jonymor: As an American that happens to be an African-Ameri...

jonymor: As an American that happens to be an African-Ameri...: As an American that happens to be an African-American that believes our democratic principles are best served by the Democratic party, I was...

As an American that happens to be an African-American that believes our democratic principles are best served by the Democratic party, I was proud to support Barrack Obama as our first African-American President. To fellow Democrats and especially to my African-American Brothers, it's time look at the facts. Barrack Obama has conceded at every turn and given the advantage to the Republicans. I have said over and over that Obama is a closet Republican. A Republican President could not have advanced the Republican agenda as effectively as Barrack Obama has. A Republican posing as a Democratic president would be able to swing enough votes from the Democrats to pass most Republican agendas.

Punked again

President Barack Obama just got punked again by Boehner. It appears as if Obama is either afraid to stand up and act like a President or he doesn't know that he is the President of the United States of America.

As am African American

As am African American, I was quick to jump on the band wagon in support of Barrack Obama. Now in hind sight, I see that we as black people should have reserved our energy for a black President that reflects our American values. Barrack Obama was raised in countries that do not respect individual freedoms or individuals and I believe that is why he is insensitive to individual freedoms. I support health care reform, but I strongly object to the mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance. It's an assault on our personal freedoms and constitutional guarantees.
As a democrat and an Afro-American that loves America, I support the republican challenge to the individual mandate and I applaud the appeals court that struck it down. That one gesture on the part of republicans is the only meaningful thing that they have done and will have to be followed by ways to improve the health care legislation.
Simply put, because the republicans have been missing in action, and if no democrat challenges Barrack Obama, I will reluctantly vote for him again.

Where do African Americans go from here?

We, African Americans, fought for White Americans freedom as well as our own and yet we still remain at the end of the line. Our legislators are continually writing legislation that pushes us so far back that the end of the line would be a big step forward. Our legislators are continually granting special privileges to special groups for political gain.
I was particularly disturbed by the special protections granted to gays for choosing to be gay and the special privileges given to them for same sex marriage. If you choose to be different, you should not be rewarded with special privileges. African Americans who were already at the end of the line have now been pushed back even further to make room for a pseudo group of people.
I have been a supporter of California Governor Jerry Brown since his first two term as governor. The bill under consideration in the legislature that would allow illegal immigrants to qualify for publicly funded scholarships should be dead on arrival. This bill would not only push African Americans further back, it would also push legal Mexican Americans who are only a step ahead of African Americans in line, further back. The ramifications of trying to be everything to everybody for political gain hurts those that can are already enduring more than their share of pain.

Presidential authority to raise the debt limit in the Constitution

I agree with Bill Clinton that President Obama has authority under the U,S. Constitution to raise the debt limit. Obama's attempts at trying to get the Republican party to agree to any plan to reduce the deficit is a mere courtesy. Rather than deal in good faith with President Obama and the Democratic party, the Republican party will continue to push and raise their demands until time runs out or they find a weakness that they can exploit. The question is: on August 2, will President Obama issue an executive order raising the debt limit?

Reaganomics

“Reagan did push through deep, across-the-board cuts in tax rates in his first year of the presidency in 1981, fulfilling a campaign promise."

BUT "the following year he signed the largest peace-time tax increase in U.S. history, the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982.”

AND “he raised taxes in every succeeding year of his presidency except the last.”

ALSO “as California governor, Reagan also signed the biggest tax increase in state history.”

Excepts from an article By TOM RAUM - Associated Press

Obama is a closet Republican

Here's a new term, "Obama is a closet Republican." Although he was elected as a Democrat, he has given the Republicans everything a Republican President would have asked for and because he was elected as a Democrat, and he is an Afro-American, the Republican Party seized the opportunity to force reckless legislation and policies on the American people.

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's war on Islam

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the Republican chairwoman of the House committee has declared a personal war against Islam. I agree, US taxpayers should not be subsidizing groups that seek to undermine US policies, interests and it's allies, but the cuts should be unilateral. Since Israel is the cause of all the conflicts in the Middle East and is responsible for a huge drain on the U.S. Economy, all aid should be withheld from Israel until it reaches a peace agreement with it's neighbors.
In our quest for world peace, we need to change our priorities. All aid should be withheld from Pakistan and Israel and should instead be given to countries that have shown by democratic elections that they are democracies and only so long as they remain democracies.