Friday, October 6, 2023

Just A Few Thoughts

It’s been a while and although I haven’t had time to write, my brain is getting overloaded with thoughts and I’m afraid of an explosion…so.

·         I really hate when Republicans attack Democrats as the original party of racist hate, citing segregation and Jim Crow laws initialized by Democrats in the south as proof. All of this is true, but don't play dumb. They need to stop pretending like they don't know about the Republican Southern Strategy initiated by Nixon to lure Democrats to the Republican party after LBJ’s support of civil rights alienated the southern Dixiecrats. Cynical Republican racists welcomed their votes with open arms into the party for the rich and the stupid. They know very well that evil dead racists like Jessie Helms and Strom Thurmond left the Democratic Party for the Republicans. They know that Confederate treason flags are not welcome at Democratic Party functions but are shamelessly flown by their fellow, treasonous Republican voters. Stop playing stupid.

·         I feel like the “this makes us feel bad” crowd is really just telling on themselves. They want to rewrite history and leave out details of America’s founding. You know, like that whole slavery thing, because it may make White people feel bad. If the truth about slavery makes you feel guilt rather than empathy or desire to make things better, then yeah, you're probably already a bigot. White-washing history benefits no one. Nobody’s saying that you’re responsible for the racist shit your ancestors did, but you are responsible for educating yourself, so you don’t repeat what they did.

·         In  2022, Ron DeSantis signed the "Don't Say Gay" bill in Florida which banned talk of sexual orientation and gender identity in public school classrooms up to 3rd grade, later amended to 12th grade. This opened the door for other states and jurisdictions to pass similar laws. Here’s the thing. If as a kid I read a story about Little Jimmy’s Adventures which presented the story of Jimmy, his mom and dad having a fun filled day at the zoo, it would never occur to me to ponder his parents sex life or what they did in bed. That would be sick and perverted right? So, what makes people think that when a child reads or is read the same story, except this time Jimmy has two dads or two moms, which a lot of kids today have, that it’s somehow not age appropriate. The idea of the sexual activity of Jimmy’s parents would never occur to me as a child. Age appropriateness is just a buzzword. If when you see two gay people and your initial response is to muse about what they do in bed, perhaps you have the problem. And by the way, marriage has always been and still is about two consenting adults agreeing to share their lives and responsibilities with each other. Nothing’s changed.

·         Trumpsters never question whether Trump is guilty or not but instead attack the DOJ, Jack Smith, talk about democrats weaponizing the system and deflect with Hunter Biden. He himself offers no defense but instead attempts to delay the process, harasses judges, District Attorneys, jurors, and the justice system in general. If he were as innocent as he claims, you would think he’d be rushing to get to trial to prove it.

·         Obama must be so jealous of Trump. The Marmalade Don has a huge lead in both indictments and impeachments. Obama had eight whole years and couldn't manage to get impeached or indicted even once. What a loser.

·         How did I miss when white people started knowing what Martin Luther King Jr. would have wanted? They love to selectively quote him as if he were some hero to them. But let's be clear, not everyone cried when he died. There were those who hated and despised him. Those who preached from the pulpit that he was evil, going to hell, and that segregation was ordained by God. He was labeled a communist and a traitor. So, I can't help but be amused when these same people now try to use his words against us. My favorite is when they quote a portion of his "I Have A Dream" speech.  "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." In their revisionist history, he was some Kumbaya folk hero who only wanted his kids to be known for their character. This quote has been used over and over again in opposition to civil rights. They use it to imply that we should ignore systemic racism and economic inequality. Because, you know, for them it doesn't exist. They believe we live in some post racial society where everyone has equal access, and no one is denied or discriminated against because of race. After all, we elected a Black President, didn’t we? Yeah, right, the result of which led to the election of racist President Dumb Ass.

·         The price of gasoline is not controlled by the President but instead by the oil companies which are posting record profits. The stock market isn't controlled by the president either, but the feds raising the interest rate to slow inflation, doesn't help. The present administration has generated more jobs than Orange Foolius ever did and has done more for infrastructure and the everyday American as well. He has passed the Cares Act, Chips Act, Bipartisan Infrastructure and unemployment is at a multi-decade low. Republicans spend their time complaining and covering for Trump. They’ve had the house for almost three years and no legislation has been passed. They have no platform or ideas other than the projection of hatred. Joe Biden has done a more than credible job as President than the Mango Mussolini could have ever hoped to. The talks of ageism and asking him to step aside are baseless and an obvious attempt to help Benedict Donald by the people who elected an entertainer con-man as President.

 

Friday, August 11, 2023

Sweet Home Alabama

 

Not sure if you heard about the Alabama Slamma, but last weekend a bunch of shirtless flip flop wearing rednecks decided to jump a Black man…in broad daylight…in Montgomery, Alabama...in full view of a bunch of Black folks.  So, prior to the ass whooping these fools should have seen coming, a riverboat was attempting to dock in their reserved space which was wrongly occupied. They had waited for almost an hour, so the Co-Captain who happened to be a Black man took to the task of informing a group of drunk and apparently suicidal white boys that they were in their spot and needed to move. Now I know we’ve all experienced the frustration of getting to work or home and someone is in your spot. You really want to just blow their shit up and you damn sure wouldn’t wait for an hour while they refuse to move. But the brother was calm. He asked them to move so that he could dock but was met with white privilege resistance and was told Fuck that nigger and Kiss my ass motherfucker. Just like to point out here that white people use the hard “R” and say motherfucker while Black people properly pronounce it muthafucka…same with nigga.  Anyway, the brother remained composed and proceeded to unhook the offender’s boat from the dock at which point the aforementioned Good Ole Boys decided to rush and jump him.

There were at least six of these Hillbillies who had him on the ground punching, kicking and even one white woman stomping him. Now, I don’t know if the act of this brother throwing his hat into the air was a signal for help but there was a Black woman who could clearly be heard stating, “Y’all help that brother!” which alerted the Oh Hell No forces to his aid. It was like her voice was the Bat Signal summoning the Beatdown Crew. It was at this point that the Black Justice League showed up including Scuba Gooding, Jr. who dove in from the riverboat and swam to the dock to heroically aid in saving his friend.

I wish I had thought to bring popcorn to view this ass whoopin because it was epic.  And to be clear the Crew was not discriminatory; it wasn’t just men. There was one Black woman who had her purse on one arm and was knocking out foolishness with the other. When dude hit Mee-Maw with that chair I thought, “so this is how God intended for me to go, laughing myself to death”. By the way, folding chairs are now considered a lethal weapon in the state of Alabama, and you’ll need a permit to carry.  Seriously though, you know this is the only thing in the entire video FOX News will focus on. At this point the Hee Haw Squad found they were outnumbered and retreated. The police showed up to disperse the crowd but found the I Got Your Back Squad had already taken care of it. And thank God for the video because if not for it, every single Black person involved would be in jail by now.

A few lessons learned here but most notably, never bring bare knuckles to a chair fight. This is what happens when entitled hate filled cowards think their white privilege puts them in charge. Their assumption of whiteness over others didn’t work for them this time and they fucked around and found out. All they had to do was move the damn boat.


Friday, August 4, 2023

The Real Ex-Presidents of Cellblock D

He could have admitted defeat and ridden off into the sunset. He had already pulled off the greatest Con in American history by getting himself elected President. Unfortunately for him, his ego is the size of Chris Christie's ass, and his narcissism does not allow for defeat. So now the orange dumbass finds himself indicted yet again. Because he is who he is, a vain self-absorbed egotistical asshole, he felt entitled to defraud the US Government and its people. He felt entitled  to spread ridiculous lies and conspiracies to overturn the will of the people. Of course he did. His whole life he's never been held accountable. Wielding his privileged arrogance as a weapon, he’s gotten away with fraudulent scams and rip-offs including fake universities and sham charities.

It’s interesting that rather than address the charges detailed in the indictment, Republicans instead choose to label the allegations against him as politically motivated while ignoring the fact that all of the witnesses against him are Republicans…not a single Democrat. If you want to get technical, it was Republicans who indicted Trump. They also can’t defend him without mentioning Hunter Biden and once again Hilary Clinton’s emails. Not a single one of the charges is politically motivated. In fact, he announced his presidential run in an attempt to avoid prosecution he knew was coming. He broke the law, and his stupid orange ass admits it every time he appears on FOX News or any other conservative network. He can’t help himself. This man lost the election legally and he knows it. But he also knows his supporters. They choose to believe any and everything he says and continue to willingly donate their welfare checks to his campaign.

It’s also funny that his supporters claim the charges are a violation of his first amendment rights as according to them, it’s not unlawful to lie about election results. They actually said that on FOX News…sheesh. Dumbass is not being charged for what he said but for what he did, including attempting to pressure his Vice-President and state legislatures with fake electors to influence the election outcome.  If they were going to arrest him for lying, they would be about 70 years or more behind.

Trump’s lawyers are insisting on a change of venue as they are sure Trump can’t get a fair trial in D.C. Let me translate that for you, D.C. is too damn Black. One of his lawyers has suggested West Virginia as according to him, it is much more diverse. Yeah, I laughed out loud myself as I typed that one. Trials are held in the municipality where the infraction occurred. That’s not news. If he wanted an all white, redneck, Trump ass kissing jury, he should have moved the White House to Mississippi before he started crimeing. And I can't help but enjoy the irony of Trump’s racist ass now having to face an African-American female judge for this case. As a condition of his release, she warned him about intimidation of witnesses and made him verbally answer yes that he understood. Of course, we all know that at some point the orange man will violate the terms of his release and tweet, (or is it Xeet) negative threatening comments about witnesses and the judge. It will be interesting to see how the judge handles it. I’m sure she’ll be professional but in her head she’ll be saying “I told you what would happen if you showed  your Cheeto bitch ass in my court again”.

Perhaps Trumps intention all along was to create his next reality show...from prison.

 

 

 


Friday, July 28, 2023

Silver Linings Playbook (Slavery Edition)

Wow, silly ignorant me. It appears that for years I have been taught a false narrative of slavery. I had no idea that slavery was a vocational on the job training program. The state of Florida’s social studies curriculum will now teach students that slaves benefitted from slavery as they learned skills to be used once they were freed. The idea is to teach the "good" side of slavery. Ok, the history of slavery is not a two-sided issue. There was no good side to slavery and it's nonsensical to teach children there was, as if it were some intern program. Are they going to highlight the all-expense paid cruise from Africa and free room and board on the plantation as well? So, what about the generations of slaves beaten, tortured, lynched, and raped who never achieved freedom. What benefits were attained for them?

Ignoring the grotesque institution of slavery and to instead paint it as some upbeat rosy skills training program can only be implemented by those with a white nationalist mentality. By those who wish to rewrite history and paint a picture which doesn’t make white people feel guilty.  If the reality of American history makes you feel guilty, then you have a problem. No one is blaming you for the history and the racist shit your ancestors did, but if you ignore and pretend it didn’t happen, it only helps to continue the systemic racism which resulted directly form slavery. Jim Crow, lynchings, school segregation and redlining. All effects of slavery. Educational inequality, as well as economic inequality, benefits of slavery. They ignore systemic racism and white privilege, both benefits of slavery and say it doesn’t exist. If anyone benefitted post slavery, it was white people as they were allowed to prosper and build generational wealth. Freed slaves were not. Don’t get me started on those reparations. 40 acres and a mule anyone?

What’s really sad is that the history of this country is so filled with evil that white people feel the need to lie about it, so that they feel better. They are of the belief that slavery in America is the history of Black people when in fact it is the history of white people. You know, it's time for them to stop beating around the bush and just pull out the white sheets...at least it would be honest.