THE SINS OF OUR FATHERS - BY PAUL INYANG

 Paul Inyang

I have been wondering about the elections and why it has been as divisive as it has been. It seems like the public has been abused to ...the extent that we are all exhausted. When Barack Obama was elected, many of us thought that America had finally turned a new leaf and we were all headed in the right direction. As far as many were concerned—the best was yet to come. He was handed the worst of circumstances since the great depression and in my mind confronted it without dwelling much on how things got so bad. Soon the drum beat of war started beating. First it was the Republican House and Senate turning themselves into the—just say no legislators. Many of us thought that there was something sinister about the brouhaha but were ready to chuck it up to political rang-lings. But it dragged on into Barrack’s second term. Having been on the other side of the aisle, I like many, labeled it just a difference of ideas—until it became obstructive.

Then the “birther” stuff reared its ugly head. I never knew that birther was even a word until now that it is part of the political lexicon. How the hell does one question the birth place/rights of a president? The President had to “prove” that he is American. It has never happened in the history of this great nation (please someone correct me if I am wrong). No president and I repeat, no president has been subjected to such ignominy. Are there people in this great land who are not immigrants other that the Native Americans (Indians) whose birth right was stolen from them—yes, they were robbed. Who owns this land If I may ask? Many stood by, black and white and watched the birther issue grow. From the pulpits to the Pugh—very few spoke up in defense of the president or the presidency. Until some guy in an oversized suit that was made in Mexico, pronounced himself arbiter. He judged himself the ender of the issue—suggesting someone else started it all. There were those, who before now claimed omnipotence—who stood by nodding their heads in resounding agreement. What a con job!

When you thought that you had heard it all, black, brown and yellow people were lumped together and dumped into the dustbin of miscreant—my African American he said. The last time someone said that—they were called “maser”. That was ended by the ironically by the great President Lincoln. Mexicans/Hispanic of course bore the brunt of the rubbish being spewed out. Some even suggested that the internment of Japanese Americans during the Second World War was good for the country. So let’s build a big wall and turn America into a big internment camp. Oh, by the way, we do not need one for the northern border—I suppose they look too much like the majority. The people down south are the problem—they are thieves, robbers, drug pushers, and rapist—by the way, they impregnate young white women. Oh, all these colored folks—they are the trouble in America—the “big problem”.

Then came women, how they dare aspire to be president. So what will we call her, Madam President? No, she is a crooked, bleeding, indecent liar and an enabler. Worst yet, she can speak and run rings around our red-meat eating nominee. What effrontery! Women after all “wink, wink” are supposed to hit the “glass ceiling”, recognize it and know their place. Of course, they are supposed to be assaulted, groped and treated as indecently as one can get away with, especially, if they the transgressors are celebrities and rich—rich in everything but character. Locker room talk? President Carter in an interview with playboy once said; "I've looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times”—to which Art Buchwald responded; that America now has a president that does not “do it” but commits “lust” in his heart. If we are unlucky, we will have one that only assaults and gropes with his hand.

I forgot we must “Make America Great Again”. What do we really mean here besides the obvious? When did this great country lose its shine? The oval office got a little darker and the population got a little more diverse. Did they not hear old saying that “once you go black you cannot go back again”? Yes, I think you all can surmise what this means. America will forever be diverse—that is not about to change. Hate has never been a recipe for greatness. If you doubt me, ask Adolph Hitler wherever he is. The world has rejected this principle before led by one great nation—the United States of America. More recently, the Twin Towers were blown up—since then Osama Bin Laden is dead (thanks to Barrack) and New York has been rebuilt better than ever—standing on the graves of the innocent. Yes, America is GREAT and we do not need to re-brand or sully that image. The land of the free, that is the yearning of everyone in the world and stands alone because of what it stands for and most of all—freedom. That is greatness in my book by any measure!

Check this out—a woman is about to run this great country and America will remain great. Go vote your conscience, whatever that is and let us have a conversation about getting along after this elections. God bless the new president who ever she is!