What does the wino do when he has consumed all his wine? He begs others for theirs. Rather than a world leader– we will be a nation at the behest of others.

Shutting our ears to some justifiable criticism of Obama’s policies could kill past gains for blacks and the poor, particularly in the area of education. Rumor had it that the Obama Administration budget was to cut $85 million from the HBCU’s, about $67 million from Native American institutions and increased the amount to Hispanic universities from $95 to $98 million. It is clear policy for such may be driven by population growth favoring those likely to vote Democrats in; however there is more to this than meets the eye.

All of our colleges and universities, particularly the small ones with high tuition depend of federal assistance to make education affordable. Given that grants are not performance justified as they should be, loans have been loosened as bad as those which prompted the mortgage crisis rather than make banks the lender of choice.

If President Obama is serious about becoming the centrist he attempted to run as during 2008 and pull in his party’s extremism, he has a good chance of being able to gain some considerable legislative wins during 2010 and, perhaps, lessen the losses for his party in November.

In the aftermath of listening to Obama’s State of the Union address, I must say I am utterly disappointed. Obama still lives in fantasy land as millions of every day working class Americans struggle just to make ends meet. In my previous article I wrote about Obama having what I deem“Illogical Optimism.”

President Obama boasted about saving 2 million jobs and continued by saying “we’re on track to add 1 million more new jobs.” According to Recovery.gov 640,329 jobs were created or saved from the recovery package, however Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers estimated the number of created or saved jobs at the end of 2009, was between 1.5 million and2 million, two very distinct numbers. The fact that White House advisers gave varying estimates on Sunday talks shows this past weekend, does not help Obama’s credibility.

“The recovery act is working,” said President Obama, moments later he requested a new “job bill,” from congress. The recovery act is not working, in fact in2009 we lost more jobs than what was supposedly saved or created according to the Obama administration. Recent government figures show 4.2 million jobs were lost in 2009, hence the reason behind the 10 percent unemployment rate, which is where it remains. The president is making it harder and harder to find him credible.

Last night President Obama gave his first State of the Union address to the nation. As I was listening to the president I thought if he could do it, why can’t I? So, below, I will give my first State of the Union address. The state of the union is thriving! Not only do we have the first Black president of the country; this is the first time in our nation’s history that the State of the Union was given by a Black. This is an example of the best of America.

But, unfortunately, there are those who want to throw our country into a state of disunion. During one part of the president’s speech, he mentioned a specific ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that he disagreed with. The cameras happened to be panning the audience and zoomed in on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.

He could be seen shaking his head in disagreement and mouthing the words, “that’s not true.” What ever happened to people in positions of leadership exhibiting proper decorum and respect not only for the president, but also the office of the presidency? This footage has been shown all over the world. I never thought that a sitting member of the Supreme Court would bring shame to their institution. But, Alito has managed to do so. The state of Supreme Court etiquette is not courtly.

Don’t Ask Don ‘t Tell, challenges conservatives to come to terms with their idea of a strong military. Who should and should not serve? Should gays and lesbians in the military be allowed to speak out about their personal lives? Can they marry on base like straight soldiers? Currently, many gays have been discharged from service who were excellent soldiers and offered valuable skills such as weapons or language capabilities which should under ‘normal’ circumstance render them indispensable. Despite President Obama pledging to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the pink vote has noticed his annoying tendency to waffle as he has done with so many other campaign promises he made to liberals.”

“Taxpayers deserve to know why the president’s $787 billion stimulus package failed to keep unemployment below 8 percent. We deserve to know why his government takeover of health care stalled somewhere between the House and the Senate, if according to President Obama, the American people support it.

The corrupted business, technological, and psycho-therapeutic jargon so prevalent in our society today has no place in the world of politics, there is no room for wishful thinking. It is one thing to have optimism but to have specious optimism is a recipe for disaster.

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This has been a very controversial year for President Obama. We have put together what we believe are Obama’s biggest mistakes of his first year in office.

1.) Bank Bailout: Millions of Americans expressed their discontent with bailing out Wall Street. After years of predatory lending and greed, the American people had just about enough. Things got worse when it was discovered that one of Obama’s top Senate supporters US Senator Chris Dodd, who heads the Senate Banking Committee, took a hit after allegations arose that insurance giant Countrywide gave him “VIP” treatment in refinancing his home. The White House came out and backed Senator Dodd as allegations heated up and there was an uproar of anger from Republicans which caused Dodd to admit to the allegations. That was a major blow to the credibility of the White House.

2.) Health Care Reform: Obama promised millions of American, universal health care with no tax increase on the middle class. With millions of Americans struggling during these harsh economic times, the idea sounded great at first. However it was when the Democrats began to have secret meetings at hay hours of the night, the American people became suspicious. Democrats were making back door deals with insurance agencies and fellow members of congress for their support of the Obama’s Health Care Reform. There were stories of senior citizens possibly loosing their medicaid, and illegal aliens receiving free health care at the cost of the every day working citizens, and more government control if the bill was passed, which was is everything the American people were against.

Despite the rapid response of millions who possess different political viewpoints, the myth of the liberal monopoly on compassion remains embedded in our society.

A year since President Obama’s inauguration many Amercians are still waiting for “change” to impact on their daily lives, writes Marcus Skelton.

Now there is sounding educated, and sounding ghetto; that is describing a state of being and education level in association with speech patterns. But speech patterns are inaccurately given race equivalents. This always annoyed me growing up… people insisting I “talked white”. No, I never “talked white”; I paid attention in class and made an effort to always speak properly. I didn’t do good in my classes, I did well in my classes.

As you can probably tell this is a pet peeve of mine. I am always being shot dirty looks from family members annoyed at my need to correct their grammar. In my mind I am doing them a favor…. They just think I have bad unintentional habit of being condescending. Now I do not speak perfectly all the time… I usually loose all propriety when I am angry.

But speaking properly gives an indication of a better educational background. It means people will be more likely to take you seriously. It often means better job opportunities and even better pay. Barack Obama is an educated man and he makes an effort to sound that way. He is the President for crying out loud… he should speak properly! The idea that we would ever make a direct link between speech and race is absurd and frankly racist in nature.

Mr. Grey Ghost, a conservative Democratic blogger in New York City didn’t like this nugget from Game Change, a new book on the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign:

Only the miscalculations of a young, rookie terrorist stood between the United States and another terror attack conducted on a domestic flight. Despite the reluctance of the Obama Administration to be portrayed as a Bush successor when dealing with the problem of international terrorism, it is evident that the domestic approach of high moral and ethical dealings with suspected terrorists (including providing them access to the rights afforded American citizens within the criminal justice system) only extends a gap in protection where fearlessness on the part of al Queda and their cohorts has been utilized to make headway in the fight against America.

In the improper view that this is less of a war (as undertaken by the Bush Administration) and more of a retaliation against those that caused September 11, the United States has promoted an underestimation of the efforts our combatants will go in order to cause harm and, thus, an underestimation by the American public as to the depths that the government may take (e.g., resources, fronts, etc.) in order to secure victory - and safety - for Americans. People have long since chimed in on President Bush for his actions throughout his presidency concerning the globe due to 9/11. However, many seemingly overlook the role that the Clinton Administration had on the development of this terror situation, losing opportunities to snuff out the bin Laden influence before it reached its current heights. This miscalculation included a misstep by the Clinton Administration to treat the 1993 World Trade Center bombing as a criminal act, not an act of war against the nation.