Lacking Character of a King

I've had ample things to write about lately, but I just couldn't formulate one into an actual post here. I know, I know, many of you go without sleep between my random postings, and I am sorry for your chronic insomnia. I shall try to be as weekly as possible.

Lately I've been on this political kick, as a few of my previous posts have dictated. I'll change gears ever so slightly today.

Today, I'd like to opine on race. *gasp!*

A few of weeks ago, the New York Post printed a cartoon that I thought was pretty funny. You may have seen it; two cops in the caption have just gunned down a chimpanzee, and one of them says, "Uh oh, who's gunna write the stimulus bill now?" I am paraphrasing a little, could have been worded differently, but I liked it! Why? Because, that same week a chimp named Travis was shot to death by Connecticut police officers after the primate literally tore the face off a lady. Coincidentally, that same week, Pelosi, Reid and a host of democrat-only participants finalized a $787 billion dollar stimulus plan, which ultimately was a democrat sponsored wet-dream, laden with thousands of earmarks, including a $30 million dollar grant for preserving the white marsh mouse, located just north of Pelosi's home town of San Francisco. Not to mention Reid's $8 billion dollar light rail from LA to LV.

Anyway, though I didn't recognize it, thankfully Al Sharpton and other racist seekers found it, boosted it throughout the media, and held protests in front of the NY Post building. Despite receiving an apology, Sharpton has asked the FCC to conduct investigations into The Post, my guess is for other supposed racist remarks? I don't know, investigate what, exactly?

Now, allow me to pontificate from my perch that I am not a racist in the overt sense that we hear alleged all too often these days. Actually, I don't believe you can dissent from Obama without being labeled a racist, which neatly keeps us in line. Still, I think that just about everyone has some form of racism within themselves, but not in a disparaging sort of way -- more like a concern of not knowing the culture, a fear of strangers, etc.

But here's my main point, specifically aimed at Al Sharpton and his ilk -- I'm not afraid of the color of his skin, I am afraid of the content of his character. I, like many others, didn't see racism in the cartoon, but he saw a dead monkey and considered it racism. So who is the racist here? The cartoon implies that the stimulus could be written by monkeys, perhaps a million monkeys typing, but now we're one short (not to worry, Pelosi, Reid, et al. made up the difference). A monkey had been killed that went feral and attacked a human. Obama didn't write one stupid page of that 1,100 "stimulus" bill, he ultimately signed it, but that came after the cartoon was printed. To draw parallels to racism is a huge leap from the actual facts on hand, and invokes old racist stereotypes to persist.

Moreover, go ahead and type into The Google 'George Bush + monkey' and you will get about 1 million hits, and on the front page you should see the face of Bush merged into the head of a monkey. Furthermore, there are plenty of racist remarks towards Condi Rice that were never addressed by Shaprton and crew. And right now, the Jews are getting hammered because of this recent Gaza incident. Meanwhile, the Mexicans are on the back-burner as well as the Arabs.

Perhaps it is wrong of me to conclude, but I kinda feel like the African American race card is being pulled to keep us in check, make us hyper-vigilant, refill Sharpton's coffers and provide more political sway. I mean, seriously, Obama is president with nearly 53% of the vote, Oprah is the richest woman in the world, and the majority of our sport stars are black. And I have no qualms with that (well, aside from Obama driving us towards socialism...). But seriously, Colin Powell was my write-in for President. Or was it me? Or that old guy? Again, goes back to content of character. And this fear mongering puts me at odds, especially when no race issue was there to begin with. The "Reverend" Sharpton is the antithesis to what Dr. King preached over 40 years ago, and that concerns me greatly.