Did Obama Do His Homework?

If you listened to Barack Obama's explanation ofpat him on the back, say congratulations, enjoy it,
his relationship with his former? minister,and tell him not to serve fried chicken next year..."
Reverend Jeremiah Wright, you were probablyThe press had a field day. It got so out of hand
impressed by the way he handled the podium andthat Fuzzy Zoeller lost his sponsor. He was asked
spoke so eloquently. You may have been taken inby the press to make a public apology. Even
by his words, especially when he started hisOprah got into the fray. Yet everyone on the
speech with "We the people." If he had done hisprofessional tour knows what a jokester he is.
homework and reviewed the Black movementIf Tiger Woods were Italian and Zoeller said next
over the last forty-five years, he should haveyear tell him not to serve meatballs and spaghetti,
said, You the people. [My italics] Why? Becauseor if he were Jewish and he said it looks like
the self-anointed, movers and shakers of thebagels and lox for dinner, the press would have
Black Movement, like Reverends Jesse Jacksonlaughed along with him. However, their agenda
and Al Sharpton, do not appear to want to beraised its ugly head, so they went ahead and
part of "We the people." Their rhetoric andmade it racial. Did anyone get hurt except Fuzzy?
hypocrisy have kept the racial divide as wide asWas the remark racial? I do not believe it was.
the Grand Canyon.Every ethnic group has their own dietary
Some Blacks seem to want to be segregated.pleasures and we make fun of them all the time,
They celebrate the Black Miss America Contest,without harm. Why does the press always seem
and Black Movie Awards; they have their ownto exacerbate the situation? Every time they
magazines, Jet and Ebony and a host of otherintentionally make something racial out of a
Black-only functions. They have their own schools.situation, they move the Civil Rights Movement
How many white lawyers do you know who havebackward by helping to incite the movement's
graduated from Howard University?leaders.
If I started a Miss White America Pageant orOn March 21, 2008, during a speaking
published a magazine called The Caucasian, theengagement, Barrack Obama said-"after so many
press, Reverends Jackson and Sharpton, andstops on the campaign and eating hundreds of
everyone else in the movement would have afried chicken dinners-Don't you just miss those
battery of lawyers with restraining orders at mychicken dinners?" Duh!
door in minutes. Then their lawsuits would followWhen Alex Haley's book "Roots" aired as a
close behind.mini-series on TV, it presented a double-edge
When is Black America going to start takingsword. First, it brought to the forefront the
responsibility for itself? If Dr. Martin Luther Kingproblems during slavery. The second and negative
were alive today, do you believe that Jackson andevent it caused was a movement that Blacks
Sharpton would have the power they have? Dr.embraced, which said, we must go back to our
King preached to pull yourself up by theAfrican roots. Suddenly children were given
bootstraps and make something of yourself. IfAfrican tribal names. Some educators were
you wait for the government, you may diedressing in tribal clothes. As a result, they find it
waiting.difficult applying for employment when their new
During the 2004 Presidential race, Senators Kerrynames resemble Kawani Lumumba Jones
and Edwards, cried out, "Help is on the way!" Look[Pseudonym] or they show up for interviews in a
back at some of the great black leaders in thelong robe and sandals. Yes, prejudice to some
country who did not wait for government helpdegree still survives in America today. However, it
and entitlements and did it on their own-Sen.is being exacerbated by what appears to be a
Obama and his wife Michele included. So why is heBlack agenda.
advocating how White America and theTherefore, in retrospect, Obama missed the mark
government have failed the Blacks. He knowsand, in doing so, missed the message. He did the
how to pull himself up. Why not lead by example.same in Ohio when he proclaimed that if elected,
The self-anointed leaders' like Jackson andhe will renegotiate NAFTA to bring back the jobs
Sharpton's rhetoric, helps keep the racial problemto Ohio. What about the NAFTA created jobs in
in the spotlight. They have also enlisted the helpthe rest of America, will they be lost? If he
of the media in their quest. They want to keepwanted to be honest, he would have said,
racial problems in the vanguard even when they"NAFTA is good for America. Sometimes it may
do not exist. I believe the press helps to stir up ahurt some part of the country, however, in the
hornet's nest every time they have something tobig picture, it is good for the country. It is up to
report. They select and twist things out ofyou to move where the jobs are."
context to fit their agenda, especially when itWhen Toyota and Honda opened their plants in
comes to race-relations.Tennessee, they were hiring by the thousands.
Let us look back to 1997, when professionalHow many unemployed workers in Detroit
golfer Tiger Woods won the Masters Tournament.relocated? There is a Japanese proverb that says,
For those of you who are not familiar with the"A wise willow bends in the wind."
tournament that takes place every year, theSenator Obama was one of the first to call for
previous year's winner hosts a champion's dinnerthe dismissal of Don Imus, however, not of
for the current winner. The host is also theReverend Wright. All Imus did was insult a
person who chooses the menu.basketball team-Wright insulted America. Do I hear
At the end of the tournament Fuzzy Zoeller, athe word hypocrite?
fellow professional golfer, was interviewed aboutTherefore, it appears to me that Obama missed
Tiger's win. When asked for his opinion by thethe mark. People have to learn to help
press, about Tiger, Zoeller said, "That little boy isthemselves, not wait in line for entitlements.
driving well and he's putting well. He is doingI can picture Dr. King looking down from Heaven,
everything it takes to win. Therefore, you knowwatching Obama speak. He is pursing his lips and
what you people do when he gets in here. Youshaking his head from side to side.