Dear Christopher Cantwell, et al.... Boo Hoo.

 

Lots of white supremacists are pretty darn upset

Because their identities are on the internet.

Now they're being ostracized by neighbors who've just learned

Where they went on their vacations, now that they've returned.

One guy, who's from Keene, New Hampshire (which is close to here)

Went on-line to bitch about it...  Even shed a tear.

Oh? Boo hoo, you racist cowards.  What a lot of nerve,
 I have zero sympathy... You got what you deserve.

Our Basket Overfloweth

 

Seems the "basket of deplorables" has overflowed.

Now they're marching through the streets...  They hit the mother-load

When an "alt-right" thug like Bannon found a President

Who'd already demonstrated his own racist bent.

'cause, one thing these "free speech" advocates all have to say

(They'll be here in Boston for a rally Saturday

With their flaming tiki torches waving in the sky,

Wearing Nazi symbols)  Donald Trump's their kinda guy.

I'm a fan of Chomsky's just as much as anyone;

Free speech is imperative...  Yet, when all's said and done,

This could be like screaming "Fire!" in a movie house,

Fanning flames of hatred that are difficult to douse. 

#IStandWithAhmed

Freshman, from MacArthur High in Texas, built a clock.

Showed it to his teachers who, to that poor freshman's shock,

Called police, believing that he'd brought a bomb to school.

Ahmed was interrogated, all because some fool

Couldn't tell a nerdy kid apart from terrorists.

So, in NASA tee-shirt and with hand-cuffs on his wrists,

Five cops took Ahmed Mohamed off to Juvie Hall

Where, at last, they let the kid give mom and dad a call.

He's still facing charges but he's home...  Not in a cell.

'though the school's suspended him, perhaps it's just as well;

Doesn't sound as if they've got a lot to offer him...

Faculty has demonstrated that they're rather dim.

Take It Down

THIS is the actual flag of the Confederate States of America. (Photo/Courtesy of https://www.flickr.com/photos/artimovich)

I've heard Southerners explaining that the rebel flag

Represents their history and culture, but the snag

Is the banner flying isn't the Confederacy's...

It's the battle flag  that indicated troops were Lee's.

First time since the Civil War that rebel flag was raised

Was in 1961, as burning crosses blazed.

It was meant to signify the South, again, might rise

If forced to desegregate and, thus, it's no surprise

Some might question if that battle banner has a place

Flying over Capitols (or any public space.)

It's a symbol of rebellion and a racist past.

Good ole boys and girls should haul the Stars and Bars down...  Fast.

Je suis Chip

(Some of the young, black men killed by police under "questionable" circumstances. Photo/Courtesy of ebonstorm.wordpress.com)

With the death of Freddie Gray, is this the tipping point?

Will we - now - examine why so many in the joint

Are not white or wealthy? Why they're poor and, mostly, black?

Why it's only if you're white police cut you some slack?

Not that I'm complaining, mind you...  Thank you very much

To the cop who let me go when speeding... Just a touch.

'though I wasn't happy when I saw his flashing blues,

There was not a moment when I trembled in my shoes.

Were I not so lily-white would I have held my breath

Fearing that the interaction could be life or death?

Most police "Protect and Serve" but if you cannot trust

That they're there to keep you safe and not to make a bust

Why on earth would anyone go looking to the cops?

(When you're black they'll look for you at future, "random" stops.)

Neighborhood policing is the only thing that works;

Daily demonstrating that most cops don't act like jerks.

Three Cheers for Toya Graham

My new hero, Toya Graham. (Photo/Courtesy of thehill.com)

Fellow moms of teenage boys should offer our applause

To a mom from Baltimore who's in the news because

When she recognized her son out rioting at night,

Caught him on the local news - red handed - at the fight,

She marched down and kicked his ass and dragged her son away;

Didn't give a damn what her teenager had to say.

Peaceful protest in the streets is justified, but not

Burning down the too few stores your neighborhood has got.

Sometimes though, with teenage boys, a mother has no choice;

If our sons don't listen when we use our "angry voice"

We might have to go ahead and slap them in the head...

Teach them that it isn't just police they need to dread.

Unsolicited Advice re: NYPD's Blue Flu

Mayor of New York City has a problem with the cops;

When he dared to criticize the force, they blew their tops.

Turned their backs at funerals whenever he walked by...

Now, to get arrested there, you really have to try.

In a further show of anger by New York police,

Interactions with the public have appeared to cease.

No-one's getting busted - short of very violent crimes -

Rates dropped 92%, according to The Times.

New York City cops have got their noses out of joint,

Angry (even though the Mayor had made a valid point)

Now they've turned their backs on us because we've dared to ask

Why is truthful dialogue a Herculean task?

No-one thinks the cops are racists but the studies show

Blacks have poorer outcomes with police - who have to know

They cannot ignore that problem... It won't go away

Just because they've all decided not to earn their pay.