http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47290132/ns/politics-the_new_york_times/ ,   If you researched your criticism properly you would remember that Barack Obama was stymied and shellacked by that: small Republican Minority Group to make progress occur in a war-torn, Oil economy and other disasters.  His number one objective is to bring peace to the Middle-East, get our soldiers home and rebuild a balanced Middle Class society, to thee average of $250,000 dollars a year.  The President is "green" not "black" on issues of off the grid independence, for we the people.  The USA earns 13 Trillion dollars a year and spends $14 Trillion on foreign oil, back at 2.00 bucks a gallon.  Who talks most about oil independence, in the political arena?  You have your President for the next four years, of competence and ingenuity.  You think of it as a "black thing," so what?  JFK was an Irish thing.  Be aware, you jeopardize his safety in judgments, like Abe Lincoln and MLK Jr.  Practice your faith? with a positive conscience, and hopefully: "the world will live as one." ~ John Lennon