A 10 point proactive guide to serviving another 4 years of the same
Here we go again.
I waited a little while to let the re-election of Obama set in, before I made this post. After the hurricane, I figured it was inevitable for obama to win the election; with climate change coming back into the mix and republicans complete disregard for the subject. I personally didn't care who won, but I was hoping that Black people did not come out the way they did the first time. Obama made a bunch of bullshit promises during his first election and I was hoping because he didn't attempt to address any of them, black people would get some common sense and backbone and reject obama's bs. Maybe not all of black america rejecting obama, but a significant amount, maybe to give our community some leverage in the political arena. But like clock work, black people fall in line with the political pimps of our community and vote almost in the same fashion as 2008.I was on facebook a couple of nights ago and I came across a picture in my news feed that talks about why some person voted for obama. The caption under the photo said, basically that this person was voting for obama because he was a positive influence to the black kids in this country. I was like "get the fuck out of here." I didn't say that I attempted to appeal this persons logic, but when I went to the comment section to post a though provoking comment I saw the thread which the poster and a couple of other people where talking about how they couldn't understand how other black people could be against obama. These posters talked about how blacks against obama where some how engaging in conspiracy theories and had no valid objections to be against obama. We went back and forth for a couple of post and I came to the conclusion that it was pointless to engage these types of people. It it obvious that these types of people, that support obama no matter what he does can not be talked out of it. These types of people would say bush was a terrorist, then say obama is a saint; even though obama has evidenced and even enhanced bush's policies. Lets be clear even if obama did many of the things he promised in his first campaign and still passed NDAA, it would be illogical to support him. If obama proved true on his promises of 2008 and still invaded Libya it would be illogical to support obama; & the list goes on and on ( drone war, bank bailouts, forced health insurance) People who support this man after all that can no longer be apart of any real progression in our communities; these people can't be trusted to be critical of things when they are so dogmatic bout something so trivial as a failed president.
If we realize we can't build with these types of people because they are either cluess to the facts, loyal to a flaw of a failed president, or both; we must start to move past this era and continue progressing pass failed politics and a signefagant section of our population that can't be trusted with serous issues. One of my strongest positions is that we can not expect a large number of black people to support a real change in our communities and that we would have to build in small groups and seek out trully like minded people and invest in our future in every area. I want bore you with a comple rehashing of this position but check out some of my past blogs and you will see this position as very prevolent. But I bring this position up because it will the the primose for the movement going foward. Lets be clear before we get into specifics of serving the next four years or so, These blacks that voted for obama think they are in a position of power; lets not forget the facts that over 40% of eligible voters didn't vote and obama only got about half of the people that did. Factor in the people that could not even vote and the 48% of people that voted for the other white meat, and you have less than 1/4 of the country that voted for obama. But that will not be the view of the obama dick riders. They will tell you that "the majority of people voted for obamas policies so it does not matter what you think about him hes the man and hes black and thats all that matters---- for the kids or something". So don't waste your time trying to change these peoples minds and link with like minded people and disscuse real change. Now that I got that off my chest, lets get into what really matters.