Njengoba sibona kaningi ngelungelo elikhulu, lezi zinto ze-ACORN empeleni zimane nje ziyilawa ma-clown aklabalasa futhi axokozela ngezinto abazibonayo. Nakhu ukulandisa kokuhlangenwe nakho enganginakho eminyakeni emithathu edlule edolobheni lami elihlanya lapho ubuwula buboniswa khona nsuku zonke. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi kusukela kulokhu kubhalwa, uPaul Jacob nabanye ababili bakhuliswe ngetulo Lokukhwabanisela amacala eSifundazwe Sase-Oklahoma. Ngiyangabaza ukuthi noma yini efanayo izofika "kwindaba" ye-ACORN.
Okokuqala ngaphambi kokuthi ngethule indaba yami ehlanyayo yeqembu lamalungelo aqinile elixhaswe kahle elilethe ukukhwabanisa okukhulu kwa-OKC ukuze kuketulwe Intando Yeningi, bukela lesi siqeshana esifushane somngane wami wase-Oklahoma Rabble Rouser uMary Francis osize ukwehlisa lezi zinkinga:
Kwakuyizikhathi zantambama ezithandekayo ngoNovemba lapho umngane wami engibuza ukuthi ngingamphelezela yini siye esitolo esixhaswe kahle se-Bass Pro eBricktown (izwe lamasiko okwenziwa edolobheni lase-Oklahoma City). Nakuba nganginezinto ezingcono engangizozenza ngosuku lwami lokuphumula njengokuphuza inkomishi yami yesithathu yekhofi ngenkathi ngiqeda ukufunda noma yini ecindezelayo engangiyifunda, nganquma ukuyibeka eceleni futhi ngimake.
Sakhuphukela ekhampasi (njengoba ngizoyibiza kanjalo, ngokubhuqa) futhi sasondela endleleni yokungena lapho inqubekelaphambili yethu yamiswa khona umfo owayebukeka ewudweshu ephethe ibhodi lokunamathisela. Qaphela ukuthi lokhu bekulungile ukushaya i-dab phakathi I-Oklahomans in Action (caphuna ungacaphuni!) shayela ukuqoqa cishe i-219,000 amasignisha ngalokho okubizwa ngokuthi "Umthethosivivinywa Wamalungelo Abakhokhi Bentela", ngakho ngaba nokusola kwami โโukuthi lokhu kuzoba ngani. Impela lezi zinsolo zaqinisekiswa lapho umfana evula umlomo. Njengoba ngiwuhlobo lomuntu othola i-cabin fever ngemva kokuba sekhaya cishe imizuzu eyishumi, ungacabanga ukuthi kwakungesikho okokuqala lokhu kwenzeka kimi. Ngihlala ngigcwele idolobha lonke, njengoba kwakunjalo nalezi zigelekeqe zabakhongi ezingamanga. Ngakho-ke nganquma, ngomoya ka-Twisted Dade, ukuthi ngingabe ngisakuthatha njengoba ngokweqiniso ngangingeke ngisakwazi.
Ngizwa imiphumela egcwele yekhofi eshiwo ngenhla, kanye nokudelelwa kwangempela kwalaba bantu okungenzeka ukuthi noma ubani onobuchopho obuyingxenye babenza izinto ezimbi kakhulu, ngaqhuma ngokuqhaqhazela amadolo . Cha, angizange ngitshele leli sosha elihamba ngezinyawo nge-radical ngokuqondile, kunalokho ngingene endaweni yokuhlonipha u-110,000 square foot ekuthengeni i-catfish futhi ngatshela umphathi ukuthi umfana omubi uyangihlukumeza. Hhayi lokho kuphela, kodwa ukungihlukumeza ngokungaphuzi Oklahomans in Action's i-kool-aid nokuthi wabiza futhi umama wami ngegama (engizisola ngandlela-thile, amanga amhlophe awalungile neze) engangingenaso isithakazelo esikhulu sokuwaphinda. Sasuka lapho saqhubeka nomsebenzi wethu, futhi ngemva kokuba umngane wami ethenge izimpahla ayezifuna, sahamba!
Into eyodwa engiyiqaphele lapho ngiphuma, (ngaphandle kohlanya oluyi-The Bass Pro Shop!) ukuthi umfana nebhodi lakhe lokunamathisela babengasekho. Nganginesiqiniseko sokuthi akazange avele ahambe njengoba amahemuhemu aye (kamuva aqinisekiswa njengeqiniso) ukuthi laba bantu benza imali enhle ngesiginesha ngayinye abayiqoqayo, futhi kusobala ukuthi lena bekuyindawo enhle yokubaqoqa.
Ngakho-ke, ukuphela kwami โโโโokungabazekayo-kuthethelela-i-means ama-shenanigans amadolo ngokusobala enze okuhle, akunjalo? Hhayi-ke mhlawumbe, kodwa umngane wami wacabanga ukuthi izenzo zami zaziyizingane futhi yebo uma ngibheka emuva ngiyavuma ukuthi zazinjalo. Kodwa imibuzo ephakama kulokhu phakathi kweminye eminingi ukuthi kungani kufanele ngibanjwe ezingeni eliphakeme kangaka kunaleli Oklahomans in Action bakwethu? Kamuva kwavezwa ukuthi baphule umthetho wase-Oklahoma ngokusebenzisa abantu okungezona izakhamuzi ukuqoqa izikhalazo, hhayi lokho nje basebenzise umkhankaso wenkulumo-ze oyinqaba womsebenzi wabo.. Ngakho-ke, angikwazi ukudlala imidlalo nami?
Le mibuzo ayizange ingene ngokugcwele engqondweni yami ngaso leso sikhathi, kunalokho kwathatha uchungechunge lwezenzakalo olungajwayelekile ukuba luvele. Izikhathi zokuzazisa ekuqaleni zalethwa yilokhu okulandelayo: Kungakapheli sikhathi esingakanani kwenzeke isigameko se-Bass Pro, nganquma ukubheka udaba obelungicasula, bese ngibona ukuthi yini engingayenza ukulungisa inkinga.
Umbuzo Wezindaba ze-Google wangiholela esiqeshini se-inthanethi se-Oklahoma University Daily esinesihloko esithi "Abafundi be-OU baxwayise mayelana nesicelo", esinikeze ulwazi oluhle ngalolu daba. Njengoba ngivame ukwenza, ngishiye amazwana ekhasini mayelana nokwenzeka ngaphandle kwe-Bass Pro Shop, nokuthi ngendlela ethile noma ngenye indlela bekuhlekisa ngayo. Ayikho indlela engangiziqhayisa ngayo noma ngikhuthaza abanye ukuba benze okufanayo. Hhayi-ke, ngicabanga ukuthi kwadlula usuku nobusuku, ngavuka kwaqala ubumnandi.
Ngingene ku-akhawunti yami yesibili ye-imeyili ethola ugaxekile omncane noma ongawutholi nhlobo, eqinisweni i-imeyili encane noma engenawo nhlobo futhi ngabona okuthile okungavamile: Ibhokisi lokungenayo (17). Njengoba ngichofoza isixhumanisi semeyili esisha, ngingene futhi ngabona zonke izinhlobo zamagama abantu engingakaze ngibe nenjabulo yokuhlangana nabo ngaphambilini. Wonke amagama avuselelwe ngezinga lokuhlukahluka kwamasiko eliphikisana nobaba bethu abasungula kuphela, ngakho ngavele ngacabanga ukuthi bafuna into eyodwa. Ngakhumbula engangisanda kuthumela kuyi-OU Daily nokuthi ngifake nekheli lami le-imeyili. Laba bantu babefuna into eyodwa nento eyodwa kuphela: Ukuze ngithole imbongolo yami ye-leftist pansy sparkelbritches iye eFrance lapho ngingowakhona. Futhi akuzange kungithathe isikhathi eside ukuthola ukuthi ngangiqinisile ngempela kulokhu.
"Isenzo sakho sokunyundela umuntu ukuthi amxoshe empahleni siyenyanyeka futhi asiphucukileโฆ.Unendlela yokumphikisa...Kubizwa ngokuthi UKUVOTA." Bekuyi-imeyili ephucuzeke kakhulu engayithola.
Okunye okwangisiza ukuthi ngithole isizathu sokuhlasela kwamazwi ahlanyayo (ngenhlanhla abekho abendawo!) kuhambe kanje: "Uma ungazi, kungase kukujabulise ukwazi ukuthi iqhinga lakho elincane likhishwe ezingeni likazwelonke ngumlobi wephephandaba u-Paul Jacob. Manje sekunezinkulungwane, uma kungezona izigidi, ezaziyo ukuthi uSteve Hunt wase-Oklahoma ujabulela ukusebenzisa amaqhinga ezepolitiki u-Adolf noBenito bobabili abangaziqhenya ngawo. "
Ngingazala kabi kakhulu, kodwa ngizoniphephisa nonke.
Ngakho-ke ngenze ucwaningo oluncane, futhi ngathola ucezu umngane wami omusha oxoxa naye. Esihlokweni esithi "Ingcosana ye-totarianism" ku-townhall.com futhi yahlanganiswa kwenye indawo, uJacob wabhala:
Ingabe ufuna ukwenza ipolitiki ibe semthethweni? Ingabe abamelene nathi kufanele bavinjwe ekubambeni iqhaza kwentando yeningi? Ingabe kufanele bavale imilomo labo abafuna imibono esingavumelani nayo? Impela, iningi labantu baseMelika liyaphahluka, "Cha! Akunjalo!" Nokho, lowo mkhuba okhulayo kwezombangazwe zanamuhla: umfutho wobushiqela. Ngokuthula, ngemuva kwezigcawu, iphinda iphakamisa ikhanda layo elibi, kulokhu e-Oklahoma.
UJakobe uyaqhubeka nokubhala:
"OEA's (I-Oklahoma Education Association) ukubiza ukuhlukunyezwa kwabafake izicelo kunomthelela. Nansi impendulo ethokozisayo evela ku-Steve Hunt (mina lowo!!!) wase-Oklahoma City esihlokweni esimayelana nohlelo lokusebenzisa imali kuwebhusayithi ye-OU Daily: (uJakobe ube esekhiqiza okuthunyelwe kwami โโkusayithi yabo)"
Uhlulekile ukusho (phakathi kwezinye izinto eziningi) ukuthi "isicelo se-OEA sokuthi kuhlukunyezwe abafake izicelo" empeleni kwakuwukubala izindawo lapho abafake izicelo bebelokhu besayinda khona, futhi benezinqubomgomo ezibhaliwe zokuthi izenzo ezinjalo azivunyelwe. Baphakamise ukuthi uma abakholi bebonakala kulezi zindawo, izakhamizi ezithintekayo kufanele zithinte abaphathi bezindawo ezishiwo abazifakile. Ingabe kuthatha ubuhlakani ukuthola ukuthi lokhu akulona ucingo lokuhlukumeza?
Kulungile, Mnu. Senior Fellow of Americans for Limited Government (esinye sezihloko zakhe engiqinisekile ukuthi simtholela uxhaxha lwabashisekeli bezemithi abashisa izikhotha e-DC!) okokuqala, ngangingezwa lutho mayelana nokusebenzisana kwe-OEA maqondana ne-TABOR noma NOMA YILUPHI lwezinhlelo zayo ezimisiwe. phambili ukubhekana nabagqugquzeli bayo kanye nezindlela zabo zokuthobela umthetho okungezona zase-Oklahoma. Okwesibili, isihogo ukuthole kanjani okuthunyelwe kwami โโngokushesha okungaka emthonjeni ongajwayelekile? Impendulo yalo mbuzo wesibili isobala kakhulu. Uxhaso olukhulu. Akungabazeki ukuthi uJakobe uneqembu "labacwaningi" abachitha usuku lonke bezama ukuthola noma yini nakho konke ukusekela izimbangela zabo ezidabukisayo kuyilapho abantu abanjengami besebenza ngempela. Kodwa jabulani, kuba kubi kakhulu kubantu abanjalo. Khumbula ukuthi abantu abangakwesokunxele kuphela abangakwazi ukufaneleka njengama-elitists.
Paul Jacob. Ngike ngezwa izikhathi ezimbalwa ukuthi ungamethembi umuntu onamagama amabili okuqala. Angicabangi ukuthi kunobuqiniso obuningi kulokho, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi awukwazi ukumethemba umuntu oxhaswa i-Heritage Foundation (u-sugar daddy we-townhall.com) ukuthi azame ukwenza izinhlelo zikahulumeni zisebenze kahle. Futhi angimazisi futhi angimethembi umuntu okhuluma kabi ngabantu (ikakhulukazi uma kuyimi, njengoba kwenzeka kulesi sigameko) futhi wenqaba ukuxoxisana nalowo amhlaselayo. Ngichithe isikhathi eside nginikeza inkulumo-mpikiswano ngaye ngenkulumo yakhe emsakazweni ethi, "Common Sense" (esakazwa nsuku zonke iziteshi ezingaphezu kwekhulu ezifundazweni ezingu-100! Kufanele ngiwuthande lowo mthethonqubo omusha weziteshi ze-Clear Channel Communication!) wenqaba.
Ngakho-ke ngemuva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa zokubhekana nalokhu, ngibhala ikhophi nokunamathisela impendulo engayinika bonke abahlaseli bami beMcVeighesque (funda: Abalandeli bakhe!), Nginqume ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokuqhubekela phambili emzamweni wami wokuthola ukuthi yini isihogo. lokhu kuganga kwe-TABOR kwakumayelana, kusukela phezulu kuya phansi. Kwakumele kube kukhulu uma kubhekwa abantu abasemuva kwayo nezindlela ababebhekana ngazo nanoma ngubani owayebuza lezi zinto. Angilona i-paranoid kodwa lezi zibonda bezifuna ukungithola.
Uma ngikhuluma ngenkulumo-mpikiswano, ngicabanga ukuthi ngeke kube khona ukuphikisana ngeqiniso lokuthi siphila ezweni elikhululekile cishe emlandweni womhlaba mayelana nalokho esingakusho, kanye nolwazi esinalo futhi. Futhi, kungase kube nenkulumompikiswano encane yokuthi singabantu abangazi kangako futhi abakhuthele kangako hhayi nje emhlabeni wezimboni, kodwa futhi uma kuqhathaniswa nezindawo ezifana neColumbia lapho bonke bakubulala khona (ngezinye izikhathi bayakubulala) uma kunjalo. kakhulu ukukhuluma ngokumelene nezinto. Ngezinye izikhathi, ngingasho ngokuziqhenya ukuthi ngiphikisana nenkolelo yokuthi "Ngifuna ukudla ama-cheeseburgers futhi ngidlale ilotho" yaseMelika, futhi ngingasho futhi ngokudabukisayo ukuthi uma ngisezingeni eliphezulu ngithola ukugxekwa okwengeziwe kubantu siziqhayise ngalokho esiyikho njengesizwe, ngendlela eyindida. Ngakho ngahamba ngiphethe isikhwama esikhulu senkululeko, ngilungele ukubhekana nalolu daba oluyinqaba oluseduze.
Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemuva kwesiphithiphithi sikaJakobe, i-OIA ekhohlisayo yaletha amasiginesha ku-capitol, ngethemba lohlobo oluthile lohlanya oluthi "Washington crossing the Delaware" style-op. Lashaya ihora lesine lapho ngizwa kuthiwa bazokwenza lokhu kwadingeka ngibe semsebenzini ngehora lesihlanu. Ngenhlanhla, ngihlala ezansi nomgwaqo osuka e-capitol ngakho ngangena emotweni yami nalesi sithombe esimathelwe esingu-30ร40 somsunguli omkhulu omnyama u-Garrett Morgan mina nabangane bami esisithole endaweni yokulahla lokhu kukhuphuka okuphezulu eMiami eminyakeni emithathu ngaphambili. Kwakukhona ikhamera eyodwa lapho ukuze irekhode lesi senzakalo esiyingqopha-mlando, ngakho ngama ngemva komfana evayizisa u-Garrett elokhu ebheke ngapha nangapha njengoba enikeza inkulumo yokuthi kwakuwusuku oluhle nolukhazimula kanjani, nokuthi maduzane sizoya kanjani ezulwini. Ikusasa likaHulumeni olinganiselwe kanye nayo yonke leyo nselele. Ngemva kwenkulumo yakhe kanye nemigilingwane yami, umthwebuli owayethukuthele wasondela kimi wathi "Ubucabangani, ngeke sikwazi ukusebenzisa le vidiyo manje!!!" kwase kuthi wonke umuntu owayekhona wangibikela mina noGarrett ngokuthi sasiphezu kwaziphi izinto futhi sasimele obani lapho? Ngibaphendule ngokuphindaphindiwe, ngokuphindaphindiwe "Anginabantu, ngiwukuphela kwethemba lami leqhawe" ngicaphuna umugqa wami oyintandokazi efilimini edelelekile ethi Joe vs. Volcano. Babengenakho lokho. Impela ngimele iqembu elikhulu elinentshisekelo enkulu njengoba benza? Hhayi-ke, ngenhlanhla kwakukhona umuntu oyedwa ophile kahle engqondweni owabhalela iphepha elihlonishwayo lapha edolobheni, iThe Journal Record. Sanikana ngolwazi.
Ngakho-ke kudlula isikhathi esincane, futhi ngemva kokufunda amakhasi namakhasi ezindatshana zemibono, izibalo zamaqiniso namashadi maqondana nokuthi lonke leli bhizinisi lalimayelana nani ngabona ukuthi kwase kuyisikhathi sesenzo esiphucuzekile. Mina nabanye abangani sasisanda kuqala into ebizwa ngokuthi "Iqembu Lengxoxo NgoLwesibili Ebusuku", futhi sikhethe i-TABOR njengodaba lwethu lwamanje esigxile kulo. I-athikili enesihloko esithi "Amaqembu angaphandle akhokhayo ukuze athonye izintela zase-Oklahoma" enyatheliswe ku-Daily Oklahoman ibonise ulwazi oluwusizo kakhulu (faka ihlaya elithi Daily Oklahoman Columbia Journalism Review lapha!) njengoba linikeze amagama abadlali ababalulekile kunkulumompikiswano ye-TABOR. UGary Jones we-OPEA ushiwo, futhi ucwaningo oluvela olwazini oluku-athikili lwangiholela kuSenator uRandy Brogden ongumsekeli oqinile we-TABOR. Ngabe sengigijima nalolu lwazi.
I-imeyili eya eqenjini ngalinye eshoyo ukuthi besinentshisekelo kokwenzekayo, nokuthi mhlawumbe ukuthi bobabili bakhulume ngendaba ndawonye kungase kususe ezinye izinto. Inothi eseceleni kulokhu ukuthi angenzanga umsebenzi ongcono kakhulu wokwazisa u-Brogden ukuthi lokhu kungase kube impikiswano nje. Nokho, ngemva kwesonto wabonakala eBandleni Lama-Unitarian lapho engaqasha khona igumbi ngamarandi angamashumi amathathu, eceleni kukaSihlalo we-GOP yase-Oklahoma (leyo evezwe eBorat ivakashela indlunkulu yase-OK Republican), i-State Rep engahleliwe, kanye nokubukeka okudidekile ebusweni bakhe. Ngathola incwadi ethukuthele evela osizweni lwakhe ngosuku olulandelayo mayelana nakho konke ukudideka (kamuva kwasulwa futhi konke kwakungaphezu kokuhamba kahle), kodwa konke lokho kwakuwubusuku obuhle kakhulu. UJones noBrogden banikeze imibono yabo ngalolu daba amahora ambalwa, saphakela ikhofi, nalabo ababekhona kanye nalabo abafunda ngakho ku-Journal Record ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva, kanye nabantu abazobuka ividiyo maduze. I-inthanethi izokwazi ukufinyelela eziphethweni zayo. Ikhululekile ezindleleni zobushiqela ze Oklahomans in Action noma abantu abafana noPaul Jacob. Kwakuyisenzo esiphucuzeke kakhulu kunesivumelwano se-Bass Pro, noma isigameko enhloko-dolobha esanginika inhlonipho entsha ngohlelo lwethu kanye nabantu abalungile abangakwesokudla njengoBrogden owayeyisenzo sesigaba esiphelele. Kodwa ingabe noma yikuphi kwalokhu kungenzeka ngaphandle kwezenzo zangaphambili zentsha?
Ngakho umbuzo wami uthi lona mayelana ne-OIA yilona. Wena (noma mhlawumbe abalandeli bakho bezinkampani ezinkulu) nifuna kabi ukuthi i-TABOR isungulwe ngenjongo eyodwa yokunciphisa uhulumeni kuze kufike ezingeni lapho izinhlangano ezithile kufanele zenziwe zibe yimfihlo, bese kuba ukutshalwa kwezimali kwabasekeli bezimali abayinhloko kukhokha. Bakunikeza amathani emali ukuze wenze lokhu, ngakho-ke yini esihogweni oyikhathalelayo? Kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi iziphetho zami zithethelele izinto ezifana nesigameko se-The Bass Pro Shop, ukuhamba ngemuva kwamakhamera anesithombe esikhulu sikaGarrett Morgan, nokuhlela inkulumo-mpikiswano ngokushesha kuhambisana nokuthandwa kuka-Adolph no-Mussolini (Ngiyazi ukuthi sho lokhu kodwa uJacobite wakho onomqondo ofanayo wenze njaloโฆ.) , kodwa lapho umuntu ofana neqhawe "likahulumeni omncane" kanye noMongameli waseMelika kuphela owahlukanisile uRonald Reagan esebenzisa i-Contras ukuhlaba amashumi ezinkulungwane zabantu baseNicaragua noma ama-mujahideen ukulwa namaSoviet kusho ukuthi. konke kuhle futhi kuhle? Yinto nje okufanele yenzeke ukuze kuthuthukiswe isizwe sakithi, akunjalo? Noma mathupha kungani ungawunaki ngokuphelele umthetho wase-Oklahoma ukuze kulethwe "umthethosivivinywa welungelo labakhokhi bentela" okungadingeki lutho namalungelo Abakhokhi Bentela ukuze kutholwe iziphetho kuthethelele indlela isimo esihle futhi esihle? Le yimibuzo engicabanga ukuthi sonke siyazazi izimpendulo zayo.
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