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Well, my thumbnails were more useful in basketball. Plus, when a guy took a jump shot, if I didn't think I could at least alter his shot, I'd just stand there and immediately after the shot, while the guy was still in the air, I'd jab his gut, hard. Hardly ever get a foul called, but I guarantee, the guy would remember that the next time he took a j in front of me.

Here's a link that shows the cartoon .... I guess at the end of the day ... its what it represents to U ... everyone percieves things differently ... and this one is going to illicit reaction from laughter to outrage depending on how U percieve it ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/feb/24/rupert-murdoch-sorry-chimpanzee-cartoon

Yep, people perceive things very differently. When I just looked at it I didn't think of race. I thought it was in incredibly bad taste and not in the least bit funny. That's my perception.

I can see where they were trying to go. If they hadn't said that the chimp represented Obama, I would've thought it was supposed to Congress. It was just not a good move on their part. I'm not overly offended and outraged, but I can understand if some people are.

I honestly do not understand all the commotion over this photo. So what, it's a chimp! There were many political cartoons that also showed W. as a chimp. And yet, suddenly because the president is black it's an issue?

One thing that struck me about this cartoon when I saw it --

Generally, these sorts of political cartoons come with a label - i.e. I saw one the other day where an elephant was pictured taking a crap. The word 'Democrats' was written across the elephant and 'stimulus' was written on the steaming pile. Often when an animal or something is meant to represent a person or group, said group or person is written across it. You would think that if the chimp was meant to represent Congress, you would've seen it noted on the cartoon...and yet it wasn't. Made me think twice about it.

Just because they assumed it meant Obama, doesn't mean that it represented Obama.

Contextually, lets take a quick look at this. First off, we know that the chimp came from the widow who essentially replaced her husband with a chimp for companionship. This is the inciting moment if you will to this cartoon.

Now the caption clearly reads "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill." Once again, I point you to the direction of WRITE. Now, please point me in the direction to show me where Obama WROTE the stimulus bill.

Sure he helped mold it, but bottom line is that he didn't WRITE the bill, just signed the final copy after his other half, so to speak, agreed upon what should and shouldn't be in there. After it was agreed upon, it then and only then went to Obama for his signature. That little squiggly line at the bottom is the only thing that Obama WROTE on the stimulus bill.

The parallels are pretty obvious. Then again, I guess one could make the argument that there are also blacks in the House and Senate however there are several races represented in both branches.

EDITED TO ADD: Actually, come to think of it even more, most of these items were things that good ole George refused to support. I remember a quote somewhere from Pelosi that essentially said these were things that the previous administration refused to look at. You can't deny the irony of the fact that the past administration is now "dead" so to speak. Thus a dead chimp...aka Bush. I don't think they meant it this way but it is a completely plausible solution. And yet people have blinders on and cry racism without actually taking an analytical look into it.