SOTU: I’m Loving It
The president made the right speech last night regarding the
state of the union. Unlike many Democrats,
he showed a spine last night. He didn’t
run away from the good of the union. The
President put the smack down on the GOP last night. He bagged the teabaggers last night. I loved it.
He called out Boehner who had spent the day stating Obama was concerned
about his legacy. The President
responded last night with
#IknowBecauseIWoneBothOfThem. We
are blessed to have Obama as president.
He is in it for the people. I
loved last night’s SOTU. Although, I was
loving each moment of the speech, there were some not so happy with it. Republicans and Black people didn’t like
it.
The Republicans’ response to the speech was not a response
but propaganda. Sen. Joni Ernst stated
at the start she wasn’t address the SOTU speech given by President Obama. She instead focused on selling Keystone
pipeline and Fox News talking points. This
tactic by the Republicans was predicted by me.
The first part is to dismiss President Obama as not important by not
responding directly to his SOTU address.
The second part was to sell, for the Koch brothers, the making Keystone
a priority in Congress over all else our nation needs. The third part was to wrap all of the crap in
a “doom and gloom” fig leaf of falsehoods.
The Republicans seem to have forgotten where six years of
all Republican rule got us under Bush.
When the Democrats did regain Congress in 2006, they were too spineless
to challenge any of the Republican policies in place. Last
night Joe Manchin was on Rachel Maddow dry humping the idea of Keystone. He is a Democrat. Until Dems find a spine and run actual
progressive candidates for office, we will have more Republican rule. President Obama has brought this country a
long way from where we were under Bush.
It is self-serving for the GOP to continue to promote “doom and gloom”.
There is a segment of Black people falling for the “doom and
gloom”. Yes, police killing unarmed
Black people is an issue. It is an issue
when unarmed Black people are killed by vigilante citizens without redress. Yet, there is more to America than being
Black. I have stated over and over
again, President Obama is president of America not Black America. He has done much to help Blacks but it is up
to us to take advantage of the help offered.
We will bitch and moan without doing the research. Last year we didn’t vote. What did we hope to gain by not voting? The Republicans have shown to us what they
will do. Last night’s no-response from
Joni Ernst is just continued validation of what GOP will do to you. It is time for Black people to understand
politics, government, and economics.
I ask in all of the marching and die-in activities who are
the new candidates? Where are the people
who will work within government to make the changes we desire? What publications have emerged to inform
people of local elections? What media is dedicated to discussion of local,
state, and national legislation? If we
can get on Twitter to discuss #Scandal or #IKnowBecauseIWonBothOfThem, then we
can use social media to stay informed.
However, if we continue to give into the crabs in a barrel syndrome we
will achieve nothing. Look beyond being
a media sensation to creating a sensation around being involved in our
government.
The best means for getting involved is economically. It is time to teach ownership. We must return to actually owning business
concerns that service our communities.
It is time to end the step-and-fetch routine of running to corporate
America with our degrees. Let’s support
one another as each builds his or her business.
Being mad at Obama won’t change jack.
Links: As always read the links for the facts found in my
opinions.
http://www.npr.org/2015/01/20/378680893/transcript-gop-response-to-state-of-the-union-address
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