Saturday, November 11, 2006

Buttinski

I guess if you have no skills and no will to work, you can always become an "activist" like John Cole Vodicka.

BUTLER, Ga. (AP) -- A display in a central Georgia community divides the names of 800 local veterans into two lists, marked in large type: "Whites" and "Colored." The display has been in the lobby of the Taylor County courthouse since 1944, honoring servicemembers who fought in World War II. The two lists are mounted side by side behind glass in two large frames. John Cole Vodicka, an activist from Americus, is organizing a rally Monday at the courthouse to persuade the county commission to take down the display. "They can't obviously be proud of the fact that the plaques continue to stay on the wall," he said. In January, the Taylor County Commission unanimously decided to create an "integrated" list, with all the names together, along with additional names that weren't in the display designed before the war ended. But the commission also decided to leave the "Whites" and "Colored" lists up in the lobby of the building. "If we erase everything we find offensive or don't like, then it may happen again," said Sybil Willingham, chairwoman of the county's Historic Preservation Commission.
I'm betting there is money to be made somewhere, or this little weasel wouldn't be butting in. I agree with Sybil. The lists should stay up. Some segregated water fountains should remain. Everyone should be reminded of what this country was once like. While doing research for my unintentional campaign against racism, I've discovered that our past is disappearing in the mists of history. Certain facts are getting harder and harder to discover because they are being dropped from textbooks and archives. In other words, the past is being covered up. And who is doing this? Why, the party that claims to be the champion of the little guy -- the party that was and still is behind that racism.

2 comments:

tugboatcapn said...

Are there no Black People in that town who are proud of the fact that their fore fathers fought alongside their White Counterparts?

Are they ashamed of the fact that they are Black?

Does John Cole Vodicka want the fact that there are Black People in the world minimized that badly?

Would he have them turn their back on the accomplishments of those of their Race who have come before them?

Why does he want to cover up the fact that these Heros were Black?

I want to know!

Lone Ranger said...

This Vodicka guy lives in a town about 37 miles away. It's none of his business in the first place. Democrats do want to cover up their past. If blacks see how Democrats abused them in the past, they will begin to see how the same people are abusing them today.

And, like I said, somewhere in this process, he's going to make a few bucks. Whenever you are puzzled by the motives of a liberal, just look for the money.