Racism in the CBC

So we have heard some questionable comments from members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) before, but this time they pretty much call themselves racists outright. It has been know by many that some black politicians display racist tendencies. They often ask others no matter their race to help blacks. However, they rarely ask their black colleagues to help anyone other than blacks. As a matter of fact, one might say they are black-centric. Further, one might also say that black politicians get away with saying some outrageous things about their white counterparts.

Now, even the blacks themselves have noticed and began to speak out against it. In the most glaring example we see blacks protecting the president from themselves and his political opponents.

Here is an article that explains it very well:

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/182209-cbc-chairman-if-obama-wasnt-in-office-we-would-be-marching-on-white-house

It has quotes from Maxine Waters, Frederica Wilson, Emanuel Cleaver, and Andre Carson.

Hugo 

Constitution Day

Happy Constitution Day!

 I just wanted to quickly this all important date in the history of this great country. Let’s not forget what makes this country so great: The Constitution.  This document is one of the most well written and powerful documents ever. I am proud to be an American and to be under the protection of a set of laws and beliefs that has never been equaled. With the drafting of this document the founding fathers gave birth to the greatest nation that ever graced the face of the Earth. We owe them a tremendous debt of gratitude.

Happy Constitution Day! 

Hugo

How About Some Honor?

We have elected people to represent us as a group because we cannot in an effective manner represent ourselves individually. We chose those who basically pass an interview-like process when they campaign. We collectively ask them questions which are important to us. Our elected officials answer them as well as they can. And when they are elected they seem to lose their memory and forget how they answered our questions. Once they are elected they lose their honor.

Honor, it seems, has been lost to history or has been relegated to movies and books. I know my voice is small and the reach of this blog is even smaller, but I implore our politicians to find their honor. The leaders we have chosen are beginning to look like the politicians of third world countries. They are now at the rhetorical level equivalent to that of shoe throwing anti-American Muslim ideologues.

There are plenty of examples of this all over the internet. There are numerous democrats quoted as saying some very incendiary things. They accuse the Republican Party and more specifically the Tea Party movement of being racist and of wanting to see black people as second class citizens. This is not only false, but utterly inflammatory.

In closing, I just want to say that we can all do our part to regain our collective honor. If there is a dishonorable person that is up for re-election we should not vote for him or her and send everyone a message that such behavior will not be tolerated. 

Hugo