Side Effects

There’s a new drug crisis storming the country folks and it’s affecting White people in horrific numbers. One hundred times more lethal and believed to be more addictive than any opioid. Yes, people I’m talking about Ambien. Beware, it’s out there and it’s making White people racist. I know it sounds crazy, but it’s true. Apparently, this drug affects your views and thoughts and turns unsuspecting formally rational people into raving alt-right lunatics. Just ask Roseanne Barr, famed comedienne, renowned conspiracy nut ball theorist and overt islamophobe who last week tweeted “if the muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=v.j.” V.J. refers to Valerie Jarett, former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama. Valerie Jarett is an African-American woman. Ms. Barr later apologized and stated the effects of the drug Ambien were the cause of her crazy racist midnight tweet. Finally, clarification! Big Pharma strikes again, I feel so much better. This explains her involvement in the ridiculously bogus birther movement attack against President Obama and her previous racists tweets including the one where she said of President Obama’s National Security Advisor, “Susan Rice is a man with big swinging ape balls”. Again, for clarification, Susan Rice is an African-American woman.

To further prove my point, I reached out to the world renowned and respected Institute of Racist Assholology who helped me to compile a quick list of obvious Ambienheads which we’ve tragically misdiagnosed throughout the years. (Editor’s note: Included in this list are some self-hating African-Americans Coons)

• Bill O’Reilly – Chief among his many racist pronouncements was the time he went to Sylvia’s Restaurant in Harlem. This man was vocally amazed at the predominately African-American clientele who for some reason surprised him with their civility. He said, "I couldn't get over the fact that there was no difference between Sylvia's restaurant and any other restaurant in New York City. I mean, it was exactly the same, even though it's run by blacks, primarily black patronship." The rotund ignorant racist then added, "there wasn't one person in Sylvia's who was screaming, 'M-Fer, I want more iced tea.' it was like going into an Italian restaurant in an all-white suburb in the sense of people were sitting there, and they were ordering and having fun. And there wasn't any kind of craziness at all." So, he expected to go to an African-American run restaurant and find what exactly? Watermelon eating, knife welding Negroids dancing on tables and behaving like animals? Come on, that kind of irrational thought and reasoning has got to be drugs. Right?
• Paula Deen – This woman, who made a career out of ripping off Black people’s cooking recipes once had her employees dress up as slaves for a Civil War themed wedding she catered. She admitted in a lawsuit deposition to the occasional use of the word Nigger…but only to those deserving it. At the time she blamed it on her age saying she grew up in a different era, as if at some point in history racism was acceptable and she just forgot where she was. Fortunately, we now know it wasn’t her age. Poor woman, she was simply another victim of sleep deprivation in need of a hit.
• Ben Carson – This one is too easy, and we should have seen it long ago. Ben Carson is an obvious Ambien junkie. This man has kissed so much White ass his lips are permanently chapped. He should serve as a cautionary tale for those who may be considering Ambien as a drug of choice.
• BBQ Becky – This crazy ass White woman called the BBQ Police on an African-American family who were minding their own damn business grilling and chilling at Lake Merritt in Oakland. She felt duty bound to report them because they had the nerve to use charcoal and it offended her racist environmental senses. I’m pretty sure if they had simply offered her fat Birkenstock wearing ass a burger she would have calmed down. Apparently, another side effect of this terrible drug is White tears because when the police showed up she cried like a baby and naturally, claimed she was the victim.
• Sheriff Joe Arpaio – I don’t know how I missed this one.  The signs were all there. Blatant disregard for the law as it pertains to people of color. Specifically, Latino people. This man forced women to give birth in shackles, refused to investigate child sex crimes involving undocumented people and operated a concentration camp disguised as a jail. I guess I was so blinded by his obvious racism, inhumanity and blatant hatred I couldn’t see him for the poor sad junkie he was…I blame myself.
• 53% of White women who voted for Trump – If you know a Becky who voted for Trump, I think it’s time to cut her some slack. It’s not her fault. This drug apparently causes irrational thinking. Seriously, how else do you explain the fact that the same percentage of White women voted for Roy Moore an accused serial pedophile so heinous he was banned from an entire mall. See, all this time I simply assumed it was an attempt by White women to maintain dominance and privilege but now I see. It must be that demon pink pill.
• Stacy Dash – Although technically not a racist, she’s a racist enabler and an asshole so it didn’t seem fair to leave her off the list (and I really hate the bitch, so there’s that). If Ben Carson is the cautionary tale then Stacy Dash should be the poster child for the dangers of Ambien abuse.
• Donald Trump – Um, yeah, I’m gonna just leave this one out here.

As I said, this is a quick short list and though I could go on, why torture these poor victims. The truth is, we owe them all an apology. They can’t help themselves folks. It’s that damn insomnia. Pray that they get the treatment they need.

Waiting On A Friend (The Perils of Existing While Black)

I’m sure you’ve all heard by now of the two African-American men who were arrested at a Starbuck’s in Philadelphia, but please allow me if you will, to share what I in my unyielding and always vigilant pursuit of the truth have been able to ascertain. (Ok, so I may have a somewhat inflated opinion of myself) The incident was filmed by a customer who was vocally upset and perplexed as to why the two were being arrested. According to the manger they had not ordered anything and one of them who asked to use the bathroom had been told it was for paying customers only. They told the manager they were waiting on a friend for a business meeting, but she didn’t care she wanted them out. In the same video when the police arrive, customers can be heard protesting as the two men had been sitting quietly waiting for the aforementioned friend. Also, as evidenced by most of the other patrons defending them, they were clearly not causing any kind of disturbance. According to the men they arrived at 4:35 PM for their meeting. At 4:37 PM Philadelphia police received a 911 call from the store manager. Um…ok.

So, let me break this down for you. A manager at a Starbuck’s called the police to say “hey we got two people sitting around here not doing anything. Can you come and arrest their Black asses please, thanks”. Again, this happened at Starbucks. Renowned friend to laptop hobos and Wi-Fi moochers the world over. Yes, that Starbucks. Before I continue I just want to make something perfectly clear. (Clears throat) This bitch ass manager called the cops to arrest two people for doing what people do in Starbucks ALL THE TIME. The entire business model of Starbucks is to encourage people to loiter. They provide free internet access and use of electrical plugs to make it more accessible for your lazy ass loitering comfort. This is usually the part of the story where someone pisses me off with the following dumb ass statements and questions:

• Why didn’t they just order something?
• There must be more to the story.
• Why are you making it about race?
• What about their arrest record?
• We need to hear both sides.
• Why didn’t they leave?
• And of course, the infamous, if only they had complied, which thankfully wasn’t applicable as they made it through alive.

My response to the above? Bullshit. None of it matters. Why is it that white people are so threatened by the idea that one of them could be racist that they dismiss any obvious instance of it and make ridiculous assumptions and excuses without giving it any real consideration.  Well fortunately, not all White people. The White patrons of the store, including the woman filming the video, said that they’d been sitting there for hours without making a purchase and no one had said anything to them about it. Yet two black men sat there for a matter of minutes and ended up perp-walked out. But the problem isn’t just that the men were treated in this manner. No sir, the problem is that a manager at Starbucks, a place that is notoriously friendly to all walks of life felt the need to call the cops on two men who were doing what people do there all the time…and instead of loudly proclaiming “this is some bullshit!” the cops arrested them. How did this go from not buying something to being arrested? Why not just walk them out?  Why the parade in cuffs with six officers in tow?

Ok, stop. I know what you’re going to say, the cops were just doing their job to which I again say, Bullshit. In the actual 911 call the manger says "Hi, I have two gentlemen in my cafe that are refusing to make a purchase or leave." Man, this is getting exhausting. According to witnesses these two men, who again had been there a matter of minutes were never asked to leave. But hold on I’m not done, it gets worse. The police dispatch call goes out as "we have a disturbance at the Starbucks" "a group of males inside causing a disturbance." Again, they were sitting quietly waiting for a friend…sheesh.

So yesterday the Philadelphia police commissioner, who just happens to be Black and had previously defended his officers’ actions while condemning the two men, issued an apology to them. Contrary to earlier reports, he confirmed they did not refuse when asked to leave. Not one of those officers asked the two men what had happened or for their side of whatever story this crazy woman had concocted in her head. They were simply arrested, with no discussion. He now says his officers did not properly assess the situation and the two should never have been arrested. According to him, he and his department are issuing new guidelines for handling these situations in the future. Well Hallelujah! But that does nothing for the men who spent six damn hours in jail for the ridiculous crime of Starbucking while Black.

And what of the manager who initiated this entire humiliating and unnecessary experience? Well the CEO of Starbuck’s made a public apology and said the manager is no longer with the company. It was not clear whether she was terminated or just quit. Oh, and of course her old Facebook posts are making the rounds now and include some pretty racist shit. This is the Trump era folks where Becky is allowed to be unreasonably nervous around young black men.  It’s racism at its finest and this woman didn’t give a damn about her bigotry being exposed. She just wrongly assumed her bosses would back her up. And to be honest they may have, if not for the White witnesses who this time refused to be complicit.

Invitation Revoked

I don’t know about you, but she can kiss my Black ass. I’m talking about Omaroho Omarosa. This woman spent the last two years kissing up to her Orange Massa and talking down to Black folks like some privileged house nigra and now she expects all to be forgiven just because she shed some salty ass tears of fake redemption. President Comb Over got tired of her ass kissing, kicked her out of the Big House and now she expects us to take her back in like all is forgiven…it’s not. This is the woman who said her Tangerine Tinged Suga Daddy had a hit list and “we” were coming after everyone on it when he got in to office. Apparently, she never actually saw the list because she didn’t know her name was included.

So, she got fired from her job as Director of Communications for the Office of Public Liaison, which translated means she oversaw fetching Big Macs and Diet Cokes for the Great Orange Pumpkin. She found her way back to reality TV where she got her start and now she’s out here on some lame ass apology tour talking about how she regrets voting and campaigning for the Head Racist in Charge and says she was abused by his White House Klan staff.  This nasty narcissistic arrogant cretin chose to be Trump's token Black bitch girl ho (sorry I tried but couldn’t find an appropriate term that wasn’t demeaning, so I gave up) and was willing to play window dressing to his administration’s racist agenda because she thought it would bring her notoriety, money, and power. She sold her soul and her dignity to President Cheeto like she was booking a suite in Dante’s Inferno.

 My guess is she got tired of standing around and looking Black for the pleasure of President Carrot Spice because now she claims she’s had enough of him and as if it were some new revelation or long held dark secret says we should all be worried about his race-baiting and pandering to the bigotry of his supporters. Bitch Please! Where you been? Omarosa continues to be the dishonest backstabbing hustler she always was. Nothing’s changed. She’s an obnoxious repugnant attention seeking whore and when she found herself no longer in the spotlight she made a big fuss and got herself very publicly fired…and a book deal.

So, as I know you’ve all been wondering why it hasn’t been done by now, below I’ve compiled in no particular order, a list of ten reasons why Omarosa should be banned from the annual family cookout for life…and forced to eat never ending quantities of unseasoned chicken and bland runny potato salad peppered with conversations about hockey and Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s stock car triumphs at gatherings hosted by her previously adopted White brethren.

1. In her obsessive ego driven quest for fame she failed to recognize that allowing herself to be a token tool in the Blood Orange President’s pursuit of White Supremacy was an absolute fool’s errand.

2. She stupidly and incorrectly assumed the minions she crushed beneath her Red Bottoms in her pursuit of world domination would welcome her return with open arms.

3. Wait, didn’t she become a minister a while back? What happened to her pastoral duties when she decided to stump for the Marmalade Monkey. I have questions.

4. Because I never forgave her devious vile lying ass for throwing Kwame Jackson under the bus in season 1 of The Apprentice.

5. As previously stated above, Bitch Please.

6. Because everything she says and does is all planned and orchestrated and reeks of obvious desperation to remain relevant until her book is released.

7. Her desired route to financial security was to willingly and joyfully jump into bed with bigots.

8. Because her former fiancé actor Michael Clarke Duncan died of a heart attack and I still got questions.

9. Even though she claims she resigned, her ass got thrown out the front door of the White House like Uncle Phil tossing Jazz on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air

10. She’s obviously a Russian troll what other explanation is there for her support of an ignorant, chauvinistic, classless, multiple deferment, draft dodging …uh never mind see #7.

Misstated Union

No, I didn’t watch. I did everything within my power to avoid Jabba the Orange Hutt’s State of the Union speech. I’m fully aware of this man’s Millennial Southern Strategy and watching him spew his racist venom to his base in support of his ethnic cleansing plan is something I don’t need in my life. Not to mention the fact that I can’t afford a new TV…I surely would have thrown something at it. So instead I watched a pre-recorded episode of Black Lightning (the jury’s still out on this one) because I knew I would hear all about it the next day. So, no I didn’t watch it, but I knew he would not disappoint.

As predicted, the orange hued racist in charge made a bunch of promises which won’t be kept. He boasted about the state of the economy of which he has had no effect. He bragged about his numbers. He continued his divisive alienation rhetoric and reached out to the aforementioned base with statements like, “Americans are Dreamers too” which is the new All Lives Matter and he further promoted his demonization of immigrants as the boogie man intent on murdering innocent Americans. I find it interesting that he had the families of victims killed by what he characterized as illegal alien gang bangers but where were the families of those beaten or killed by the Alt Right White Supremacists. Charlottesville anyone? Yeah, interesting but not surprising.

So, what about those economic numbers he bragged about? Two things. First, he refuses to acknowledge the fact that he’s simply riding the wave of the economic surplus and decreasing unemployment trend which began under the previous administration (thanks, Obama). Seriously, this man claims Black unemployment is at its lowest since slavery, but I need someone to point out to me which of his administration’s policies has specifically addressed Black unemployment. Oh, my bad I forgot about his job stimulus plan to deport undocumented immigrants and replace their low wage jobs with African-Americans because as I’m sure you’re aware, we’re all part of the great uneducated Black monolith and these are the only ones for which we qualify…and you should be grateful for the Great Pumpkin’s gracious generosity. Second, the statistics he cites are the same ones which he previously dismissed as “falsified” when they were used for President Obama. This orange tinted clown denied the positive economic indicators under Obama but now suddenly, they’re ok and of course he takes credit for them. (releases heavy exasperated sigh)

Truthfully, the only thing this man is concerned with is convincing his dumb ass supporters that nothing is ever his fault. In their eyes he’s doing everything he can to get things done and if it wasn’t for the damn FBI, Democrats and the Secret Society of People Who Hate Fat Orange Men he would have completed all his campaign bullshit promises by now. Oh, and Hillary let’s not forget to blame Hillary. Whenever he considers himself under attack, he deflects to Hillary because after all she is to blame for all the ills of the world…right? Well at least all the ills of his world.

Anywho, hate to break up my rant but I gotta go. I just got a memo I need to read.

Oprah For President?

My top ten reasons why this Oprah for President nonsense must cease immediately. In no particular order.

1. Giving great speeches doesn't make you competent to govern. In no other field would we trust an amateur to learn on the job to take care of our needs.

2. Some of the same 53% of White women who voted for Trump are also part of Oprah’s suburban soccer mom fanbase. Who’s to say where the loyalty lies.

3. No more TV personalities for president. Hasn’t America learned its lesson? Just because you’re popular doesn’t mean you’ll make a great president. Oprah is a great philanthropist but she’s no match for experienced politicians or constitutional lawyers. Having a solid history of experience in government is mandatory for the position. Government is not a business and contrary to the sometimes-hilarious shenanigans of the current administration, it is not entertainment.

4. Because we’re better than Republicans who are incapable of learning from their mistakes. The Democrats need to quit bullshitting and relying on Trump to fail and start grooming and promoting a qualified candidate today.

5. Trump is literally the Village Idiot, so I know it’s easy to think, “well if he can become President, anyone can”, but no…just no.

6. Let’s not forget Oprah’s early TV work. Shows like Jerry Springer & Maury Povich are a direct result of her early sensationalized version of television journalism.

7. Instead of running for office wouldn’t America benefit greater if Oprah started a super PAC? Money from her and Tom Sever alone could create millions to help flip some state houses and congressional seats.

8. I don’t know about you but the fact that she force fed Doctors Phil & Oz to an unsuspecting and extremely gullible world really makes me question her judgment not to mention the moral implications of such a gift.

9. Trump won not just because of his celebrity but because he was willing to say out loud the things, so many closeted bigots thought or uttered privately among themselves.

10. I like Oprah, but unless she intends to give everyone in America a car, I don't see her as president.

OK, so maybe number 3 is like 4 reasons but I wanted a top 10 not a top 14…sue me.

My Left Foot

On a typical Thursday morning just a little over a month ago, I awoke to the buzz of my alarm clock. I lay there for a moment contemplating my day and my morning workout. Nothing special just an easy Thursday heading towards the weekend. I sat up in bed and turned to place my feet on the floor. As my feet hit the hardwood, I felt something shoot up my left foot. Now, I’ve never gotten the holy ghost or spoken in tongues but the sound that emanated from me came from deep within my gut and can only be described as tribal. I screamed a piercing high pitched melodious Phantom of the Opera, Three Tenors, Minnie Ripperton glass shattering note, and I cried. I cried hard.  I cried for the all the injustices in the world, I cried for the suffering children of Africa you know, the ones with the flies all over their faces, and I cried for myself…this was some unprecedented painful shit people. I felt like it went on for an hour but in reality, it was probably less than 30 seconds.

At some point I regained my composure and I don’t know what the hell I was thinking, or I guess I wasn’t because I put my foot down again. Now, I thought what I had experienced the first time was pain but folks, this was some other level shit. I didn’t know what to do to stop the ever-increasing painful agony. So, I just lifted my foot in the air and it worked, momentarily. But as soon as the pain realized where I had placed my foot it reacted like “so that’s where you went” and immediately shot the red-hot fire right back into it. So now I’m sitting with my foot in the air and screaming in excruciating pain because I have no idea what the hell is going on. So, I lowered my foot slowly, but didn’t let it hit the floor…now what?

I got up and hopped on one foot to turn the light on. I looked down (mistake) and this time I covered my mouth because what I saw made me want to scream not in pain but in terror. At the bottom of my ankle was this big red swollen mass of flesh with toes peeking out. Seriously, it looked like a scene from some comical horror film. My foot was the size of a small round black bomb like from a Looney Tunes cartoon and it was throbbing like it was about to explode. I looked like the spawn of big foot. It was so puffed up I’m surprised it didn’t just float away. It was so big that…ok, I’m all out of metaphors but you get the point, sucka was big.

So, what you may ask, was wrong with my enormous pontoon? Gout. Yep, I’ve officially become an old man with gout. All I need now is a walker, orthopedic slippers and some adult diapers. Now to be clear I diagnosed myself before ever heading to the doctor. I googled…which was a mistake. Although my self-diagnosis was correct I also found a lot of misinformation. A lot! One website insisted I should immediately stop eating all types of meat, fish and most fruit & vegetables. WTF. What was I expected to eat, humans? But the one that struck me like a bolt of lightning was when I googled again, and it said no more alcohol…ever. None. Nada. Zippo. To be clear this website said that I was to spend the remainder of my life in a constant state of sobriety which is bad enough in a normal world but in this current Trump era? Blasphemy! Shoot me! Seriously, just kill me now. Most people who know me know that I’ve been known to occasionally indulge in the spirits. You know every now and then… (ominous music plays in the background)…ok, I’m a drunk. But at least I admit it and the thought of going through life without the use of alcohol as a crutch to help me get through the good and bad was just unnerving.

Fortunately, I’m blessed with a great medical plan which allowed me to immediately hobble in my flip flops for a chat with my personal White Coat. He explained to me that yes most of the things I read were true but the foods I read about could be eaten in moderation. Nobody was asking me to become a cannibal. So, I asked him in what I thought was a calm voice but in reality, was me speaking through tears brought on by the thought of the aforementioned sobriety, “what about liquor?”. He paused, I think intentionally. It was like a cliff hanger from a soap opera. I sat there waiting for his answer as the music pumped slowly to a crescendo and the camera alternated between close ups of my face and his. Finally, he said, “yes…in moderation”. When I came to (because surely, I had passed out from sheer joy) I found myself thanking him profusely. I was shaking his hand and damn near doing back flips…uh, maybe I should consider sobriety.

Anyway, the foot swelling and pain lasted a good two weeks and since then I’ve been eating just chicken, select vegetables, fruit and a lot of milk and dairy. Lactose intolerance be damned (lets loose silent fart). No red meat, pork or shellfish. And the liquor? Frankly I’m scared to death. The idea of my foot swelling to the size of an elephant’s hoof again is terrifying. I’ve had a total of three shots over a three-week period…yes, I counted and measured. Maybe I should share my story at an AA meeting. Could prove to be a great cautionary tale.

Stuntman

So yesterday Trump’s little bitch pulled the most obvious publicity stunt of the year. Can someone explain to me why the Orange President’s VP took a flight from Las Vegas to Indianapolis to watch a game with a decidedly predictable outcome (sorry fellow 49ers fans) especially knowing he had to be in Los Angeles the next day. This was not only a publicity stunt but a costly one for American tax payers. Although they have intensified with the current season, the kneeling protest have been going on for well over a year, so there is absolutely no way this drama queen did not know this would happen. Are we to believe he was caught off guard? Blatant, obvious, desperate, stunt. He even left the traveling media pool in the car with the engine running and probably told them “I’ll be right back”. Nothing more than a shameful tactic to appeal to Trump’s flag waving racist base. Also, although it has absolutely nothing to do with the NFL protest I just love pointing out the fact that this man calls his wife mother. Creepy.

I’m getting a little tired of the arrogance and entitlement of the anti-protester crowd. You know the ones. They say these athletes should be happy to be earning their salaries and they should just shut up and be thankful. But thankful to whom? As if they are the ones who gave them permission to earn money. Condescending bullshit. Athletes protesting systemic murder of minorities should not be a political issue it should be something everyone is on board with.

What’s been conveniently left out of this conversation about so-called disrespect of the flag is that it was a former Green Beret Nate Boyer, also an NFL player, who convinced Kaepernick to kneel during the anthem rather than sit, which was his original form of protest. He and Kaepernick agreed this would be a more respectful form of protest. They chose kneeling versus sitting precisely because it’s not disrespectful.

In other news this weekend, as Trump and his minions distract with their usual bullshit divisive rhetoric, seemingly paranoid white supremacist Nazis returned to Charlottesville with their tiki torches shouting, “You will not replace us!” I assume they were referring to sane and reasonable non-racist people replacing them. They also included, “The south will rise again” and my favorite, “Russia is our friend”. So, suggesting civil war by claiming the south will rise again, which is in fact a threat of treason is now somehow acceptable and patriotic but kneeling in peaceful protest is disrespectful to the flag. Also, last time I checked Russia was still considered a hostile foreign government. Just want to be clear.

Lost Messages

Ok so I just want to clarify what I wrote the other day. The current cover of Sports Illustrated is tilted A Nation Divided, Sports United. It’s meant to be a comment on the ongoing protest and is comprised of athletes from various sports teams and although Colin Kaepernick is nowhere to be found there are several prominent White men included. The deliberate exclusion makes it painfully obvious that the protest begun by Colin Kaepernick over a year ago has been completely lost. His protest was not about first amendment rights and certainly not the NFL’s ego. Kaepernick knelt to protest government sanctioned murder of people of color. I blamed Trump for changing the narrative but the NFL is complicit as well. The NFL has co-opted his protest and are attempting to create some bullshit revisionism and it’s happening right before our eyes. By making this a free speech issue or a protest over divisive statements made by Trump or his blatantly racist supporters assertion that those kneeling are disrespecting the military and veterans, attention has successfully been diverted away from the actual message. This is what Kaepernick had to say at the beginning of his decision to kneel.

"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder."

When Kaepernick started this movement, Trump was nowhere to be found. Well he wasn’t President yet at any rate. The point he made regarding systemic racism, police brutality and centuries-long oppression has been hijacked by those who have instead made it in to some watered down anti-Trump liberal cause. These new protests may in fact contain some who are well intentioned but what they’ve done is made it more easily consumable by White audiences and I’m pretty sure the NFL is aware of this fact. They’ve effectively and purposely white-washed Kaepernick’s cause to where it’s no longer recognizable. By the time the Super Bowl comes up everyone will be kneeling on one knee and singing Kumbaya to protest non-ecofriendly yoga mats or some shit.

One more thing and I’m done. When I saw Ray Lewis kneeling I lost it. This shucking and jiving murdering motherfucker is the same one who said Kaepernick should cut his hair in order to be accepted and taken seriously. He called him un-American and he's the same dumbass who told Baltimore owners not to hire Kaepernick based on something his girlfriend said. To add insult to injury when a petition was started to remove Lewis’ statue in Baltimore his bitch ass damn near broke down in tears and said he wasn't kneeling on one knee in protest he was praying on two. Right. Fuck you Ray Lewis you ignorant sell out Stepin Fetchit asshole.

I'm done, I have no more words.

Offended

Is booing during the national anthem now somehow respectful? On Sunday and again on Monday night players from several NFL teams peacefully protested amidst boos from their home crowds. Some chose not to take the field at all during the playing of the anthem while others kneeled and looked directly at the flag. So, I must ask the question, who was more disrespectful, those who kneeled in silent protest or those who disrupted the national anthem which could not be heard over their incessant rude booing? I’d also really like to know exactly what the privileged consider an acceptable form of protest. We’re told don’t march in protest, don’t kneel in protest, don’t use social media to protest and don’t dare challenge the Orange President in protest. Apparently for some the only acceptable form of protest is polite and quiet submission.

With his constant blabbering, divisive tweets, calling black men’s mothers bitches and insisting peaceful protesters should be fired the orange man has successfully managed to distract from the original issue of Kaepernick’s protest of systemic racism and engaged his audience in a fake patriotic stupid flag waving narrative. He has made this an issue of disrespecting our military and questioning the protesters patriotism while purposely refusing to address the real issue. How about the fact that our communities continue to face terrible and cruel injustices? According to him and his ilk we should be thankful. Thankful to be second class citizens. How dare these ungrateful players express concern for themselves and interrupt White people’s weekend entertainment of gleefully watching mostly Black men bloody themselves running into each other with their stupid whiny protest. Because of course they see us as entertainment…only.

The American flag is meant to represent freedom and justice for all…at least that’s what we’ve been taught. The irony in all of this is that those who object to peaceful protest are the ones who are un-American. They choose to ignore the statement against social injustice and racial inequality made by protesters. They choose to be offended by protesters who say this is not about the American flag or the military. They refuse to acknowledge the fact that these players actually take pride in their country and risk their jobs and sponsorship's with these protests. They refuse to acknowledge systemic racism but continue to be its main beneficiaries. They refuse to grasp the concept of the right to protest which is as American as you can get. It is my right as an American to honor or ignore the flag or the national anthem and thankfully my right to ignore forced patriotism. I continue to be amazed at how angry racists get and all caught up in their feelings whenever Black people exercise their constitutional rights in this country.

Stupid

Why won’t this man stop being stupid? Seriously, nobody says this much stupid shit without a gun to the head or at least a family member or their pet dog being held hostage or some shit. I’m beginning to think he’s really a robot programmed by aliens from outer space to continually say stupid things in an attempt to divert our attention away from an imminent alien attack. We’re all going to wake up one morning on space ships headed for a strange planet to be food for cannibal aliens who all look like Trump (shudders).

Ok, so I’ll try and make this short…no promises. The “many sides” statement from the orange President in response to the Bring Back Slavery rally last week in Virginia is absolute bullshit. There were not many sides there were two. Evil vs. Good. Period. On one side were people who wanted to “make America great again” by taking us back to a day when certain people “knew their place” and were subservient to them. On one side were people with torches, guns and carrying symbols of hate while shouting racial, religious, and anti-LGBT slogans. On one side were Neo-Nazi’s and the KKK terrorists proudly touting their belief that minorities are less than human and should be treated accordingly. On one side were White Supremacists masquerading as members of the local historical society demanding that we respect shit like monuments to slavers who literally went to war to continue owning people. And on the other side were protest groups, opposed to all of it. But Donald Trump sees many sides. For him there is no difference between those who want to pay tribute to and honor people who attempted to overthrow the government of the United States with force and violence and those who fought against it. He sees no distinction between groups like the NAACP and the Black Lives Matter movement and those nice people with a history of hate filled oppression and violent intimidation often leading to the lynching of Black folks…and he’s proud of it.

In a typical case of false equivalency often cited by his fellow racists Trump points out the fact that Presidents Washington and Jefferson owned slaves. Of course, this is not news to anyone who has studied American history and no one I know of has ever given them a pass just because they were presidents. In fact, Jefferson was a study in contradiction as he proposed federal legislation banning slavery in the New Territories and denouncing the international slave trade while continuing to own and refusing to free his slaves. So, no passes given.  But Trump for some reason sees absolutely no difference between monuments of intimidation erected in honor of those who waged a failed treasonous effort to hold and barter human beings like cattle and those that honor the founders of our republic.

One more thing. When black people protest, the cops pull out tanks, cannons, gas, rubber bullets, bean bag shotguns, helicopters, dogs, and everything short of the Death Star Super Laser and the Imperial Star Fleet (Ok, I’m a Geek at heart, what can I say). These racist assholes showed up with body armor, rifles, clubs and brass knuckles and for some reason the police decided then would be the perfect time to hang back and maybe grab a cup of coffee. If these had been Black protesters who showed up like that, they would have had the National Guard out literally busting heads and killing folks.

The day after the election I wrote and called out the bullshit of those claiming the campaign and election of Trump was about jobs and the economy. At this point it should be pretty clear what his election and presidency are all about. On Wednesday, the day after he doubled down on his many sides statement he received congratulatory messages from David Duke of the KKK, White Nationalist, leaders of the Alt Right movement and countless openly racist right-wing radio and television personalities. These are his supporters. Racists. Xenophobes. Bigots. In his campaign, he openly and shamelessly pandered to them. This man has spent decades fueling hate, bigotry and bias so if you voted for Donald Trump and believe yourself not a racist, then your ass is at the very least a racist enabler. Oh, and one more time. If you did vote for him or didn’t vote at all because you thought “Hilary was just as bad as Trump” again, fuck you.