  Does this really sound like any kind of mentally stable person whose words, accounts ought to be taken literally to close a case, after he's killed by a bomb robot? I don't believe so!

Going back over various police reports from the night one heard an officer referencing "rifles seen in windows on Lamar Street". What happened to those rifles, plural? Or did the cop suffer from a sporadic case of double vision?  Did Johnson really move rapidly to different floors in different locations and rapidly aim from each, taking a police officer down each time (with sniping skills that would have rivaled Chris Kyle's?)

Inquiring minds want to know.  Also, if the Dallas PD and media are to enlist me as a believer in Micah Johnson's admissions, I want to see a map showing all the presumed locations with line of sight distances indicated and the targets hit from those positions. I really want to be a believer to just close the book on another lone gunman case, but some residual inkling inside keeps resonating - like there's something smelling really rotten here. And neither the Dallas PD or the corporate media has gotten to the bottom of it yet.

Interestingly, as The Chicago Tribune reported yesterday, Joe Walsh quickly removed his offensive pro-race war tweets as the next day dawned and the "lone gunman" narrative was beginning to take hold. Did Walsh recognize he might let the 'cat' out of the bag if the tweets remained - and thus expose the false flag operation that he and others hoped to emerge from the killings in Big D?  Or, did he just suddenly become seized with pangs of conscience and remove them?

Let's consider the hypothesis of a false flag operation in Dallas, carried out with the intent  to destroy racial justice in this country.. First, what better way to do so than to forge a plot to kill police involving a single angry black man, in this case a former Army reservist named Micah Johnson?  I mean, the guy had racial grievances out the wazoo apart from being  enamored with black militancy. It makes him the perfect poster guy for hate, as expressed by Joe Walsh and doubtless many others - but who preferred to keep their hateful opinions to themselves.

Who would be behind it?  And who would benefit? Cui bono? Well, first of all, anyone with a hate grudge against Obama as the first black President - who have been stewing in their hate the past 7 1/2 years. Then, anyone who is totally all in with every cop - even the bad eggs that shoot blacks on the slightest pretenses as we've witnessed recently in St. Paul, MN and Baton Rouge, LA.

A likely candidate for carrying out the Dallas shooting attack would be a national group that hates the entire racial justice movement ('Black Lives Matter')  and believes it threatens white hegemony - or what is perceived as such.  Maybe Joe Walsh was echoing their sentiments in his ranting tweets.

Finally, we also can't rule out a local group which may have a particular axe to grind in Big D and against  Chief  David Brown, personally. This is especially given - as reported last night on MSNBC - "excessive force complaints have gone down 83 percent since 2010".  This did not happen, btw, because all Dallas cops suddenly mellowed.. Chief Brown's policies had a lot to do with it.

Let's  register, as reported in today's NY Times (p. A13),  Chief Brown "has fought with the police union over  his emphasis on so-called community policing - the use of less confrontational enforcement strategies and his willingness to fire officers- dozens of them - often publicly". 

Hmmmm....sounds to me like some residual denizens in the DPD wouldn't be too enchanted about that!  Maybe whatever bunch recruited Johnson also recognized that Brown's authority had grown way too much and hence had become a sticking point with the police union and supporters. What better way to address it than by using a false flag with an angry black  "loner" sniper?  Such a tactic would certainly be likely to propel the Dallas cops to demand more use of force, maybe even wearing body armor at protests from now on  - not to mention keeping bomb robots handy.

Are there any groups like that still around in Big D? Plenty, despite the city's changing demographic, and most harken back to the John Birch Society, and the White Citizens' Councils of the 60s, but which today go by different names. For example, the latter has now mutated and been renamed to 'Council of Conservative Citizens.(CCC)'.  All these groups would have reason to exploit an event featuring multiple cop killings in an urban setting to try to destroy (or at least set back)  racial justice in this country. And yes, maybe even start a race war as Joe Walsh appeared to be hankering for.

Who would have enlisted Johnson, and under what manner of pretense? Well, the permutations are staggering to consider, starting with extremist right wingers masquerading as a group supporting Black Lives Matter and wanting to "teach those cops a lesson". Think back to when you were 25 years of age and the extent to which ideals shaped your beliefs, thinking. Clearly, an adept group or person knowing Johnson's psychological weak points could exploit them to the max. Tell him anything then remind him, "Remember, if they catch you just say you did it all yourself!"

We may never know all salient details, because Johnson was killed by a robot bearing a bomb - generally such devices have only been used in Iraq and Afghanistan. Indeed, this marked the first time a law enforcement body ever deployed such a device - and now, to kill the only (presumed) perpetrator. Does it sound fishy to you?  It does to me.

As TIME correspondent Haley Edwards asked this morning, appearing on MSNBC: Why could the cops not have used a disabling agent - say like tear gas or something similar - to incapacitate Johnson?  They then could have dragged his ass off to face justice in a trial, and we might have gotten more answers. But no, the guy was terminated almost as if he had become a loose end that needed to be tied up. On whose orders?  Are the White Citizens Councils or their successors still operating in Big D as they were in 1963?

A brief foray into history is worthwhile. In 'The Enemies He Made’,  Newsweek, Dec. 2, 1963, p. 35, Kenneth Crawford  singles out the degenerate Southern bigots, racists as well as other extremist groups that had it in for Kennedy and racial integration in 1963 Dallas.  He also referenced by name   a number of far right extremist groups in Dallas, including: The American Political Forum, The Ku Klux Klan, The John Birch Society, The Dallas Committee for Full Citizenship, The Texas White Citizens’ Council, The National States Rights Party and The Dallas White Citizens’ Council.

Might any of these still be operating, but under different names? If so, might they or their leaders have had a hand in recruiting this young black idealist and militant to carry out his foul deed - possibly in concert with one or more of their own members? We may never know, because of course, Johnson is dead.

In an article Friday morning, The Dallas Morning News carried a story referring to the "sniper's perch again", as if it is a recurring theme in Dallas. I don't buy that, I mean every city can have its violent events.  That doesn't translate to a recurring motif. But given Dallas was so rife with anti-integration  extremists in Kennedy's era can we be sure they've all cleared out now? Or are there some remaining who retain a hate and disdain for social justice? To the extent they'd run a false flag operation using a black idealistic dupe to carry out their wishes?

Again, the secrets - if any - died with Micah Johnson when he was blown up by that bomber robot.\

See also:

http://www.salon.com/2016/07/08/conservative_media_and_pundits_cant_wait_to_turn_dallas_police_shootings_into_war/

Do Not Call Bernie "Bernice" - He Didn't Authorize Any Apology to the Black Lives Matter Bums

It appears some brash right wingers, obsessed with the posturing of false machismo, have taken to calling Bernie Sanders  "Bernice" on their blogs, and also averring he's become "a bitch for Black Lives Matter". Do not believe this bullshit for one damned second. Bernie did not offer any apologies to these Black Lives renegades - who find it easier to pick on liberal candidates than risk their heinies going after right winger Repubs.

Nor did Bernie authorize any apology as he made clear on "Meet the Press' yesterday. What happened is that a clueless black staffer, suffering from a variant of Stockholm Syndrome and repressed black guilt (on behalf of all white "libos") went rogue and wrote an email himself.

Can the right wingers process the concept of "going rogue"? Huh? Do they not recall Trump's lawyer going rogue a few weeks ago when the issue of Trump's alleged rape of his first wife, Ivana,  came up? Recall the daft lawyer, in an NBC interview, told the media on his own that the Donald couldn't be guilty because "there is no such thing as marital rape",  instantly contradicting decades of settled state and federal law. A case that the Donald had to butt in and make clear the words were NOT his. (The lawyer was fortunate he wasn't fired like the Donald normally does on 'The Apprentice')

Hence, candidates cannot be held to account for what their loose nut staffers do. Sanders has too much on his plate to be keeping an eye on every little detail and expects his hired staffers to be professional enough adhere to normal standards without micro-management.

The goofball who dispatched the "apology" was Marcus Ferrell,  who e-mailed the 'Black Lives Matter' bullying black racists,  asking them to have a meeting with the Senator. The putz wrote:

 

 

"I apologize it took our campaign so long to officially reach out. We are hoping to establish a REAL space for REAL dialog between the folks on this email and our campaign."
 

The email also said that the campaign wants to "have a more formal interaction with the movement. We wanted to let you know that we hear you, we want to do a better job speaking out on the issues, and as a sitting U.S. Senator, possibly introducing legislation and making a constitutional change."
 

But when asked whether he felt an apology to Black Lives Matter was necessary the Vermont senator told Meet the Press: “No, I don’t. I think we’re going to be working with all groups. This was sent out without my knowledge."

Marcus Ferrell, in the ideal world, would be fired on the spot for writing so many words that he effectively portrayed as coming from Bernie. That isn't kosher, not at all. Problem is, if Bernie sent that idiot packing the Black Lives bums would be squawking "racial prejudice!" - and saying Sanders really was intolerant.

But what they miss is that everyone ought to be intolerant of assholes - no matter what their color.

As for Sanders hiring Symone Sanders, a young Black woman, as his national press secretary.  (Symone Sanders is a member of the National Urban League's Young Professionals Network in Arlington, VA.)  this was a masterpiece of strategy to deal with the Black Lives Matter clowns using a genuine black activist - not a Tea Party fakeroo like Marissa Johnson.

  She, in fact, came up with the idea for Sanders supporters to chant "we stand together" if there were any disruptions to any future Sanders' event.

This is a great idea and if it doesn't work, Bernie can always hire guards to keep the riff raff away.  In the meantime, Righties willing to call girly names based on false perceptions need to get a grip on reality - and maybe do more background checking.

See also:

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/jaime-oneill/63447/asshole-lives-matter
And:

http://www.salon.com/2015/08/13/larry_wilmore_mocks_black_lives_matter_activists_at_sanders_rally_black_manners_matter_as_well/