James, I agree 100% with you. The President sets his political agenda and then seeks to use the wide ranging explicit and implicit powers to make this agenda a reality. The examples you gave in your original comment were very appropriate.

Unlike you however, I have seen little dampening of enthusiasm by Black folks in their support of Obama. In fact, a recent poll showed that Blacks were overwhelmingly supportive of his performance. Talk about a disconnect from reality.

The biggest argument that I hear is that “he is the president of all America” when critiques of his performance are made as it relates to our condition. To me this is shows our lack of understanding of how politics works, and also this argument negates our ability to legitimately get movement on our issues.

So like you said, I have accepted that the bus will never come. Not because it couldn’t, but because we provide no incentive for it to come. We don’t demand it to come. We just look at Obama and say, “Wow he is so handsome and he is a great family man” and for most that is enough. While we struggle.

But if we change this mindset and start to support and build in our own community, we would have the money and clout to control a piece of this unjust political system like the wealthy does. We would also be able to weather the storm better when we didn’t get what we wanted, and our vote wouldn’t be taken for granted, like it is now. It’s past time we start supporting each other. For information on how to do this, click on my name.

Black Unity means financial independence and happiness

What presidential Administrations do is set policies, and in in many instances write or endorse legislation to be adopted in either the Senate or the House of Representatives. These policies and legislative initiatives can be negative or positive for any given group. For instance Mr. Obama’s position regarding gay marriages proved to be positive for the homosexual community, monetarily and socially. Monetarily, in that the homosexual community in many states may be able to pass monetary assets to their partners. Socially, in that the image of homosexuals marrying each other was given a positive facelift. The same thing is true for Hispanics, as they will monetarily benefit from the passage of a comprehensive immigration bill. They will be able to openly compete for any jobs without the fear of being deported. Blacks legitimately, just as these other pressure groups, should have an expectation of some positive policies emanating from this White House also. It should not be because he is an African American President, but because we supported him. Thus far his policies in regard to black aspirations have been muted. However, we should continue to pressure this Administration for policies that will affect us monetarily in a positive way. Would you suggest we should not?
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