Obama’s plans of hope and change have utterly failed his most ardent constituency. Today, the wreckage is overwhelming.

For anyone who is currently following the 2012 campaign, it was obvious from the moment it was announced yesterday why the White House picked next Wednesday for the President to give his address to the nation about his jobs plan.

So what has Obama done right since May that turned around voters? In any negotiation it’s important to know which side has time on their side. Obama knew from the beginning that time rested with him. After all, would the GOP really be prepared to let the nation fall into default and allow their party be seen as political and petty minded? Probably not. But then again, what if they were? What would that mean? If the GOP were that diabolical and beholden to the Tea Party (who represent the majority of those pushing there shouldn’t be a deal) then Obama would have increased leverage with voters and with Congress.

Clearly, Obama doesn’t want default. Interest rates will rise, U.S. treasuries will decrease, the U.S will lose its triple A rating for the first time in its history, and a host of other unintended consequences will come down the pike, the full extent will have yet to know.

House Speaker John Boehner and his Republican and Tea Party colleagues are right to boldly stand up to Obama and demand a debt ceiling agreement not include a tax assault on one class of Americans. To borrow from Obama: “That’s not right. It’s not fair not.”

As a life long fan of hip-hop music, one of the things that I loved about it is the anti-establishment, challenge authority message in the music. N.W.A’s “Fuck the Police, Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power, 2 Live Crew’s “Banned In the USA” all carry a theme Libertarians endorse. Which is, always challenge authority and people or institutions that try to control your actions.

I always found it funny that virtually all in hip hop align themselves with Democrat politicians, when it was the Democrats like Cynthia Tucker and Al Sharpton who waged a war on hip hop claiming rappers like Tupac and Ice Cube were the reasons black neighborhoods have become beds for gang violence and drug crimes. Not the War on Drugs or the United States policies which turn low income people into criminals just by living in a certain neighborhood.

Libertarians have been against the War on Drugs since it’s beginning, believing that you own your own body, and by prohibiting someone from something, only creates more crime and an environment where gangs, organized crime, and violence is the norm. Another libertarian issue is police brutality. Libertarians, not Democrats, and certainly not Republicans, have long been opponents of police brutality, SWAT tactics, misuse of force, and warrantless search and seizures by ALL policing agencies, city, state and federal.

The country is in the crapper and the economic outlook for America is bleak. Our debt topped $14 trillion and in two short years, because Obama spent $4 trillion. That’s the same amount president Bush spent during his eight years in office. Unemployment is at 9% and will probably remain high for years to come though Team Obama pledged in 2009 the $800 billion stimulus would stop unemployment from reaching 8%. Auto sales are down despite the $80 billion auto bailout for Chrysler and GM of which $14 billion in taxpayer money will never be repaid.

And the frosting on this horror cake is home prices have plunged to 2002 levels in every state except DC and Washington, wiping out 10 years of equity for Americans. Obama’s foreclosure prevention programs and the administration’s $8,000 homebuyer tax credit did nothing to fix the housing problem. This reality was the result of Obama’s lack of leadership. During remarks in Ohio to Chrysler workers, Obama said the economy had been “hit by a truck” and “it’s going to take a while to mend.” More like the economy was hit by a tsunami.

How can we have an administration that blindly pledges One-Hundred Million dollars of tax-payer money to aid Haiti, yet will not pledge One-Hundred dollars to aid a County such as Halifax? How can we have an administration that unquestionably pledges Fifty-Three Million dollars of tax payer money to a Civil War in Libya, yet pick and choose which disasters deserve immediate attention in the U.S.? How can we have an administration that is continuously critical of the previous administration and its handling of a post Katrina-New Orleans, yet the first visit this President made to New Orleans was a quick stop on his way to an expensive fundraiser in in San Francisco?

Before any of you gasp at the notion that I am equating the recent tornados in the South that killed hundreds, to the disasters of Katrina or the earthquake of Haiti that killed thousands, let me be clear that is not my intention. My intent is to provide a truthful criticism to an administration that has failed to provide positive relief efforts to its own tax paying citizens.

I have never been a strong advocate for wasteful Federal Assistance; however, relief aid in the event of a natural disaster is functional at the tax payer’s burden, so therefore, relief aid should be made available to the tax payer in the event of an emergency. If the Obama Administration’s FEMA officials believe that Virginia and other States are better equipped to handle their own disasters, then I must concur with their belief.

If any black American believes Obama has a “black agenda” or cares about blacks until it’s time for his re-election, wake up! Look beyond the man’s skin color, examine his policies; ask yourself have they made my life better or worse; and vote on that.

But no USA administration has followed the policy of returning Israel to pre-1967 borders. All nations concede that when you win a war, especially one you didn’t start, you are entitled to keep territories won. To back Israel in a position, surrounded by peoples not committed to their existence much less their security as the Obama speech on the Middle East has done could unleash the specter of WWIII. As is the motto of Masada, “Never Again” will Jews go quietly towards annihilation. Obama’s words on the Middle East should now convince Jews of every strip that our very existence could be at risk under Obama.

How strange that diplomat and principal secretary of the UN Palestine Commission, Ralph J. Bunche was the first black person to win the Noble Peace Prize in 1950 in recognition of his efforts to negotiate an armistice in the Arab Israeli conflict. To now see us move backwards at the hands of the most recent black recipient of that prize in Barack Obama says we haven’t come as far as we think.

Consequently, Hip-hop artists like Will.I.Am. were on the campaign trail with Barrack Obama from the beginning. After his election, Young Jeezy released the voracious “My President is Black”, a bombastic track that aspired to be the new black anthem and seemed to imply a melding between Hip-Hop culture and mainstream society. On the night of the inauguration, Barrack Obama was showered in praises, blessings, and performances dedicated in his honor by powerful hip-hop luminaries like Jay-Z and Kanye West.

Can you imagine the Juice Crew dedicating a rendition of “The Symphony” at the inauguration of Jesse Jackson in 88′? More likely it would have been The Four Tops or The Temptations. It certainly wouldn’t have been Gil Scott Heron.

These spectacles would appear to signify that American politics had moved so far left, that hip-hop and urban culture had become acceptable to political elites. But it is quite the opposite. Hip Hop culture has embraced political elitism, because Hip-Hop has become elitist. However it has more to do with Social status then political ideology. If you examine closely Hip Hop and urban black culture you will discover that hip-hop is less progressive than it appears in your rear view mirror.

President Barack Obama’s decision to not publicly show Osama Bin Laden’s photos is one of those Marmite moments – where whatever he did will be meet with huge opposition and conflict – and for that reason he is wrong not to make the photos public!

Although personally I don’t want nor care to see them – I feel the president has made a huge mistake by withholding their publication and he will live to regret that decision in weeks and month to come. Because regardless of the savagery and inhumane nature of making such images public – and despite concerns of what the deceased’s sympathizers might use those images for – seeing them will, ONE give most people including some of his followers closure and TWO, they will act as prove “to most” that the man is really dead, therefore closing the door on at least one conspiracy theory.

As for the issue of sensitivities – that dark morning on 9/11 Americans and the rest of the world watched as innocent people throw themselves to their death from the burning Towers on Bin Laden’s say so – I’m sure ten years on many are strong enough to handle seeing still photos of a gunned down man – plus there will be those who can do with the confirmation that the architect of those images is really gone.

Let’s not get confused, President Obama ended the hunt for Osama bin Laden but it was President George W. Bush who started it. And without Bush, Obama wouldn’t have been able to take credit for killing bin Laden.

America can’t have it both ways; just as it was in the past, sometimes what is good for our country has to be done when it’s unpopular. History will always redeem decisions made by leaders, but usually the redemption and honor comes posthumously or by a popular leader’s validation of the decision. Neither happened here.

Obama stepped up to the mic, and this “whipper snapper” announced Osama bin Laden’s death almost as if his administration was pro-war and supported the efforts in the Middle East. What it comes down to is that the military found bin Laden on his watch, that’s all. Now whether it was ignorance or arrogance, I don’t understand the accolades that he is getting for this from his campaign days he slammed Bush for the war efforts, and flagged the race card after he got the Democratic nomination.

If anyone should cry wolf, it should be Bush, not the other way around. And I bet if Bush was black, then what argument would the liberal media and politicians have to say on his administration? And as he has done before, Bush has not released any statements of “I told you so” nor has he gloated on conservative media, and in that, walking in the true class of leadership you can’t buy or pass down.

How long will the Black community continue to allow the Obama administration and the Democratic Party to insult them and then blame it on Obama not wanting to be perceived as a “Black” president?

Let me give an example. You have invested in a business project, Obama Inc.

There were 4 classes of investors: class W, which comprised 74% of the total stock; class B, which comprised 13% of the total stock, class H, which comprised 9% of the total stock; and class G, which comprised 4% of the total stock. How would you respond to the CEO of Obama Inc. if he says the rate of return (ROI) payout would be as follows: those who invested in class W stocks would be paid first, followed by, class G, then class L and the last to be paid back would be class B.

Well, any sane businessman would expect to be paid by order of the largest to the smallest investor. If you were part of the class W stock (74%), you should be paid first and work your way down to the smallest investor. This is normal and logical in the world of business.

Two nights ago, President Obama delivered his annual State of the Union address and, as usual, he declared the state of our union is good. No president has ever said anything differently. Every president is only going to put the best face on the state of affairs in our country.