Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman summed it up rather neatly when commenting on the murder of one of his deputies. He basically told a throng of reporters gathered to hear the latest information on the investigation into Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Darren Goforth’s murder, that political leadership and not ideological bunk was necessary at times like these. He added that inevitably, all “lives matter”. Now if CBS Correspondent Omar Villafranca lacks the basic intellect necessary to reconcile Hickman’s comments in the proper and intended context, then maybe he should seek employment as an MSNBC commentator, say shining Matthews’s shoes now and then. What an idiot…
Notwithstanding the comments of ill-formed wannabe movie stars who had to settle for being reporters, we are clearly living in difficult and dangerous times, made all the more complicated by leaders who lack the moral courage and intestinal fortitude to defend right and speak for all Americans. In 2008, Barack Obama stood before an adoring crowd and essentially wrote a check he had no intention of paying. He promised hope and change, unity and one America. Instead his legacy will likely be one of the most divisive and partisan presidents in American history. Mr. Obama has failed at every instance when he could have been a powerful leader, and has instead chosen to stoke the fires of racism and prejudice. In doing so, he has created an America which must first be healed at the societal level, and only then at the economic and international levels. Regrettably, our next president will have the unenviable task of first fixing a broken foundation before he/she can ever go about the business of passing on a stronger America to our posterity.
So you see my fellow Americans, Deputy Goforth’s murder is important not just because it symbolizes a growing rift between certain segments of society and the police, but also because it’s part of a national disease affecting the American spirit, a disease brought on by warring ideologies, drunk on power, and blind to the real symptoms of a nation which has forgotten its creed. Accordingly, the only cure for this disease is truth…
RIP peace Deputy Goforth. We have the watch… Nemo me impune lacessit
