Wednesday, November 26, 2014

The wrong man for the job


Tinker

Somehow this poor man thinks that he is some kind of Greek oracle telling us all about the very wise edict that he
provide us with his counsel of prophetic predictions or precognition of the future,

No one bothered to tell him that you first need to go study what you are talking about yourself. Go read about Mark Twain novel Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), or Herman Melville story about Moby Dick, or a collection of Shakespeare's sonnets, Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, and The Bible. And don't forget Bugs Bunny, before you run around town telling the other American people what to do anytime soon, you silly damn fool.

Good grief.

Tuesday at Copernicus Community Center in Chicago, IL, President Barack Obama addressed the riots and protests going on throughout the country in reaction to the grand jury announcement that Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson will not face charges for the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by justifying the anger as, "It's rooted in reality, " but condemning the violence as non-productive.

Partial transcript as follows:

A grand jury made a decision yesterday that upset a lot of people. And as I said last night, the frustrations that we have seen, are not just about a particular incident. They have deep roots in many communities of color, who have a sense that our laws are not always being enforced uniformly or fairly. That may not be true everywhere. And it's certainly not true for the vast majority of law enforcement officials, but that's an impression that folks have and it's not just made up. It's rooted in reality.

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