scuse me, MLK
I adore MLK and his legacy--I do. I for one, was all for replacing Columbus Day with MLK Day as a federal holiday what with Columbus turning out to be a lecherous rapist and all. And beside all that equal rights stuff and all, MLK sure has saved us a lot of trouble coming up with names for new highways. But it really bunched my thong in a twist (see earlier thong entry) to hear that Bush was booed while laying a wreath at MLK's grave.Scuse me, but Bush has hired more Blacks (yes, I did say "blacks") than Clinton--and during nonelection years. Scuse me, but the Iraq war you guys were also booing about: weren't millions of mentally, physically, and emotionally enslaved people liberated durng all that? Isn't it in part about equal rights and freedom? (and don't give me that crap about us being after their oil and all. If you believe that, you can go shove a Prius up your liberal ass.) Blacks fought their own war, led by MLK--all for thier own liberation, so why the hell would you deny that of others? Makes me want to put the "flesh" crayon back in the box. On that ever distracting note, why did they take that crayon out? Every time I color with my kids the faces in my picture look like hepatitis victims, end stage alcoholics or people in serious need of Geritol.) I vote to have these new crayons added to the pack: Caucasian, African American, Latino, Native American, Indian, Asian, and Eskimo. (On this last one, the Native American color would do, but I'm going to ALaska this summer and the last thing I want is a herd of angry eskimos after my ass.) I guess I've filled my daily quota for offending people, so I'll stop. Happy birthday, Marty.