The Black Informant | African American Commentary, News and Community Building

When the left-leaning New York Times has to call you out, you know it’s pretty bad.

“From 2004 to 2008, the Congressional Black Caucus’s political and charitable wings took in at least $55 million in corporate and union contributions, according to an analysis by The New York Times, an impressive amount even by the standards of a Washington awash in cash. Only $1 million of that went to the caucus’s political action committee; the rest poured into the largely unregulated nonprofit network. (Data for 2009 is not available.)

The caucus says its nonprofit groups are intended to help disadvantaged African-Americans by providing scholarships and internships to students, researching policy and holding seminars on topics like healthy living.

But the bulk of the money has been spent on elaborate conventions that have become a high point of the Washington social season, as well as the headquarters building, golf outings by members of Congress and an annual visit to a Mississippi casino resort.

In 2008, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation spent more on the caterer for its signature legislative dinner and conference — nearly $700,000 for an event one organizer called “Hollywood on the Potomac” — than it gave out in scholarships, federal tax records show.”

Lemmie guess, White politicians have been doing this for years and now they are picking on po’ Black politicians. If they even come close to saying anything like this in response to this article, they are admitting that they are merely an extension of Congress, NOT its “conscience”.

Remember back in December I pointed out that the same banks Obama and the CBC had put on blast for “taking advantage” of Blacks are the same banks they recently supported by getting them to issue out more low-income loans?

Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you DC’s first Black-owned dog and pony show.