president obama; worshippers,critics & haters

 

"Black unemployment is terrible. The black frame of mind is terrible. They’re depressed. They’re down, Obama not doing anything for them. How’s that hoax and change working for ya? They’re all livid. They thought there was going to be an exact 180 degree economic reversal, and it’s done nothing but get bad for everybody, but they’re especially upset about it because they look at him as one of them, and now they feel abandoned, and I’m sure Tiger Woods’ choice of females not helping them out with their attitudes either." - Rush Limbaugh (12/08/09)

Simply put, President Barack Obama is probably the most worshipped, despised and critiqued president in the annals of United States history. I’m not saying this because, to the majority population here he‘s considered Black, not withstanding his mother is Caucasian, but because he is a Black man in America. First and foremost President Obama is Black in America. To that end he’s worshipped, despised and critiqued.

The worshppers

Understandably, many Blacks in the U.S. feel they’ve seen the culmination of the work by the Civil Rights struggle in President Barack Obama. Years of struggle to reach a point in U.S. history, where, finally a Black man can be judged by the content of his character and not by the color of his skin. The worshippers know, and in fact everyone should know that our president garnered a huge number of white votes. I’m sure for many of the worshipers this marks the beginning of an end of some sorts to the racial disparity in the U.S. or at least of an acknowledgement that a Black face can occupy the white house.

The Critics

Often mistaken as a haters, critics of President Obama have been berated for pointing out the fact that this president may be the culmination of one judged by the content of his character but, is certainly not the standard bearer of the many other concepts espoused by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. President Obama has been very clear in his position that he is not a drum major for the people, but for the corporations and his financial backers. When critics call the president out as such we are mis-nomered haters. Critics such as myself, realize and understand it really matters very little who occupies the white house as president. The color of the skin of the president has little to do with what can be done and has to be done to sustain that position.

The Haters

As I mentioned above this Black president garnered a huge number of white votes, which actually sealed his nomination and election as president. In as much as whites voted for him to the tune of 43% during the election. Today, among whites, President Obama is carrying a 39% (dis) approval rating. Here’s the rub. The haters intend to excoriate this president. Most insidious to me are the Black conservatives that walk hand in hand with the likes of Limbaugh, Hanniy, Beck and others of this ilk, calling the president a Marxist, communist or socialist to disparage his image. The vitriol spewed by these haters are destructive in their intent to harm and disperse fear rather than educating and critiquing the president’s actions

Its not the communist you have to worry about

Unbelievably, there are people in the United States that are still obsessed with the fear of a socialist take over of the government. I have to pinch myself to make sure I’ve not fallen asleep and somehow been transported back in time to the McCarthy era or the Reagan era of the 1980’s, when then president Ronald Reagan sought to and destroyed the “evil empire”, referring to the former USSR.

In 2009, many communist countries don't even believe in true communisim anymore (if they ever really did).  I am not here to defend communism, socialism or even capitalism for that matter, but to explore the inane rhetoric being espoused by many white U.S. citizens and sadly Black and non white people are joining in on the socialist/communist hooplah.  The very idea that communist/socialist are taking over the U.S. government and creating a one world government is flying all over the radio airwaves and the blogsphere, including the black blogshere.  Seemingly, these radio host may be hiding something else behind their use of the word socialist when referring to president Obama, but thats another story in another book.  How then can Black bloggers and radio host really believe in a communist take over of the U.S. government and the world, when the facts of who is really behind it betray their beliefs? 

President Obama has made it very clear in his actions that he is very pro Wall Street and somewhat oblivious to Main Street, as I interpret his actions.  In an 89 page white paper president Obama spread the blame across the board for the current recession/depressiion by saying from Wall Street, to Washington, to Main Street a culture of irresponsibility took root.  In that vein the president moved to give the U.S. central bank, the Federal Reserve Board, greater oversight in monitoring the biggest financial firms considered critical to the health of the overall banking system.

The Federal Reserve Board has been given unprecidented oversight authority by president Obama.  Make no mistake, the Federal Reserve is not a government agency and is not beholden to the U.S. government in any fashion.  Actually, the U.S. government is beholden to the Fed.  The Federal Reserve Board is a cartel of private national and international bankers that control the printing of money in the United States. But, who are the communist these so called conservatives are speaking of?

James Paul Warburg son of Paul Moritz Warburg (Daddy Warbucks) of Kuhn, Loeb & Co, stated in the U.S. senate on February 17, 1950 “We shall have World Government whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent.” Kuhn, Loeb and & Co. is not a communist or socialist organization, but an investment bank. Kuhn, Loeb & Co, founded in 1867, financed Westinghouse and Western Union in the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries. Today the Kuhn, Loeb & Co. have merged with Lehman Brothers and later absorbed by American Express. AKA, Wall Street.  Are the Warburgs communist?

David Rockefeller

 writes in his book Memoirs that “For more than a century, ideological extremists at either end of the political spectrum have seized upon well-publicized incidents to attack the Rockefeller family for the inordinate influence they claim we wield over American political and economic institutions. Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing

my family and me as "internationalists" and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure - one world, if you will. If that's the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it”

Who would classify the Rockefeller family as socialist/communist? This family is truly one of the most influential capitalist, industrial and banking families in U.S. history, and in fact were part of the group that formed the private bank now known as the Federal Reserve.

David Rockefeller proudly admits to being part of this “cabal of internationalist.” What is the purpose of these Black conservatives that join in on this verbal garbage? It’s a shame when Black people are being led by the nose by the likes of Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh or Michael Savage by joining in and repeating such mis-information. We should be about educating Black people first and foremost and stepping away from joining “boss” in his mis-education of the public.