I'll Pass on the Waters: Bring on theTea!

The Black Caucus

A Donkey Divided Stands Alone

I think almost everyone has heard Maxine Waters lately.  It's hard to keep ears out of reach of her big mouth.  But some might be wondering who she is in the realm of politics.  Currently, Maxine is the U.S. Representative for California's 35th congressional district and prior to she was Representative for the 19th district.  She is a member and former chair (1997 - 1999) of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC).  The Black Caucus is exclusively for Blacks.  It is considered "non-partisan" but is primary tied to the Democratic party.  Their goals are described as, "positively influencing the course of events pertinent to African-Americans and others of similar experience and situation, and achieving greater equity for persons of African descent in the design and content of domestic and international programs and services.  The CBC encapsulates these goals in the following priorities: Closing the achievement and opportunity gaps in education, assuring quality health care for every American, focusing on employment and economic security, ensuring justice for all, retirement security for all Americans, increasing welfare funds and increasing equity in foreign policy."  The current CBC chair is Emanuel Cleaver elected in 2011.

Who's being RACIST? 
I've never understood exactly how racism works when ultimately, SOMEONE is the brunt of discrimination.  Why is there a Congressional BLACK Caucus and not a Native American, Hispanic, Asian, Anglo or Women's Caucus?  If there were a Congressional WHITE Caucus, THAT would be racist.  So The CBC is not considered such even though their goal is to promote the quality of life just for "...persons of African descent..."?  Apparently not.  As for any other race of people, they are not entitled to CBC membership even if they represent a "minority" district.  "In January 2007, Josephine Hearn reported in Politico that white members of Congress were not welcome to join the CBC.  Freshman Representative, Steve Cohen,  D-TN., who is white, pledged to apply for membership during his election campaign to represent his constituency, which is 60% African American. Hearn further reported that although the bylaws of the caucus do not make race a prerequisite for membership, former and current members of the caucus agreed that the group should remain 'exclusively black.' " 

 Angry Maxine

Waste of a perfectly good shoe

She's in the news a lot lately--too much really.  There's an old saying, "The guilty party screams the loudest."  This must be why Maxine is angry at everyone for something.  Most recently, it's the Tea Party.  She's angry with Obama because he's losing the African American vote, but also with the Tea Party because they are a threat to the 2012 presidential election.  Let's face it, the Democratic Party could lose the election.  POLITICALHOTSHEET (August 22, 2011) quotes, "This is a tough game. You can't be intimidated. You can't be frightened. And as far as I'm concerned -- the Tea Party can go straight to hell," Waters told an Inglewood, California audience at a "Kitchen Table'Summit' Saturday night, according to Los Angeles television station KABC.  Waters made waves last week when she openly criticized Mr. Obama's style and called on him to get tough with Republicans in order to help disadvantaged Americans, including African American.  "The president is going to have to fight and he is going to have to fight hard," she said at a job fair in Atlanta on Thursday. Waters said there was a growing sense of unhappiness among African Americans with the the first black president.  "The Congressional Black Caucus loves the president, too," she went on to say. "We're supportive of the president, but we're getting tired. We're getting tired.  And so, what we want to do is, we want to give the president every opportunity to show what he can do and what he's prepared to lead on. We want to give him every opportunity, but our people are hurting. The unemployment is unconscionable.  We don't know what the strategy is.  We don't know why on this trip that he's in the United States now, he's not in any black community.  We don't know that."  
Yes, I bolded "our people" as it indicates African Americans.  Are they they only people in this country who are hurting?  I don't think so.  Furthermore, as an American (a Native one at that), "our people" are those of this country regardless of race. 

The Socialist Agenda for Dummies

In yet another slip of Maxine's muddy tongue, she admitted to the Democrats Socialist Agenda while grilling Shell Oil's, John Hofmeister, during the recent Congressional hearings. 

I have a NEWS FLASH for Maxine and her socialist followers, the power outlets on your walls are just that, power outlets.  The power is generated by something.  In America, that is approximately 90% oil and coal--NOT MAGIC.  Without drilling and mining, we might as all go to hell because that's what it's going to feel like--pure hell.  The most I can hope for is a glass of iced tea (preferably sweet).

Disclaimer:  Opinions expressed here are solely those of the author unless otherwise stated.  You can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig.