Fact is Fact

What bothers me more than anything when it comes to politics is the notion that all politicians are liars or to be a politician you have to be a liar, tell a lie or believe in lies.  Well I'm here to tell people that you don't have to be a liar, you don't have to deal in lies or believe in lies to be a politician. In fact it is shameful that many politicians and political candidates distort the truth in order to get elected to office. What's even more shameful is that many supporters of the candidates continue to spread the lies even after the lies have been proven to be a lie.

Just look at Tuesday's Presidential Debate and you can find all types of lies told by both President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney.  However, it is good to see that even liberal blog/news sites such as the Huffington Post are not allowing either candidate to get away with the constant lies or misgiving of information they give.  Now I always expect conservative blog/news sites to give me half the truth but lately most liberal blog/news sites have been just like the conservative sites. So on Wednesday when I read the following article by the Huffington Post entitled, Fact Check: Presidential Debate Claims By Mitt Romney, Barack Obama Scrutinized, I gained new hope that perhaps the fact checking of political candidates on both sides of the aisle will begin back up again.

Still I caution those who support candidates or politicians on either side of the aisle to do your own research on certain topics and issues before posting what the candidate, politician or political website tells you to post. Facts are facts people and regardless if we like it or not, we cannot change that. So no matter what, don't just post on your social networking page information that you have not taken the time yourself to fact check or research.

Its vital we do not feed into the lies that are told by sharing the lies with others who won't actually take the time to do the research on their own but will rather believe what you or I say based off of what we post. Its time to start a truth telling squad and I am the first member. No more lies, just facts and the truth. Join me.

Malcolm X Day

I recently read an article by Toure in Time magazine discussing should Malcolm X have a national holiday and it made me realize just how powerful and iconic Malcolm was in the sense of what the American Dream really is. Malcolm came from poverty as well as hardships such losing his father to death while being young than being snatched from his mom and being put in foster care where he was thought he couldn't be a lawyer. Thus encountering all of that which led to a life of crime before hitting prison where he was reformed and started to become a dynamic civil rights leader in the north. So Toure asked what ideals would we celebrate on Malcolm X Day, May 19, his birthday? Many. Malcolm’s not a static intellectual figure — his mind journeyed throughout his life, he held firm to his principles but was also strong enough to re-evaluate his beliefs and change when he deemed change is right. He was far from a flip-flopper who moved because it was politically expedient — and thankfully not an intellectual mule who refused to change when he uncovered new information and perspectives. Malcolm was intelligent and bold enough to be open-minded. His courage to be a truth seeker is part of what we’d celebrate — his willingness to reconsider his principles, to be protean, to challenge himself and be willing to grow and thus embody the transformative potential of American life. We would celebrate not just his willingness to journey but also his journey itself, which concludes with militancy being defeated by humanism and with racial hatred being defeated by globalism and multiracial acceptance. While we celebrate Dr. King and praise him year end and year out it was a time when King was considered a threat to our society. So as Toure says, "Surely some will not be able to wrap their heads around supporting a Malcolm X federal holiday because they will get stuck on the image of Malcolm as violent. This misunderstands several things. King was, at a time, considered dangerous and was hated too and, more importantly, Malcolm merely proposed that oppressed people had a right to armed self-defense — an inherently American principle. King, who preached steadfast non-violence, represents America as it wishes it were, while Malcolm symbolizes America as it is. Malcolm never equated self-defense with violence for its own sake and he never fomented violence. He was wiretapped and followed inside and outside the United States by the FBI, the CIA and the NYPD for years and years — if he had incited violence, even in a private conversation at home, he would surely have landed in legal trouble. Indeed, the FBI noted its difficultly in neutralizing him because he did not conspire to break laws and lived by a stringent moral code. A New York police officer surveilling him went to his bosses and told them they should be helping Malcolm — such is the righteousness of his positions to someone who truly listened." Malcolm was a man unreservedly committed to the cause of liberating black people by any means necessary and his fierce but loving advocacy helps move the country forward as much as King’s Gandhi-ist movement. We cannot separate Malcolm from his era in that he conveyed the righteous anger of the black masses during his time but linked it to an articulation and a brilliance that was inspiring as well as a geopolitical, economic, spiritual and religious strategy. Malcolm was angry because we were, but instead of sparking riots he incited deep self-pride and linked the civil rights struggle to human rights. His militant advocacy was as stunning as it was necessary, to force the issue and imbue millions with the confidence and spirit and strength needed to overcome. He knew power gives up nothing without a demand and inspired millions to not accept victim status and imbued them with the agency to force America to become as democratic as it claimed to be. Malcolm is the true father of Black Power (and its son hip-hop), which deeply inspires all identity freedom movements that follow it. so without a doubt Malcolm X was just as important to America and the civil rights movement as well as black nationalism and humanism world wide than King, Ghandi, and Mother Theresa. It is clear that if America is to celebrate Malcolm X than more about his legacy and impact needs to be talked about to show the positive side of the things not always discussed. Malcolm's impact still lives on today and as, "Think of Malcolm not as an intellectual thug but as a Mandelaesque figure who advocated righteous and political-minded self-defense when that was necessary and later grew into peaceful humanists." Read more: http://ideas.time.com/2012/01/20/we-need-a-malcolm-x-day/

Troops

We are sons and daughters!
We are mothers and fathers!
We are brothers and sisters!
All bonded to serve our nation!

We are courageous!
We are strong!
We are selfless!
All bonded with a mission to protect our country from harms way!

We work 24 hours a day!
We work 7 days a week!
We work 12 months out the year!
All bonded 365 days to build a better America!

We fight on land!
We fight through the sea!
We fight in the air!
All bonded on Earth to fight for the great old USofA!

We are America's troops!
We are our nation's line of defense!
We are patriots and heroes to some!
All bonded by our faith to service and  loyalty to country!

We are the Army!
We are the Air Force!
We are the Marines!
We are the Navy!
All bounded to form America's Armed Forces!

We sacrifice our lives!
We miss out on birthdays!
We sometimes miss child births and funerals!
All bounded as troops that become a battle family to lean on forever!

We are the troops so honor us don't forget about us!
We are the troops so love us don't hurt us!
We are the troops so support us don't dismiss us!
We are the troops so take care of us as we protect everyone's rights and freedoms both abroad & at home.

Always Respect & Remember our Veterans

America we need to always respect and remember our veterans regardless if we agree with the wars they are fighting, we shouldn't never dishonor them or disown them for simply falling orders and protecting many of the rights & privileges that our nation has today.

Occupy Wallstreet Movement

The Occupy Wallstreet Movement is in month number 1 and it has spread to cities all across America, even right here in my hometown of Detroit. The movement is not simply a liberal movement just like the Tea Party movement isn't a conservative movement. They both are American movements built on up on the frustration of an ineffective government structure that has failed mainstreet America while rewarding Wall Street and the bank barons.

Both movements are built out of frustration of our nation's government being ineffective and while both conservative & liberal groups have high jacked or at least are trying to highjack both movements, it is clear that the Occupy Wall Street movement is the last hope for us as ordinary Americans to finally demand that Democrats do what they said they did when they controlled both houses of Congress from January 2009-December 2010 and that's regulate Wall Street once and for all. In fact it is time to demand that Republicans do the same.

Both the Democratic and Republican Parties need to regulate Wall Street and give this nation back to ordinary Americans.

10 year Anniversary of Operation Enduring Freedom

On October 7, 2001, the United States of America started Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks. However now we are 10 years within and we need to take this time out to stand up for the men and women who sacrifice their lives so that we can have peace and freedom in this nation. So we need to make sure Congress and this nation is taking care of troops who give so much but ask for so little in return from those they serve and protect.

Questions?

There are tons of questions and problems we are dealing with in America. However the solutions seem to be nonexistent. Still I believe that the solutions to our problems starts with us the American people holding our nation's politicians accountable to us rather than corporations.

Respect the Oval Office

President Obama isn't the first President to be compared to Hitler or Stalin. Bush was compared to Hitler too and Clinton to Stalin so let's not think no President has been compared to bad figures. I'm against all the disrespect toward the oval office regardless who is in it. I hope more Americans would feel the same way because while it's okay to disagree with policies and the actions of others, it's not okay to call people names. Just shameful!

Respect the Oval Office regardless of who holds the office!

Take Back America

Economist Jeffrey Sachs was recently on MSNBC TV speaking the truth about how Democrats & Republicans are both in pockets of corporations. Sachs said that the stimulus, tax cuts and bailouts were misguided and ineffective. Sachs even went on to say look at who is paying for the fundraising dinners to see President Barack Obama, it's the elites cause who can afford a $3,500 plate meal. Surely not the average Joe or Jane especially not in this economic climate.

So if we are to take back America, we must start by standing up and being American. We must stop being Democrats & Republicans and start being Americans first and foremost. With 94% of all politicians who win elections winning because they had the most money, its time for us as Americans to wake up and take back our country from the elite, from corporations and our bought two major party political system. Stand up America and take back our country once and for all.

We Americans

We have people looking for work, our educational system declining and the poverty level in America at an all time high but we got people who want to talk about which political party is better than the other. The reality is that, it shouldn't matter what political party you belong too because we are all Americans. If America is to be great again we must be united and we must stop this nonsense about Democrats being for the poor and Republicans being for the rich. We must unite behind the flag and the notion that together we stand and divided we fall. That's the only way, America will reign supreme now and forever. We must stop being divided by our politics and political affiliations.

I Got Your Back

It's funny how people are quick to say they got political candidate's back or they are ready for a election but what about people get ready to help their community by having their communities back. What about people have each others back first before they have a political candidate or political parties back. What about people have their communities back by getting involved in their community to make real change happen. An election won't change that status of one's community especially if that person isn't involved in helping to ensure change takes place. So I got my community back! I got my country back! I got America's back first and always!

I'm An American

I'm not a Democrat or a Republican, I'm an America. Therefore I'm not here to defend one political party over the other, I'm here to defend America. I'm here to stand up for Americans not the Democratic Party or Republican Party. I'm an American and I'm proud of it. I will never pledge loyalty to a political party because I'm for country first and foremost not for political parties. If you can't get with that than move out the way.

"Our destiny is written by us"

President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden speak in Philadelphia to a crowd of more than 18,000 supporters.

Our destiny is not just now but it is right now for us as America. We can do it America but we must put aside our political differences right now. America has done well throughout history when we put aside our political differences and embrace the the values of uplifting each other so that we can all achieve equality, justice and liberty for all. We are one nation not red & blue states or purple states but the United State of America which is why our destiny is written by us and only by us. So let's embrace that idea and work together to create solutions with Republicans, Democrats and Independents that are based on uplifting the underprivileged, encouraging the youth and making sure the elderly are taken care of always. This is our mission and what we need to do as Americans.

President Obama Signs 21st Century Communications & Video Accessibility Act

The President signs the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 into law, explaining and deliver brief remarks on the impact of this law on people with disabilities. October 8, 2010.

U.S. apologizes for STD experiments in Guatemala

The U.S. Government apologizes for STD study that infected Guatemalans. This is truly sad but at least the government is apologizing after finding out it did this to human beings. Still further investigating needs to be done. The U.S. government needs to monitor current and future testing more closely so this doesn't happen again. This is truly shocking news.

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform meeting

The bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform holds a meeting on Capitol Hill.

If only Congress would accept many of the recommendations that this commission will make than perhaps we can really begin to fix our national debt and budget deficits.

President Barack Obama Fired Up in Wisconsin

With five weeks left before the November elections, President Obama speaks to a crowd of more than 26,000 supporters in Madison, Wisconsin. http://barackobama.com

It is clear to me that President Obama is in campaign mood not for 2010 but for his re-election bid in 2012. Just listen to what he says and how he says we are fighting for the future for the next 2 years but why just the next 2 years and not just for the next decade and beyond. So President Obama is ready to take on any challengers and he will win hands down unless the economy doesn't get better and the wars go downward but I don't think either one of them will happen.

So President Barack Obama will be our President for not just the next 2 years but for the next 6 years.

The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010

President Obama signs a bill that will allow small businesses to grow and hire new workers by providing tax breaks, better access to credit and other incentives. September 27, 2010.

$42 Billion dollars will not be coming to small businesses anytime this year so the hiring won't be taking place until 2011. So relief is not going to be here anytime soon but it is still a good bill on paper. So let's see if it works the way it is suppose to work.

Presidnet Barack Obama Conference Call with Student-Journalists

President Obama takes questions from college and university student-journalists in a conference call about efforts to make college more affordable, expand financial aid, improve access to health insurance and create jobs for new graduates. September 27, 2010.

This should be an ongoing thing that the President does with student newspapers instead of just doing it close to the midterm elections in order to get votes for Democrats in November.

Pledge to America Preamble

America is more than a country.

America is an idea -- an idea that free people can govern themselves, that government's powers are derived from the consent of the governed, that each of us is endowed by their Creator with the unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. America is the belief that any man or woman can -- given economic, political, and religious liberty -- advance themselves, their families, and the common good.

America is an inspiration to those who yearn to be free and have the ability and the dignity to determine their own destiny.

Whenever the agenda of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to institute a new governing agenda and set a different course.

These first principles were proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence, enshrined in the Constitution, and have endured through hard sacrifice and commitment by generations of Americans.

In a self-governing society, the only bulwark against the power of the state is the consent of the governed, and regarding the policies of the current government, the governed do not consent.

An unchecked executive, a compliant legislature, and an overreaching judiciary have combined to thwart the will of the people and overturn their votes and their values, striking down long-standing laws and institutions and scorning the deepest beliefs of the American people.

An arrogant and out-of-touch ruling class of a few makes decisions, issues mandates, and enacts laws without accepting or requesting the input of the many.




Rising joblessness, crushing debt, and a polarizing political environment are fraying the bonds among our people and blurring our sense of national purpose.

Like free peoples of the past, our citizens refuse to accommodate a government that believes it can replace the will of the people with its own. The American people are speaking out, demanding that we realign our country's compass with its founding principles and apply those principles to solve our common problems for the common good.

The need for urgent action to repair our economy and reclaim our government for the people cannot be overstated.

With this document, we pledge to dedicate ourselves to the task of reconnecting our highest aspirations to the permanent truths of our founding by keeping faith with the values our nation was founded on, the principles we stand for, and the priorities of our people. This is our Pledge to America.

We pledge to honor the Constitution as constructed by its framers and honor the original intent of those precepts that have been consistently ignored -- particularly the Tenth Amendment, which grants that all powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

We pledge to advance policies that promote greater liberty, wider opportunity, a robust defense, and national economic prosperity.

We pledge to honor families, traditional marriage, life, and the private and faith-based organizations that form the core of our American values.
We pledge to make government more transparent in its actions, careful in its stewardship, and honest in its dealings.

We pledge to uphold the purpose and promise of a better America, knowing that to whom much is given, much is expected and that the blessings of our liberty buoy the hopes of mankind.

We make this pledge bearing true faith and allegiance to the people we represent, and we invite fellow citizens and patriots to join us in forming a new governing agenda for America.