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“You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so.
For remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.”
Dale Carnegie

Community Voices by Theresa Myers in The Carlisle Sentinel

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Community Voices - Editorials in The Carlisle Sentinel

Community Voices - Editorials in the Carlisle Sentinel

November 2024 starts my break from writing to engage in my campaign for Cumberland County Prothonotary.

Community Voices - Editorials in the Carlisle Sentinel

I was on a break from writing for Community Voices while I was running for Cumberland County Prothonotary (Nov 2024 - May 2025). I did not win the Primary - May 20, 2025 - and am resuming my writing.

Community Voices: A noticeable liberal drift in Cumberland County
Jun 4, 2025
This month’s Community Voices installment addresses the dismal Republican voter turnout and the liberal drift of the Cumberland County Republican Committee (CCRC). For the rest of the article visit Cumberlink.com (subscription service needed).
https://cumberlink.com/opinion/editorial/article_4c1c37fe-f269-4acd-a397-f68db04b5a2e.html

Community Voices: Lessons learned from behind the political curtainCommunity Voices: Lessons learned from behind the political curtain
May 26, 2025
I'm back! On June 9, 2013, I wrote my first article for a new column in The Sentinel. I had stopped by The Sentinel’s office a couple of weeks prior to complain to the then-editor, Jason Maddux, about the lack of Republican viewpoints in the editorial section and that he should do something about that. Though I had no professional writing experience, I did make regular online comments to political articles in The Sentinel using my real name and picture; we agreed I’d write a weekly article.

Even back then, I sensed a growing sentiment to lump all Republicans into a faceless group and attribute broad sweeping negative stereotypes to us, like racist and homophobic. I chose the name – Face of a Republican – for the column as I wanted to humanize Republicans. When I started writing the article, I had no connection to the county Republican establishment. I was just a neighbor, the person who volunteers with you with the local mental health advocacy group, works with you, and who happens to be a Republican with a lot of opinions, who thought that though we see things differently politically, there should be no place for hate on either side. I wanted a Republican’s voice to be heard, and someone had to do it. For the rest of the article visit Cumberlink.com (subscription service needed).
https://cumberlink.com/opinion/editorial/article_91def63d-ca57-4b9d-8372-3a682dc90788.html

"Thursdays with Theresa" a 13-week Video Series

While I was chairwoman of the Western Cumberland County Republican Club and during the COVID-19 pandemic, I thought as an outreach of the club on our Facebook page I would have a short videos to educate on conservative principles (Eight topics came from Barry Goldwater's Book "Conscience of a Conservative") via a 10-15 minute weekly video using Facebook Live. I started in the Fall of 2021. Due to the limited circulation of the posts by Facebook resulting in only 20-40 views of each video, I decided not to continue and stopped doing them after Thanksgiving. Total was 13 videos.

Some of the topics included were on State's Rights, Critical Race Theory, Texas Heartbeat Bill, U.S. Military Exit from Afghanistan in August of 2021, Perils of Power, Socialism/Communism, The Welfare State, Taxes & Spending...

The intro to the videos was a disclaimer These videos - Thursdays with Theresa - are hosted by the Chairwoman. The views expressed are her own with a conservative lens.

They ended with - The Foremost Principle of a Conservative is advancing FREEDOM. Each person is responsible for his own choices. We want enough order – government – to create a climate that allows a person, the freedom to be all he can be while respecting the rights of all.

The sign off was. I would say - I am proud to be an American. Then point at the camera and say - God Bless You. Then end with - God Bless the United States of America.

Date: 09/02/2021. Topic: Texas Heartbeat Bill. How I feel about abortion & how it has evolved. Let’s keep praying for those little babies. We united together are their voices and we will continue to fight using the legal system to protect them.

Date: 09/09/2021. Topic Highlights from the Weinberger Doctrine (c 1984) and how they could have been applied to 20 years of the “War on Terror” and the deployment of U.S. combat troops in Afghanistan

Date 09/16/2021. Topic: Sowing Division | Critical Race Theory.

Date 09/23/2021. Topic: Talk about the sister, Socialism & her brother, Communism. There are some spots that pause but stay to the end.

Date: 09/30/2021. Topic: Nothing New. Government spends too much.

Date: 10/07/2021. Topic: Limiting Government.

Date: 10/14/2021. Topic: State's Rights. 10th Amendment.

Date: 10/21/2021. Topic: Civil Rights.

Date: 10/28/2021. Topic: “Freedom for the Farmers” and the Impact of the "Regulation of Interstate Commerce" provision of the U.S. Constitution from Barry Goldwater's 1960 book, Conscience of a Conservative. References the Wickard v Filburn (1942), which dealt with the Commerce Clause and Congress’s ability to regulate what is grown and consumed on a single farm for personal use without being sold or crossing state lines.

Date: 11/04/2021. Topic is "Freedom for Labor." "I believe that unionism, kept within its proper and natural bounds, accomplishes a positive good for the country" from Barry Goldwater's Conscience of a Conservative. People usually belong to a union for three main reasons - to get the
1. Best pay and benefits
2. Best working conditions.
3. Job security.

Date: 11/11/2021. This week's topic is "Taxes and Spending." "Talk of tax reduction has thus come to have a hollow ring" from Barry Goldwater's Conscience of a Conservative. Still true today for the most part.

Date: 11/18/2021. "The Welfare State" is this week's topic. "The collectivists have not abandoned their ultimate goal - to subordinate the individual to the State - but their strategy has changed" from Barry Goldwater's Conscience of a Conservative.

Date: 11/25/2021. Topic: Buying Happiness? This week’s topic is an update for an article I wrote on November 30, 2013, in the Face of a Republican column for the Carlisle Sentinel titled "Can you buy happiness?"

"Face of a Republican" - A weekly column in The Carlisle Sentinel

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THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Building from the bottom up
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
May 24, 2014
A primer on how America can get its groove back is how I would label Jim DeMint and his Heritage Foundation colleagues’ new book, “Falling in …

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Conservatism coexists with freedom
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
May 17, 2014
I am like the 63 percent of voters from a May 14 Rasmussen Report who thinks the country is headed down the wrong track.

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Fight to keep the Internet neutral
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
May 10, 2014
Two separate decisions are in the works that could have a negative impact on content accessibility and cost to Internet subscribers.

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Benghazi and leadership
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
May 3, 2014
My Face of a Republican column first appeared in The Sentinel on April 21, 2013. My objectives for the commentaries were to inform, inspire an…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: ‘Everything old is new again’
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Apr 26, 2014
Last week, I attended the event “Revisiting the Cold War: CIA Analysis and Collection” that featured several presenters who were unsung heroes…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Ensure that officials are accessible
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Apr 12, 2014
With redistricting, many of us have new state legislators. Cumberland County now will be represented by three state senators — Districts 30, 3…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: It’s time to approve the pipeline
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Apr 5, 2014
The public comment period closed March 7 for the presidential permit application for the Keystone XL Pipeline.

COLUMNISTS
MYERS COLUMN: Biploar Day: Beyond awareness
By Theresa Myers
Mar 29, 2014
World Bipolar Day celebrates its inaugural year on March 30, which is the birthday of Vincent Van Gogh, who was posthumously diagnosed as like…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Where are your own ethics?
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Mar 22, 2014
Because a governing body condones a practice doesn’t necessarily make it the right thing to do, legal or vice versa.

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: The wrath of your own party
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Mar 15, 2014
The majority of incumbent Pennsylvania state lawmakers think primary challengers from within their own party, regardless of performance, are a…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Fairness: Collection of union dues
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Mar 8, 2014
The Union Plus website identifies the purpose of unions as “increasing wages, raising the standard of living for the working class, ensuring s…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Is U.S. Constitution still relevant?
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Mar 1, 2014
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought fo…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Pumping up Patient Care Act
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Feb 22, 2014
The Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility and Empowerment Act proposal, better known as the Patient CARE Act, would give back flexibil…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: President Obama’s executive pen
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Feb 15, 2014
On Feb. 10, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations for implementing the employer shared responsibil…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Building a stronger Pennsylvania
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Feb 8, 2014
Winning is everything for both political parties.

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: The China two-step
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Jan 25, 2014
It has been fascinating to witness the phenomenal growth in the People’s Republic of China.

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Be aware of the many ‘isms’
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Jan 18, 2014
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Since then, the act has been expanded by Congress to add …

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Why aren’t there more female politicians?
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Jan 11, 2014
Before listing the reasons for the under-representation of female politicians and suggesting solutions, I want to explain why it needs to be p…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Mitigating an economic collapse
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Jan 4, 2014
Chatter around economic calamity is on the rise. In a Dec. 8, 2013, Forbes.com article titled “Is a Financial Apocalypse Coming?” David John M…

2013 December - November
2013 August - October
2013 May - July

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: What’s in it for America?
Dec 30, 2013
The phrase ‘ What’s-In-It-For-Me’ (WII-FM), refers to a concept where a person assesses a situation, often unconsciously, to identify the rewa…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Pause the ACA and begin again
Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Dec 22, 2013
Three years ago the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) was enacted along party lines. The president has felt the need to reconstruct the ACA on s…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Integration and fair housing
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Dec 14, 2013
At the Nov. 26 Hampden Township Board of Commissioners’ meeting, and with the consent of the developer, the commissioners postponed action on …

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Surfing the Marcellus fracking wave
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Dec 7, 2013
Triggered by demand and high commodity prices, Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale well development exploded from 2005-2012 with 6,245 wells being dr…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Buying happiness?
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Nov 30, 2013
The annual cycle of holiday celebrations and excess is upon us. It seems automatic to focus on material possessions this time of year, usually…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Why did Obama miss the Gettysburg Address anniversary?
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Nov 23, 2013
What was President Barack Obama thinking when he decided to decline the invitation to speak at the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gett…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Agriculture is the No. 1 business in Pennsylvania
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Nov 16, 2013
According to the 2007 Census of Agriculture, there are 2.2 million farms in the United States. Of those, 63,000 are in Pennsylvania and 1,550 …

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: New beginnings with redistricting
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Nov 2, 2013
The redrawing of a district’s geographical lines is called redistricting. This is done in order to maintain an even distribution of the fixed …

THERESA MYERS
Face of the Republican: School board duties
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Oct 26, 2013
Cumberland County has nine public school districts each governed by a board of nine directors who are elected and serve four-year terms of off…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Clearing land to build a common ground
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Oct 19, 2013
How can you obtain a solution to a problem if one side believes it does not have to negotiate because they think their solution is the best on…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Seeking leadership
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Oct 12, 2013
I have had to limit my intake of the battle between the political parties and the White House because it is discouraging to see how manipulati…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Restoration amendments
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Sep 28, 2013
Sixty percent of Americans believe the federal government has too much power, according to a recent Gallup Politics Governance survey conducte…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: The future source of our news
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Sep 21, 2013
The original Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 has been described as “a key statute outlining the global mission of U.S. propaganda abroad and limitatio…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Syria and the question of war
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Sep 14, 2013
Dear Congress, if you give the OK for the president to engage in any military operation against Syria, do not send him to the fight with tied …

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Public health a job for everyone
Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Sep 7, 2013
Public health’s patient is the community rather than an individual. Protecting and promoting the public health of Americans is the job of the …

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Handling health care and obesity
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Aug 31, 2013
Health care in the United States is a major economic driver. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimates that in 2010 it represen…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Looking into religion-free politics
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Aug 24, 2013
What characteristics and job skills are needed of a lawmaker? If religion is part of acquiring those skills, can the two really be separated?

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: No trust and no respect
Theresa Myers, Sentinel Columnist
Aug 18, 2013
No trust and no respect explains Democratic and Republican party hostility and the display of partisanship in the Legislature that is more res…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Finding a solution from within
By Theresa Myers, Sentinel Columnist
Aug 4, 2013
The accusations of race-baiting hurled at Baptist minister Al Sharpton come from people who forget that people willingly attend his rallies.

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: 3R Elephant Party
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Jul 28, 2013
Over the last few months I have inquired of people why they are Republicans. Being a Republican is not the same as being a conservative — this…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: What do county commissioners do?
By Theresa Myers, Sentinel Columnist
Jul 21, 2013
There have been several complaints about the Cumberland County Commissioners’ decision to hire a consulting firm to help do the county’s missi…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: It’s getting hot around here
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Jul 13, 2013
In June President Obama unveiled lists he called Action Plans to Fight Climate Change. An infographic on the White House website has this quot…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Winners, losers, no big deal
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Jul 6, 2013
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, was signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010, and upheld by the Sup…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Having no immigration bill is better than this one
By Theresa Myers, Sentinel Columnist
Jun 30, 2013
I got the last space on a bus the Cumberland County 9-12 Project had to Washington D.C. on June 19. I attended the six-hour news conference on…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: It depends
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Jun 23, 2013
Do you want flexibility, independent, creative thinkers and choice or do you want conformist, consistency, group think and less choice?

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Born blue
By Theresa Myers, Sentinel Columnist
Jun 17, 2013
My father came to the U.S. from Puerto Rico to work as a busboy in Miami hotels in the 1950s. Opportunities to work on the railroad became ava…

THERESA MYERS
Face of a Republican: Marriage and a state’s right to self-determination
By Theresa Myers, For The Sentinel
Jun 9, 2013
Marriage equality tends to polarize people. I remind myself that when respecting the U.S. Constitution and the freedoms it gives me, it provid…

THERESA MYERS
Opinion: Not Republican enough?
By Theresa Myers, Sentinel Columnist
Jun 2, 2013
Not Republican Enough? I am talking about the evaluation that I am an imposter or a “RINO” (Republican in Name Only).

THERESA MYERS
Opinion: A day made to remember
By Theresa Myers, Sentinel Columnist
May 26, 2013
What does Memorial Day mean to you?

God Bless the USA
A Partiot's Spirit: It's a condition of the heart.
A Patriot's Spirit: What's the movement about?

Please enjoy God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood 1984

Lee Greenwood God bless the USA 1984 from Brian on Vimeo.

A Patriot’s Spirit: It’s a condition of the heart

By Theresa Myers For TheresaMyers.com
July 19, 2020

The impetus for this article was a message by my pastor of the Shippensburg First Church of God preached on July 19, 2020. The pastor started by talking about the division that our country is currently seeing. How division has been a weapon of the devil starting with Adam and Eve when he divided them from God. He continued with a few more biblical examples which led into what is the root cause of the problems that divide us. The pastor shared that the core problem is “a condition of the heart.” The pastor didn’t’ leave us hanging by only telling us the problem, he also offered a solution.

Before I share what the solution is, I want to talk about the division our country is seeing now over race relations. The most recent match that set the country on this journey was the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, as a result of a police officer holding his knee on George’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds while George was telling the officers he couldn’t breathe. George died on that sidewalk that day. A bystander videoed the abhorrent event and the world was in shock and disbelief. I chose not to watch the video. I could not witness the murder of a man. It would be an image I could not get out of my mind. Just by reading about it my heart grieved. This inexcusable act of police brutality has led to protests across the country. Some of these protests have been peaceful and others not. These protests have led to a conversation of how black and brown people (minorities) are treated in this country in a systemic way from education, the justice system to opportunities in general.

As a woman who has white skin and has the last name Myers, one might think I know nothing about racism. I know it firsthand. See my maiden name was Santiago. My father who raised me from the age of 12 as a single parent was Puerto Rican with a dark olive complexion and spoke English with a heavy Spanish accent. Many people only speaking English had a hard time understanding him though I never did. He made a strong effort to improve his English and tried awfully hard to do so. I do not speak Spanish. The longer I lived with him and he spoke more English the better he got.

I witnessed many times salesclerks, waitresses, people taking orders at fast-food restaurants, and other places being annoyed by his English (timeframe 1976-1983). I would have to step in to assist. It was sad to me to have someone I loved so much being treated this way. They looked down on him just because he was Puerto Rican. Puerto Ricans were thought of as lower class in the town at that time. My mother’s mother (who was white Appalachian from Pikeville, KY living in Ashtabula, Ohio who were also looked down on in the town) had disowned my mother for marrying a Puerto Rican. When I was born (1965) her mother had wished I had died so needless to say there was no relationship there. I was an outcast from that side of the family and not accepted. So I know racist people exist firsthand.

Fast forward to 1997 and I am in Statesboro, Georgia, attending graduate school and still had my maiden name - Santiago. One of my fellow classmates had the nerve to ask me if I had gotten into grad school because I was a minority. I was so shocked she had the nerve to ask me that – that’s racist. I said no, I got in because I met the requirements. I often was the highest scorer on exams and projects. I was tutoring my fellow classmates. I hardly needed a special pass.

On other occasions while I still had my maiden name, people would ask me where I got my last name. That is racists. What difference does it make? I would say I was born with it and then they would say no, where are you from? I would say America. I consider it ignorant and rude. Since I have had my current last name – Myers, I have never been asked where I got my last name.

I am a white woman with the ethnicity of Hispanic and I have had these benign mild experiences. I cannot imagine the experiences of the people who you can see their color. Something has to be done to improve the situation for minorities in our country. Denial that it exists is not moving us constructively along the journey.

It is easy to love people like you but not always easy to love someone who is different. How can you love people who are different than yourself? How do you fix that “condition of the heart?” If you start sharing the love of Jesus with people especially people who are “different” from yourself along any lines (race, economic status, religion, sexuality orientation…), your heart will change.

You change people’s hearts; you can bring people together. The pastor has titled this movement to share the love of Jesus with people who are different than yourself, “Samaritan Revolution.” We change this mistreatment of people regardless of whether it be based on race, sexual orientation, pro-life or anti-life, or anything else by personally choosing to examine our heart and step out in faith to “share the love of Jesus” with someone different than yourself.

Will you join me in being part of the movement “Samaritan Revolution?”
We can change the country and heal our divided land!

Let's do this and make a difference.

In the name of Jesus Christ,
Theresa

Reference to the story of the Samaritan

A Samaritan Village Rejects the Savior Luke 9: 51-55
51 Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem, 52 and sent messengers before His face. And as they went, they entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for Him. 53 But they did not receive Him, because His face was set for the journey to Jerusalem. 54 And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, [j]just as Elijah did?”
55 But He turned and rebuked them, [k]and said, “You do not know what manner of spirit you are of. 56 [l]For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.” And they went to another village.

The Parable of the Good Samaritan Luke 10: 25-37
25 And behold, a certain [h]lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?”
27 So he answered and said, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
28 And He said to him, “You have answered rightly; do this and you will live.”
29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30 Then Jesus answered and said: “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among [i]thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side. 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion. 34 So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 On the next day, [j]when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.’ 36 So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?”
37 And he said, “He who showed mercy on him.”
Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

Source: https://www.biblegateway.com/

A Patriot’s Spirit: What’s the movement about?

By Theresa Myers For TheresaMyers.com
August 2, 2020

On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota during an arrest for allegedly passing a counterfeit $20 bill to buy a pack of cigarettes. His death was ruled a homicide. Floyd was a 46-year-old black American man and his killing at the hands of a white police officer triggered protests across the country to call out racism in America. Initially, the protests that sprang up were recognizing the injustice George Floyd had suffered, the broader spotlight on police brutality that disproportionately affects minorities, and the lack of police accountability in weeding out bad cops.

They used the slogan “Black Lives Matter.” There is a difference between making a statement “Black Lives Matter” which I would think everyone could support and the organizational structure of the “Black Lives Matter Movement.” On Jun 9, 2020, I wrote a Letter to the Editor of the Carlisle Sentinel titled “Black vs All lives matter.” (see below). At the end of the letter, I said before I could support the “Movement” I would need to better understand their platform and plans/tactics to effect these necessary changes. I encouraged others to do the same before jumping on the bandwagon. What follows is my research on this “Movement” in the context of understanding their platform and plans/tactics.

Background

The #Black Lives Matter Movement was started by three black women - Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi. According to their website s #BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. “Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.” According to a June 25, 2020 NY Post article which was based on a newly surfaced video from 2015 showed one of the co-founders stating they consider themselves “trained Marxist.” Further Patrisse Cullo, “The first thing, I think, is that we actually do have an ideological frame. Myself and Alicia in particular are trained organizers.”

What does someone believe who calls themselves a Marxist? The simplistic answer is Marxism is a set of political and economic ideas that are based on the belief that the rich business owners exploit their workers and the lower classes. The ultimate solution is a form of government called communism (stateless, classless society). No Capitalism. The stages to get to communism are to first go through socialism. Socialism is just a transition step, not the end.

How do you destroy a capitalists society moving it to communism? One: destabilize. Two: have the government take over core industries, functions from the private sector. Three: come in for the blow with a revolution or civil war. Four: confiscate the belongings of the rich then. Five: devalue the currency for the final blow.

According to Lenin “Experience has taught us it is impossible to root out the evils of capitalism merely by confiscation and expropriation, for however ruthlessly such measures may be applied, astute speculators and obstinate survivors of the capitalist classes will always manage to evade them and continue to corrupt the life of the community. The simplest way to exterminate the very spirit of capitalism is therefore to flood the country with notes of a high face-value without financial guarantees of any sort. Already even a hundred-ruble note is almost valueless in Russia. Soon even the simplest peasant will realize that it is only a scrap of paper, not worth more than the rags from which it is manufactured. Men will cease to covet and hoard it so soon as they discover it will not buy anything, and the great illusion of the value and power of money, on which the capitalist state is based will have been definitely destroyed.”

Can there be a stateless, classless society?

Even thinking there can be a stateless, classless free society with "no division or alienation, where humanity is free from oppression and scarcity, and where there is no need for governments or countries and no class divisions" is ludicrous. Order is needed. It has never worked for the good of the masses for a country to have true socialism or communism as a form of government. After the revolution or civil war there would be a state of chaos and then a structure of government would emerge which would be led by the revolutionaries/victors and their supporters. It would be abusive and they would enrich themselves at the expense of the peasants/losers. These new leaders would become the new rich, the elite. To make sure they are not overthrown by the same tactics they used, they would take away our freedoms and be very controlling. No such thing as a Bill of Rights.

We must remember the Russian Revolution was violent. China had a civil war 1947-1949 with the eventual Communist victory. Neither of these countries is known for human rights or allowing freedoms for their people.

Tactics

Knowing the ideological background of the BLM founders and their motivation, certainly sheds light on the tactics we see being used by them in the protests which have had mayhem and violence. We must remember the ultimate objective is to destroy our current system of government and way of life. All the programs of their Foundation are tools to get them to the end goal and a way to gather supporters along the way. They are noise.

It may not happen in 2020 but this Movement is not going anywhere, and we need to be alert and vigilant to their activities.

I support Black Lives and they Matter but I can not support the official BLM Movement organization and condone its tactics. It is not a movement of peace or love. I hope others will consider this background when deciding to jump on the bandwagon.

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Resource:
June 24, 2020 Carlisle Sentinel
In this article is an exchange where activists are requesting that the Cumberland County Commissioners state Black Lives Matter. It is interesting to see Commissioner Gary Eichelberger’s statements regarding the Black Lives Matter Movement.

Letter: Black vs All lives matter
Jun 9, 2020
Letter to Editor Carlisle Sentinel

Dear Editor:
I recently read an article on the Fox News website were the singer Pink was getting push back from her fans due to her support of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Many of the posts were stating ALL lives matter to which Pink replied, no one is saying ALL lives don’t matter and to educate yourself. This got me thinking. I too believe all lives matter and are unique and have value from conception to death.

However, I realized that is not what saying Black Lives Matter is about. To me saying Black Lives Matter is recognition that many black people have been left out, marginalized, discriminated against and sometimes even killed by a system due to the color of their skin. It is not just rarely but a system exists in many institutions allowing this behavior to fester in America for centuries.

Saying Black Lives Matter to me means — “Enough is enough and we aren’t going to take it anymore. We are drawing the line in the sand.” I support the statement, Black Lives Matter, in that context. Before supporting the “Movement,” I need to better understand their platform and plans/tactics to effect these necessary changes. I recommend others do the same as well before jumping on the bandwagon.

Theresa Myers

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Dog mom Theresa with her furbaby, Noah and husband Mark

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