Politics As Usual?

President O'bama turns the big 5-0 today and as he changes age in the 2011 calendar, the change we've been waiting for and were promised has yet to come.

"Yes we can" and "Change" were the popular mantras that the O'bama administration adopted in 2008 that implicitly suggested imminent radical change in the government, economy and society contingent on election (at least I thought).

But in 2011 "Yes We Can" and "Change" simply means this: Yes We Did change history by electing a black president.

The great political commentator and HBO show host Bill Maher recently said on MSNBC: "Wouldn't it be a shame if four years of democratic rule came to an end, without ever trying democratic policies?"

If the majority of bills are under a Republican policy, including the Stimulus, does this imply that President O'bama is NOT manifesting radical change? If there is NO tangible evidence of significant Democratic policies implemented, then yes, it's fair to draw that conclusion.

Yes, it was radical milestone that a black man was elected as President, and it was radical that he captured Bin Laden, but the radical change this country needs the most concerns the economy.

Right now there is dissension within the Republican Party, with the "Neo-Republicans" in agreement with the Democrats that it was the old school Republicans that got us in this mess (recession) in the first place.

But while they don't have a clear-cut leader, they are buying time and gaining momentum for 2012 with the ever passive and "not wanting to step on toes" O'bama.

My point is this O'bama(if he were reading this): if you're going to go out, go out with your guns blazing! Don't be mad to channel your inner "mad black man" side because that's so taboo; it may be what the country needs and what may ironically win your next election.

Unconditional and staunch Afro-Am advocates of O'bama say "He's not the President of us (blacks), he's the President of America. We can't expect him to act a certain way (i.e. 'Angry Black Man').

All I know is, I'd rather have millions of people that have a job as a result of an "Angry Black Man" President opposed to a "hunky dory" pacifying President with millions of jobless Americans! (*insert applause or '2 snaps in the air in a "Z" formation').

You don't have to pass bills during a cook out while you're barbeque'ing on the front porch to prove any points, just do what you know it's right, no matter who it offends or rubs the wrong way.