Conservative Black Chick

Wow, after five years of his loyal constituents supporting him and receiving nothing in return, it was nice to see President Obama address this year’s all black male Morehouse College graduates. Obama even found his black vernacular as he always does before a black crowd, saying “I know some of you are just graduating, thank you Lordy.” As if all black people walk, talk, and think alike. Sickening and offensive.

Nevertheless, the last time Obama spoke to an historically black college or university was in 2007 at Howard University when he was trailing Hillary Clinton in the black vote for the Democrat presidential nomination. Can we say pandering?

Equally surprising during his Morehouse commencement address, Obama referred to himself “as a black man like you” something he rarely, if ever has done. Obama didn’t refer to himself as a black man during his reelection campaign either. In fact, quite the opposite, as America’s first black president he’s largely made it a point of distancing himself from black America but ironically need black Americans vote each time to win.

In his first term Obama had no appetite for the problems facing  black Americans even though over 95% of blacks voted for him in 2008 and 93% in 2012. The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Obama’s black voter water carriers, barely got one meeting with the president during his first term.  According to the Editor of the blog Crew of 42 and managing editor of Politic365 , Obama has met with the CBC only three times since 2009.

In 2012,  CBC Chairman Emmanuel Cleaver told the media if Hillary had been president or any white person with the black jobless rate at 14%, “we’d be marching around the White House” but the CBC gave Obama a break because he’s black. And with this lousy record, Cleaver and CBC members told blacks to vote for Obama a second time and they did.

Obama is “black” when convenient. The president throws blacks a few bones during elections to keep them in his pocket, ignoring them the while rest of the time and delivering them nothing for their loyalty. His Morehouse speech was a nice diversion for  mainstream media from the growing scandals (IRS, AP and Benghazi) in his administration.

But the speech amounted to dishonest, propaganda rhetoric that glossed over the problems plaguing black race, which have been perpetuated by liberal policies over the past 40 years. The historically black college located in Atlanta has a proud legacy of educating young black men like Martin Luther King who go onto become leaders and successful men in life.

Obama told the young men they were “graduating into a job market that’s improving.” Hardly, true, the black jobless rate has remained twice as high as the national average Obama’s entire time in office. “If you think you can get over in this economy, just because you have a Morehouse degree, you are in for a rude awakening,” continued Obama. This was closer to the truth.

As he has done on many other occasions, Obama vilified success. Even though he is a very rich man who sends his kids to private school, Obama told the Morehouse men don’t aspire and worry about “making money” or paying off your student loans, “ask yourself if the only option is to defend the rich and powerful.”

Obama mentioned many blacks live in “troubled neighborhoods across the countr—many of them heavily African-American” with bad schools “where violence is pervasive.” Rather than asking the Morehouse graduates to “set an example” numerous times throughout his speech, Obama should have set an example himself and talked about how Black America is failing itself.  He should have pointed out to these young men that the catastrophic problem facing blacks is our rejection of marriage.

Obama should have warned graduates 73% of black babies are born out of wedlock compared to 40% of whites and this is the direct cause of higher incarceration rates, lower high school graduation rates and the economic decline of blacks. He also should have mentioned the staggering statistic that 44,038 black children have been killed by guns since 1979, which is about 13 times more than blacks lynched over 86 years from 1882 to 1968, according to a Children’s Defense Fund report.

Moreover, Obama also should have told the young black men, looking up to him as an example of success, that the only way blacks can truly help each other is by helping themselves first. Instead we heard Obama invoke the same, old broken record blacks must be the caretakers of other blacks. “If you know someone who isn’t on point, go back and bring that brother along.”

Why are blacks the only race constantly telling blacks they have an obligation to help each other along. No, blacks have an obligation to first help themselves along like any other race. Giving back should be something we all do but Democrats’ message to black America always seems to be someone will be there to help you along, peers or the government.

I’m glad Obama connected with his blackness at Morehouse but he wasn’t honest in his speech. If Obama had been, it would have been an admission to the young black males at Morehouse that liberal policies have and are utterly failing black America.

What is happening to our country?  Gays, who represent less than 3% of our population, are trying to dominate our culture and society. Love whom you want. Love the one you’re with. People don’t really care. This is the message most people want to say but are afraid to because the LBGT (lesbian, bi-sexual, gay and transgender) community will verbally flog anyone who doesn’t agree with them. Between gay marriage, gay adoptions, forcing the Boy Scouts to admit gay scouts and scout masters, and lauding a rich NBA player for announcing he’s gay, the message is clear from gay America to the 97% of the rest of us. You will accept our lifestyle as mainstream. My response: “No I won’t.

Notice when anyone rejects this gay agenda based on religious beliefs or personal views, they are called bigots or mocked.  Appearing on Meet the Press May 5, 2013, Republican Newt Gingrich noted the Catholic Church is prohibited from performing adoption services in states like Massachusetts and the District of Columbia because the Church will only allow a married couple (by definition a man and woman) to adopt a baby. This is a perversion of societal norms all in the name of liberals forcing their political correctness down America’s throat whether her people have an opinion about it or not.

Liberals are eager to help the “gay lobby” with its takeover of America. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced March 29, 2013 plans to consider allowing Medicare to pay for sex change surgeries and invited public comments on the topic.  Later that day, HHS abruptly pulled the proposal. While the agency said it was due to “an administrative challenge” of Medicare’s 1981 decision not to cover such operations, it seems news coverage of HHS’ proposal had something to do with its about face. I doubt Republicans in Congress would think sex change operations were a good use of taxpayer money.

There’s more. The Senate’s “immigration reform bill” includes a gay couples provision. I’m sure Senator Marco Rubio, the mastermind of this amnesty effort, is elated about the development. Bowing to the gay strong-arming, Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy will offer up the amendment, Uniting Americans Family Act, when the committee votes on the bill. The amendment  allows “foreign same sex partners” of legal US residents or citizens to come to America and get a green card.  Talk about a target for fraud.  What test will the government use to certify people are gay  and “permanent  partners” and NOT people posing as gay to game the system?

As if the bill didn’t have enough problems with its amnesty push for over 11 million criminals and 301 amendments, Senators thought let’s make it even more outrageous. Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy said he didn’t believe the gay partner provision will kill the bill. No, the immigration bill will die a slow death like the Senate’s gun bill did because it’s mired in mud.

Even though the jobless rate has stayed above 7.5% for the past five years and remains on track to be the longest period of persistent unemployment in 70 years, Democrats want to extend amnesty to as many people possible who aren’t even in the US yet. What’s next? Allowing relatives of foreign gay partners to come here too? The liberal logic is beyond nonsensical it’s downright comical.

No matter how many TV shows are produced about gay couples being married and raising children, or phones calls made by president Obama to gay athletes, homosexuality will never be the majority in our culture. I think it’s high time the 97% of the rest of heterosexual America stand up for the preservation of American society not the distortion of it.

NBA player Jason Collins is gay. Who cares? Why is this news? And more importantly why did President Obama call him to congratulate him? Like other famous gay Americans, Ellen DeGeneres and Anderson Cooper, to name a few, it seems Washington Wizards Jason Collins wanted to put himself in the “spotlight.”

Collins broke the news in a lengthy article published in Sports Illustrated and said:

“I’ve never sought the spotlight. Though I’m coming out to the world, I intend to guard my privacy. I’m making this blanket statement in part to keep rumors and misunderstandings at bay. I hope fans will respect me for raising my hand. And I hope teammates will remember that I’ve never been an in-your-face kind of guy. All you need to know is that I’m single. I see no need to delve into specifics.”

Be gay, but why announce your sexual preference unless you want to attract attention to yourself and “grab the spotlight”? A person’s sexuality shouldn’t be news and it certainly shouldn’t warrant a call from the President of the United States.

Not waiting a day or better yet opting not to contact Collins, Obama phoned the NBA player within hours of the article being posted online to congratulate Collins for his “courage.” Perplexing on many levels that Obama thought contacting Collins rose to the level of such national urgency.

Obama wasn’t so quick to call and console the families of Americans slaughtered in Benghazi by terrorists. It took his administration weeks to even call the attack on our consulate in Benghazi a terrorist attack. But Obama has time to call an NBA player to congratulate him on being gay.

How many of the Boston bombing survivors or families of those killed did Obama call immediately after the terrorist attack? Days after performing at Obama’s second inaugural, 15 year old Haydia Pendleton was gunned down by two thugs in Chicago two miles from Obama’s Chicago home.  Did Obama call her parents within hours to console them? But he had time to call an NBA player to congratulate him on being gay.

Syrian President Bashar al Assad has waged a civil war on his people for nearly two years, killing 80,000 Syrians and according from Israel, Britain and France, Assad also used chemical weapons on citizens. During his White House press conference April 30th, Obama said he needs more proof Assad used chemical weapons on his people. “Obviously, there are options that are available to me that are on the shelf right now that we have not deployed,” added Obama.

Obama doesn’t have time to deal seriously with Syria but he has time to make a frivolous phone call to NBA player Jason Collins to congratulate him on being gay.

First Lady Michelle Obama also thought it was important to congratulate Collins.

“@FLOTUS So proud of you, Jason Collins! This is a huge step forward for our country. We’ve got your back! –mo”

For all her talk about wanting kids to eat healthy, be the best they can, the First Lady should be praising kids who are escaping poverty and failing schools to make something of their lives. That takes courage. A rich NBA player announcing his sexuality doesn’t take courage or warrant the First Lady’s praise.

Talk about misplaced priorities. By phoning Jason Collins, Obama promotes NBA players as role models for kids, especially blacks, when he should be promoting men like Dr. Ben Carson. Jason Collins is not a role model! Carson is a role model. Through education, Carson rose from abject poverty to become one of the world’s best pediatric neurosurgeons.

The real disgrace is instead of focusing on the country’s serious problems of chronic unemployment, which has remained above 7.5% for the past 5 years, the worst economic recovery in 80 years, America’s unsustainable $17 trillion debt and national security threats at home and abroad, Obama makes it a priority to congratulate a pro-athlete for “coming out of the closet.” America has more important things to worry about Mr. President. Maybe you should too.

Why doesn’t the mainstream media ever report Democrats calling blacks “niggers”?  Oh, I forgot, because it doesn’t fit liberals’ false narrative that only Republicans are racist.

Buena Vista, Michigan Township Clerk Gloria Platko had enough of the Township Supervisor Dwayne Parker and thought the appropriate word for expressing her frustration was to call Parker a nigger. In a phone call with Interim Township Manager Dexter Mitchell, who is black, Platko said:

“You know what I think of Mr. Parker right now and you know, you’re not even going to like this. He’s just an arrogant nigger, and I’m sorry to say it that way but that’s the way I see Dwayne Parker right now.”

Why did you say that, asked Mitchell. “That’s offensive.” Platko just started complaining about something else without apology for her racial slur.

In subsequent media interviews she said every race uses the n-word and there is nothing wrong with it. In fact Platko added adults taught her the word as a kid,  “Look up the definition. I learned that way back in grade school. I learned that at St. Joe’s and Holy Rosary.”

Platko is no longer a “child” and as a 69-year-old elected official of a town with over 50% minorities living in it, she may want to look up the definition of the word nigger and stop using it. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, 1976 edition, “nigger is Offensive Slang. A black or member of any dark-skinned people.”

But Platko continued to defend her use of the word in a local TV interview, pulling out the “some of my best friends are black” card. “I’ve eaten Thanksgiving dinner with black friends at THEIR house. So, no I am far from being prejudice. You need to go down and interview some of the black people that have supported me for the last five to six years,” declared Platko.

Uhm, I’m sure those “blacks” who have supported  Platko for all those years are rethinking that one.  “I probably should have used the word like ignoramus but I didn’t and I’m sorry for the word I used,” added Platko. Ignoramus is the word that best describes Platko, who should resign.  More importantly, Platko’s heinous remark is a good reminder the Democrat party has a deep history of racism against blacks in America.

The Democrat party founded in 1792 by Thomas Jefferson was the pro-slavery party and fought the Civil War against Republicans to preserve slavery. In 1854, the Republican Party was formed to end slavery and advocate for equal rights of blacks.

It was the Democrat controlled Supreme Court in 1854 that ruled in the Dred Scott case blacks weren’t citizens but mere property with no rights.

In 1866 Democrats formed the Ku Klux Klan whose sole purpose was to destroy Republican dominated state legislatures in the south after the Civil War. The KKK and Democrats originated voter intimidation by threatening to murder blacks if they voted Republican, following through on threats, forcing blacks to take literacy test to vote and instituting poll taxes. In 1875, Republicans voted to pass the civil rights bill ending segregation and discrimination.  Congress wouldn’t pass another civil rights bill until 89 years later because Democrats gained control of the House and blocked or rolled back equality laws.

After the Supreme Court 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education ended segregation in schools, southern Democrat governors refused to desegregate schools, some even closing them to avoid following the law. Democrats trapped blacks in failing schools then and still do so today. More blacks attend our nation’s subpar public schools than whites. While Republicans support school choice policies, which promote vouchers and charter schools, enabling kids to escape education prisons, Democrats oppose these policies and support teachers unions instead.

Racists like Platko come in all political stripes. No party owns racism.  But her comments serve as a reminder for Americans to revisit the history of  the Democrat party of which Platko is a member. Then it’s easier to understand where the roots of her rage come from.

I can’t decide if the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) minority outreach effort is more like watching a sitcom or a soap opera dubbed “The Young and the Foolish.” In another twist to the organization’s Growth & Opportunity Project, to attract more voters of color to the GOP, the RNC hired former realtor Amani L. Council to the newly appointed position of Director of African American Communications.

No, you didn’t misread anything. I wrote realtor. (I won’t get started on why Republicans have followed Democrats into the hyphen world of calling blacks AAs. Blacks are no more African than whites are Caucasian, German or French Americans.)

As an RNC staffer remarked:  “Makes perfect sense. If she can sell real estate in the DC she should be able to sell the GOP to the black media or sell you a house.”

An Internet search revealed Council is an agent working for RE/MAX Specialists in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. You just can’t make this stuff up. According to the Branch Avenue in Bloom March/April 2012 newsletter, sponsored by the Maryland Small Business Development Center, Council is described as a “successful realtor for the past six years,” working for RE/MAX Specialists.

Council said: “I haven’t done real marketing since I’ve been in the business. My clients are my billboards. I truly do believe customer service is my best tool and I make it a point to treat each client with the same level of attention and care I would expect in any business deal I encounter. Anyone can sell HOMES but not everyone delivers great service!”

It looks like the RNC and its conservative message may be the biggest billboard Amani Council has ever had to “sell” to one of the most dubious group of buyers ever, blacks.  In the RNC press release touting this dynamic new hire, the RNC notes Council will be working with Deputy Press Secretary Raffi Williams, son of political commentator Juan Williams, to “build relationships with African American media as we work to earn the trust of more African American voters.”

The RNC praised Council’s “wealth of experience on the Hill and in public relations” but makes no mention of the six years she worked in real estate. Why?

Council’s resume indicates since 2008 she has worked at Bass Public Affairs, as Director of New Media and Business Development. Council’s Hill experience includes working as a Legislative Assistant for Rep. J. Randy Forbes (R-VA) from 2001-2002 and as a Legislative Correspondent/Systems Administrator for Rep. Clay Shaw (R-FL) 1998-2001. From 2006-2007, her resume states she was Director of Government Affairs for the Family Research Council.

Several Republicans emailed me, asking if I knew Council because they “never heard of her.” Neither have I. But as a conservative recently said of me I’m “just a black blogger anyway.”

When you do an Internet search of Amani Council’s name, lots of information pops up about her real estate career but little else. The article on Council published in the Branch Avenue in Bloom newsletter mentioned Council became a realtor “as a result of wanting a career change.” Is Council now working at the RNC to dabble in minority outreach? The better question is whether the RNC is serious about building a meaningful relationship with blacks or just marketing a billboard of tomfoolery to black voters?