To finish, I have a great example to share with the readers. Right now, I am reading the last book of Dr. Ben Carson: “America The Beautiful”. He shares the story of one of his Black friends, a genius. He is an engineer. He created two inventions for companies from the mainstream which generated hundred of millions of dollars. As usual, they didn’t give him any credit. Actually, the last company offered him a cheque of $75, 000 when he was supposed to get 20% of the profits estimated to over 100 million dollars. He cut the cheque and threw it in the face of the CEO and founded his own company. He was able to have profits of over 100 million dollars. This is what I call a proud Black man, we need to have faith in ourselves!!!

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I’m white and I’m embarrassed for black people especially black women, it seems the males hate you all and have no respect for you.

And you guys are clueless when it comes to President Obama, you have no loyalty, well seeing how you’re not loyal to your own women, I shouldn’t expect anything different when it comes to the FIRST black man to hold the highest office.

It’s only been 4 years and you’ll turned your backs on him quick, 4 years that’s all it took, when it took from creation to 2008 for white folks to mess things up repeatedly.

I never once heard President Obama say he is here or running for office to only serve the betterment of black people.

I own a business and want to hire more minorities practically males, but I’m concerned about the way you guys think. It’s alarming and one of the reasons why you’re not getting hired. Not because you’re big and strong, it’s because of your one-sided, misguided tunnel vision, you hate on your own kind, I can only imagine how you feel about me. Scary!

To say that the President hasn’t done anything for African American ignores the facts. When the president took office, the auto industry was in freefall, with GM and Chrysler on the verge of bankruptcy, record low auto sales and dealerships going belly up left and right. A significant amount of African Americans earn their living from the auto industry; either as owners of dealerships, employees at those dealerships, owners and employees of small companies that supply the major auto manufactures and over a million African Americans who work at the big 3 automakers one the assembly line or in white collar office jobs. The President put his neck on the line when he bailed out Chrysler and GM. Without that bailout, millions of African Americans in the auto industry would have lost their jobs. Today the auto industry is thriving with record sales. Not only are Blacks who would have lost their jobs without Obama’s bailout still working today, many more who were laid off from factories scheduled to be torn down four years ago have been recalled and working as much work as they can get.

The President has not only increased funding to HBCU’s but has increased Pell Grants that help Black students not only attend HBCUs, but Michigan, Duke and UCLA.

This President has also fought to eliminate the racially biased drug laws that required long mandatory felony sentences for minor first time crack possession suspect who are mostly Black,Hispanic and poor, but allowed judges to impose misdemeanor probation for people convicted of first time possession of powder cocaine who are mostly white and middle class. There’s a long list of things you can’t do with a felony conviction; that list is much shorter for a misdemeanor conviction and a direct factor in why so many Blacks can’t find jobs.

Also let’s remember it was Obama’s banking reform bills that has outlawed subprime loans that have placed so many Blacks in foreclosure.

We’ll find out in a few weeks the Supreme Court’s decision on the Health Care Bill which upheld by the courts would address the most critical issue facing African Americans, lack of access and affordability to quality health care.

Finally; in the last four years, America has not been attacked and the President has responded quickly and forcefully to national security; and has eliminated the architects of past terrorist attacks that have taken the lives of hundreds of African Americans. Obama has quickly responded to the natural/manmade disasters of various floods, hurricanes, blizzards in Black communities and the BP blowout which affected the same areas of the country destroyed by hurricane Katrina. I don’t have to remind you all about how the last President responded to attacks on the nation and natural disasters that adversely impacted African Americans.

Many people forget Obama’s inaguration speech in which he said that the country was in such bad shape that it would take more than four years to turn it around and slowly it has, but not fast enough for many people. The day after the President’s inaguration, Rush Limbaugh urged Republicans to do anything and everything possible to make sure Obama was a failure.

Is criticism of Obama from people like West and Watkins like the Black folks who complained that there were no Black judges, but after they lobby to get a Black judge appointed or elected, they get upset when that Black judge does his job and rules against them in court?

Great post again Dr. Watkins!

There is great truth in your river of words and I think we all need to hear them as we reach this point in the river, where we have a reality check. As your words flow, do we as a people see a river leading to a waterfall, or will your words lead us to some calm point, where we are able to catch our breath and regain our momentum? Or, are your words just for the moment and have no clear objective, except to critcize? Shame on you, brother!! Where does your river of words flow from here? Words tend to become hollow in assertions, just as the words of Mr. Obama have become so meaningless, if there is no positive end game. Jobs and Their Creation, google it! If not my way, show us another way brother to the prosperity we seek. Let your river of words ultimately flow to the lake of job creation or pretty soon, you too my brother will sound like the person about whom you are writing. Mr. Obama’s words have not reduced the pressures of double digit unemployment in our community for last four straight years. Will yours? You see, brother it is not about you and it has never been about Mr. Obama. For those who lifted Mr. Obama up and made him more than a man with flaws associated with all men, I say shame on them!! If our focus is correct and sane, it should be about our well being as a people. When you crunch the numbers, they will show we as a people have not positively benefited from this man’s Presidency. So speak the truth, air the dirty laundry of this first black President. It is only through truth, we are able to dispel the lies and false pretenses. However let your river of words lead us to a better place, for there is no better truth, than the truth that will see us in a better place at the end of the day. Peace my brother and God’s speed. http://www.sslumpsum.com