"...yeah, that's right, I did it...I cry two tears in a bucket - f*** it...let's take it to the stage!" - George Clinton in "House Party"

Well, just after I started talking about politicians saying & doing what they want, and We won't do nuthin about it, here comes William Bennett and his lil' comment.

He defends himself by saying that he was speaking hypothetically, to make a point, and points out that he does reject the hypothesis afterwards. And I can sort of buy that.

But this dude should get fired just for being a moron.

Let's see if some other hypotheses that he could have used would have sounded better:

• "If you wanted to reduce racism, you could -- if that were your sole purpose -- you could abort every white baby in this country and your racism rate would go down..."
  
• "If you wanted to reduce the amount of crooked lawyers, you could -- if that were your sole purpose -- you could abort every Jewish baby in this country and your crooked lawyer rate would go down..."
  
• "If you wanted to reduce terrorism, you could -- if that were your sole purpose -- you could abort every Islamic baby in this country and your terrorism rate would go down..."

Naahh... none of these sound too good, either....

"...I'm Morpheus
in this hip hop Matrix,
exposing fake sh*t..." - Common in "The 6th Sense"

Well, it's been a few weeks, and folks seem to be calming down about the Katrina controversy: was the government's slow response due to the fact that New Orleans is mostly Black?

I'm not surprised that We've calmed down, and I'm sure GW nor his Mom is surprised either. I think they know that they can pretty much do whatever they want, say whatever they want, and We're not gonna do anything about it.

Let's say GW said today, "yes, it's true. I don't like Black people. If I had my way, I wouldn't have sent any aid to them..."

What would We do about it? I mean come on, think about it. After We holler and write some letters and make a big press stink for about 2 weeks, what would We do? We wouldn't impeach him. We wouldn't affect his re-election (not that We've ever been good at that, but anyway he doesn't have to worry about re-election). Folks wouldn't go out and join any progressive organizations or re-commit their lives to efforts that empower and liberate Our community.

I submit that We wouldn't do anything, cuz at the end of the day all We want to do, and all that Americans in general want to do, is to be able to come home from work, watch TV, go to dinner on Fridays and go to the mall on the weekends.

If GW ain't rockin' that boat for Us, We'll pretty much let him do whatever he wants. Collectively, We don't have the energy or motivation to actually protest anything, cuz We're too tired from working & paying Our bills.

And They know this.....

"...Sounds to me like you just need to unplug, man. You know, get some R&R..." - Choi in The Matrix

Monday I returned from my 9 1/2 day vacation from work. Travel? No. It was a sit-in-the-house vacation. They are the best.

Instead of dealing with plane tickets, hotel reservations, recreational itineraries, etc, I like just getting up & eating some cereal and staying in my sleeping clothes.

I also like getting stuff done around the house that's been on my mental to-do list since way back when they didn't know Mike Jones (Who???)

Me & my wife (who also took the week off) just woke up everyday and asked each other "what do we do today?". Ended up being stuff like walking around the mall, making a surprise trip to see my folks in Cincy, eating shrimp & catfish with my inlaws in Dayton, going to the movies, playing tennis, watching the first 5 episodes of the 1st season of "24", and so on.

On the last day of my vacation, I started looking at my calendar to plan my next vacation...

"...Where ever you go we can smell you like gas..." - Full Force in "House Party"

'Nuff said...