Judging.....

I am sorry. I judged before I listened to the person.
I've laughed, made jokes, been angry, but never listened to Rachel Dolezal talk about why she, a genetic white woman, says she's black.
Today, I listened. You should too--take some time to watch Melissa Harris-Perry interview Ms. Dolezal. It's a great interview. No one is yelling, there is a good, intelligent back-and-forth, and at the end, you might agree with me--Rachel Dolezal is not crazy. Is. NOT. Crazy.
I'm sorry, Rachel. I pre-judged you. And I'm sorry.
Now, I pray everyone leaves you alone.
The focus now, and always should have been, on her biological parents. I mean, What the Fuck??? Why were we not asking ourselves, "What the hell is wrong with these parents? What kind of loving, caring parent would do something this public to their own child?"
If you think your child is mentally ill, you do NOT out them in the national press. Someone--everyone--should have been asking:  What do these parents have to gain from this? 15 minutes of fame? An opportunity to destroy the life their child has made?
If you disagree with me, I would love to hear from you.
But first, watch the interview.
Rachel Dolezal, I'm sorry.

Break Free - Ruby Rose Fascinating But Not Necessarily for Everyone

Will This Never End???

I'm not talking about the rain, although I could--the middle section of the country has kind of been inundated recently.

No, I'm talking about this torrential pouring of GOP presidential candidates--so far, there are ELEVEN viable candidates, with another FOUR viable candidates still "exploring".






Seriously, it takes a mighty special ego to say, "I've got something to offer that NONE of the other 14 candidates for president don't have." Because if you are a white male GOP candidate, you do not have anything special to offer. You all just blend together (unless your name is Bush, but that's a blog for another time): you are pro-gun, anti-woman, anti-poor, anti-already born child, and pro-pro-pro-business and money.
 It's mind-boggling to look at all of them, and wonder why they couldn't admit to themselves that maybe...just maybe....there's someone else that THEY could support?? That could be a better candidate, a better mind, a better president than they could be?? REALLY??
The media are already planning the GOP Presidential Debates, and with 15 viable candidates, it's going to be hard to fit them all on the stage at once--it's going to be worse if others decide to run and demand to be recognized.
So, I have a solution, and Faux News is welcome to use it (for $476,000,000,000,000). I think Ben Carson (African American), Bobby Jindal (Indian American) and Carly Fiorina should automatically have a place on the stage--they all have a unique perspective that, try as they might, the white male candidates do not.




The white, male candidates? They will be a part of a pool--like a Press Pool of sorts. Among themselves, they can choose two representatives for the debate. I don't care how they choose the two representatives--arm wrestling, knife-throwing, spitting contest--they just need to figure it out.
Because aside from Donald's hair, and Jeb's last name, and Christie's size, the rest are talking suits. All saying the same thing: "                     ."