The other night I was watching C-span.  I really LOVE watching C-span.  Other shows on television either depress me, or  I don’t feel like I’m gaining any knowledge-- so I very seldom watch them.  Except for the U.S. version of “The Office.” I LOVE LOVE LOVE that show.

C-span was playing a rerun of a congressional Black caucus forum.

I immediately pulled out my laptop and began to write interesting quotes from the "Representatives." One noteworthy comment was, “…[we can finally come to a place] where we can clean up the dirty finger nails of America…”  Seriously....What does that mean?  For real?   After the last election, I am finally convinced that the American people want to be lied to by their politicians.  I am also convinced that most Americans are only concerned with hackneyed talking points, and most are enamored by phony politicians and the way they make them feel.

Wait...I have a bright idea!  Why don't we...'clean up' the dirty fingernails of the Democrats?  (*cough* Blagojavich, Richardson,…even though I kinda like Richardson for cutting taxes and helping New Mexico’s economy )---   What do Black people gain, in the end of the day, when they are told by liberal leaders that this country has finally vindicated itself of a racist past? 

Another noteworthy comment: “[Since the victory of Obama] now we can hold America to a higher standard…” *sigh*  As if the abolition of slavery, the ending of the jim-crow DEMOCRATIC south, Voting Rights act, Civil Rights act...blah blah... were all inconsequential until we appoint a ‘black man’ to the highest position in the free world?  That’s the kind of stuff that gets me riled.  I had to control the impulse to throw an object at my brand new flat panel tv.  (Sidebar--...I wanted to buy a television before inflation hits big time because of the geniuses we elected who will "stimulate" the economy by taking money out of one part and putting it  in another part ...you know... the whole illusion of "fixing" what is broken...I don't know about you, but I can't wait till prices for everything goes up--but my wages stay the same and my spending power diminishes*cough* stagflation !!!) I digress. I am a Guidance Counselor and have ALWAYS and will ALWAYS tell my students that they can be anything they want to be as long as they take their education seriously and they don’t get ‘caught up’.  I cannot imagine EVER telling my students that the Obama victory is somehow a ‘beginning’ for them. 

Liberals continue to be elected because they know if they rock the boat and sound the alarm on real issues, they won’t continue to have their power.  I was talking to a conservative friend of mine, Akindele Akinyemi the other night.  He said that Black people are primarily concerned with 'social justice' and important things like economic independence are not prioritized enough in our communities.   That's why we protest on behalf of the Jena 6 but are relatively silent on the real obstacles in our communities--like education, crime, and health disparities.  Liberals gain more from us when we're helpless.  Seriously, think about it. Why would they want “us” to grow economically?  Then we’ll vote Republican and they will lose their power. 

It really all boils down to accountability.  As long as they continue to point fingers, and allow “us” to do so, they deflect attention off of themselves and their failed policies.

The panel discussion wasn’t all bad. At the very least, Rep. Diane Watson had enough balls to say that the homosexual movement is not the same thing as the Black Civil Rights movement.   Something many people think... but are afraid to say.

Yes… Obama made history.  Yes… my students will finally see a president that has darker complexion.  No… his win doesn’t erase our problems.  Need I remind you that liberal policies exacerbate problems in the Black community? (Social Security, school choice vouchers, gun control)   I can testify to the fact that since Obama’s victory…it's business as usual... in da hood…

Someone told me that after Obama won, a crack head said that Obama will “give” him a job.  Sadly, what some members of the CBC were saying, in essence, is not too far removed from this statement.  It’s that ‘handout’ mentality.  Somehow a black man winning is going to relieve us of our 'painful' past, relinquish us of personal responsibility--simply because he’s going to look out for “us.”  He’s doing a great job looking out for “us” because he has so many of “us” in his cabinet, right?

 I don’t  really care for identity politics.  I just wish people were more cognizant of the blatant hypocrisy of the Left…