Heckuva job, Noemy!

It’s like no one in the modern GOP was around for the fallout around the Hurricane Katrina response.

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— Anne Caprara (@annecaprara.bsky.social) July 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM

Fuck Donald Trump

Peace,

emaycee

 

One way to do it

Good news from Ferguson!

Ferguson, Missouri has been back in the news the last few days because of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis resemblance to the murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson in 2014 (at least insofar as they were two black men murdered by two white men because white men basically can).  But Ferguson is in the news for a much better reason today:  yesterday the city elected Ella Jones as its first ever black mayor.

The simplest and surest way to assure that black Americans have a seat at the table is to elect black Americans so they can be guaranteed to have a seat at the table.  There is most assuredly a long way to go to achieve as many seats as will be necessary, but the results in Ferguson yesterday are an excellent start.

Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee

President Coronavirus

Coronavirus=Trump's Katrina

It wasn't hard yesterday after Donald Trump said, with regard to COVID-19, "No, I don't take responsibility at all," to conjure remembrances of George W. Bush telling FEMA head Michael Brown "Heck of a job Brownie" when the rest of America knew there were hundreds dead from the incompetence of the Bush Administration in combating the ravages of Hurricane Katrina.

The disaster that is coronavirus and the dead that will come with it are most certainly Trump's and the republican party's fault, and could very well be the moment his Presidency ended--let's hope Americans remember it much like they remembered Herbert Hoover fiddling while the Great Depression's flames flickered at ordinary American's doorsteps, and will vote like they did in 1932, giving Democrats large majorities in the House and Senate, and control of the White House.

Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee

Body count

A couple of weeks ago, my family attended our local yearly Christmas parade.  While not even close to the scale of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, it does attract quite a few of the townfolk here, and as such, the local police officers help out by directing traffic around the event.  As we walked past them, it was hard not to think, in light of the recent incidents involving Michael Brown and Eric Garner, that any one of the men and women we passed could shoot and kill me or my wife or our son because they've been pissed off all day that their Raisin Bran got too soggy at that morning's breakfast, and thanks to local prosecutors gaming the system, walk away scot-free.

Now I know the odds of any one of us being killed by a police officer are roughly akin to being struck by a bolt of lightning, but what does it say about the state of our trust of the police when a white American male such as myself, living in Podunk, Michigan, looks askance every time he walks past one of the men and women in blue?

I'm not really sure who the hundreds of police officers that turned their backs on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio--a man who is dealing with the reality of police relations--while he spoke last week at a memorial for the two slain officers were trying to convince (maybe the Tea Party fringe approves, but frankly they all think police officers should be paid minimum wage and pay for their own damn life and medical insurance),  but it certainly wasn't their local African-American community.  If anything, it made them trust the police less.

And one can go from police officer to pariah in a heartbeat.

Peace,
emaycee

Fear of a mad black protester

And if they're not blaming President Obama for the deaths of two New York City police officers this past weekend, they're blaming people exercising their first amendment right to peacefully assemble,

New York Police Union President Pat Lynch said there was "blood on many hands tonight" including the protestors in his fair city.  (By the way, am I the only one who wonders if this overplaying of their hand by police union leaders makes unions as a whole look bad?)

Not to be outdone, Missouri Senator Roy Blunt said criticism of police tactics from his own constituents led to the deaths of the two police officers.  (Apparently Senator Blunt isn't happy with merely losing 95% of the African-American vote, he's shooting for 100%.)

The only action the protesters in Ferguson and New York City (and those across American who joined them) are guilty of is seeking justice.  The deaths of two men who did a job most of us want no part of and provide a service we all need is tragic--it is not a time to place blame where it doesn't belong.

But it's standard fare--think welfare queen.  Think driving while black.  Think stop and frisk.  Think black on black crime.  It's a whole hell of a lot easier to concoct bullshit about the messengers than it is to debunk their message.

Peace,
emaycee

The only thing we have to fear is their selling of fear

Never missing an opportunity to spew hate and stoke fear, Fox News and Rudy Giulani are doing their best to convince our more ignorant fellow Americans that the shooting deaths of two police officers in New York City this past weekend are the fault of President Obama.  Shocking, I know.

No, the murders are not the fault of the President--they were committed by a young man with a history of mental health problems.

But anybody want to guess the state of affairs in America if either of two tone deaf bozos named John McCain or Mitt Romney had been President when the grand jury decisions on Michael Brown and Eric Garner were handed down?  Or having Sarah Palin wax poetic on the state of race affairs in America?

The jackasses ought to get down on their hands and knees and thank God that we have Obama for our President--his steady hand and empathetic nature have been the only things keeping us from a maelstrom of anarchy from a people thirsting for justice.

Peace,
emaycee

How?

I know there are a lot of good and decent police men and women across the country, but after watching the events of the last few weeks, the decisions not to prosecute the killers of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, the lame ass defenses of murderers by local police unions and spokesmen, how the hell does anybody trust any police officer anywhere?

How?

Peace,
emaycee

Ram tough

In a show of solidarity with the folks in Ferguson, MO, five St. Louis Rams did this yesterday:

Which caused the St. Louis Police Officers Association to go apoplectic and demand the players be disciplined (the NFL said no, thanks) and that the Rams and the NFL issue an apology, because, you know, it wasn't enough that a piss poor and rigged grand jury proceeding let murderer Darren Wilson go free.

Here's hoping that next week the Rams' players give the St. Louis Police Officers Association a one finger salute.

Peace,
emaycee

The shoot me state

No matter how St. Louis Prosecutor Robert McCulloch tries to spin it, it is now a fact that, at least in the state of Missouri, shoplifting has become a capital offense.  Why else would he virtually start his defense of the grand jury's decision to not indict Darren Wilson with a reminder of Michael Brown's actions prior to his being shot to death?

Can you say "police state," boys and girls?

Peace,
emaycee

Why sportswriters should stick to writing about sports

Unless you've been in a coma, it would be hard to miss all the coverage on just about every type of media outlet concerning the video of Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice physically abusing his then girlfriend (now wife), resulting in his being fired by the Ravens and suspended indefinitely by the NFL.

What many may not know (perhaps because neither player is of the star status of Rice), is that there are two  other players currrently facing domestic violence charges--Greg Hardy of the Carolina Panthers (appealing his conviction) and Ray McDonald of the San Francisco 49ers (arrested September 1st, case still being investigated).  For obvious reasons, there are many calling for both of these players to be suspended as well.

In an interview today, 49ers CEO Jed York said the 49ers would not punish McDonald until due process has played out.  Which prompted San Francisco Chronicle sports columnist Ann Killion to tweet that York had dropped the "due process card."

Excuse me, but due process is not a fucking card--it's a right that's been around since the Magna Carta and is every American's constitutional right, as outlined in clauses in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments.  I am in no way defending McDonald's actions (full disclosure:  I've been a 49ers fan since 1968)--there's probably a 99% chance that he's guilty.  But due process exists (as wisely inserted by our Founding Fathers in the Fifth Amendment) for that 1% chance that he isn't--and that chance shouldn't be treated so flippantly.

Just ask the mother and father of Michael Brown what happens when authorities take a citizen's due process into their own hands.

Peace,
emaycee

Tommy can you hear me?

The two most tone deaf politicians in America today are very likely Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch.  While they're busy having a pissing contest over who controls what in the Grand Jury investigation into the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, the most important consideration is being completely ignored:  neither the Brown family nor the majority of the citizens of Ferguson have any confidence whatsoever in McCulloch's ability to bring charges (and it doesn't look good) against Officer Darren Wilson for shooting the unarmed Michael Brown to death.

Though it's been oft said that we learn from history that we learn nothing from history, it might behoove both men to take a good look back at the Rodney King Riots.  Because if McCulloch's Grand Jury, no matter how aboveboard and well-reasoned it may be, does not come back with criminal charges being filed against Officer Wilson, it could get very ugly, very fast in Ferguson, MO.

Peace,
emaycee

Ferguson follies #2

This was the week that was for Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson:

Sent his police force dressed up like Robocop into an already tense situation with those protesting the death of Michael Brown and made it even worse.  Released a video of Michael Brown which turns shoplifting into a death penalty offense.  Fails to notify either family of Michael Brown or the Highway Patrol (who are now in charge of keeping the peace in Ferguson) that said video is going to be released.  Insinuates the officer who shot Michael Brown knew he was guilty of shoplifting.  Says he was mistaken and that officer didn't know, and that Brown was stopped for walking in the middle of the street (now a death penalty offense, too?).  Then says officer figured out Brown was a shoplifter when he saw the cigars in his hand.

And all of this in front of  all of America.

Swear to God, the mother fucker must have taken leadership lessons from George W. Bush.

Peace,
emaycee

Ferguson follies #1

While releasing the name of the officer, Darren Wilson, who shot and killed Michael Brown, Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson also released a video which purports to show Michael Brown shoplifting some cigars and shoving a store owner shortly before he was fatally shot.

One has to wonder exactly what the Ferguson Police hoped to accomplish with this revelation--when exactly did shoplifting and shoving someone become death penalty offenses?

Unless, of course, it's state specific to Missouri.

Peace,
emaycee

Tin soldiers and Nixon's not coming

This is a photo from protests in Ferguson, Missouri, where Michael Brown, an unarmed black man, was shot to death by a police officer last week.  Yesterday the police in Ferguson announced they wouldn't be releasing the name of the officer who killed Michael Brown.  Today, the police in Ferguson asked/told/announced to their citizens that there would be a curfew tonight after dark.  As I type this, tear gas is flooding the streets of Ferguson, despite the peaceful nature of the protests.

Every now and again I come across a piece where the writer proclaims we are becoming more and more of a police state every day.  I usually scoff.

After the actions of the police department in Ferguson (and the lack of action by Missouri elected officials from the town itself on up to Missouri Governor Jay Nixon), those proclamations are having a little more credence.  How can anyone look at that picture and trust their local police would behave any differently?  What if it was your unarmed child shot to death?  Wouldn't you want answers and not an army trying to prevent your right to them?

Maybe we finally are on our own.

Peace,
emaycee

It ain't no secret

Michael Brown, an unarmed black man, was killed by a police officer this weekend in Ferguson, MO.

An unarmed black man being killed in this country?

Man, that almost never happens in America...(sadly, there are more here).

Peace,
emaycee