The Politics of Race: America 2009
Former President Jimmy Carter, by definition, accused political opponents of President Barack Obama as racists saying that they "just cannot accept a black man as president."
Carter's accusation smacks of racist politics. Black economic experts including Thomas Sowell, a Hoover Institute scholar and former University of Chicago economics professor and Walter Williams of George Mason University, both vociferously oppose Obama for his attempt at federal takeover of the United States economy, health care and banks. Black political leaders such as former Ohio secretary of state Ken Blackwell now with the nonpartisan Family Research Council and former Maryland lieutenant governor Michael Steele now the Republican National Committee chairman both strongly reject such race-based attacks.
Oftentimes, the last and desperate ploy for liberals is the race card. Meant to shut and shame the opponents, mostly white Republicans and Southern conservatives, such race baiting is not only a sham but destructive to free speech and robust political dialogue.
From Jimmy Carter and New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, who accused U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) of racism, such elitists should pull back their collective fangs and argue based on the merits of their issues.
After all, their chosen leader in the White House is only in his 8th month in office. Such political bomb throwing is premature, unless their arguments are already being overwhelmed by the loud informed majority that opposes Obama's policies (see recent Pew and Gallup polls).
As a minority, I despise such talk from Carter and Dowd. From their elitist perch, they are not helping minorities. By vicariously but wrongly personifying minority victimhood, Carter and Dowd are helping us all become victims of an overbearing federal government by quickly forcing upon us a tyrannical nanny state.
According to Ronald Kessler of Newsmax, former Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice rejected the 1984 Democrat National Convention refrains appealing to "women, minorities and the poor, which basically means helpless people and the poor."
The shrill politics of victimhood threatens to dilute the dramatic steps advanced by Martin Luther King, Jr., U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Secretary of State Colin Powell and Rice.
Like Rice, who formerly was a Stanford University provost, "I'd rather be ignored than patronized."
As a senior professor of political science and mass communication, I know that this country--the United States of America--has more opportunities than any nation in history that I know of. My parents, who left the Philippines shortly before President Ferdinand Marcos’ dictatorship, staked their family's future on American exceptionalism—a belief that America will especially reward those who work hard for their posterity. I continue to believe in their faith in the American Dream. Let’s not accept divisive racial slurs nor squander liberty’s blessings.
Truly, freedom is the foundation of this constitutional republic--one nation under God indivisible. Let's defend liberty. Let’s pray to Providence, the personal and infinite God, as well as work because as Edmund Burke said, “vigilance is the price of liberty."
So as minorities and as Americans, the best play for personal and national success is not by embracing victimhood but living happy and contented lives.
Sep 20, 2009
Sep 17, 2009
No protection of Poland, No stimulus, No decency,
No protection of Poland
Seventy years to the day that the Nazi britzkrieg destroyed Poland, U.S. President Barack Obama militarily undressed Poland by denying them the agreed upon land based missile defense shield. Obama's meandering rhetoric retrogrades Poland's security. Is U.S. leadership in Eastern Europe in question?
No stimulus
What about the other Obama promise--the economic stimulus? Apparently, FedEx has not felt it: 1st quarter earnings down an astonishing 53%.
Under President Obama and this year alone (post-Bush), 2.5 million American jobs lost. Where have all the old jobs gone?
No decency
Factoid: United Nations reported today that there are four million porn sites and 750 thousand pedophiles online at any time. Where has decency gone?
Quotes from one of the largest DC protest rallies in U.S. history:
"Your wallet, the only place [liberal] Democrats are willing to drill. Don't share my wealth--share my work ethic."
"Compassion is voluntary, not compulsory."
Seventy years to the day that the Nazi britzkrieg destroyed Poland, U.S. President Barack Obama militarily undressed Poland by denying them the agreed upon land based missile defense shield. Obama's meandering rhetoric retrogrades Poland's security. Is U.S. leadership in Eastern Europe in question?
No stimulus
What about the other Obama promise--the economic stimulus? Apparently, FedEx has not felt it: 1st quarter earnings down an astonishing 53%.
Under President Obama and this year alone (post-Bush), 2.5 million American jobs lost. Where have all the old jobs gone?
No decency
Factoid: United Nations reported today that there are four million porn sites and 750 thousand pedophiles online at any time. Where has decency gone?
Quotes from one of the largest DC protest rallies in U.S. history:
"Your wallet, the only place [liberal] Democrats are willing to drill. Don't share my wealth--share my work ethic."
"Compassion is voluntary, not compulsory."
Aug 26, 2009
Barack Obama on Being Human
Barack Obama: Being Human
By the end of Sunday, August 23, 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama's power waned, so did his popularity. This politically historic day occured while the Obama family enjoyed the place of the rich and powerful--Martha's Vineyard.
Popularity plummets
According to the most reliable pollster, John Zogby, Obama's popularity "has plummeted to a record low, with just 45 percent of likely voters now approving of his performance," reported Newsmax.
The Zogby International poll found 50.5 percent of all-important likely voters registering disapproval of the president's job performance.
Dick Morris, former advisor to President Bill Clinton said that dropping below 52 percent means serious political trouble due to the abandonment of almost 60 percent of the critical independent likely voters. The results point to a srong indication of disapproval of Obama's most recent push of nationalized healthcare.
Power receding
With popoularity waning, Obama's power to rein in Democrat leaning moderates is weakening. The first to escape Obama's grip is the Democrat leaning but Independent and influential senator from Connecticut, Joseph Lieberman.
Nationalized health care unhinged
Speaking to CNN's John King on Sunday August 23, 2009, Lieberman said, "There's no reason we have to do it all now." Asked if it was "time to hit the reset button," on federalized healthcare, Lieberman said "yes."
"In other words, we're in a recession." Lieberman concluded "I think it's a real mistake to try to jam through the total health insurance reform, [a] healthcare reform plan that the public is either opposed to or of very, very passionate mixed minds about."
Being human
With his popularity and poll numbers down, Obama's presidency has touched the ground where most presidents in the past had to tread. He will no longer have superhuman influence--except in the elite media.
By the end of Sunday, August 23, 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama's power waned, so did his popularity. This politically historic day occured while the Obama family enjoyed the place of the rich and powerful--Martha's Vineyard.
Popularity plummets
According to the most reliable pollster, John Zogby, Obama's popularity "has plummeted to a record low, with just 45 percent of likely voters now approving of his performance," reported Newsmax.
The Zogby International poll found 50.5 percent of all-important likely voters registering disapproval of the president's job performance.
Dick Morris, former advisor to President Bill Clinton said that dropping below 52 percent means serious political trouble due to the abandonment of almost 60 percent of the critical independent likely voters. The results point to a srong indication of disapproval of Obama's most recent push of nationalized healthcare.
Power receding
With popoularity waning, Obama's power to rein in Democrat leaning moderates is weakening. The first to escape Obama's grip is the Democrat leaning but Independent and influential senator from Connecticut, Joseph Lieberman.
Nationalized health care unhinged
Speaking to CNN's John King on Sunday August 23, 2009, Lieberman said, "There's no reason we have to do it all now." Asked if it was "time to hit the reset button," on federalized healthcare, Lieberman said "yes."
"In other words, we're in a recession." Lieberman concluded "I think it's a real mistake to try to jam through the total health insurance reform, [a] healthcare reform plan that the public is either opposed to or of very, very passionate mixed minds about."
Being human
With his popularity and poll numbers down, Obama's presidency has touched the ground where most presidents in the past had to tread. He will no longer have superhuman influence--except in the elite media.
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