Monga momwe timawonera nthawi zambiri ndi ufulu wachibadwidwe, izi za ACORN kwenikweni zimangokhala ngati ziwopsezo zomwe zimangobwebweta ndikungonena zinthu zomwe amaziwona mwa iwo okha. Nayi kubwereza zomwe ndidakumana nazo zaka zitatu zapitazo mtawuni yanga yopenga pomwe zopusa zimawonetsedwa tsiku lililonse. Ndizofunikira kudziwa kuyambira pomwe adalemba izi, a Paul Jacob ndi ena awiri adaleredwa pa Chiwembu chofuna kubera milandu ya State of Oklahoma. Ndikukayika kuti chilichonse chofananacho chidzabwera ndi "nkhani" ya ACORN.
Choyamba ndisanafotokoze nthano yanga yopenga ya gulu lamanja lolipidwa bwino lomwe lidabweretsa zachinyengo zazikulu ku OKC kuti ziwononge Demokalase, onerani kachidutswa kakang'ono ka mnzanga waku Oklahoma Rabble Rouser Mary Francis yemwe adathandizira kutsitsa izi:
Kunali kokongola kumapeto kwa November masana pamene mnzanga anandifunsa ngati ndingapite naye ku Bass Pro Shop yothandizidwa bwino ndi ndalama ku Bricktown (dziko la chikhalidwe chopangidwa kumzinda wa Oklahoma City). Ngakhale ndinali ndi zinthu zabwinoko zoti ndichite ndi tsiku langa lopuma monga kumwa kapu yanga yachitatu ya khofi ndikumaliza kuwerenga chilichonse chokhumudwitsa chomwe ndimawerenga, ndidaganiza zosiya zonse ndikulemba.
Tinanyamuka kupita ku campus (momwe nditchulire, monyodola) ndikuyandikira njira yolowera pomwe kupita kwathu kudayimitsidwa ndi munthu wowoneka bwino wokhala ndi bolodi. Onani kuti uku kunali kumenya bwino pakati pa Oklahomans in Action (mawu osanenedwa!) yendetsani kusonkhanitsa pafupifupi 219,000 zolemba chifukwa cha zomwe zimatchedwa "Bill of Tax Payers Bill of Rights", kotero ndidakhala ndikukayikira kuti izi zikhala bwanji. Zoonadi kukayikira kumeneku kunatsimikizika pamene mnyamatayo adatsegula pakamwa pake. Pokhala mtundu wa munthu yemwe amadwala malungo a kanyumba atakhala kunyumba kwa mphindi khumi, mutha kuganiza kuti aka sikanali koyamba kuti izi zindichitikire. Nthawi zonse ndimakhala m'tauni yonse, monga momwe amachitira odandaula abodza awa. Chifukwa chake ndidaganiza, mwa mzimu wa Twisted Sister, kuti ndisatengerenso moona mtima momwe sindingathere.
Ndikumva kukhudzika kwa khofi yemwe watchulidwa pamwambapa, komanso kunyansidwa kwenikweni ndi anthu awa omwe aliyense yemwe ali ndi theka la ubongo angadziwe kuti alibe vuto lililonse, ndidaphulika ndikugwedeza mawondo. Ayi, sindinamuuze msilikali wamapazi uyu kuti achite zachipongwe, m'malo mwake ndidalowa m'malo opitilira 110,000 masikweya mita kuti ndikagule nsomba zam'madzi ndikuuza woyang'anira kuti munthu woyipayo akundizunza. Osati zokhazo, koma kundizunza chifukwa chosamwa Oklahomans in Action's kool-aid komanso kuti adatchulanso amayi anga dzina (limene ndimanong'oneza bondo nalo, mabodza oyera sakhala abwino) omwe sindinkafuna kubwereza. Titachoka kumeneko tinayamba ntchito yathu, ndipo mnzanga atagula katundu amene ankafuna, tinanyamuka.
Chinthu chimodzi chomwe ndidachiwona ndikutuluka, (kupatula misala yomwe ili The Bass Pro Shop!) Ndinali wotsimikiza kuti sanangochoka monga momwe mphekeserazo zidalili (kenako zidatsimikizika) kuti anthuwa amapeza ndalama zambiri pa siginecha iliyonse yomwe amasonkhanitsa, ndipo mwachiwonekere awa anali malo abwino kuwasonkhanitsa.
Ndiye chifukwa chake mathero anga okayikitsa-amalungamitsa-amatanthauza mawondo ogwedezeka mwachiwonekere adachita zabwino, sichoncho? Chabwino mwina, koma mnzanga ankaganiza kuti zochita zanga zinali zachinyamata ndipo inde kuyang'ana mmbuyo ndikuvomereza kuti zinali. Koma mafunso omwe amabwera chifukwa cha izi pakati pa ena ambiri ndichifukwa chiyani ndiyenera kusungidwa mulingo wapamwamba kwambiri kuposa wa Oklahomans in Action anthu? Pambuyo pake zidawululidwa kuti adaphwanya lamulo la Oklahoma pogwiritsa ntchito anthu omwe si okhalamo kuti asonkhanitse zopempha, osati kungogwiritsa ntchito kampeni yofalitsa zabodza pantchito yawo.. Ndiye bwerani, inenso sindingathe kusewera masewera?
Mafunso amenewa sanalowe mโmaganizo mwanga nthawi yomweyo, mโmalo mwake panatengera zinthu zingapo zachilendo kuti ziwonekere. Nthawi zodziwikiratu zidayambitsidwa ndi izi: Posakhalitsa pambuyo pa chochitika cha Bass Pro, ndidaganiza zoyang'ana zomwe zidandikhumudwitsa, ndikuwona zomwe ndingachite kuti ndikonze vutoli.
Funso la Google News linanditsogolera ku kagawo ka kope la intaneti la Oklahoma University Daily lokhala ndi mutu wakuti "Ophunzira a OU anachenjeza za pempho", lomwe linapereka chidziwitso chabwino pankhaniyi. Monga momwe ndimachitira nthawi zambiri, ndidasiya ndemanga patsambalo pazomwe zidachitika kunja kwa The Bass Pro Shop, komanso momwe zidali zoseketsa mwanjira ina kapena mwanjira ina. Sindinadzitamande kapena kulimbikitsa ena kuti achite chimodzimodzi. Chabwino, ndikuganiza kuti tsiku ndi usiku zidadutsa, ndidadzuka ndipo zosangalatsa zidayamba.
Ndidalowa muakaunti yanga yachiwiri ya imelo yomwe imalandira sipamu pang'ono kapena ayi, kwenikweni imelo yaying'ono kapena palibe ndipo ndidawona china chachilendo: Inbox (17). Nditadina ulalo wamakalata watsopano, ndidalowa ndikuwona mayina amitundu yonse ya anthu omwe sindinasangalalepo kukumana nawo. Mayina onse adatengedwa ndi chikhalidwe chamitundu yosiyanasiyana chomwe chimatsutsana ndi abambo athu omwe adayambitsa, choncho nthawi yomweyo ndinaganiza kuti akufuna chinthu chimodzi. Ndinakumbukira zomwe ndidalemba posachedwa pa OU Daily ndikuti ndidaphatikiza imelo yanga. Anthu awa ankafuna chinthu chimodzi chokha: Kuti ine nditenge bulu wanga wakumanzere wa pansy sparkelbritches kupita ku France komwe ndimakhala. Ndipo sizinanditengere nthawi kuti ndizindikire kuti ndinali wolondola pankhaniyi.
"Zochita zanu zonenera munthu miseche kuti amuchotse pa katundu wanu ndi zonyansa komanso zopanda ulemuโฆ.Muli ndi njira yomutsutsaโฆImatchedwa KUVOTA." Inali imelo yotukuka kwambiri yomwe ndidalandira.
Chinanso chomwe chinandithandizira kuzindikira chifukwa chomwe amachitira chipongwe chamisala (mwamwayi palibe amene anali komweko!) adapita motere: "Ngati simukudziwa, zingakusangalatseni kudziwa kuti njira yanu yaying'ono yaperekedwa kudziko lonse ndi wolemba nkhani Paul Jacob. Tsopano pali zikwi, ngati si mamiliyoni, omwe akudziwa kuti Steve Hunt wa ku Oklahoma amasangalala kugwiritsa ntchito njira zandale zomwe Adolf ndi Benito anganyadire nazo. "
Ndikhoza kuberekana moipitsitsa, koma ndidzakulekererani nonse.
Chifukwa chake ndidafufuza pang'ono, ndikupeza zomwe mnzanga watsopano wa cyber amakambirana. M'nkhani yakuti "Kachidutswa kakang'ono ka totalitarianism" pa townhall.com ndikuphatikizidwa kwina, Jacob analemba kuti:
Mukufuna kupanga ndale kukhala zoletsedwa? Kodi otsutsa athu ayenera kuletsedwa kutenga nawo mbali mu demokalase? Kodi anthu amene amaumirira maganizo amene ifeyo sitikugwirizana nawo ayenera kuwatseka pakamwa? Ndithudi, Achimereka ambiri akufuula, โAyi! Komabe, chimenecho ndicho chizoloลตezi chomakula mโzandale zamasiku ano: chisonkhezero chankhanza. Mwakachetechete, kuseri kwa ziwonetsero, ikudzutsanso mutu wake woyipa, nthawi ino ku Oklahoma.
Yakobo anapitiriza kulemba kuti:
"OEA's (Oklahoma Education Association) kuyitanira kuzunzidwa kwa opempha kumakhudza. Nali yankho losangalatsa lochokera kwa Steve Hunt (ndi ineyo !!!) waku Oklahoma City ku nkhani yokhudza momwe angawonongere ndalama pa tsamba la OU Daily: (Jacob ndiye akulembanso zolemba zanga patsamba lawo)"
Analephera kutchula (pakati pa zinthu zina zambiri) kuti "kuyitanitsa kwa OEA kuzunzidwa kwa opempha" kwenikweni kunali kutchula malo omwe odandaula amasaina, ndipo anali ndi ndondomeko zolembedwa kuti izi siziloledwa. Iwo ati ngati odandaula awonedwa m'malo awa, nzika zokhudzidwa ziyenera kulumikizana ndi oyang'anira madera omwe adawaphatikiza. Kodi zimatengera katswiri kuti azindikire kuti uku si kuyitanira kuvutitsidwa?
Ok, Bambo Senior Fellow of Americans for Limited Government (mmodzi mwa maudindo awo omwe ndikutsimikiza kuti amamupangitsa kukhala wodziwika bwino kwambiri pazamankhwala ku DC!) poyamba, ndinali ndisanamvepo chilichonse chokhudza OEA pokhudzana ndi TABOR kapena ALIYENSE mwa zoyeserera zake. kukumana ndi olimbikitsa ndi njira zawo zosamvera malamulo za Oklahoma. Chachiwiri, gehena mwapeza bwanji positi yanga mwachangu chotere pagwero losavomerezeka? Yankho lachiwiri ili ndi lodziwikiratu. Thandizo lalikulu. Yakobo mosakayikira ali ndi gulu la "ofufuza" omwe amathera tsiku lonse akuyesera kupeza chirichonse ndi chirichonse kuti athandizire zifukwa zawo zomvetsa chisoni pamene anthu ngati ine amagwira ntchito. Koma sangalalani, zimakhala zovuta kwambiri ndi anthu ngati awa. Kumbukirani kuti anthu omwe ali kumanzere okha ndi omwe angayenerere kukhala osankhidwa.
Paulo Yakobo. Ndamvapo nthawi zingapo kuti ndisakhulupirire munthu wokhala ndi mayina awiri oyamba. Sindikuganiza kuti pali zowona pa izi, koma ndikuganiza kuti simungakhulupirire munthu yemwe amathandizidwa ndi Heritage Foundation (townhall.com's sugar daddy) kuti ayese kupanga machitidwe aboma kuti agwire bwino ntchito. Sindimayamikira kapena kukhulupirira munthu amene amalankhula zoipa (makamaka ngati ineyo, monga momwe zilili pano) ndipo mosabisa mawu amakana kukambirana ndi amene amamuukira. Ndinakhala nthawi yochuluka ndikupereka zotsutsana naye pa ndemanga yake yapawailesi, "Common Sense" (yowulutsidwa tsiku lililonse ndi masiteshoni oposa 100 m'maboma 48! Ndiyenera kukonda ndondomeko ya neo ya Clear Channel Communication!) anakana.
Chifukwa chake patatha masiku angapo ndikuthana ndi izi, ndikulemba yankho lomwe ndidapereka kwa onse omwe adandiwukira a McVeighesque (werengani: Otsatira ake!), Ndinaganiza kuti inali nthawi yoti ndipite patsogolo pakufuna kwanga kuti ndidziwe zomwe zili gehena. chitsiru cha TABOR ichi chinali chonse, kuyambira pamwamba mpaka pansi. Zinayenera kukhala zazikulu chifukwa cha anthu omwe anali kumbuyo kwawo komanso momwe amachitira ndi aliyense wofunsa mafunso. Sindine wododometsa koma ziboda izi zidatuluka kuti zindipeze.
Ponena za mkangano, ndikuganiza kuti sipangakhale kutsutsana kuti tikukhala m'dziko laufulu kwambiri m'mbiri ya dziko ponena za zomwe tinganene, komanso chidziwitso chomwe tili nacho. Komanso, pangakhale kutsutsana pang'ono kuti ndife anthu osadziwa komanso osagwira ntchito m'mayiko otukuka, komanso poyerekeza ndi malo monga Columbia kumene onse amakuphani (nthawi zina amakuphani) ngati mutero. kwambiri kuyankhula motsutsa zinthu. Nthawi zina, ndimatha kunena monyadira kuti ndine wotsutsana ndi anthu omwe amati "Ndimangofuna kudya cheeseburgers ndikusewera lottery" yaku America, komanso nditha kunena momvetsa chisoni kuti ndikakhala pachimake ndimalandila chidzudzulo chochulukirapo kuchokera kwa anthu kudzitama pa zomwe ife monga fuko tilili, modabwitsa. Kotero ndinapita ndi thumba lalikulu la ufulu, wokonzeka kuthana ndi nkhani yachilendo iyi.
Patangotha โโโโmasiku ochepa chiwonongeko cha Jacob, ziwombankhanga za OIA zidapereka siginecha ku capitol, ndikuyembekeza mtundu wina wamisala wa "Washington kuwoloka Delaware" chithunzi-op. Nthawi inali 30 koloko nditamva kuti achita izi ndipo ndimayenera kukhala kuntchito 40. Mwamwayi, ndimakhala mumsewu womwe umachokera ku capitol kotero ndidalowa mgalimoto yanga ndi chithunzi cha XNUMX ร XNUMX cha woyambitsa wamkulu wakuda Garrett Morgan chomwe ine ndi anzanga tidapeza m'malo otayira ku Miami zaka zitatu zisanachitike. Panali kamera imodzi kumeneko yojambulitsa chochitika cha mbiri yakalechi, kotero ndinayima kumbuyo kwa munthu amene anali kugwedeza Garrett uku ndi uku pamene anali kukamba nkhani ya mmene linalili tsiku lodabwitsa ndi laulemerero, ndi mmene posachedwapa tonse tidzapitira kumwamba. tsogolo la Boma lochepa ndi zonse zopanda nzeru. Atatha kuyankhula komanso zanga zanga, cameraman wokwiya uja adandiyandikira ndikundiuza kuti "mumaganiza bwanji, sitingagwiritse ntchito kanemayu tsopano!!!" kenako onse omwe analipo adandidandaulira ine ndi Garrett za zomwe timapanga komanso timayimira ndani? Ndinawayankha, mobwerezabwereza "Ndilibe anthu, ndine chiyembekezo changa chokha cha ngwazi" ndikutchula mzere womwe ndimakonda kwambiri kuchokera ku filimu yonyozedwa kwambiri Joe vs. the Volcano. Iwo analibe chirichonse cha izo. Zowona ndidayimira gulu lina lalikulu lopanda chidwi ngati iwo adachitira? Chabwino, mwamwayi panali munthu wanzeru yemwe analipo yemwe amalembera pepala lolemekezeka kuno mtawuni, The Journal Record. Tinapatsana zambiri.
Chifukwa chake pakapita nthawi pang'ono, ndipo nditawerenga masamba ndi masamba amalingaliro, ziwerengero zowona ndi ma chart okhudzana ndi zomwe bizinesi yonseyi inali nayo ndidazindikira kuti inali nthawi yochita zinthu mwachitukuko. Ineyo ndi anzanga tinali titayamba kumene yotchedwa "Tuesday Night Discussion Group", ndipo tinasankha TABOR monga nkhani yathu yamakono. Nkhani yakuti "Magulu akunja amalipira misonkho ku Oklahoma" yosindikizidwa mu The Daily Oklahoman idatsimikizira zambiri zothandiza (lembani nthabwala ya Daily Oklahoman Columbia Journalism Review apa!) popeza idapereka mayina a osewera ofunika kwambiri pamkangano wa TABOR. Gary Jones wa OPEA adatchulidwa, ndipo kafukufuku wochokera m'nkhaniyo adanditsogolera kwa Senator Randy Brogden yemwe ndi wothandizira wamphamvu wa TABOR. Kenako ndinathamanga ndi chidziwitso ichi.
Imelo yopita kuphwando lililonse yofotokoza kuti tinali ndi chidwi ndi zomwe zikuchitika, ndikuti mwina kuwauza onse awiri za nkhaniyi kutha kuthetsa zinthu zina. Chodziwikiratu pa izi ndikuti sindinachite bwino kuti Brogden adziwe kuti izi zitha kukhala zotsutsana. Chabwino, patapita sabata iye anawonekera ku Mpingo wa Unitarian kumene ndinachita lendi chipinda chandalama makumi atatu, pamodzi ndi Chairman wa Oklahoma GOP (yomwe ili ku Borat imayendera likulu la OK Republican), Woimira State wachisawawa, ndikuwoneka modabwitsa pankhope yake. Ndinalandira kalata yokwiya kuchokera ku chithandizo chake tsiku lotsatira ponena za chisokonezo chonse (pambuyo pake chinakonzedwa ndipo zonse zidali bwino), koma pambali pake unali usiku wabwino kwambiri. Jones ndi Brogden adapereka malingaliro awo pankhaniyi kwa maola angapo, tidapereka khofi, ndi omwe adapezekapo komanso omwe adawerenga za izi mu Journal Record patatha masiku angapo, komanso anthu omwe adzawonere kanemayo posachedwa. Intaneti imatha kufika paziganizo zawo. Omasuka ku njira zankhanza za Oklahomans in Action kapena anthu ngati Paul Jacob. Zinali zotukuka kwambiri kuposa mgwirizano wa Bass Pro, kapena zomwe zidachitika ku capitol zomwe zidandipatsa ulemu watsopano ku dongosolo lathu komanso anthu abwino kumanja monga Brogden yemwe anali wagulu lathunthu. Koma kodi chilichonse mwa izi chingakhale chotheka popanda zochita za ana akale?
Ndiye funso langa ndi ili pankhani ya OIA ndi ili. Inu (kapena mwina otsatira anu agulu) mukufuna moyipa kuti TABOR ikhazikitsidwe ndicholinga chokhacho chochepetsera boma mpaka pomwe mabungwe ena akhazikitsidwe, ndiye kuti ndalama zoyambira zandalama zimalipira. Amakupatsani ndalama zambiri kuti mukhazikitse izi, ndiye mumasamala chiyani? Zimakhala bwanji kuti malekezero anga amalungamitsa zinthu monga The Bass Pro Shop chochitika, ndikuyenda kumbuyo kwa makamera okhala ndi chithunzi chachikulu cha Garrett Morgan, ndikukonzekera mwachangu mkangano ndizofanana ndi Adolph ndi Mussolini (ndikudziwa kuti simunatero. nenani izi koma Jacobite wamalingaliro ngati anu adateroโฆ.) , koma munthu ngati ngwazi ya "boma laling'ono" komanso Purezidenti yekha waku America wosudzulana ndi Purezidenti Ronald Reagan agwiritsa ntchito Contras kupha anthu masauzande ambiri aku Nicaragua kapena mujahideen kuti amenyane ndi Soviet. zabwino zonse ndi zabwino? Ndi china chake chomwe chiyenera kuchitika kuti dziko lathu litukuke, sichoncho? Kapena makamaka panokha chifukwa chiyani ndikunyalanyaza malamulo aku Oklahoma kuti abweretse "bilu ya olipira misonkho" yomwe ilibe kanthu kochita ndi ufulu wa Olipira Misonkho kuti zitheke kulungamitsa njira zomwe zili bwino komanso zabwino? Awa ndi mafunso omwe ndimalingalira omwe tonse timadziwa mayankho ake.
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