Don’t Fall for Idiocy and Misdirection
New York Post Chairman Rupert Murdoch has now apologized for the seemingly now infamous cartoon, in which where two cops shoot a chimp and exclaim “They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill.” Now of course, due to the idiocy of some Americans, the chimp has been compared to President Obama, and has instantly been labeled as shamefully racist, showing that even though there is now a black president, nothing has changed in this country when it comes to race.
What is the problem with this analogy? The problem my children, is that in this country, the president does not write legislation, the US Congress writes it, hence the name legislature. How in the world could the New York Post’s cartoon be referring to the President when he did not write the stimulus bill? Not to mention the recent event in which a pet chimp was shot in Connecticut, and and is obviously what they are referencing in the cartoon to humorous effect.
I have no doubt that the loudest people, like the Rev. Al Sharpton, understand that. They are making a big deal out of this not because they don’t understand how government works, or did not hear about the chimp shooting incident, but because they will do anything in their power to make anything they can about race in order to keep themselves in the spotlight. It is a damn shame that they see race in everything, and is more than like hurting blacks much more than it is helping.
The problem is that if more people understood how the government worked, then Sharpton’s cries and rants about this cartoon would fall on deaf ears like the rantings of a mad man. Throughout the recent presidential race, everywhere I went, folks were talking about how if only Barrack Obama was elected president, then everything would be better,. They were speaking as if he was Jesus Christ himself come again to save us from the evil infidels that have gotten us into this mess. I tried to point out that Bush didn’t single handily screw up this country and Obama cannot single handily turn it around. He is the president, not a living god or even a king. I tried to point out that Obama’s plans weren’t even very different than what Bush and ilk did. They would have none of it.
I blame the public schools. I tend to think that the way to change this country is not from the top down, but from the bottom up, starting with education. People will continue to vote people into office that will take away what little freedom we have left, thinking it is for the common good until we can show them that maximizing freedom is the real common good.
Al Sharpton went even so far as to say that maybe the FCC should review the waiver that allows Murdoch so he could own two radio, two televisions stations and a newspaper. Next time somebody tries to shut you up by saying it is racist (or that you are supporting the terrorists or some other poppycock), dig a little deeper, because they are probably trying to shut up your valid points so that they can push their dumb ones.
