Posted by
John Finnigan on Saturday, May 31, 2008 10:17:45 PM
Chicago Public schools more dangerous then Iraq
According to Illinois’ junior Senator, Barak Obama, more young Illinois citizens die in school related violence then Illinois solders die in Iraq. My question is, “ Where are the tens of thousands of white college educated protestors and activists shouting for an end to the outrageous loss of life in Illinois public school age children?
The sound of silence is thundering.
Senator Obama recently said that the poor masses are seething and ready to explode. He’s right. Yet the poverty that makes the masses boil has less to do with material poverty and more to do with poverty of social and personal character.
I’ve seen and lived in real third world poverty. What passes for poverty in Chicago is luxury by the world’s standard. It’s probably fair to say that 40 years of our Great Societies War on Poverty has failed. Yet, Neo Conservative republicans and most democrats can’t let go of a failed dream.
So, what is the answer to our growing social and personal poverty situation? I doubt that government has any viable answers. Throwing money at it doesn’t work. Martin Luther King Jr. said that he looked forward to the day when men are not judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
The mostly poor, mostly minority children of Illinois who have been killed in the streets are the victims of a poverty of Character. Money doesn’t build Character. If it could then Linsey Lohan wouldn’t be in trouble.
Government can not legislate character. Only God and viable families seem to breed it. Taking on the Character of Jesus is the only real answer I see.
John