Obama & The New Yorker Magazine

Satire or caricature is at its funniest when it is nearest the truth or its possibility of truth. And so the latest New Yorker magazine cover of Barack Obama dressed in traditional African-Kenyan clothing joined by Michelle clad in a circa 1960s urban guerilla outfit meet the test of funny and near and or truthful caricature/satire. It is truthful in an over-the-top depiction and scores a laugh for the non-PC hungry . The setting is in the Oval Office. The fireplace has a burning American flag that is below a hanging picture of Osama bin Laden. The Obamas are fist-butting in a sly fashion.

Some were scandalized and shocked. But anyone who can't stand the truth of caricature probably can't stand truth in many other forms either. And that includes the Obamas. All races have caricatures or stereotypical images. The only race that resents caricature to the point of private organizations that expose and badger critical observers are the Jews. And for all their protests they are still going extinct.

Slum Landlord Israel Doesn't Like The Rent It Receives

Another week , another 30 or so Palestinians killed by the asymetrical response by Israeli Defense Forces. Israeli tanks, helicopter gunships and F-16's retaliate for largely impotent Palestinian rockets that land ever deeper into what is called Israel. Today the Israelis halted all food and aid into the Gaza. Evidently the "chosen" can do things that agressors in the Congo, Darfur, Kenya etc. can't do without some outrage by the governments of the world. Particularly absent is strong criticism and/or actions by Israel's stooge a.k.a. the United States. Israel should view the rocket fire from the Palestinians as the rent come due from Israel's illegal and immoral occupation of historic Palestine.