Tuesday, January 02, 2007

James vs. Jerry






















I can't believe the hoopla and pouring out of love for Gerald Ford. This non-elected president did nothing in his nearly four years on the throne except survive two assassinations. His legacy though is felt today because he brought us Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and George Bush the 1st. Of course, he also pardoned that crook, Nixon, who many revere even today. And he's actually getting credit, because he happened to be president when the Vietnam War ended and the USA marked its bicentennial. Even when Ford showed up with the other living presidents on SNL cartoons, he didn't have any special powers.

At the same time, we have the death of James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, the Hardest Working Man in Show Business. He was a musical genius, a conducter, dancer and entertainer who changed the world over the course of 50 years. He survived possible career deaths several times, as he had problems with drugs and domestic violence. Yet with songs like "I'm Black and I'm Proud" and "This is a Man's World," he was more political than The Beatles.

Still Brown's Christmas death is overshadowed by the MSM as America's looks vainly at itself and tries to prop up another dead white guy.

Take some consolation in the fact that eventually, maybe tomorrow, Ford will become as forgettable as John Tyler and Chester Arthur. While James Brown's legacy will live on for generations to come.