Back in the days of yore, back when conservatives were happy, and black people didn't have to worry about what to do with all that messy equality they are supposed to have now. Back in that day a black man could count only a few certain jobs. In the south he could still be a cotton picker and in the north he could be a janitor. He couldn't run a school but by God he could keep the floors clean, the toilets fixed, and the desks shiny. He could make sure the boiler kept the place warm in the winter too.
Today we have Barack Obama. Our nations first black President and its first national janitor. It is only fitting that an African American should follow all the white slobs who trashed this nation and the world. And it is only fitting that vast swaths of white folks bitch and whine at the custodian that he hasn't finished cleaning up the mess we made. "Boy you better mop the floor and make it shine, we had some fights today and the place is all bloody! Hey and we spilled some oil outside, you better clean that up too. And when your done there you better take care of all the other crap that we can't fix either. Hurry up now boy."
Yes America has just the right President for these troubled times.
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Nothing but culture war
Everywhere, all the time, 24/7 - 365. Why? Why do so many people want to be in an argument all the time? It seems like everyone wants to tell someone off. Or beg someone to knock the chip off their shoulder.
Perhaps we seek trouble since direct danger is so remote. We need to invent confrontation. In short we are bored. I use kids as my experimental evidence. Kids with nothing to do get cranky. They lash out at each over the stupidest little things. They invent conflict and drama. If they are busy then the conflict really goes down. Too much free time is not a good thing.
I am sure I would get an argument from people about an assertion of Americans having too much spare time. I would even argue with myself on that count. But to back this up I would assert that, though we are running here and there all the time, we are not running for a real purpose. If we stopped we would not get eaten, or starve, or get shot, or die of disease. Our tasks are several times removed tasks required to live.
You could with total accuracy argue that the poor, starving, embattled masses also seek conflict. But that conflict is real. Fighting over a bag of rice might mean life or death for your family. Fighting over whether or not a cartoon character is gay or not is clearly not a life and death issue.
There must be a middle ground between the Somalia's of the world and the Americas. I am not talking nations either. I am talking about ways of living. Keeping your self busy is good (idle hands etc)
Perhaps we seek trouble since direct danger is so remote. We need to invent confrontation. In short we are bored. I use kids as my experimental evidence. Kids with nothing to do get cranky. They lash out at each over the stupidest little things. They invent conflict and drama. If they are busy then the conflict really goes down. Too much free time is not a good thing.
I am sure I would get an argument from people about an assertion of Americans having too much spare time. I would even argue with myself on that count. But to back this up I would assert that, though we are running here and there all the time, we are not running for a real purpose. If we stopped we would not get eaten, or starve, or get shot, or die of disease. Our tasks are several times removed tasks required to live.
You could with total accuracy argue that the poor, starving, embattled masses also seek conflict. But that conflict is real. Fighting over a bag of rice might mean life or death for your family. Fighting over whether or not a cartoon character is gay or not is clearly not a life and death issue.
There must be a middle ground between the Somalia's of the world and the Americas. I am not talking nations either. I am talking about ways of living. Keeping your self busy is good (idle hands etc)
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