Iowa Rep. Steve King Won't Let Slavery Deface Our God-Given Buildings
Fresh off a stint defending Iowa from a scourge of gay people doing the Macarena, principle-packed Representative Steve King has taken yet another bold stand, this time in Washington, D.C.
You see, the other day the House voted on a bill to hang a plaque in the Capitol Visitors Center, but not just any old plaque, a plaque that would "acknowledge the role that slave labor played in the construction of the United States Capitol." Is Representative Steve King going to sit back and let something like that be screwdriven into the United States Capitol?
The [399] "Yes" votes spanned the ideological spectrum, from Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann [Ed. note: !!!!] on the right to Maxine Waters and Dennis Kucinich on the left. The one vote against: Rep. Steve King (R-IA).
That's right! Iowa, high-five yourself! Your Representative Steve King is the only person in the entire House of Representatives who's brave enough to say "Nah, don't think so" to one plaque, four screws and fourteen decades of grappling with the most horrifying period in American history!
Because of Jesus, you see, because of Jesus. King's official statement on the vote:
"Last night I opposed yet another bill to erect another monument to slavery because it was used as a bargaining chip to allow for the actual depiction of 'In God We Trust' in the Capitol Visitors Center. The Architect of the Capitol and liberal activists opposed every reference to America's Christian heritage, even to the extent of scrubbing 'In God We Trust' from the depiction of the actual Speaker's chair in the U.S. House of Representatives. [...] Our Judeo-Christian heritage is an essential foundation stone of our great nation and should not be held hostage to yet another effort to place guilt on future Americans for the sins of some of their ancestors."
Little tip for Rep. King: next time you speak out against a wall decoration to commemorate thousands of American slaves who suffered and died while constructing the very institution to which you have (for whatever reason) been elected, MAYBE you should consider avoiding certain phrases.
Like "foundation stone" and "held hostage," for example.
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Dear Steve King
Stick to your guns. This country is for everyone and his race. It was built together by everyone and his race.
Washington and the Congress has moved onward and upward in the eradication of slavery. Congress had a 50-50 chance of approving or disapproving of slavery and continued taking the high road to slavery emmancipation. Those slavery days are over! Lets move on in a spirit of pride and co-opertion.
My ancestors came here from Europe just being emmancipated from SERFDOM, previously SLAVERY. One of the actions they took was to come to this country. They were unhappy there so they left and came to America If our country still seems to hold some in self imposed slavery, then with the DNA Data Bank, they can find out where they came from. They can go back to thier historical roots and make a happy life for themselves.
As our country opened westward, slavery was not approved of. In round figures, about half of our states had slaves. As A former Iowan, I was most pleased to learn that not only did Iowa NOT CONDONE slavery, but became a place of refuge for runaway slaves. Iowa did NOT ALLOW people to capture runaway slaves! That make me very proud.
We lost more Americans during the Civil War than in all our wars put together for the benefit of emmancipating the slaves. We never hear even a teeny weeny thank you nor have we asked for one. So far, I have not heard one word of acknowledgement of so many people who not slaves, dying for thier betterment in America. What about all those dead in thier behest? All I ever hear is the constant barrage of the guilt thier descendants wish to place on us. And so many of our American ancestors came after the Civil War but we are presumed to be guilty too.
One more thing, only a mighty FEW people were wealthy enough to own slaves. The majority of the population could not afford slaves. Even former slaves were able to own slaves. How about that for all for all this placement of guilt!
Get off this kick, move on, and if some still envision themselves as still a slave, find your historical country, move there and embrace it. I'm sure you would have much to offer any of those countries. Good Luck.