Some of my best friends are ...

The New Yorker depicts Barack Obama as a muslim extremist ( not to mention his wife as a gun toting zealot). A ( ALLEGED) inbred bar owner, Mike Norman, in Georgia sells t-shirts depicting the presidential candidate as curious George ( a monkey for those of you that are not familiar with the adventures of our simian friend). John McLaughlin ( host of the McLaughlin group) calls Obama a oreo. Yes, that's right a 69 year old white man called him a oreo ...THAT is must see t.v. Ralph Nader first questions Obama's credentials as a black man by calling him "half African-American" and then explains that Barack is "talking white" ( as opposed to just talking shi*t I guess).

Hmmm does race seem to be issue in this?

That was sarcasm.

Not the nuts Jesse!!

Every time I start to think I have seen or heard about every bizarre behavior that mankind has to offer I get unpleasantly reminded that "you ain't seen nuthin' yet". Case in point, the Reverend Jesse Jackson stating ( off the record mind you) that he would like to "cut his nuts off" referring to Presidential hopeful, Barack Obama. To be perfectly honest I was stunned, for a number of reasons. Let us list the ways:

1. Stunned that a so called man of the cloth would say something so vile even IF he thought he was in a private conversation.
2. Stunned that a black "man" could muster that much venom towards another that is trying to do something of such historic significance.
   
3. Stunned that what appears to be nothing more than jealousy spurred on Reverend Jackson, not to mention Reverend Wright to harbor this type of hostility towards Obama. Reverend Jackson...Reverend Wright...hmmm ... Reverend Wright...Reverend Jackson. Do you notice a trend or is it just me?

With all do respect It's time for you so called "spiritual" leaders to take a step in the direction of a mirror for little self evaluation. Perhaps the nuts that need to be on the chopping block are little closer to home than you would like to admit.

Okay but who's 26th?

I know, I know. I was thinking the same thing you are: "Ebony this is a very cool, listing the top 25 coolest brothers of all time but you seem to have dropped the ball. WHERE'S J.D. ?". Am I upset? Nah, I'm too cool for that.

Go over to Ebony and vote for the coolest brother ( it would be nice if you vote me into the ballot, actually it would be nice if my wife would just stop laughing at the idea).

This looks like a job for ... Obama!

One of my favorite comic artists, Alex Ross, painting of soon to be President Obama on a t-shirt available now. There's cool and then there's cool. This is COOL.

Graphitti Designs is selling these. I'll be picking one up. If you find the work of Alex Ross as eye catching as I do I highly recommend his coffee table art book Mythology: The DC Art of Alex Ross.