i could but i won’t

Go over the whole Shirley Sherrod fiasco. It was probably the most ridiculous and shameful political display this year. I was hoping that the media would find some more foolishness to latch onto, but nooooo. They have to wring out the last bit of crap like water from a dirty ass rag. Just stop already.

1. We know racism still exists. (Duh!)
2. We know that both The Right and The Left like to stir up the deepest fears of the masses in order to get votes.     The Right : Black People; The Left: Black people who don’t do what they want.
3. Fox News is a propaganda channel. They wouldn’t know real journalism if it came up and kicked them in the  crack of their ass.
4. Somebody’s going to get paid some big bucks from all of this. My guess is Sherrod. “Next on Lifetime, The Shirley Sherrod Story: Slander and Guilt and How I Made it Over!”
5. We’ve got other things to worry about.

So don’t fear. I will not be pontificating about Andrew Breitbart’s assholery. I don’t want to dirty up my blog with that. I’m so over it. I prefer some real outrage over some that’s manufactured.

*drops mic and walks away*

dummy of the day

Poor Mark Williams. In his attempt to defend the Tea Party Movement against charges of racism from the NAACP, he writes what he claims is a satirical letter on his blog that is nothing short of racist. As a result, the Tea Party Federation expelled Williams today calling the letter, “offensive”.

Williams isn’t new to controversy. He once called President Obama a , “Muslim Welfare Thug”. He also called said that Muslims worship a , “Monkey God”. However, instead of embracing his inner racist, Williams would rationalize it and claim that his critics were overly sensitive or racists themselves.

Looks like Williams just rationalized himself out of a job now. The thing is, while Williams was the tone deaf and  culturally insensitive public face of the Tea Party, there are many more Mark Williams’ behind the scenes and in the ranks. We’ve seen the signs. We’ve heard the comments. We’ve seen the pictures. It says a lot about the organization that claimed it wasn’t racist by having this man speak on their behalf time and time again.

His ousting is just symbolic and way too late. Although it took the NAACP months to finally criticize the Tea Party, anyone who’s been paying attention to politics knew long before what exactly the Tea Party is all about. Better late than never? Not a chance.

Scary Black Men

I know I should be incredibly offended by the faux New Black Panther Party Scandal trumped-up by The Right and Fox News. I just can’t though. It’s so utterly ridiculous to think that videotape of a cuckoo-ball at a polling station wielding a club and screaming cuckoo-ball stuff was going to topple the Obama Presidency. As fas as I could see, no one seemed intimidated. They just avoided homeboy and gave him some serious side-eyes. If you are a regular Fox News watcher though, this guy was the Scary Black Man made of nightmares. The jack boot wearing, revolutionary spouting boogeyman whose mission in life was frighten the poo out of good ol’ Americans.

Gimme a break, will you? The New Black Panther Party is a joke. They get no love. In fact the only time anyone pays attention to them is when one of them goes on Fox News. But we’re supposed to believe they are in cahoots with the Obama Administration to suppress voting rights? I know this requires a bit of attention, but the NBPP doesn’t care for Obama too much either. Actually they don’t care for anyone who doesn’t adhere to their separatist ideology.  That pretty much includes about 99.9% of the Black population in this country. But to The Right, it doesn’t matter. They fit right nicely into the Scary Black Man meme. Unfortunately, folks were eating it up.

Until the facts came out. See, it was the Bush administration that chose not to pursue Voter intimidation and suppression charges against the NBPP. In fact, they banned them from appearing at polling places until 2012. They were quite satisfied with the response of the local authorities who escorted the members from the polling place and took away their big stick. No muss, no fuss. No need to worry about a big, black, beret wearing Negro jumping behind a voter and screaming, “Boo!” before the lever is pulled.

Too bad the Faux pundits got their knickers all in a twist about it. Poor Megyn Kelly blew a gasket at the mere mention that all this was much ado about nothing. “It’s not about race!”, she cried. “It’s about the law!”. Uh, okay. I don’t remember her being that upset when the Bush led Department of Justice sought to destroy ACORN and purged members from the department when they didn’t cooperate. I know, they weren’t Scary and Black though.

Good thing that all the baiting will probably lead to nothing. Fox News will have to find another Scary Negro to prop up in front of its viewers because Scary Negro Number 1, President Obama just isn’t doing the trick anymore.

Stay tuned.

shoe fetish part two

A couple of years ago, I wrote an entry about my disdain for shoes. Specifically, the ordeal of shopping for shoes. I have huge feet and cute shoes just don’t come in my size. Two years later, my feelings about shoe shopping haven’t changed that much, even though I’ve found some online stores that carry shoes in my size. /what has changed is my feeling about shoes. I understand why women love shoes. I love shoes. I really like crazy looking and outrageous shoes. Not to wear, but to just look at.

I’m fascinated by the physics involved in sporting 5-inch stilettos. I crave the power that some women feel when they sport sky-high platforms. I crave the feeling of having legs that look like they go on forever in a pair of F.M pumps. I also respect and admire the creativity involved in designing novel shoes. Even though I probably could never afford a pair of  couture shoes, I can’t stop looking at them. I can’t help wondering what it would feel like to slip a pair of them on.

The dearly departed Alexander McQueen will forever have a place in my heart because he designed these:

These are from the House of Galliano.

Christian Louboutin designed these monstrosities.

Painful looking, gravity defining, woman hating, torturous and beautiful. To put it simply: Art.

the golden age

World Cup Champions

2010 French Open and Wimbledon Champion

NBA Champion

It looks like a great time to be a Spanish sports fan!

waiting for the hammer to drop

For the past 18 months or so, R&B singer Chris Brown has been criticized, shunned, ignored, called out, critiqued, and laughed at because of his conviction for physically assaulting his girlfriend, Pop music star Rhianna. Rightly so, I say. He did it, people didn’t appreciate it, and he served his punishment (what little they gave him). With many stumbles along the way, he’s trying to repair his reputation. Not to rub salt, but remember the public outcry and the incessant attention his case generated? You couldn’t turn on the television or get on the internet without having some headline blare at you about it.

Fast forward and another celebrity is involved in a domestic dispute. Movie star Mel Gibson has been accused of attacking his girlfriend and abusing her over the phone. About a week ago, a transcript of the phone conversation was leaked and good lord almighty was it awful. Sprinkled in with some old-fashioned crazy hate, Mel managed to spice up things with some racism, violence, and all around psychopathology. He was already in career crisis after he was arrested for drunk driving  in 2006 and abused the officers with anti-Semitic rants and sexually inappropriate comments. Just yesterday, the audio of his lovely conversation with his child’s mother was released and it was even worse than the transcript. One would think that the calls for his head would be heard far and wide…

Well, his talent agency dropped him. “Showbiz Tonight ” talked about it a bit,  Some interviews with people on the street were done by the local news and some of them said they would boycott his movies, but where is the serious condemnation? None of his peers have said anything, not even Danny Glover. Looking..looking..where’s the outrage folks?

This guy is a megastar. His movies have made millions of dollars. He’s won an Academy Award. He was one of “People’s Sexiest Men Alive”. He doesn’t get the same treatment as Chris Brown? Is he getting a pass because of his past success? If he is, let me remind you all that abuse is abuse. I don’t care how many gold statues you have won. Any man who puts his hands on a woman, or threatens her with bodily harm should be put to task, and arrested!

Oh and the racism..Remember Michael Richards being hounded and pummeled for his rant at a comedy club that was caught on tape? He had to give a tearful apology and we haven’t heard from that mofo since. Will the Hollywood establishment speak out against one of their own? Will they publicly disavow his statements? Black folks buy movie tickets too. They might want to remember that.

I’m still no fan of Chris Brown and I never will be, but I can understand if he isn’t saying to himself, “Wait just a damn minute here!”

In name only

Well it happened. Michael Steele, the beleaguered Chairman of the Republican National Committee managed to REALLY piss off the bigwigs of the party. Calls are now pouring in for him to resign and they are expressing their displeasure in every media outlet possible. Looks like Chairman Steele really said the wrong thing when he opined over America’s war with Afghanistan. He laid our involvement at the feet of President Obama (totally wrong), and said that we had no business being there (totally right).

Once again, Steele forgot what party he represented and who’s writing the checks. Modern Republicanism LOVES war. It really loves war in foreign countries with our soldiers battling enemies against the American Way of Life. WAR means big contracts, WAR means looking tough in the face of our critics and foes. WAR means money for congressmen, lobbyists, private contractors. Steele spoke against the WAR. That was the wrong thing to do, even though it was the right sentiment.

We have no business in Afghanistan, just like we had no business invading Iraq. Both wars have dragged the economy and our collective morale into the gutter. Thousands of lives have been lost. Those that have survived are dealing with life altering injuries and mental problems. But that’s not what you are supposed to say and think when you are trying to pry money from the chickenhawks. Poor, blundering, Mike.

So now the word is he’s an island unto himself. The RNC runs itself without his direct knowledge or consent. He’s become a figurehead-dare I say, a token. Steele won’t be fired because the Republicans know that it will make them look bad. He probably won’t resign because he’s too stubborn and short-sighted to see that it would benefit him in the long run to walk away. From what Steele has taught us though, it’s better to be the HNIC in name only than to be nothing at all.

not impossible because it happened

As spoken by Tomas Berdych the Wimbledon Men’s Singles Finalist. Berdych got to that lofty position by doing what was called by BBC Commentator Sue Barker as, “The Impossible”. He defeated Roger Federer in the quarterfinals. He then went on to defeat Novak Djokovic in the semi finals. I suppose the “impossible” was in reference to his defeat of Federer. Well considering how scratchy Roger’s play was during to the tournament, facing defeat early wasn’t that much of a surprise. Many thought when they saw the draw that Berdych had a chance. If not him, then Roddick ( oh wait, he went out early too), or Novak would have done the job. More than a few tennis writer’s hadn’t even bothered to pick Federer to win because of his erratic play throughout the Spring.

Maybe the “impossible” moniker should be given to John Isner and Nicholas Mahut who played the longest match in tennis history during the 1st round. It took 11 hours and 168 games before  John Isner earned the victory. For a few hours, attention was taken away from the World Cup and all eyes were focused on Court 18.  Each man looked utterly spent but unwilling to give up. After the match, both competitors (and the ref), were given their just props, along with some goodies to take home. Isner got a guest spot on Letterman and Mahut got to give up his shoe and racket to the Tennis Hall of Fame Museum in Newport. 70-68 in the 5th set? A tennis record never imagined ? Impossible, but it happened.

What else happened was that Justine Henin fell out of contention to win the title she covets the most. Meh. Personally I never thought is was a good idea to come back to competition in order to win a particular title. And since Wimbledon has become the rest haven for the Williams sisters, Henin winning the title might be impossible. Just saying.

But anyways,

Congrats to the Champs: Rafael Nadal (Men’s) Serena Williams (Women’s) Vania King (1/2 of Ladies Doubles).