My Past could be Your
Future
We have discussed the similarities int he histories of our
two countries and now I would like to fast forward to what is in the headlines
in the US today. I will touch on four
areas - the BLM land grabs, the demands for a higher minimum wage, gun control
and the influx of illegal aliens.
The Land grabs
The Cliven Bundy story has gained a lot of publicity in he US which, in turn, called attention to the
pending grab by the Administration of 90 000 acres of Texas ranch land at the
Red River.
The Red River is the boundary between Texas and Oklahoma…or
is it?
Byers, Texas along the Red River — The BLM stole 140 acres
of the Tommy Henderson ranch thirty years ago. They took his land and paid him
absolutely nothing. He sued and lost. Now the BLM is using that court case as
precedent to do it again. The problem is, the land they want to seize is
property that ranchers have a deed for and have paid taxes on for over a
hundred years.
The BLM claims that about 90,000 acres (116 miles along the
Red River) have never belonged to Texas in the first place. They will seize the
land and it will seriously change the boundaries between the two states.
Think about what we just learned. This land should have
never belonged to Texas in the first place? Think about that. Only the most
serious crimes have no statute of limitations. The BLM wants to take the
private property of families that have owned it, in some cases, for over a
hundred years.
No crime has been committed. This is not the fault of the
owners. Taxes have been paid, and deeds have been issued.
Read more at
http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/04/bureau-land-management-attempting-land-grab-90000-acres-texas-ranchland/#KRCPTtbpj1VspIt1.99
Now, In South Africa, after the ANC took over in 1994, they
passed The Restitution of Land Rights Act
The government should be commended for promulgating the
Restitution of Land Rights Act of 1994 [1], which allows those who lost their
property as a result of the Land Act of 1913, to claim back their land. Ten
years into democracy, a total of 36 489 claims have already been settled
involving about 85 000 households. This is an achievement considering the fact
that 90 percent of the land was in the hands of whites, who made up less than
10 percent of the population when apartheid was dismantled. Black people need
their ancestral land. Many of them aim to utilise it for agricultural
production [subsistence or commercial], for settlement, or for non-agricultural
enterprises. Without land it will be impossible for them to participate in the
mainstream economy.
This sounds fair and realistic until you consider what has
happened to these farms since the ANC Government “redistributed” them. Many of the White farmers have still not
received compensation for their property and the farms have become non
productive wastelands.
Here are before and after pictures of a farm in South Africa
Now, after the latest election in South Africa the Economic
Freedom Fighters have stated in their manifesto that land expropriation without
compensation is the only solution to the land question in SA. Put this together with Robert Mugabe (the
President of Zimbabwe) call this week for no white person to own land in his
country and you can see where this will lead.
Both of these countries were known as the bread baskets of
Africa and exported tons of food to the rest of the world. Today, both countries are importing more than
they grow.
The ANC is now considering passing a law that all white
farmers should GIVE 505 of their farm to their workers.
The minimum Wage
President Obama has, again and again, demanded that Congress
rage the minimum wage in the US. There
have been strikes all over the country backing him up in this demand.
On Thursday, the fast-food strikes that have been spreading
around the country are going global.
Workers at restaurants like Burger King, McDonald's,
Wendy's, and KFC are walking off their jobs in 230 cities around the world to
demand a minimum wage of $15 an hour and the right to form a union without
retaliation. Strikers will protest in 150 US cities, from New York to Los
Angeles, and in 80 foreign cities, from Casablanca to Seoul to Brussels to
Buenos Aires.
And while Congress is unlikely to raise the federal minimum
wage any time soon to the $10.10 an hour wage President Obama proposed in his
2013 State of the Union speech, states are taking up the fight. Over the past
year, seven states and the District of Columbia have raised their minimum
wages, and 34 states are considering bumping up pay for their lowest-paid
workers. In late April, the mayor of Seattle proposed a $15 minimum wage.
While in South Africa the unions have practically closed
down the mining and motor industries with violent strikes for higher
wages. These strikes have been the cause
of bombings, looting and murder.
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/numsa-strike-could-spell-disaster-for-sa-growth-investment-outlook-2014-06-30
Gun control
Firearms, in South Africa, have always required a license
from the Government. So, when the ANC
came into power and passed legislation
in 2010 that all firearms be re-registered, then turned down more than 50% of
these applications, they knew who had
firearms and where they lived. This law
effectively disarmed the population and cleared the way for the white genocide
that is taking place in SA today.
It would appear that this is exactly what the US
Administration is attempting to do.
The gun violence in Chicago over the 4th of July weekend was
severe, but, the victims were not raped and tortured for hours before they were
killed as is the case in SA.
Illegal Aliens
The US is being overrun by an invasion of thousands of
illegal aliens crossing the borders with no resistance from the Obama Admin.
South Africa suffered exactly this when Zimbabweans crossed
the borders in their thousands
Zimbabwean Illegal immigrants come to South Africa including
other foreign nationals for one reason only, to attain a better quality of life
in the hope of obtaining employment, whether legal or illegal.
The South African country already portrays a high
unemployment level, and does not have work for its own people, let alone
illegal’s. Yet the Zimbabweans have proved to be educated, hard working people,
and South Africa benefits from the skilled labor offered by these illegals.
These people were given a partial amnesty by the SA
Government, but due to the high levels of unemployment in South Africa, the
people of SA were incensed and Xenophobic attacks were the direct result of
this action.
Xenophobia in South Africa
Last month, during two weeks in May, 2008, a series of
attacks took place all over South Africa. In a clash between the poorest of the
poor, gangs of local black South Africans descended on informal settlements and
shanty towns, armed with clubs, machetes and torches, and attacked immigrants
from Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabawe. Locals accused these immigrants of
taking jobs away from them, among other grievances. Over the course of those
two weeks, over 60 foreigners were killed, several hundred injured, and many
thousands of immigrants are now displaced, or are returning to their home
countries. Dealing with the aftermath of the attacks has become a large problem
for South Africa - prosecuting attackers, accommodating refugees, dealing with
a labor shortage, political damage control, seeking to address root causes, and
some soul-searching are all taking place. (15 photos total)
The parallels are significant, and I believe that concerned
US citizens should look at what has happened in SA and realize that this is
exactly what is is coming to your town or city in the near future, unless you
stand up and put a stop to it.
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