Close on the heels of Virginia's apology for slavery comes a new effort in Georgia to have that state's legislature do the same thing Virginia's legislature was conned into doing. This action in Georgia is being promoted by the NAACP. My, what a surprise!

Black legislative leaders, no doubt egged on by the NAACP have said they will introduce legislation that will ask Georgia not only to apologise for slavery, but also for segregation and the old Jim Crow laws. It seems that with each new state being asked to grovel at the shrine of political correctness, the stakes get bigger and bigger. Pretty soon it will be incumbent upon the state legislature to apologise for every case of measles or chicken pox a black youngster has had in Georgia since 1865. Somehow, they are all Whitey's fault--and if they ain't those people will make sure he thinks they are.

It has been reported that lawmakers in Missouri are studying a similar proposal. One can only wonder at what they will be expected to apologise for--all the human misery in the world since 44 BC? What about the Northern states that had slaves prior to the War of Northern Aggression? Do they get to apologise also or do we just ignore their complicity in the slave trade?

According to Edward DuBose, president of the Georgia chapter of the NAACP: "By asking Georgia to apoligize for its role, we're asking it to assume responsibility." Ahh, there's the barb at the end of the hook. Can anyone spell e-x-t-o-r-t-i-o-n??? Those people don't want a mere apology--they would like some long green to go along with it--a little "sin" offering to atone for white guilt--well actually they'd like a big sin offering. And us poor white folks are just supposed to feel so guilty about all this stuff that happened 100 years before we were born that we will hang our heads, hand the NAACP or Je$$e Jackson's outfit our wallets and just say "go to it Jack." Guilt manipulation is supposed to work that way.

However, at this point, some of the Georgia legislators don't feel any pressing need to apologise. House Speaker Glenn Richardson has said: "I'm not sure what we ought to be apologizing for. Nobody here was in office." Good point, but that makes no difference in the guilt manipulation game. Doesn't make any difference who's in or out of office or if they ever had anything to do with the so-called problem or not. Those people smell possible money and that's what it's about. Another legislator said: "People shouldn't be held responsible for the sins of their fathers. I personally believe apologies need to come from feelings that I've done wrong. I just don't feel like I did." Well, sir, you didn't, but they will labour mightily to make you feel guilty anyway because they want those reparations and, quite frankly, they don't care a fig how they get them, or from who, just as long as they get them.

This present generation has NO obligation whatever to apologise for something that happened over 140 years ago. The thought of it is even inane. And the state's NAACP leader Mr. DuBose, looking at this reaction, has stated: "But certainly people who benefit from slavery, especially in the state of Georgia, you wouldn't expect cooperation from." I wonder if he realises how stupid that statement sounds today. In what way is the present state legislature "benefitting" from a slavery that ended over 140 years ago?