A major American political party just nominated a Black man to be its Presidential candidate.
Wow.  I can’t express how proud I am of the Democratic Party and America right now.  Way to go folks.
Historic times, I’m glad to witness them and be on the right side of them.

I’ve said this before, but it is worth repeating.  I rarely, if ever, hear nice people complaining about having to be politically correct.  It is almost exclusively the domain of jerks who don’t want to feel peer pressure to not be jerks.  If you can’t speak of others in basic terms that aren’t insulting, you [...]

Dear World:
Let me just put this out there now so no one is surprised by any future action I might take. The next person who, either directly or indirectly, suggests to me that the only reason I support Barack Obama for president is because “I like black people better” is getting the teeth knocked [...]

I have decided that I am going to support Barack Obama in his campaign for POTUS. I like his outlook, I like his ideas, and I think he will choose good people to work with. The third part is the most important to me. Having smart, well-trained people in the right spots [...]

I recently read some stuff written by Michelle Malkin.  Nasty stuff.  Hateful stuff.  I won’t even link to it because the only reason she isn’t denounced as a hateful racist is that she is, you know, like not white.
Which brings me to a different point altogether.  Am I the only person who thinks it odd [...]

It seems that every couple of months now we have some minor celebrity standing up and braying out some racist crap at the top of his jackass lungs. This time it is Don Imus. Hopefully he will be the last for at least a year, but I’m not getting my hopes up. [...]

My lovely wife and I went out this weekend on a little date.  During said date, we went to the movies and saw Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls.
I have to admit having a few reservations about going to see a Tyler Perry movie.  If you don’t recognize the name, he is the cat with the [...]

As a continuation of the discussion of my last post, I will address a tangential subject.
We, and by “we” I mean all human beings, have this habit of giving celebrities and people we generally don’t want to condemn way too much benefit of the doubt. I have heard, read and said the words “I [...]

Here is my statement to Michael Richards: STFU.
That fake ass non-apology (6th one down): STFU.
The meeting with black leaders: STFU.
The whole “I’m Jewish” thing: STFU.
Dude, you career is now officially over. It has been unofficially over for a few years now, this just seals the deal. No matter what you do, what [...]

The 01/16/06 episode of The Chair and Automan is out. Download the MP3 directly here. Or better yet, get a podcatching client and subscribe to this podcast here. Or check out my Odeo channel.
In this episode:
I talk about racism cropping up in my life and Dr. King. I tell [...]