(Washington, DC) – Black Republican Congressional candidates will gather today and tomorrow in Washington to express their disapproval of the current liberal agenda of President Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, as they prepare to be a part of a historic election year that will see the Republican Party possibly take back the House and Senate this November.   As of today, there are thirty-one congressional Black Republican candidates that are actively campaigning throughout the United States this election cycle, a number that rivals Reconstruction-era Black Republican activism. More than half of these candidates will participate in the 2nd Annual Frederick …

Love him or not, I have to give it to Mr. Obama who has artfully shifted the Health Care debate to insurability from access and affordability which his legislation on health care is also not about. Risk assessment and coverage are a major concern in providing insurance coverage to everyone or in mitigating against financial losses in most situations. With health care eliminating increased costs based on risk, controlling access and costs are much trickier than is appreciated by John Q public or legislators.

If people continue to engage in slovenly behavior such as smoking, failing to exercise, excessive eating and other engagements which are within their control, why should policyholders (taxpayers) pay extra for their risks?

I doesn’t go without saying that as an African American, I am offended by all of this. But what really bugs me is that sites like Alternative Right will just feed into the belief that all conservatives are racists and that black conservatives and Republicans are “Uncle Toms,” ashamed of the African American heritage. It makes people think that conservatism is a racist ideology, something that it is not.

I have long advocated a Big Tent Republican Party. In the past, that has meant accepting moderates within the party. But it also means accepting people from every race and creed to represent what America is: e pluribus unum- out of many, one.

During an especially poignant moment, the former slave and abolitionist, Olaudah Equiano, opens his shirt displaying the brand burned into his chest when he reached the West Indies from Africa. In his words it was a mark that let him know that he no longer belonged to God, but to men. This moment in the film is striking not because it affirms the cruelty of slavery. Slavery was/is not evil because of its cruelty, but because it violates the natural state of man by reducing the divine to the profane.

For me this moment eloquently illustrates the seed idea of conservatism—that all men belong to God! Thomas Jefferson was equally eloquent when he said that “some men were not born with saddles on their back and others with boots and spurs to ride them by the grace of God.” Jefferson of course codified this idea into the Keystone document of our Republic.

As an informal ” think tank ” operator ( re: my very vocal Capt. Black allies nationwide) I greeted Hip-Hop Republican founder’s Facebook placed trial balloon about a think tank with enthusiasm. The knock on Black conservative braintrusts is they’re fronts for racist ideologues seeking part-time Negroes for rent. I’m not naming names but we know this is what many liberals and others suspect. I’m heartened the call came from someone who created his own public policy website.

To its eternal credit, HHR shares our unique perspectives with the political world. Too often Black folks on both sides of the aisle build plush careers repeating prevailing White Left or Right dogma, direction irrelevant. Kool aid sipping isn’t what inner cities and a waterlogged middle class require.

We need our own think tanks providing community-specific recommendations. We’ve always had others ( mis ) speaking on our behalf for generations. It’s high time we used our human capital to offer our own unique solutions instead of parroting others.

Tim Mak a writer for Frum Forum has an article out that looks into a new magazine that claims the mantle of Conservatism but on second glance seems to have goals and views that are clearly racist in nature. He argues that the views that the magazine Alternative Right seek to promote are - “actually tired, reactionary ideas that harken back to when people found out there were other races. In fact, their new ideas include concepts that the right largely exorcised fifty years ago, like denying women the right to vote”.

He continues: The site’s frustration lies in their view that white, male conservatives lack the courage to address issues of sex and race with a sense of superiority. “There are races who, on average, are going to be superior,” says Spencer, with implication in tow. The problem with conservatism today is that, as Spencer puts it, “the conservative establishment is full of politically correct purists” who lack the courage to take up the mantle of what should be a white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant America.

Anyone who knows me knows I’m a big fan of Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze from the pulp novels. I’m also a big fan of another ” man of bronze “, none other than 20th Century renaissance man/activist Paul Robeson. That gangsta rappers are better known than he is beyond tragic. A 1919 Phi Beta Kappa Rutgers University validictorian, he collected letters collegiate athletics and multidisciplnary awards like box tops. He even graduated from Columbia Law School while playing pro football, singing and acting to make ends meet. His subsequent career in the arts and human rights easily eclipse modern superstars. As someone fascinated by fictional “super” people like Doc Savage, a real life superhero like Paul Robeson is a lifelong inspiration.

His worldclass ranking in so many fields should spur current competitors into greater action. Racists tried to explain away his genius as proof of ” white blood. ” Born just a step out of slavery his is an eternal example of sheer excellence without limit nor hesitation. Some caution tempering our enthusiasm with
rumored Communist affiliatiion and publicized fondness for the former Soviet Union. His achievements cannot be discounted. Reaching such heights during American Apartheid was nothing short of miraculous. Political questions aside, his commitment to national ideals and world peace remain unquestioned.

Speaking on ABC’s “This Week”, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi commented, “I think everybody wants affordable health care for all Americans. They know that this will take courage. It took courage to pass Social Security. It took courage to pass Medicare. And many of the same forces that were at work decades ago are at work again against this bill.”

There is that word again. What exactly does affordable mean? The left tosses the word about but never bothers to define exactly what they mean by affordable. It could mean anything and everything and no doubt it will. Affordable is a political term that is unassociated with actual costs, only addresses price and means, “you pay according to the amount of political capital you have.” For instance if you belong to the SEIU you pay less than if you didn’t. But I digress.

I dare say that the only reason it takes courage to pass Obamacare is because a majority of Americans oppose it. According to a recent CNN poll only 25% of Americans want congress to pass this Healthcare bill. It is particularly telling that the new left continues to depict the 75% of Americans that oppose their efforts to nationalize healthcare (which is the end game) as ignoble, uncompassionate, ignorant racists. More annoying is that they portray themselves as visionary, compassionate champions of good.

Now that he’s gone and done it, President Obama in equating health care reform to the postal service shows the fallacies of both. If that is his model for health care, lord help us for the postal service faces constant demands for increase rates and is rationing its service to us in the face of competition. The only way it seems that we can regain postal integrity is to put that agency back where constitutionally it belongs in the arms of the federal government.

Why should we save the postal system?

One reason to rescue the postal service is that it is still a good bargain for what is charged and is part and parcel of the government’s constitutional mandate to regulate commerce. Businesses need to use the mail for not everyone has a computer and bills must be paid though fewer goods are being shipped this way.

A separation of church ( faith-based bickering ) and state ( secular empowerment ) seems reasonable in the wake of such squabbling. A non-denominational Black community can end pointless arguments over religion in favor of choosing something worth talking about. There isn’t a Christian way; A Muslim way;a Jewish way nor a Traditionalist way to improve our community. There’s only the right way, open to debate without bringing religion into it.

For a over a year, a great portion of the American polity has dedicated its time to addressing those two statements. Thousands of speeches, millions of pages of text and who-knows-how-many bytes of data have been generated to express the feelings of those on both sides of the aisle. Our political system has ground nearly to a halt amidst the debate.

Health care reform is not a new issue. Teddy Roosevelt sparred with his opponents on the topic over century ago. Harry Truman tried reforming the system. Bill and Hillary Clinton tried it. Since we’re still talking about it, I think we know just how much success any of those folks had.

In 1989, the navy ship USS Beleau Wood was en route from San Diego, California to its destination of Sebo, Japan. On board was a young Navy Private and radioman from Chicago, Illinois by the name of Allen Schindler. The Schindler family was known throughout Chicago Heights for the family’s long, stellar service in the Navy. That this long tradition would carry on throughout the years was more than expected. Allen R. Schindler, Jr.’s love for his nation and his family’s past record with the Navy made him a perfect fit.

Nevertheless, if anything, differentiated Allen’s service from that of his family members’ past experiences it was the unusual number of anti-gay harassments he endured from other male cadets. The comments, while benign at first, slowly became more violent in tone. In one incident a group of cadets motioned towards Private Schindler and screamed “There’s a faggot on this ship and he should die!” Comments like this and other harassing incidents forced Allen to bring multiple complaints through his chain of command. Despite this and other attempts, Allen’s calls for help were eventually ignored and the threats continued.

Self-love isn’t something government can give Black folks. Self-love isn’t an earmark nor policy initiative wafting from DC en route to you and me. Self-love is an individual and collective state of consciousness arrived at privately. Even if it were against the law to love ourselves ( some argue it still is ), we should still do so. Individual self-love can mean lifelong learning; good eating habits; regular exercise and worship becoming more norm than exception. Systematically, self-love manifests life affirming spiritual and secular expressions alongside institutions meeting the bulk of our social service needs. The world outside our windows challenges this level of active self-love. I work to make my little corner this way.

There isn’t a sane choice remaining.

An Atlanta corporate executive and self-called conservative is the latest candidate to announce a bid for U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson’s seat. Cory Ruth will announce his bid for Georgia’s Fourth Congressional District Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Library Coffee Company on Caldwell Road in Atlanta.

Ruth, 32, joins business consultant Liz Carter and retired naval officer Larry Gause on the Republican ticket. In addition to Johnson’s bid for a third term, DeKalb County Commissioner Connie Stokes and former DeKalb CEO Vernon Jones are running as Democrats.

The Conservative Party continues to lead in British polls for the upcoming election - which can’t occur any later than early June - to return to power after 13 years or so. Right now, there are two black folks in the British Parliament: Adam Afriyie in the House of Commons and Lord John Taylor in the House of Lords (whose body consists of appointed officials.

However, that is likely to change this year.