Things were looking to be chugging along until we got the news that rocked our world. I started working on a post comparing the emails of SC Gov Mark Sanford to former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick but Mrs. Sanford’s kick butt and taking no prisoners attitude had me rethinking that. I celebrated her triumph from a weak-willed man instead. Not to forget about Ensign and his mistress, her husband and son…but that’s just too twisted and I’m not soiling my mind with trying to figure that one out!

Then I’d heard that Mr. Truthiness himself, Stephen Colbert had made a “tranny” joke which is a big no-no. Also John Stewart had the nerve to insult Malcolm X’s memory by comparing him to those hypocritical Republicans. He theorized the Democrats were like MLK. His comparison makes zero sense though and trying to deconstruct his pea brain on this one isn’t worth the effort to me. See, that’s why these comedians have staff writers. They’re not so brilliant, irreverent or funny without them. 

I’ve been hearing about but not wanting to watch the widow Russert Maureen Orth on MSNBC or hack writer Toure playing in endless loops on tv trashing MJ one way or the other. Of course Orth’s entire career has been solely based on trashing Jackson so this isn’t surprising. CNN is asking whether Jackson transcended race which is a stupid question to begin with. Fixed News immediately chose to give unflattering coverage but that’s not a surprise. Entertainment Tonight decided to show us MJ’s not quite dead body being worked on by EMTs. Perez Hilton said he got slapped by a Pea and whined about it. He also claimed MJ was faking an illness for media attention. Gee here’s someone who’d know all about that. 

This year’s BET Awards airs tomorrow and with it’s planned MJ tribute will likely be its highest rated show ever. Boy timing is everything. You know I have a BET ban in effect but broke it to see Maxwell’s debut video and I’ll be watching (and critiquing) this one. Chris Brown and a whole other cadre of BW beaters/abusers/haters will get to take center stage. Hurl. One thing MJ did not advocate was violence and he always spoke highly of Black women so this is an insult of the highest proportion to mar his legacy by throwing these idiots in the mix. So drumroll….the award goes to: All of Them.

There’s so much foolishness going on this week they all deserve it.