battle

He recently reinforced his position that all black people should support him because he’s black with this moving commentary:

If any African American stood with Cohen today as an endorsement, they ought to feel embarrassed

I agree! How dare they associate with a white jew! What we should do is split the seat, and have separate but equal representation based solely on skin tone! I mean, there’s no way that a black guy could ever represent my positions, so there’s no point in talking about any issues or anything, I’ll just vote for the guy that looks the most like me! In fact, can anyone tell me which candidate for Sheriff is taller? I’m about 5’7″, so I can’t imagine a tall guy representing me. I’ll just vote for whomever happens to be shorter. Even better, are any of the candidates named “Mike”? My name is Mike, so I can’t imagine better representation than someone else named Mike.

What a fucking idiot.

Memphis has a long and painful past of racial conflict. While I don’t at all feel that we should ignore our history, I also don’t feel that segregation and racial division was the answer in 1960, and it’s not the answer 50 years later. With all due respect to those who fought for their civil rights as a person, not a black person, not a white person, not a jewish person, but as a human being; I don’t find any difference between “Don’t vote for the white guy” and “Don’t serve coloreds”.

Mr. Herenton – Leave your inflammatory racist rhetoric in the past with Jim Crow. Oliver Brown would appreciate it.

Had a handful of cool shots of Memphis, but that was basically the only thing that entertained me about it. The lead actor is actually decent, but the character is just a cliche. The rooftop shots that are obviously New Orleans and not Memphis were insulting. The “Police Station” being a tiny little closet was just silly. I understand it’s a fictional show, but it actually showed a shot of 201 Poplar in the opening sequence.

I suppose it passes for mindless entertainment, but the fact that it’s not shot in Memphis basically kills it for me.

After the requisite “Awww!” I started to check out the package contents. First I found a crack pipe.

Ok, It’s a bombilla, but I thought it was a crackpipe at first. I’ve been in Memphis too long.

And a Gourd, though I think the one I’m linking is a different style, it’s the same idea.

Seems to be a polished hardwood vessel. The one I was sent is absolutely beautiful.

I believe the traditional way is to put the loose tea in the bottom and pour nearly boiling water over it, then let it steep before drinking it through the bombilla. Here’s the tea.

Looks like pot, honestly.

Everything together has an undeniable old world charm.

Now, your job is to tell me how to make this tea without ruining it. Should I use my French Press or just rely on the straw for filtration? Do I let it steep for long, or drink it fast? Should I add sugar, milk, etc, or drink it as straight tea? What should I send the lovely Maria in a futile attempt to match a gift this cool? Help!

Pics pretty much tell you everything you need to know. Their birthday parties are always a good time.

They obviously also raise beef, so now I have to try that too

Summer is definitely coming back. Funny how you forget exactly how oppressively hot it is.

Also, I’m gonna try to capture as many of the insanely stupid cars around memphis when I can and post it. It likely won’t be “o the day”, but it sounds cool, so I’m going with it. First lesson learned, try to find them in daylight.

That’s it for now, if anyone needs me I’ll be sitting here hoping this sore throat doesn’t turn out to be strep.

Don’t really have any details on locations or anything, but I figured I would share.

Update: Added the panoramic shot from http://www.flickr.com/photos/kelseyw/