Sticks and Stones.....

There has been a lot of animosity over the recent posting of a cartoon by the NY Post that not only painted a disparaging picture for America....but also for the way the rest of the world sees us. We have come a long way ...and at the same time ....not so much. The conspiracy theorist , charlatans, race-baiters, activist and the like all came to pay homage in their respective way and we have heard calls from apologies, to the freedom of speech to job termination's and sanctions from people like Reverend Al..... Most recently even Musician and apparently politcal activist John Legend has written an open letter to the editor regarding this suddenly ubiquitous cartoon.... Thank goodness Uncle Rupert decided to make an unprecedented apology for this heinous hideous image presented by his media storefront.... and I hope this issue will once again find darkness instead of light.

I was talking to someone this morning about this and they said something that made me ponder.... "if Obama isn’t concerned about it we shouldn’t be either," I tend to agree with this analysis. I think from a race baiting perspective, this is a elementary attempt to divide the nation and re-conquer it. I was equally as appalled as everyone else when I first saw this detestable rendering, but as I ponder it more. I think we should go back to sticks and stones…. While J. legend does a good job of voicing his opinion….Which he does eloquently ….but it’s just his opinion… and everyone has one, including the fascist editor and the Klan loving cartoonist (asshole that he may be, LOL …. I don’t know him but that’s just my opinion). The Al Sharpton’s of the world have a distinct and exacting gift of inciting and escalating distractions to the level where they become the issue, when what they are, they should remain,….distractions we should ignore. The mission we have is too great to be plundered by the onslaught of distractions that are sure to come in the very near future… We need to react to these poignant distractions with an all to effective “Obama Cool.” Trust me it will incense the haters far more than a hate response will. We as a nation are in a dire situation and we as a whole should be focused on the real issues that are affecting our nation right now… The ECONOMY and supporting our new presidents ambitious and comprehensive initiatives…. Sticks and stones may break our bones but these petulant, childish, bigoted, ignorant, racist, inciting names should no longer hurt us…… Cream always rises to the top…. Just my humble opinion….