MERCHANTS HAVE NO COUNTRY – Commentary by Jim Dean

'Merchants have no country'....Thomas Jefferson

The age old struggle of business interests against those of the people is still with us. In Jefferson's time the almighty dollar was fought over tooth and nail. Agricultural interests fought to pay off loans with depreciated dollars, thereby robbing lenders. Lenders schemed to loan 'phony' paper money to return the favor.

The contemporary form of this age old battle has mutated. While modern chambers of commerce continue push as the eleventh commandment that whatever is good for business is good for the people, a new twist has been inserted. The fight for the almighty dollar has morphed into a fight to change America in any fashion to suit business interests. When it comes to making a dollar everything is on the table. Our heritage, religious values, ethnic make up, domestic industries and even our future are for sale.

This week the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce claimed that the proposed constitutional gay marriage ban "could place Georgia in a very uncompetitive situation and endanger the economic success of Metro Atlanta and Georgia."

Now there is a mouthful. The Metro Atlanta C-of-C is concerned about Georgia. I wonder if they would like to put this up for a vote and stake their net worths on this. Chambers used to be concerned about their public image, but no longer.

Why this change of heart? The answer is simple. They now have the key to Georgia's political backdoor that they can use any time. They don't need the people if they have Georgia's political leadership in their back pocket, and they do.

They feel more comfortable doing business behind the scenes. Both Democratic and Republican leadership have shown they like it, too. Power flows to those who make the deals. Grass roots Georgians have literally become disenfranchised by the veto of the Metro Chamber of Commerce's ruling elite and a cooperative political leadership.

It usually requires a conquering army to install a quisling government to rule over and exploit a captive populace. But today anti-heritage, bigoted corporations provide this service for free. History has proven there never to be a shortage of turncoats willing to serve the new rulers. Atlanta seems to have a bumper crop of turncoats and a diversified one at that.

Selling out constituents has risen to the level of blood sport. The various caucuses compete for top honors. Even the American family does not escape Atlanta's auction block. If the price is right, it's up for sale.

Tyrone Brooks took this to a new extreme when he ran interference for convicted pedophile, Nuwaubian leader Dwight "Malachi" York, attempting to quash his investigation with bogus claims of its being 'racially biased.' Heritage TV has been investigating this and we have discovered a 'casino tie in.' York had to be reinvented as an Indian to pull this off, but this was a minor hurdle for the Atlanta race hustlers, for whom reality is whatever they say it is.

York's pink panther stuffed doll with its anatomically correct male sex organs is now part of Georgia's political heritage. To quote Tyrone, "They're good people, they're just like us." Speak for yourself, Tyrone. I think the kids who were victimized would feel differently, but what do you care? Maybe York is just like you...or you like him. We'll take your word for it. You would never mislead us, would you Tyrone?

The Atlanta and Georgia business community prospered for decades under the ole '56 flag. Then it was miraculously converted into a 'threat' to the economic viability of the state. The '56 flag is gone (for now) and the homophobic family has replaced it as the new threat to Georgia. Does anyone see a pattern here?

The heritage movement has long warned that America's heritage haters have a long list of targets. I call it their Dwight York complex. They will always find Tyrone-Brooks-types who will call what they are doing a 'good thing' no matter how reprehensible that it is. The Chamber has morphed into a serial molester of American heritage. They need to pay the price for their moral depravity.

The GHC will soon be announcing a new program to cleanse Georgia of its heritage molesters. It is a big problem so we will need a big program. We invite you all to help, as we cannot succeed without you.

Jim Dean is the producer of Heritage TV and a member of the Georgia Heritage Coalition.