Do You Support the President's Foreign Policy?

Good morning family. Yesterday, President Barack Obama addressed the United Nations. Do you support the President's foreign policy? Why? Why not?

The Choice Is Yours, Obama or Romney?

Good morning family. The election is coming soon. The choice is yours, Obama or Romney?

We Will Never Forget 9/11

We will never forget the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks.

May God bless them and their families. May God bless all the policemen and firemen who entered the burning towers and the Pentagon to save lives. May God bless and protect the soldiers who go into harm's way pursuing the terrorists responsible for this tragedy. May God bring all of the terrorists to justice.



May God protect innocent civilians in all nations from terrorism. Let love prevail over hate. Let tolerance prevail over intolerance. Let understanding prevail over ignorance. Amen.

Don't Surrender to Cynicism and Apathy! Vote for President Obama!

Last night, President Obama delivered his keynote address to the Democratic National Convention. As I listened to his speech and all of the other Democratic politicians' speeches this week, I thought about a negative article that I read attacking the President as "the more effective evil".  I began writing this post late night after I heard the President's speech. Coincidentally, as I was driving to work this morning, I heard a debate on Democracy Now between Glen Ford and Dr. Michael Eric Dyson on the same subject as this piece.

There are a lot of naysayers and downright player haters out there. I'm not talking about those stinking Republicans either. I'm talking about those stuck in the 1960s, ultra "militant", self-appointed guardians of blackness over at Black Agenda Report ("BAR"). Instead of criticizing the reactionary, racist, right wing Republican Party, BAR spends over 90 percent of its time criticizing the first African American President, Barack Obama.  In one of their articles, they acknowledge that the Democrats are their primary target.  For that reason, I question BAR's sincerity and commitment to the people. No president is above criticism. However, BAR has an insane fixation on President Obama.

Frankly, I would not be surprised if those haters are being funded by the Republican Party to suppress the black vote.  BAR posted an old article by a prominent African American intellectual essentially encouraging people not to vote. Such articles promote voter apathy by arguing that the two parties are essentially the same.

The difference between the two parties is stark.  The Democratic Party supports affirmative action, civil rights, health care reform, women's rights, immigration reform, Wall Street regulations and fair taxation. The Republican Party opposes all of those things. The GOP supports suppressing black voters, expanding U.S. military intervention, granting tax breaks to the rich, ending Medicare, ending Social Security, denying women the right to choose and deregulating Wall Street. The Democratic Party reflects the racial, ethnic and religious diversity of America. The Republican Party does not. It is the party for angry white men.

Wake up!  There are two major parties in this country, the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. There are two major candidates for President, Mitt Romney and President Obama. The harsh reality is that the third party candidates have a snowball's chance in hell of being elected President of the United States. There is too much at stake in this election to squander one's vote on a candidate who is unelectable.

Of course, the President and the Democrats are not perfect.  Certainly, President Obama's speech was not perfect.  No candidate or party is ideal.  Clearly, we should and must stand up for the issues that matter to us.  We must protest and demand that all branches of government address important issues like unemployment, war and peace.  However, an absolutist, all-or-nothing approach to politics is impractical, foolish, naive and dangerous. There is too much at stake to sit this election out. Our parents and grandparents marched, fought, bled and died so that we could exercise our right to vote.

Don't surrender to cynicism and  apathy.  Support President Obama. Four more years! Four more years!

This article is cross-posted on Jack and Jill Politics.
  

#DNC2012, Day 3:"Four More Years! Four More Years!"

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Good morning everyone. Here are a few highlights from the Democratic National Convention. President Obama, we have your back. Four more years!!! Four more years!!!

#DNC 2012, Day 2: "No, Mitt Romney. Corporations Are Not People!"

Good morning. Last night, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren addressed the Democratic National Convention.



Former President Bill Clinton delivered the keynote address.

#DNC2012 Highlights from Last Night

Good morning everybody. First Lady Michelle Obama gave a powerful keynote address. If you have not heard it, I recommend that you take a moment to listen to it.



Stacy Lihn explained in clear terms how the Affordable Care Act is saving her daughter's life. If Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have their way, Ms. Lihn's daughter may not be able to obtain the healthcare that she needs to survive.



Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick declared that "[i]t is time for Democrats to grow a backbone and stand up for what we believe!" Gov. Patrick proceeded to give a fiery speech touting the accomplishments of President Barack Obama and slamming the shortcomings of Mitt Romney.