CIVIC CENTER
Pelham Parkway
Neighborhood
Association
BY STEVEN GLASSER
It’s that time of the year
again as the Pelham Parkway
Neighborhood Association in
partnership with the Albanian
American Open Hand
Association has the community
covered with our annual
School Supply giveaway on
Sunday, Aug. 29 starting at
1 p.m. There will be school
supplies such as notebooks,
pencils, pens and book bags
(while supplies last). All children
must be accompanied by
a parent or guardian.
The event will be held at
2134 Barnes Ave., at the corner
of Lydig Avenue. We look
foward to seeing you.
BY FRANK VERNUCCIO
On repeated occasions,
Joe Biden has intentionally
used incendiary language to
oppose legislative measures
that deter cheating on elections.
He has similarly used
infl ammatory phrases in response
to those urging him to
address the growing crisis on
the Southern border.
“The 21st-century Jim
Crow assault is real … We’re
facing the most signifi cant
test of our democracy since
the Civil War—that’s not hyperbole.”
The president has
also stated that America is
“backsliding into the days of
Jim Crow.”
None of the measures
Biden used this language for
is, in any manner, discriminatory
or racist. Requiring
proper identifi cation to vote,
and mandating that a clear
chain of custody and transparent
vote counting is common
sense and common decency.
Securing a border
against illegal entry is a fundamental
responsibility of
the national government.
That reality has not
stopped the White House
from making its bizarre and
dangerous comments.
In addition, Biden has employed
deliberately insulting
phrases to characterize his
political opponents, calling
them Neanderthals, racists
and similar phrases.
While statutes exist establishing
penalties for “inciting
to riot,” (example: “Code
of the District of Columbia §
22–1322. Rioting or inciting
to riot. Whoever willfully incites
or urges other persons to
engage in a riot shall be punished
by imprisonment for not
more than 180 days or a fi ne of
not more than the amount set
forth in § 22-3571.01, or both”)
the protections of the First
Amendment limit the application
of the concept. That’s fortunate
for Democrats in general
and Biden in particular.
Writing in the New York
Times in 2018, Gerard Alexander,
a professor of political
science at the University of
Virginia, noted: “Liberals often
don’t realize how provocative
or infl ammatory they
can be. In exercising their
power, they regularly not
only persuade and attract but
also annoy and repel … Racist
is pretty much the most
damning label that can be
slapped on anyone in America
today … Yet some people
have cavalierly leveled the
charge against huge numbers
of Americans.”
Why has Biden, who campaigned
on a pledge to unite
the nation, adopted such
harsh rhetoric?
Today’s Democrat Party
is dominated by its hard-left
wing, which is banking on
extreme claims to distract
the public from its growing
failures in deterring crime,
restoring the economy, and
establishing a foreign policy
that addresses Chinese and
Russian aggression.
Clearly, Democrat Progressives
seek to dramatically
alter the United States,
but lack the public mandate
to do so. They must fi nd support
by creating the impression
that the nation is racist,
economically unbalanced
and generally unfair.
However, the public, at
school board meetings and
other forums, is expressing
resentment over Progressive
allegations about America
being inherently racist.
Further, leftist emphasis on
woke issues, (which pronoun
to use socialism, defunding
the police and military, canceling
of contrary views, etc.)
are not fi nding receptive ears
with voters.
The Democrats’ woes are
getting worse. Foreign affairs,
which had been on the
backburner of political debate,
are moving steadily to
the forefront. The Wuhanoriginated
pandemic substantiated
Trump’s claim
that China was a malevolent
presence, a reality made even
more obvious by Beijing’s establishment
of concentration
camps to oppress religious
and ethnic minorities within
its borders. The dramatic
arms buildup by both Russia
and China has been all but ignored
by Biden and his party.
Recently, the Cuban peoples’
quest for personal freedom,
and the startling failure
of key Democrats to sympathize
with them, has exposed
the Progressives’ affi nity for
both communist policies and
authoritarianism in general.
Rather than engage in a
long delayed and urgently
required period of self-examination
about their policy
failures and growing distance
from the general public,
Democrats, lead by Biden, are
doubling down on infl ammatory
comments and outrageous
charges about their opponents.
Inevitably, this will
both further divide the nation
and lead to an electoral debacle
for the Left in the next
election.
CIVIC CENTER
Community Action
Civic Association
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Korony Post 253
BY TONY SALIMBENE
There are a bunch of
events coming up in September:
Of course there’s the
annual Labor Day Weekend
youth athletic activities at
Edgewater Park. Sept. 5, at
AMVETS Post 38, barbecue,
band, 50/50 raffl e, all for $10.
Sept. 11, is the anniversary of
the sneak attacks on our country,.
There will be an evening
ceremony at the East Tremont
Avenue Fire Department.
Sept. 18, EP VFD, Night at
the Races at Bronxonia YC.
Please support this worthy
outfi t. Sept. 19, 3rd Sunday
meeting, Theo. Korony Post
253, at American Turners NY;
10:30 a.m. coffee, 11 a.m. meeting,
lunch at 12 noon. Oct.
10, Columbus Day Parade at
Morris Park and White Plains
Road. Lineup is at 11 a.m.
More info next time. So…
Until Next Time: All
great events, tired just typing
this, but please try to
attend all of them!
VISIT US ON THE WEB AT BXTIMES.COM
BY JOE MONDELLO
I want to start off with
hoping all our members and
friends are doing well. If you
still need to get a vaccine, the
Bronx VA is readily available.
Flashback! When I enlisted
into the Air Force back
in April 1975, the airlift evacuation
in Saigon, Vietnam was
underway. This week, thousands
of U.S. soldiers are being
sent back to Afghanistan
to evacuate the embassy staff
from Kabul as the Taliban’s
push toward the city has revived
memories of the 1975 fall
of Saigon. Please give a buddycheck
on our Vietnam veterans
who served “ in country”
as they may need support
in dealing with this all over
again. The NYS Division of
Veteran Services Confi dential
Helpline to veterans and their
families is 1-800-273-8255;
press 1. Let’s all pray that they
all come home safe to their
families.
Speaking of families, why
not join us at the Sam Young
Post 620 as we host several free
family evenings of “Movies
Under the Stars and Stripes.”
This program was made possible
by the support of the
Westchester Square BID and
Councilman Mark Gjonaj.
Please mark your calendars
for the following
dates:
Sept. 4: “My Spy,”
Sept. 18: “In The Heights”
Sept. 25: “Godzilla vs.
Kong”
All movie dates will be
shown on a Saturday. Gates
opens at 7 p.m., movie starts
at 8 p.m. Hotdog and refreshments
will be available before
the start of the movie. All movies
will be show in HD on our
large outdoor 15-foot screen
with cosmic sound. Come relax
on our Great Lawn. Bring
your blankets, lawn chairs
and just in case, some bug
spray! Donations will gladly
be accepted.
On a fi nal note, some creep
decided to help himself to our
Post air compressor. We reviewed
this jackass on our
CCTV system as he walked inside
our gate, lifted the compressor
and walked out the gate
minutes before I was to use it. I
posted his picture on Facebook.
Until next week, “If the sky
above you Grows dark and full
of clouds, And that old north
wind begins to blow, Keep your
head together And call the
Lord’s name out loud, Soon
you’ll hear him knockin’ at your
door.”
For God and Country.
CIVIC CENTER
Sam Young Post 620
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